Hi. First post and I have never rooted a phone before.
My S5 is a G900F on EE network.
It has an issue where after switching to wifi it cannot switch to mobile data without a restart hence I restart it about 3x a day. Every day. This appears to be an issue with EE on the S5.
The phone is unlocked and I'm not with the EE network for my calls.
I would like to get rid of any trace of EE but also would very much like the sound of marshmallow.
It sound like the touch wiz functionality Is useful so I would like to keep that.
So what are my options and is there a step by step guide to do this for newbies?
Thanks in advance.
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With the restarting issue try airplane mode on/off instead and see if that fixes it.
I'm also with EE on my S5 and as it is there is no Marshmallow Touchwiz for the S5 (apart from the one that'll be built probably tomorrow by the devs on here). You can use an S6 ported ROM themed like marshmallow however I have found they are fast at first but after long usage they seem to slow down a lot. You can get marshmallow via ROMs like CyanogenMod 13 which are crazy fast however that's based on stock Android and not TouchWiz. Rooting is a great idea as you can do just that (rid of all the EE branded stuff like Lookout, Amazon Appstore etc.) and also it doesn't require installing custom ROMs (however awesome custom ROMs are). Or you could install a debloated ROM (Generally makes your phone faster, declutters it).
Right now i'm running on stock 5.0 rooted until a stable 6.0.1 ROM is built, then I'll flash it to check it out.
Hope this helps
Edit: Also buddy you might want to have posted this in the Q/A section for future reference
Shaolin thanks for the reply.
The aeroplane mode on off works which is a bit less of a pita thanks.
Did you not find the cyanogen mod stable or did it slow down?
Any idea when a stable 6.01 will be released?
Any idea when 6.01 with touch wiz will be available?
Maybe it is better for me to wait for one of these also I'm concerned with 6.01 the sd card is integrated which is brilliant but sounds like it is difficult or impossible to get data off the card if I change the rom?
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CyanogenMod is very stable however the cons for me are the lower camera quality (due to the fact it uses the Stock android api) and also the missing cool touchwiz features like air view and gestures
I'm running a 6.0.1 touchwiz build right now but it is harder to install than standard ROM due to the fact you must use ADB to replace your bootloader/system etc.
The 6.0.1 official update will probably start dripping out at the end of the month or its predicted for April think
In my opinion, just wait for the official 6.0.1 touchwiz build because this build I'm running now is the smoothest I've ever had my S5 (so it will probably be even better in official build)
Let me know if you'd like a link the to thread for 6.0.1 touchwiz for S5. If you do wanna install it early then I must urge you BE CAREFUL! Backup everything
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I'm just wondering what the rooting/ROM'ing experience is like on the Moto G LTE. Is it very straightforward? Is the custom ROM support good? (eg. regular updates?) Any good kernels like Leankernel for the Samsungs?
My Galaxy S3 is on it's way out (or it's already gone, depending on how you look at it)...so with a tight budget my options are this phone, or the Nexus 5. I'm trying to get an idea of what the ROM'ing community is like for this phone since I will probably want to flash Carbon or CM as soon as I take it out of the box. Rooting for the Samsung's has been a real pain since the latest Touchwiz update, so I would like something that's much friendlier.
Thanks
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I'm just wondering what the rooting/ROM'ing experience is like on the Moto G LTE. Is it very straightforward? Is the custom ROM support good? (eg. regular updates?) Any good kernels like Leankernel for the Samsungs?
My Galaxy S3 is on it's way out (or it's already gone, depending on how you look at it)...so with a tight budget my options are this phone, or the Nexus 5. I'm trying to get an idea of what the ROM'ing community is like for this phone since I will probably want to flash Carbon or CM as soon as I take it out of the box. Rooting for the Samsung's has been a real pain since the latest Touchwiz update, so I would like something that's much friendlier.
Thanks
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the experience is overall good i guess..
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nubreed000 said:
I'm just wondering what the rooting/ROM'ing experience is like on the Moto G LTE. Is it very straightforward? Is the custom ROM support good? (eg. regular updates?) Any good kernels like Leankernel for the Samsungs?
My Galaxy S3 is on it's way out (or it's already gone, depending on how you look at it)...so with a tight budget my options are this phone, or the Nexus 5. I'm trying to get an idea of what the ROM'ing community is like for this phone since I will probably want to flash Carbon or CM as soon as I take it out of the box. Rooting for the Samsung's has been a real pain since the latest Touchwiz update, so I would like something that's much friendlier.
Thanks
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Rooting the LTE is very easy. There are a few ROMs available, but at present (in my case) the have too many significant bugs - wifi only works on some routers, RAM freezes after a couple of days use.
Carbon and CM are very stable except for the above two bugs for me. But others users are either having no problems or different ones.
SlimKat has just been added to the official page so hopefully they'll get that up and running but it currently just bootloops for me.
It works out alright I guess at least on CM and Carbon (same core dev). Be warned, if you are on 4.4.4 you won't be able to return to stock since there is no image file out there. Downgrading to 4.4.3 is not possible as far as I know.
Slim also just came out with a first build of peregrine. Works pretty well so far, but does not yet support moving apps to the SD card ... next build or two hopefully. The phone only came out in June, so the work is still in progress.
I don't see many options here. Mostly stock roms in this forum topic. I had a ton of problems with boot loops and such and just couldn't get anything to work. OTAs still force a bootloop sequence unless I zero out: "/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/misc". I just disabled the notification for them and everything is fine now, but I was wondering if there was any point to using anything other than the stock ROM.
I kept root and just removed TMO bloatware. The 4.4.2 stock ROM seems pretty damn fast, but I have nothing to compare it too. I'm basically just trying to decide if it's even worth it to attempt another ROM install. Are there any real advantages to any of the other ROMs out there over stock? I'm looking for stability above all else, then speed. Features I don't really care about.
klokwyze said:
I don't see many options here. Mostly stock roms in this forum topic. I had a ton of problems with boot loops and such and just couldn't get anything to work. OTAs still force a bootloop sequence unless I zero out: "/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/misc". I just disabled the notification for them and everything is fine now, but I was wondering if there was any point to using anything other than the stock ROM.
I kept root and just removed TMO bloatware. The 4.4.2 stock ROM seems pretty damn fast, but I have nothing to compare it too. I'm basically just trying to decide if it's even worth it to attempt another ROM install. Are there any real advantages to any of the other ROMs out there over stock? I'm looking for stability above all else, then speed. Features I don't really care about.
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Stock or at least stock based with dorimanx kernel is about as good as it gets for tmo...most of our developers have moved on to newer devices...and non tmo roms don't have Wi-Fi calling
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Stock or at least stock based with dorimanx kernel is about as good as it gets for tmo...most of our developers have moved on to newer devices...and non tmo roms don't have Wi-Fi calling
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yeah wifi calling is irrelevant to me, but frankly this stock ROM is amazing compared to the performance of my Relay 4G.... H/W keyboard android phones RIP.
Cheers
I have the Intl version which sports more custom roms but they are all the same more or less.... im on stock KK too even though i was a die hard software updater (had 5.1.1 on previous Nexus 4).
Have to agree with you this phone hates modding and is really feeble, it will get bricked quite easy unlike the Nexus 4 which can take a lot of abuse
Try the new cloudy rom. It's a port from LG G4 with various elements.
why dont you guys check in the G2 Android Development. most roms cover all variants there.
For me CynaogenMod's Privacy Guard feature is a must-have on any Android phone. But right now I'm finding that the official CM12 nightlies seems to screw up the modem settings for my local carrier here in Canda (Wind), so I lose access to the service. Constructive suggestions will be greatly appreciated.
Hello,
is it possible to have a working KitKat rom on S7\S7Edge ?
Marshmallow is such a pain with some apps, and still so many bugs to me.
Don't kill me, I'm just asking
Chooo
Ninja_Gundam said:
Hello,
is it possible to have a working KitKat rom on S7\S7Edge ?
Marshmallow is such a pain with some apps, and still so many bugs to me.
Don't kill me, I'm just asking
Chooo
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But why would you even want to install old software on a new phone? Just buy a Samsung Galaxy s4 for that.
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But why would you even want to install old software on a new phone? Just buy a Samsung Galaxy s4 for that.
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I know someone will ask.....
i was happy on my S5, but S7 take photo far better and more faster for example.. and more powerfull btw ecc.ecc.
but kitkat is fully supported and customized, like lbe , xposed, led notif, fingerprints,greenify,amplify, etc. on this 6.0.1 (for now) all those things do not works or works not well.
Im just asking as temporaly measure till 6.0.1 will be perfect..or 7 at this point.,
kitkat was the last stable and working for me of the android family, lollipop was a mess..marshmallow is a bit better but not perfect yet.
Chooo
Ninja_Gundam said:
I know someone will ask.....
i was happy on my S5, but S7 take photo far better and more faster for example.. and more powerfull btw ecc.ecc.
but kitkat is fully supported and customized, like lbe , xposed, led notif, fingerprints,greenify,amplify, etc. on this 6.0.1 (for now) all those things do not works or works not well.
Im just asking as temporaly measure till 6.0.1 will be perfect..or 7 at this point.,
kitkat was the last stable and working for me of the android family, lollipop was a mess..marshmallow is a bit better but not perfect yet.
Chooo
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Well, then you will have to kindly ask a developer to do this, if he or she is even willing to sacrifice their free time to this. So, unless a dev doesn't agree to build such rom, it is not going to happen, which will most likely be the case.
I too would like this, for two reasons in particular. I find the "old" jellybean GUI much more comfortable and user friendly to use, and with more possibilities for tweaking and modifications (currently to this date). The second reason, after installing Marshmallow on my old S4 it became much slower and "heavy" in every interactive way. Had to stay on kitkat. I would image the same way around with the S7, in that it would be much faster and more editable with an older Android version.
See , im not that insane ^__^; .. Kitkat with Amoled expecially was good all in dark black way... with LP and MM it's just a mess of light everywhere; ok dark themes are avaible and we can use xposed to change a lot.. but its not the same thing. Plus some apps starting to refuse to work if root\xposed found like snapchat :| Im fighting with Doze\Led blinking ecc for example.. and notification... better than LP but still a mess compared to KK. And i love to have LBE still not working on MM SD card still not avaible on all apps, u have to works a lot to flash so many zip from recovery ecc....Plus right, KK on this hardware will rocks even downclocking heavly and battery will last so longer.
Chooo
This will not happen.
KitKat does not have all the APIs to take full advantage and optimizations for 64bit HW. Oh and also the bootloader and boot images changed a lot since 4.4. It is better to give up your hopes.
I stumbled accross your thread here doing some searching.
I am interested in buying the S7 Edge.
However, I really hate Lollipop and MM. I hate touchwiz, knox bootloader, even selinux.
If I could run kitkat 4.4.2 on the S7 edge, I would buy one.
Sticking with the oppo find 7 running modified color os kitkat 4.4.2 and Xposed framework.. May even buy another one once I wear this one out.
Hi guys I am new with this devices.
I want know what are your opinion about what are the best stock based costum rom for s7 flat for battery and performance. Sorry if my English isn't very good. Thanks in advice.
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It's very hard to determine "best rom" everyone have their own taste / preference. In my opinion (ROMS which I tested) Helios ROM if you want minimalism stability and samsung features (like My KNOX and Secure Folder) work with root. SuperMan ROM if You want many advanced features and customization mods.
Hope this helps
Domino5 said:
It's very hard to determine "best rom" everyone have their own taste / preference. In my opinion (ROMS which I tested) Helios ROM if you want minimalism stability and samsung features (like My KNOX and Secure Folder) work with root. SuperMan ROM if You want many advanced features and customization mods.
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Yes Im agree with you but I was thinking thet create a thread for confront our varius opinion, it may be helpful. ?Anyway, I have tested helios and I I found it little bit slow. Now im using the stock rom by ambasadii, but the drain for me is very hight.maybe I will try superman Rom. How is the battery drain in Superman rom and is better superman or superstock for you?
SuperMan and SuperStock is basically the same. SuperMan has much more customization features added. About battery drain I got around 5-6 hours screen on time (sometimes I had standby drain up to 10% overnight) but that was on Marshmallow I didn't have enough free time to test nougat as I need usable device at work. I'll try new SuperMan version this weekend. I think SuperMan ROM is best choice it is smooth, fast, battery friendly, fast updates and very active community.
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Domino5 said:
SuperMan and SuperStock is basically the same. SuperMan has much more customization features added. About battery drain I got around 5-6 hours screen on time (sometimes I had standby drain up to 10% overnight) but that was on Marshmallow I didn't have enough free time to test nougat as I need usable device at work. I'll try new SuperMan version this weekend. I think SuperMan ROM is best choice it is smooth, fast, battery friendly, fast updates and very active community.
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Great! Thanks bro. Is only few time that I use this Galaxy. First I had a bullhead (nexus 5x) and this is my first Samsung so I don't know a lot the various rom for this device. After A bit of test I te I will tell you my considerations ?
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As always is said, each device is a different world, in my case the rom of ambasadii goes very well I get up to 7 hours of screen with the AOD deactivated and in battery saving mode (And without energy saving mode and with the activated AOD I arrive to 6 hours calmly), with superman rom otherwise the battery is discharged a lot Faster but I have not tried its latest version.
PD: I always return to rom of ambasadii.
Hi, I found this Post and I would also like to ask now that it is 2019 (seems S7 will only be getting security patches from now on and no more Pie), Is Superman ROM is still the best stable Stock Based ROM? Or are there newer ROMs you would suggest. I'm a newbie to this though I have experienced rooting on other devices before.
I'm planning to Flash my S7 (SM-G930FD) and someone advised me to Root First then proceed to Stock-based ROM before going to AOSP-based ROMs. I feel like skipping to Stock-based ROM.
My Search leads me to the Following ROMS:
LightROM
The Galaxy Project
Superman ROM, seems like this thread support is closed, EOL.
Superstock ROM, Thread Closed too.
Can you also answer some of my worries below:
Mainly I want to use Tincore to Simulate touch input in games, will a Stock-based ROM deliver properly?
I have a Gear IconX 2018 (Samsung's BT Headset), will it pair properly and be useful in calls? (I've read BT problems with AOSP but haven't checked with stock-based ROMs)
Will Screen mirroring (Smart View) still work? (I have Samsung Smart TV at home, which I use to show my mother my taken photos)
Will the Camera have Problems too (same with AOSP-based ROMS)
What's OTA? (it seems direct updating of Custom OS from Settings Menu?
What's Dirty Flashing?
Zaiakursed said:
Hi, I found this Post and I would also like to ask now that it is 2019 (seems S7 will only be getting security patches from now on and no more Pie), Is Superman ROM is still the best stable Stock Based ROM? Or are there newer ROMs you would suggest. I'm a newbie to this though I have experienced rooting on other devices before.
I'm planning to Flash my S7 (SM-G930FD) and someone advised me to Root First then proceed to Stock-based ROM before going to AOSP-based ROMs. I feel like skipping to Stock-based ROM.
My Search leads me to the Following ROMS:
The Galaxy Project
LightROM
Superman ROM, seems like this thread support is closed, EOL.
Superstock ROM, Thread Closed too.
Can you also answer some of my worries below:
Mainly I want to use Tincore to Simulate touch input in games, will a Stock-based ROM deliver properly?
I have a Gear IconX 2018 (Samsung's BT Headset), will it pair properly and be useful in calls? (I've read BT problems with AOSP but haven't checked with stock-based ROMs)
Will Screen mirroring (Smart View) still work? (I have Samsung Smart TV at home, which I use to show my mother my taken photos)
Will the Camera have Problems too (same with AOSP-based ROMS)
What's OTA? (it seems direct updating of Custom OS from Settings Menu?
What's Dirty Flashing?
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I can try to answer some, some are rom specific.
The BT headset should pair fine- it's stock based.
Screen mirroring should work if the rom supports it, don't use it so I can't say for sure, but I think lightrom has it.
The camera will have no problems at all, same as the stock rom. Gcam and other camera mods via magisk work as well such as 4k60.
OTA's are over the air updates so that manufacturers can give out updates wirelessly- stock-based roms do not support this and you have to flash new versions manually.
Dirty flashing is flashing a rom without wiping data etc., it isn't recommended as it can introduce issues, check with the rom and developer to see if they recommend it or not. Devbase is usually fine with dirty flashing updates.
Personally, I don't see the need for rooting or flashing anymore unless you need extra features or android pie, reduces the resale value as Knox is tripped and loses Knox functionality such as Samsung pay.
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Personally, I don't see the need for rooting or flashing anymore unless you need extra features or android pie, reduces the resale value as Knox is tripped and loses Knox functionality such as Samsung pay.
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Thanks @Pacer_456
Can you also give me a list of most stable ROMs for S7 Flat (SM-G930FD), if I'm not troubling you a lot?
I still feel like flashing my device for learning purposes too. Anyway, I don't think I'll be using Samsung Pay and my Warranty period is also over, so I guess I have no issue with the knox thinggy.
Thanks again..
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oooh, so I decided to Check Light ROM and found 4 Versions, with pages to read.
anybody can give me an overview of which one should I check up on first. It would be a great help to me.
(I'm going to check the Note FE Port first, then the S9 Port..)
[TeamExyKings][G930/G935_F/FD][9.0][Note FE Port][20-April-2019][v6]LightROM
[TeamExyKings][G930/G935_F/FD][8.0][S9 Port][24-March-2019][v21]LightROM
[TeamExyKings][G930/G935_F/FD][8.0][24-March-2019][v18]LightROM
[ROM][7.0]LightROM[Galaxy S7 and S7Edge]
(I couldn't add the links to thread, my post gets blocked)
I've been using my Galaxy S7 for the last year and half or so and I have been considering flashing a custom ROM on it. Years ago I did have a OmniROM Galaxy Note 1 then flashed CyanogenMod on that same phone. It died due to battery problems.
I'm curious as to how far custom ROMs have come since then and whether its worth going the Custom ROM + Root route on my Galaxy S7 to get some additional features and that stock Android feel.
The phone is still receiving updates though so I'm not sure if it's worth flashing yet.
Would love you hear what your guys think.
Cheers
Both the TouchWiz ROMS and AOSP ROM's are pretty well developed and supported. So really it's personal preference more than anything.
If you don't like custom ROM's, you can always flash back to stock using Odin and go back to getting OTA's.
Just note it'll trip knox, so you'll lose some Samsung app functionality.
Beanvee7 said:
Both the TouchWiz ROMS and AOSP ROM's are pretty well developed and supported. So really it's personal preference more than anything.
If you don't like custom ROM's, you can always flash back to stock using Odin and go back to getting OTA's.
Just note it'll trip knox, so you'll lose some Samsung app functionality.
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I've heard of issues such as camera quality, metallic sounds when taking calls and HWC issue, do you know if TouchWiz and AOSP have these issues?
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Also does anyone have any experience with the Lineage OS 16.1 on this device? It'd be nice to get Android 9.0 but I want to make sure it's stable enough for daily use.
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Camera quality is worse on AOSP because the camera uses proprietary drivers built into TouchWiz. If you go with a TW based ROM you shouldn't notice any difference.
Otherwise the vast majority of other issues tend to be user error / caused by dirty flashing. Nougat ROM's are all pretty much final and have been bug free for a long time. Oreo is still somewhat new, but still pretty bug free.
I've been using SuperMan ROM for about 18 months, haven't had any issues and use it as a daily driver.
Not sure about 9.0.
LukeCabrera777 said:
Also does anyone have any experience with the Lineage OS 16.1 on this device? It'd be nice to get Android 9.0 but I want to make sure it's stable enough for daily use.
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I did try Lineage 16.1 on my G930F. It seems pretty stable although the functionality is pretty limited at the moment. I would wait for a stable release with more features etc.
LukeCabrera777 said:
I'm curious as to how far custom ROMs have come since then and whether its worth going the Custom ROM + Root route on my Galaxy S7 to get some additional features and that stock Android feel.
The phone is still receiving updates though so I'm not sure if it's worth flashing yet.
Would love you hear what your guys think.
Cheers
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I hated the bloat and nagging of the latest Samsung update to Android 8, so I installed TWRP, made a backup of my stock system, and then installed LineageOS. I ran that for a month and loved the UI and minimalism, but I hated that some hardware drivers were buggy and that the camera would NEVER perform as well as Samsung designed. So I tried SupermanRom, which is the Samsung Touchwiz Android 8.0.0 but debloated and lots of nice extras. I gave it a black Substratum theme designed for the S7 and run it with Nova launcher, and it is the BEST OS I've ever run on a phone. Very polished, fully functional, and great battery life. The csc installer tool by the same developer also made my S7 Exynos/international variant work as intended for USA TMobile, with wifi-calling, VoLTE, and video calls. I'm running it with TGPKernel.