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[Sprint Note Edge Android Development] tx_dbs_tx:
For what it's worth, on the regular Sprint Note 4 you can go back to KK once you have taken the Lollipop ota or odin'd the Lollipop tar. The bootloader is backwards compatible on the regular Note 4. However you cannot run a Lollipop rom using the previous KK bootloader. That definitely causes big problems. Another thing you have to keep in mind is that the Lollipop tar writes carrier partitions and other important partitions so you MUST either odin flash the lollipop tar or have taken the lollipop ota BEFORE you flash ANY stock or custom Lollipop ROM via custom recovery. And before you odin the stock Lollipop rom tar you have to first reboot into custom recovery and do the factory reset several times and also wipe system, cache, dalvic etc several times.Then reboot into download mode and flash the Lollipop tar. Do this first or else you will odin the Lollipop tar and have left over data which I guarantee will cause issues. You would think the rom tar would completely wipe these partitions but apparently this isn't happening because there are reports of left over data from previous roms after flashing the stock Lollipop rom tar. I would assume this would apply to the Sprint Note Edge also. This is just a heads up.
[Sprint Note Edge Android Development] platniumrover:
Surf and talk

Quick question. I just bought my edge today and I wanted to verify that If I root it I will be able to surf and talk correct?
[Sprint Note Edge Android Development] primo523:
Sounds like you have some reading to do. Educate yourself before you get started.
[Sprint Note Edge Android Development] platniumrover:
I have done alot of reading, just haven't been able to find much on the forum about it. So its true that the sprint variant only comes with one antenna? But the big question for me is how permanent is it? Because there is a chance of doing voice and data over the one antenna in the future. But I dont know which direction they are going. What are the correct strings to search on xda?
[Sprint Note Edge Android Development] rapdactyl:
You can usually find a stock version of any device's firmware. That'll bring it back to unrooted factory condition. HOWEVER, keep in mind that Samsung has included a piece of software called Knox on their newer devices. As soon as you modify the firmware (which you will have to do for root), you will trip a counter that lets Samsung know the device is modified. Basically, your warranty is literally void as soon as you root your phone. There are some apps I've seen that try to undo this, but I'm not sure if they work.

But it really sounds like you don't know enough about root to go messing with it. Do more research first.

Here's a link to a pretty good guide that'll give you an idea of what rooting is for.

http://www.androidauthority.com/root-android-277350/
[Sprint Note Edge Android Development] Adanedhels:
Just a heads up, you don't have to wipe the system in order install the update linked in this post. Simply run it through odin. Let it setup, it will take awhile if you think it is locked on the sprint spark screen look to see if the blue led is pulsing. Pulsing equals it's still updating. Once done let it settle turn it off and run through the regular rooting processing. Then you should be good to go.

Hope that helps people.

Adan
[Sprint Note Edge Android Development] tx_dbs_tx:
Although there are no specific directions for flashing the official rom tar I can promise you that simply flashing the lollipop rom tar without first wiping system, cache, dalvic, etc will leave you with left over data which does in fact cause problems. There's no reason not to wipe these partitions first to assure a good clean rom after the odin flash. Just wipe first and not leave it up to chance. This is coming from someone who has been there done that and I think people need to know these things in advance so they can decide whether they should do a dirty odin or wipe first. I know what I would do. LOL.
[Sprint Note Edge Android Development] rapdactyl:
You should definitely do a full wipe before flashing over to Lollipop - or before doing flashing any ROM, really. The fact of the matter is that when you flash an Android installation over another one, all sorts of weirdness can and will occur. Yes, it will usually still boot, but chances are, you'll notice little quirks a few days down the line, if not immediately after your first boot. You'll spend a big chunk of time tracking down these maddeningly weird glitches, only to give up and do a full wipe/reinstall and find that everything works fine.

I say all that because that pretty much exactly describes my experience with dirty flashing. We've all done it on occasion just because we didn't feel like doing yet another full reinstall of every app we use, but we all learn the hard way that while it sometimes does work out just fine, it more often doesn't.
[Sprint Note Edge Android Development] Adanedhels:
I understand but some of the things you would normally restore from titanium backup such as phone logs will crash the system. With this upgrade you can FUBAR you phone simply restoring apps. Android has gotten better at upgrading apps since a few years ago and while I had a rocky first few updates the phone simply needed time to settle and now has been working perfectly for over three days. I'm not promising anything but since this update is so significantly different from the last version I would rather have the update handle changes them hope my restoration doesn't cause me to restart the whole process which I did have to do already.
[Sprint Note Edge Android Development] Adanedhels:
Anyway you can do this for the 5.1.1 update?
[Sprint Note Edge Android Development] snovvman:
Is this what you're looking for?

http://xdaforums.com/note-edge/spri...alaxy-note-edge-stock-5-1-1-firmware-t3162245
[Sprint Note Edge Android Development] Adanedhels:
No because that one isn't rooted yet and while I wish I could take the chance to attempt root I need my phone for work and can't have it down for any length of time.
[Sprint Note Edge Android Development] snovvman:
This is the stock factory thread, hence my confusion. I don't have time these days to work on the Sprint Note Edge. I know others have picked up the project, so hopefully something will pop up soon.
[GiONEE Elife E7] QA Bot:
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[GiONEE Elife E7] Generaljan:
How it is working with KitKat 4.4.2?

I would like to root! :)

Any news.

Thank you.
[GiONEE Elife E7] hackvier1:
For root, download and install in recovery mode, chainfire zip. Work great!

On Jb, Kk, and Omni.
[GiONEE Elife E7] Dwaalzin:
Rooting Elife E7 Chinese version

Hi,

I have a 32GB Elife E7 (bought from China)and its still on 4.2.2 without the possibility to update it to 4.4. I would like to root it and update it to another android version for 2 things mainly:

1. My camera is working but its unable to shoot video

2. to de-install some of the standard annoying apps.

Is this possible with the Chinese model? Are there differences between the Indian and the Chinese model? Can I install the Indian 4.4 stock ROM on my Chinese elife e7?

Thanks for helping me out!
[GiONEE Elife E7] altrin:
Can you send me the link?
[GiONEE Elife E7] kalpeshmange:
Root Help!

Has anyone successfully rooted the phone, uninstalled the unneeded apps and is using the phone in still good condition? With no lag and all ? :)
[GiONEE Elife E7] altrin:
I finally rooted me Elife E7 with 4.4.2

Tutorial and link for the tools from here:

h t t p :// androidxda.com/download-vroot

Remove the spaces.
[Xperia Z1 General] david azzz:
first photo on my z1 c6902 with 5.02 ;)
[Xperia Z1 General] zilence.05:
on my c6902 camara little lagy :)
[Xperia Z1 General] david azzz:
the camera work ok

the photo is A little dark

the flash intensity is Weak

But I will solve it as soon as ROOT .

Then I will raise the intensity of the flash

Right now you can not touch the file system ;)
[Xperia Z1 General] zilence.05:
how to root on official firmware. ?
[Xperia Z1 General] --N7--:
Bionz working on unlocked?
[Xperia Z1 General] david azzz:
I do not know bro

I'm still looking for a way to ROOT
[Xperia Z1 General] --N7--:
Same here.... Root and recovery both

[emoji17]
[Xperia Z1 General] david azzz:
This is the first time I talk to someone from Iran....lol
[Xperia Z1 General] --N7--:
My pleasure (i think) [emoji1]
[Xperia Z1 General] mgh1982:
I like Israel. :)
[Xperia Z1 General] david azzz:
I managed to do ROOT to my

C6902 ;)
[Xperia Z1 General] david azzz:
winston churchill the cat
[Xperia Z1 General] yngwie_m:
I was on rooted KK and flashed the HK variant with the stripped ftf (there is a dedicated thread for it). It also had dual recovery in it and was prerooted. Root checker showed that I have root access, which I verified with root explorer.

Installed the 4K_120.zip and intelligent.zip.

All fine with root and LB.

Only thing is the battery drainage, but then since I went to LL, I always play with my phone and it's been less than 24 hours, so I will give it time to settle.
[Xperia Z1 General] danidarklord:
great pictures, is it superior auto?
[Xperia Z1 General] david azzz:
In manual mode

iso 50

Exposure Compensation +2

Touch focus

White balance - Daylight

Metering mode - center

I never shoot in Auto

I am professional photographer

The SONY Z1

It's not canon Full Frame ;)

But as a camera phone is excellent
[Xperia Z1 General] danidarklord:
ahh..I knew it! I was about to say as if those pic were taken by a professional photographer..turns out it is! ?
[Xperia Z1 General] david azzz:
This is my professional photos

Not shot in Sony...lol
[Xperia Z1 General] david azzz:
after locking the bootloader and drm key Restore ;)
[Xperia Z1 General] HarpingOn:
It ain't what you have, it's how you use it.
[Xperia Z1 General] david azzz:
Definitely ;)
[Xperia Z1 General] silentmax24:
i didn't unlock the bl for a year now. so the camera quality still get's a little worse without drm?

---------- Post added at 08:49 AM ---------- Previous post was at 08:44 AM ----------

what do you guys think about the new direction sony's willing to go with the camera? http://www.gsmarena.com/sony_xperia_p2_leak_promises_compact_phone_with_great_camera-news-12055.php

it says :
[Xperia Z1 General] Hermantje:
... not the features we all want like manual exposure, focus and RAW shooting, not even 4K or 120fps video, but:

We can now record Full HD video at 60fps

Real-time ISO: The viewfinder may seem less smooth but the image is more accurate to what you get: at ISO-50 you immediately see if the image will turn out too dark!

New metering setting: "face"!

Touch Block integrated in the settings menu!

Front facing camera now seems to expose on yo face (also, the timer seems added, and did this mode always come with software image stabilisation..?)

Pause while shooting video (thanks HSNalfar3)

Last but not least: a fancier design, obviously :angel:

EDIT: I believe the camera

algorithms

themselves were updated too. Remember you used to see oversharpening so clearly? Even at ISO-50 you could see these two dark pixel lines everywhere over your photo - well, I can't see those now, and images seem a bit softer anyway. Me likey!

EDIT 2: The option for 60fps Full HD video isn't working for some reason, as confirmed by Hanafubuki. Might be a remnant of newer Lollipop devices...

Mainly the first two points are is very interesting. I've always found it annoying that I couldn't see in the viewfinder how photos at ISO-50 would turn out. That is, if it's dark, then images would turn pitch black but you would only see when you took the photo. Now it's already visible in the viewfinder, so it's easier to change ISO (although the setting is still buried in the menu and having to scroll down in landscape... (c'mon Sony you could've easily done better here as well) ). Also, the 60fps Full HD video is a very welcome addition in my opinion.
[Xperia Z1 General] somereta:
Another feature

In the superior auto application, in camera options appears the option Burst with longpress that allows you to keep several pictures while holding the camera button. I think that this is new on lollipop.
[Xperia Z1 General] cingolat:
Actually not......
[Xperia Z1 General] El.Guaje:
This is REAL TIME ISO :D
[Xperia Z1 General] h0tkey:
I was wondering about the DRM: if I have unlocked bootloader and lost the TA partition, will the camera miss noise reduction after update to Lollipop? Also, there's a DRM fix for KitKat UB, will it work on Lollipop?

Thanks.
[Xperia Z1 General] Vengeance66:
Yeah, I saw on the videos that now we have 60FPS recording. That will allow us to do timeshift videos without the app, instead in the actual movie editor. I am still waiting on my T-Mobile Macedonia Europe firmware... :/
[Xperia Z1 General] civilzaza:
I think our device can shoot 4k and timeshift video,perhap sony will get that on the next update. For this update I think it's less smooth than last firmware but less focus time too. :good:
[Xperia Z1 General] mo120697:
no 60fps!!!

if you dont believe, make a video, open on windows and there it is 29 fps....
[Xperia Z1 General] NexusGTS:
Another surprise for lollipop camera https://youtu.be/7EGqasXDHUU ;) ps: it is on z1
[Xperia Z1 General] Hanafubuki:
Are you sure you selected the right shooting mode? I took this screenshot from my Xperia Z1 with the HK Firmware.
[Xperia Z1 General] Hermantje:
Actually, I may have spoken too soon indeed. I posted right before I went to bed and when I tried the 60fps mode afterwards and slowed it down by half in the phone's video editor, it did indeed seem as choppy as 15fps video...

Either Sony forgot to implement it or, which I think is more likely, it was a remnant of Lollipop for newer Sony phones. Either way, it's a shame it isn't working.
[Xperia Z1 General] HSNalfar3:
New feature : you can pause and resume video recording
[Xperia Z1 General] Hermantje:
Wasn't this possible before? My Sony Ericsson Satio and Nokia N8 could both do this already.

I'll add it to the list :)
[Xperia Z1 General] NexusGTS:
Same here with the FHD 60FPS . It olny records at 30 FPS . I smell a new update prety soon from Sony to fix the bugs .

Overall the z1 takes better pictures than before and the camera is fast now :)
[Xperia Z1 General] Jonfensu:
Real time ISO is not a excuse for a laggy view finder... Even My Tablet Z with and old SoC and lower ISP running 4.4.4 has also Real time ISO and doesn't lag as the Z1/C.
[Xperia Z1 General] DevilKC:
i think 4.4 take better pictures than 5.0.i only use auto mode :rolleyes:
[Xperia Z1 General] --N7--:
anyone tried on unlocked bootloader?

does bionz work?

:confused:

on cm12 UB it worked fine
[Xperia Z1 General] vr2008:
I think the pictures quality got very better than before. especially on 20MP it takes very good images with good details. on the kitkat 20MP took blurry images for me. also the images size got bigger. on kitkat with 20MP was around 5MB and now it's around 9MB :good:
[Xperia Z1 General] cashflow67:
My 20Mp photos are at least 7.5 mb. Sometimes it increases up to 10 mb. How it can be 5mb? And, I think lollipop has many bugs to be used :(
[Xperia Z1 General] Red-code:
Unlocking bootloader doesn't affects on bionZ for z1 ( if you could get 6400 iso)
[Xperia Z1 General] --N7--:
It does affect... If it doesn't work you see red and green dot's (noises) in dark areas

And that's the main reason that i haven't updated to lollipop yet
[Xperia Z1 General] amnher:
It seems overall quality of camera on kitkat is still better than lollipop
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] lrmdaddy:
do we have a custom recovery yet or no?? if so can someone please explain how to get it and install
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] jamcar:
No recovery yet, that's why there's only the mods post in the android dev section.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] lrmdaddy:
why is it when i go to twrp it shows if u down load twrp manager app in play store we can?? im confued the web says we can but after downloading the app s6 isnt there on the app
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] jamcar:
I think the international s6 got TWRP today but we need TWRP built specifically for the TMO s6 Edge.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] lrmdaddy:
heres what im reading http://twrp.me/devices/samsunggalaxys6.html
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] lrmdaddy:
oh ok
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] jamcar:
Code Name: zeroflte <-- zeroflte is the international edition

EDIT: we have zeroltetmo
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] lrmdaddy:
i forgot wow had a sr moment my bad...thanks for the kick in the ass i needed it now im going to mow the yard
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] eousphoros:
There is also no device tree which is a bit weird.

I have a basic cyanogen recovery and custom Boot image over in general -> rom development notes though if you really want to start flashing.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] mixalot2008:
Has anyone figured out if we need a specific build for the edge? A lot of websites say it SHOULD work but i guess no one is willing to try it (including myself lol)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] ShermCraig:
I sense you're the one to do it! Go for it! Live on the Edge (pun intended)! Be the ball!

Please report back either way. :laugh::silly::good::good:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] mixalot2008:
Ah hell i can always odin it back to stock if need be ill report back once I get done with it.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] Docmjldds:
I can confirm the International won't work. Tried it. Blank screen. Reinstalled the stock recovery ZiDroid file you can look up here and that works fine for stock and it works with root.. Not that there's much you can do with it. I like it to power off the phone. Keep forgetting key combos to actually shut this puppy off. Power off option there, incase you bork your phone with wrong root file etc :)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] mixalot2008:
Well it flashes fine restarts but when you try to go to recovery it just blacks out. I have the tmobile variant of the edge so confirmed not working on mine.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] lrmdaddy:
ok i used the international custom recovery twrp on my tmobile usa galaxy s6 edge i will say i installed it with no issues backed up my stock rom not willing to go further
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] jamcar:
Are you both saying you both used TWRP for the international s6? Because those are very different experiences.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] FieldsInc:
I tried the S6 TWRP posted on TWRP on my Tmobile Galaxy S6 Edge, but when i boot to TWRP it was a black screen, i can feel haptic feedback when i pres buttons but cant see what or where TWRP is at the time, so basiclly pressing buttons randomlly.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] wase4711:
there are threads like this popping up all over xda, but as of NOW, there are NO OFFICIAL TWRP versions for the Tmobile S6 Edge, SM-G925T

using any version other than an "official" one, once it comes out, almost guarantees, you will have issues making or restoring backups, and doing other things with your phone; if you don't care, then knock your self out, and, yeah, you should always be able to go back to stock with Odin, but there is nothing to flash now, so I haven't even bothered to root my phone yet..
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] Raymus:
Exact same issue with my Canadian S6 Edge [SM-G925W8], which seems pretty identical to the T-Mob version
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] ktetreault14:
Yo I got TWRP on my Tmobile edge. Works nice. Thanks to the Genius
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] wase4711:
when you get a chance, could you please post a screenshot of the version of TWRP you are using, if you can..

also, did you try making a nand of your rom and restoring it with this version, or does it not do that

thanks so much!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] wase4711:
thank you very much for that; do all the twrp functions work, like fixing permissions, ADB, and the like?

Can you make a nandroid, then restore it without issue?

thanks again!:good:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] koolboyztn:
which twrp files did you used? link?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] raw2000j:
does ur phone deep sleep after installing twrp? Can you send a link for the twrp you used
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] eousphoros:
Everything works but adb. Haven't had time to track that down
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] wase4711:
thanks so much man; its great that you have stepped up and made this happen for this phone:good::good::good:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] raw2000j:
which twrp did u use for which device? Phone deep sleeps after u installed recovery?

nvm found it
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] lrmdaddy:
need to flash back to stock not rooted for tmobile usa galaxy s6 edge , im stock rooted with custom recovery, since installed custom recovery smart switch hangs at 51% is there a oden flashable for stock recovery
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] zone23:
I had that same problem yesterday. Look here:

http://xdaforums.com/tmobile-galaxy-s6-edge/general/odin-stock-firmwares-t3081165
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] lrmdaddy:
my problem was with the custom recovery it wouldnt let smartswitch get past 51% once i flashed the stock recovery back with oden3 smart switch worked fine again... thank you
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] winco209:
Twrp for T-Mobile edge is out fallow this linkhttp://galaxys6root.highonandroid.com/cwmtwrp-recovery/
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] wase4711:
looks bogus to me; until it shows up on TWRP website, its not real..
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] winco209:
I'm not the type of guy to bull **** people but I fallowed the steps on the link and I have working recovery I did a back up and flashed the vol mod so yes I can confirm it does work
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] wase4711:
did you try and restore your back up, after doing a complete wipe?

The ONLY way to know if it actually works is to wipe your phone in TWRP, then use the nand you made and restore it.

If it works, then your golden..

I doubt that it will, but I hope I am wrong..

and, I asked the TWRP folks about it and it is NOT an "official" release from them, so be aware of that..

thanks!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] lrmdaddy:
i was the sucker who used it did a full back up complete wipe data and all and the restored i have no problems so far
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] wase4711:
good to hear!

BTW, did that work on a stock kernel, or are you on a custom kernel?

the reason I ask is that only the stock kernel seems to allow for deep sleep at this point, and the custom ones do not..

thanks!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] lrmdaddy:
i flashed back to stock kernel but all is good and runs nice
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] raw2000j:
u flashed stock kernel what recovery are u on? If twrp are u getting deep sleep?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] raw2000j:
nvm mine working now
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] lrmdaddy:
yep i figured tha out hrs later..