yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S6 General] numloxx1978:
ok, all went well flashing from INU MM to XSA, and have successfully rooted again.

Could not however enable root explorer in ES File Manager, despite reinstalling it, but used Root Browser to perform the /data/security/spota directory.

Thanks Shotty!
[Galaxy S6 General] djshotty:
Cheers, your experiences will help a lot of people. Here's the root explorer I've been using for the last five years, and I've never had a problem with it...

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.speedsoftware.rootexplorer&hl=en
[Galaxy S6 General] thething869:
Hey everyone,

I'm currently on xsa 6.0.1, gs6, stock (unrooted). Anyone else getting continuous wakelocks from android system? I.e. phone not entering deep sleep. If so what was the issue?

Full disclaimer that I did dirty flash the marshmallow update and will try a full wipe soon, just trying to avoid it till my RL schedule eases a bit. I've tried reflashing the ROM and wiping cache and that didnt work. Incidentally, after reflashing, the wakelocks went away until I plugged my phone into my PC, at which point they came back and haven't reduced since. Could be an mtp issue? I dunno haha

Thanks
[Galaxy S6 General] Vairn:
There is a bug with google backup, I was effected by it.

If you install better battery stats, you may see that a task called *BACKUP* is keeping your phone awake.

This normally happens if you charge your phone and then unplug it, it doesn't seem to stop the service. so your phone wont fall asleep.

I disabled google sync, and it goes away, but alas you have no sync anymore including photos.

Please refer to this bug report to Google AOSP.

https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=207700
[Galaxy S6 General] thething869:
Ahhh right that makes sense. How unfortunate. Yea I can't see wakelocks info cause I'm unrooted atm, but I've disabled Google's backups and it seems to have gone away for now. Let's hope they push a patch out soon (meaning we might get the fix by 6.1.1 haha)

Cheers
[Galaxy S6 General] djshotty:
You mean that we here in OzLand won't see a fix until Christmas?
[Galaxy S6 General] Vairn:
Christmas 2017 maybe.
[Galaxy S6 General] numloxx1978:
So, been running G920IDVU3EPD3 XSA MM for about 2 weeks now, and all seems good :)

Because I bought the phone from Vodafone, but I used it mostly with Telstra (Due to FIFO work up in the Pilbara where there is only Telstra), tempted to flash a Telstra ROM on it when it comes out, rather than Vodafone.
[Galaxy S6 General] djshotty:
Just stick with the XSA stock ROM. I'm on Telstra with it, and haven't had any dramas. Add to that the fact MM for XSA has been out for a fair while and Telstra are yet to release their own variant, and the jump away from the unbranded ROM isn't exactly worth it.
[Galaxy S6 General] JohnnyGT:
hello Vodafone

Model	SM-G920I

Model name	Galaxy S6

Country	Australia (Vodafone)

Version	Android 6.0.1

Changelist	8190129

Build date	Wed, 25 May 2016 07:45:00 +0000

Security Patch Level	2016-06-01

Product code	VAU

PDA	G920IDVU3EPEA

CSC	G920IVAU3EPEA
[Galaxy S6 General] akira888:
Anyone here on Oz carrier released Android M? I just updated mine to 6.0.1 released by Vodafone. I think I got battery drain here after the update. Phone feels a bit warm even at standby mode. Anyone has the same issue here too?
[Galaxy S6 General] Billchen0014:
Samsung Pay is available now in Australia, shame I am on custom firmware so I cannot test it, how is it going for you guys?

http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2016/06/s...itibank-and-amex-launches-in-australia-today/
[Galaxy S6 General] cainn24:
Since the vast majority of credit/debit cards are not supported yet, for most of us it's currently going nowhere.

---------- Post added at 07:52 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:47 PM ----------

To put it another way:

"We're pleased to announce our supporting issuers American Express and Citibank. Click on the issuers below to discover more about how to

apply for a Samsung Pay compatible card now.

"

So yeah, it's like that.

(it bothers me on some level that there are probably people out there who will apply for a CC just so they can use Samsung Pay, and that Samsung is actually using the app to encourage them to do just that)
[Galaxy S6 General] tangcla:
Waiting for someone to explain how to use Samsung Pay on a rooted phone before I can play with it. :p
[Galaxy S6 General] Billchen0014:
and for S6 users, our S6 does NOT have MST capabilities... Apparently
[Galaxy S6 General] numloxx1978:
Any idea if you can run Android Pay on rooted devices?

Seems to be launching this week in Australia.

http://ausdroid.net/2016/06/19/banks-will-android-pay-launching-australia/

---------- Post added at 11:51 ---------- Previous post was at 11:50 ----------

I got as far as adding my card details, but they it complained that my card was not supported (Bankwest). So I will be joining with one of the banks on that list to trial it when I can.
[Galaxy S6 General] djshotty:
It's more a case of whether the credit card - Visa, Mastercard, Amex, etc. - is accepted. ANZ are one bank who have been saying they're all for Apple Pay, which really pisses me off considering Android devices outsell Apple devices almost three to one across the world...
[Galaxy S6 General] theronlas:
Still ~35% iPhone use in Australia, plus apple probably paid ANZ to work with them.
[Galaxy S6 General] djshotty:
Good thing is, though, ANZ understand we're not all Tim Cook-loving sheeple...

To find out more about ANZ Bank's contactless payment systems on Android devices, visit...

https://www.anz.com/personal/ways-bank/mobile-banking/mobile-pay/
[Galaxy S6 General] tangcla:
Good to see they haven't bothered to put a link to the app Play Store link :p lazy!

And the ANZ app likely won't work on a rooted device.
[Galaxy S6 General] djshotty:
The link to Play Store is there, just a page earlier...

https://www.anz.com/personal/ways-bank/mobile-banking/

[IMG="Link is here"]http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd40/djshotty/anz.png[/IMG]

As for whether it works on 'rooted' devices, I now have the ANZ Mobile Pay app. installed on my S6, all linked up with my ANZ Visa Debit card, and it's working like a charm.

[IMG="screenshot"]http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd40/djshotty/Screenshot_20160620-180639.png[/IMG]
[Galaxy S6 General] numloxx1978:
Any idea if VoLTE will work with Vodafone if I'm using the XSA MM?
[Galaxy S6 General] JohnnyGT:
yes once you open the app it shows a warning that your phone is rooted and will not work
[Galaxy S6 General] djshotty:
Being on Telstra and all I can't be too sure, but you might be best off flashing in the latest VAU. It's cooked from a newer version of the vanilla than the last XSA, so it may just have the features you're looking for, such as Voice over Long Term Evolution...

Well, MY S6 is working just fine on the ROM detailed in my sig. below, Yes its rooted, and Yes Yes Yes ANZ Mobile Pay works just fine for me.
[Galaxy S6 General] JohnnyGT:
New update received for INU
[Galaxy S6 General] ysosrs:
Hey DjShotty or anyone else,

Im running 6.0.1 MM on my s6 edge with VAU (G925IDVU3EPEA). Just wanted to know would I be able to use the cf-root you post ealier to root my phone ? I dont really care if i trip knox.

Thanks!
[Galaxy S6 General] tangcla:
Yes, CF-Autoroot will work just fine.
[Galaxy S6 General] numloxx1978:
Found this for anybody with battery drain issues after upgrading to mm. Seemed to work for me.

56 Nasr.Far.. [MENTION=5803631]googlemail[/MENTION].com

The *backup* wakelock is activated once you plug your device into the charger and it continues to manifest no matter what you do because it is stuck in a buggy loop, only reboot will fix it temporarily until you charge the phone again.

Through many trial and error experimentation I finally found an easier fix than rebooting every day.

1- Reboot the phone (just once to fix the wakelock, or the next steps won't work if it's already activated)

2- Before charging the phone, turn off WI-Fi & Google Backup

3- Fully charge the phone

4- Unplug the phone

5- Turn Wi-Fi & Google Backup on again

6- ???

7- Profit!

The culprit is Google Backup, and the bug is activated once the device is plugged into the charger and on Wi-Fi, but if it's turned off before and during charging with Wi-Fi off it'll not be activated.

But if the wakelock is already activated, it won't go away even if you turned backup off.

The Wi-Fi is a strange case, I once rebooted the phone, turned backup off and charged the phone with Wi-Fi on and I had the wakelock. My guess is even with backup off, some logs will still try to backup when Wi-Fi is on (Wi-Fi passwords maybe)
[Galaxy S6 General] JohnnyGT:
new firmware .... for them kangaroos

Model	SM-G920I

Model name	Galaxy S6

Country	Australia

Version	Android 6.0.1

Changelist	8190129

Build date	Wed, 25 May 2016 07:45:00 +0000

Security Patch Level	2016-06-01

Product code	XSA

PDA	G920IDVU3EPEA

CSC	G920IXSA3EPEA
[Galaxy S6 General] tangcla:
Thanks! It's on Sammobile, fyi, downloading now.
[Galaxy S6 General] theronlas:
Can anyone with the Telstra firmware post the customer.xml file from /system/csc?
[Galaxy S6 General] zakarados:
Not sure if its the latest round of updates or just my phone, but I cant seem to get a GPS lock. I have tried TEL and XSA.

Installed INU firmware now to see if it makes any difference. Could just be my phone.
[Galaxy S6 General] numloxx1978:
So, just trying to flash Xposed framework, when I flash it using Flashify or Flashfire and it tells me something about dm-verity. Aparently to flash anything now, even flash a custom recovery, I need to use a kernel that has dm-verity disabled in the fstab. Is this the case? All I want to do is get the FetchTV app working while still being rooted. I have performed this on my OPO successfully, but the S6 is my main phone so don't really want to screw things up.

Any recommendations for a kernel? Never flashed a custom kernel before.
[Galaxy S6 General] Q4bert:
Same problem here. What about your test with INU firmware?
[Galaxy S6 General] numloxx1978:
I'm on XSA MM now. Flashed it weeks ago.
[Galaxy S6 General] Q4bert:
Is your GPS working now?
[Galaxy S6 General] zakarados:
I think it was something to do with the city (Sydney) I checked at home with INU and it was working fine. Installed the latest TEL firmware again and its still working as expected.

Very weird, but at least it isn't a hardware issue for me.
[Galaxy S6 General] fatjoez:
Is there anyway to flash newer firmwares without wiping your phone and losing your data?
[Galaxy S6 General] JohnnyGT:
New update for those using latest INS firmware on thier phones
[Galaxy S6 General] jigna:
It's coming in the next update to 5.1.1
[Galaxy S6 General] nihonjin:
Hey guys i can't seen to get foxtel go to work. It says i need to disable allshare but i can't seem to work out how? I'm running stock telstra rom. Thanks for any help.
[Galaxy S6 General] jcodde:
Sorry, I don't use Foxtel so can't help.
[Galaxy S6 General] boxa72:
Guys do u know whether our bootloader is unlocked on our version of the S6? I'm not locked to a carrier as I got mine from Harvey Norman but I need to know about the bootloader for rooting. Thx in advance ?
[Galaxy S6 General] tryfound:
Bootloader is unlocked. I think it's just some US carriers who do this, don't know of any other regions with that issue for the S6.
[Galaxy S6 General] boxa72:
Thx for that, I thought so but wasn't 100% sure.
[Galaxy S6 General] cheetah2k:
Come on 5.1.1 !!!! :D
[Galaxy S6 General] Seba_OH:
What company

Enviado desde mi SM-G920I mediante Tapatalk
[Galaxy S6 General] bazzanator:
Coming from a note 3 and had an international version of firmware on it and received updates quicker. Can this be done on a voda s6? If so, which ones are people using?
[Galaxy S6 General] tryfound:
Doesn't seem to be a pattern with the S6 as to which region gets updates first, it's all over the place unlike the Note 4 where the Indian CSC was first and the best for Aussie Note 4 users.

I've just flashed XSA (unbranded Aussie firmware) and had no issues, sometimes an update will take a week or 2, or we will get it before other regions.
[Galaxy S6 General] boxa72:
Has anyone had luck rooting on BOE3 firmware? I was successful in flashing TWRP but haven't done anything else yet.
[Galaxy S6 General] jcodde:
Can you flash TWRP without being rooted?
[Galaxy S6 General] boxa72:
Yeah I did but u have to follow the instructions on their Web site.

https://twrp.me/devices/samsunggalaxys6.html
[Galaxy S6 General] jcodde:
That's interesting. You obviously used the Odin method not having rooted your phone. May I ask why you want a custom recovery on your phone? I know Titanium Backup requires root so is this how you're keeping a mirror image of your phone's system and data..... just in case?
[Galaxy S6 General] boxa72:
Yup exactly. I was using the adb method but it's a pain
[Galaxy S6 General] bazzanator:
Any idea when this is coming for voda s6? Can we flash any other region firmware? Just seems that ram widget shows its sitting at around 85%+ before i hit clean. Phone seems slow at times and laggy
[Galaxy S6 General] bazzanator:
Hey people, just a problem i have been having with my voda s6 is that the ram usage is always sitting around 85%+. Looking at the running services etc it doesn't seem like they add up to the % it is telling me. Phone does get quite laggy with apps open (noticeably facebook messenger and often force closes).

Anyone else experience this ram problem?
[Galaxy S6 General] boxa72:
It's supposed to be that high. RAM not being used is wasted RAM. What is a problem is the way Samsung have decided to handle background tasks this time around which is probably the reason for the force closing although Google has to take some of the blame bcoz 5.0.2 is riddled with memory leaks.
[Galaxy S6 General] bazzanator:
Ok no worries, what I have found online is that turning on "force GPU rendering" in developer options inproves the performace incredibly. My problems have disappeared!

Anyone had any experience with this?
[Galaxy S6 General] jcodde:
How do you do it?
[Galaxy S6 General] Zico 10:
Feeling it's about time for a fresh start and about to wipe my phone, wondering how bad the Optus firmware is?

I have moved across to Optus as my carrier (work...), and figure if the firmware isn't terrible, I may as well use it so I can benefit from LTE calling in the future.

Otherwise, I suppose I'll stick with XSA.
[Galaxy S6 General] Tintin818:
Want to root my s6

I have an s6 build

G920IDVU3EPGE

its a telstra build i tried putting android 5.0.2 on with odin but that did not work. Would like to root it without computer as my computer i linuk with custom kernal and wont allow me to conect to it.

Any ideas or should i just wait for a wile.
[Galaxy S6 General] CBlank:
Is the any way I can root the	MMB29K.G920IDVU3EPGG? If not am I able to downgrade and root it?
[Galaxy S6 General] mansher kang:
enable volte

can someone plz tell me how to enable volte on SM-G920I

built id MMB29K.G920IDVU3EPGG

i bought it from sydney
[Galaxy S6 General] theronlas:
So far as I know, your carrier needs to support it for that device and you need to be using their firmware.
[Galaxy S6 General] mansher kang:
I'm using the latest updates on my device and I guess S6 must have volte support

and yes my carrier supports volte

The thing is I cannot find the volte enabling option in my device ,so I need to root my device to alter the hidden feature in

others.xml in CSC

until now I've been using lollipop and it was really easy to root the device but now I m not able root my new device

so IF u have any suggestions
[Galaxy S6 General] Eviglantes:
Downgrade and root

Hi guys, I have ab S6 (sm-g920i 0ptus). I updated my device from 5.0.2 to marshmallow and I didn't like it because my build number isn't supported for the root and other bugs. So, I tried downgrading it to 5.0.2 XSA (I downloaded the firmware and tried to install it through odin) but it says fail every time. Can you give me any solutions is my phone locked or something what should i do, thanks.
[Galaxy S6 General] dan7four:
I think you need to do a factory reset before you flash firmware.
[Galaxy S6 General] flanker22:
does the latest XSA firmware support samsung pay? I have a g920i but live in the states and was thinking if i flash my phone to an australian firmware i may be able to use samsung pay. the 4 choices of australian seem to be XSA OPS TEL VAU
[Galaxy S6 General] Guido65:
Hi all, Just got the s6 920i.Is there a trick to flashing a custom recovery on Marshmallow?Im trying an Arter recovery TWRP with odin.Says its passed.But when I restart it goes to standard recovery.Any ideas?Thanks. EDIT:Just got it going.Got to install kernel before custom recovery.
[Galaxy S6 General] CAG-man:
I have an g920i with Tel firmware and Samsung Pay works.
[Galaxy S6 General] flanker22:
thanks i already downloaded the xsa firmware i'm guessing if tel works then they likely all work.
[Galaxy S6 General] mansher kang:
enable volte

Can u plzz provide the csc directory with volte enabled

Or just the others.xml file

---------- Post added at 06:07 AM ---------- Previous post was at 06:06 AM ----------

Can someone provide csc directory with volte enabled

Or just others.xml file
[Galaxy S6 General] Guido65:
Anyone here trying some note 7 ports?just interested in some opinions.Most seem pretty buggy so far.There is a new A8 based rom,Same as Note7, Grace UX.

using XDA-Developers mobile app
[Galaxy S6 General] wintermute000:
I'm just waiting for a nice clean 7.x slim stock based ROM before bothering to do any tinkering
[Galaxy S6 General] numloxx1978:
Hi all,

Just wanted to share how I root and custom recovery my S6.

I've had 3 S6's over the past few months.

Original S6 developed a bad mic after 18 months, sent it to Vodafone, was sent a refurbished S6. This was overheating, locking up and rebooting. Sent that back. Now on my 2nd refurbished S6.

So getting good at this:

These work for G920IDVU3EPJ8 Vodafone Rom. Marshmellow 6.0.1

Instructions from this thread: https://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s6/general/root-rooting-g920i-marshmallow-6-0-1-t3339394

Download Arter Recovery

G920 -> http://arter97.com/browse/exynos7420....0.0-0.tar.md5 Thanks [MENTION=4898097]arter97[/MENTION] [Donate to this guy if you can. He really worked hard for this device]

http://arter97.com/browse/exynos742...r97-recovery-g920fi-13.0-twrp_3.0.0-0.tar.md5

G925 -> http://arter97.com/browse/S6/kernel/....0.0-0.tar.md5

http://arter97.com/browse/S6/kernel/13.0/g925fi/arter97-recovery-g925fi-13.0-twrp_3.0.0-0.tar.md5

Download Kernel

Download Arter kernel http://arter97.com/browse/exynos7420...920fi-13.0.zip Thanks [MENTION=4898097]arter97[/MENTION]

http://arter97.com/browse/exynos7420/kernel/13.0/g920fi/arter97-kernel-g920fi-13.0.zip

Download Super SU systemMode https://mega.nz/#!fggUwLBL!iRZez1C3t...n6xWG69vmjTEVM Thanks [MENTION=631273]Chainfire[/MENTION] , [MENTION=5405448]thereassaad[/MENTION]

https://mega.nz/#!fggUwLBL!iRZez1C3tb-rPf0rjbgcMYDiFbUfFn6xWG69vmjTEVM

Steps

Flash the Arter recovery through Odin ( Flash with 'AP' ) with autoreboot unchecked (from Odin options). (thanks [MENTION=5405448]thereassaad[/MENTION] for tip)

Hold Power, home and vol down to turn off device

Then hold Power, home and vol up to go into recovery

Flash the Arter Kernel / Hacker Kernel

Flash the Supersu.zip

reboot. Device is now rooted !

Android Pay and Fetch TV work (Root not detected). I'm sure all other apps would work too.

Samsung Pay does NOT work! Due to custom recovery.

Hope this helps.
[Galaxy S6 General] Zico 10:
Nougat released for the 920/925F.

So that means we'll get it on the Australian (XSA, Optus, Telstra, Vodafone) versions in about two months...
[Galaxy S6 General] Fullmetal Jun:
Yea! I'm so mad I didn't buy the 920f. My friend imported the 920i for me when I specifically told him I want the 920f 2 years ago :D
[Galaxy S6 General] Zico 10:
The F has faster updates, but lacks band 28.

Not sure I'd accept that trade off, as band 28 is responsible for a good deal of mobile coverage in the major cities.
[Galaxy S6 General] silashack:
If you want Nougat now, then I can confirm that this version https://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s6/sam...ied-development/noble-nougat-rom-1-0-t3565293 is working on an Optus S6 920I
[Galaxy S6 General] wintermute000:
Hey mate what recovery did you use? (TWRP 3.0.2 or latest bleeding edge 3.1?)

That ROM thread doesn't say to flash bootloader or modem, is that right?? (as that's normally the way to between major revisions from my experience)

Also what is the whole WQHD thing and having to set it manually for better performance (Confused)
[Galaxy S6 General] Zico 10:
That's a port from the Edge+, probably not worth the effort.
[Galaxy S6 General] wintermute000:
re: Nougat ROMs, any more early adopter reports?
[Galaxy S6 General] Holty07:
I'm on an aokp nougat rom. It's a little laggier than TouchWiz but at least my bloat is gone!
[Galaxy S6 General] dan7four:
I have had my s6 flat for nearly 2 years now, starting to notice discolouring of screen. Only on white screen, has a orange tinge except for status bar, I have always used dark themes. How is other peoples screen holding up?
[Galaxy S6 General] silashack:
3.1.0.0

I understand that there are no new bootloaders etc so no need to update

The port is from a different device and my understanding is that the video sizes are not 100% perfect, so on THIS build, setting to WQHD removes issues with distorted screens etc.

I am now on 2.1 and it is even better, very happy
[Galaxy S6 General] Zico 10:
920I/925I have received the update in India.

Suppose that means we're only a month or two away.

Anyone dirty flashed INU over an Australian firmware? Curious if I can do so in the meantime then reflash to my original firmware to get it back when released.

My aim being to do all this without wiping my phone. I have an app dependency (authenticator style app for work, which will need to be reset, which often takes days with our service desk).
[Galaxy S6 General] djshotty:
I just did a quick surf around of the usual sites, but failed to locate a download link for the Android 7.0 ROM with INU or INS CSC. I'd be interested to know where you'll be grabbing it from.

More often than not, an Odin flash wipes out user apps. After almost seven straight years of flashing Android ROMs to Samsung Galaxy phones, I've found the best way to put a new firmware version on is to back up apps with Titanium, wipe everything, flash, then restore. To that end, it may be worth your while to

- invest in Titanium Pro,

- backup your super-important app. (including its cache and data),

- save that Titanium folder on your PC or laptop,

- flash Nougat,

- install Titanium Pro

- copy the Titanium folder back to the phone,

- restore your super-special app.

IMHO Titanium is the best backup+restore app. for Android, but of course you'll need root access to use its full potential. Remember that before wiping your device, because if you can't find a method for rooting the stock SM-G920I Nougat ROM, there's no real point in leaving MM and killing off your super-special app.
[Galaxy S6 General] zakarados:
Downloading the INU update now via SamFirm
[Galaxy S6 General] djshotty:
I'm not touching it until Chainfire has an Odin flashable CF-Auto-Root for it.
[Galaxy S6 General] Zico 10:
No root, therefore no Titanium.

Thanks for the response.
[Galaxy S6 General] djshotty:
Which is why I said just earlier...
[Galaxy S6 General] zakarados:
Just finished setting up new install over my Telstra firmware.

Liking it so far. New look, and seems faster.

This will keep me happy until my s8 comes in a few weeks.
[Galaxy S6 General] Zico 10:
I meant that I haven't got root on Marshmallow, and have no intention of getting it on Nougat.

Did you flash directly over the top without a factory reset? If so, did you lose your apps and/or data?
[Galaxy S6 General] zakarados:
Yeah flashed directly over my Telstra firmware. Did not lose anything.

Installed s8 launcher, pretty cool stuff.