Have A GS6 on hand. How can I help root? - Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hey guess I recently got a hold of a GS6 and would like to help the development in creating a way for root access. Im not very familiar on what is needed to begin rooting development but I'd like to help as much as I can.
Let me know

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frantastic58 said:
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I wish I knew how to root so I could help u, but is it possible for you to do a battery life review and let me know how long that battery lasts u in a day?

yea sure ill post screenshot of the battery levels threw out my day

frantastic58 said:
Hey guess I recently got a hold of a GS6 and would like to help the development in creating a way for root access. Im not very familiar on what is needed to begin rooting development but I'd like to help as much as I can.
Let me know
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2696537
That's the man you need to contact...RIGHT NOW! ! ! Lol[emoji6]
ChainFire is the man when it comes to ROOTING! He has Twitter link as well, hit him up☝
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tenxo said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2696537
That's the man you need to contact...RIGHT NOW! ! ! Lol[emoji6]
ChainFire is the man when it comes to ROOTING! He has Twitter link as well, hit him up☝
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Yup, you'll have to do a system dump, probably need to unlock boot loader etc, but chainfire is someone you'll want to reach out to.
Also, would love to know battery life!!

frantastic58 said:
yea sure ill post screenshot of the battery levels threw out my day
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What carrier or is it international brand? AT&T and Verizon have locked the bootloaders in the past making it hard to root!
Also can you show some of the theme changer in the settings, thanks.
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tenxo said:
What carrier or is it international brand? AT&T and Verizon have locked the bootloaders in the past making it hard to root!
Also can you show some of the theme changer in the settings, thanks.
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It's SM-G920F so it's international variant. At&T should be G920A
frantastic58 said:
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Even without root you could make a System Dump too!
Give a look HERE or HERE

Could you extract the sound files?
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Any screenshots yet regarding battery life? =)

It will be good for us, thanks!

When you get around to posting battery life screenshots can you make sure to post screen on time, brightness level, and what you used the phone for so that the number are more meaningful.

Nah, is normal

Yeah sorry I hadnt had a chance to get on XDA and respond. Battery life to be complete honest I am demoing the device 24/7 and so far on hard usage i'm getting 6-7 hours. But thats with the phone on full brightness and pushing the phone to its limits. Tomorrow I will be able to provide accurate battery life i will a free day and will be able to see how long it last without demoing it all the time.
I will so provide screen shots of my battery from yesterday and a screen shot from today.
Thanks for putting in contact with the right people I will contact them and do a system dump and hopefully get this started.

Maybe you can post sot time

Can you upload its Firmware? So we can extract some interesting stuff?
thanks

Yeah, screen on time (SOT) is the only battery metric that means anything to me.

JasonJoel said:
Yeah, screen on time (SOT) is the only battery metric that means anything to me.
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That's the way we really know the real battery life

David_freestyle said:
That's the way we really know the real battery life
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You guys are so wrong on that one.
SOT is probably the worst way to tell a phones battery life.
Were Bluetooth, Locations and other things on? Screen brightness? What apps installed? What was on the screen? A web page? Gaming? (remember this is amoled and darks are easier than whites too).
This really needs to stop because it seems to have spread to a point where more and more people are calling this a metric when it's not.
There are way too many unknown factors that will greatly effect SOT.

He right. We need all the info not just SOT.

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[APP] New ADB App not yet in the Market

Created by Dror Becker. He's worked really hard and it works great. This app is an easy way to use adb. All you have to do is install the apk and follow the instructions.
I've been using this all day and it changed my life.
http://www.4shared.com/file/226523007/7d3a424f/ADB.html
Make sure you follow him http://www.twitter.com/drorbecker
Guys it works. It's 100%. I can't wait for an update!
Damn man, @Drorbecker you are the ****! My Nexus One has become so much more valuable, Thanks man
Weird cuz I installed this on my G1 and it works great!
A valuable resource for the Android community!
Can't wait to start using this on the my Nexus One when I can afford one!
Thanks!
all that has been done with Android and this barely is thought of, wow we are late
this is awesome app, great work!
is it good for fastboot?
Stea1thmode said:
is it good for fastboot?
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Yeah you don't need to unlock either.
TheDudeOfLife said:
Created by Dror Becker. He's worked really hard and it works great. This app is an easy way to use adb. All you have to do is install the apk and follow the instructions.
I've been using this all day and it changed my life.
http://www.4shared.com/file/226523007/7d3a424f/ADB.html
Make sure you follow him http://www.twitter.com/drorbecker
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Can you please explain what is its usage? I mean what does this application do?
Thanks
TheDudeOfLife said:
Created by Dror Becker. He's worked really hard and it works great. This app is an easy way to use adb. All you have to do is install the apk and follow the instructions.
I've been using this all day and it changed my life.
http://www.4shared.com/file/226523007/7d3a424f/ADB.html
Make sure you follow him http://www.twitter.com/drorbecker
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Um, what does it do exactly?
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Great app, now I can watch .mkv files
sorry guys
I'm still non the wiser. What exactly does this wonderful app do?
Seriously what's this app?
Is it not obvious from the OP? Your battery will last 3x longer. Or more.
all is not very conclusive 2GHZ overclock? WHAT?
3 hours more battery? WHY?
a little more light on what it does or close the thread... sorry
Guys, this video should help http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pk6gvBPMa4
200 MB more RAM????
and the last twitter message (if you click on the link follow on twitter) says "you have to pull the battery after it has done its work to finish it"...
seriously, that doesn't sound healthy at all.... besides, if you just understand which buttons to press simultaneously (e.g. power while holding volume down to go into bootloader, etc.), you NEVER have to pull the battery....
shmigao said:
200 MB more RAM????
and the last twitter message (if you click on the link follow on twitter) says "you have to pull the battery after it has done its work to finish it"...
seriously, that doesn't sound healthy at all.... besides, if you just understand which buttons to press simultaneously (e.g. power while holding volume down to go into bootloader, etc.), you NEVER have to pull the battery....
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I'm not really sure how long you've been around, but I wouldn't just suggest crap.
Some of the other reports of features are incorrect, but this app definitely makes using ADB much easier for you. You don't even need a computer.
@the dude of life.
pls. enlighten us, what's this app do then?
TheDudeOfLife said:
I'm not really sure how long you've been around, but I wouldn't just suggest crap.
Some of the other reports of features are incorrect, but this app definitely makes using ADB much easier for you. You don't even need a computer.
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Thank you for again clarifying, sir. I LOVE this app!
Review: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pk6gvBPMa4
Stea1thmode said:
@the dude of life.
pls. enlighten us, what's this app do then?
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It simplifies adb by relocating it on your phone. Next version will support fastboot, nandroid and themes

[Q] Battery stats show android OS as 99% consumer

It was a one-time event. The battery was not draining faster, but in the graph it showed this(see screenshot below). Any ideas? I'm on stock rom with stock kernel
Battery stats screw up from time to time. Reboot / recharge. It will come right in the end
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soadzoor said:
It was a one-time event. The battery was not draining faster, but in the graph it showed this(see screenshot below). Any ideas? I'm on stock rom with stock kernel
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That's quite normal if you have not used the phone in that period.
The android os has consumed 99% of the the battery drain of 24% and not 99% of the total battery capacity. When the phone is on the android os is always running and will obviously use the battery.
It is obviously a screwup, cause I used the phone, and usually screen consumes the most. A fully recharge resolved the issue
soadzoor said:
It is obviously a screwup, cause I used the phone, and usually screen consumes the most. A fully recharge resolved the issue
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If the issue is resolved, please contact moderator to close the topic
Edit : Just add the tag [RESOLVED] in the topic
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Mr hOaX said:
If the issue is resolved, please contact moderator to close the topic
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Eh?
Just edit the title to put "[resolved]" or something. Topics don't get "closed" and don't need to be. Moderators have more important things to be doing.
rootSU said:
Eh?
Just edit the title to put "[resolved]" or something. Topics don't get "closed" and don't need to be. Moderators have more important things to be doing.
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Edited my post accordingly
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Mr hOaX said:
Edited my post accordingly
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It's a little awkward, but I simply cannot find where I can edit the title of the thread... :\ The question still remains though.. why did this happen?
soadzoor said:
It's a little awkward, but I simply cannot find where I can edit the title of the thread... :\
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soadzoor said:
The question still remains though.. why did this happen?
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What more do you need to know other than sometimes it happens? It's a bug, it happens from time to time for as long as I can remember.

[Q] nexus 5 battery draining problem

hi folks
I'm using nexus 5, fransco kernel, stock ROM, kitkat 4.4.4 I noticed my battery is not as my ezpextation. I saw comment online and people say they can have 3 hours of sot and 1 days of standby time. but my phone is near dead only at 6 hours standby with 1.5 hours sot.
Anything weong with my phone?
I have upload some of my screenshots time to time as I used my phone.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/google-nexus-5/help/battery-life-help-troubleshoot-battery-t2785128 <-read the first 4 posts, and change browsers from Chrome to something else (I use Naked Browser as it's very minimal), and install an ad blocker if you're rooted. Adfree is a good one: http://adfree.bigtincan.com/
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/google-nexus-5/help/battery-life-help-troubleshoot-battery-t2785128 <-read the first 4 posts, and change browsers from Chrome to something else (I use Naked Browser as it's very minimal), and install an ad blocker if you're rooted. Adfree is a good one: http://adfree.bigtincan.com/
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Thanks man
I pretty much did what the guy told said on his page (before i saw his post), but I still wasnt able to get like superb battery life like he does.
mousefai0922 said:
Thanks man
I pretty much did what the guy told said on his page (before i saw his post), but I still wasnt able to get like superb battery life like he does.
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Ok post GSAM stats and post to that thread so you can get more help.
MrObvious said:
Ok post GSAM stats and post to that thread so you can get more help.
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thanks will do
Do you have your brightness cranked all the way up? That'll drain your battery pretty quickly. Looking at your stats that's the only thing I can think of since your screen is using so much battery.
_MetalHead_ said:
Do you have your brightness cranked all the way up? That'll drain your battery pretty quickly. Looking at your stats that's the only thing I can think of since your screen is using so much battery.
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my screen brightness is only at 15%, no auto brightness.
I'm having deja vu. Lol

Does 360 Hibernation Master app work on Marshmallow for Z5??

Does anyone know if this app works on the Z5 using Marshmallow?? Please confirm.
Thanks!
I'll try and give you feedback.but keep in mind my Z5 is not rooted
josephnero said:
I'll try and give you feedback.but keep in mind my Z5 is not rooted
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Joseph,
Thank you for offering. That's fine, as I do not plan to root the Xperia X Performance when I buy it this summer either.
I have a similar thread going for the X Performance, and a guy in that thread already verified that it DOES work on the Z5 running Marshmallow! I'd already tried this app before on my Z3 (I now have the S7, but don't want to keep it, so waiting for X Performance to come out this summer so I can switch my S7 for that). It worked perfectly, but it doesn't work on my S7. But the guy in the other thread CONFIRMED it DOES work on the Z5 with Marshmallow too!
I would highly recommend Joseph that you skim through that thread, and then do yourself the favor of buying the full version of 360. You won't regret it. (But understand this app does not seem to work on Samsung phones for whatever reason. Not sure on others. Just know it does for Sony Xperia.)
Let me know if you do, how it goes, how you like it, and if ANY issues arise from having 360 on your phone.
Sorry for late reply.Was busy.downloading it right now.
josephnero said:
Sorry for late reply.Was busy.downloading it right now.
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No problem. Just remember to enable EVERYTHING in 360, get the full paid version, leave phone on but screen off (and NOT plugged in) overnight, and take note of what percentage the battery is at RIGHT before you go to bed, as well as first thing in the morning. See that thread for any other questions, and if not listed there, ask me here.
Thanks!!
RockStar2005 said:
No problem. Just remember to enable EVERYTHING in 360, get the full paid version, leave phone on but screen off (and NOT plugged in) overnight, and take note of what percentage the battery is at RIGHT before you go to bed, as well as first thing in the morning. See that thread for any other questions, and if not listed there, ask me here.
Thanks!!
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Just bought full version.Also I should note that I had zero to 1% battery loss overnight.The doze mode really works well
josephnero said:
Just bought full version.Also I should note that I had zero to 1% battery loss overnight.The doze mode really works well
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Ok so on the Full version you had 0-1% battery loss overnight? Let me know please. And also how many hours was that?
If so, GREAT!! Yeah even 1% is a lot. lol You were probably like RIGHT on the border of that 1% when you went to bed.
It's not really called "Doze Mode". That's a Marshmallow thing. It's just the 360 app doin' its thing. lol
RockStar2005 said:
Ok so on the Full version you had 0-1% battery loss overnight? Let me know please. And also how many hours was that?
If so, GREAT!! Yeah even 1% is a lot. lol You were probably like RIGHT on the border of that 1% when you went to bed.
It's not really called "Doze Mode". That's a Marshmallow thing. It's just the 360 app doin' its thing. lol
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double checked last night.9 hours of sleep(lol). 1 percent loss.
josephnero said:
double checked last night.9 hours of sleep(lol). 1 percent loss.
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Wow! I've never tested it past 6-7 hours, so NINE hours and ONLY A 1 PERCENT LOSS? That's FANTASTIC!
Thanks again Joseph for testing the 360 app and contributing to this thread! MUCH appreciated!!
RockStar2005 said:
Wow! I've never tested it past 6-7 hours, so NINE hours and ONLY A 1 PERCENT LOSS? That's FANTASTIC!
Thanks again Joseph for testing the 360 app and contributing to this thread! MUCH appreciated!!
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No problem buddy.I oversleep sometimes lol
josephnero said:
No problem buddy.I oversleep sometimes lol
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Don't we all? lol
This may be the ONE time oversleeping equates to a good thing. lol
RockStar2005 said:
Don't we all? lol
This may be the ONE time oversleeping equates to a good thing. lol
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lol yeah.Overall if Xp will be anything like Z5 on battery life and with 820 being a bit more frugal it will have a solid battery life
josephnero said:
lol yeah.Overall if Xp will be anything like Z5 on battery life and with 820 being a bit more frugal it will have a solid battery life
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I agree. I'm COUNTING THE DAYS until X Perf is released. I hate that it's not 'til like June though. Wish it was May or even April. Don't know why Sony put it off so long? The Z5 came out like last Fall. April would be at least 5-6 months since the Z5's release, so that's when it should be coming out, not Summer. Sony needs to just release ONE phone a year and make it in the Spring cuz Spring is an awesome time to buy a new phone. Weather's getting warmer, women are wearin' less clothes, more fun outdoor stuff starts happening, etc! lol
I see this app is newer and has same UI with the one from you, also it has more downloaded and rated. I see your one didn't work on your S7, have you tried mine ever?
RyTekk said:
I see this app is newer and has same UI with the one from you, also it has more downloaded and rated. I see your one didn't work on your S7, have you tried mine ever?
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RyTekk,
No I haven't, but I'll try it tonight and let you know tomorrow.
Yeah it's very similar to 360's UI.
What is the message about the CPU lock not working on non-rooted phones though?
RockStar2005 said:
RyTekk,
No I haven't, but I'll try it tonight and let you know tomorrow.
Yeah it's very similar to 360's UI.
What is the message about the CPU lock not working on non-rooted phones though?
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Of course you need to root before do something on kernel settings (CPU, GPU, IO,...).
RyTekk said:
Of course you need to root before do something on kernel settings (CPU, GPU, IO,...).
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360 has a CPU lock but doesn't require a root. So I dunno.
RyTekk said:
Of course you need to root before do something on kernel settings (CPU, GPU, IO,...).
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360's CPU Hibernation Lock didn't need a root, so maybe we're thinking about something different?
So I tried the Hibernation Manager app last night on my S7. It unfortunately had no impact at all on the battery life (6 hours of sleep). It went down about 3-4%, which is the same it does without any "power saver" help. I will stop by my parents today and try putting it on their phone (Xperia Z1s). Then tomorrow I'll have them check and see if it did anything and get back to you. Hopefully it works on Sony Xperia phones at least.
Unfortunately, 360 Hibernation Master apparently DOES NOT work on the Xperia X series. I have no idea why. Sucks. Tried on my brand new int'l dual-SIM X Performance, and it didn't seem to do anything.
I tried out a couple other apps that were similar but they didn't seem to work either. So I guess for the time being anyway 360 is only for the Xperia Z series phones. FYI
However, Stamina Mode DOES seem to have been properly fixed, so you can still use that.
Note: Just remember that if you use the Visual Voicemail app that after turning off SM you will need to go into VV's settings and re-enable VV cuz it doesn't seem to do it automatically.

Lets discuss what we can do with our rooted V20!

Hey guys,
Its been a while since I rooted my phone (I've been using Samsung phones with locked bootloader) and it sure feels good to be back!
Now, I've been out of the loop for so long that I don't know what I should do next with my rooted V20!
I would love to have you guys come in here and discuss how we can make our V20 even better!
Thing's I've done so far.
Install Adaway
Remove Bloatware using titanium backup (is there better way to remove bloatware beside titanium backup?)
So far I removed all the TMobile apps, is there anything else I should remove that will improve the battery life?
Thanks and lets get this thread going! :good:
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leyvatron said:
Install google assistant
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Instruction: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=di5SlVIamjE
substratum theme engine - suggested by deeznutz1977
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=projekt.substratum
Install google assistant
I hear ya, I was on a S7 Edge and a S6 before that. It has been a while. With that being said, LG stuff can mostly go....unless you use it. It doesn't seem to be too bad, so you might be able to leave them. Download Better Battery Stats and see what is causing any wakelocks that can be prevented.
Has anyone managed to get rid of Lookout? I hate that thing and want it gone.
leyvatron said:
Install google assistant
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What are the steps for this
czerdrill said:
What are the steps for this
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=di5SlVIamjE
Might want to FREEZE apps instead of uninstalling until a viable stock restore is available
Adblocking for sure. Should help improve battery life a hair by not downloading data for ads and processing them to be shown.
I smell a brick about to happen. Way too fast....How would you recover ? Be careful people.....Paperweights are not fun
I just read somewhere At&t has a locked bootloader...Figures
LuckyColdJohnson said:
I smell a brick about to happen. Way too fast....How would you recover ? Be careful people.....Paperweights are not fun
I just read somewhere At&t has a locked bootloader...Figures
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From what I've read, TWRP isn't doing proper nandroids, and there isn't a stock image to flash. At the risk of sounding "elitist," I'd recommend going slow.
At&t didn't even have the HTC 10 when I went in. The good days are dying....Root, I will miss you
LuckyColdJohnson said:
At&t didn't even have the HTC 10 when I went in. The good days are dying....Root, I will miss you
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yup, they passed on the HTC 10
I haven't gotten the phone yet (though LG store has already called me that I can get it already just been busy due to all saints day festivities) so wanted to ask, how did you root your v20? and what version is your V20?
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From what I've read, TWRP isn't doing proper nandroids, and there isn't a stock image to flash. At the risk of sounding "elitist," I'd recommend going slow.
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So your saying LG doesnt have an app to reflash to stock FM? i see threads for the stock T mobile firmware. What about the nandroid issue with twrp do you know where the github repo is for our version of twrp i'll check it out.
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So your saying LG doesnt have an app to reflash to stock FM? i see threads for the stock T mobile firmware. What about the nandroid issue with twrp do you know where the github repo is for our version of twrp i'll check it out.
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I know what's in the root thread in the development section.
Is this what you're looking for?
The problems with the .tot files in a nutshell.
I'm not a dev. I can bearly muddle my way around ADB commands. I know what I know from watching the struggles in the root thread. Yeah, there's root and little else. The process doesn't seem quite ready for prime time which of course hasn't stopped the root commandos.
I CAN CONTROL THE WORLD WITH ROOT! LOL . No but really, what can't you do with root? you can do everything as long as the phone doesnt required to implement any new hardware within the phone... I like my Adaway, and greenify, and removes or freeze apps i dont like nor need, I like my pie bar for faster shortcuts (sure, the phone itself has the second screen to put up to 5 apps, but the pie bar give you a lot more options so i will have the 5 on the second screen plus the many mores in the pie bar which is a fast process too, maybe even faster than the second screen), i also like my xposed for every module i desire, AND MY BELOVED TITANIUM BACKUP! and many many more things
The one thing I hope and pray to see come from this newly acquired root is a camera mod that will allow 16MP in full 16:9. Please pull through devs! I would donate for that :highfive:
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The one thing I hope and pray to see come from this newly acquired root is a camera mod that will allow 16MP in full 16:9. Please pull through devs! I would donate for that :highfive:
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That's likely because the sensor isn't 16:9 shaped, it's 4:3. You have to crop the sensor to get 16:9.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=di5SlVIamjE[/QUOTE
Had this in ALLO... Much nicer to be able to hit the home button though. Very nice work around...
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Vexamus said:
That's likely because the sensor isn't 16:9 shaped, it's 4:3. You have to crop the sensor to get 16:9.
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Oh yeah... That must have slipped my mind

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