Hi,
In the next few days I'm possibly going to buy the S7 or Edge.
Ill be coming from the HTC One M8.
Just wondered how you current S7, Edge users find it with your rooted phone?
I know Xposed has been an issue for Samsung for a long time, So I just wanted to get some feedback from other users how you find your S7 rooted compared to non samsungs you may have had?
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So I plan on buying a Sprint GS6 Edge when it arrives in about a month.... my question though, is that I'm guessing there won't be as any people with the GS6 Edge than the regular GS6 and I am wondering if the Edge variant can run the same ROMs/Kernels that will be made for the regular GS6 or will there need to be separate GS6 Edge ROMs/Kernels/Etc.?
Yeah! And if there will be separated, which one will have the best support?
This is too early to tell since we do not know which vaiants there will be and since we did not get our hands on the devices yet.
Very unlikely you'll be able to cross flash roms (just because you need to have the correct device identification etc) however porting stuff between them should be trivial.
M.
I'm looking to buy an S6, probably used or refurb, but that doesn't really matter.
I'm in the US on T-Mobile.
I need to decide between the G920T (T-Mobile model) and the G920I/F (international model)
Some things about me:
I need Band 12 support for good building reception and all 3 models support that, correct?
I will be rooting which removes Samsung Pay as a selling point for the T-Mobile version.
My residence does not get great reception so I am interested in WiFi Calling. As I understand it the T-Mobile version has it, but I also remember reading Google was going to add it to Android natively??
I am potentially also interested in custom roms, but it seems not much progress for any version of the S6, correct?
Thanks for your help
Dont buy s6 its disaster go with nexus 6p i have s6 its sucks ! dont buy s7 too its more suck than s6 do you research before doing any mistake...my advice dont buy s6 or s7 Nexus 6p is the best
Peace
don't get the I version! We are still waiting for MM when most models had it WEEKS ago, plus it also gets fewer updates than the rest!
I have the U.S. T-Mobile version on an international ROM but I am trying to find a MM ROM for it. Not sure if it's out specifically for T-mo. Going to go stock and upgrade to MM because my ROM doesn't let me answer calls sometimes and I a couples other issues. Plus, I want to try out Samsung Pay. (Google pay doesn't work on rooted phones either).
Get a Nexus 6P dude. It already has Project Fi. Custom ROMs for S6 have undefined future (due to Exynos and Sam not releasing source) and with the speculations that the S7 might NEVER get custom ROMs it's probably a good idea to stay away from the flagship series.
me_is_rushin said:
I'm looking to buy an S6, probably used or refurb, but that doesn't really matter.
I'm in the US on T-Mobile.
I need to decide between the G920T (T-Mobile model) and the G920I/F (international model)
Some things about me:
I need Band 12 support for good building reception and all 3 models support that, correct?
I will be rooting which removes Samsung Pay as a selling point for the T-Mobile version.
My residence does not get great reception so I am interested in WiFi Calling. As I understand it the T-Mobile version has it, but I also remember reading Google was going to add it to Android natively??
I am potentially also interested in custom roms, but it seems not much progress for any version of the S6, correct?
Thanks for your help
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If you need network specific features get the one from the network and resist rooting. This device is great even without root even better now with MM. I have resisted rooting for 10 months in the hopes of samsung pay (and significantly thinning my wallet) and it still isn't even available
Get a G920F. Ignore all the haters telling you to get a Nexus 6P. Huawei are awful and the support and product quality are awful.
Camera is iffy, stock Android has memory management issues, and it bends.
In all seriousness though, if you like rooting and custom roms, get a 6P. If you like good phones out of the box stock, get the G920F.
Hi guys.
A couple quick questions as all my smartphone experience is with Sprint Galaxy S series devices.
Can the Sprint Pixels be rooted? I'm thinking not because the same snapdragon platform, but I don't know.
I just got a galaxy S10 today, but I can take it back for one of the Google phones from Sprint.
Could somebody tell me why that's a good or bad idea? My main thing is getting root privileges back. MAN do I miss that from the S6 I had.
However, if the Pixels Sprint has are significantly less capable I probably wouldn't do it.
Any help sure would be great.
Thanks
The Verizon Pixels are bootloader locked so I would imagine the same of the Sprint ones.
I just received my new phone today as my secondary rooted phone, although I now feel like I bought the one wrong model out of the bunch.
For the life of me I cant find any way to root this phone online, I am hoping someone can tell me if its possible. I dont care if I trip knox or its a paid program i have to get to run, I just want to make it happen. so any and all help would be appreciated.
I am truly sorry if there is a current thread that answers this, but so far everything I have found is pretty old.
On a similar boat and it seems that Nougat cannot be rooted. You can downgrade to 5.1.1 and then root but that seems not worth it as you are giving up features that are available only in Nougat. I myself might just switch to a tmobile S6 motherboard. I have the Verizon S6 variant but I'm on T-Mobile.
I can really care less about the services lost in the downgrade. If you know how i can downgrade to 5.1.1 to then mod, I'd still love to do it. I already have a S9+, S8 for back up and an apple s6. I really want to mod this Verizon, or it will have no use
sammyz said:
On a similar boat and it seems that Nougat cannot be rooted. You can downgrade to 5.1.1 and then root but that seems not worth it as you are giving up features that are available only in Nougat. I myself might just switch to a tmobile S6 motherboard. I have the Verizon S6 variant but I'm on T-Mobile.
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I'm fine with downgrading as long as that means I can root my phone, is there any kind of tutorial for downgrading?
Late to the party, I know.
I have HAD been a big Samsung fan for many years. Due to finances, I have never chosen to purchase the latest greatest model of any phone.
So when my S5 died, I bought a Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge a few years ago. I usually run a phone stock for a year or more until I want a change, then I flash some new ROMs to breathe some life into an aging phone.
I did not do my homework last time, and I am INCREDIBLY disappointed to learn that the locked bootloader of my specific Galaxy S7 Edge (SM-G935P) will NEVER allow me to flash another ROM (and I may be stuck at Android 8.0).
From my research tonight, Samsung has continued down this road. If so, I'm done with them.
Where else can I look for a good solid Android phone that will give me plenty of time and plenty of tools/ROMs to customize it?
Thanks.
Dougmeister said:
Late to the party, I know.
I have HAD been a big Samsung fan for many years. Due to finances, I have never chosen to purchase the latest greatest model of any phone.
So when my S5 died, I bought a Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge a few years ago. I usually run a phone stock for a year or more until I want a change, then I flash some new ROMs to breathe some life into an aging phone.
I did not do my homework last time, and I am INCREDIBLY disappointed to learn that the locked bootloader of my specific Galaxy S7 Edge (SM-G935P) will NEVER allow me to flash another ROM (and I may be stuck at Android 8.0).
From my research tonight, Samsung has continued down this road. If so, I'm done with them.
Where else can I look for a good solid Android phone that will give me plenty of time and plenty of tools/ROMs to customize it?
Thanks.
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You can continue using Samsung, you just need to be more selective of which particular device/model number you purchase. Samsung still makes devices that do not have locked bootloader. All of the US carrier branded Samsung devices pretty much have a locked bootloader, but some of the international models have locked bootloader and do not come with the carrier branded pre-installed bloatware. You just need to SIM unlock them to be used on US carrier networks.
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