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After using the S7 Edge for 1 week with / and Xposed. Stock TW has to go

Got my S7 Edge SM-935W8 Installed TWRP, CF Auto root and xposed. Before i did that i used the stock phone for a day. FASTEST PHONE IVE EVER USED. NOTHING COMES CLOSE TO THE PERFORMANCE OF THIS PHONE OUT OF THE BOX. THIS IS NOT A POsT TO BASH THE S7 EDGE
Off the go xposed did not work well. Bootlooped every other restart and added a lot of time to startup.
Modules I installed:
Boot Manager
BubnleUpNp
Clean Lockscreen
Custom Share
Dynamic AlarmIcon 2
Flatstyke bar indicator
Flatstylekeyboard
Gravitybox
Greenify
Luckypatcher
RootCloak
Smooth system progress bar
XGPM
Xinstaller
Xprivacy
Xprivacy in app info
Xtouchwhiz

Was it easy to root?what method did you follow please?only rooted once and was nexus 6p never rooted another?cheers

So does that mean you are going to flash back the stock ROM. I'm undecided on whether to root or not. I've been jailbreaking since the first iPhone, and the S7 edge is my first ever android device. I must say I can do almost everything I used to on jailbreak but with a lot less effort.
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I have the same config, except I obtained root with TWRP + SuperSU.
Runs better than Stock, and No Reboots.
Are you sure you got the correct Xposed version ? (Arm64, SDK 23)
Out of the box, First thing I did was Power up in bootloader, Flashed TWRP. Root is a must for me.

A little confused as to the OP? What exactly are you stating or trying to convey?

chippyuk said:
A little confused as to the OP? What exactly are you stating or trying to convey?
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Me too, can't work out if he is saying it was better before or after root and exposed??

After i install Xposed framework, as jazonX states (Arm64, SDK 23) , my phone won't boot anymore and i am forced to
reinstall stock image. what am i doing wrong ?
Thanks!

dsbarry said:
After i install Xposed framework, as jazonX states (Arm64, SDK 23) , my phone won't boot anymore and i am forced to
reinstall stock image. what am i doing wrong ?
Thanks!
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Use Xposed from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/xposed/unofficial-xposed-samsung-lollipop-t3180960
This is specifically made for TW devices, because Samsung makes modifications to ART and other things that break the normal Xposed. I installed it on my S7e and it works like a charm

ssrij said:
Use Xposed from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/xposed/unofficial-xposed-samsung-lollipop-t3180960
This is specifically made for TW devices, because Samsung makes modifications to ART and other things that break the normal Xposed. I installed it on my S7e and it works like a charm
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you sir, are a lifesaver!
thank you so much!

Sorry half the post was removed....
Anyways I wrote this because if you go far enough to trip Knox you aren't going to want to run stock TW. With the features this phone has I can't see myself running cm or a AOSP distro if I lose out on the hardware's capabilities. For a thousand dollar phone the price tag doesn't meet the performancs running stock with root and xposed.
I used wanams custom Xposed v80 x64. The TWRP exynos version and Cf-root. This version of Touchwhiz is 8gb. There is ALOT of RAM usage on the device stock. With Xposed framework on top the device is lagging behind what it should be.
I'm dying to get a custom TW running because this device is a beast but there is to much on top of the essentials that are holding back the s7.
If you are thinking of going the mod route you should not use stock. When the time comes flash a custom TW.

JazonX said:
I have the same config, except I obtained root with TWRP + SuperSU.
Runs better than Stock, and No Reboots.
Are you sure you got the correct Xposed version ? (Arm64, SDK 23)
Out of the box, First thing I did was Power up in bootloader, Flashed TWRP. Root is a must for me.
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did your 0x0 became 0x1 after rooting?

mindstorms54 said:
did your 0x0 became 0x1 after rooting?
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Ofcourse its gonna trip knox

mindstorms54 said:
did your 0x0 became 0x1 after rooting?
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Yeah, 0x1 now.
Wasn't a big deal for me, as this is probably the sixth phone I had with Fort Knox.

I wanna start playing with this thing but Sam mobile doesn't have our firmware up yet.
Any other firmware I can use to reflash stock if I run into trouble playing with this thing?
I'm also on the w8 variant and like to have everything on my laptop before I make the leap
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jlomoro said:
I wanna start playing with this thing but Sam mobile doesn't have our firmware up yet.
Any other firmware I can use to reflash stock if I run into trouble playing with this thing?
I'm also on the w8 variant and like to have everything on my laptop before I make the leap
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You shouldn't need another. With Odin you can flash the recovery again if it fails but after you have a recovery you can just factory reset it and it well go back to default. Go to the TWRP EXYNOS thread and follow his steps. Its a smooth process

Thanks for the reply Benny, that won't work if I want to experiment with the custom rom available tho will it.
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jlomoro said:
Thanks for the reply Benny, that won't work if I want to experiment with the custom rom available tho will it.
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Download Nandroid manager and online Android backup. Your gonna have to get TWRP and root
Make a backup and save it to your SD card. Copy it somewhere safe, and make sure you can flash it if anything goes wrong.
Or you can hold off and wait for Sam's mobile. In due time it will have a stock image for your provider

Hi Benny, it's awesome you got it all working. I have same model of the S7 Edge. I am rooted, however I didn't install TWRP yet, because I was confused about the instructions in the "exynos twrp" thread.
Did you glad the "dm-verity- disabler "? I'm not sure what that does, but it was part of the instructions. Also did you do a factory reset when flashing twrp? Because my phone is all setup up now, I don't want to do a factory reset to get twrp.
Please advise

before i root i need to make sure sammy can resolve all 6.0.1 issues, mainly crappy 3d gaming performance. happens on ALL 6.0.1 devices, on Note 5 running angry birds 2 for 5 minutes results in awful lag and stuttering same with s7e, however 5.1.1 Note 5 runs it perfect!!!
i mainly play ppsspp emulator and angry birds 2, and this stupid bug must be resolved!

MUTAN3F said:
Hi Benny, it's awesome you got it all working. I have same model of the S7 Edge. I am rooted, however I didn't install TWRP yet, because I was confused about the instructions in the "exynos twrp" thread.
Did you glad the "dm-verity- disabler "? I'm not sure what that does, but it was part of the instructions. Also did you do a factory reset when flashing twrp? Because my phone is all setup up now, I don't want to do a factory reset to get twrp.
Please advise
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That file removes the encryption on internal storage. It's required if you wish to have TWRP have read write access to the internal storage. Wichita is required if you plan on using custom rom in the future.
I'm thinking what you could do (which is what I'm gonna do) is flash the auto root method. Then do a full backup with titanium to sd card. Then install TWRP and do full wipe and no diversity script and TWRP root method.
Then reload my titanium backup.
Think this will best of both worlds as I'll have read write access and won't lose all my data.
Can anybody confirm or correct me on my thinking here?
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Questions regarding Nougat.

I haven't personally used any of the Beta builds of Android 'N' and had a few questions regarding Nougat, Root, TWRP and Xposed.
I always flash the stock factory images using fastboot, so when the Nougat image is available, I plan on wiping and starting fresh. After I get it all flashed, I was wondering how I'd go about getting TWRP? Do I simply flash TWRP using fastboot as I have always done in the past? Or is there a special version of TWRP to be used?
Next, I read SuperSU 2.74 flashed with TWRP will get me rooted, but just wanted to confirm that just to be safe.
Last but certainly least, I realize Nougat is in its infancy stage, custom ROM wise, but will ROMs be rebased from 'M' to 'N' fairly quickly, or is it quite the difficult process? Can I also safely assume Xposed won't be working with Nougat for a while as well?
Sorry for the plethora of questions, I'm new to the Nougat scene.

I'm also interested in finding this stuff out, as I will be coming from rooted paranoid android MM.

Dankchild said:
I'm also interested in finding this stuff out, as I will be coming from rooted paranoid android MM.
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If nobody replies i'll see what I can dig up information wise and I'll let you know. [emoji106]

adzcache said:
If nobody replies i'll see what I can dig up information wise and I'll let you know. [emoji106]
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I would like to know as well!

NBAPwns said:
I would like to know as well!
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So far all the info I know is Xposed isn't supported yet, and SuperSU 2.74 can be used to get Root access, but I still haven't heard anything related to N and TWRP.

There's a new version of TWRP today for Nougat. The previous version wasn't staying installed. TWRP 3.0.2-1: https://dl.twrp.me/angler/twrp-3.0.2-1-angler.img.html
If you want Nougat now, you can use ADB Sideload to install this full update: http://www.androidpolice.com/2016/0...gs-full-android-7-0-nougat-nexus-ota-roundup/
Just boot into TWRP, choose "Advanced" and "ADB Sideload".
Then, from the command line, type adb sideload /path/to/rom.zip

anuraj1 said:
There's a new version of TWRP today for Nougat. The previous version wasn't staying installed. TWRP 3.0.2-1: https://dl.twrp.me/angler/twrp-3.0.2-1-angler.img.html
If you want Nougat now, you can use ADB Sideload to install this full update: http://www.androidpolice.com/2016/0...gs-full-android-7-0-nougat-nexus-ota-roundup/
Just boot into TWRP, choose "Advanced" and "ADB Sideload".
Then, from the command line, type adb sideload /path/to/rom.zip
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Nice find with TWRP. I see they've updated their Github too

Thank you kindly @anuraj1

adzcache said:
Thank you kindly @anuraj1
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My pleasure! I'm running 7.0 with TWRP and root with no data loss from MM. The phone is much snappier, but I might still clean install when the factory images are released.
I am not finding much info about Xposed on 7.0, but I am going to hold off on experimenting with it.

anuraj1 said:
My pleasure! I'm running 7.0 with TWRP and root with no data loss from MM. The phone is much snappier, but I might still clean install when the factory images are released.
I am not finding much info about Xposed on 7.0, but I am going to hold off on experimenting with it.
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Awesome!
One question, are you using 2.74 or 2.76 for root?

this link may also be of interest to you all: http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6p/general/guide-android-nougat-developer-preview-t3410906
for the developer previews, TWRP didn't play nicely, in short, it wasn't able to decrypt your data for some reason, and i managed to find this workaround. @anuraj1, do you know if the new twrp you linked works with N as it did on M, or are there not enough use cases for it yet?

anuraj1 said:
My pleasure! I'm running 7.0 with TWRP and root with no data loss from MM. The phone is much snappier, but I might still clean install when the factory images are released.
I am not finding much info about Xposed on 7.0, but I am going to hold off on experimenting with it.
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im on Pure Nexus Rom, can i just sideload it to 7.0? Assuming im keeping all my apps and data. Noting that non of my xposed apps will not work yet

Dankchild said:
Awesome!
One question, are you using 2.74 or 2.76 for root?
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I am using 2.76

My question is this:
I took the ota to Nougat, updated to the new twrp, got my phone rooted just fine, now, are there any custom kernels out yet that will work for Nougat?

With the new OTA out, will the factory images be released fairly soon? I'd like to try Nougat and this new TWRP.

kclive said:
My question is this:
I took the ota to Nougat, updated to the new twrp, got my phone rooted just fine, now, are there any custom kernels out yet that will work for Nougat?
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Yeah dude, @flar2 ElementalX has an N Kernel I do believe.

Keep getting force close on some apps. Can't use ex kernel manager.
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asj0422 said:
this link may also be of interest to you all: http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6p/general/guide-android-nougat-developer-preview-t3410906
for the developer previews, TWRP didn't play nicely, in short, it wasn't able to decrypt your data for some reason, and i managed to find this workaround. @anuraj1, do you know if the new twrp you linked works with N as it did on M, or are there not enough use cases for it yet?
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The new version works on N exactly as twrp worked on MM!

Can someone tell me which SuperSU to use? I wiped and started from scratch on a fresh MM and took the Nougat OTA, so I'm full stock right now with an unlocked bootloader. I have the new TWRP ready. Just need SuperSU. Thanks in advance.

I've included full instructions on how to safely update in my guide here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6p/general/guides-how-to-guides-beginners-t3206928
(section 14)

[UNOFFICIAL] CM13 with Android Pay, Stock Kernel, NO ROOT nightly builds

After firing up my old build environment I thought I would get cracking and start my own builds again so here we go.
Here are my unofficial builds which are completely stock with root disabled by default so android pay works out of the box. I have not modified anything aside from making it a user/release build rather than a userdebug build so any bugs in the nightlies will be in my builds as well.
** I am not responsible if your phone blows up or causes your mum to sneeze loudly in front of a cat **
** If you want root you will need to flash supersu or phh root in TWRP. **
Installation Perquisites
Unlocked bootloader
TWRP Recovery
I recommend using OpenGapps from http://opengapps.org/.
Notes
I have tested this build with the camera mod by @siankatabg and it no longer works however if it does start to work again down the line I will update this post.
Changelog
https://www.cmxlog.com/13/oneplus3/
Source
https://github.com/CyanogenMod
Kernel Source
https://github.com/CyanogenMod/android_kernel_oneplus_msm8996
Last build (26/09)
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=457095661767098905
Moved to CM14 now.

Once CM14 is live I will be moving my build environment over to CM14 so nightlies may continue but at a much lesser pace.
Please DO NOT ask for when CM14 builds will start.

Handy Hints.
If you want to get battery stats with better battery stats from XDA without root then enable ADB and run this command.
adb -d shell pm grant com.asksven.betterbatterystats_xdaedition android.permission.BATTERY_STATS

First build is up.

daleski75 said:
Handy Hints.
If you want to get battery stats with better battery stats from XDA without run then enable ADB and run this command.
adb -d shell pm grant com.asksven.betterbatterystats_xdaedition android.permission.BATTERY_STATS
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Thanks for this tip, trying to do without Root (sick of always trying to find workaround to get specific apps to work) and get by with just custom rom and kernel.
Much appreciated.

Is that AndroidPay will stop working even on stock OOS as soon it has been rooted?
Also, is the camera still worse than on stock?

hotcell said:
Is that AndroidPay will stop working even on stock OOS as soon it has been rooted?
Also, is the camera still worse than on stock?
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Yes
And
Yes

15 CM13 rom here
Regards,
Taker

hotcell said:
Is that AndroidPay will stop working even on stock OOS as soon it has been rooted?
Also, is the camera still worse than on stock?
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Flash the OOS camera port and enjoy

daleski75 said:
Flash the OOS camera port and enjoy
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I think no 100% quality port exist yet?

@daleski75 good to see you here mate, loved your PA builds for N6
You just going with CM this time?

hotcell said:
I think no 100% quality port exist yet?
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Not yet but it's getting closer with each release

eng.stk said:
@daleski75 good to see you here mate, loved your PA builds for N6
You just going with CM this time?
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I will do PA builds mate when they go to N don't seem much point in doing M builds for both PA and CM right now

Excuse my ignorance, but besides Android Pay, what's the point of having no root custom rom, as many apps need root rights. Take even Titanium Backup...
What are the core advantage of Paranoid compared to other ROMs out there?

hotcell said:
Excuse my ignorance, but besides Android Pay, what's the point of having no root custom rom, as many apps need root rights. Take even Titanium Backup...
What are the core advantage of Paranoid compared to other ROMs out there?
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While I agree the custom ROM scene doesn't have much of a place for non rooted ROMs. (Titanium backup is the best example out of them all), it is a matter of choice at the end of the day. A persons wife for just one example might like all the cool extra options and themes that CM gives but what's Android Pay and has no purpose for root. (It's not a secure thing for those to have that aren't totally savvy) so why not use something like this? All about choice.
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hotcell said:
Excuse my ignorance, but besides Android Pay, what's the point of having no root custom rom, as many apps need root rights. Take even Titanium Backup...
What are the core advantage of Paranoid compared to other ROMs out there?
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Some people may want the extra customisation of a custom rom but want to use their banking,android pay apps which do not work with root.
And it's a lot easier to flash root than trying to remove it from CM13 nightlies where it's in by default.
And like kickassdave said It's all about choice at the end of the day.

Uploading 03/09

New build is up

daleski75 said:
...android pay apps which do not work with root.
And it's a lot easier to flash root than trying to remove it...
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When systemless supersu is installed, it has the switch to temporarily un-root. Would that be a lot easier option than flash root witch has no uninstaller option? Will AndroidPay work when temp uprooted?

hotcell said:
When systemless supersu is installed, it has the switch to temporarily un-root. Would that be a lot easier option than flash root witch has no uninstaller option? Will AndroidPay work when temp uprooted?
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Android Pay detects systemless root the only guaranteed way to keep it working is never to root unfortunately.
Some have got it working using magisk and phh root.

Unofficial Lineage, Magisk

Will putting Magisk on My ZTE A2017G with unofficial Lineage 14.1 get passed Safety net and allow me to use apps like Android Pay?
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The latest stable version of Magisk (14.0) works fine for me on LineageOS 14.1 and also passes SafetyNet, so the answer is YES. (But I don't know for certain about Android Pay because I don't use it!)

P650SE said:
The latest stable version of Magisk (14.0) works fine for me on LineageOS 14.1 and also passes SafetyNet, so the answer is YES. (But I don't know for certain about Android Pay because I don't use it!)
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Great thanks for the info I'm just looking at the guide to install it and I don't understand how to do the bit with stock boot image?

Supersilver-Haze said:
Great thanks for the info I'm just looking at the guide to install it and I don't understand how to do the bit with stock boot image?
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I am not sure what you mean to be honest, where did you see about this? I know when you install LineageOS you have to flash the B15 Universal Bootloader first in TWRP, and you should also flash the Android N modem; both of which are supplied in the Official LineageOS discussion thread. You can then proceed with flashing the ROM and OpenGApps, followed by Magisk 14.0 and anything else you'd like to install before rebooting.

P650SE said:
I am not sure what you mean to be honest, where did you see about this? I know when you install LineageOS you have to flash the B15 Universal Bootloader first in TWRP, and you should also flash the Android N modem; both of which are supplied in the Official LineageOS discussion thread. You can then proceed with flashing the ROM and OpenGapps, followed by Magisk.
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Yea I've actually done all that and got it working with a bit of stress involved it's just this part in the guide for Magisk "However, you MUST have a stock boot image dump beforehand, and also be able to flash the patched boot image, either through fastboot/download mode or ODIN" if you know how to do that bit would be great haha but if not thanks for your help P650E

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Yea I've actually done all that and got it working with a bit of stress involved it's just this part in the guide for Magisk "However, you MUST have a stock boot image dump beforehand, and also be able to flash the patched boot image, either through fastboot/download mode or ODIN" if you know how to do that bit would be great haha but if not thanks for your help P650E
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No worries. I don't think you need to worry about anything like that. The usual procedure is just to download Magisk from the link in the official thread on XDA, copy it to the internal storage on the Axon 7 and then flash it in TWRP. It isn't necessary to do anything else, like the stuff you copied above.

P650SE said:
No worries. I don't think you need to worry about anything like that. The usual procedure is just to download Magisk from the link in the official thread on XDA, copy it to the internal storage on the Axon 7 and then flash it in TWRP. It isn't necessary to do anything else, like the stuff you copied above.
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Oh well that's embarrassing :laugh: just got the zip and flashed like you said everything working perfectly including Android Pay I can't thank you enough :highfive: hope you enjoy the rest of your day and thanks again

Supersilver-Haze said:
Oh well that's embarrassing :laugh: just got the zip and flashed like you said everything working perfectly including Android Pay I can't thank you enough :highfive: hope you enjoy the rest of your day and thanks again
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Haha, that's quite alright. Feel free to let me know should you have any further problems with the Axon 7. I'm a new owner but have a lot of experience with previous Android devices such as the LG G4 and OnePlus One.

P650SE said:
Haha, that's quite alright. Feel free to let me know should you have any further problems.
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Ah I know this is a bit fast to be asking about another problem but I just literally found out that I can't make or receive calls on Lineage I can send and receive texts and use data but no calls
Edit: disregard the I figured it out I had it permanently on LTE so I wasn't able to make or receive calls on LTE it seems
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Supersilver-Haze said:
Ah I know this is a bit fast to be asking about another problem but I just literally found out that I can't make or receive calls on Lineage I can send and receive texts and use data but no calls
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Hmm, i'm not sure about that one because I didn't use the phone for making calls when I was running LineageOS on my Axon 7. If you installed the Android N modem before flashing the ROM it should work fine in theory. Maybe you can find someone else in the LineageOS thread who's having the same issue.

Does viper4android through magisk work for you. I keep getting error and then magisk force closes

FuzzyDunlop9 said:
Does viper4android through magisk work for you. I keep getting error and then magisk force closes
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I also had problems getting Viper4Android to work on this device. For me it would install fine, but the audio effects made no difference in apps like Spotify and YouTube, despite having the deep-buffer fix enabled. Try using this version by ahrion instead, it works for me! (Just make sure you remove anything relating to previous installations of V4A beforehand!)

Hello again, I put the question on the forum but doesn't seem like anyone is answering, do you know the process of going from unofficial lineage to official and should I?
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Supersilver-Haze said:
Hello again, I put the question on the forum but doesn't seem like anyone is answering, do you know the process of going from unofficial lineage to official and should I?
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I don't know how much difference it would make, but installing the Official build of LineageOS is probably slightly better. The method of switching from Unofficial to Official is basically the same as what I posted previously in your other discussion thread:
1. Make sure your apps and files from Unofficial LOS are backed-up.
2. Download the Official LOS ROM and copy it to either the internal or expandable SD card storage on the Axon 7.
3. Download the latest GApps arm64 ZIP for Android 7.1 from OpenGapps and copy it to either the internal or expandable SD card storage on the Axon 7.
4. Reboot the phone into TWRP custom recovery.
5. Enter the 'Wipe' menu and wipe the partitions /data, /system, /dalvik and /cache. (It might not be 100% necessary to wipe /data since you're just switching to an official build of the same ROM, but it is still advisable. You could try installing the ROM without wiping /data, but you may encounter some issues!)
6. Switch the the 'Install' menu and flash Official LOS, followed by the OpenGApps ZIP.
7. Reboot the device.

Entering into potter's custom ROM world: some questions

Hi everyone,
I'm tired of Lenovorola's poor update schedule and have decided to flash any of the latest (stable) custom ROM from the threads here. But before I proceed, I have few concerns.
1. This isn't my first time flashing custom ROMs but it is my first time flashing custom ROM on a phone with locked bootloader. So, my understanding is that first I unlock bootloader, flash a custom recovery & then root with Magisk, ultimately flashing a ROM. Is this the correct process?
2. Will I lose the IMEI information at any point in the process? If yes, if there any solution to circumvent it?
3. Can I use all banking apps on custom ROM without any issues?
4. Is there any other downside of doing all this that's not known commonly?
I've been meaning to get out of the "stock" firmware walled garden for a long time and I think it's time. I'd really appreciate any help you can offer in this regard.
P.s: Also suggest any ROM that in your experience is the best.
Thanks in advance!

yourSAS said:
Hi everyone,
I'm tired of Lenovorola's poor update schedule and have decided to flash any of the latest (stable) custom ROM from the threads here. But before I proceed, I have few concerns.
1. This isn't my first time flashing custom ROMs but it is my first time flashing custom ROM on a phone with locked bootloader. So, my understanding is that first I unlock bootloader, flash a custom recovery & then root with Magisk, ultimately flashing a ROM. Is this the correct process?
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For the most part yes, you don't need to root before installing a custom rom.
2. Will I lose the IMEI information at any point in the process? If yes, if there any solution to circumvent it?
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Normally no, it's very rare for IMEI issues.
3. Can I use all banking apps on custom ROM without any issues?
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Depends on the requirements of the banking apps, I've never had any issues with banking apps.
4. Is there any other downside of doing all this that's not known commonly?
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There always some issues with a small % of users and rooting/custom roms.
I've been meaning to get out of the "stock" firmware walled garden for a long time and I think it's time. I'd really appreciate any help you can offer in this regard.
P.s: Also suggest any ROM that in your experience is the best.
Thanks in advance!
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Lineage OS is a good rom to start with, but every rom has it's pros/cons.
I suggest trying a few to see what you like.

First thing after TWRP is installed. Make a backup of your EFS and keep it somewhere safe. Just in case.

Like @Randumb_User said do a backup of the EFS partition (or do a full backup - that's what I would do).
I tried several customs - Nougat and Oreo. In most cases battery life wasn't nearly as good as the StockROM.
If you want to play it safe use one of the TWRP flashable ones. If you want to be up to date I would suggest FrankenROM (best use v12.5, 13 has a minor issue with the recent apps list) - stable, fast, very good battery life (1,5d is no problem).
But hey - it's also a matter of taste ....

yourSAS said:
Hi everyone,
I'm tired of Lenovorola's poor update schedule and have decided to flash any of the latest (stable) custom ROM from the threads here. But before I proceed, I have few concerns.
1. This isn't my first time flashing custom ROMs but it is my first time flashing custom ROM on a phone with locked bootloader. So, my understanding is that first I unlock bootloader, flash a custom recovery & then root with Magisk, ultimately flashing a ROM. Is this the correct process?
2. Will I lose the IMEI information at any point in the process? If yes, if there any solution to circumvent it?
3. Can I use all banking apps on custom ROM without any issues?
4. Is there any other downside of doing all this that's not known commonly?
I've been meaning to get out of the "stock" firmware walled garden for a long time and I think it's time. I'd really appreciate any help you can offer in this regard.
P.s: Also suggest any ROM that in your experience is the best.
Thanks in advance!
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Looks like I get to answer my own queries.(I've flashed custom ROM)
1. Yes, the process is indeed the same, except you'll have to flash no-verity patch first in recovery before doing anything else.
2. No (at least, in my case)
3. Most of them work (if they don't, use Magisk hide). The only exception so far is Tez, which doesn't work.
4. Nothing that really matters. Custom ROM will offer mostly stable experience and some minor hiccups
I've tried only Xtended ROM so far and mentioned feedback on its thread.
I'll update on this thread if I've anything to add
Update: You'll get to use modded Google Camera with Oreo based ROMs/stock firmware with root - which makes a HUGE difference in photo quality. So, totally worth unlocking the phone.

Read in another thread (think it was baout CarbonROM) that TEZ works when you login/authenticate or what ever before you install Magisk.

TGHH said:
Read in another thread (think it was baout CarbonROM) that TEZ works when you login/authenticate or what ever before you install Magisk.
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I've uninstalled Magisk and tried but it's not working :/

yourSAS said:
I've uninstalled Magisk and tried but it's not working :/
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Not sure if uninstall Magisk is enough. Maybe you need to verify TEZ right after flashing and then install Magisk. Maybe contact the member who posted the work around in the post I linked. Good luck!

yourSAS said:
Looks like I get to answer my own queries.(I've flashed custom ROM)
1. Yes, the process is indeed the same, except you'll have to flash no-verity patch first in recovery before doing anything else.
2. No (at least, in my case)
3. Most of them work (if they don't, use Magisk hide). The only exception so far is Tez, which doesn't work.
4. Nothing that really matters. Custom ROM will offer mostly stable experience and some minor hiccups
I've tried only Xtended ROM so far and mentioned feedback on its thread.
I'll update on this thread if I've anything to add
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is your rom pass safetynet?
if its pass try clear data on tez then use magisk hide it will hide root for tez so u can use tez

dhinesh_cool said:
is your rom pass safetynet?
if its pass try clear data on tez then use magisk hide it will hide root for tez so u can use tez
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I've tried this already. Didn't help.

yourSAS said:
I've tried this already. Didn't help.
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You could try enabling magisk hide and then revoke the phone permission for google play services.

kishorv06 said:
You could try enabling magisk hide and then revoke the phone permission for google play services.
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Thank you. I used this trick (hiding telephony permission) along with all other restrictions like Magisk hide. It worked.

When you go back to stock ROM do not use the fastboot erase modemtest commands because it will erase the imei just those two commands omitted-

RubenPCA said:
When you go back to stock ROM do not use the fastboot erase modemtest commands because it will erase the imei just those two commands omitted-
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I don't know if I'll be going back to stock ROM because Oreo ROM is that good. Thanks for the heads up though.

yourSAS said:
Thank you. I used this trick (hiding telephony permission) along with all other restrictions like Magisk hide. It worked.
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Happy to hear that.

I've seen many posts about people losing their imei and volte with no permanent solution. Should i unlock my bootloader and install custom roms on my g5 plus? It's there any chance i might lose my imei or 4g?

spandy992 said:
I've seen many posts about people losing their imei and volte with no permanent solution. Should i unlock my bootloader and install custom roms on my g5 plus? It's there any chance i might lose my imei or 4g?
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I didn't lose IMEI. I followed the process mentioned in the OP

spandy992 said:
I've seen many posts about people losing their imei and volte with no permanent solution. Should i unlock my bootloader and install custom roms on my g5 plus? It's there any chance i might lose my imei or 4g?
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Backup your efs partition if u lost volte it will help