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[Galaxy S6 General] boxa72:
thx for the link I will look into that. As it's nearly 1am I'll leave it till tomorrow to tell u the exact steps I've taken but basically my experience has been that it was easy to root 5.0.2 but 5.1.1 is proving harder. It's obviously not impossible but every phone variant is slightly different and in my experience writing code for Windows it seems even arbitrary stuff you have in memory can affect flashing but I don't know if this is the same for Android/Unix-like code.
[Galaxy S6 General] wintermute000:
I'm pretty sure when boxa72 says rooting 5.1.1 he means putting TWRP on.
[Galaxy S6 General] djshotty:
I flashed XtreStoLite into my 920i the same way I've flashed every single ROM into every smartphone I've ever used or worked on for a customer since I joined XDA. I've done a nandroid (or other backup), copied that to my PC then followed to the letter the instructions of the ROM chef. They're the ones who know the right way to get what they've cooked up and running. You can be sure the guys and gals who work hard to bring us improvements and upgrades to our devices have tested the poop out of them before sharing them here, so trust their methods. Following that path helps if something does go wrong, making it easier for the dev. to troubleshoot and fix any issue you might have. Add to that, the bonus of having a fully operational and recoverable backup - although I'm yet to research the success (or failure) of recovering a 5.0.2 nandroid after jumping to 5.1.1... :cool:

'Rooting' means: to open up access to the root of the firmware's filesystem directory on the device, allowing applications and end-users to make alterations to the installed operating system's files. If you flash in a custom Recovery, such as Philz, CWM or TWRP, you'll be 'tripping Knox' and voiding your warranty. That's what I myself mean when I say, "0x1 the damn thing!"
[Galaxy S6 General] boxa72:
No bro I'm not confused with the difference between flashing a custom recovery and rooting. I'm one of these people who get stuck in their ways like, what's worked for me before should work again. I develop for Windows which isn't half as fiddley. For starters in Windows you're already rooted from the beginning! I've just started learning Java and you'd think the migration would be simple, it's just code right. Wrong! They may be both derivatives of C but they're from different universes. Classes instead of being called the same thing and having the same dependencies, don't but anyway you get my point. I'm still learning bro, bear with me ?
[Galaxy S6 General] djshotty:
Didn't think you would be, mate! I was just explaining the process of 'rooting' - with reference to the Android operating system, of course! I will say, though, it's a funny thing how we use that word to describe the process. For me it's been a while between drinks, and its tough for an old bloke to remember if he was any good at it or not! ;)
[Galaxy S6 General] jcodde:
Thanks for the clarification that installing a custom recover will trip Knox. I assumed that if you root by flashing the unikernal or the XstreStolite ROM that these processes will also trip Knox. Is that correct?
[Galaxy S6 General] boxa72:
lol we're all getting our wires crossed. That wasn't directed at you. Anyway I'll stop being a stubborn f#ck n follow Edgars directions. I'm too curious for my own good n wanna know why something fails that worked previously although I hate looking thru logs coz as you know they're massive. I know u can filter them but I don't exactly know what to look for in Android logs like kmsg and dmsg

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Oh u thought bcoz u flash the Recovery with Odin that it wouldn't trip Knox. Yeah I thought that at the beginning too but I didn't care about Knox from the start as I don't care about Samsung Pay. It's just as easy to pull ur wallet out! flashing anything other than stock firmware will trip Knox
[Galaxy S6 General] djshotty:
From how edgarf28 explains it, you need a custom recovery to install XtreStoLite, which means you'll 0x1 it (trip Knox). Best way to find out the current status of your phone (with Thanks to developer vndnguyen) is an app. called Phone INFO Samsung. It'll give you a much more detailed view of what your device is, what it's running, whether it's rooted, if Knox has been tripped, etc. etc.

Available on Google Play Store at:

http://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.vndnguyen.phoneinfo&hl=en
[Galaxy S6 General] boxa72:
Yeah that's a sick app, been using it for a while but haven't forked out for pro yet
[Galaxy S6 General] djshotty:
NZC (New Zealand Unbranded) 5.1.1 G920IDVU2COGA for SM-G920i, available now at: http://samsung-firmware.org/model/SM-G920I/

TNZ and VNZ (New Zealand Testra and New Zealand Vodafone branded) 5.1.1 G925IDVU2COGA for SM-G925i, available now at: http://samsung-firmware.org/model/SM-G925I/

These are the full Odin-flashable ROMs, so if you plan on trying them out you'll need to know how to flash using that Windows utility. If you have not 'tripped' your device's Knox counter, using Odin to flash any of the above firmwares to either your S6 or S6 Edge WILL NOT TRIP KNOX, nor will they reset the counter if your device reports that Knox is 0x1. If your device is 'rooted', the flashing process will 'un-root' it. Be aware, however, the ROMs listed above are for the SM-G920i and SM-G925i only, so check your device's model number prior to flashing. Lastly, if you're looking to 'root' your device after you've flashed the new ROM, there's a few different methods explained in threads all over XDA - none of which I've personally tried, except for the UniKernel - so I can only stress that 'rooting' is something you choose to do at your own risk. My Sig below shows what I'm running right now, but yeh, don't blame me if you trip Knox on your phone...

With Thanks to Eselter, visit the XDA thread below for links to grab the Odin utility for Windows...

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=39785343&postcount=8
[Galaxy S6 General] Huey85:
If anyone is interested, the VAU 5.1.1 firmware is now available on SamFirm as well as..

http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/download/53561/G920IDVU2COGA_G920IVAU2COGA_VAU/

And

http://samsung-firmware.org/download/Galaxy S6/58b7/VAU/G920IDVU2COGA/G920IVAU2COGA/
[Galaxy S6 General] jcodde:
Come on XSA....!
[Galaxy S6 General] Huey85:
It's funny that voda was released even before XSA
[Galaxy S6 General] boxa72:
Yeah that totally doesn't make sense but obviously Vodafone has their act together more so than Samsung
[Galaxy S6 General] Huey85:
Aren't all the firmware files hosted on Samsung servers too?lol
[Galaxy S6 General] boxa72:
I'm not sure but atm XSA doesn't exist as far as Samsung is concerned.
[Galaxy S6 General] dlotters:
Yeah, the voda update is pushed out by Samsung, not by Vodafone themselves - they merely approve it for release following their "testing"

Voda were the last of the Australian telcos to get the previous firmware update (by weeks) and they got a lot of complaints on their online forums as a result. The cynical side of me wonders if they get to push it out first this time purely so they can not have that some scenario occur this time around.
[Galaxy S6 General] Huey85:
Yeah I know lol. but what I meant is that aren't all firmwares (including those for telcos), hosted on Samsung's servers?
[Galaxy S6 General] djshotty:
Yet Australia is listed as one of the first countries to get the Note 5 and S6 Edge+, go figure!:eek:
[Galaxy S6 General] boxa72:
Really? Thx for that ? Hey I just flashed the UniKernel by g.lewarne and it was painless. Worked like a charm but does however trip Knox if that's important to you. I accidentally installed Busybox after it was already installed by the UniKernel lol so I'm hoping that doesn't come back to bite me on the ass.

Edit: sorry that was meant for [MENTION=2311050]jcodde[/MENTION] lol

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Have you tried Xposed yet? Apparently it's working quite well!
[Galaxy S6 General] skinza:
Yer just don't flash on stock rom you will get stuck in a boot loop

Found out the hard way lol
[Galaxy S6 General] boxa72:
No bootloop here! I'm actually using the phone now. Are u talking about the kernel or Xposed? I flashed the UniKernel using Odin which is recommended instead of TWRP. I got bootloops left right and centre with TWRP!
[Galaxy S6 General] skinza:
Xposed

I've been using twrp with out issue previously on my edge and now on my flat s6
[Galaxy S6 General] boxa72:
Ok thx for the heads up ?
[Galaxy S6 General] jcodde:
This link to installing the Exposed framework on the S6 might be useful.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMoXEOtPQy8
[Galaxy S6 General] boxa72:
Thx brother ?

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Actually that's one of the better tutorial vids I've seen for anything! Very clear n precise. If u f#cked that up you've got serious problems lol
[Galaxy S6 General] djshotty:
I'm already tripped, so that part doesn't worry me. I've never had a single hardware failure with any Galaxy I've owned, so voiding warranty isn't a drama.

You're right to reinstall Busybox post-flash, it updates itself better that way.

Nah, the Samsung Theme Chooser is plenty good for my tastes...
[Galaxy S6 General] cheetah2k:
Vodafone Australia 5.1.1 is back up and available on Samfirm tool again :) Downloaded, decrypted, and unzipped - flashing via Odin right now :D
[Galaxy S6 General] djshotty:
Not my cup of tea, too much bloatware and that boot animation is yuk!
[Galaxy S6 General] Huey85:
I installed the NZ 5.1.1 for now. No bloat and has English (Australia) lol. Not to mention my reception is actually much better. Was only getting 1 bar on 4G+ inside my apartment but now I'm getting 2-3 bars.
[Galaxy S6 General] cheetah2k:
Ummmmm the VAU firmware is about as vanilla as the XSA.

No Voda boot animation

No bloatware (well nothing in addition to the usual Samsung apps) except for My Vodafone app which I use because I'm on Vodafone - and can be deleted.

LOL
[Galaxy S6 General] djshotty:
I will wait until its the base for the next XtreStoLite release. Cheers...
[Galaxy S6 General] harlz:
Should I do a factory Reset Before or after Flashing the NZ 5.1.1? When i flash roms i like to start fresh and this will be my first time flashing my S6.
[Galaxy S6 General] dlotters:
Factory reset afterwards.

The reason I say that is because you might want OTA updates (assuming you're not intending to root, etc) and they'll only come through once your phone is registered to receive them with its updated CSC - which does't happen unless you factory reset after you've applied a new rom (rom with a different CSC to the one you're replacing. If they're the same CSC then don't worry about factory resetting unless you want a clean slate - again though, do it afterwards).
[Galaxy S6 General] boxa72:
Yeah that was actually meant for [MENTION=2311050]jcodde[/MENTION] but anyway thx for the heads up on Busybox
[Galaxy S6 General] harlz:
Thanks for that. I'v Got Optus branded S6 and im sick of waiting for XSA or OPS 5.1.1, Coming from a Nexus 5, the lack of updates and current firmware is really bugging me. LOL
[Galaxy S6 General] dlotters:
I know what you mean. I was originally on Voda branded FW and was getting super annoyed when unbranded, telstra and optus firmware was released and Vodafone kept languishing behind. I switched to XSA and now I'm stuck in the same boat because this time it's Voda who are first (in Australia at least - still super slow compared to a lot of other countries)

But yeah, if your intent is to get OTA updates for the new CSC then you'll definitely need to factory reset after you've flashed the new rom.
[Galaxy S6 General] boxa72:
That's what I've been meaning to ask you! How is the ram management with XstreStoLite and general multitasking? I knew I wanted to ask u something but couldn't remember what, until just now lol
[Galaxy S6 General] cheetah2k:
I'm extremely happy with the VAU firmware. My S6 was originally VAU and I flashed XSA thinking it would be faster rolling out the updates... So back to VAU for me on 5.1.1. Ram sits on 75-85% used. Was 90-92% previously, and battery drain seems about the same as the previous version. I'll give it a few more cycles before say anything more on the battery usage.
[Galaxy S6 General] harlz:
I flashed NZC to my optus s6. Seems solid so far. I now get 4G+ in western Sydney. I never saw that symbol whilst on optus firmware. Perhaps optus locked that out?
[Galaxy S6 General] djshotty:
I'm not on the very latest release, but what I'm running at the moment is great for battery life, Next-G signal and multitasking...

A number of my friends had issues getting full 4G speeds on Craptus. They contacted Customer Support, only to find their accounts weren't actually 4G enabled. After a quick systems change, the speeds are there. I suggest anyone on Craptus having speed issues over LTE contact them to see exactly where their account stands re: LTE and LTE-A connectivity...
[Galaxy S6 General] harlz:
When you say full 4G speeds what speeds are you talking about? After the NZC flash today my phone has way better reception at home and work. Now getting 4G+ that hits 78+ Mbps. With optus firmware, never achieved above 50
[Galaxy S6 General] BobbyHenceMcGee:
Is NZC unbranded? Do you know the difference between that one and the TNZ one? They both show on SamMobile without a network, could it be New Zealand has two unbranded firmware CSC's or do they both release with different mobile networks but have no bloatware from their mobile companies?

Sorry for a million questions, it's just pissing me off that I can't find an answer anywhere.
[Galaxy S6 General] harlz:
I think NZC is unbranded. I got the link from a few pages back. T is telstra NZ and V is Vodafone. No carrier bloatware on NZC.

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http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=62413289

This may better answer your questions.
[Galaxy S6 General] BobbyHenceMcGee:
Lol go figure.. The one thread I didn't search had the answer right there. Thanks guys, will be flashing that tomorrow
[Galaxy S6 General] djshotty:
After my mate got his account sorted, we sat underneath an Optus tower here in Newcastle after midnight and we were getting over 110 megabit per second down on his S6 Edge, running DVU2COF8 with INU CSC. From what I'm led to believe, Optus in Newcastle and Melbourne are trialling CAT9 LTE-A, with projected speeds up to 500 megabits per second down. Currently, the Note 5 is the only retail device in the world that can run on it...

VNZ is Vodafone New Zealand, TNZ is Telstra New Zealand, and NZC is Unbranded...

The latest version of firmware for all 920i's - regardless of CSC - isG920IDVU2COH4...
[Galaxy S6 General] Huey85:
Not entirely true. The latest is actually G920IDVU2COGA for majority of the 920I CSC's with the exception of Singapore, which today just received the new G920IDVU2COH4 update, skipping COGA all together. There are some bugfixes and new features apparently. I'm downloading as I type this and will flash and see what's different.
[Galaxy S6 General] djshotty:
Country code has nothing else to do with how the operating system interacts with the hardware beyond writing to the baseband chip region identifiers and APN settings for the MSP's in the country the device operates in. Seeming though that APN information is already programmed into your SIM card, that just leaves the region specific firmware update checker as the only use for that information. Sooner or later someone smarter than me will recognise that two of the firstboot questions should be, What country will this device be used in? and What provider? Then the device will download the correct APN settings and libraries to ensure the best connectivity.

There's been a lot of talk from both the Fruitcakes and Android OEM's about producing a SIM-free phone. Essentially, you'd turn on your phone for the first time, connect it to the www over a wi-fi network and enter a confirmation ID from your provider. The device would then read the phone's status, download everything it needed to set your APN, sales code, user details such as Apple ID or Google+ account etc. and Barbara's your aunty. Want to stop your customers from voiding warranty? Don't tell them that happens after they trip a counter, instead make their device inoperable by not sending it that critical network connectivity data if Knox is 0x1. Of course workarounds will eventually appear in custom ROMs, but it will make a lot more n00bs think twice about installing anything other than what the OEM intended...:silly:
[Galaxy S6 General] cheetah2k:
The one greatest thing the Exynos has over Qualcomm chipsets - Wolfston Audio :) Even the quality over Bluetooth (Plantronics BB Go 2's) is fantastic :D
[Galaxy S6 General] zakarados:
Great news! I have my Jaybird Bluebuds coming on Monday!
[Galaxy S6 General] Peanuts.:
I came from the Nexus 5 as well. Not even worth comparing. The S6 is in a different league.

The sound is definitely better but the camera is the my favourite part about the phone. Being a photographer I neglecting my DSLR lol
[Galaxy S6 General] qkevinto:
Just received my Black 64GB S6 like two days ago, from Optus as well. Though I'm experiencing an odd screen issue, I've posted about it in this thread here, or quoted below. Anyone able to reproduce this problem on their S6, or possibly on an Optus branded S6?
[Galaxy S6 General] tryfound:
My Telstra S6 did this too a few times when I first got it, especially after changing themes. It would go away again randomly when I went outside our just after 5 minutes of leaving the phone.

Hasn't happened since I flashed Indian firmware though so I assume it's an old software bug that has been fixed in the newer update.
[Galaxy S6 General] cheetah2k:
I have a voda S6 128gb and my wife a Samsung online store bought S6 128gb, and both do the exact same thing with the higher contrast upon boot up.. I even went to Optus and Telstra shops to check their demo phones and they do the same thing. So... Its not an isolated issue. TBH it doesn't bother me now that I know all the phones I've looked at do it.

The one thing that bothers me is the notable quality difference between Samsung Store bought and carrier bought. My voda S6 seems to be way better quality. The Samsung bought S6 build seems shoddy - probably out of the first batch of handsets - even the back glass has minor defects in the glass (ripples, pimples, etc). Also the home button seems soft on the left side and if you tap it, it seems loose.

Other than that, great phones :)

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So I assume its safe to say we can flash any 920I fw over the Aussie firmwares? I see other countries have more up to date versions.. I was thinking about switching to the XSA aussie generic, but it too seems to be lagging behind... thoughtS?
[Galaxy S6 General] tryfound:
On Indian now but Trinidad and Tobago seems to have the latest
[Galaxy S6 General] thething869:
Just got my GS6 black from voda today and loving it!

Question for fellow aussies, do you have the A-Z button on the apps screen in touchwiz to sort the drawer alphabetically? New touchwiz looks good but ill switch to nova if i cant even sort my drawer....

And do you have the setting to turn off the capacitive lights?

Both these features seem to be missing on my handset... bit annoying
[Galaxy S6 General] qkevinto:
Ahhh, thanks for letting me know! Just making sure it isn't some sort of physical hardware/display driver problem, hopefully they'll fix it with an OTA sooner or later. Doesn't really bother me though since it happens only once on boot.

That's rather odd! My Optus S6 doesn't have any of those quality issues. I'm sure you could go to one of their physical stores and swap it out if it really bothers you.

I don't have the A-Z sorting on my S6, that was driving me crazy and I changed launchers right away. I think the only way to turn off capacitive lights is through battery saver mode, other than that I couldn't find a setting for that at all.
[Galaxy S6 General] Billchen0014:
which site have you been using to download these firmware? sammobile is like playing hearthstone on a htc legend(if you remember that device when crazy john's was around), impossible!
[Galaxy S6 General] tryfound:
Never had the (dis?)pleasure of using one :P

Sammobile, downloaded the Indian firmware at about 50KB/s which took a few hours...thing is once on it you'll get the OTAs for that country so you don't need to stuff around with downloading from sammobile again unless you're reverting or switching to another country's firmware.
[Galaxy S6 General] Billchen0014:
true, I just don't have the patience to wait that long, it is still early days for the S6, hope to see more ROMs come out later down the track, currently none of what is present here really tickles my fancy, rooted stock still seems to be the way to go.
[Galaxy S6 General] AinsCrowbar:
I'm using this app to change the settings for the lights:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.notquiteinsane.galaxybuttonlights&hl=en

I personally like having them always lit. Came from a OnePlus One to this S6, it's amazing how quickly I got used to the recent apps button as opposed to the menu button.
[Galaxy S6 General] thething869:
Ahh mad. Hope that works. Cheers mate. Yea im loving this recents apps button. Came from a GS3 and whenever i was running CM I would change the menu key to be recent apps - multitasking is just way easier

Yea I ended up switching straight back to nova. I really actually wanted to use touchwiz for a while since samsung has cleaned it up but no sorting was an immediate turn off. So stupid that they would remove it from the firmware - makes no sense at all.....
[Galaxy S6 General] s3ct0r:
Does anyone have the stock kernel they can upload?

I tried flashing a custom kernel but it doesn't boot past the boot screen.. so now I'm slowly downloading the firmware from Sammobile :P

Thanks heaps
[Galaxy S6 General] nihonjin:
I tried to install one of the other 920i stock roms the od3 from Trinidad and Tobago but it kept failing. I didn't wipe user data first as I was hoping I could dirty flash and keep my settings. I'm using odin 3.10.6 does anyone have any suggestions for me? Thanks
[Galaxy S6 General] s3ct0r:
In case anyone needs an Odin Flash of the Stock Kernel and Recovery for the Unbranded Australian Model (G920IXSA1AOC4), I made one up with Odin included.

Hope it saves people time from downloaded the whole firmware :)

https://mega.co.nz/#!wRBxGCBD!KVP-oVY3hcxdAnUKhHv2AYUguu1MUQisSPYsYD3-pBY

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Does TWRP flash on the Indian firmware?
[Galaxy S6 General] cheetah2k:
I assume this is similar to the Sammobile.com firmware XSA version?

http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/database/SM-G920I/XSA/
[Galaxy S6 General] s3ct0r:
It's the same, but it only contains two separate Odin files for the kernel and recovery, instead of the one massive Odin file with everything on it. :)
[Galaxy S6 General] samdroid711:
Did you try flashing a different csc on to your s6? And did it trip knox?

Planning to get from TEL to XSA
[Galaxy S6 General] boxa72:
Microsoft do a lot of that "protecting ppl from their selves bulls#it" and although that's fine for mum and dad type consumers, it's a pain in the ass for power users!
[Galaxy S6 General] djshotty:
Which is why I haven't left Seven. I know Win8 and Win10 are brilliant under the bonnet, but when Micro$hit took away inherent permissions for the built-in Administrator, I swore I'd never permanently jump to a new Windows unless I had full control over every aspect of the OS. Add to that a bland, ugly and boring GUI, the ridiculous amount of 'controls' over end-user user configuration and the fact it's now gayer than ever...
[Galaxy S6 General] dlotters:
XSA COGA firmware is now available through SmartSwitch (at least, it's available on 925I so I assume 920I also).