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[Q] Any way to turn this into a tablet with WiFi only?

This was my wifes POS Phone till I upgraded her to a SGSIII for Christmas. Now I have a device that would be perfect for my daughter if it weren't for the pesky phone option and Sprint bloatware. Are there any roms available that strip this phone to bare bones with no radios except WiFi? Haven't been able to find any and it might not be on the top of the Dev's todo list so if anyone is up to a ROM that will make this device at least usable because as a phone it SUCKS, but for a kiddo it would be a great toy with some of the game apps. Thanks in advance, and if I missed a ROM that does exactly what I'm asking in the mountains of pages in the Dev forum, please use only a small flame as I'm old and have a cold LOL.

A tip: when asking for help you might want to avoid talking trash about a device we users enjoy using.
My advice, 'the device sucks' and is a 'pos' so why bother doing anything with it. Go buy yourself, your kid or whoever an ipod and move on.

Lol why should we help you? One of the most stupid threads here
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Man, what a way to request something.
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Uhh why not just turn mobile networks off n wifi on. And take the time to root your pos so u can delete the bloat.

trsix said:
Uhh why not just turn mobile networks off n wifi on. And take the time to root your pos so u can delete the bloat.
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What he said. Yeah it wouldn't be a pos if it was rooted.. It's a little beast!

Sound like a troll
[.-.]

Best investment I've made with android was this device.
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turkbot said:
Sound like a troll
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Lol, I thought the same.
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Just hate HTC. Have since the TP2. No appologies for that when they make life just such a pain in the ass. Even cringed when the wife chose it but cest la vie. I'm not going against the boss. Maybe I'm just stupid but I've tried rooting but its a 2.3.4 and every option this thread gives me doesn't work for some reason or another. ShiftRR doesn't run at all saying ADB is at fault but I can ADB into the whole phone myself no problems, ShiftySonOfA almost works but creates a boot loop that thankfully is repaired by doing an --undo, Quickroot seems to work but then unroots the phone just as soon as it reboots. Trying to do it manually using the info on here gives me exactly the same boot loop as the ShiftySonOfA.BAT file does and trying to update from SD using a PG06img.zip I got from a rootkit fails. I can't help it if I'm a Samsung fan. Their goal in life isn't making their users stress out over their phones by daring to think they can do better than they can. If its too much to ask that my RAM isn't more than half full just with OS and bloatware because this phone refuses to root then so be it but even if its miles below my Nexus it's still MILES above any iPoo device.

Then throw it out and go buy a portable media player, or better yet send it to a dev who would put it to use and go buy some type of portable media player.
Edit: and to anyone who actually wants to try and help this guy, does this really seem like a person we need to deal with in our little speedy community in the future?

BigSplit said:
Then throw it out and go buy a portable media player, or better yet send it to a dev who would put it to use and go buy some type of portable media player.
Edit: and to anyone who actually wants to try and help this guy, does this really seem like a person we need to deal with in our little speedy community in the future?
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ROFL Speedy community. Half of you are talking about swapping out to Photons and the other half are moving to One X's. yes I've read an awful lot before posting a question. Guess I'll be getting absolutely no help here. Not that there is much help available for this device when all the links are broken and the ones that are working, don't work for their intended purpose. Feel free to delete the thread MOD I'll stay where I'm welcome, in the Samsung sections.

Happy to see you leave, please don't come again.
Edit: and you couldn't have read to much or you would have been able to root it. Well then again, you were calling your recovery touchwiz in another thread soooo... I'm guessing you have some trouble grasping things at times.

revwolf said:
Just hate HTC. Have since the TP2. No appologies for that when they make life just such a pain in the ass. Even cringed when the wife chose it but cest la vie. I'm not going against the boss. Maybe I'm just stupid but I've tried rooting but its a 2.3.4 and every option this thread gives me doesn't work for some reason or another. ShiftRR doesn't run at all saying ADB is at fault but I can ADB into the whole phone myself no problems, ShiftySonOfA almost works but creates a boot loop that thankfully is repaired by doing an --undo, Quickroot seems to work but then unroots the phone just as soon as it reboots. Trying to do it manually using the info on here gives me exactly the same boot loop as the ShiftySonOfA.BAT file does and trying to update from SD using a PG06img.zip I got from a rootkit fails. I can't help it if I'm a Samsung fan. Their goal in life isn't making their users stress out over their phones by daring to think they can do better than they can. If its too much to ask that my RAM isn't more than half full just with OS and bloatware because this phone refuses to root then so be it but even if its miles below my Nexus it's still MILES above any iPoo device.
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Well its probably been a while since you researched how to root, because if you done that more recently or even looked at my sig, you would have already rooted that shift. I posted it here and in 3 other well-known forums so its hard to believe that you haven't found it.

revwolf said:
Just hate HTC. Have since the TP2. No appologies for that when they make life just such a pain in the ass. Even cringed when the wife chose it but cest la vie. I'm not going against the boss. Maybe I'm just stupid but I've tried rooting but its a 2.3.4 and every option this thread gives me doesn't work for some reason or another. ShiftRR doesn't run at all saying ADB is at fault but I can ADB into the whole phone myself no problems, ShiftySonOfA almost works but creates a boot loop that thankfully is repaired by doing an --undo, Quickroot seems to work but then unroots the phone just as soon as it reboots. Trying to do it manually using the info on here gives me exactly the same boot loop as the ShiftySonOfA.BAT file does and trying to update from SD using a PG06img.zip I got from a rootkit fails. I can't help it if I'm a Samsung fan. Their goal in life isn't making their users stress out over their phones by daring to think they can do better than they can. If its too much to ask that my RAM isn't more than half full just with OS and bloatware because this phone refuses to root then so be it but even if its miles below my Nexus it's still MILES above any iPoo device.
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I agree only with the last 5 words.

See?

BigSplit said:
Happy to see you leave, please don't come again.
Edit: and you couldn't have read to much or you would have been able to root it. Well then again, you were calling your recovery touchwiz in another thread soooo... I'm guessing you have some trouble grasping things at times.
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Lol I just read that. Dudes a dumbass from just scanning what he post
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revwolf said:
ROFL Speedy community. Half of you are talking about swapping out to Photons and the other half are moving to One X's. yes I've read an awful lot before posting a question. Guess I'll be getting absolutely no help here. Not that there is much help available for this device when all the links are broken and the ones that are working, don't work for their intended purpose. Feel free to delete the thread MOD I'll stay where I'm welcome, in the Samsung sections.
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Samsung sections?! Have fun! I don't see how you'd be welcome there either. Also I hope you enjoy your screen burn in Galaxy Nexus - http://cdn1.sbnation.com/imported_assets/895626/4731866441_f37348315f.jpg . Ugh Buh Bye

CNexus said:
Well its probably been a while since you researched how to root, because if you done that more recently or even looked at my sig, you would have already rooted that shift. I posted it here and in 3 other well-known forums so its hard to believe that you haven't found it.
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Right. On just got my replacement shift today and am using that when i get home. To the OP, take a breath, and ask nicely. I'm sure that will actually get you some help
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junpei1337 said:
Right. On just got my replacement shift today and am using that when i get home. To the OP, take a breath, and ask nicely. I'm sure that will actually get you some help
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Well it seems like his kind nature when asking questions is his thing.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1903135
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Has anyone ever paid Samsung to repair a Hard Bricked Infuse?

If so, do you have any idea how much it will cost? The phone was rooted so I'm fairly certain it's not covered by any warranty.

before you do anything of that nature, what is going on, please explain what happened in as much detail as possible, screenshots would be very helpful. i have"bricked" my infuse countless times, and i've still got it running and working great right now, never had to pay for anyone to fix it or anything, as far as i can tell the infuse is pretty much unbrickable.. so if you would like i would like to try and help you out so you may not have to pay to fix something that may not be broke

deathblade said:
before you do anything of that nature, what is going on, please explain what happened in as much detail as possible, screenshots would be very helpful. i have"bricked" my infuse countless times, and i've still got it running and working great right now, never had to pay for anyone to fix it or anything, as far as i can tell the infuse is pretty much unbrickable.. so if you would like i would like to try and help you out so you may not have to pay to fix something that may not be broke
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Just wanted to update everyone here. I was very honest and upfront with the woman I started my trouble ticket with and told her right from the start that I had rooted my phone and caused my own problems. Well I got an email today from Samsung stating that my phone had been re-flashed and was being shipped back to me today by UPS. All I paid for this service was $2.46 for a box and shipping materials at my local UPS outlet. There was no charge for re-flash or shipping! I will always buy Samsung!!!!! :good:
Now to decide what to do since I now have two working Samsung phones on Straight Talk. LOL! Should I reactivate the infuse with it's currently inactive Straight Talk sim card or just use it for my Google Voice phone number and keep my new phone for network calls...

thats great, really surprised samsung didnt make you pay...

I'm surprised also... quite a deal.
How long from when you sent it out until when you got it back? (just curious).

electricpete1 said:
I'm surprised also... quite a deal.
How long from when you sent it out until when you got it back? (just curious).
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I haven't actually gotten it back yet. I shipped it out on Monday, They got it on Wednesday and Thursday I got the email saying it was shipped back in my direction. I expect it by Saturday at this rate! Also, I called Straight Talk and apparently I can reactivate my Straight Talk SIM card in it with no extra charge since activated a replacement phone before sending it off and I pay for the unlimited plan. All I'll need is a new number for it since the replacement phone has my existing number and I'll have two working Samsung phones for the price of one phone plan. (I still think the Straight Talk representative was full of caca in that regards. LOL! I'll believe it when I see it!) :silly: Life can NOT be that good or I've just entered the Twilight Zone!

Congratulations man.
Btw it's almost impossible to hard brick lol.
I saw your picture of it and it wasn't hard bricked. Either way it's good their fixing it. Consider yourself very lucky. They usually won't fix that.
You take responsibility when you flash.
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deathblade said:
thats great, really surprised samsung didnt make you pay...
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Honesty pays?!?

eZdubzitmk4 said:
Congratulations man.
Btw it's almost impossible to hard brick lol.
I saw your picture of it and it wasn't hard bricked. Either way it's good their fixing it. Consider yourself very lucky. They usually won't fix that.
You take responsibility when you flash.
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Yeah well I wasn't able to figure it out and I felt safer sending it to someone who knew what they were doing. My grasp of tech these days is somewhat impaired by meds that keep me from thinking as clearly as I used to. :silly:

SteveCampsOut said:
Yeah well I wasn't able to figure it out and I felt safer sending it to someone who knew what they were doing. My grasp of tech these days is somewhat impaired by meds that keep me from thinking as clearly as I used to. :silly:
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Well in that case I would suggest you stick with the stock ROM from now on. If you are not willing to try to bring it back from an Oh Sh1t! you don't need to be playing with custom ROM's or other mods.

elbscorp said:
Well in that case I would suggest you stick with the stock ROM from now on. If you are not willing to try to bring it back from an Oh Sh1t! you don't need to be playing with custom ROM's or other mods.
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Never said I wasn't willing to try! I said I didn't feel up to the challenge. There's a big difference there. I don't however have any plans to re-root it for now. Maybe if, or when my brain isn't so scrambled by my current medical situation..... Sometimes, the smartest thing a person can do is recognize their own limitations.

SteveCampsOut said:
Never said I wasn't willing to try! I said I didn't feel up to the challenge. There's a big difference there. I don't however have any plans to re-root it for now. Maybe if, or when my brain isn't so scrambled by my current medical situation..... Sometimes, the smartest thing a person can do is recognize their own limitations.
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Very true words

Thanks to op. As a result of this thread, we all learned another option for recovering from inevitable (if you flash) soft brick. It's probably not the first option for most, but it certainly may be helpful to know there's a backup plan if you just can't get your computer to cooperate with heimdal/odin
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electricpete1 said:
Thanks to op. As a result of this thread, we all learned another option for recovering from inevitable (if you flash) soft brick. It's probably not the first option for most, but it certainly may be helpful to know there's a backup plan if you just can't get your computer to cooperate with heimdal/odin
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Glad I could help! :silly: And really upfront honesty when talking to the person who's creating your trouble ticket with humility and self effacing deprecation is recommended! I was a twat for breaking my warranty and I admitted it and they fixed it. Even if I had had to pay a little for the repairs, it would have been worth it! I have my better camera (With an actual Flash) and GPS device back now! FYI - In case anyone is wondering about the Straight Talk Samsung Galaxy Centura camera, it is only 3 Mega Pixels and has no flash!

elbscorp said:
Well in that case I would suggest you stick with the stock ROM from now on. If you are not willing to try to bring it back from an Oh Sh1t! you don't need to be playing with custom ROM's or other mods.
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I would like to apologize for that response. There are many more people on here more deserving of that type pop off if one must have them.
If you were having a good day I would highly recommend Zen's [GBRUCLB3] []>>>>> r.e.v.e.n.a.n.t <<<<< First Edition - 2013.04.30OM][
The only thing required to flash it would be to flash one of Zen's rooted kernel with cwm red recovery using either Odin or One of Qkster's Heimdall one clicks http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=23118162&postcount=3

Dead community

Little surprised there isn't many people in the community yet. Granted its a new phone but just seems pretty dead. Anyone else notice?

I've been saying that. Feels like when I bought my G3. Nothing happening.
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thlinx said:
Little surprised there isn't many people in the community yet. Granted its a new phone but just seems pretty dead. Anyone else notice?
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It would be hard to judge how many people there are in this community, since like myself, I would imagine most people who are here aren't talking, because there are no custom roms, and there is subsequently nothing to talk about.
The newness of the phone has nothing to do with the deadness of the forum. All devices that don't have custom roms have dead forums. You should check out the galaxy tab 3 forum, it's a hoot.
You could buy tdunham and rompnit S6 edges and I'm sure they'd be happy to jump over from the Sprint S5. Once they made a custom stock rom, the forum would be a lot more active.

arlyn said:
It would be hard to judge how many people there are in this community, since like myself, I would imagine most people who are here aren't talking, because there are no custom roms, and there is subsequently nothing to talk about.
The newness of the phone has nothing to do with the deadness of the forum. All devices that don't have custom roms have dead forums. You should check out the galaxy tab 3 forum, it's a hoot.
You could buy tdunham and rompnit S6 edges and I'm sure they'd be happy to jump over from the Sprint S5. Once they made a custom stock rom, the forum would be a lot more active.
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we need some moar here! muahahaha

I think it would be different if Samsung only released 1 flagship device vs. 2. Most likely the masses are going to go for the cheaper device, especially if ordering online. But to see the edge in person, it's a different story! I swapped out of my M9 once I held this device! I just hope people aren't looking at the edge as "gimmicky" because it is different, but from the commercials I have seen it looks like they mostly show the edge as opposed to the standard s6.

Yes im also waiting for some action, its killing me not being able to flash a slimmmmed down TW rom. I cant wait to safely remove most of the junk

You should also give it some time. The device has only been out for a few weeks.

I have been checking everyday
But with no custom roms and rumors of knox tripping will make Samsung pay not work, I haven't even rooted
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At least give me a recovery! Lol
Since this thread has some people posting can anyone advise what files I have to delete or overwrite in system/media for a custom boot animation?

SPR_bootsamsung.qmg and SPR_bootsamsungloop.qmg

Well, the fact that there isn't currently much development isn't always a bad thing. It may indicate that the phone is 95% of what people want and requires few changes. I moved from the S5 to the S6 edge and I'm in no big hurry to even root it. One of the reasons is the Samsung Pay thing. (I could care less about knox). I want to hold off a bit and see if this device can be rooted without tripping knox and potentially screwing up Samsung Pay capabilities. The only thing I miss at this point is the ability to do a Nandroid Backup and the Hotspot/Tether mods. I think battery life could be better but my experience with kernels and governers usually resulted in a lot of instability. I do in fact hope that development picks up eventually once Samsung has done everything they plan to do with this device. Once the honeymoon is over I'll be right there creating and flashing mods, but only to overcome limitations and make improvements. Not just for the sake of being first or just to have something different.

Im here!!

I'm so eager to get flashing.. I rooted cause I couldn't care about Samsung pay. Hopefully we get some action soon.

dazednconfused said:
You should also give it some time. The device has only been out for a few weeks.
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we could use some Wicked Sensations .....

TexasLTE said:
we could use some Wicked Sensations .....
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Good to see you man, you get the device?

dazednconfused said:
Good to see you man, you get the device?
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I got the regular S6 (actually got 3 ... my youngest daughter, my wife and myself) but the Edge looked really cool too

TexasLTE said:
I got the regular S6 (actually got 3 ... my youngest daughter, my wife and myself) but the Edge looked really cool too
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Awesome man good to hear from you, it's definitely been awhile.

Finally a thread thats alive. I remember when evo came out and how booming the community was. So many smart phones out now and some haven't switched to new devices yet. I just love rooting and hope to do it with this phone.

carrsteven said:
SPR_bootsamsung.qmg and SPR_bootsamsungloop.qmg
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Thanks for the reply but that didn't work for me. I also swapped out bootsamsung and bootsamsungloop
Can't get that boot animation to work
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Has anyone successfully changed the boot animation? I tried changing SPR_BOOTSAMSUNGLOOP.QMG, SPR_BOOTSAMSUNG.QMG, bootsamsung.qmg and bootsamsung loop.qmg
But none of that has worked

SantinoInc said:
Thanks for the reply but that didn't work for me. I also swapped out bootsamsung and bootsamsungloop
Can't get that boot animation to work
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Has anyone successfully changed the boot animation? I tried changing SPR_BOOTSAMSUNGLOOP.QMG, SPR_BOOTSAMSUNG.QMG, bootsamsung.qmg and bootsamsung loop.qmg
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It worked for me.. Make sure you're setting the permissions
And I only changed the SPR ones

Sprint LS997 variant updated to ZV9

I just got the update and for the first time it was nice to be up to date with security patches for a change lol... the previous updates were usually a month or two behind..
But the download didn't specify fixes or improvements, I wonder if anyone knows a way to find out if there are any, like at the sprint website with a change log.. I can't seem to find one as I used to find one with previous phones with sprint.
the update was about 650 mb.

and nobody to update it to zv9. Seems the rom community has halted.

hi guys my phone update to zv8 can i do downgrade firmware to zv6 or earlier ?

No u cant unfortunately

I'm almost willing to forego my root and hotspot for an updated phone at this point. Particularly because every rom I've tried has been a goddamn Bluetooth nightmare, and somehow I suspect aosp isn't going to be better because I've never had a phone run aosp without Bluetooth issues, and I've tried 9 phones.

Hey guys, this is a new phone to me (was rocking a release date Note 3 until last week), and unfamiliar with this forum specifically. (Not sure how I like sticking all the carrier variants in one section, but given the relative obscurity of the phone, I guess it makes sense...)
This seems like as good as any place to ask fellow Sprint V20 user w/o creating a new(b) thread unnecessarily?
I'm also on the ZV9, and it's been so long since I've had an unrooted phone, I had forgotten how much of a pain in the ass it is. True adblocking alone is driving my need for root here.
Is my phone rootable with this version of software? Is the Dirty Santa the way to go? Thanks in advance!
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No its not unfortunately

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No its not unfortunately
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Ugh. Thanks for the response.
The phone is brilliant (after rocking the same phone for over 4 years, even last years phone feels like magic), but this might end up being a deal breaker for me.
Do you know off the top of your head what carrier models are still rootable?
My MNVO carrier (Ting) has other options of carrier models I can use, but T-Mob seems to be the most compatible.
Either way, thanks again for the quick response. ((I apologize for the non-searching, noobish questions, it's been a few years since I was an XDAddict, and still feeling my way around this new forum section.))

kingdazy said:
Ugh. Thanks for the response.
The phone is brilliant (after rocking the same phone for over 4 years, even last years phone feels like magic), but this might end up being a deal breaker for me.
Do you know off the top of your head what carrier models are still rootable?
My MNVO carrier (Ting) has other options of carrier models I can use, but T-Mob seems to be the most compatible.
Either way, thanks again for the quick response.
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Unfortuanely none right now unless u can find one that hasnt been updated

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Unfortuanely none right now unless u can find one that hasn't been updated
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No s**t. That's abysmal. How long has this model been like this? Is root a WIP, or a done deal unless LG/carriers relinquish?
I swear to F'ing gawd, this is the last time I buy a device w/o researching the ... heck out of it here first. IDK what I was thinking.

kingdazy said:
No s**t. That's abysmal. How long has this model been like this? Is root a WIP, or a done deal unless LG/carriers relinquish?
I swear to F'ing gawd, this is the last time I buy a device w/o researching the ... heck out of it here first. IDK what I was thinking.
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Its been like this since june nobody updated root but they have a life you know people do it for free.. Development is pretty much dead except for los rom there updating pretty fast.

pbedard said:
Its been like this since june nobody updated root but they have a life you know people do it for free.. Development is pretty much dead except for los rom there updating pretty fast.
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yeah, the unpaid work of XDA devs is a thankless job. I try to make donations to devs that have made my life better.
And I suspect with the relative obscurity of this phone, there won't be much more root dev'ing happening at all.
Might have to make a new device gameplan. And I really, really, never want to go back to Samsung.
Thanks for entertaining my questions, you've been helpful, man.

kingdazy said:
yeah, the unpaid work of XDA devs is a thankless job. I try to make donations to devs that have made my life better.
And I suspect with the relative obscurity of this phone, there won't be much more root dev'ing happening at all.
Might have to make a new device gameplan. And I really, really, never want to go back to Samsung.
Thanks for entertaining my questions, you've been helpful, man.
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I just got the v20 ls 997 also has zv9 preinstalled. I've been reading the forums and there is still active work on root for these phones. Thats all I know. Seems like they are trying to create a kdz or tot file since sprint never released one for this phone. Also there is a thread about creating a universal lg bootloader solution. I think there is some active work in the G6 forum and they talk about how it could help other models.... Just keeping my fingers crossed because I too haven't had a nonrooted phone in about 5 years and I don't like it. nope. don't like it one bit. The v20 is good but would be a dream if I could get root. heres to staying hopeful and keeping an eye on the resale market value.

loopytee said:
I just got the v20 ls 997 also has zv9 preinstalled. I've been reading the forums and there is still active work on root for these phones. Thats all I know. Seems like they are trying to create a kdz or tot file since sprint never released one for this phone. Also there is a thread about creating a universal lg bootloader solution. I think there is some active work in the G6 forum and they talk about how it could help other models.... Just keeping my fingers crossed because I too haven't had a nonrooted phone in about 5 years and I don't like it. nope. don't like it one bit. The v20 is good but would be a dream if I could get root. heres to staying hopeful and keeping an eye on the resale market value.
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Interesting! Good info, I'm still digging through this forums on this device, trying to wrap my head around it.
This really is a 'best bang for the buck' phone right now, esp if one is on a budget, getting a slightly older device. (I was limited to 300 or less by the wife in my search for a device to replace my old Note3) Plus the removable batt, the SD card use, a jack, a great cam...
I don't even use root that extensively (not a flashaholic anymore), but for the 2 or 3 reasons I do, it's important.

kingdazy said:
Interesting! Good info, I'm still digging through this forums on this device, trying to wrap my head around it.
This really is a 'best bang for the buck' phone right now, esp if one is on a budget, getting a slightly older device. (I was limited to 300 or less by the wife in my search for a device to replace my old Note3) Plus the removable batt, the SD card use, a jack, a great cam...
I don't even use root that extensively (not a flashaholic anymore), but for the 2 or 3 reasons I do, it's important.
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I switch ROMs but really just being able to block all the ads! I didn't realize there was so many. And creating a back up shouldn't be so hard. Don't even get me started on all the background stuff apps are doing! And really there are so many great features missing from stock experience.

loopytee said:
I switch ROMs but really just being able to block all the ads! I didn't realize there was so many. And creating a back up shouldn't be so hard. Don't even get me started on all the background stuff apps are doing! And really there are so many great features missing from stock experience.
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Yup. That's the NUMBER ONE reason for me. True adblocking.
Been doing my normal browsing for the last week on this unrooted device, and (long stream of explitives here) the amount ads that I had forgotten about are stunning.
Getting rid of bloatware would be nice as well.
Have to admit though, stock LG isn't horrible, compared to Samsung.
(used all my thanks for the day, damnit)

anybody knows if zv9 nougat version for sprint lg v20 can be gsm unlocked?

kingdazy said:
Yup. That's the NUMBER ONE reason for me. True adblocking.
Been doing my normal browsing for the last week on this unrooted device, and (long stream of explitives here) the amount ads that I had forgotten about are stunning.
Getting rid of bloatware would be nice as well.
Have to admit though, stock LG isn't horrible, compared to Samsung.
(used all my thanks for the day, damnit)
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I've been using Ad-guard and does a pretty good job at blocking ads for the most part.

Dream last night

So I've been telling myself that I will NOT flash any custom ROM's on this phone because the stock ROM is already so good.
But I had a dream last night that I was just about to get on an airplane for an important business trip.
And then I noticed someone dropped an alpha Lineage OS ROM for our phone.
So I'm sitting in my airport lobby chair and decide to flash it right then and there.
Knowing that I absolutely MUST have my phone available during this business trip.
But I just HAD to try the ROM anyways.
And sure enough, the rest of the dream was about me troubleshooting why I couldn't get the phone to work anymore.
I was just about to give up and test SMS when I woke up.
Weird dream.
I think I missed my flight too.

CZ Eddie said:
So I've been telling myself that I will NOT flash any custom ROM's on this phone because the stock ROM is already so good.
But I had a dream last night that I was just about to get on an airplane for an important business trip.
And then I noticed someone dropped an alpha Lineage OS ROM for our phone.
So I'm sitting in my airport lobby chair and decide to flash it right then and there.
Knowing that I absolutely MUST have my phone available during this business trip.
But I just HAD to try the ROM anyways.
And sure enough, the rest of the dream was about me troubleshooting why I couldn't get the phone to work anymore.
I was just about to give up and test SMS when I woke up.
Weird dream.
I think I missed my flight too.
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LMAO, hilarious
I'm in the same boat as you - really wanting to not root/custom rom this up...
On previous phones, countless days have gone by where I download the ROM on my phone, Flash it on my phone, then something here and there won't work... GPS, sound during phone call, etc.
Then I have to get it all figured out and 1 or 2 days have gone by.
It used to be fun...
But every now and then I think "man, I could fix the memory problems by using a different kernel" or "man, this would sound so much better with Viper4Android on it"..... soooo freakin tempting

finsmaniac02 said:
LMAO, hilarious
I'm in the same boat as you - really wanting to not root/custom rom this up...
On previous phones, countless days have gone by where I download the ROM on my phone, Flash it on my phone, then something here and there won't work... GPS, sound during phone call, etc.
Then I have to get it all figured out and 1 or 2 days have gone by.
It used to be fun...
But every now and then I think "man, I could fix the memory problems by using a different kernel" or "man, this would sound so much better with Viper4Android on it"..... soooo freakin tempting
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It does sound much better with V4A. Does that help? :silly:

CZ Eddie said:
So I've been telling myself that I will NOT flash any custom ROM's on this phone because the stock ROM is already so good.
But I had a dream last night that I was just about to get on an airplane for an important business trip.
And then I noticed someone dropped an alpha Lineage OS ROM for our phone.
So I'm sitting in my airport lobby chair and decide to flash it right then and there.
Knowing that I absolutely MUST have my phone available during this business trip.
But I just HAD to try the ROM anyways.
And sure enough, the rest of the dream was about me troubleshooting why I couldn't get the phone to work anymore.
I was just about to give up and test SMS when I woke up.
Weird dream.
I think I missed my flight too.
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Interesting...
I built an Alpha build of Lineage last night for the Pixel 3 XL, lot of stuff not working, lol

NepoRood said:
Interesting...
I built an Alpha build of Lineage last night for the Pixel 3 XL, lot of stuff not working, lol
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Thanks for making me miss my flight.
Jerk.
ETA's? :laugh:

CZ Eddie said:
Thanks for making me miss my flight.
Jerk.
ETA's? :laugh:
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If you'd have read your "dream thread' closely, you would have seen that voice calls don't work, so that's on "dream you", not "dream me"
Another day or two on the ETA, possibly more, no sense in releasing if we can't at least use the device as a "phone", lol

lmao thank you for laughing with me. :good:

Interesting dream.
Almost a year ago, when I bought my Pixel 2 I dreamed that I was going to use stock rom forever because it was very good, but dreams are just dreams, you know...
I think Bluecross will follow the same route.

NepoRood said:
If you'd have read your "dream thread' closely, you would have seen that voice calls don't work, so that's on "dream you", not "dream me"
Another day or two on the ETA, possibly more, no sense in releasing if we can't at least use the device as a "phone", lol
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Would be pretty interesting to see how does that run on the Pixel 3

Paradoxxx said:
Would be pretty interesting to see how does that run on the Pixel 3
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It runs OK, I guess, gestures are a little wonky, but that's low priority. Main issue is no sound when making calls, I'm working with several devs from different ROM groups, trying to work the problem out. As this "bug" is not only limited to Lineage, it's all ROMs that have been built so far.
Sorry, @CZ Eddie for the OT,

NepoRood said:
It runs OK, I guess, gestures are a little wonky, but that's low priority. Main issue is no sound when making calls, I'm working with several devs from different ROM groups, trying to work the problem out. As this "bug" is not only limited to Lineage, it's all ROMs that have been built so far.
Sorry, @CZ Eddie for the OT,
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Sounds awesome, eager to try !

Paradoxxx said:
Sounds awesome, eager to try !
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When we get it fixed, ya'll can expect: Carbon, DU and Lineage, at the least
PS, an maybe something completely new

NepoRood said:
When we get it fixed, ya'll can expect: Carbon, DU and Lineage, at the least
PS, an maybe something completely new
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Please keep us informed maybe even make a telegram group or something similar so we can follow progress ?

had a dream i dropped and cracked two pixel phones last night....

dipstik said:
had a dream i dropped and cracked two pixel phones last night....
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That's not a dream. That's a nightmare

I had a dream...
that I wasn't running stock anymore. Then it came true
Need just a few more days...

NepoRood said:
that I wasn't running stock anymore. Then it came true
Need just a few more days...
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Sounds cool ! LineageOS too ?

Paradoxxx said:
Sounds cool ! LineageOS too ?
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No, I'm not gonna do Lineage, too buggy for the P3 at this time, and I don't want to go through the effort of fixing, lol. A friend and I decided to do "our own thing", hence Scorpion, we're gonna make it into exactly what we want from a ROM

CZ Eddie, you're guide here;
https://forum.xda-developers.com/pixel-xl/how-to/info-how-restored-to-stock-soft-t3494478
Was sent from heaven, and helped me save my soft bricked Pixel 3 XL. I know that guide is outdated for our 3 XLs, but I just made sure I downloaded the most recent files of everything, and of course Crosshatch specific files too. And it worked like a dream. THANK YOU.
Any plans to make a step-by-step detailed guide like this for the Pixel 3 XL, from the beginning on how to install TWRP Recovery and Root, etc... ?
I borked my phone trying to install TWRP, after already been rooted for a month, but today decided to install Recovery, and that became a major nightmare and super F up on my part. Some guides are very vague and minimal on details.

Zorachus said:
CZ Eddie, you're guide here;
https://forum.xda-developers.com/pixel-xl/how-to/info-how-restored-to-stock-soft-t3494478
Was sent from heaven, and helped me save my soft bricked Pixel 3 XL. I know that guide is outdated for our 3 XLs, but I just made sure I downloaded the most recent files of everything, and of course Crosshatch specific files too. And it worked like a dream. THANK YOU.
Any plans to make a step-by-step detailed guide like this for the Pixel 3 XL, from the beginning on how to install TWRP Recovery and Root, etc... ?
I borked my phone trying to install TWRP, after already been rooted for a month, but today decided to install Recovery, and that became a major nightmare and super F up on my part. Some guides are very vague and minimal on details.
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How did you bork you phone. This is the easiest phone to root and load twrp on
1. Have all updated files on pc
2. Boot to bootloader
3. Unlock bootloader (will wipe phone)
4. Reboot. Set up. Turn on debugging. Load twrp.zip and magisk.zip to internal memory.
5. Boot to bootloader.
6. Boot twrp.img
7. Once in twrp flash twrp.zip on internal storage
8. Flash magisk on internal storage
9. Reboot to system.
10. Profit.