Hello, I've recently installed Temasek's CM 13 nightly marshmallow build to my bootloader unlock note 3. I'm having a difficult time acquiring root after the install. I've flashed SuperSu to no avail. I've even tried the Aramaic tool method with no luck. Is there anything I can do to get root back on this phone or am I screwed?
Look for SuperSU in the settings menu.
Not sure if you need to turn on developer options for it to appear there or not.
[Edit]Did you install CM with a custom recovery, or with flashfire?
Your post doesn't say one way or another, but if you have an unlocked bootloader you can flash a custom recovery using Odin... meaning that you always have root, so long as you preserve the unlocked bootloader.
Having only a single root (locked bootloader and no custom recovery) and using FlashFire to install a ROM puts you at constant risk of root loss.
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Thanks for your reply. I have TWRP 3.0.2 installed. I didn't check to see if it was installed under settings but I have since restored back to my stock rooted ROM. I will reinstall CM again and let you know if SuperSu shows up in settings.
cblendz said:
Thanks for your reply. I have TWRP 3.0.2 installed. I didn't check to see if it was installed under settings but I have since restored back to my stock rooted ROM. I will reinstall CM again and let you know if SuperSu shows up in settings.
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Hey.
Just to make sure I'm being clear - you do have to flash SuperSU along with the ROM flash - root is not "baked in" to CM.
For some reason CM "hides" the SuperSU app so that it only shows up in the Settings menu and not in the app drawer.
It wasn't clear from the way you described things if that's what was going on, but I remember having the same (?) experience ... I thought the install of SuperSU was somehow missing due to the fact it didn't show up in the app drawer.
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bftb0 said:
Hey.
Just to make sure I'm being clear - you do have to flash SuperSU along with the ROM flash - root is not "baked in" to CM.
For some reason CM "hides" the SuperSU app so that it only shows up in the Settings menu and not in the app drawer.
It wasn't clear from the way you described things if that's what was going on, but I remember having the same (?) experience ... I thought the install of SuperSU was somehow missing due to the fact it didn't show up in the app drawer.
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I've just tried reinstalling the cm13 ROM again and this time I checked to see if SuperSu was installed in settings. It didn't show up there either. I don't know what's going on with it. I wipe everything then flashed the ROM then wiped dalvik and cache. Then flashed open Gapps. Wiped dalvik and cache and flashed 2.78 SuperSu and reboot to system.
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I've just tried reinstalling the cm13 ROM again and this time I checked to see if SuperSu was installed in settings. It didn't show up there either. I don't know what's going on with it. I wipe everything then flashed the ROM then wiped dalvik and cache. Then flashed open Gapps. Wiped dalvik and cache and flashed 2.78 SuperSu and reboot to system.
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I don't know if this would make a difference, but somewhere in that thread trader418 mentioned that you had to flash the ROM after the Gapps to take care of an issue with some init.d scripts. As in the sequence: wipe - ROM - gapps - ROM - supersu - first_boot.
I'm not sure if that's related or not. It's been long enough ago that I can't remember the exact details, but I remember thinking "hey, where did it go, I know I flashed it!".
Maybe it would be best to ask this question in that thread.
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I don't know if this would make a difference, but somewhere in that thread trader418 mentioned that you had to flash the ROM after the Gapps to take care of an issue with some init.d scripts. As in the sequence: wipe - ROM - gapps - ROM - supersu - first_boot.
I'm not sure if that's related or not. It's been long enough ago that I can't remember the exact details, but I remember thinking "hey, where did it go, I know I flashed it!".
Maybe it would be best to ask this question in that thread.
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Thanks a lot that was it. Finally got root. I wish CM would bake root in their Roms but all is good now. Thanks.
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Dear XDA
I have been an android user for many years and rooting has been one of the things I always did to my devices. I am an owner of a Note 3, which I have rooted succesfully and used X-NOTE 13 rom for long time. Last week I wanted to try something new and after that everything seems to be impossible. Before I install any roms I always perfom full wipe of, system, data, cache, dalvik cache etc. (I do it inside the recovery). Afterwards I tried to install CRASH ROM V9 and the progress went fine. When the phone rebooted the strange things started to happened I couldn't find the rom's extra menu and couldnt find any of the functions that the rom contained. I just thought that it was problem with the rom itself therefore I tried to went back to X-NOTE, but without any luck. The X-NOTE installed probably but I couldnt boot into it, it was stucked at the "Samsung Note 3" logo. I tried to wipe cache and dalvik but without any luck and every time I rebooted from the recovery the recovery says "it seems your device doesnt have root access" and the recovery tries to gain root access.
Then I couldnt understand anything of what was happening so I went to stock using ODIN. After installing stock rom I used CF-ROOT and everythings went smooth and I could use SuperSU inside the stock rom. Then I installed a recovery and it didn't mentioned anything about root access, so I was ready to install my custom rom...at least I thought so....I installed X-NOTE again (because I knew that this rom worked before without any problems) and after the progress was done I couldnt boot into the rom again, it was stucked. I wiped the cache and dalvik and as soon I clicked reboot in recovery it tells me that I am not rooted.
Then I did the same thing again, went back to stock, installed CF-ROOT and recovery. This time I installed CRASH ROM instead and I could boot into the system, but the rom still misses the "rooted features" etc.
In other words, what have I done wrong? I cant seem to find the problem and I think that I have tried every possible solution?
Informations:
Model: SM-N9005
STOCK ROM: Tried both N9005XXUENB4 (German) and N9005XXUENC2 (Nordic firmware)
Custom Rom: Tried both X-NOTE and CRASH ROM
Recoveries used: TWRP, CWM and Philz CWM
Kernels: Tried with stock one and X-NOTE kernel 1.5
I hope you can help me I cant live with stock roms
Thanks in advance
Regards,
Nepoznati
Nepoznati said:
Dear XDA
I have been an android user for many years and rooting has been one of the things I always did to my devices. I am an owner of a Note 3, which I have rooted succesfully and used X-NOTE 13 rom for long time. Last week I wanted to try something new and after that everything seems to be impossible. Before I install any roms I always perfom full wipe of, system, data, cache, dalvik cache etc. (I do it inside the recovery). Afterwards I tried to install CRASH ROM V9 and the progress went fine. When the phone rebooted the strange things started to happened I couldn't find the rom's extra menu and couldnt find any of the functions that the rom contained. I just thought that it was problem with the rom itself therefore I tried to went back to X-NOTE, but without any luck. The X-NOTE installed probably but I couldnt boot into it, it was stucked at the "Samsung Note 3" logo. I tried to wipe cache and dalvik but without any luck and every time I rebooted from the recovery the recovery says "it seems your device doesnt have root access" and the recovery tries to gain root access.
Then I couldnt understand anything of what was happening so I went to stock using ODIN. After installing stock rom I used CF-ROOT and everythings went smooth and I could use SuperSU inside the stock rom. Then I installed a recovery and it didn't mentioned anything about root access, so I was ready to install my custom rom...at least I thought so....I installed X-NOTE again (because I knew that this rom worked before without any problems) and after the progress was done I couldnt boot into the rom again, it was stucked. I wiped the cache and dalvik and as soon I clicked reboot in recovery it tells me that I am not rooted.
Then I did the same thing again, went back to stock, installed CF-ROOT and recovery. This time I installed CRASH ROM instead and I could boot into the system, but the rom still misses the "rooted features" etc.
In other words, what have I done wrong? I cant seem to find the problem and I think that I have tried every possible solution?
Informations:
Model: SM-N9005
STOCK ROM: Tried both N9005XXUENB4 (German) and N9005XXUENC2 (Nordic firmware)
Custom Rom: Tried both X-NOTE and CRASH ROM
Recoveries used: TWRP, CWM and Philz CWM
Kernels: Tried with stock one and X-NOTE kernel 1.5
I hope you can help me I cant live with stock roms
Thanks in advance
Regards,
Nepoznati
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weird.
all the rom you mentioned xnote & crash come with root access inside.
When you said you used all those 3 recoveries, did you try each rom with each recovery ?
and when you flash those rom, did you follow to do a clean full wipe as mentioned on each OP thread ?
clean full wipe is not only wipe cache and dalvik, but also the data (factory reset).
antique_sonic said:
weird.
all the rom you mentioned xnote & crash come with root access inside.
When you said you used all those 3 recoveries, did you try each rom with each recovery ?
and when you flash those rom, did you follow to do a clean full wipe as mentioned on each OP thread ?
clean full wipe is not only wipe cache and dalvik, but also the data (factory reset).
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Yes I have and tried several other combinations too. First time I installed X-NOTE I wiped everything and installed X-NOTE without problems.
I cant seem to break the code, I am getting frustrated hour by hour. I have double checked everything, I am on the NC2 bootloader with the NC2 kernel, when trying to install X-NOTE I get stuck at "Samsung Glaxy Note 3" - I cant understand what the problem may be and it is beginning to be personal :/ heheh
But seriously what could I have done wrong?
Nepoznati said:
Yes I have and tried several other combinations too. First time I installed X-NOTE I wiped everything and installed X-NOTE without problems.
I cant seem to break the code, I am getting frustrated hour by hour. I have double checked everything, I am on the NC2 bootloader with the NC2 kernel, when trying to install X-NOTE I get stuck at "Samsung Glaxy Note 3" - I cant understand what the problem may be and it is beginning to be personal :/ heheh
But seriously what could I have done wrong?
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To be frank... I have no idea. U flash before earlier, means u know how to flash it.
What I could think of, is just the recovery.
I ve been using cwm chenglu all this time (the one reported with less bugs, and most recommended at any rom thread). And jump from rom to rom every 1 week at least with no issue.
I will try tonite use twrp to flash rom. I will let u know if I face any problem.
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To be frank... I have no idea. U flash before earlier, means u know how to flash it.
What I could think of, is just the recovery.
I ve been using cwm chenglu all this time (the one reported with less bugs, and most recommended at any rom thread). And jump from rom to rom every 1 week at least with no issue.
I will try tonite use twrp to flash rom. I will let u know if I face any problem.
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Finally, finally and finally solved!
Well it seems strange but the problem was the official kernel inside the stock roms that made it almost impossible to run any custom rom.
What I did to solve the problem:
1. Went back to stock rom using a rom with the newest baseband NC2, ex. N9005XXUENC2
1a. I did have som problems getting the bootloader updated, which means I was force to install it over ODIN 3.09 - use this bootloader NC2 BOOTLOADER (Thanks soloilmeglio for the bootloader)
2. I used CF-ROOT to gain root access
3. Then I installed CWM 6.0.4.8 recovery as recommended from antique_sonic (Updated few hours ago!)
4. Install the CivZ-SnapKat-Rev3.1-sm_n9005-4.4.2.zip kernel
5. Lets the phone reboot and check that everything works!
7: Boot into recovery and wipe system, data, cache, dalvik cache
8. Install the custom rom
Dont ask me why the kernel wasn't working from beginning and why it was "corrupted" after installing another custom rom - but now everything works as it should!
Thank you very much antique_sonic for helping me!
Nepoznati said:
Finally, finally and finally solved!
Well it seems strange but the problem was the official kernel inside the stock roms that made it almost impossible to run any custom rom.
What I did to solve the problem:
1. Went back to stock rom using a rom with the newest baseband NC2, ex. N9005XXUENC2
1a. I did have som problems getting the bootloader updated, which means I was force to install it over ODIN 3.09 - use this bootloader NC2 BOOTLOADER (Thanks soloilmeglio for the bootloader)
2. I used CF-ROOT to gain root access
3. Then I installed CWM 6.0.4.8 recovery as recommended from antique_sonic (Updated few hours ago!)
4. Install the CivZ-SnapKat-Rev3.1-sm_n9005-4.4.2.zip kernel
5. Lets the phone reboot and check that everything works!
7: Boot into recovery and wipe system, data, cache, dalvik cache
8. Install the custom rom
Dont ask me why the kernel wasn't working from beginning and why it was "corrupted" after installing another custom rom - but now everything works as it should!
Thank you very much antique_sonic for helping me!
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Good then to know ur phone is okay.
I fully wipe with twrp last nite. And flash xnote. Hang at boot after done.
Fully wipe again, and flash assassins. A lot fc here and there.
I flash back cwm chenglu, full wipe, and flash back xnote. Now it runs nicely.
My phone not suit with twrp.
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Good then to know ur phone is okay.
I fully wipe with twrp last nite. And flash xnote. Hang at boot after done.
Fully wipe again, and flash assassins. A lot fc here and there.
I flash back cwm chenglu, full wipe, and flash back xnote. Now it runs nicely.
My phone not suit with twrp.
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It could probably be a problem with TWRP as you mentioned earlier. After using CWM everything went smooth after updating my kernel. Last night I couldnt hold me back to try one more time, and I flashed X-NOTE with TWRP and I got the same problem as described in #1 post. Then I installed CWM and flashed X-NOTE again and everything got messed up. Then I restored everything, force installed the kernel and bootlaoder. After that installed CWM and then I was able to run X-NOTE without any problem.
I am not a professional developer but I may think that the problem is TWRP when it tries to flash the kernel under the process with may results in some problems. When using CWM from the beginning I do not get any problems but when using TWRP I need to restore everything back.
Hi guys, new to the Android rooting community and just wanted some help figuring out what's what.
Today I bought a Samsung Galaxy S4, unlocked, I9505. It's on Android 5.0.1 (I believe that's lollipop?). Now I just wondered now that I have rooted it, what do I do now? I've rooted and done nothing else other than check my root permission which I have. I wanted to install a clean, stock Google Play Edition rom and then remove the bloatware from it and use that as my phone. How am I doing that? Do I need to have rooted a specific Android version to install roms? I was reading around about a custom recovery, do I already have that installed from root or is that another thing that I need? :crying:
Any help would be appreciated as I am super new to this having come from iPhone jailbreaking.
Thanks!
You need a custom recovery to install just about any custom rom. Custom recoveries don't from rooting, you have to flash it manually. I recommend TWRP. Just google twrp s4. They also have an installation guide. After you flashed TWRP you can flash one of the GPE roms from the forum. There are 2. One is untouched and the other has slight modifications.
GDReaper said:
You need a custom recovery to install just about any custom rom. Custom recoveries don't from rooting, you have to flash it manually. I recommend TWRP. Just google twrp s4. They also have an installation guide. After you flashed TWRP you can flash one of the GPE roms from the forum. There are 2. One is untouched and the other has slight modifications.
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Thanks for the reply, at this moment I just need all the info I can get before I do anything! Is TWRP the best? I'm sure "which is the best recovery" is asked a lot, so I'll have a look around. Do they do different things or are the premise of them generally the same? And that's fantastic about GPE, so I won't need to upgrade any higher than 5.0.1?
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Thanks for the reply, at this moment I just need all the info I can get before I do anything! Is TWRP the best? I'm sure "which is the best recovery" is asked a lot, so I'll have a look around. Do they do different things or are the premise of them generally the same? And that's fantastic about GPE, so I won't need to upgrade any higher than 5.0.1?
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Just tried installing the JFLTE-GPE latest version using TWRP and it's not worked, I'm stuck in TWRP :/ Any help?
Did you perform a full wipe of the system, data, and cache before flashing gpe?
audit13 said:
Did you perform a full wipe of the system, data, and cache before flashing gpe?
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Hey, I just looked around and one video I watched did not specify that I needed to wipe System. Just tried wiping System, darvik cache, cache and data so I'll see what happens and let you know if it's worked fingers crossed
EDIT: No, it hasn't worked, I've been kicked straight back into TWRP screen again Any ideas?
Dannilad said:
Hey, I just looked around and one video I watched did not specify that I needed to wipe System. Just tried wiping System, darvik cache, cache and data so I'll see what happens and let you know if it's worked fingers crossed
EDIT: No, it hasn't worked, I've been kicked straight back into TWRP screen again Any ideas?
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Normally you have to wipe data, cache, dalvik cache and system before flashing a rom. This can either be done manually or as a factory reset from within the recovery. I don't see any reason why it wouldn't boot. Try another kernel. Or you might want to try the AOSP rom by JDC team. It's basically the same as GPE, but without any of the google apps. But those can be flashed. You need to download a gapps package. The most popular seems to be from open gapps. Choose ARM, the android version of the rom and then the type of package. Pico is the smallest and will give you only the google play store.
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And don't change recoveries. The others are outdated. TWRP is the only one up-to-date. You might also try another version of TWRP. The newest is 2.8.7.2 I think.
I restored a backup from a few weeks ago after trying out a marshmallow based ROM (I was on lollipop prior) and after the restore process, my old phone interface came up and it was as if I never flashed the newer rom at all as expected, however, now my camera does not work at all and I could use a hand figuring out how to resolve this issue.
Things I've tried:
- Rebooting (obviously)
- Clearing cache/dalvik from recovery
- Clearing the camera app's data and cache
When I restored my backup, I chose not to restore 'boot' and 'recovery' because while I was on the marshmallow rom, I unlocked my phone's bootloader and installed TWRP (as opposed to using SafeStrap) and I didn't want to lose it.
Samsung Galaxy S5 GM-900V
Android 5.0
Baseband: G900VVRU2BOG5
Build: OptimalRom 15-5
Marshmallow rom I referenced: Norma_Note5Port_V3.4_VZW
Any advice?
So I've formatted dalvik/cache/data/internal storage and installed the older rom (OptimalRom 15-2 ) again. Did the initial setup and the camera still didn't work. I tried reflashing a known-good kernel that's compatible with this rom and that didn't seem to help.
Can anyone point me in the right direction on how to resolve this? Something must have been flashed when I installed the Note 5 rom that wasn't when I went back to OptimalRom. I just don't know what. I'll keep searching and experimenting. Thankfully I have a real recovery menu now so softbricking isn't as big of a deal.
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So I've formatted dalvik/cache/data/internal storage and installed the older rom (OptimalRom 15-2 ) again. Did the initial setup and the camera still didn't work. I tried reflashing a known-good kernel that's compatible with this rom and that didn't seem to help.
Can anyone point me in the right direction on how to resolve this? Something must have been flashed when I installed the Note 5 rom that wasn't when I went back to OptimalRom. I just don't know what. I'll keep searching and experimenting. Thankfully I have a real recovery menu now so softbricking isn't as big of a deal.
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Since you have TWRP now, try doing a complete and clean wipe. Go into recovery, Wipe, Advance Wipe and select Cache, Dalvik cache, Data and Internal and swipe. Then back out to Wipe and swipe twice on the slider and install the OptimalRom of choice. then install the PB1 firmware NO Bootloader. If you still have an issue then try with the ROM kernal and flash it which I think it'sthe OG5 Kernal No Bootloader. The reason for doing this particular wipe is to get anything that may be left over from a previous ROM. This is my preference and habit from when I started running ROM's on my S3. Beanstown103 and others had recommended doing this in TWRP and haven't had any issues or problems by doing this since. Hope this may help
Thanks al50. I will give that a shot. Sorry but I'm not familiar with "PB1 firmware". what are you referencing there?
GoTeamScotch said:
Thanks al50. I will give that a shot. Sorry but I'm not familiar with "PB1 firmware". what are you referencing there?
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It's the version that your phone is on. Look in About Phone in settings. Anyways, that’s the Zip file you install after you install the ROM. But if you're already on PB1 then you don't have to worry about that. If you have issues with the camera then try flashing the No bootloader kernal that was made for that ROM, which I believe it was OG5 but check the OP to be for sure
Hey all!
Those of you monitoring the unofficial LineageOS thread may have seen me talking about this already. I've been having issues with Magisk. I'm running their beta versions for 13.0.
So here's the story...
I have wanted to pass SafetyNet since May, when I got this phone and rooted it. I obviously went to Magisk, and when I realized that 11.6 was not passing SafetyNet, I decided to try the 13 betas. These didn't pass either, but since they were more recent than 11.6, I stuck with them. But when I heard of the Universal SafetyNet Fix Module, I immediately tried it.
Bottom line, these are my issues:
1. Magisk will not install the module. I go to Magisk Manager -> Modules -> + and select the ZIP for the module. Magisk gives me a toast saying "Installation error!" (See screenshot).
2. Okay, so now I want to start fresh and see if it works then. I boot into TWRP, flash the lastest Magisk uninstaller (08 June), and boot. Nope! Stuck on the "device unlocked" screen with ID: bad key.
3. Uhh.. maybe the stock boot image will work? I go to TWRP and flash the stock boot.img taken from the stock firmware. Still ID: bad key and I'm stuck again.
And I can boot successfully if I flash a Magisk 13.0 beta.
So, does anybody have any solutions? I think I may just have to reflash stock firmware.. not my top choice. Thank you for any help and reading through my long post :good: :highfive:
Try to install magisk v12, it always worked for me on every rom with safetynet fix ( try also the previous uninstaller )
eskamhl said:
Try to install magisk v12, it always worked for me on every rom with safetynet fix ( try also the previous uninstaller )
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Will give it a shot and update when I see results.
Edit: Nope. I've a feeling that I'll have to start from scratch by flashing stock firmware.
Try flashing the safetynet fix in trwp.
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Try flashing the safetynet fix in trwp.
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Tried already. Still no.
Well, as far as I can see you messed up your installation. Start from scratch:
1. Go to TWRP and wipe system, data, cache and dalvik cache.
2. Install LineageOS, GAPPS, Magisk 12 and the stable version of the safetynet fix
3. Reboot and setup your nice and clean system again.
Bottom-line: don't keep messing with an already messed up system. Start clean again. And really: don't install stock boot.img on LineageOS: that's asking for trouble! To be honest: I'm astonished it even booted!!
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Well, as far as I can see you messed up your installation. Start from scratch:
1. Go to TWRP and wipe system, data, cache and dalvik cache.
2. Install LineageOS, GAPPS, Magisk 12 and the stable version of the safetynet fix
3. Reboot and setup your nice and clean system again.
Bottom-line: don't keep messing with an already messed up system. Start clean again. And really: don't install stock boot.img on LineageOS: that's asking for trouble! To be honest: I'm astonished it even booted!!
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Lol, was doing this all on the stock ROM. See my original response to triggerlord's post.
Edit: issues fixed with a clean install of the pure Nexus ROM. I'm assuming this would be the case with a clean install of the stock ROM, but I am definitely not switching anytime soon (this ROM is amazing!)
I like Lineage OS but the fact the second screen stays on even when locked drains battery even with a custom Kernal. I would love to be stock and rooted but since I DS the boot. I understand flashing stock will get rid of it(maybe I am wrong?). I just want a stock rom or a way to go to stock and stay rooted? is this possible or am I stuck with everyone else?
Yes. There seems to be too good Oreo ROMs out right now. Take a look in the ROMs kernels page
https://forum.xda-developers.com/v20/development/vs995-verizon-lg-v20-stock-oreo-rooted-t3845669
https://forum.xda-developers.com/v20/development/alpha-omega-rom-oreo-vs995-h910-ls997-t3847510
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Yes. There seems to be too good Oreo ROMs out right now. Take a look in the ROMs kernels page
https://forum.xda-developers.com/v20/development/vs995-verizon-lg-v20-stock-oreo-rooted-t3845669
https://forum.xda-developers.com/v20/development/alpha-omega-rom-oreo-vs995-h910-ls997-t3847510
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Thank you, Is alpha Rom hard to install?
stevieshae said:
Thank you, Is alpha Rom hard to install?
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No. Details should be in the OP
kaluna00 said:
No. Details should be in the OP
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question, really quick... "partition backup procedure:
** This Is Required To Downgrade Back To Nougat 7.0 **
use a twrp flashable zip for your specific variant that is based on 7.0 nougat
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download partition backup & restore" what does this mean haha?
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question, really quick... "partition backup procedure:
** This Is Required To Downgrade Back To Nougat 7.0 **
use a twrp flashable zip for your specific variant that is based on 7.0 nougat
or
download partition backup & restore" what does this mean haha?
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The first part just means to boot into TWRP recovery and use the backup function preferably with an SD card and then back that up somewhere else. Boot into TWRP, select Backup, make sure Boot, System, and Data are selected (They should be by default) select storage and choose where you want to save the recovery. Then Swipe to Backup, this can take a while.
Once you're done with backing up, should anything go wrong later, you can boot back into TWRP and select the backup using Restore, to go back to your original state at the time of backup.
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The first part just means to boot into TWRP recovery and use the backup function preferably with an SD card and then back that up somewhere else. Boot into TWRP, select Backup, make sure Boot, System, and Data are selected (They should be by default) select storage and choose where you want to save the recovery. Then Swipe to Backup, this can take a while.
Once you're done with backing up, should anything go wrong later, you can boot back into TWRP and select the backup using Restore, to go back to your original state at the time of backup.
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Thank you jackson for the fast response, have you tried the rom, and do you like it?
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Thank you jackson for the fast response, have you tried the rom, and do you like it?
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I'm currently using Alpha Omega v1.3.0 with my VS995 and it seems pretty good. Unless it's been updated though, the Oreo firmware is missing from v1.3.0. If you're on a ROM that isn't based on Oreo firmware, you need a ROM with Oreo firmware flashed first. I used AO 1.0.7, then clean installed 1.3.0 on top of it. I also had a weird bug with advanced calling getting disabled, but I fixed it and posted the solution in the main AO thread. I think it was a rare issue though on Verizons end. Finally, Magisk Manager was recently updated and no longer supports Magisk versions under v18.0. Since AO v1.3.0 comes with Magisk v17.1 you'll probably have to flash Magisk v18.1 (latest as of right now) to get that working properly.
jackson019 said:
I'm currently using Alpha Omega v1.3.0 with my VS995 and it seems pretty good. Unless it's been updated though, the Oreo firmware is missing from v1.3.0. If you're on a ROM that isn't based on Oreo firmware, you need a ROM with Oreo firmware flashed first. I used AO 1.0.7, then clean installed 1.3.0 on top of it. I also had a weird bug with advanced calling getting disabled, but I fixed it and posted the solution in the main AO thread. I think it was a rare issue though on Verizons end. Finally, Magisk Manager was recently updated and no longer supports Magisk versions under v18.0. Since AO v1.3.0 comes with Magisk v17.1 you'll probably have to flash Magisk v18.1 (latest as of right now) to get that working properly.
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I cant lock with fingerprint. I came from lineage 7.1(android N) and I dont see anything on how to use fingerprint.... any ideas?
stevieshae said:
I cant lock with fingerprint. I came from lineage 7.1(android N) and I dont see anything on how to use fingerprint.... any ideas?
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Are you on Alpha Omega now? If you went from a Nougat based ROM straight to Oreo, then you need to make sure the Oreo firmware gets flashed or the fingerprint will not work (There won't even be a fingerprint option in the menu). Clean Install AO 1.0.7 which contains Oreo firmware, then clean install AO 1.3.0 and you should be fine. Note that Magisk is out of date in the ROM and you should also flash Magisk v18.1 as well if you run into an issue with Magisk Manager.
jackson019 said:
Are you on Alpha Omega now? If you went from a Nougat based ROM straight to Oreo, then you need to make sure the Oreo firmware gets flashed or the fingerprint will not work (There won't even be a fingerprint option in the menu). Clean Install AO 1.0.7 which contains Oreo firmware, then clean install AO 1.3.0 and you should be fine. Note that Magisk is out of date in the ROM and you should also flash Magisk v18.1 as well if you run into an issue with Magisk Manager.
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I cant get texting to work.. or calling? is that because I need to do the flash like you said?
stevieshae said:
I cant get texting to work.. or calling? is that because I need to do the flash like you said?
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Sounds like you didn't install Alpha Omega 1.0.7 first. I had the same issue when the Oreo firmware didn't get installed coming from Nougat. If you clean install AO 1.0.7 in the install log you should see something about "Flashing prerequisite full firmware" at the beginning. Following the completion of that, you need to follow the same clean install process to flash AO 1.3.0 and you should be good.
jackson019 said:
Sounds like you didn't install Alpha Omega 1.0.7 first. I had the same issue when the Oreo firmware didn't get installed coming from Nougat. If you clean install AO 1.0.7 in the install log you should see something about "Flashing prerequisite full firmware" at the beginning. Following the completion of that, you need to follow the same clean install process to flash AO 1.3.0 and you should be good.
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So flash AO 1.0.7 then 1.3 by formating data, the wipe dalvic, data, system, and cache. then install twrp and magisk. reboot into recovery. then install 1.3?
Also... Should I install dirty santa kernal?
stevieshae said:
So flash AO 1.0.7 then 1.3 by formating data, the wipe dalvic, data, system, and cache. then install twrp and magisk. reboot into recovery. then install 1.3?
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First off, you should be rooted with TWRP 3.2.3-4 from here already installed. Then follow these steps:
Clean Install -> Format Data -> Advanced Wipe -> Cache, Dalvik, Data, System
Install 1.0.7 -> Choose the proper kernel for your root method
If you rooted via dirtysanta, choose the mk2000 santa kernel
Reboot to recovery, no need to go to setup
Clean Install 1.3.0 -> Format Data -> Advanced Wipe -> Cache, Dalvik, Data, System
Use the same kernel from above
Flash Magisk v18.1
Wipe Dalvik/Cache
Reboot to System