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[Galaxy S6 Edge General] jazenf:
Just flashed it an everything is running great so far:)
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] brar.arsh:
Great man.. Would do that..
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] evonc:
Quick note for anyone flashing. There is a Wi-Fi calling error. Simply long press the notification and block the notification. Then, disable the Wi-Fi calling csc tweak.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] mrnovanova:
Wouldn't it be easier to just disable/turn off the wifi calling feature?
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] evonc:
Did disable it but the toggle still persists along with the option in settings. I forgot to think of disabling service before blocking the notification.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] srkoza:
which kernel should i use? the one that comes with alliance rom?

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and how did you guys install the custom recovery? straight through odin or did you guys use the toolkit?
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] jazenf:
I used the kernel that came with the Rom, an used Odin.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] kasrawis:
and make sure you use Smart Switch it's very good software to switch from iOS to Samsung:good:
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] :
Good news everyone! The new update is rolling out!

G925W8VLU1AOE1

I am personally on Rogers.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] LNJ:
Sammobile has the OE1 for Videotron and Rogers if you guys want and Odin flashable. Videotron OE1 also available for non Edge.

http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/download/47280/G925W8VLU1AOE1_G925W8OYA1AOE1_RWC/
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] EnIXmA:
Just got the update on Bell.. it's the same 5.0.2
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Nitroxyl:
Anyone know what they "fixed" in the latest update? Memory leak? Battery optimization?

Been using it today and noticed no difference.

Medium usage browsing Reddit, FB, and Skype still brings my phone to its knees in the battery department. 100%>65% for 2 hours.

I'm on Bell btw.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] EnIXmA:
Yup..no difference for me too
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Ricardo_G:
Hi Jazenf

Can you help me?

how did you for to use odin and what part exactly of the kernel you used? can you upload it the archive?

Thanks a lot !!!!
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] johentie:
the only thing i noticed was that the finger print read registered new finger prints much faster... i stopped using it cause it took forever to setup as it kept giving me errors saying to hold it longer..

i registered 4 prints in less then a few mins...

other then that i haven't seen anything drastic.. probably some memory leak issues etc... hopefully 5.1.1 comes soon ;>
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] srkoza:
can someone please post a step by step guide on which recovery to download and flash? and should i cf root it or....?

update never mind found it just takes some reading lol
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Nitroxyl:
Okay, now I'm really disappointed in the newest OTA update.

Battery life is much worse. By far. 100%>10% in only 10 hours. I used to be able to get back home with 40%~ before the update.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Hendrycks:
Has anyone received the new update with Telus? Still nothing here.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] mrnovanova:
You can flash the Rogers one via Odin. They're all the same. (Canadian variants)
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] brar.arsh:
Would it delete all my apps and data if I flash using odin?
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] mrnovanova:
Nope. It just updates your device. If you're rooted you lose root. If you're on a custom rom it'll default you to Bell's csc with all the bloat.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] dfg187:
Seems like this update isn't worth it? Anyone try to go back to pingpong root after the OTA update?

Found my battery last a lot longer using DS Battery Saver, but that's probably because wifi/network is off when screen is off so NOTHING can wake it haha.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] sirtrini:
Received the OTA update this morning on Koodo.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] goodbyegalaxy:
Anyone have an Edge with Virgin Mobile yet? I've been calling the two local stores once or twice a week and they haven't had any stock yet. I also went to a Costco, they had Bell/Rogers Edges in stock but no Virgin Mobile Edges (guy said they buy the phones from the carriers and can only resell to people on the same carrier). I see that you can order them online, but I need to upgrade in store to be able to get my old SuperTab wiped.

It's so rare that VM even gets new phones (last flagship before the S6 was the S5, nothing else from any other manufacturers), and when they finally do there's no stock. They must be getting jerked around badly by Bell, and the sad thing is it's working since I'll probably leave them as soon as I can.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] leanne:
I got it this morning when I checked for it! Don't see any differences
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Toundas:
Did not bother ordering this thing as the wait is usually longer then you physically going to the store and buying it. (from experience) Got the Samsung Galaxy S6 64GB White from Bestbuy mobile and I'm not that pleased with it because of the problems I have been having with it.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Hendrycks:
Ya I got it this morning too, haven't really used it long enough to see if it's made a difference. I haven't really had any issues with this phone so far though.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] mrnovanova:
Ok, I'll bite. What kind of problems? :p

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Ping pong is still a no go.

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I find that everything is a little snappier. Nothing major but an improvement nonetheless.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] EnIXmA:
Good news..Ugo mobile wallet now supports s6 edge..I made a mobile payment at McDonald's today using my td card from the phone, on the bell network.. tap and pay also works..this is so cool
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Adizzzle:
Hey guys just got myself an 32GB Edge from Telus.

Just updated to G925W8VLU1AOE1 and was wondering

What root method I should use to get this thang going.

Thanks for any and all insight.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] evonc:
If you don't care about tripping KNOX flag, simply flash twrp v2 that is floating around in the T-Mobile S6 Edge section and then flash the SuperSU Beta zip from Chainfire's official thread on XDA.

If the KNOX flag matters, you'd have to use PingPongRoot that roots without tripping the KNOX flag. Check the thread for more instructions on how to do that.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] mrnovanova:
FYI OE1 is not supported by ping pong root atm.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] note3or2:
For those who are rooted, which rom you are using now?

I am currently using alliance rom v3 with 5.18 kernel and it's great.

I would like to try other roms too. If you have tried any rom please update this thread too if possible.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Adizzzle:
Thanks very much pal! So I am assuming I'd flash the SuperSU from the main thread (Chainfire's ) and hate to ask but how do I flash TWRP through Odin? The AP box?
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] evonc:
Download the zip file from http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2446269 and then extract it to a folder. Download the twrp_v2 image file and place it in the same folder and rename it to recovery.img . Run IMGtoTAR.MD5.bat and it'll create a recovery.tar.md5 file.

That file can be flashed via ODIN using AP box.

There may still be a deep sleep issue present where your phone will not deep sleep. Follow the instructions in this post http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=60383471&postcount=49 to get deep sleep back. Once fixed, you should be good to go.

Make sure you flash SuperSu Beta (2.49 IIRC). I don't think stable zip has been updated with s6 support but I could be wrong.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] srkoza:
just tried and im rooted wont allow the app to continue lol
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] EnIXmA:
Yes, it does not work on rooted phones.. try installing root cloak module from xposed and hide the ugo app from being visible as being installed on a rooted device.. I used to do this with the rbc mobile app on my rooted z2, and the app worked.. let me know if ugo can be tricked like this too. (Not sure if xposed is out for s6 edge). In general, none of the mobile wallet app works on rooted devices due to security(dumb) reasons.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Adizzzle:
Sadly could not locate that TWRP v2 in the Tmobile thread would this TWRP suffice? http://techbeasts.com/2015/05/10/install-twrp-root-t-mobile-galaxy-s6-edge-g925t/

I really appreciate all your help with this I just hope that installing TWRP and rooting the Canadian S6 Edge becomes a little more user friendly, and easier to do down the road.

I came from the Nexus 5 to the Edge, and wow are Nexus devices simple to root / modify, this edge though poses quite the challenge!

I'd also like to make a simplified thread with all the info I can gather on this Canadian S6 Edge regarding root, knox, and everything else our fellow XDA users wanna know.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] evonc:
This one is the one I'm using. It's unofficial. Few things are under development still.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=60248409
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Adizzzle:
Hmmm just found this thread regarding root, apparently it supporst the S6 not sure if it will work on our Edges, but its worth a look. Has anyone tried this? http://xdaforums.com/android/apps-games/one-click-root-tool-android-2-x-5-0-t3107461
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] evonc:
You can use CFAutoRoot as well but from what I remember, there wasn't a dedicated version for the 925W8. You had to use the 925F package and then flash the stock recovery back to fix the deep sleep issue. If you're planning to void KNOX, it's much easier and more straight forward to flash TWRP from the start and then simply flash the SuperSU zip.

edit*

Secondly you also updated to OE1. Pretty sure kingroot/pingpongroot work on OCG so you'd have to downgrade by flashing the older OCG image to run them.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Adizzzle:
So that deep sleep fix is flashable? Cool. Very tempted to root this now..

Thanks a ton [MENTION=4377503]evonc[/MENTION]
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] 15mido:
Sm-g925w8 roms

Hey is question coming from noob!

I did root my "SM-G925W8" which did trip my Knox however Iam looking to flash custom ROMs which are available on XDA (Mostly US variant and international )but which US version is compatible with our Canadian version SM-G925W8. Since there is not section for our device
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] evonc:
We are compatible with TMO (SM-G925T) Roms and kernels. You can flash 925F/I based roms but you will have no in-call audio even with a W8/TMO based kernel.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Adizzzle:
From what I've gathered so far the T-Mobile S6 Edge seems to be the closest match to our Canadian variant. I could be wrong, this is just what I have gathered from posts here and there. Maybe someone else can weigh in and give a better answer to your question.

Edit: thanks evonc
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] mrnovanova:
What [MENTION=4377503]evonc[/MENTION] said.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] LNJ:
Pretty sure the ATT ones would work as well since the non Edge TMO S6 works with the non Edge ATT rom.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Pellotto:
Did anyone get a discount coupon for registering their device from Samsung? I have and have not received anything. I'm thinking this might be US only.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] adsam3927:
No scratches on the 2 units I could see however people with the issue reporting it in bright sunlight... A little difficult doing it in BestBuy!
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] skivnit:
The s6 edge screen brightness was discussed in many reviews but on auto mode they're the same apparently. And yes it's because of yh the screen technology

Sent from my SM-G900F
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] adsam3927:
Well it wasn't apparent to me unless I need catarcts surgery

In auto mode ...definitely not the same
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] adsam3927:
Great news:D

Just woke up to an email with the lovely words " You're order has shipped "!!!

That's right ..my black beauty will be here on Mon/Tuesday following early shipping trend from T-Mobile

Just hope I have none of the scratches those poor guys are all seeing
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] EnIXmA:
Which carrier?
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] adsam3927:
Telus
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] dynot:
Take one for the team. Use a wire clipper, cut the cable and take it outside to test it out. You know...for the cause.

Let us know how that works out for you.

:laugh:
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] couto607:
Or you know... just shine a bright light on the screen...
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Dimitri.k:
Is there any way you can provide any type of proof of this? Any type of screen shot or taking a physical picture and showing us this? I was seconds into ordering with Telus and never got anything and spoke to 10+ Telus customers I know which pre ordered it with them and nothing. Just want to see if u can provide any type of proof claiming ur right . Only asking this because many people before claimed the same exact thing with other devices and never provided any type of proof and only said it to screw up peoples minds. So rather see things then just hear it u know?

Thanks
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] adsam3927:
Disappointed in u doubting me !
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Dimitri.k:
Thank you. It's not reply doubting you, it's for the best as many people come and claim things u know? Understand it that way. :) glad to see ur device will be with u soon
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] adsam3927:
No offence taken bud

I'm.sure many will start receiving notifications
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Dimitri.k:
It seems weird that Telus is releasing it before launch. I know T-Mobile does this every launch but never seen a Canadian carrier do it. Hopefully other carriers follow suit or just let us get it.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] brar.arsh:
Does any best buy location has one on display or it's with just carrier stores?
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Hendrycks:
I pre-ordered a 32GB black S6 Edge on April 2nd through Telus, just hoping it ships soon as I don't have a phone atm - I just sold my M8 today! :(
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] 850RPM:
does anyone know if Rogers The Cheap will bring in the green edge?
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] mrnovanova:
I pre-ordered out of the blue one day.

Read em and weep boys #1. lol. JK. It seems telus beat us to the punch.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] mrnovanova:
Don't forget about whatsap. It works with IOS and android. That should help you bridge the gap until your family come to the light. :p
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] alexforget82:
Hahahaha thanks for the tip!!

Envoyé de mon iPhone 6 Plus en utilisant Tapatalk
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] 850RPM:
wow first place? amazing, no reservation on rogers;

The Cheap have problems attracting/keeping customers

was green an option there?
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Adizzzle:
I wonder.. My old S4 was a Canadian Variant and was able to flash a multitude of ROMs, as I recall AT&T ROMs worked just fine.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] brar.arsh:
Every phone is not the same, last year S5 used to flash international roms.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] 850RPM:
since couple of month have past since we play with this phone, what was the best screen protector you find available at the moment?

I already have few micro scratches on the screen, so I want to protect it somehow, to not ruin it in the first 6 month :)

as for case I strongly recommend Ringke Fusion, as someone already told me few weeks ago. My phone took some hard shocks, felt from >15ft high, and it's still in one piece

thanks for any advice
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] vgplayer54:
SM-G925W8

Hello everyone,

I apologize for posting a question which I've already viewed multiple responses to but, after searching multiple forums for several hours now, I have come across many different answers to the same question - many methods which worked for some users and not for other users so I just want to clarify once and for all:

I have the Canadian Galaxy S6 Edge the SM-G925W8 and am attempting to root it. I would like to stay as close to Samsung's default stock as I can, no need for anything fancy, just wanting to enable SU and gain access to root apps. My question is how do I do this? Do I use CF-Auto Root? or TWRP Recovery? Which version do I use - I've seen people saying to use SM-G925F as well as SM-G925T and even the non-edge SM-G920W8, so I would just like clarification please.

I've also read that apparently this brings a deep-sleep issue, if this occurs after rooting, could someone please let me know which stock recovery I need to use to wipe cache to fix the problem?

Thank you so much!
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] 850RPM:
looks like both method works now, depending if you care about tripping Knox, you may chose one ore the other; deep sleep is also fixed for both method

however the payment apps might or might not work when rooted
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] vgplayer54:
So I would be safe to just go to CF-Auto Root's main website and choose the SM-G925W8 .tar to flash via Odin? No need to use alternative versions anymore? I didn't realize some of those threads I was reading were this outdated.

Edit: Sorry I forgot to mention, I do not mind tripping Knox.

Edit: I just went to Chainfire's main website (forum wouldn't let me post direct link) and they do not even have the SM-G925W8 root listed. Am I perhaps looking in the wrong place?
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Adizzzle:
Page 38 has instructions for root thanks to [MENTION=4377503]evonc[/MENTION]
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] vgplayer54:
Thank you for the quick reply Adizzzle. I'm hoping this will be the last question I pose for this issue - I understand evonc stated to use the SM-G925F from the main Chainfire website to root the device (please correct me if I'm wrong), but it was also mentioned that this may not fix the Deep Sleep issue. My next question pertains to that. In order to fix it, we have to flash the stock recovery back to the device. How do we do this? Is there a specific stock recovery I have to use for my SM-G925W8 model? Do I use Odin for this?
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] evonc:
I had posted a stock boot+recovery.zip in this thread. You should be able to search it. You can either flash the stock recovery or you can flash TWRP aand then flash the deep-sleep fix that I had mentioned in the previous post.

The TWRP + SuperSU zip flash is the Nexus style rooting method. It assumes that having a bootloader modification (unlocked bl/ Knox tripped) is trivial and the person rooting doesn't care about those modifications since you're most likely going to be flashing custom kernels/roms afterwards anyway.

Since a tripped KNOX flag is irrelevant to you, simply follow the guide that has been mentioned above. It's fairly simple and also a good way to get familiar with ODIN and may help you later on down the road should you choose to return to stock as you'll likely have to ODIN back if you want to accept an OTA.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] brar.arsh:
It would be great if you could please send me a PM for the links you want to post in OP. Everyone can benefit from that..
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Adizzzle:
I do agree and I have a zip file containing everything that someone would need to root their device and I'm willing to post it so long as you're willing to update the first post of your thread here all a big thanks to [MENTION=4377503]evonc[/MENTION] considering my device is fully rooted and ready to kick some tail. THANK YOU!!!

Oh [MENTION=4377503]evonc[/MENTION] ,

Did you attempt making a backup and restoring from that TWRP you supplied?

Just wanna make sure I am secured to attempt flashing a TMO ROM.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] evonc:
Yes I have made it before. Works flawlessly. According to the dev that compiled that version only MTP and couple of reboot options aren't working. I don't really do TWRP backups anymore. More of a TiBU person. Just find it easier to restore.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] MUTAN3F:
You my friend are a life saver ! thank you
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Adizzzle:
So just to clarify the G925W8 can flash TMO Edge and the TMO flat S6 ROMs but we lose edge features if using a flat S6 ROM correct?
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] 15mido:
Thank your for this clarification
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] brar.arsh:
Updated OP!!
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] vgplayer54:
So for one with the G925W8, is this what I flash using ODIN to have full root access (and deep-sleep working)? or is there a second step? Also, do I flash this under AP or PDA?
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] evonc:
If you don't care about KNOX bejng tripped, flash TWRP via ODIN and then boot into recovery. Flash the SuperSU beta zip and then the deep sleep fix via TWRP and you should have root with deep sleep working.

I strongly recommend leaving TWRP installed for your own safety incase you want to flash other mods or create backups. ADB is also functional for you to use in case of any issues.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] trungnghia:
:good: Great topic.

Thank :o
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] evonc:
Uploaded the newest OE1 factory image incase anyone needs it. From Rogers but it should be compatible for all Canadian Variants. Bloat will be applied at first boot depending on CSC set. For unlocked Canadian phones, it seems that the phone defaults to Bell bloat.

Link: https://mega.co.nz/#!aNwTgIpT!liCaT31aK-5muutZcgCaAxxXcLOYtUN1O5c6ytbcJw4
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Adizzzle:
Nice dude thanks!
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] vgplayer54:
Hello,

I found the SM-G925W8 Stock Recovery & Boot posted by evonc. I'm wondering - Is there any particular order I have to flash these two files on Odin under AP? Also, will deep sleep still work after flashing these two files?
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] vgplayer54:
I apologize for the double post, I couldn't find a delete option for the above post. I ended up flashing both the Recovery.tar and the boot.tar and it doesn't appear to have done anything. I downloaded root checker to verify the results and it does indeed say I am not rooted. Did I do something wrong?
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] evonc:
Did you flash TWRP first and install SuperSU.zip using TWRP? The boot/recovery is just the stock one that ships with factory firmware incase someone wants to revert back to stock recovery and not have TWRP.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] vgplayer54:
Oh, no I didn't. The opening page has several links to TWRP, which is the one I should use?

TWRP v2 image (needs converting to tar.md5)

TWRP For the Tmo S6 Edge

Odin flash able twrp by [MENTION=1124755]Aou[/MENTION]

One of these three?