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[Galaxy Grand 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] $un:
no need of screenshots

i dont think there is any change in ui. same stock ui without samsung bloatwares. for me it lag sometimes. i think thats because of no of apps i use. till now no bugs found.
[Galaxy Grand 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] numan8:
problem solved..

Hello ..

Dear aapa, thank u for this great rom but seems u have missed to include SELinuxModeChanger app! .

I have been struggling for 3 days since I install this rom because of the strange behaviour if many applications, like Titanium backup, root explorer, xposed installer, WhatsApp & viber can't download any files & many others due conflicts of permissions, till I did install the app SELinuxModeChanger from Google play and change to permissive, then everything is working well now without any problems..

Any way, the rom so far is very lovable , handy, extra smooth , no lag or force close at all (exempt the Samsung account registration, which I have deleted the few Samsung stuff left in priv-app).. Google chrome working well,doesn't crash here,and the ram usage is very low compared to other kitkat roms (always have more than 700mb free ram with more than 150 applications I have been installed).

Here I will attach some screen shots for the rom.

Thank u so much.
[Galaxy Grand 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] numan8:
solved..

Install SELinuxModeChanger.apk from Google play, open it and change the value to permissive . It will solve your problem.

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Very great.. much better than other kitkats .. the ram used always 500-600 mb all the time
[Galaxy Grand 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] numan8:
Solved

Install SELinuxModeChanger.apk from Google play, open it and change the value to permissive . It will solve your problem.

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I have uploaded some screen shots already :D

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Check post #17 :D

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Yes.. you can flash it over S5 Port :good:
[Galaxy Grand 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] psz3mo:
unfornately wifi doesn't work, factory reset doesn't help :(
[Galaxy Grand 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] numan8:
in the recovery once you install the rom, DO Wipe cache & Wipe data before rebooting your device for the 1st time..

Read the instructions given by the aapa carefully when you plan to install his rom!.:)
[Galaxy Grand 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] WaseemAlkurdi:
Use DedS Kernel v2.0 or v2.1.

This may help.
[Galaxy Grand 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] psz3mo:
I did that twice time, and doesn't work. Maybe I try later once again;)
[Galaxy Grand 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mdatiwal121:
Do i need to root my phone for installing this rom or cwm recovery is enough. .?
[Galaxy Grand 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tkdp09:
Wifi isn't working for me too..
[Galaxy Grand 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mdatiwal121:
When i tried to download it complete 568 mb and get failed but when i checked the details from file manager size was 597 mb compelete...

What to do wit it...

2. Also told do i need to root my phone for installing this rom
[Galaxy Grand 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] psz3mo:
Try France mirror
[Galaxy Grand 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Boudy Maxi:
BUG

Wifi not working
[Galaxy Grand 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] randomexpert:
Any more turbo lite updates? I just wanna know the rom speed is super awesome.
[Galaxy Grand 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kurpiq:
any chance for sm-G7105 ?
[Galaxy Grand 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TranLong255:
BUG: can not switch WIFI on @@
[Galaxy Grand 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] VigneshS007:
U

can flash

this over S5 port ROM... do wipe data and cache b4 flashing
[Galaxy Grand 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Alvarozuky:
I used CM12.1 I can install this ROM?
[General Questions and Answers] jerrymani33:
How to change smali to java
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lucatudorel:
First of all I'm sorry if i posted this in the wrong place. I just installed the Infamous custom rom and it's superb. Except one thing, the processor is supposed to go up to 2.7ghz but it never does. The maximum it goes is 1.49 ghz. I downloaded Trickster MOD from google play and I set maximum freq to 2.7 and when i tap apply settings it says "succes, changes aplied" but the max freq automatically changes the max back to 1.49.

How do I get my processors to run at 2.7ghz ?
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] toastido:
Turn off power saving mode. This locks the max freq at 1.49.

Sent from my leanKernel 3.13 powered stock 4.4.2 (NF9) SM-N900T
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lucatudorel:
lol Thanks alot. Worked. Hehe :)
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] devilsdouble:
2.7 GHz? Is the phone stable at that rate?
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lucatudorel:
The lower limit is 300mhz and the upper limit is 2.7ghz. So it doesen't run at 2.7 all the time. I played Real Racing 3 for about 1 hour and i think it was at its max cuz it heated up a bit more than normal. But I didn't have any problems yet.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] devilsdouble:
Oh okay. Have you tried running Antutu benchmark?
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lucatudorel:
Yes. I got a score of 40404. :D And by comparison This oc-ed processor is better than the note 4 stock processor. :)
[Android General] jbowwow02:
Does this affect F2FS as well?
[Android General] tag68:
As my current device Moto G uses f2fs for internal storage and I didn't root it by now the test was easy to do ;)

Yes f2fs is also affected. Current time is being used for copy of a file. Thanks for the question, I will add this. Guess it also is implemented using fuse. Until someone tells the opposite I will add it to the fuse-managed fs.

There is another information which I want to add: That the default file manager on most os (Finder on Mac, Windows Explorer on Windows, even cp on Unix and copy on DOS iirc) keep time and attributes for files, but not for folders. Please if you test the behavior, watch files not folders. Although I'd like to keep timestamp there also, you can't rely on these anyway.

Keeping date/time of folders usually can be achieved across platforms when using any archiver. tar, zip, anything. Compress and extract keeps the date of folders. Total commander on Android also.
[Android General] tag68:
Issue 34691 is now marked as obsolete. Probably someone at Google has read my FAQ, and the bug won't be fixed. I just can ask the same question like the newest comment in the issue: is the issue obsolete, or is it Android?
[Android General] kotey:
Actually, from my experience:

Windows:

Explorer didn't maintain folder ts, only file. Total Commander has option to do so. Some archivers do maintain while some not, meaning it's possible on Windows.

Linux:

Most Explorer-like eg KDE's Konqueror didn't preserve ts. Midnight Commander can, the option when copying is there. Also cp -a or cp -prv works in Terminal. So its possible on Linux.

OSX:

I'm using MC too solely for this purpose (I'm a timestamp freak) because most file mangers on osx sux just like the os (not the underlying bsd core) Krusader even show wrong ts. Disk Order comes close but can't rival Total Commander on Windows, or Norton Commander, Volkov Commander on DOS or Midnight Commander on Linux/OSX for that matter. So also possible on OSX/HPFS.

Android:

The closest to almost able is Total Commander, and to some extent, later versions of ES File Manager. Most others simply failed even ones with root support. So I have to cp -a in Android if I have to maintain folder ts, so far I'm not able to get even TC to do that (don't know where's the option, is it there? You're implying as if it's there, do tell if so) Used 2.04 and 2.05 beta builds so far.

And also, I never get a single archiver on Android to extract timestampfor folder (files are fine obviously) except 7zip on vfat, but that means no permissions since 7zip is not unix native.

And oh, by that I meant 7za command line, not anything in apps aka shell, not going to use those archiver shells anytime (unless embedded in a file manager)
[Android General] tag68:
I'm using muCommander on OSX, it also keeps timestamps of folders.

Oh, guess I remembered wrong in this point that TC keeps timestamp of folders. I'll ask the author. Like I did for setting timestamp as root, I gave the authors of TC and ES Explorer the hint. While Christian Ghisler (TC) immediately answered and helped a lot, I did not get any reply from the authors of ES Explorer. Does it keep timestamp if you have root in the meantime?
[Android General] kotey:
Old ES doesn't keep ts of anything.

ES v3 has the same behaviour as TC, it keeps ts of files but not folders.

AFAIK both ES and TC doesn't actually require root in order to keep ts of files, just like cp -a did in a non-root shell (but cp will throw lots of permission copy error, just ignore those obvious warnings, in fact it does the job perfectly)
[Android General] tag68:
Just tested ES File Explorer on my unrooted Moto G: Without root it does not keep ts of files. Of course not. It can't. Like cp -a can not do what the OS does not allow.

On which file system did you test when it worked?
[Android General] tag68:
Just did a test on my rooted S3 for a file copy operation:

1. ES Explorer keeps timestamp on external SD card where it can write without root according to FAT32 on Android 4.1.2 where FUSE is not active for FAT32

2. ES does not keep timestamp when writing to internal sdcard where FUSE is active - it does not use the power of the root account to set it.

ES is not capable. For my mail 2013-10-23 to contact@estrongs.com there was no reply. Guess it was not read, or just ignored ... and I asked 2014-01-23 if my mail arrived and repeated the question, again without answer ... so I strongly recommend to prefer Total Commander at least for rooted devices.
[Android General] tag68:
The author of Total Commander now found out why the timestamp could not be copied under Lollipop. The next version sure will bring a fix.

For interested readers here the link to the German discussion . Cause of the problem was discussed on Stack overflow
[Android General] the gladiator:
I'm dealing with this issue from sometime but only now I'm finding your fantastic thread (THANKS A LOT!!!!).

I have something slightly different about ES Explorer (v 3.2.5) :

- exactly as you say with JB 3.2 on a Sony M and an Asus tf101

- as it should be (preserving timestamps) on a Sony z1c with kitkat 4.4.4

Of course all the devices are rooted.

It's crucial for me to have timestamps preserved and I cannot afford to have on my devices two different file managers; unfortunately I'm forced to take the decision to leave ES Explorer and join Total Commander.
[Android General] tag68:
Since ES seems not to use power of root, my guess is that Sony allows writing of ts. If I am right it would work the same way if you disallow ES to use root.

Btw I could not reply to your email, although the address when replying was the same like you wrote inside the mail.
[Android General] the gladiator:
I've run the test and...you've right: with or without usage of root ES behavior remains the same !
[Android General] tag68:
Some days ago there were two comments, which I still wanted to reply. Unfortunately I'm not able to find them.

The first was about the issue closed by Google and the reason of closing. If it was duplicate, as there are still open issues dealing with timestamp. When the issue was closed I looked why Google closed issues in that case. The ratio was "the issue is so old now that we treat it as handled. If it still is active, please recreate." I don't believe it will help in any way that issues dealing with the timestamp problem are open but stay unchanged another 6 years. But time will tell, and you always can feel free in bugtracker systems to vote for the issues or watch them.

The second comment was mentioning an interesting script to set timestamp and therefore linked the Android timestamp keeper project. I don't think it would be helpful for an average user, so I wanted to thank for the link, but at least currently I do not want to add it to the Guide.
[Android General] matthelm:
The correct active issue is:

https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=25460

So far it's the only one, even though the issue is now 6 years old, I think. Once or twice a Google person has post that it'll be fixed, then the next update will come out, and nothing.
[Android General] tag68:
matthelm, please have a look at your link. On the left side you can see

So the currently active issue is 18624. It is the third in the list of 34691 which I linked because it gives the overview which issues exist. Thank you for adding the link to 25640 there - but it is not active.
[Android General] Old faithful:
For those looking for a file manager that solves this issue - I've tested literally a dozen of file managers out there and the only one that keeps the filestamp intact is Ghost Commander. HIGHLY recommended, powerful, efficient, even has FTP over SSH. I'm thrilled!!!
[Android General] tag68:
What is wrong with Total Commander? I'm using it since a long time and it does it correctly ...

Edit: In a short test did Ghost Commander not copy the attributes to internal memory of my Moto X Play. It could not because it did not ask for the power of root. So currently Total Commander stays the only comfortable option for me.
[Android General] Old faithful:
Total Commander works on the PC, actually use it as my second file manager, but on android it has very few useful features. after a few hours trying to get it to do simple file management stuff such as moving, copying and the like, I got too frustrated and uninstalled it.

Ghost commander on the other hand has all the tools available right on the screen and when rooted, does not change file attributes at all, see for yourself :)

Test copy of one picture from the external SD Card to a test folder in the root of the device:

Test copy of the previous file into a test subfolder onto the external SD Card

Running KitKat 4.4.4, rooted, Super Su 2.56 beta, with permissions added for writing to the external SD Card.

BTW in case you wondered, I'm NOT German speaking but indeed to German descent ;)
[Android General] Old faithful:
Hold on, I can't seem to replicate this. I don't know why, but after reboot the folder in the root directory (device) was gone... In other words, there is something weird going on with root here.

Second thing, the app I'm using seems to be a fork of ghost commander and there are some differences. I'm looking into it...

OK, so I uninstalled this app (File Manager by GOODEV) and reinstalled Ghost Commander, then back again, and I am not able to create a permanent folder in the Device Root. I am, however, able to create folders in

existing

root folders, as well as copying files there.

In any case, both GOODEV File Manager and Ghost Commander will transfer files to and from SDCard, EXT SD Card and Device folders without changing timestamps.

BTW, I noticed that GOODEV File Manager loads ads when you're connected to WiFi so it may well be a spam version of Ghost Commander :mad:
[Android General] tag68:
So I installed Ghost Commander. Enabled auto root in settings. Left side Download Folder of external sd-card. Right side Download of internal SD. Go to left side, select some file. Copy. Have a look at the right side: current date and time were being used for the copy of the file! No wonder: it didn't ask for SuperSU root permission, so it could not have the right to set the timestamp.

How do you do achieve that it copies timestamp? And: what does it help that it may copy timestamp under some circumstances when it does not under others? Afterwards you just don't know if the timestamp is original or not!
[Android General] Old faithful:
No, it preserves timestamps in any case. The only issue I had was with creating a folder in root. And using an ad fork of Ghost Commander :mad:

Before going further into confusion here are my specs:

- Lenovo Tab 2A10-70F

- KitKat 4.4.4

- Rooted with Super SU (currently 2.66)

In other words if you're not rooted the discussion is probably pointless. Please correct me and if the whole point was to bypass the timestamp bug without root. In which case I will retract everything I said, as Root is as fundamental to me as breathing, a sine qua non condition outside of which I simply refuse to 'own' a device.

But I digress, obviously Ghost Commander isn't getting root for some reason. Open Super SU: do you not see it granting root access to Ghost Commander?

OK, perhaps you didn't activate Root Mode, perhaps that's the problem. Or the path to SuperSu is somehow wrong. Have you checked in the settings (prefs) in Advanced, Miscellaneous?

I got to go now, should be back in an hour or so. Good luck!
[Android General] tag68:
Ghost Commander needs BusyBox which I didn't install by now ... will try again later. But that explains why it did not work.

But IMHO it really should display a warning if something is not right like auto root enabled and BusyBox or su binary (both required for that option to work) not available!
[Android General] Old faithful:
D'Oh :o why didn't I think of it? Then again, it usually gets installed with the first apps I load the device with ;)

Agreed... It is kind of assuming a lot from first time users and the documentation is quite terse... Glad you discovered it by yourself :)

That being said, it does warn the user over and over of the 'dangers' of rooting, actually you constantly need to ask it to make /system writable, contrarily to some other root explorers, otherwise it won't allow you to do any file operations there. So this lack of documentation may well be by design...
[Android General] sjlouis:
I'm annoyed since it's not possible to keep timestamps in our files phones :( . It worked well with previous Androïd versions (perhaps 2.3 and 4.1).

I've looked for solutions but nothing works. Sometimes I look for again and I've seen this post.

Then I tried to insert 'su' in a SManager script, it displays it got rights but the script is not executed. I have to kill it.

I tried to install Ghost Manager but when I tried to copy a file, it asked to write the destination folder, which is not convenient. Previously, I've tried other file managers as "File Manager" from Cheetah Mobile, ES Explorer, SManager... but none works.

If I connect the phone to a Windows PC, it's possible to keep timestamps with Windows Explorer. This solution works well but it's no convenient and I have to reboot the phone often because Explorer doesn't see modifications done in the phone between 2 connections.

I've red all the post but perhaps I didn't understand well the explanations (I'm not very easy with English).

I'm rooted and I've installed busybox to get a command which didn't exist in Androïd.

If somebody have an idea, I shall be happy to solve this problem :) .
[Android General] tag68:
As written in my Guide: Just use Total Commander. It is setting timestamps fine. It may be that Ghost Commander works under some circumstances, but after getting difficulties I did not test it. Total commander is fine - if you are correctly rooted (with SuperSU for example)
[Android General] tag68:
Still curious: how did you overlook this hint? Is it that Total Commander does not have "file" or "manager" in the name? But Ghost Commander also does not?
[Android General] Old faithful:
Ghost Commander assumes you have the destination folder selected on the other pane and it will copy or move the file there directly. Just make sure you're in root mode to keep filestamps.

But I do agree it may not seem intuitive at first, it would be a good idea to have the possibility to browse for the destination folder, something that perhaps could be added in a future release, the author is open to suggestions.

What I prefer to Total Commander is the ease of sorting and customized buttons and the power of BusyBox, especially its SHA file signature creation and checking, which I use extensively. But to each his own, I guess, after all I'm an old timer, I still occasionally use the 30 year old Norton Commander and use its 23 year old Windows sibling, Norton File Manager, on a daily basis (along with Total Commander, for some of its features, I admit ;))
[Android General] sjlouis:
Ok, I've installed Total Commander and it works well to conserve timestamps. Thank you tag68 :) .

I've tried again Ghost commander and effectively, we have to select previously the destination in the second panel. I've seen Total Commander have the same possibility.

For Total Commander, I don't know what does the circular green arrow on the top right. I thought it was "Undo" but not.

It seems Busybox commands don't work since the last SuperSU update. In fact, it was uninstalled :eek: . "File Explorer" have also problems, I can't see the internal memory user folders when I'm in root. I've seen I'm not the only one to have problems since this update. I tried to install and uninstall SuperSU and Busybox but there are no changes. For example when I use "busybox ls", I have "permission denied".

I've done tests again with SManager and it keeps timestamps. I'm surprised because I'm sure it didn't it previously. Perhaps it works since the new re installations. But it doesn't work in scripts and it's a major problem for me :( .
[Android General] jvwr:
Is there any chance I can copy my files (ftp or other way) without root access?

Hi everyone.

I'm kind of tired of trying to transfer my files from a Moto G to a Moto X2. The timestamp is always set to the current.

In case it's the only way, which is the best method to do it and what are the advantages and disadvantages of the root of my device?
[Android General] tag68:
If you only need the files on SD card, it is not necessary to root. Use total commander to copy the files from source device to some Windows Fileserver (Samba on UNIX, Mac). Then attach some card reader, format your sd card as FAT32 (X2 seems not to support exFAT) and use your computer to copy the files to sd card. Usually the timestamp is kept this way. Then you can put the sd into your X2 ;)

For me a device which can not keep time stamps is broken, and I want to use the ad block adaway. Also you have much better backup possibilities: Nandroid (needs only to boot different recovery) and Titanium backup.

Disadvantage of root is mostly loss of Motorola guarantee.
[Android General] jvwr:
Moto X2 doesn't have a SD card slot, and I want my files with original timestamps =/

Google should fix this problem, I agree with you, it is just a simple file copy!! It is a must have!

If I root my device, I'm out of garantee. Ok, no problem. But am I still going to have system and apps updates automatically in the future or I'll have to do it all by myself?

If you have any GUIDE or HOW-TO to root my Marshmellow Moto X2, I'd appreciate.

Thanks!
[Android General] tag68:
For how to root please look in the xda section of your device.

Usually current Motorola:

Unlock boot loader (erases all data!)

fastboot boot twrp

flash SuperSU 2.62-3 (other versions don't work for Android newer than 5)

Updates for Apps: Nothing changes.

Updates system OTA: you need to undo system changes.

Some examples: Deactivate adaway. Restore original build.prop if modified. Uninstall BusyBox. Revert Xposed changes.

After undo system changes Unroot. Then OTA should work fine (for me it did). After OTA you need to root again.

But be careful not to flash twrp or other recovery, because to undo you need to restore the exactly right version which may not be that easy. Just use usb and fastboot boot every time you want to use twrp (backup, restore, flash something). Boot logo change may also be difficult to undo, try to avoid. You may want to ignore the OTA update and wait for some version to flash completely, they usually come shortly after OTA availability to xda.

Rooting does not automatically change any behavior. It enables programs to use the power of root e.g. to keep time stamps. But they need to request it, and you can deny it.