Dear All,
I'm just discovering this world and I'm thinking to flash a custom ROM to my S8 Exynos because is becoming too slow.
I was reading a lot on internet but I have some questions:
1) I understood that if I flash a new custom ROM I will loose the Knox features, including Samsung Health?
2) I use a Galaxy Active 2 Watch, will it still work with a custom ROM on my S8? Including heart rate and health?
3) If I would turn back to original Samsung firmware, will I revert back the knox features?
Last but not least, which custom ROM would you suggest?
Thanks
pixartao said:
Dear All,
I'm just discovering this world and I'm thinking to flash a custom ROM to my S8 Exynos because is becoming too slow.
I was reading a lot on internet but I have some questions:
1) I understood that if I flash a new custom ROM I will loose the Knox features, including Samsung Health?
2) I use a Galaxy Active 2 Watch, will it still work with a custom ROM on my S8? Including heart rate and health?
3) If I would turn back to original Samsung firmware, will I revert back the knox features?
Last but not least, which custom ROM would you suggest?
Thanks
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Flashing anything besides Official Stock Firmware will trip your Knox. ie: TWRP,root,custom roms etc.
Reverting back to Stock Firmware will not fix your Knox - gone forever.
Best Roms to try i can't really tell you it's really a matter of personal choice. There are a few out there. You will have to check out in the Samsung Galaxy 8 Roms section and if you have any questions ( like no. 2 question ) ask them there. I would recommend reading the first few posts to see what you get and what you don't get and what issues other people have.
I'm on stock rom but i have tried LineageOS on one of my S8 and seems ok.
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Hi folks, so I have an S4 with knox tripped according what says in Download mode. Is there any way to return the phone as close to stock as possible? Knox is tripped it won't let me flash stock firmware. I use Omega Roms and they have quite a few customisations in there. Any helpful suggestions would be much appreciated.
Thanks
1. TWRP is up
2. Stock 5.1.1 with baseband G920R4TYU2BOF7/HW version G9020R4.02
3. Kernel name: 3.10.61-V-Kernel+
4. No Mods
5. Rooted
Last time, I did any rooting and flashing was the original Galaxy S Mesmerize for USCC... Been using that trusty phone up until 2 days ago. I finally broke down and upgraded after 5+ years! So I'm a bit rusty on this kind of stuff.
I know when I was flashing with the Mez, I had to make sure that I used carrier-specific ROMs since there were subtleties in hardware and so on. I was wondering which of the Custom ROMs in the pinned thread in the general section of this forum were compatible with a US Cellular Galaxy S6 with the specs I listed. Here is the link to the thread I'm speaking of. Also, any hints, clues, thing to look for etc etc in determining if a ROM is compatible would be awesome.
[INDEX] Complete List of (Rom, Root, Kernel, Mod) for S6 920F
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s6/general/index-complete-list-rom-root-kernel-mod-t3104827
Once again, thank you guys for all that you do.
Edit: Somewhat off-topic... OTA update keeps wanting to come through. Will OTA update undo root?
Hallo there!
I used to root my phones for making them faster and more customizable.
Today my S4 arrived and I was going to root it and install a smooth running Marshmallow ROM but learned the Gear S3 and its according App doesn't like rooted phones. After some research with loads of unnecessary information, I could break it down to these questions:
1) Is it in the meantime possible to have a custom ROM like CM13 with full functionality like answering calls on the Gear? Samsung Pay is not necessary, as it's not available in my country...
=> I guess the answer is "no", as the manufacturer has to be spoofed when installing a custom ROM. Correct?
2) Is it at least possible to install a de-bloated version of the official ROM without getting this "unauthorized modification"-errors?
3) Will applying the CF-Auto Root destroy the 100% compatibility, as it seems to be the "closet to stock"-method to get it at least a little cleaner?
4) Are there any other tricks to de-bloat the S4 without affecting the compatibility to the Gear S3?
(5. Wouldn't the topic of rooted phone with Gear S3 a nice candidate for a sticky?)
Many thanks for your help in advance! :good:
-Obvious Noxius
Hallo there!
I used to root my phones for making them faster and more customizable.
Today my S4 arrived and I was going to root it and install a smooth running Marshmallow ROM but learned the Gear S3 and its according App doesn't like rooted phones. After some research with loads of unnecessary information, I could break it down to these questions:
1) Is it in the meantime possible to have a custom ROM like CM13 with full functionality like answering calls on the Gear? Samsung Pay is not necessary, as it's not available in my country...
=> I guess the answer is "no", as the manufacturer has to be spoofed when installing a custom ROM. Correct?
I can tell you gear s3 won't work with Cyanogenmod or Lineage, I tried it myself.
2) Is it at least possible to install a de-bloated version of the official ROM without getting this "unauthorized modification"-errors?
I have a custom rom on my s6 edge plus, as long as it is a stock based rom you won't have any problems and everything will work great.
3) Will applying the CF-Auto Root destroy the 100% compatibility, as it seems to be the "closet to stock"-method to get it at least a little cleaner?
I don't think it will destroy is, I used magisk to root and my compatibility is still 100%
4) Are there any other tricks to de-bloat the S4 without affecting the compatibility to the Gear S3?
if you root the phone, download root uninstaller. This way you can deinstall every app possible, just let everything on your rom you need for gear app.
(5. Wouldn't the topic of rooted phone with Gear S3 a nice candidate for a sticky?)
yeah it would be a good sticky for questions
I hope this helps, all answers are from my own experience using a Samsung S6 edge Plus with a gear s3 frontier.
Hi Everyone,
I just got a used sm-920T (T-mobile Note5). It is asking me to get an OTA update but I am not sure if that is the best thing to do... What do you guys think? Is it better after the update?
I had note4 and it was performing really poorly with some roms, especially the battery. I am also thinking about rooting it and getting a custom 7.0 rom but I do not want to sacrifice battery life and performance.
Thanks.
panxpany said:
Hi Everyone,
I just got a used sm-920T (T-mobile Note5). It is asking me to get an OTA update but I am not sure if that is the best thing to do... What do you guys think? Is it better after the update?
I had note4 and it was performing really poorly with some roms, especially the battery. I am also thinking about rooting it and getting a custom 7.0 rom but I do not want to sacrifice battery life and performance.
Thanks.[/Quoted Dr ketans note 5 rom will work fine on your s6e+. Just flash the kernel your phone during install(A menu pops up and asks, yours is 928t). And also flash the call audio fix. You will need twrp recovery installed on your phone via odin. There's no loss of battery life and it's a touchwiz based rom. So you keep your samsung apps and whatnot. There are oreo roms out also floating around which is 8.0 but I don't think you should go there as a daily driver if you are not tech savvy. It's still a newer development. The Dr ketans rom and nemesis rom 7.0 nougat are both well used and tested, I simply prefer ketans.
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Hello .New to Samsung ,Previously owned Xperia Devices.I just wanna ask these things.
1.What are those Crap,Crep?are those firmware?If so which one is better for my S8+ Dual G955FD.
2.Ive read rooting will strip away some Samsung Functionality.If so,Can i get it back if i will Unroot my S8+ whenever i want to?
3.Can I Downgrade to Nougat ?Because I want to use Xposed Modules that arent compatible yet in Oreo.
Im running 8.0 CRF7 Build Number .CRF1 Baseband .
1. samsung has a sense of humor and calls their firmware crap
2. no you'll lose it forever since knox will be tripped, no point in unrooting really, you won't get updates either so stay rooted and flash roms
3. no idea, look around the forum