Hello folks,
I've rooted my S5 (retail version) using towelroot (thanks geohot), installed busy box and loaded Android Tuner.
I've made some changes to build.prop, just presets available in Android Tuner, and I froze (disabled) most of the Samsung and Verizon bloatware.
I did this a few days ago every thing worked as expected, rebooted a few times and everything appeared just like it was just from the factory. This morning I reboot and the initial Samsung logo appears but it has a unlocked padlock icon and says "CUSTOM".
I wasn't looking to even try and unlock the bootloader, but I have no idea what I even did to trigger this unlocked custom logo. I put the phone into download mode, and there was no KNOX counter, and Reactivation Lock read as off.
My questions are the following:
1) What the heck could I have done that triggered the unlocked padlock icon and "CUSTOM" on the initial boot screen? Was it just changing build.prop entries? Did freezing the Knox apps trigger this? What exactly does it mean that Reactivation Lock is off on the Odin download screen?
2) How can I check to see if the bootloader is locked or unlocked without risking the possibility of bricking my phone?
3) If by dumb luck I unlocked my bootloader (highly doubtful I did), what should I look for in the phones logs to help identify what I did so we can all unlock our bootloader?
I don't think this will amount to anything, but why not investigate it.
Thanks,
Frank
Reason to be doubtful the bootloader is unlocked:
"Qualcomm securboot: enabled" on the Odin download screen.
*SIGH*
This has been covered numerous times in other threads. The word custom and the unlocked padlock simply mean something was changed in your system to make it something other than official or right out of the box condition. Your changes to the build.prop and the bloatware you froze likely triggered the custom and unlocked padlock.
Sorry to make ya sigh over this, but tapatalk doesn't exactly make pertinent search results pop out.
Edit: I should just learn how to make better use of tapatalk. Thought I searching through a specific thread, but I was in the main board still when searching and not in a thread. I'm sorry to take frustrations out on ya for the sigh.
Driving a tour bus, I don't have a whole lot of time to comb through 3,000 posts in a thread looking for specific info, which is why I posed the questions.
Mods feel free to close this up since it appears that this won't lead anywhere.
landshark68 said:
*SIGH*
This has been covered numerous times in other threads. The word custom and the unlocked padlock simply mean something was changed in your system to make it something other than official or right out of the box condition. Your changes to the build.prop and the bloatware you froze likely triggered the custom and unlocked padlock.
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Lol at the op hahaha like seriously?
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fcsager said:
Sorry to make ya sigh over this, but tapatalk doesn't exactly make pertinent search results pop out.
Edit: I should just learn how to make better use of tapatalk. Thought I searching through a specific thread, but I was in the main board still when searching and not in a thread. I'm sorry to take frustrations out on ya for the sigh.
Driving a tour bus, I don't have a whole lot of time to comb through 3,000 posts in a thread looking for specific info, which is why I posed the questions.
Mods feel free to close this up since it appears that this won't lead anywhere.
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If you looked at the sticky, everything is in that one post. If unlocking the bootloader would be as easy as editing a simple text file I'm sure it would've been found months ago
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Alright OP got his question answered no need for everyone flooding in saying to use the search bar.
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Lol, we should be far more concerned that he might be rooting around on his phone while driving a tour bus! :good:
It's not unlocked OP sorry, first of all.
LeKtRiCzzz said:
Alright OP got his question answered no need for everyone flooding in saying to use the search bar.
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They've been taught to do so by certain people on here so, they follow the lead. That's how society works. I just wish that certain people setting examples would stop, so maybe it will stop...
Mira Sorvino rocks!
(just getting this in before the thread is closed by the admins)
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Sorry if its posted I haven't been able to figure it out. After man's unlocking paid apps don't show up in the market. There isn't even a paid apps section. I can't seem to figure it out. Any known fixes? Thanks a lot and sorry again if its somewhere obvious.
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i cant be the only one this has happened to
trying to keep this on the front page, still an issue after multiple roms
Weird. I had that issue right after I rooted where only some protected apps would show but after I flashed damage control I got them all back
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thread doesn't belong in development section, that's probably why nobody's answering. put it in the Q&A section.
but try RUUing and rerooting.
Sorry missed OP's posting of flashing multiple roms
I cant catch a break, i figured the ruu would work as well, however every time i get to the part where it actually goes to update, it says waiting for bootloader, and then counts until it gives me error 171.
This is re god damn diculous. RUU flash and i still dont have paid apps at all.
WTF
Ok, I am sure folks have asked this before. I have done a search and still can not find a answer. I am wanting the option in my settings that will allow me to download non market apps.
I have rooted the phone and am running the 2.2 custom rom that I got before AT&T released theirs. When I go into setting to the area that should have the option to allow non market apps, it is not there.
I thought that once you rooted and installed the custom rom, it would give you this option as I know that AT&T blocks this on their firmware / rom.
Any ideas?
Thanks,
Obviously you did not do a search and posts like need to be in q&a section. We had this place cleaned up a couple days ago to rid the general of threads like this.
Superoneclick.
mrhaley30705 said:
Superoneclick.
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x2...
You can use this to root, but then also to allow NM Apps. Real simple, just have to have the drivers installed on your computer.
Here's a link for you SuperOneClick
boborone said:
Obviously you did not do a search and posts like need to be in q&a section. We had this place cleaned up a couple days ago to rid the general of threads like this.
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First, This is my first time on this paticular website so knowing the exact area to post is not always the easiest as all forums are different.
Second, I am a member of different tech type forums out there and I would never slam someone like you are doing. The purpose of forums like this is to help people and not to see how big of a "****" you can be to someone.
You should keep in mind that you may need help someday on a product you have and you go online to get a answer and that person acts the way you did and see how you like it.
I have even ran forums before and have kicked people off that acted in this manner.... Just be careful on who you piss off.
Gupone said:
First, This is my first time on this paticular website so knowing the exact area to post is not always the easiest as all forums are different.
Second, I am a member of different tech type forums out there and I would never slam someone like you are doing. The purpose of forums like this is to help people and not to see how big of a "****" you can be to someone.
You should keep in mind that you may need help someday on a product you have and you go online to get a answer and that person acts the way you did and see how you like it.
I have even ran forums before and have kicked people off that acted in this manner.... Just be careful on who you piss off.
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Slow down everyone! No need for drama
Please be more conciderate to new people and act the way you would like people to act towards you when you require help or you're newb. (that's a rule btw.. in some other words)
EDIT: @ OP - SuperOneClick, as mentionned, will do the job perfectly
here try this ..works great...
http://www.androidcentral.com/sideload-android-apps-all-you-want-sideload-wonder-machine
Gupone said:
Ok, I am sure folks have asked this before. I have done a search and still can not find a answer. I am wanting the option in my settings that will allow me to download non market apps.
I have rooted the phone and am running the 2.2 custom rom that I got before AT&T released theirs. When I go into setting to the area that should have the option to allow non market apps, it is not there.
I thought that once you rooted and installed the custom rom, it would give you this option as I know that AT&T blocks this on their firmware / rom.
Any ideas?
Thanks,
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After u get superoneclick use the rage... method to allow nm apps
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Droid Explorer works, too
I believe Astro File Manager also has this ability in the Preferences section..
There's no option, it just installs. There is an option in 2.3 though.
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There's no option, it just installs. There is an option in 2.3 though.
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It is due to att removing the option for their devices. If att release a 2.3.3 update you can be sure that it will be removed from there as well. The reason you see it now is that att is the only one that does it and we are working with the euro version
I understand. Every custom rom I've seen just installs even though the option is not there.
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Has anyone experienced this with the EZ-UNLOCK APP? i have used it before and now even though i get that quick flashing pop-up that says the device has been successfully unlocked and says that the device status is "unknown" instead of "unlocked" like it did before.
Several people have posted similar comments in the app review of the app in the playstore but i wanted to know if anyone here has had that happened and if its safe to flash away. The last thing i want to do is flash a ROM and not have my bootloader really unlocked. Thanks
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Has anyone experienced this with the EZ-UNLOCK APP? i have used it before and now even though i get that quick flashing pop-up that says the device has been successfully unlocked and says that the device status is "unknown" instead of "unlocked" like it did before.
Several people have posted similar comments in the app review of the app in the playstore but i wanted to know if anyone here has had that happened and if its safe to flash away. The last thing i want to do is flash a ROM and not have my bootloader really unlocked. Thanks
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I just joined this community and I haven't searched, but I would bet my first born son that there is a post here regarding this issue already.
ALSO, if you would have spent any time reading about the app in the play store you would have seen this:
" v1.4 hotfix for last issue. Bootloader checking is disabled for the time being, so all you will see is UNKNOWN for the status. Fret not, as unlocking and relocking are still working. Sorry about all this, will rectify ASAP. I recommend using 1.2 from the Rootzwiki linked thread in the description."
Do you know what that's from? The very first sentence in the "what's new" section of the play store listing.
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Kjennings15 said:
I just joined this community and I haven't searched, but I would bet my first born son that there is a post here regarding this issue already.
ALSO, if you would have spent any time reading about the app in the play store you would have seen this:
" v1.4 hotfix for last issue. Bootloader checking is disabled for the time being, so all you will see is UNKNOWN for the status. Fret not, as unlocking and relocking are still working. Sorry about all this, will rectify ASAP. I recommend using 1.2 from the Rootzwiki linked thread in the description."
Do you know what that's from? The very first sentence in the "what's new" section of the play store listing.
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First of all when you start a thread if gives you threads and post about similar headings. There were 4 post on issues with EZ-Unlock and i read them all. They all described difference issues like black screens and force closes. I then did a quick google search and went to the playstore link on the web and did not see this sentence that you are talking about.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mmmeff.ez.unlock&hl=en
But thank you for resisting the urge to be an ass and just answering the question.
Use version 1.2. Do not use the version from the Play Store (for now).
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First of all when you start a thread if gives you threads and post about similar headings. There were 4 post on issues with EZ-Unlock and i read them all. They all described difference issues like black screens and force closes. I then did a quick google search and went to the playstore link on the web and did not see this sentence that you are talking about.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mmmeff.ez.unlock&hl=en
But thank you for resisting the urge to be an ass and just answering the question.
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If looking at mobile browser, click the what's new tab.
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Ok so first off, sorry if this is in the wrong section, please correct me as im kinda new. Also, I have searched the thread and couldnt find anything on this but if this is a double post, im sorry.
Now as of right now, the galaxy s4 google edition is still just a rumor. If it turns out to be real, and the hardware is the same as the att version, is there any way we could get the odin image, decompile it, put the att modem and bootloader in, then flash it? Would it work?
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xZip- said:
Ok so first off, sorry if this is in the wrong section, please correct me as im kinda new. Also, I have searched the thread and couldnt find anything on this but if this is a double post, im sorry.
Now as of right now, the galaxy s4 google edition is still just a rumor. If it turns out to be real, and the hardware is the same as the att version, is there any way we could get the odin image, decompile it, put the att modem and bootloader in, then flash it? Would it work?
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Why not post this in here, or at least read the thread because it is already being discussed? At the time I am posting this, this thread is literally 2 posts above.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2279127
scott14719 said:
Why not post this in here, or at least read the thread because it is already being discussed? At the time I am posting this, this thread is literally 2 posts above.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2279127
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Yeah I saw this but it didnt exactly duscuss what im trying to here. What I would loke to know is if we could get the odin image and port it to the att version without having to unlock the bootloader or anything. Just flash it through odin as if it were a stock image.
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Yeah in that other thread, they are linking to the definition on "****!" needless to say it's way off topic. I too am wondering the same. Being that there are no hardware differences, I don't see it being a problem to share Roms. It's already gonna support AT&T and T Mobile frequencies, so I think it will be a share great between the different models!
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Well we are in the att galaxy s4 forum so why wouldnt we all be on the same topic? Its already annouced it will support att bands so no need for modifying
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Well we are in the att galaxy s4 forum so why wouldnt we all be on the same topic? Its already annouced it will support att bands so no need for modifying
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He's talking about using the information to unlock the bootloader for the SGS4 ATT version.
I think we'll just have to sit tight and see what the developers dig up and figure out.
xZip- said:
Ok so first off, sorry if this is in the wrong section, please correct me as im kinda new. Also, I have searched the thread and couldnt find anything on this but if this is a double post, im sorry.
Now as of right now, the galaxy s4 google edition is still just a rumor. If it turns out to be real, and the hardware is the same as the att version, is there any way we could get the odin image, decompile it, put the att modem and bootloader in, then flash it? Would it work?
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To be honest, it all depends on which bootloader the Google version comes with. AT&T bootloader is locked but T-Mobile is unlocked. Now I don't know a lot about bootloaders so please correct me, but if the Google version comes unlocked, it would most likely be the same as the T-Mobile one. I know for a fact using a T-Mobile stock ROM through ODIN on an AT&T S4 does not work. So until the bootloader is unlocked you won't be able to flash the Google stock ROM.
Supporting both AT&T and T-Mobile networks simply means it will work on both frequencies of LTE service. This has nothing to do with the bootloader because unlocking the phone from AT&T doesn't unlock the bootloader but the phone will work on the T-Mobile network.
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He's talking about using the information to unlock the bootloader for the SGS4 ATT version.
I think we'll just have to sit tight and see what the developers dig up and figure out.
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He specifically said using the AT&T bootloader. I don't think he's trying to unlock the bootloader this way, I just think he's trying to run stock Android using the same technique for getting out of a recovery loop (flashing stock ROM through ODIN). Without an unlocked bootloader this won't be possible because the ROM won't flash.
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Unbelievable. why are we doing this? there are many threads on this...PLEASE PEOPLE! If you are new, I understand, but it is not hard to scroll down a few pages and see same topics that you can input your opinions. The G4 forums are not HUGE yet, real easy, just look.
I'll say it again before someone else has too, NO IT WILL NOT UNLOCK THE BOOTLOADER! Bootloader encryption is deep and the kernel must be signed by AT&T in order to load. The Google GS4 is OBVIOUSLY NOT going to have the same bootloader since they are not AT&T, simple as that. Flash your GS4 with a Google ROM and Kernel and you will be bricked and or it just won't even flash.
NOW PLEASE STOP ASKING!
Jesus people, he's asking about the possibility of converting our phones into the Google Edition with an Odin flash. Where the hell did this get misconstrued as asking if it will unlock his bootloader? Take a couple benadryl and get off the computer for an hour. The guy just wants stock aosp on his phone, like many of us wouldn't mind having.
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Unbelievable. why are we doing this? there are many threads on this...PLEASE PEOPLE! If you are new, I understand, but it is not hard to scroll down a few pages and see same topics that you can input your opinions. The G4 forums are not HUGE yet, real easy, just look.
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You need to calm down. Plain and simple. The other threads are talking about unlocking the bootloader, this one is not. He simply asked about flashing AOSP on an AT&T phone with the original bootloader.
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I'll say it again before someone else has too, NO IT WILL NOT UNLOCK THE BOOTLOADER! Bootloader encryption is deep and the kernel must be signed by AT&T in order to load. The Google GS4 is OBVIOUSLY NOT going to have the same bootloader since they are not AT&T, simple as that. Flash your GS4 with a Google ROM and Kernel and you will be bricked and or it just won't even flash.
NOW PLEASE STOP ASKING!
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Same as above. Calm down. How about you actually read the damn post instead of seeing the word bootloader and crying about it. NOTHING in the original post was about unlocking the bootloader. He wanted to flash AOSP and IF you would have read my reply you would have known this.
I'm so sick of pompous people on this forum already and I've only been a member for 2 days. READ the question. Answer it. Stop being pricks about it especially when you're flipping out about something not even asked.
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I think everyone is just having rom flashing withdrawls..
Wooosaa everyone.. Wooosaa
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Nitroglycerin said:
You need to calm down. Plain and simple. The other threads are talking about unlocking the bootloader, this one is not. He simply asked about flashing AOSP on an AT&T phone with the original bootloader.
Same as above. Calm down. How about you actually read the damn post instead of seeing the word bootloader and crying about it. NOTHING in the original post was about unlocking the bootloader. He wanted to flash AOSP and IF you would have read my reply you would have known this.
I'm so sick of pompous people on this forum already and I've only been a member for 2 days. READ the question. Answer it. Stop being pricks about it especially when you're flipping out about something not even asked.
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I'm sorry I thought the OP was more intelligent then that and thought it was implied given you can't flash the ROM without an unlocked bootloader. Maybe YOU need to chill and stop being pompous. You've been a member for two days, I've been a member for two years.
I hate to be a **** but the forum has been flooded with the same questions over and over without any thought or care of trying to search for answers other then for themselves. It needs to stop, enabling it is not helping the situation.
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I'm so sick of pompous people on this forum already and I've only been a member for 2 days. READ the question. Answer it. Stop being pricks about it especially when you're flipping out about something not even asked.
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I have better idea how about just search for your own answers instead of posting and then you won't have to deal with the pompous pricks.
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I'm sorry I thought the OP was more intelligent then that and thought it was implied given you can't flash the ROM without a locked bootloader. Maybe YOU need to chill and stop being pompous. You've been a member for two days, I've been a member for two years.
I hate to be a **** but the forum has been flooded with the same questions over and over without any thought or care of trying to search for answers other then for themselves. It needs to stop, enabling it is not helping the situation.
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You "thought the OP was more intelligent," however you must have decidedly skip on reading the FIRST sentence in the post where he is apologizing if its in the wrong section and that he is "new here." Your assumptions led you down the path to what Nitro posted and fairly gave me the same impression (without the name calling). Either way, its cleared up now. Lets just move on.
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You "thought the OP was more intelligent," however you must have decidedly skip on reading the FIRST sentence in the post where he is apologizing if its in the wrong section and that he is "new here." Your assumptions led you down the path to what Nitro posted and fairly gave me the same impression (without the name calling). Either way, its cleared up now. Lets just move on.
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Well I was still trying to answer OP but I didn't realize I didn't reply properly. I was also freaking on Nitro for even bringing up the bootloader as well. Either way I'm done then, I'll move on if everyone else will
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I'm sorry I thought the OP was more intelligent then that and thought it was implied given you can't flash the ROM without an unlocked bootloader. Maybe YOU need to chill and stop being pompous. You've been a member for two days, I've been a member for two years.
I hate to be a **** but the forum has been flooded with the same questions over and over without any thought or care of trying to search for answers other then for themselves. It needs to stop, enabling it is not helping the situation.
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Hes not talking about flashing roms you tool.
Hes talking about using odin and using the google s4 files instead of the att s4 file. Not that hard of a concept to get nor is it necessary to rage over.
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You've been a member for two days, I've been a member for two years.
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Friendly reminder: being here for 2 years doesn't give you the right to be a **** to a new user when he wasn't even asking about what you posted. That being said, I'm not posting this to continue the argument. You said you'd be done and so will I. However, just to clarify, I only brought up the bootloader to explain that flashing AOSP won't work and explained why.
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I have better idea how about just search for your own answers instead of posting and then you won't have to deal with the pompous pricks.
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Normally I do, but since I provided an answer, I couldn't search for it lol
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Nitroglycerin said:
I'm so sick of pompous people on this forum already and I've only been a member for 2 days.
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When I was brand new here, I sorta thought the same way. The things is though, I read every single thread and post about my phone. I didn't ask a question that was already answered ten times over. That's where noobs go wrong. They don't read. They're (often times) too lazy to do any of their own foot-work to try and solve their problem or answer their question. It's not so much people being pompous as it's devs and members are just tired of the same old thing over and over again. This has been going on long before I was a member.
There was a dev that made ROMs for my old phone. They were my favorite! You know what happened? That dev got tired of people posting the same questions and flooding his inbox with the same crap. So, because of lazy people, myself and everyone else that used his ROMs suffered. That's when I stopped caring about how some people respond to others. Spend a few years here and I think you'll have a better understanding of that.
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When I was brand new here, I sorta thought the same way. The things is though, I read every single thread and post about my phone. I didn't ask a question that was already answered ten times over. That's where noobs go wrong. They don't read. They're (often times) too lazy to do any of their own foot-work to try and solve their problem or answer their question. It's not so much people being pompous as it's devs and members are just tired of the same old thing over and over again. This has been going on long before I was a member.
There was a dev that made ROMs for my old phone. They were my favorite! You know what happened? That dev got tired of people posting the same questions and flooding his inbox with the same crap. So, because of lazy people, myself and everyone else that used his ROMs suffered. That's when I stopped caring about how some people respond to others. Spend a few years here and I think you'll have a better understanding of that.
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There's a difference between someone starting a new thread and people flooding one particular dev. Besides, the issue here was unique (and apparently some "experienced" people still aren't grokking why).
People do need to chill out about this sort of thing. Besides, the search function is kind of ****ty and is not working half the time, so cut people some slack if there's some overlap. It's not going to hurt you.
I just got my Note 5 this afternoon, not a single one of my credit or debit cards will work with Samsung Pay and since I am with USAA it may be a while before it does, as such the itch to root is even stronger now.
Has the latest OTA been rooted yet? I am currently still on 5.1.1 but I am getting the notification for an update.
Would it be wise to update or should I wait a bit longer?
In other words has unlock and root been achieved on the newest OTA yet?
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I just got my Note 5 this afternoon, not a single one of my credit or debit cards will work with Samsung Pay and since I am with USAA it may be a while before it does, as such the itch to root is even stronger now.
Has the latest OTA been rooted yet? I am currently still on 5.1.1 but I am getting the notification for an update.
Would it be wise to update or should I wait a bit longer?
In other words has unlock and root been achieved on the newest OTA yet?
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Please browse the forum. Your answers are literally a click away. Heck you can even Google "root tmobile note 5," and it'll bring you right back to xda.
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Jammol said:
Please browse the forum. Your answers are literally a click away. Heck you can even Google "root tmobile note 5," and it'll bring you right back to xda.
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I didn't ask if it could be rooted.
I asked if MM had been rooted or if it was only LP at this time, as all I see in the development forum are 5.1.1 roms and kernels.
This is why I asked the question the way I did.
There is a very good reason that XDA has the reputation of being a bad place to go if you have questions, and your response is part of that problem.
The Q&A forum is for precisely these style questions.
Now, seeing as how I did not ask how to root the device as there are plenty of threads on that, would you care to take a stab at answering my actual question.
I won't be mad at a link to a thread which answers the question I asked.
Just do this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3187422
Looks like this when done right
And again, note that the link and the screenshot is for LP, I am asking if MM has been rooted yet.
Though I do very much appreciate the response.
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And again, note that the link and the screenshot is for LP, I am asking if MM has been rooted yet.
Though I do very much appreciate the response.
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First of all you never stated anything about mm in your original post. Secondly note 5 is still on lp. The only thing you stated is if the latest Ota has been rooted, and the latest Ota is lp and yes it has been rooted so there is your answer.
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Reading my post again you are 100% right, I apologize.
Thank you.
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I didn't ask if it could be rooted.
I asked if MM had been rooted or if it was only LP at this time, as all I see in the development forum are 5.1.1 roms and kernels.
This is why I asked the question the way I did.
There is a very good reason that XDA has the reputation of being a bad place to go if you have questions, and your response is part of that problem.
The Q&A forum is for precisely these style questions.
Now, seeing as how I did not ask how to root the device as there are plenty of threads on that, would you care to take a stab at answering my actual question.
I won't be mad at a link to a thread which answers the question I asked.
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Its all good. I won't go there with this one. The back and forth isn't worth it. You should also probably edit your post!
MM Beta is rootable. Go to the development section to find out the pros and cons of using the beta. I advise you to stay on LP. There's only the stock rooted beta kernel available for MM. There's a lot of cons to being on it, so please keep that in mind is you decide to flash it.
See how much help I still gave you without actually posting a link? Not trying to be a **** but if we soon feed the work, the work wouldn't know how to feed itself. I started off as the wise noob ever, and bricked phones. If I had only taken the time to Google and research, those devices being bricked could have been avoided.
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Jammol said:
Its all good. I won't go there with this one. The back and forth isn't worth it. You should also probably edit your post!
MM Beta is rootable. Go to the development section to find out the pros and cons of using the beta. I advise you to stay on LP. There's only the stock rooted beta kernel available for MM. There's a lot of cons to being on it, so please keep that in mind is you decide to flash it.
See how much help I still gave you without actually posting a link? Not trying to be a **** but if we soon feed the work, the work wouldn't know how to feed itself. I started off as the wise noob ever, and bricked phones. If I had only taken the time to Google and research, those devices being bricked could have been avoided.
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Jammol,
I realise in my first post I did not give names as I had thought I had. This is why upon re-reading it I apologized as my original question wasn't clear.
Thank you for the follow up.
In any question thread the answer should be clear, even if it is simply a link to another post, in this way those coming here in the future can follow the link rather than seeing a simple "nevermind I figured it out" and my post being the only response to their search. Please note, I did not say you had to provide a link, just said that even if your answer was simply a link to where I could find the answer that would be fine as well.
Note I did search, but as I was looking for MM ROMS I could not find anything, I was under the mistaken impression that MM was on the device. This is where I erred and why I could not find anymore information.
For all future folks taking a look at this thread, as of today MM is not available on the Note5 and the newest OTA (as of today) has already been rooted and you can find a number of ROMS in the development section.
flyingwolf said:
Jammol,
I realise in my first post I did not give names as I had thought I had. This is why upon re-reading it I apologized as my original question wasn't clear.
Thank you for the follow up.
In any question thread the answer should be clear, even if it is simply a link to another post, in this way those coming here in the future can follow the link rather than seeing a simple "nevermind I figured it out" and my post being the only response to their search. Please note, I did not say you had to provide a link, just said that even if your answer was simply a link to where I could find the answer that would be fine as well.
Note I did search, but as I was looking for MM ROMS I could not find anything, I was under the mistaken impression that MM was on the device. This is where I erred and why I could not find anymore information.
For all future folks taking a look at this thread, as of today MM is not available on the Note5 and the newest OTA (as of today) has already been rooted and you can find a number of ROMS in the development section.
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It's okay.
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flyingwolf said:
Jammol,
I realise in my first post I did not give names as I had thought I had. This is why upon re-reading it I apologized as my original question wasn't clear.
Thank you for the follow up.
In any question thread the answer should be clear, even if it is simply a link to another post, in this way those coming here in the future can follow the link rather than seeing a simple "nevermind I figured it out" and my post being the only response to their search. Please note, I did not say you had to provide a link, just said that even if your answer was simply a link to where I could find the answer that would be fine as well.
Note I did search, but as I was looking for MM ROMS I could not find anything, I was under the mistaken impression that MM was on the device. This is where I erred and why I could not find anymore information.
For all future folks taking a look at this thread, as of today MM is not available on the Note5 and the newest OTA (as of today) has already been rooted and you can find a number of ROMS in the development section.
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Damn, you came off as really stabdoffish and a bit entitled, like everyone here owes you their time searching for a subject you could easily have searched for yourself. Smh
Thanat0s24 said:
Damn, you came off as really stabdoffish and a bit entitled, like everyone here owes you their time searching for a subject you could easily have searched for yourself. Smh
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Honest question for you.
After reading the thread, seeing where I had apologized and seeing that the issues was solved and the back and forth was done, what compelled you to respond in such a negative manner?
You end your statement with "smh" which I can only assume stands for "so much hate" as it is currently used.
So why bother? You see the thread is resolved, you see the question has been answered but then you just felt this need to respond?
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Honest question for you.
After reading the thread, seeing where I had apologized and seeing that the issues was solved and the back and forth was done, what compelled you to respond in such a negative manner?
You end your statement with "smh" which I can only assume stands for "so much hate" as it is currently used.
So why bother? You see the thread is resolved, you see the question has been answered but then you just felt this need to respond?
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Smh means shaking my head. And it doesn't matter if it was resolved, you got all upset that none of us took the time to GOOGLE or FORUM SEARCH for you, when you could have easily done that yourself. The sense of entitlement was pretty thick.
And again, if you had actually bothered to read I state that I did search but was under the mistaken impression that this phone had an update to MM when it had not, hence the reason I could not find anything when searching for MM ROM's, this is why I asked.
So your assertion, especially after I had already stated I did, that I didn't search is completely unfounded.
The issue I took was with a response that boiled down to "do your own research as this help forum isn't here to help you".
This is an issue at XDA and why XDA is universally made fun of and considered a bad place to go if you have questions that haven't been answered, because a bunch of folks will respond with vitriol without bothering to read the rest of the posts.
For instance, the best answer was already given, but it would have hurt nothing for Jamool to have said:
"The latest OTA update is currently LP and that has been rooted, you can find multiple roms in the development section of the forum, here is a link (link). And in the future make sure to make use of that search button."
At which point I would have realised that I was mistaken on the idea that the Note5 has Marshmallow already and that would have been the end of the conversation.
Now, can we consider this matter closed otr would you like to once again respond and tell me how I didn't bother to search?
P.S. I cannot be the only one that has noticed that the search function seems to stop working at 11pm EST am I?
flyingwolf said:
I just got my Note 5 this afternoon, not a single one of my credit or debit cards will work with Samsung Pay and since I am with USAA it may be a while before it does, as such the itch to root is even stronger now.
Has the latest OTA been rooted yet? I am currently still on 5.1.1 but I am getting the notification for an update.
Would it be wise to update or should I wait a bit longer?
In other words has unlock and root been achieved on the newest OTA yet?
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Where you on N920TUVS2COKC when you got it? If so how did you root it. I got mines today & dont see any updates available. Also the space kernel has been pulled.
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I did google, and as I said already. I was wrong.
I guess you really don't bother to read previous posts.
How dare I post a question in a question and answer forum specific to my question.
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Where you on N920TUVS2COKC when you got it? If so how did you root it. I got mines today & dont see any updates available. Also the space kernel has been pulled.
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I haven't rooted yet, I am holding out hope that usaa gets Samsung pay setup soon.
I was having a bad day , then I read this.