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[Galaxy S6 General] djshotty:
Well, when the Authorised Samsung Technicians inspect a faulty device and find it's been 'rooted', they mark it as being in violation of the Warranty under those points I referred to in my earlier post and declare the device as having violated those Terms. Consumer law then goes out the window, as Samsung just go straight into court, show the inspection report, those warranty terms and refuse to cover the cost of repairs or replacement (as they have every right to do) because the owner has failed to adhere to those Warranty Terms.

I agree with you there with respect to our big three locking customers into 24 month contracts on a device that only has a 12 month repair warranty. It's a failure of our government that these cellular network providers continue such practices, but I digress. The OEM warranty is 12 months; deal with it, stick to the terms of it and all's fine if you have an issue with the device at any time in that year.

Yes, the retailer has to comply with consumer law. Thing is, when the repair/replace costs for a damaged device are, by law, covered by the Manufacturer's Warranty and the Terms and Conditions contained therein, if the OEM can find even the smallest violation of those terms in order to pass liability and costs to the customer they will, and are well within their rights to do so. I know a few people in my part of the world that repair phones of all makes, and I'm yet to hear of anyone getting their Samsung repaired for free under warranty after tripping Knox to 0X1..
[Galaxy S6 General] Holty07:
I feel like we just need some real world examples of this issue being tested out. Unfortunately nobody wants to test it out unless they know they'll be fine...

Also, Shotty, your posts are losing formatting on the xda labs app. Not sure if it's the way you are doing it or not... Will check when I have a chance on my PC but your reply is mixed into the post you are responding to with no quotations at all...
[Galaxy S6 General] djshotty:
What 'issue' are you talking about? Hardware failures on Knox 0x1 Galaxy phones being repaired by Samsung Authorised tech's at their expense? Well, when one of the largest mobile phone repair workshops on the east coast of NSW won't do it, the main Samsung repair facility in western Sydney won't do it and I have heard of many people with hardware issues post-0x1 forking out their own money at smaller retail 'We Fix Phones' places after their warranty repair claim has been rejected due to the device being 'rooted'...

I reply from either Chrome browser on a Windows laptop, or Chrome browser on the phone. I've got a pretty good grasp on BB code, HTML, grammar and spelling, plus I do a great deal of research across a number of forums before I post. So yeh, because I don't use the XDA app. on my phone to read threads, respond to posts or write tutorials I wouldn't know what my posts look like on that platform, so I'll take your word for it. Thing is, I'm going to keep on submitting posts in exactly the same style as I have here for the past eight years. In closing, may I just say that there's only four things I hate about bulletin boards?

people who can't spell or construct a proper sentence,

people who are too lazy to research for themselves before asking stupid questions that have been asked and answered 1000 times,

lunatics and muppets that run to the nearest Mod because someone's called them a lunatic or a muppet right after they've been behaving like a lunatic or a muppet, and

people with single digit post counts that joined only weeks ago disrespecting members with a lot of years + posts + Thanks under their mousepads.
[Galaxy S6 General] Holty07:
This exactly. I hadn't heard of these exact examples but this is what I think people need to realise. We can debate the law all we want but at the end of the day, here's the examples we need to show that rooting or more specifically tripping knox is a void of warranty.

I've just jumped onto Chrome and noticed the issue. The split quotes, (as i'm doing here) seems to break the app. Guess I'll go report that.

You should definitely give the app a go btw. Especially considering how much you use the forums. :)

Meant no disrespect by my post. Was just trying to contribute mate.
[Galaxy S6 General] djshotty:
Much obliged. Again, because I don't use Tapatalk apps I'm not bothered if they don't work.

Nah, you keep it, I'm happy with the basics.

You're all good; certainly better than many of the currymunchers on the Indian 920I / 925I threads...
[Galaxy S6 General] Gregor kloize:
Just askin..

Is there gonna b an OTA MM update for the Aussie s6 edge??

If yes is there a timeline??
[Galaxy S6 General] tangcla:
HI all! Just bought an S6 - 32GB, was toying with the idea of a 64GB but probably don't need it.

Have had a number of Samsung devices in the past (Tab S 8.4, Tab Pro 8.4, S5, S3, and others) so no stranger to Odin.

Looking forward to an XSA MM update! I use Westpac Tap & Pay so sadly I'm stuck with Australian firmware.
[Galaxy S6 General] djshotty:
Hi, and welcome to the thread. May I share with you the last paragraph of my Helper Post, which covers the very issue you hope to discuss? Hopefully it addresses your questions...

"Lastly, for Australian users things will get a lot better for us once Samsung release ROMs for the XSA sales region, which will then cover all three Australian network providers - Vodafail (VAU), Craptus (OPS) and Turdstra (TEL). I have it on extremely good authority that these providers are currently working on their own individual carrier-label versions of Marshmallow for S6, S6 Edge, S6 Edge+, Note 5, Note 4 and S5 devices in their testing centres, so call their technical support teams to harass them about the delays, and of course don't let them blame Samsung!"

The MM version for 920I/925I released for Sri Lanka sales region is the newest build available. Considering how long we've been waiting for it I'm expecting the XSA stock ROM to be classified as Android 6.0.2, but having the benefit of hindsight I'm sure our three piss-poor telco's will use the oldest Marshmallow they could get their hands on, take forever to test test test it, and release it sometime by the end of this month after every other provider has had theirs out for at least a month...

My advice? Stick with Lollipop until the XSA lands. If there are indeed any peeps running INU MM here in Australia that use Westpac Tap & Pay, they certainly haven't reported any issues with it in this thread. That being the case, I can't be of any help because I don't use the app. myself, but I have heard reports of those using similar tools striking problems on MM if they're Knox 0x1 and running a custom ROM. So yeh, don't root it either, at least until you've done a bit of research about NFC payment apps on Knox-free and Knox-tripped devices...
[Galaxy S6 General] tangcla:
Thanks. Rooted should be no issue, nor is tripped Knox - I was using this on my S5 and Note 3/4 with the same configuration (rooted, XSA ROM).

Has anyone flashed INU MM and then rolled back to 5.1.1? Are there any blocks to prevent downgrading?
[Galaxy S6 General] silashack:
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[Galaxy S6 General] djshotty:
In that case, check out my Helper Post and grab the INU if you want to be on MM now. You can be a trailblazer! As for a MM for our little corner of the world, I'm expecting a TEL or VAU or OPS 6.0.1 before a XSA (unbranded, for those who don't know), sometime before the end of this month. VAU are usually first, then TEL and OPS next.

I know the bootloader and filesystem are different, so you may have dramas. I haven't seen anyone post details of a successful downgrade in this thread, but someone else on the boards here may have tried and failed/succeeded, and a bit of research could find an answer to your question...
[Galaxy S6 General] yozhek:
Rolling back to 5.1.1 XSA from INU MM is doable. Flash 5.1.1 through ODIN and you will get the bootloop. Get out of bootloop by pressing volume down and then the power then quickly press volume up, home and then power button. You should get the blue screen and droid on the screen then it gets murky as I think I pressed the volume up button then it went into bootloader options where you have to clear the cache. Once cleared then you select the factory reset and then once that is cleared, select reboot. All going well you should be back at 5.1.1. It took me several attempts to do so. Anyone who can correct the procedure, please advise.
[Galaxy S6 General] djshotty:
Thanks for the info mate! I of course hadn't tried it myself, simply because I can't afford to brick the phone I use as a daily driver to run my computer repairs and internet plan sales business. I will say, not having a removeable battery is a major PITA in that sort of situation. Remember when, once you hit a snag during boot, you could unclip the back cover, pop the battery out and replace it after 30 seconds, Vol.Down + Home + Power to Download Mode, up vol. to continue, then try flashing again?

YEEEEESSSSS! POST #900!​
[Galaxy S6 General] theronlas:
Hold Vol Down + Power for ~10sec and the phone will reboot, then switch to keys for recovery/download mode as needed.
[Galaxy S6 General] yozhek:
Yes however you don't need to flash again, you just need to move your fingers quickly to position volume up home and power before you get normal bootlogo. If you do it quickly enough you get the recovery mode with the blue background with the droid, wait 10/15 sec then you should get a droid with exlamation mark then you should get the recovery menu.
[Galaxy S6 General] djshotty:
I know that, thanks guys. This isn't my first rodeo...
[Galaxy S6 General] CBlank:
Apparently NZ is receiving the update. Surely Australia shouldn't be far off now...
[Galaxy S6 General] djshotty:
There's been nothing yet from either of the two most respected sites for Galaxy-class device stock firmwares on the internet - sammobile.com and samsung-firmware.org - or from the Samsung firmware server search application SamFirm Tool, to confirm that Marshmallow 6.0.1 is available for the 920I or the 925I on New Zealand Vodafone (VNZ), Telstra (TNZ) or unbranded (NZC) network codes...
[Galaxy S6 General] CBlank:
Ah your right, I saw this in a post on the GalaxyS6 subreddit. The guys CSC was OLC (I think). So that must mean the guy bought an overseas model?
[Galaxy S6 General] wintermute000:
So even the kiwis are better off than us....
[Galaxy S6 General] djshotty:
OLC is not a sales code for 920I or 925I. Samsung-firmwares.org will (sometimes) show you what the actual country is if you hover your cursor over the code when you're on their page, but here's the full list of 68 regions where the 920I and 925I was sold...

ARO BAT BNG BVO CGU CHE CHO CHL CHT CHV CHX COB COD COE COM
COO CRC CRM CTI CTP CTU CWW DOR EBE ECO EON ICE INS INU IUS
JDI MM1 MNX NBS NPL NZC OPS PCT PCW PET PGU PNG PNT PSN PSP
PVT SAM SLK TCE TEL TGP TGU TMM TNZ TPA TTT UFU UFN UPO VAU
VFJ VNZ XSA ZVV ZTR ZTA ZTM ZTO

Nah mate, unless they're getting over-the-air's that aren't showing up through the sites I mentioned earlier. As of midday AEST Sunday 10th April SamFirmTool still shows up the latest stocko for VNZ, TNZ and NZC as Lollipop 5.1.1. In saying that, I'm confident the Kiwis will indeed get a regional release before we do. Also, having used it on Lollipop myself, the modem they include in the Telstra NZ ROM works very well on Australian Telstra, but only when the CSC is edited...
[Galaxy S6 General] JohnnyGT:
no OTA update for MM here in NZ so far yet but will keep looking every moment i can for any update
[Galaxy S6 General] JohnnyGT:
latest 6.0.1 for 920i ...... INU / INS / SIN / MM1 / BNG

PDA	G920IDVU3EPC8

CSC	G920IOLC3EPC1

&

PDA	G920IDVU3EPCA

CSC	G920IODD3EPC2

downloading and flashing new INU
[Galaxy S6 General] zakarados:
woohoo, getting the INU OTA, wonder if there is anything new.
[Galaxy S6 General] djshotty:
Both PC8 and PCA were cooked back on 14th and 18th March respectively, so they're not exactly 'new' by very much when you consider the first downloadable INU stock was cooked on 12th March and released four days later...

One thing I will say is new... the Legend that is Chainfire has released CF-Auto-Root specifically for our device variant on MM 6.0.1. These work regardless of what the Country Sales Code of the stock ROM you've installed is. Check this out...

For 920I users:

https://download.chainfire.eu/736/CF-Root/CF-Auto-Root/CF-Auto-Root-zeroflte-zerofltedv-smg920i.zip

For 925I users:

https://download.chainfire.eu/791/CF-Root/CF-Auto-Root/CF-Auto-Root-zerolte-zeroltedv-smg925i.zip

Enjoy...
[Galaxy S6 General] Justin Louis:
i like

:):D
[Galaxy S6 General] djshotty:
??????? Yes? You like what?
[Galaxy S6 General] Justin Louis:
Haha. Sorry. I'm new member. I need 10 reply
[Galaxy S6 General] djshotty:
And we'd appreciate it if your posts were meaningful...
[Galaxy S6 General] JohnnyGT:
aah thanks mate just saw this on the way to bed and did not even look at specs .... lost in what is newer these days with modem no. and stuff . ( c & a with 7 & 8 )
[Galaxy S6 General] tangcla:
Is there a way to get the app drawer to list all apps alphabetically, instead of rearranging it every time I start the phone?? It's driving me nuts!
[Galaxy S6 General] djshotty:
Two ways:

(i) with the default stock Touchwiz launcher, up in the top-right corner of the app drawer screen, you click on A-Z, the order of apps will change, you click Save and you're sorted, or

(ii) install another Launcher which lets you change the order. Next Launcher, GO, and Apex are amongst the best of a huge range. As you can see in my sig. I'm running Next 3D, but don't ask me to make what is essentially a personal choice for you...
[Galaxy S6 General] tangcla:
Is there a way of forcing it to always be alphabetical though? Every time I reboot, it changes the order on page 2 because of Telstra's PocketNews SIM app - or if I install a new app it puts it at the back - I can press A-Z every time, but it's starting to get annoying.
[Galaxy S6 General] boxa72:
I know companies only skin Android to differentiate but it's really getting ridiculous when every update breaks something. I think it's time they just leave it as stock Android with themes instead of skins!
[Galaxy S6 General] jigna:
Preaching to the choir here! If there was a gpe or cm version for s6 that kept the video/cam quality the same, I'd be on that bandwagon for sure. But that's always the sacrifice
[Galaxy S6 General] jigna:
The constant bluetooth disconnection with my watch annoyed me enough to warrant trying OD1 again... So far already seems to be holding better. Will keep monitoring
[Galaxy S6 General] theronlas:
I believe this is googles intent with android M
[Galaxy S6 General] boxa72:
I really hope so!
[Galaxy S6 General] jigna:
EO3 - NZ Firmware

After downgrading the software back to OD1 and being convinced that the bluetooth issue was purely EO2 related, I've taken a stab at the NZ EO3 version to see if had issues. So far EO3 is working fine, no bluetooth issues and I'm enjoying seeing 4G+ being displayed on the notification bar...
[Galaxy S6 General] akira888:
Do u folks know when Vodafone is going to release the latest lollipop update? I was told the unbranded one has already got the update.
[Galaxy S6 General] Damager:
I have an Aussie 920i model here in NZ. I received an update tonight of 172mb and am now on BOE3. Anyone else in Aussie now on BOE3?
[Galaxy S6 General] jcodde:
I'm in Australia on an untied phone with a Telstra service but no update to BOE3 as yet. ...
[Galaxy S6 General] jigna:
Sammobile only has the NZ firmware on oe3.. I flashed it manually through Odin.
[Galaxy S6 General] boxa72:
I just rooted so I won't be taking any update until after 5.1 when the memory leaks are fixed although if you're brave you can fix them now thru build.prop

---------- Post added at 10:40 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:37 PM ----------

Unbranded have nothing to do with Telco's it's on Samsung
[Galaxy S6 General] boxa72:
I just got it today although it could have been there for a while as I accidentally had it on "only update via WiFi" when I have unlimited cellular data D'oh! I think this update is in preparation for 5.1
[Galaxy S6 General] jigna:
I got the update this morning too, I think they just released it. It's not even listed in sammobile.

5.1.1 is rolling out on t-mobile in US.. Hopefully we're not too far behind
[Galaxy S6 General] boxa72:
Yeah hopefully ?
[Galaxy S6 General] jcodde:
Yes, I got it today too. I don't know what has changed relative to the previous OS. Anyone got any ideas or know if it is still rootable via Ping Pong?
[Galaxy S6 General] gbnzderp:
Anyone have any idea if this BOE3 update is going to address this swiftkey/keyboard vulnerability?

Some articles on this have mentioned that samsung has pushed the update to some carriers so this very well could cover it. Id like confirmation before breaking root though :/
[Galaxy S6 General] boxa72:
I

Your 1st clue is the date May 15th. So this has fixed the vulnerability that Ping Pong relied upon.

---------- Post added at 09:48 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:42 PM ----------

It's not worth worrying about as it takes a very particular set of circumstances to actually penetrate via that vulnerability, just don't use insecure WiFi. But I guess if ur that worried you'd be better off buying unbranded, that way ur fixes come directly from Samsung rather than rely on a carrier.
[Galaxy S6 General] dfaovred:
Nothing to worry about IMO unless you're downloading other languages.

kitguru.net/gaming/security-software/matthew-wilson/theres-a-security-issue-with-swiftkey-on-several-galaxy-s-flagships/
[Galaxy S6 General] chaosreign:
Anyone figure out how to organise apps alphabetically?
[Galaxy S6 General] theronlas:
You cant, made me ditch the launcher for Nova.
[Galaxy S6 General] djshotty:
Install another Launcher. TouchWiz has long had its issues, way back to the dark ages of Eclair and Froyo, so yeh open your Play Store, search for 'launcher' and choose one...
[Galaxy S6 General] tangcla:
I'm familar with third-party launchers - I changed from a Nexus 5x last week - I was just disappointed to see that Touchwiz seems to have gone backwards from the G900I in a lot of ways.

I mean... I can't even show my step counter on the lockscreen with S-health on the S6, but on the S5 it was just fine.
[Galaxy S6 General] djshotty:
I just switched my launcher back to TW, sorted the apps in the app. drawer alphabetically, rebooted and the apps stayed A-Z. As for S-Health, I don't actually use it myself so I can't be too sure how to set it up, but I do know there's nothing in the Notification settings to switch on or off what the S-Health app. shows on the lock screen.
[Galaxy S6 General] tangcla:
It stays but Telstra has a sim based app in the drawer which seems to reset to the end of my list every time, and I have an empty spot on page 2 or my drawer.
[Galaxy S6 General] madnezzz:
I put a folder in the app draw and hide all the crap I don't use in the folder.

Maybe that could help.
[Galaxy S6 General] djshotty:
Not sure, maybe. We're expecting an Australian carrier stock Marshmallow ROM any day now, so you might just put up with it until then if you only want to run TouchWiz, or throw in a third party launcher like Next or GO that you can configure the way you want.

Also, don't be confused with the app. drawer and your Home screen panels. On the main landing screen of your launcher, the dock down the bottom has a direct link to the app. drawer on the right hand side. You can then tap the A-Z sorter and everything will line up. Thing is though, after I do exactly that, the 24/7 app. falls in line alphabetically with apps starting with the letter T, which leads me to think you're possibly confusing your launcher's panels with your app. drawer panels.
[Galaxy S6 General] numloxx1978:
Not sure if this has been answered before or not, but I'm trying to install TRWP on my S6 with MM.

The last time I tried it, it failed with a bootloop. Now I can't do a Nandroid backup and hope to not have to restore all my apps. Is there a trick to flashing TWRP in MM that I don't know about?

Last time I followed the instructions on the TWRP website.
[Galaxy S6 General] dwarfer66:
What TWRP were you using, I use arter97's custom recovery for my edge and it works fine (also arter97's kernel and autoroot.)
[Galaxy S6 General] djshotty:
What version of TWRP are you trying to put in? Are you merely chasing root, or do you just want a custom Recovery so you can flash in custom ROMs? Have you already tripped Knox, ie. did you root a Lollipop before jumping to MM?

Chainfire has now made Auto-Root for the 920I and 925I running MM 6.0.1, so unless you specifically want a custom ROM once you're on the stock, you don't need TeamWin or Philz or any other custom Recovery. Backing up your apps is a simple case of rooting your phone with CF-Auto-Root and using Titanium Pro. Jump back a few posts, I've put up links to where you can grab the new Odin-flashable ZIPs. for CF-Auto-Root, and have also updated the links in my Helper Post.

One thing I'll advise you to check before throwing in a custom ROM is, do a check of what the chef's used as a base ingredient. If they've come from a stock F variant, then you may not get full functionality. As I said earlier, we're waiting for a XSA, the stock unbranded ROM for all Australian networks, so the best suggestion I can make is root with CF-Auto-Root, do a Titanium of your games and apps etc. then run the stock MM that you're on now until XSA comes out.

Lettuce know how you get on...
[Galaxy S6 General] zakarados:
This looks interesting, anyone here used this? anyone found good instructions out there?

Edit: found it in your helper post, thx shotty.
[Galaxy S6 General] numloxx1978:
Tried to flash twrp-2.8.7.2-zeroflte, and I have root already, but wanted a custom recovery for nandroid backup purposes etc.

Unless you can suggest another way of getting AdFree working, I was told I needed to mount the system partition write/read and make some symb link changes to the hosts file.
[Galaxy S6 General] djshotty:
Um, my Helper Post is the best advice you'll get about putting MM on an Australian variant 920 or 925.

As I said, you don't need a custom Recovery unless you want to flash in a custom ROM, and then there are other ways to flash in those kinds of ZIPs without TWRP or Philz or CWM Recovery. There's no need to do a 'nandroid' when there's apps which work on rooted phones to backup your IMEI and your games and other user apps. Titanium Pro is brilliant. Same with your Hosts file; if you've got root access you can run apps which edit that Hosts file...
[Galaxy S6 General] zakarados:
What exactly are you guys doing/planning on doing with root on the s6? You still need a custom recovery to install xposed framework, so not sure what else to do?
[Galaxy S6 General] djshotty:
I myself have a heap of games with high scores, coins, money, rep. etc., and I like to backup my settings and other apps with Titanium, which only works with root. Not only that, I have an intense dislike of those companies who force me to use their operating system(s) Exactly the way they demand, so if there's ways around those controls I'll both find them and take advantage of them.

I've actually been doing a bit of research, and you DO NOT need a custom Recovery to install custom ROM ZIPs, and ZIPs like Xposed Framework. Chainfire now has FlashFire, an app which lets you do (almost) everything a custom Recovery can. As for 'nandroid' backups, I've already mentioned there's apps which can backup an entire system, most notably the Number One 'Titanium Backup Pro', but of course they only run on rooted devices. Check out more on what once was 'Mobile Odin', here (with Thanks again to the Legend that is Chainfire)...

http://flashfireapk.com/
[Galaxy S6 General] tangcla:
Has anyone got the travel or My Interests live wallpaper working on the S6 (KeyguardUpdater.apk)? The app is in /system/app however it does not appear to be installed correctly.