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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] carrsteven:
The S6 has working TWRP. The S6 Edge does not.

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The TWRP in that guide does not work with the Sprint Edge. I've tested it. It loads but we have no touch capabilities which basically means its useless.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] SantinoInc:
I was about to flash it. Not going to bother now. Someone should email that guy and tell him it doesn't work Sprint
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] Soooperstar:
Recovery

I found a working TWRP but alot of the button text is in Chinese. Good thing is that it works. Just gotta remember where the buttons are or if you remember from the english versions. I started a thread with the link.

http://xdaforums.com/sprint-galaxy-s6-edge/general/recovery-twrp-2-8-6-0-touch-recovery-t3102034
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] Bricking1:
Edge TWRP

Awesome. We have Sooper Terrific TWRP.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] Bricking1:
Chinese TWRP for S6 Edge

Thanks Sooper. The Chinese TWRP recovery works great on my S6 Edge.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] dhonzik:
TWRP is working just fine, see this thread:

http://xdaforums.com/sprint-galaxy-s6-edge/general/recovery-twrp-2-8-6-0-touch-recovery-t3102034
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] carrsteven:
You quoted my post from 2 days ago?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] lusciousbeard:
If you download a new twrp theme and place it in correct folder it will be in English
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] aprwx:
There's a new rooting process that DOES NOT trip Knox called PingPong Root:

http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s6/general/root-pingpongroot-s6-root-tool-t3103016

It is NOT yet available for the Edges, however, they are actively working on Edges right now. It does work on all S6 (non-edge) variants so I expect the edge version to be available soon.

Anyone who hasn't rooted yet might want to hold off and see if this becomes available to save your Knox-trip.

here's another video about it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAQ4WBg9xj0&feature=em-uploademail

I should edit this to say if you do flash twrp recovery you trip knox anyway, so i guess this isn't that interesting after all. It's only useful if you want root without custom recovery or custom rom.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] chirayu:
So once Knox is tripped, there's no going back?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] Alpine-:
Correct.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] optimummind:
Sent idler the tar file earlier today & I see our phone is up next for Root support. Cant wait to test it out!

With PingPong Root & FlashFire, we should be able to keep on flashing new updates while retaining root & hopefully being able to use Samsung Pay.

Sent from my SPH-L720
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] townsenk:
Root without tripping knox on Sprint S6 Edge successful!!!

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There's quite a few people in the General S6 threads that have tripped knox simply because they failed to read.

One thing to remember keep TWRP and flashify FAR FAR away from your phone. You can't use it anymore without tripping knox. There's other methods in the works to flash roms and do nandroids without a recovery, namely Fireflash (beta) by Chainfire.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] Alpine-:
Boom!

Dont flash a custom recovery if you want to preserve Knox with ping-pong root method guys! People have been confused. Read the thread. The scene is looking at flashfire to allow flashing custom roms with this root method down the road, but it's in early beta.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] rank78:
Wow, I wake up to learn we've been updated to 5.0.2, there's a new root method that avoids Knox being tripped with no PC needed, S6 Edge AND the update are supported, and there is work being down to allow Knox-safe reover and flashing.

SO glad I resisted the urge to root until now. :laugh: Can't wait to do this later.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] Mahapederdon:
I can care less about warranty, If I trip knox what other consequences are there. Sorry for the noon question. I havnt had a Samsung since the s3. Had htc LG and nexus6 since then. I don't remember much about knox. Thanks everyone.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] daniel06gt:
So if you root you cannot update OTA. Which sucks because I just rooted 'via pin pong' and then tried to OTA. It won't let me.

Gotta ODIN update when I get home.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] Alpine-:
Then use CF-AutoRoot. There is not point in even downloading PingPong then. A lot of people are not concerned about warranty but want to preserve Samsung Pay functionality when its released in the future. It will be the most advanced transaction from phone system yet. That said, I dont particularly care about it myself.

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Correct. That is a major downside as a lot of OTA will be pushed over the next 3-4 months.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] rank78:
Wait, so we Sprint users will have to wait for a dev to fix our ota's in order to not lose root correct?

If so that will suck because dev support for our phone is nonexistent.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] optimummind:
If you want to keep it Knox-free & update while keeping root, gotta use Flashfire and a tar file. It's still in beta but it's looking good so far.

I used Mobile Odin Pro to keep on updating the Note 3 while keeping root after each new tar release.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] dazednconfused:
There's people working on this stuff now, have you checked the development section lately? New devices take time and a lot of people on XDA seem to expect instead of appreciate anymore.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] Alpine-:
I thought flashfire still needed a recovery installed too? (which would trip knox). Ejdamacate me on that? ☺ I have not read up on flashfire like I should have.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] rank78:
I understand all that, been part of the community since my HTC Hero and have long since learned to be patient. :) I just checked the dev section and see a few ROMs which is a nice surprise considering it was empty when I looked a couple days ago.

My concern was whether to root now or wait to see there are devs with Sprint Edge's because it's kind of a niche device.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] daniel06gt:
So i've installed FlashFire and seems to be working great. I'd like to know though where to find the .tar fire to update the phone to the latest OTA change.

Anyone got a clue?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] townsenk:
The only option at this point is to use smart switch and restore back to 5.02, Take the OTA then re-root. Does reflashing with smart switch wipe existing data? I don't know but we all have backups right?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] optimummind:
Per Chain fire's own description of Flashfire, no custom kernels or recoveries are flashed.

It'll probably be released by Samsung Updates in a few weeks.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] townsenk:
It also states that the backups created with Flashfire have an included TWRP recovery and are not converted to an Odin flashible tar. Seems like maybe it currently only supports zip style packages. And does this trip knox? It's unclear. Flashfire wasn't designed for this specific purpose it seems. They state it's the successor to Mobile Odin. We currently can't use PC based Odin to flash non stock images without tripping knox so why would Flashfire be different? As I've stated before, I hope it evolves into an application that we need.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] optimummind:
For the backup part, perhaps, but for just flashing stock tar and update files, AFAIK, no non-stock kernels & recoveries are flashed, like Mobile Odin. In this sense, FlashFire is like MOP. FlashFire has additional & useful functionalities that will probably trip Knox.

I, too, hope that FlashFire, once out of beta & fully fleshed out, will offer users the ability to update to newer android updates without tripping Knox like MOP offers. And how nice it would've been if Samsung had given users the choice to opt out of Knox on their own phones. At this point, I'm just glad that PingPong root exists that allows me to root my Edge & still be able to try out Samsung Pay later on.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] optimummind:
After reading through the FlashFire thread, I found out that neither the flashing process nor the backup process will trip Knox. Knox will only be tripped if a person, after having achieved root, uses an app like Flashify to install a custom recovery.

The backup FlashFire creates is an emergency backup in a TWRP-compatible zip format that allows someone already with TWRP recovery installed to use that zip to restore their phone. And if one already had TWRP installed to take advantage of this emergency backup zip, the phone was already Knox 0x1 to begin with. So FlashFire does not install TWRP recovery into your phone during the backup process.

For someone like me, whose phone is rooted with Knox 0x0, such a TWRP-compatible emergency zip file would be of no use.

If something goes wrong with my phone, I would have to use desktop Odin to go back to OCF or OE2 then use PingPong root to obtain root again.

On the topic of desktop Odin, although one cant flash prerooted tar files, with FlashFire you can. People have already done so succesfully. In fact, if you check out the AT&T and Sprint Galaxy S4 sections, FlashFire is currently being used to flash prerooted tar files. The Sprint Galaxy S4 recently got Lollipop and one is able to flash a prerooted Lollipop tar file with FlashFire to update from Kitkat, something not possible with desktop Odin.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] rank78:
So many new methods and terms I'm unfamiliar with having not rooted recently and coming from HTC. Well my N9 but that is super simple. :cool:

I will probably hold out on rooting to see how devs progress with avoiding Knox and updates/backups. I'd like to keep Samsung Pay intact even if I doubt I'll end up using it. lol I bet things will be hammered out in time for our 5.1 update next month (rumored) but this phone kicks enough ass that rooting isn't as necessary to me personally as it was in the past. Having a quick boot app and TB for app backups are really my only concerns. Custom boot animation and deleted shutdown would be great too.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] -Apollo-:
What I find very cool is being able to use the navite hotspot without root, just need your MSL ;)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] Alpine-:
Clarify please? But I believe the MSL reader app I have needs root to access (maybe?). I just ran it from a backup and it says not compatible with phone.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] townsenk:
Your correct. To get your MSL you need to call sprint. I had my phone rooted for a period of time and got the MSL then using Galaxy Tools. I have since unrooted but having the MSL allows me to make the simple edits and use hptspot.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] -Apollo-:
http://www.droidviews.com/enable-wifi-tethering-on-sprint-galaxy-s6-s6-edge-and-note-4-on-lollipop/
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] Mahapederdon:
I'm not in a big hurry to root coming from the n6. I bought this phone to keep me entertained after surgery. I'm pretty stoked with it. I'm not worried about warranty or knox at all so should I wait for some kinda official root and recovery or should I just go for it. All Ide really use root for is vol warning and maybe a couple other simple mods. Thanks for reading guys.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] Bricking1:
Dude, if you are like me and don't care about Knox go for it. Use CF Auto root or Ping Pong. Then flash TWRP recovery. Then if you like to tinker I'd suggest flashing the ROM recently released by dev lbxmobbin. His ROM is sleek, sweet and fast. It comes with HybridMax kernel pre installed. Flash his ROM and you'll need to wear a diaper because you're going to shi_ yourself when you see the difference! Remember to do a nandroid backup with TWRP before flashing the new ROM. Search TWRP in this forum and there's a good English version posted by Sooperstar.

Another good ROM is put out by ram9200.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] Mahapederdon:
Thanks man. I guess I'm gonna go for it. I didn't think I could go back to a little phone but now my nexus 6 is collecting dust. This phone is pretty sweet and if dev picks up which I'm sure it will I'll probably keep this as my daily driver.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] Bricking1:
This is an awesome device my friend. You're going to have a blast playing with it. Note the button sequence for entering download mode. That button sequence has gotten me out of several Oh My God moments. And if she won't boot to the home screen just do the Recovery button sequence IMMEDIATELY upon exiting download mode. These two tips are a good insurance policy. Have fun and get well soon.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] Soooperstar:
You dont even need all those steps. Just odin TWRP and flash supersu. Done!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] Bricking1:
Sooperstar,

You forgot to add "flash new ROM" to your instructions above. That means your technique includes three steps, exactly the same as mine. Ha ha.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] Mahapederdon:
Well that was pretty painless. Used Odin for twrp and flashed the newest supersu and done. Froze a few things and gonna wait till rom dev gets a little further on. Yeah buddy. Thanks guys.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] thlinx:
Where's the links for root files?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] Mahapederdon:
I just googled supersu.zip. The TWRP recovery should be in the general thread. The way I did it will trip knox but I don't care about that.

Edit : here's twrp I used Odin and drivers are in there also

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=60575155
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] thlinx:
What about pingpong root?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] Mahapederdon:
Seems good. I havnt tried it though. Give it a shot. Read read and read before you take the plunge is my only advice. Good luck.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] thlinx:
Can you actually flash roms through flashfire? Thanks
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] Bricking1:
If you flash a ROM with Flashfire wouldn't the new ROM theoretically overwrite Flashfire thereby rendering it non-operational?? Or am I Rod Sterlinging ?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] Soooperstar:
Not sure but I wouldn't try it without a TWRP backup
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] optimummind:
No, it won't. Just like how Mobile Odin Pro didn't overwrite itself.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] townsenk:
One of the main reason for using Flashfire is to Flash Roms when you can't use TWRP (knox protection)

So how would a TWRP backup help? :)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] Soooperstar:
Well I used mobile Odin on other devices, which is similar, to flash mods, zips, and recoveries, but chainfire clearly said do not flash firmware. If you think it will work then go for it and let us know how worked out [emoji4]
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] Mahapederdon:
I wasn't getting Good battery life after root and twrp install. I realised it was cue my phone wouldn't deep sleep. Not sure if it was root or twrp that did it. I found this and it works great. Just flash in recovery and deep sleep will work awesome. I was getting 0% before flashing this now I'm about 63% . Here it is.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/knyvcjg1ongbo97/UPDATE-S6DeepSleepFix.zip?dl=0
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] tito07dr:
Which firmware are u in? im in G925PVPU1AOC9

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is this root method working in G925PVPU1AOC9?

Thanks!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] IllMindedSkama:
Where did you find the OC9 firmware. Im on OCF
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] tito07dr:
it come with it, im updating it now, OC9 was the first firmware version, i will update and will use ping pong, they support OCF&OC2 firm
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] IllMindedSkama:
Do you know where i could find a lower fimware. Than OCF. im trying to find a fix to the no auto rotation on the phones
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] Bricking1:
Root for S6 Edge G925P

YES.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] tito07dr:
mine, come with OC9, i updated it to G925PVPU1AOC2(Just updated it via Check Update) , only G925PVPU1AOCF is available to flash via odin, try looking for an update.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] Soooperstar:
OC9 is old
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] Soooperstar:
I updated TWRP with an img file for the Flashify lovers

http://xdaforums.com/sprint-galaxy-...h-recovery-t3102034/post60575155#post60575155
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] brokeyfamoso:
SPRINT S6

Does it work on the regular model galaxy s6
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] s6edgeSprint:
S6 Edge

dosnt work.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] Demonlinx:
Does this work with 5.1.1 and the newest OTA update?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] brokeyfamoso:
Enviado desde mi SM-N910R4 mediante Tapatalk
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] jonahchavarria:
So no on working for 5.1.1? Im not sure if that picture above was real, but if so can someone drop a link or something? Thanx
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] Soooperstar:
Yes root is available but not this method
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] bipolargroup:
Samsung s6 sprint sm-g925p

So everyone. Is there a root for

Samsung S6 Edge Sprint sm-g925p

Android 5.1.1

Build BOL1

Please provide links to the process please . Thanks alot
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] dhonzik:
See the OP from the following thread:

http://xdaforums.com/sprint-galaxy-s6-edge/development/kernel-unikernel-v5-t3166293

Basically, you flash the tar version with odin to obtain root
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] lawreaga:
i'm dumb
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] wtd03:
OK I seem to be in a boot loop . I am just stuck at the samsung galaxy s6 edge splash screen and it just flashes and stays there. what heppened?
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] S'Class:
[Q]Storage problem; "Other" taking up 18GB, can't take photos, can't download files

This problem has started in the last few days. I can't take photos, download files and the phone is showing I have 18GB of "Other" storage. The problem is I don't know what this is because any file explorer I use it shows up as empty, even on Windows desktop.

I have tried factory resetting and re-flashing my ROM, problem is still there. I relocked the bootloader to flash an RUU but I kept getting errors so now I'm back on my usual ROM, rooted.

Any ideas?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] jmatt64:
Help! I did a total wipe of my phone to try and get it back to stock to give to a friend and now I am stuck at the bootloader downloading...

I was previous running SlimLP 5.0.2 on the phone with minor issues (GPS,Cam...).

I cleaned/formatted everything in recovery...then went to go find my ROMs&GAPPS to flash and they were not found...so I booted into the bootloader from recovery (CWM).

It's been too long since I last did this but how can I get a working Stock ATT ROM on the phone now?

I have Odin 3.09 and looking to load .tar, modem and any other files needed at this point.

Do I have to roll it back to 4.1.1 or can I load directly to 4.3?

Also trying to fix my GPS in the process loading the stock ROM.

Thnxs!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] audit13:
This thread may help: http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s3-att/general/stuck-odin-mode-t3079002
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S6] droidiac13:
Before purchasing, I was a little concerned about the amount of battery time between charges on the S6. I picked up the phone yesterday and was able to get 4+ hours of Screen On Time (SOT) with my first full charge. I didn't think that was too bad. I think the fact that it is a new device, I tend to "play" with it more in the beginning. I'm hoping it will get better as it settles into my routine. I still am a little concerned though as I didn't even have an hour of talk time to go along with the SOT, didn't stream music, play any games or really use any other apps. It's been quite a while since I've had a smaller sized battery in a phone I've owned so I may be hoping for too much when it comes to battery life. I had the LG G2, Galaxy S5, LG G3 and Note 4 prior to purchasing the the S6. I love the phone and don't plan on switching. I just thought I would get others opinions on it.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S6] KingFaisal:
Battery life is bad. This is what it predicts for me. I get 15 hours basically with only chat and web browsing. I sleep off the charger and the phone loses 10-12%

Gps and playing music during a drive just gave me 4 hours. I'm trying to break the battery in by bringing it to 5% and recharging, but this is laughable.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S6] droidiac13:
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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S6] geoff5093:
So far I'm not happy with the battery life. I'm coming from a G3, where the phone would stay at 100% for several hours, and by the end of the day would be anywhere from 30-50%. I received my S6 yesterday, got everything set back up and use the same apps as my G3, but within a couple minutes the battery was already at 99%, then 20 minutes later was in the mid 90's.

This is the first full day on a charge, with very light use, and this is what I have so far:

Taken off the charger around 6AM at 100%, and now at 7PM it's at 13%.

13 hours on battery

1h 32m SOT

I installed Greenify and GSAM battery monitor, hopefully that will help.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S6] droidiac13:
I think we've been spoiled by the LG batteries and then I went to the Note 4 so that doesn't help my comparison either. :) Today was better for me then yesterday though. Yesterday I was ready to take it back and tell them to keep it. Right now I've been off the charger for 90 mins. I'm down to 91% with 24 mins of calls and 23 mins of SOT.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S6] broons:
So far my battery life is soso. Took off charger at 5:40am Saturday morning Eastern time. Currently at 21% with fairly light usage. Texting, little bit of Web browsing, some reading on Kindle app. I expect with normal usage I'll probably get in the 15-16 hour range. Which is uninspiring. perhaps an update will increase efficiency.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S6] iowabowtech:
Cell standby is the #1 drain for me, comparible to many of the complaints in the main S6 forum prior to the vzw variant being released.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S6] magnumrt562:
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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S6] das boot:
I think that is pretty good. Over 5 hours SOT and still 16% battery life left. Anything over 5 hours is very....very...good.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S6] nateohio:
Looks to me like if they fix that cell standby bug we'll have a monster of a phone. 5 hours screen on time and its only 10% of the battery drain.... I'm curious to know if this cell standby bug is just a mistake in how battery stats are being reported.

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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S6] droidiac13:
I've seen a big improvement in battery today. No change in use. I have over 2 hours of talk and over 3.5 hours of SOT. Still have 22% and it's been 18.5 hours since the charge. My concerns are starting to go away.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S6] magnumrt562:
Ok so here's all my info for you guys... I am on Verizon, and turned off the VOLTE calling when I got the phone based on the stuff I'd read. I had high cell standby usage. I turned it back on and it went awY to normal.levels, even with WiFi on all day and crappy signal.

I am using Nova launcher, and no theme. I do use a black background, basically a picture of a clear night sky with tons of stars. The day in the picture was a day of heavy Waze use with screen on, heavy Web surfing and some youtube. As few texts and some bacon reader.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S6] sd0070:
I don't see volte calling anywhere I settings. I see "advanced calling". Is that it?

Verizon GS6
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S6] zathus:
Yes