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[Note Edge General] JF-GINO:
Hey Guys,

I updated yesterday & also tried various methods to root.

Custom recovery works, root is not possible. Samsung cooked a patch into 5.1.1 which breaks CF-Root method. Therefore, the only way to root would be to rebuild our version Kernel with root built in. If you take a look in the Sprint thread, someone is experimenting with cooking root into their kernel - note that this is the method they are using for the note 4 right now. Furthermore, the S6, they had a unified kernel leak from samsung with all the restrictions removed.

Anyways, we have a few options,...

1) we can try to beg a developer to build a kernel with root

2) we wait till tmobile people get the same android build and someone does it for the tmobile version as our phone would most likely be compatible.

3) we learn how to build a kernel and try to do it ourselves,..

3) we do nothing and live without root LOL! - NOT AN OPTION

Its just a matter of time before there might be a different exploit I think..

As for battery, It seems to be better for me. I used the phone all day and night and also forgot to charge it... it finally was at 16 percent after 1 day 1 hour.. way better then before for me.
[Note Edge General] JayWheelz:
Have you tried restoring to 4.4.4?
[Note Edge General] JF-GINO:
No, and given that 4.4.4 was almost unusable for me,. I dont think I will be flashing back.

Besides,. a downgrade might not be possible as we dont have the KK bootloader now and no Oden tars for 4.4.4 but I could be wrong.
[Note Edge General] loosecannon2013:
thanks for the input.....
[Note Edge General] JayWheelz:
I upgraded so far so good. My only disappointment is Samsung not allowing the themes to be used like the S6 and S6 Edge.
[Note Edge General] CHE1:
I got sick and tired of dealing with all this, sold my canadian note edge and bought one from Tmobile, running now the S6 Edge software on it and it is fantastic, The SM-N915W8 was cursed from the very begining, I wish you all you guys best of luck. Cheers.
[Note Edge General] jeanluc1701@hotmail.com:
the new lollipop must be installed thru odin ?
[Note Edge General] JayWheelz:
Yup just did the install a couple hours ago. So far it's going OK.
[Note Edge General] jeanluc1701@hotmail.com:
Thanks, I hope we found the way to root it soon

Did someone tried it .. http://www.kingoapp.com/

Here say it can be done and undo https://www.oneclickroot.com/rootable/
[Note Edge General] JayWheelz:
haha oneclickroot wants $40 to root 5.1.1 on our Note Edge N915W8. I'm good I'll wait for a community created root.
[Note Edge General] light_over_dark:
Still draining the battery.Think the solution would be to buy an extended battery.
[Note Edge General] JayWheelz:
I upgraded to 5.1.1 at around 2:30 - 3:30pm EST. I'm currently at 62%. So no battery issues here. I've heard people talk about 5.0.1 battery drain being bad but so far so good.:good:

---------- Post added at 01:40 AM ---------- Previous post was at 01:35 AM ----------

You might need to get into stock recovery unless you have TWRP and wipe your cache.
[Note Edge General] W3BSurfer:
i really hate how Samsung screwed us up on this Edge. They promoted this thing like its freaking awesome and bailed out right after its release. Im not surprised on how they are losing so much money on their products. Just stick to a few ones that the general public supports and keep on improving it. My Edge has been nothing but a paperweight and i still couldnt let go of my Note 3 cuz its just waay more awesome. Now they released a gimped out Note 5. Disappointments after disappointments. SMH.
[Note Edge General] loosecannon2013:
no expandable storage an no removable battery is why i didn't buy the s6 and bought the note edge, now they bring out the

note 5 and its the same thing as the s6....... jump off the S series to the NOTE series an samsung came back with the same bull****

so no 2015 samsung phones for me... waiting to see next year if they resolve their mishaps
[Note Edge General] W3BSurfer:
why they cant just leave the Note line up alone. Like seriously? Its for power users! Why would they assume that cuz S6 feature was popular, consumers would want the same thing for the Note lineup? smh . I just hope that the battery drain and the constant d/c network and wifi on my note edge will get fixed from this new LP update. I pray to all the gods out there.
[Note Edge General] JayWheelz:
Honestly Samsung pretty much made them selves look like Apple-Sung this year. They took every queue from Apple and what they were doing and copied it to the max. I like the design of the S6/S6E & the Note 5 and S6E+. But they've dumbed down the Note line to be the Iphone 6 and 6+ of the Android world. They didn't even explain the Note 5 or S6E+ at their conference. They straight rushed through like they didn't care.

I want to get on board with the new Note but they completely dropped the Gear VR inclusion when that was a big selling point. Smh :eek:
[Note Edge General] W3BSurfer:
you mean the same way how they showcased the Note Edge on a few yrs back then when it finally came out for mass production, they went 180 and focused all their attention on the S6 and S6 Edge. Like btw, we have a Note Edge, BUT lets talk about this S6/S6 edge. Its moar awesome. SMH. Didnt Samsung won the consumer's love because they were not Apple? now they are getting themselves assimilated then guess what, a few yrs down the road they will do another 180 and bring back the original features on what made the Note lineup great. Geez. Make up your mind Samsung.
[Note Edge General] JF-GINO:
Hey Everyone,

I tried to build a root kernel for our Edge last night and am running into allot of problems. All my builds end up bootlooping or returning right into download mode.

Im afraid Im just not experienced enough at doing this kinda work and suspect that the methods of injecting root Im using on our stock kernel are problematic.

In any case, I would suggest we ask someone who knows how to build kernels to maybe help us build a root kernel for our note.

I have re-packaged our stock kernel into a flashable TAR file - might be useful if you want to try a kernel from another version & need to get back to stock.

(just delete the last tar extension so its like this: boot.tar.md5 - then flash in Odin under AP/PDA)
[Note Edge General] JayWheelz:
Thanks for the efforts JF-Gino
[Note Edge General] JF-GINO:
Thanks,

BTW, I got my kernel to work!! - I was repacking it wrong.

I can mod the kernel and give root level access but installing SU binaries still causes problems,..

I need to keep trying.... If I cant figure it out, maybe someone else can take a pop at it from where I left off.
[Note Edge General] JayWheelz:
If I had a shed of coding in me I'd definitely jump in.
[Note Edge General] JF-GINO:
So, I tried - but SU binaries keep causing bootloops and Im having other problems.

I have attached my modified kernel here. its adb root enabled and root unrestricted as per modding the init.rc & default.prop within ramdisk.

I also added build.prop changes in a flashable by looking at what the beatmode for Note4 zip modded - Nothing is working for me.

Anywho,. see the attached if you want to try it out. BUT MAKE A BACKUP - The kernel wont cause any problems in my opinion and is currently running on my phone.

If your brave and want to try CF-autoroot, reflash your recovery and then this Kernel - by all means - but Im not held responsible for crazy happinings!

Flash at your own risk and always make backups!
[Note Edge General] jeanluc1701@hotmail.com:
Did someone tried Kingo root, look like free
[Note Edge General] babaloo747:
kingo root is a no go tried it out on sunday 5.1.1
[Note Edge General] unh1nged:
So my collective brotherhood (ladies included obviously despite the male-oriented term) of ROM-flashers...

Have we hit a development wall or a competence wall?

Is it that the ability to develop a custom ROM for the sm-n915w8, is not within our devs grasp right now?

Because the demand portion, in the supply-and-demand category, is definitely sufficient.

In my experience with xda, anything that should be possible, usually becomes so, due to the high competence and cooperation of our developers.

So is this a: can and will, it's just a matter of time deal?

Or is this a: can, but it's too difficult to warrant the effort deal?
[Note Edge General] JF-GINO:
I have to assume that from your post, your either new to this device or you have not been keeping up. In which case I will try to explain.

When the Canadian note edge model SM-N915W8 came out, it was released with an odd version of 4.4.4 Kitkat that no other variant had (more up-to-date tho) that had allot of bugs. Regardless, the phone could be rooted and some minor tweaks could be done. - with allot of problem solving.

As for making a custom ROM, Samsung and our carriers refused to release the stock original firmware which we could use as a base for making such a rom. We could however possibly pull all the system files & partition data out of the phone manually, but I guess thats where most of the Canadian owners lack of knowledge or time came in. That being said, If we soft bricked our device it would be impossible to get it working again without a proper stock odin tar. Especially if we are screwing with the bootloader/recovery and other such things where a nandroid might not fix. It just was not possible. Further, who would want to build a rom on a buggy base anyways?

OK, so the next bit of hope was to use a custom rom from another device - typically all t-mobile devices are the same and work with our w8 models. Problem was that our modem was incompatible and if we flashed any roms from the t-mobile variant, we would loose the ability for voice calls. It would be impossible to fix this issue as our modem was newer, could not be downgraded and was completely incompatible. We could try to port a rom, but again we had no stock base released by samsung.. so, rule out porting custom roms too.

Now,.. on to todays problems:

We now have a published stock rom available in the 5.1.1 update - problem is, this update included a patch that breaks all normal root methods... therefore, no root - no nothing! - stock forever with no chance of fixing this issue.

Other devices who have gotten this update have had this problem solved, - the S6 and S6edge had a unikernel and unblocked bootloader leaked. The Note4 has a HUGE community and still, only one version has root on 5.1.1 with a custom kernel. Root can be applied, but thru building a custom kernel with all root restrictions open and a few other complicated things. I have tried for almost a week to fix this issue, but any kernel I build will still not work properly with SU - and I tried hard to lean. If you are an advanced programmer with kernel knowledge and linix experience and want to help, by all means, please do. Otherwise you will have to probably wait till someone roots the other more popular variants and one who is smart enough can port the exploit to our device.

Im afraid by that time this device will be ultra old and most would have moved on.

So,. thats where we are without reading thru all the forum.
[Note Edge General] VGMStudios:
So what version can i use to root and use on koodo?
[Note Edge General] W3BSurfer:
Well, that just sucked. I do hope that someone will help us out. I see so much potential on this phone. On the other hand, I updated my Edge and it has improved alot. I miss my rooted apps. Battery has been amazing so far. I got some screenies. :good:
[Note Edge General] VGMStudios:
That's so cool.

So which version can i root and use on koodo?
[Note Edge General] jeanluc1701@hotmail.com:
Root

Update Today, 70% of my programs don't work since I had no ROOT. I tried Kino, oneroot, all say supported device, but when I try to roor, error, Unsopported device.....

:(
[Note Edge General] Darth-Kadd:
No update on root yet?
[Note Edge General] unh1nged:
You mean a kernel like this:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=3176651

?
[Note Edge General] JF-GINO:
Exactly!

I have been testing this kernel now and it is fully compatible with our model but something is causing the kernel to panic constantly (reboot your phone every 5min). This method is similar to whats being made for the note 4. I had tried to do this myself but I had problems modding the zimage and could not get anything to happen fooling with ramdisk stuff (which was also pointed out to me in that thread) - I just dont have the know-how :(

In any case, hopefully either Freeza or a few others might soon be able to solve the current stability issues with the beta root kernel and we will have viable root in the coming few weeks - Fingers crossed!

UPDATE - As I typed this there was a post in that thread for a work-around for the reboot issues and deepsleep - http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=62603121&postcount=43
[Note Edge General] Chudly:
xposed framework

is exposed framework compatible with the 5.1.1 note edge root?
[Note Edge General] JF-GINO:
As far as I know, its not. :(

There is a beta for the s6 on 5.1.1 tho - so there should be something soon.
[Note Edge General] Darth-Kadd:
Root is now available on n915w8 via BeastMode kernel test 4
[Note Edge General] unh1nged:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=62653530

Canadian Edge specific!

thanks to freeza
[Note Edge General] jeanluc1701@hotmail.com:
Great, I download, can you tell me how to installed, I found the instructions and I saw install thru recovery, the stock recovery is ok, if not which custom recovery I can install.

Thanks

Thanks a lot
[Note Edge General] unh1nged:
TWRP
[Note Edge General] jeanluc1701@hotmail.com:
I can use the same version that I was using for 4.4.4 ??? twrp.2.8.6.0-915W8
[Note Edge General] unh1nged:
Yep

That's what I'm using.
[Note Edge General] jeanluc1701@hotmail.com:
Thanks. now that I can root my edge I fell alive.....
[Note Edge General] jeanluc1701@hotmail.com:
Confirmed WORK PERFECT... only stupid issues, I cannot connect wifi to the already connected networks, deleting the profiles and connected back work perfect !!!

Thanks to all guy that do it possible
[Note Edge General] jeanluc1701@hotmail.com:
Bluetooth dopping

Since the upgrade to 5.1.1 while I am having a conversation, it disconnect and 5 second late connect back, is someone having the same problem ?
[Note Edge General] W3BSurfer:
on 5.1.1 also and no call drop using BT.
[Note Edge General] goldenfish:
Hello, i need to root this phone, my build N915W8VLU1BOG5, any one tested root on this ?

or any link to 4.4.4 firmware ?
[Note Edge General] maxflay:
take a look at : http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=62653530
[Note Edge General] loosecannon2013:
Hey guys check out river rom by Evren35. I managed to install it on my Canadian note edge. Try it and say thanks to the dev....
[Note Edge General] Darth-Kadd:
Do you have any issues with signal? For example making calls and receiving calls. That's one of the main reasons I haven't tried flashing any roms yet. The difference in modem and csc sometimes throws off the signal (based on previous experience with the note 3)
[Note Edge General] loosecannon2013:
Haven't had any issues since I flashed it yesterday. Give it a try but first make your back up with whatever custom recovery u use.
[Note Edge General] Chudly:
river rom by Evren35 working on SM-N915W8 ??

is the river Rom fully functional on the SM-N915W8?
[Note Edge General] loosecannon2013:
Yes it is no problems since I flashed
[Note Edge General] Chudly:
what are the steps involved getting this rom going ?
[Note Edge General] Chudly:
no sound making phone calls

running river rom, everything seems to be working except when making phone calls, speaker doesn't work, both the ear piece and speaker phone, headphone work though??

any fix for this?

tried

-clear cache / dalvik

- reinstalling stock @ river rom
[Note Edge General] Chudly:
having issues with river rom

loosecannon,

can you please summarize the steps you made getting river rom working on sm-n915w8?

Got everything working except one major thing, unable to hear, making or receiving calls, headphones work just fine using the phone. :(
[Note Edge General] wpgishockey:
Same problem here had to restore my backup phone wasn't working for phone calls
[Note Edge General] Chudly:
ahhh, k, thought I was the only one.

Seems like a simple problem fix, tried everything to get this going with no luck.

if anybody knows how to fix please post.

other than this one issue, everything else works great on the rom.

thanks,
[Note Edge General] light_over_dark:
River rom

Same case here can check balance have network but cannot hear anything.

The river rom looks and feels great.
[Note Edge General] Darth-Kadd:
Emotion kernel is now supported for those looking for new custom kernel

I've been testing and everything works great so far. Check out the forum link

http://xdaforums.com/note-edge/orig...id-team-htcspain-t3111963/page33#post63118051
[Note Edge General] W3BSurfer:
so exactly how do I root 5.1.1? can anyone provide the info? thanks.
[Note Edge General] Bigbabyjesus:
I rooted my sm-n915w8 with 5.1.1.

First go to TWRP page and download the .img of the recovery for our phone. Next go to http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=62653119 and download the Canadian Beastmode kernel. You will also need the latest flashable SupersuUpdate.zip. It's here in the xda forums (look around, you'll find it).

Take the TWRP img you downloaded and convert it from twrpblahblah.img to recovery.tar.md5 (Google will tell you how, I managed to do it in terminal in about 5 minutes) flash that in download mode through Odin (once again ask Google if unsure on how to do this).

Now reboot into recovery and make a nandroid backup. Then flash the beastmode kernel. After this I reboot my phone to make sure it was all good (it was). Reboot back into recovery and flash the SupersuUpdate.zip. I also fix permissions after just for fun. Root checker app should confirm you have root.
[Note Edge General] boram:
Reception and Bluetooth issues after Sammobile 5.1.1 upgrade

Hi Everyone... Just wondering if anyone else is having issues with reception (missed calls, people on the other side complaining they can't hear me well, data interruptions) and some intermittent bluetooth issues after applying the 5.1.1 update downloaded from Sammobile....

Any suggestions on how to go about trouble shooting? (I am an app junky with over 300 apps installed, I really really prefer not to do a wipe and reinstall everything.. it takes about 4 or 5 hours work to do that with all the accounts etc...).

(SM-N915W8, Baseband: N915W8VLUBOG5, kERNEL: 3.10.40-5433596, BUILD NUMBER: LMY47X.N915W8VLUBOG5)

Thanks.
[Note Edge General] leomaxi:
Wipe Cache Partition
[Windows Phone 7] antoa58:
why lumia 520 got me a lot of errors and can not be repaired, I've tried all ways, such as soft / hard reset and also with NSU still can not also
[Windows Phone 7] elitewolverine:
You could try the Nokia Care Suite. You will need to follow this link to get the config files, but once done and installed you can reflash a nokia wp rom to it. This should fix software errors including bad OS ROM, however if you have bad hardware your sol.

just search nokia 930 French to uk rom, and you will find the thread. (cant post links yet)

The steps are the same, basically it is like unbranding your device if you remove the att rom and do a cv rom instead or just reflash your att rom
[Sony Cross-Device Development Themes and Apps] G.Pawar:
Hello Xperia Users Today I Wanna Share How To Change Setting.apk White Theme To Black Theme Its Very Simple Guideline​

Requirements:

1.Settings.apk

2.Notepad ++

3.Apktool to Decompile apk

4.A Little Common sense

5)And some patience.

TRY IT AT YOUR OWN RISK

Tutorial in 2nd Post:

Screen Shots:

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[Sony Cross-Device Development Themes and Apps] G.Pawar:
Tutorial:

1.Decompile Settings.apk

2.Open to Settings.apk\res\values\styles.xml

Find this lines and remove RED Color Highlighted word

Tutorial:

1.Decompile Settings.apk

2.Open to Settings.apk\res\values\styles.xml

Find this lines and remove RED Color Highlighted word

<style name="Theme.CreateShortCut" parent="@android:style/Theme.DeviceDefault.[COLOR="Red"]Light.[/COLOR]DialogWhenLarge">

<style name="SetupMoreOverflow" parent="@android:style/Widget.DeviceDefault.[COLOR="Red"]Light.[/COLOR]ActionButton.Overflow" />

<style name="Transparent" parent="@android:style/Theme.DeviceDefault[COLOR="Red"].Light[/COLOR]">

<style name="SecurityPreferenceButtonContainer" parent="@android:style/DeviceDefault.[COLOR="Red"]Light.[/COLOR]SegmentedButton">

<style name="SecurityPreferenceButton" parent="@android:style/Widget.DeviceDefault.[COLOR="Red"]Light.[/COLOR]Button.Borderless.Small">

<style name="SetupWizardWifiTheme" parent="@android:style/Theme.DeviceDefault.[COLOR="Red"]Light.[/COLOR]NoActionBar">

<style name="Theme.WifiDialog" parent="@android:style/Theme.DeviceDefault.[COLOR="Red"]Light.[/COLOR]Dialog.Alert">

<style name="Theme.Settings" parent="@android:style/Theme.DeviceDefault[COLOR="Red"].Light[/COLOR]">

<item name="android:actionBarStyle">@android:style/Widget.DeviceDefault.[COLOR="Red"]Light.[/COLOR]ActionBar.Solid</item>

<style name="Theme.Holo" parent="@android:style/Theme.DeviceDefault[COLOR="Red"].Light[/COLOR]">

<style name="Theme.Holo.NoActionBar" parent="@android:style/Theme.DeviceDefault.[COLOR="Red"]Light.[/COLOR]NoActionBar">

<style name="Theme.Holo.Dialog" parent="@android:style/Theme.DeviceDefault.[COLOR="Red"]Light.[/COLOR]Dialog">

<style name="Theme.Holo.DialogWhenLarge" parent="@android:style/Theme.DeviceDefault.[COLOR="Red"]Light.[/COLOR]DialogWhenLarge">

<style name="Theme.Holo.Dialog.Alert" parent="@android:style/Theme.DeviceDefault.[COLOR="Red"]Light.[/COLOR]Dialog.Alert">

<style name="Theme.Holo.Dialog.NoActionBar" parent="@android:style/Theme.DeviceDefault.[COLOR="Red"]Light.[/COLOR]Dialog.NoActionBar">

<style name="Theme.Holo.Panel" parent="@android:style/Theme.DeviceDefault.[COLOR="Red"]Light.[/COLOR]Panel">

Find this line and change

Find

<style name="TextAppearance.Switch" parent="@android:style/TextAppearance.DeviceDefault.Widget.Switch">

Change

<style name="TextAppearance.Switch" parent="@android:style/TextAppearance.DeviceDefault.Light.DialogWindowTitle">

3. Save styles.xml

4. Recompile and sign Settings.apk

Done

Enjoy....!!!

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[Sony Cross-Device Development Themes and Apps] Ambor:
IF You Like My Work Then Say Thanks[/QUOTE]

Simple and fresh .

Very good Bro Thanks
[Sony Cross-Device Development Themes and Apps] G.Pawar:
Simple and fresh .

Very good Bro Thanks[/QUOTE]

My pleasure
[Sony Cross-Device Development Themes and Apps] G.Pawar:
My pleasure
[Sony Cross-Device Development Themes and Apps] rayanbg_:
i will test soon :)
[Sony Cross-Device Development Themes and Apps] Pandemic:
Test soon ?

This guide works for sure ;)

Believe that :D

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[Sony Cross-Device Development Themes and Apps] binhgreat:
Does it work with odexed ROM? or how to make it work?

I mean, I'm using stock xperia SO-02E. I tried but it's not work. The Setting application is not opened after modification.

Thanks,
[Sony Cross-Device Development Themes and Apps] G.Pawar:
Yes bro this tutorial work in Stock ROM odexed
[Sony Cross-Device Development Themes and Apps] binhgreat:
Could you explain more detail, step by step to do it?

Do I need to update Settings.apk only (don't need to modify Settings.odex)?

EDIT:

Dont sign system apk`s.

Copy original meta-inf and android manifest.xml to the modified apk.

That should do the trick.
[Sony Cross-Device Development Themes and Apps] G.Pawar:
Sorry bro I can't explain step by step i don't have time just follow step by step this Guide line

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[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] snowbell_:
Hey, I have a sprint galaxy nexus running slimkat with 4.4.2 and when I go into google wallet, tap and pay does not appear. It did not in stock either. If I try to make a payment it says "Reader Detected, last tap may have been unsuccessful, ask cashier if transaction is complete" How can I get this working?