yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[General Questions and Answers] kdkirk08:
Test what out? The rom? No I didnt. I just made it for shiggles, uploaded it without testing it. That's just how I roll.

If you flash it make a back up first. I won't stress that anymore. Since you're on metropcs it seems some have had problems with it. I'm on tmobile and the only issue I had was wifi calling.
[General Questions and Answers] EvoTheBoy:
What if I flashed the T-Mobile firmware on my metro phone then flash this rom? Would it work?
[General Questions and Answers] kdkirk08:
Yeah, you can flash firmwares from one to the other. If you look back a few pages there was a discussion on it. I don't know what's exactly different between them, other than boot animations, and apps. But you could try it and let me know.
[General Questions and Answers] lox2013:
Is different I think it will work on aosp ROM or cm ROM BC I had a s3 l710t I had to remove the assert lines to make it work flashing a l710 ROM
[General Questions and Answers] kdkirk08:
What the ****ing **** are you talking about????
[General Questions and Answers] Signa112:
No one knows wtf he is talking about. Idk where he keeps getting the idea we have anything other than a de bloated stock ROM
[General Questions and Answers] kdkirk08:
I'm just gonna let lox do all the development for this phone. I'm done. He seems to know how to do everything so everybody is in good hands. ? haha.

Just got done downloading the source code for aosp. Holy hell that took forever. Next step: figuring out what the hell I am doing.
[General Questions and Answers] codenamesql:
What? no, this is the new Lollikat 6
[General Questions and Answers] Signa112:
I have only done some work on themes, kernels, and cross carrier stacks. But the irc channels are a great source bro
[General Questions and Answers] Masterchief87:
Sometimes I think lox is deliberately trying to be a troll
[General Questions and Answers] kdkirk08:
I'm working on a custom gengerkatlollisucksandwitch. It's gonna be epic bruhh. Bahahaha.
[General Questions and Answers] Signa112:
Lmfao

Its called the Loxromkernelhack
[General Questions and Answers] jcurtis:
SM-G386W Root

The SM-G386T root method mentioned at the start of this thread provided by Chainfire works for a Koodo SM-G386W. Flashed with Odin, booted up, updated SU binaries, and good to go.
[General Questions and Answers] cragains:
Wow, need i say more?
[General Questions and Answers] EvoTheBoy:
Tried it. Works perfectly now. Thank you :)
[General Questions and Answers] kdkirk08:
Sweet! Mucho welcome.
[General Questions and Answers] OutaTheLoneWolf:
unlock

I think the unlock app is bugged for me, The server will not respond, should I pay for an unlock code or is that a dumb idea / scam?
[General Questions and Answers] kdkirk08:
what's it saying? When I was rooted it would always say couldn't connect or something like that. I had to flash the stock firmware for it to work.
[General Questions and Answers] OutaTheLoneWolf:
I am still running the stock, it is now saying that it Is not eligible.

Reading though the terms (The phone was given to me by my sister as a "birthday present") I am guessing she never paid for the service.

Is there a way to unlock the phone for Verizon, Id be willing to pay to get it unlocked, or will I need to go buy another outright? (Ill sell my S4 If I need to, still no custom roms for the I-545)
[General Questions and Answers] kdkirk08:
That's weird. Has anybody tried editing the xml files just for shiggles to see if it does anything? This is what mine looked like after I did a permanent unlock.
[General Questions and Answers] Stratis1978:
This contains great information for ROM creation (not necessarily cyanogenmod related):

http://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Doc:_porting_intro
[General Questions and Answers] kdkirk08:
I've been living on that wiki for the last 2 days lol
[General Questions and Answers] Stratis1978:
Haha!

I've only ran through it once so now I'm looking for a similar device so none of the hardware has to be messed with as much.
[General Questions and Answers] kdkirk08:
Look at the HTC desire. Yeah its HTC but it shares alot of the same stuff.
[General Questions and Answers] EvoTheBoy:
Just noticed bluetooth doesnt turn on >.<
[General Questions and Answers] kdkirk08:
Bahhhh wtf mate. I never use bluetooth so I wouldn't know. I'll look into that as well
[General Questions and Answers] lox2013:
I got my new note 4 from amazon pay 600 for it
[General Questions and Answers] spaniolo:
[MENTION=5360251]kdkirk08[/MENTION] Hey, Thank you so much for all the hard work you are putting here and for the Slim Rom, you rock.

I think it is time to update the OP. I have been using a galaxy S5 for the last couple of months and traveling like crazy all over the caribbean for work so I haven't kept an eye on this thread, I just spent a couple hours reading though all the pages.

Also thank you for trying to fix the Wifi calling feature, I know lots of people use it including myself when I travel out of the USA to get free calling. Thanks again!!!!
[General Questions and Answers] J.Tichi:
Hey, folks

i'd like to root my canadian SM-G386W too, but i have a concern:

In this thread you cite somewhere that the chainfire rooting script flashes recovery.img from

T-mobile sm-g386t, which would prohibit future updates if flashed to sm-g386w phone....

Sorry for my ignorance, but is there a way to fetch recovery.img from my sm-g386w phone?

in order to binary compare it at least with the one from existing root kit,

or better yet, to submit it to chainfire for a kit specifically designed for sm-g386w

Thank you in advance for ur suggestions.
[General Questions and Answers] OutaTheLoneWolf:
Is there any way to sim unlock the phone on my end without paying T-moble? (or 3rd party)

I really like the phone but If i cant use it as my daily driver (to replace my S4 I-545 ) then I will just sell it.
[General Questions and Answers] anthony92170:
If your phone is paid off or no contract t-mobile has to give you code for free to unlock it is a law

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It wont matter just root it youll be good.
[General Questions and Answers] OutaTheLoneWolf:
Like I have said, the phone was a gift, I have no idea what the account status is, I cannot ask T-mobile because they need my sisters information, and she dose not even remember it.
[General Questions and Answers] anthony92170:
She can call all she has to do is give number she had uf not her name social ect. They can liok it up and go from there
[General Questions and Answers] jamesm113:
Is it possible to root without tripping KNOX on this phone?

I'm concerned with the random reboot issues on the newer firmwares (ANHA, ANK3). Already had to warranty my first phone because of these random reboots after upgrading to ANHA. The new phone is staying on ANG6 to keep these reboots away.
[General Questions and Answers] Cobra11Murderer:
If I'm correct you could of flashed a older version using Odin lol
[General Questions and Answers] RodimusConvoy:
...this phone has KNOX? :eek:
[General Questions and Answers] J.Tichi:
about rooting canadian version, here is what i found:

https://twitter.com/srsroot/status/540567541576650752

#SRSRoot: samsung SM-G386W (Build: KOT49H.G386WVLU1ANI1) #Android 4.4.2 Now Supported for #Root at http://www.SRSRoot.com

Do you know guys if this SRSroot is a reliable root provider?
[General Questions and Answers] Masterchief87:
I think its a virus. Chrome blocked the download saying it was malicious and there is virtually no info about it anywhere. Also the list of devices it claims to be able to root is ridiculous. If something looks too good to be true it probably is.
[General Questions and Answers] Signa112:
Hard anal analysis says virus

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Analysis**
[General Questions and Answers] EvoTheBoy:
Lmfaoooooo
[General Questions and Answers] HalcyonEndures:
Sorry in advance if this has already been asked to death, but is it possible we'll see an AOSP ROM on this phone? TouchWiz definitely isn't bad on this phone at all, especially after getting rid of the bloat, but I'd give my left nut for CM or something.
[General Questions and Answers] chip71513:
Metro version Slim Rom

Hey there everyone. I recently used Rickys Rom Kitchen to unpack our firmware. I then rooted it, deodexed it, and took out all of the bloatware that the other slim rom took out. I put the same updater script from the other slim rom into my version and voila. How do I go about posting it. works beautifully
[General Questions and Answers] asheehanjr:
Try uploading it to Dropbox or Google Drive or any other cloud storage.
[General Questions and Answers] lox2013:
Which firmware can it work for I don't have the latest update
[General Questions and Answers] chip71513:
Heres the link

https://www.dropbox.com/s/2ehl3baw8jno7xs/Justin2.zip?dl=0

Its based off of the nk3 firmware....
[General Questions and Answers] lox2013:
Will it work off this firmware
[General Questions and Answers] j03lpr86:
It will work my phone is on baseband nh3 while my build version is nk3 and my phone is still functional
[General Questions and Answers] lox2013:
What ROM u running on so I can start changing my ROM damn all my games will good bye
[General Questions and Answers] j03lpr86:
my own version im trying to cook up. as soon as i find my phone which i lost a few days ago in my house imma keep working on it till everything is good to go to share.
[General Questions and Answers] asheehanjr:
Try using Google device manager on a pc. It works to help find your phone. It will call your phone even with the ringer off. That's of course if it ain't dead.
[General Questions and Answers] j03lpr86:
tried that already didnt help. it worked on both of my shields and galaxy tab2 but not on my phone :mad:
[General Questions and Answers] chaostic_2k1:
Because look out is probably set as the device manager
[General Questions and Answers] vekenti:
Any Custom Roms for this phone yet?

I'm looking for a custom rom for this,anyone know of one thats compatible? or maybe someone who has built a CyanogenMod Rom for this phone?
[General Questions and Answers] Cobra11Murderer:
Not yet just give time
[General Questions and Answers] monkeypaws:
do we have a proper thread yet for this device? I haven't found much searching xda and google.
[General Questions and Answers] lox2013:
They don't have a thread for this device yet until everything works out
[General Questions and Answers] kdkirk08:
Hey guys, haven't been on in a while. Been dealing with a plethora of problems in the real world so this has been the last thing on my mind. I see j0 has been cooking something up so that's good.

Someone asked about apps safe to remove, honestly I just removed everything I didn't use or seemed useless. I just noticed in my avant-slim zip I removed the Bluetooth app. I don't know if that's why Bluetooth isn't working or not but yeah. Oops.

As soon as I get my crap squared away I'll be back to keep working on the cm port if someone doesn't beat me to it.

But yeah, I got sick for nearly a week and on top of that I got laid off at work along with all the other hourly people. And I'm trying to finish my last few tests to get my power plant license from school. Just a cluster **** of stuff.
[General Questions and Answers] Masterchief87:
Damn that sucks. Do what you gotta do man. Also, I've been doing a lot of experimenting and I've noticed that when the stock gallery app is removed you can only use the wallpapers included in the ROM and you can't change the lock screen wallpaper at all.
[General Questions and Answers] jdmedeiros:
Where is this file located? My stock Metro PCS does not have it. Thanks.
[General Questions and Answers] lox2013:
Look into es file explorer or total commander
[General Questions and Answers] jdmedeiros:
I used efs before... not there... the file probably shows up after unlocking. It would be a great idea do do a backup before unlocking, unlock, do another backup and compare both of them. That would certainly point us in the right direction.
[General Questions and Answers] moccor:
Can someone upload the stock camera app for use in the slimmed down ROM? Also, when receiving texts it doesn't show the contact name SMS contents, is there another app that needs to be re-enabled for that? Any help is greatly appreciated
[General Questions and Answers] anthony92170:
Link for camera

https://www.dropbox.com/s/4yxc2ot794alp38/SamsungCamera3.apk?dl=0

Which text messaging are you using and what is checked.
[General Questions and Answers] xstokerx:
HEy just wanna let everyone know that root and recovery from the SM-G386T works 100 percent on the SM-G386W canadain rogers model make sure when flashing twrp in odin u turn F.reset time off thx everyone for your hard work
[General Questions and Answers] moccor:
Thanks for the upload. Could you also upload the stock gallery and alarm app? I think the gallery app being removed prevents sending MMS from within the stock SMS app, it requires going into a gallery and clicking share. Maybe adding the stock gallery back will also fix the lockscreen text info. I appreciate the slimmed ROM, stock ROMs are so slow and bloated compared to debloated
[General Questions and Answers] kdkirk08:
The xml for the unlock I mentioned is in data/data in the folder for the unlock app.
[General Questions and Answers] kdkirk08:
Just follow the path you see in pic
[General Questions and Answers] anthony92170:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/vb9800ldsi79p56/SecGallery2014.apk?dl=0

https://www.dropbox.com/s/kxf66rv4pspkh0g/ClockPackage.apk?dl=0

https://www.dropbox.com/s/hcuqc7y64dk5waj/SecGallery2014.odex?dl=0

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You guys know you can take stock rom and de bloat it from a file explorer I'm running stock and removed a lot of stuff and works great. Slim rom WiFi calling doesn't work and I need that in my house
[General Questions and Answers] moccor:
For some reason these apps aren't installing lol. Do you know what could be causing it?
[General Questions and Answers] kdkirk08:
Use a file explorer and manually copy them into the /system/app folder. Reboot and it should be good.
[General Questions and Answers] anthony92170:
You need to change permission as well
[General Questions and Answers] afr33sl4ve:
I'm thinking of jumping to this from my Galaxy Light. At least, until I can get a Nexus 6. I need the extra bands.

I read the OP, and have heavily modified my T399 (including using the MetroPCS 4.4.2 ROM and V6 SuperCharger - 50%). I feel comfortable following the directions listed.

Any other tips/tricks/nuances I should know before pulling the trigger?
[General Questions and Answers] anthony92170:
Don't get nexus 6 it has limited storage and camera is not as good as note 4
[General Questions and Answers] afr33sl4ve:
My question is still unanswered.

I'm restoring the T399 to stock and deleting all my data off of it. I have a friend who works at one of the many T-Mobile locations and will be picking up this phone shortly.
[General Questions and Answers] Cobra11Murderer:
Really there isn't just not a full custom rom yet
[General Questions and Answers] afr33sl4ve:
That's fine. With Xposed, F-Droid repo, V6 Supercharger, Debloater, and other such tweaks, I can make this phone very much mine without a custom ROM.
[General Questions and Answers] Bobby Tables:
Firefox on Galaxy Avant?

I've had nothing but trouble with Firefox on my Galaxy Avant. All I need to do is browse a few pages, and eventually there will be a long pause, followed by a "server not found" message from Firefox, as though it couldn't successfully perform a DNS lookup. Once this happens, it won't bring up any further pages until it has been purged from memory. It happens whether I'm using mobile data or Wi-Fi.

Chrome works fine, but I'd really like to switch back to Firefox. Has anyone else tried it on the Avant? Should I file a bug report with Mozilla?
[General Questions and Answers] afr33sl4ve:
Good to know. I haven't tried FF on the Avant, however, I'll do so if Chrome stops working when I root. I'm preparing myself for the behavior that my Light exhibited when I rooted it.

Also, using this tool, I've blocked 119 apps/apk's. Anything else I should give the boot? I've noticed that APK names and app titles have changed slightly/dramatically since JB, especially T-Mo specific.
[General Questions and Answers] vprasad1:
Version?

I'm on Firefox 33.1 and have 0 issues with it.
[General Questions and Answers] afr33sl4ve:
I can't install Busybox after using CF Auto Root, and flashing TWRP via Flashify.

What gives?
[General Questions and Answers] kdkirk08:
I was having that issue. I just kept trying and it eventually installed.

Last time I used a different app to install busy box. Had no issues. I can't remember the name of the app. It was the one with a blueish box or something.
[General Questions and Answers] afr33sl4ve:
Used Busybox Installer. It's an older version of BB, but whatever, it's done now. :D
[General Questions and Answers] anthony92170:
Here is a busybox file. All you need to do is copy paste it into system then xbin fix permissions and reboot.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/utpxo248n4wyqty/busybox?dl=0
[General Questions and Answers] afr33sl4ve:
If it's any consolation, [MENTION=3178012]gatesjunior[/MENTION] and I just squared away his Debloater application for this phone. It's working just as intended. :D Removing apps with root is currently not working. A fix is in the pipes, and we will test it once it's ready.

I'm on the fence on whether I want to V6 Supercharge this phone. I know it'll be a while before we get 100% supercharged V6 for KK. A debloated, deodexed ROM, along with NOT TOUCHWIZ (Ha!) is plenty enough for me to wait.

I thought tripping KNOX was bad enough, but the more I play with it, the more I want to keep it. It's got that vibe to it.
[General Questions and Answers] moccor:
Sorry for all these seemingly simple questions, but I was just trying to do this and it wasn't allowing me to move the files to the system folder.
[General Questions and Answers] kdkirk08:
Which file explorer were you using? I use fx with the root add on. And had no issues doing that. Just make sure you mount the file system as read/write first.
[General Questions and Answers] moccor:
I tried Root Explorer and ES File Explorer, I'll give the explorer you mentioned a try and report back, thanks a lot.
[General Questions and Answers] codyedmonson:
Got the phone today, rooted and xposed all the way. Had no problems with rooting, busybox or anything, it all went perfectly fine on ANK3 update pushed to my phone as soon as I got it. Thanks for this thread guys, keep up the good work and maybe we can get a cm port going! I'll pitch in with what I know but its not much.
[General Questions and Answers] erikman1983:
installed it

My wifi does NOT work at all, neither does my data. PLEASE HELP!!!!

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And The links for that kitkat 4.4.2 doesn't work, and neither did the link for "NK3 newest firmware" and I'm guessing the firmware thing i skipped might have something to do with this problem. Please, Someone give me a working link to a way to at least factory reset this. This morning, my phone stopped working when I was turning a program into a sys app, then it wouldn't boot again. So, I found this custom ROM and I've been DYING to find one for this. But, it didn't go well...
[General Questions and Answers] :
I hope root can be achieved for the Avant but I'm concerned about what security measures (if any) that Samsung put on this phone. A lot of other Sansung devices in recent years have a locked and perhaps encrypted boot loader as well as an even nastier security thing called Knox. If this device has a Knox counter flag which can be triggered if any attempt to flash a custom rom or install any firmware recovery like TWRP and that flag is triggered, the warranty is voided and it cannot be reset. At least this is the case on the S5 and some other newer Samsung devices. :(
[General Questions and Answers] Planterz:
My guess that there's no security on the Avant. You should be able to boot into download mode and see if there's a KNOX counter that can be tripped. The Light doesn't have one. And seeing as how you can download a carrier unlock app for this phone, I'd be surprised if there's anything about the Avant that's locked down too tight.
[General Questions and Answers] :
I checked out download mode on this phone and noticed it does have a Knox warranty flag. It does have something called Qualcomm Secureboot which is supposed to not allow such things like a revert to a prior firmware. Not sure if the bootloader is locked. If this phone is like the T-mobile version of the S5, the bootloader is unlocked. However the tamper protection that Samsung puts into their phones makes any customization of the phone touch and go. Seems like more an more manufacturers are copying Apple and Samsung techniques by putting such measures into their devices. Samsung takes it one step further by making the trip flag irreversible one triggered.
[General Questions and Answers] kdkirk08:
I can confirm it does have a Knox count in download mode.

You'd think the root process would be pretty straight forward on this. I don't care if it voids the warranty. We need to try to get this device a real thread and hope some more experienced people will come help out.
[General Questions and Answers] newappz:
Yeah, Avant has Knox, but ROOT is worth it to lose warranty. There is so much bloatware, over 250 system apps witch is a killer for memory, 0.9+GB is used of 1.32GB. Samsung definitely has been cutting corners on this device. Biggest thing (for me), it is missing auto brightness !!! , also missing IR. And some little annoying things; very left page is magazine instead of Google (luckily you can disable this), Google is moved under hard press button, left soft button is app killer, usually under this button is app settings/menu. Overall it is good device for this money.... only if can it rooted.
[General Questions and Answers] elmerohueso:
Where'd you get it for $120?
[General Questions and Answers] newappz:
Tmobile store. You have to be tmobile good customer, ask them and they will give you for $120+ tax or $5 month.
[General Questions and Answers] Planterz:
Bummer about KNOX and the Qualcomm Secureboot. That's the same stuff that made the AT&T/Verizon Note3/GS5 so hard to root. If Samsung keeps up with that crap, my Galaxy Light will likely be my only and last Samsung device. Shame, because Samsung is one of the few that still gives us replaceable batteries and SD card slots. Maybe they added the extra security because of the carrier unlock thing they're doing with this phone (which I still don't get the reason for).
[General Questions and Answers] jmunjr:
As it turns out the battery model # on the Avant is:

EBL1L7LLA

There aren't any on the market specifically for the Avant though the following model #s are compatible:

EBL1L7LLU

EB-L1H2LLU (Using this one now)

and possibly more. The Avant uses the same battery size as the Galaxy Premier i9260 which I think is a European model. There are a few of them on Ebay and elsewhere and even an extended 4200mah one but no compatible cover yet.
[General Questions and Answers] Official_Rainbow_Dash:
i just got 4 avants 2 days ago, too much bloatware, turned off a few things, using google now launcher and google keyboard. always using .90GB/1.3GB idle so trying to get some RAM and trying to gain some space. Im hoping there is a root for this phone in the furture, its a very great phone handles everything with no lag.
[General Questions and Answers] idtheftvictim:
Can someone send Chainfire the odin .tar file for this phone(is it available on sammobile.com?) he could probably have it rooted in no time.

I don't have the phone yet...
[General Questions and Answers] newappz:
Latest FW;http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/3/?download=33130

Update 9/10/2014: http://support.t-mobile.com/docs/DOC-11068