Hey folks,
I wanted to ask if you'd recommend me to root my OP5?
I wasn't to afraid of rooting and flashing ROMs until messing my last phone up. It had no warranty on it anymore and was going to upgrade anyway so I didn't really have anything to lose so I just did it to learn about rooting and custom ROMs.
Is it safe (enough) to root and mess around with that stuff with that bit of experience? My phone was rooted and running CM/lineage for a few weeks and about four months on resurrection remix.
I really miss having the opportunities I had with root but I'm afraid of messing up my brand new device.
Thanks in advance
User422 said:
Hey folks,
I wanted to ask if you'd recommend me to root my OP5?
I wasn't to afraid of rooting and flashing ROMs until messing my last phone up. It had no warranty on it anymore and was going to upgrade anyway so I didn't really have anything to lose so I just did it to learn about rooting and custom ROMs.
Is it safe (enough) to root and mess around with that stuff with that bit of experience? My phone was rooted and running CM/lineage for a few weeks and about four months on resurrection remix.
I really miss having the opportunities I had with root but I'm afraid of messing up my brand new device.
Thanks in advance
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Do what you want with it With OnePlus devices you DON'T void the warranty by rooting and installing a custom rom, unless you cause hardware damage because of it - e.g overclocking too much, or undervolting too much. Even if you hardbrick your phone, oneplus should cover it, and in most cases help you recover it remotely if that's possible. Go ahead, you literally have nothing to loose... if you make a good backup lol
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Hello, I came from the verizon GS3 and was pretty much a crack flasher and had it rooted and everything. I also ended up soft bricking my phone a couple of times. I kinda want to avoid that so I'm a bit in doubt on rooting. I've seen that the rooting seems fairly easy but I hear people not being install the recovery and the flashing seems kinda risky as well. I just want to install some of the xposed mods and have it rooted, can anyone give me some guides on the easiest ways of rooting and installing a custom recovery? Also is there any chance of a toolkit or an easy do it all software coming out any time soon?
AegonTheDragon said:
Hello, I came from the verizon GS3 and was pretty much a crack flasher and had it rooted and everything. I also ended up soft bricking my phone a couple of times. I kinda want to avoid that so I'm a bit in doubt on rooting. I've seen that the rooting seems fairly easy but I hear people not being install the recovery and the flashing seems kinda risky as well. I just want to install some of the xposed mods and have it rooted, can anyone give me some guides on the easiest ways of rooting and installing a custom recovery? Also is there any chance of a toolkit or an easy do it all software coming out any time soon?
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Look through the Development section below and or the Development section for your carrier.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-g2/development
Hi I just got a new sprint Galaxy s4. I had a Samsung infuse 4g that I rooted and unlocked (which btw was hard to do for a newb way back then) but I never flashed a rom. To be honest I was afraid that I would destroy the phone. They are not cheap. I still have the infuse, so I guess I could practice flashing roms on that one but is it basically the same process? I just really really do not want to destroy my beautiful phone. Is it risky to flash ROMS or put other stuff in the phone? Thanks for the advice. This is an awesome site.
*Anything* you flash to your phone carries a risk (however minute) that it'll brick the device. The root method may be different, but for the most part ROM flashing is the same across any Android device.
IMPORTANT: Check your device model, since there are two variants of the Sprint S4 out there (SPH-L720 and SPH-L720T). The 720T doesn't work with all ROMs, and (last I checked) you lose the Spark connectivity, but 1x/3G/LTE will still work. I have one of the old models before Sprint started rolling out Spark, so I haven't really been keeping up with that part of it.
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Hi I just got a new sprint Galaxy s4. I had a Samsung infuse 4g that I rooted and unlocked (which btw was hard to do for a newb way back then) but I never flashed a rom. To be honest I was afraid that I would destroy the phone. They are not cheap. I still have the infuse, so I guess I could practice flashing roms on that one but is it basically the same process? I just really really do not want to destroy my beautiful phone. Is it risky to flash ROMS or put other stuff in the phone? Thanks for the advice. This is an awesome site.
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once you get the rooting done here is a great place to start looking for ROM's
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2303917
cyberweasal said:
once you get the rooting done here is a great place to start looking for ROM's
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2303917
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thanks for replying. I posted a question on the rooting thread regarding the s4. I was wondering about rooting it with my
Android version. I believe it's the latest but was not sure. Do you know if it's relatively safe to try that or are there issues like boot loops? Maybe I should leave well enough alone because I doubt I could fix a brick. These are really nice phones...thanks for your help
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thanks for replying. I posted a question on the rooting thread regarding the s4. I was wondering about rooting it with my
Android version. I believe it's the latest but was not sure. Do you know if it's relatively safe to try that or are there issues like boot loops? Maybe I should leave well enough alone because I doubt I could fix a brick. These are really nice phones...thanks for your help
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i had no problems. that being said. make sure you also have a stock rom down loaded on the phone or on a pc to fall back on, that way if you do boot loop you can just flash that. also once rooted make a backup!
you can root without doing a new rom or even choose a rom thats mostly stock with minimal changes its up to you how deep you go.
first thing if first once you root if you have KNOX you WILL flag the knox warranty count by 1 and that is not reversible yet.
good luck
Hi guys, after overthinking it *way* too much I decided to order a new S7E through my provider (T-mobile) in Holland.
I was afraid to get one because i'm clumsy as hell and drop my phones hundreds of time. Till now i've always been extremely lucky (S1, S3, G3) but the S7 is very shatter prone to say the least...
After reading countless threads and videos about screenprotectors (liquid, TG, plastic, cases) I still don't know what to choose
Anyway, I'm getting it tomorrow and I read that knox get tripped as soon as you root.
Does anyone in Holland have experience with warranty being rejected because knox was tripped?
I think I really want to root (Titanium backup, xposed mods, several apps that work better with root) but maybe I'll have to hold off until I know for sure that the hardware is working fine?
So IF I decide to go for it and root with CF-Root, is it true that when using Flashfire you basically don't need TWRP anymore as you can flash zipfiles and create/restore backups with it?
And when you root, do you immediately lose automatic OTA? Or do you lose that when flashing a customized rom?
Thanks for any tips
if you install customized rom so need TRWP !
get new s7 phone
- no install new system update
- odin flash CF auto root - http://forum.xda-developers.com/s7-edge/development/sm-g935-exynos-cf-auto-root-t3337354
- odin flash TRWP
after
- TRWP install Phoenix ROM
- TRWP install Protheus Kernel
- enjoy your Life and great phone
Dont go for the glass protector try to get a solution based screen protector And if you care for warranty dont root, until rooting without tripping knox possible .
Flashing custom rom will loose the ability to OTA. But, most custom roms support their own OTA
I am not on the only root thing, it is always better to have a custom recovery when you are in to modding.
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if you install customized rom so need TRWP !
get new s7 phone
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I will certainly look into optimized stock roms as soon as I have rooted, the question still is, to root or not to root
I'm curious to know how warranty reparations in Holland end up when you've rooted your device.
sohojmanush said:
Dont go for the glass protector try to get a solution based screen protector And if you care for warranty dont root, until rooting without tripping knox possible .
Flashing custom rom will loose the ability to OTA. But, most custom roms support their own OTA
I am not on the only root thing, it is always better to have a custom recovery when you are in to modding.
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I've normally not been really worried about warranty, but i've read many warnings from people here that your screen might go bad after a month or two, so I guess I want knox to be untripped :|
And you're right, when using custom roms it might be safer to have TWRP to come to the rescue when needed.
latino147 said:
I'm curious to know how warranty reparations in Holland end up when you've rooted your device.
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in Europe root phones , maybe no warranty.
only UK have warranty with Root Phone
Try not to drop it.
latino147 said:
I will certainly look into optimized stock roms as soon as I have rooted, the question still is, to root or not to root
I'm curious to know how warranty reparations in Holland end up when you've rooted your device.
I've normally not been really worried about warranty, but i've read many warnings from people here that your screen might go bad after a month or two, so I guess I want knox to be untripped :|
And you're right, when using custom roms it might be safer to have TWRP to come to the rescue when needed.
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Actually for Samsung it doesn't matter , get Smart Switch> Download mode > brand new OS > (Except) Knox tripped . But, Smart Switch take ages to download .. to me no matter how fast my connection is. you know OEM server's are always slow
Hi all.
I am really intrigued by some roms i see here especially Kingrom. I have never rooted a phone or anything past that but i am pretty tech savvy and have done some crazy stuff like downgrading and installing custom bootroms and OS's on nintendo 3ds which was a harrowing multi hour experience.
Anyway, before i root and install a custom recovery like TWRP, what are the dangers and downsides of starting this journey? Is it possible to un-root and go back to fully factory like-new? Does rooting and custom romming trip knox? Can i still get OTA updates from samsung?
what are the dangers and downsides of starting this journey?
You can brick your Device
Is it possible to un-root and go back to fully factory like-new?
yes, make a Full Backup
Does rooting and custom romming trip knox?
With Root trip KNOX
Can i still get OTA updates from samsung?
No, dont need it
if you use Kingrom
prepare use Phoenix Rom
dayl1ght said:
what are the dangers and downsides of starting this journey?
You can brick your Device
Is it possible to un-root and go back to fully factory like-new?
yes, make a Full Backup
Does rooting and custom romming trip knox?
With Root trip KNOX
Can i still get OTA updates from samsung?
No, dont need it
if you use Kingrom
prepare use Phoenix Rom
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How do i make a backup before i start root?
What is the downside of tripping knox? I dont have carrier, and no US warranty because of international phone, i have insurance from B&H but they dont check knox i think
Once Knox is tripped you will never ever be able to use Samsung Pay and find it difficult, if not impossible, to use Android Pay.
liquidguru said:
Once Knox is tripped you will never ever be able to use Samsung Pay and find it difficult, if not impossible, to use Android Pay.
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never use and never will use those, so i guess ill go with root!
In the S7 you can not brick brick your phone you can always boot in recovery and install everything, the KNOX counter once it gets reset nothing can be done. Rooting opens up the possibilities on the phone and its insane
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In the S7 you can not brick brick your phone you can always boot in recovery and install everything, the KNOX counter once it gets reset nothing can be done. Rooting opens up the possibilities on the phone and its insane
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what is benefit of keeping knox? i dont have samsung warranty and i never will use samsung/android pay? does it protect against viruses or something?
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what is benefit of keeping knox? i dont have samsung warranty and i never will use samsung/android pay? does it protect against viruses or something?
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KNOX is more towards enterprise, if you dont have warranty then what are you waiting for go ahead Root it, its not difficult just look at the you tube videos and hear what they explain carefully also have a look here
forum.xda-developers.com/s7-edge/development/recovery-official-twrp-hero2lte-3-0-0-0-t3334084
kofman13 said:
what is benefit of keeping knox? i dont have samsung warranty and i never will use samsung/android pay? does it protect against viruses or something?
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If you plan on selling your phone in the future, it's price maybe be affected, as the new owner will not be able to use the pay services.
Ultimately it's your choice. This is the first phone I haven't rooted. Every day I think I might, but I find it hard to actually go through with it. It works completely well without rooting. The main reason I used to root was to change the DPI, but you can do that without rooting on this phone.
liquidguru said:
If you plan on selling your phone in the future, it's price maybe be affected, as the new owner will not be able to use the pay services.
Ultimately it's your choice. This is the first phone I haven't rooted. Every day I think I might, but I find it hard to actually go through with it. It works completely well without rooting. The main reason I used to root was to change the DPI, but you can do that without rooting on this phone.
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i was mainly interested in kingrom because i hear it boosts performance and lets you block ads with mega ad blocker... is it not worth it?
It really is up to you. Rooting and tinkering is a lot of fun, which is why XDA exists. Following the rooting and flashing guides you shouldn't have any problems with your device. Custom ROMs and Xposed modules can add a lot of additional features and customization to your phone. This time, for this phone, I just feel it's not needed, but that's just me.
I use Adguard to block ads. It works really well on non-rooted phones.
I think I'd get a Nexus device now, if I wanted to start rooting and flashing ROMs. A lot of the real innovation is done with CM-based ROMs, which are extremely unlikely on new Sammy Exynos devices.
Hi all, quick rundown of what i'm trying to do -- i have two S8 phones, and I have to trade in one of them for upgrade. The phone I want to trade in is all scratched up but has about a billion apps. The other one just had its screen and battery replaced so it's nice and clean and I want to keep that one.
So, I want to get a full ROM backup of the first one, flash it onto the second one. It SOUNDS like it's possible to root and do this without tripping knox, but I just wanted to get some expert opinion/direction before I screw something up. I tried Buggy Backup and Helium but apparently I can't get the app data from a lot of these apps without rooting and backing up.
Any help would be appreciated! Thank you!