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[Galaxy S6 General] silashack:
OK, this lost me ;):eek:

I have been on XtreStoLite DeoMod Edition 2.4 for ages and my battery has been excellent, but two days ago it went to **** and dropped before my eyes, the culprit (for me) was google play store, so I removed the updates and it is now back to normal, now I feel confident to have a play with the MM RC1 he has produced, but I will remember to wear my new blue hat :good:
[Galaxy S6 General] zakarados:
I have having an issue with the GPS/compass when I use the INU firmware. This has happened to be on both 5.1.1 and 6.01, my compass is way off, but when going into the calibration settings by dialing *#0*# it is showing it is fully calibrated (blue with number 3). I use the app GPS Toolbox to temporarily fix the issue, but the issue comes and goes. When I went back to stock Telstra firmware (5.1.1), had no issues. Hopefully there is a long term fix or I might have to go back to 5.1.1 TEL firmware.
[Galaxy S6 General] djshotty:
All I'm trying to say in my post is, if you want to update your device's firmware give it a fresh slate to build on. It's obvious you've rooted your phone, so use that ability to fully back up your games and apps, wipe the thing clean and start from scratch. You've got no reason to yell and scream about the walls of the building developing cracks if the foundation you've built on is rock solid, and a 'dirty flash' simply does not offer that solid foundation...

If you have rooted your phone, use this:

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

Set the NTP Server to your continent and region, then the app. will change the server settings so your GPS will work better in your part of the world. I use the same app. every time I flash in a new ROM, and never have any issues with navigation apps such as Google Maps, Here and Navigon...
[Galaxy S6 General] madnezzz:
My battery life was terrible for 2 days after I dirty flashed and used arter kernel and recovery.

I reflashed again but only used arter recovery.

First day or 2 the battery life was not great but after those first 2 days the battery has been very good.

So maybe don't use arter kernel.
[Galaxy S6 General] zakarados:
Nope, not rooted. GPS toolbox does the trick for now. Hopefully a future update fixes this.
[Galaxy S6 General] numloxx1978:
A few more 6.0.1's on SamMobile have appeared.

http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/database/SM-G920I/
[Galaxy S6 General] ben_cool:
horrible lag in marshmallow something i cant even type

thats how much it is lagging..
[Galaxy S6 General] djshotty:
But you yourself said...

"I use the app GPS Toolbox to temporarily fix the issue"

which tells me GPS Toolbox does not do the trick.

Are you in Australia? If so, try using the Here navigation app. and Australian maps. By the way, you do realise that *#0*# is merely a sub-menu to test the phone's hardware, and nothing more? For a permanent solution, you need to rewrite your gps.conf file. It's kind of like a Windows operating system *.ini file that the app. uses to follow the programmer's default settings, which in certain instances can be changed by checking or unchecking boxes found in the Options sub-menu of the program's user interface. Now, because that file gps.conf is located within a locked part of the Android system folders - actually in the /etc folder - the only way you can alter parameters within that file and make them 'stick' is to have permission to overwrite the file.

There is indeed a happy solution to your dramas. Once your specific regional variant stock firmware is released, it will of course have the correct gps.conf file for your part of the world, making your GPS chip choose the right NTP server for you. Sadly, that means you're going to have to decide which is worse - rooting your phone to fix the issue right now, having your GPS play up like it has been or waiting until the regional sales code variant of Marshmallow is released for wherever you are in the world.

Hope that explanation helps...

You do realise you can get root access and still use the stock kernel? Read my Marshmallow Helper Post for more information...
[Galaxy S6 General] madnezzz:
Yes I've rooted but kept stock kernel.

I'm simply saying I think arters kernel might be bad for battery life.
[Galaxy S6 General] zakarados:
Thanks for the info djshotty.

I am in Sydney purchased s6 from Telstra.

I don't think I can handle going back to 5.1.1, so I will wait for XSA release then change.

Wouldn't mind sticking with INU though seeing though it gets the updates first for the 920i models.
[Galaxy S6 General] djshotty:
You're running exactly the same phone as me, except I've installed everything according to my Helper Post. That means I'm Knox 0x1 (rooted) but everything else is stock except the customer.xml file in the CSC folder, which I edited and optimised for use on the Telstra 4GX network. I don't have any issues with GPS because I recompiled my gps.conf file. Oh, and the name, as it says in my sig below, is Shotty...
[Galaxy S6 General] WildfireDEV:
I have a SM-G920I that I bought from JB-HIFI and I was wondering if i was to root what the warranty situation would be.
[Galaxy S6 General] numloxx1978:
Warranty void, as the firmware will be modified, but I think you can reflash stock and all will be on again? Shotty?
[Galaxy S6 General] Holty07:
I believe the general consensus is good luck. Wherever you go you might get lucky and they won't check Knox. I believe most have had good luck with warranty.

Sent from G920i
[Galaxy S6 General] dwarfer66:
Once warranty is void its void, flashing firmware again wont fix it.
[Galaxy S6 General] djshotty:
To answer your question properly, I'll need to know when you bought the phone. Even then, if it's closing in on 12 months ago and you haven't had any hardware-related issues with it, I say go for it and follow my Marshmallow Helper Post from start to finish. 'Rooting' however does indeed void the Samsung factory warranty. Also, I have never heard of any Galaxy S6 or S6 Edge owners who've had hardware faults after tripping Knox that have successfully had their devices repaired free of charge under that warranty, simply because to get root access to your device is an unauthorised modification of it. I myself rooted my S6 the day I bought it, because I trusted the methods laid out by Chainfire on how to do it properly, I trusted that I would look after the device well enough that I wouldn't need it to be repaired by some muppet technician, and I had over three years of games high scores I wasn't going to leave behind. This is why every developer here on XDA (and so many other smart people) exclaim as loudly as possible,

root the device at your own risk!

Sorry, but you seem to be mistaken about one important thing. Read my Helper Post, and ANY thread or discussion that's been conducted over the past 18 months about rooting a Galaxy phone which has Knox security, and you'll find the same answer over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over again...

Once you trip the Knox counter, it

CANNOT

be reset!​

Here endeth the (thatword-ing) lesson...
[Galaxy S6 General] WildfireDEV:
The phone was bought in April of last year but stayed unopened until recently. As I was completely happy with my M8 and M7 until recently. I am looking for a new challenge in terms of developing.
[Galaxy S6 General] djshotty:
Well then, the only way you're going to test new ROMs that you've cooked for the S6 is to have a custom Recovery, because the stock one won't let you sideload and flash a custom ROM *.zip...

Also, can I ask you a favour? Actually, it's something I hope more members would do, and that's,

When you want to reply to a hugely long post, can you not 'quote' the whole thing? Deleting out what you're not responding to helps maximise space, and realistically removes emphasis on the point you're trying to make. Sorry, just a rant from a guy who's been posting on bulletin boards for the best part of 20 years...
[Galaxy S6 General] WildfireDEV:
So you would say that since it is approaching 12 months i might as well go ahead and root it. Otherwise i was looking at selling it and buying something else.
[Galaxy S6 General] wintermute000:
It's probably worth more unopened and stock
[Galaxy S6 General] theronlas:
Is this file usable for all Telstra customers, if so can you post it?
[Galaxy S6 General] djshotty:
Throw Marshmallow on it, root it, get rid of all the crap you don't need (Facebook, Google Hangouts etc.) and enjoy your phone again. Then, once it comes out you can cook a custom ROM based on the XSA MM and you'll have even more fun with it.

It's the very reason why I hate fruitboxes. I've always thought, "It's my phone, I own it, I should be able to run it however I like", so to have my mobile device experience pre-configured in a way I cannot change is essentially desecration of the highest order.

From what reading I've done re: comparo's between S6 and S7, there's not that much difference overall. The S6 has a better camera, the display quality's the same on both, the S7 is only marginally quicker in loading up big games than the S6, output sound quality is so close its not noticeable by ordinary listeners and the mobile network connectivity is the same too. Add to that you'd be paying around $100 more for a seven than you did for your six, with no real improvement in performance. Lastly, do you really think that Samsung will release Android N for the SM-G930 without the same kerfluffle as that seen with MM for 920's and 925's?

Nice to hear from ya, brah! Yeh, you're right as always, but that's only because one in that condition would be quite hard to find, and then the owner would need to be convinced $-wise to sell it.

No, and no. I'm waiting for the XSA sales coded MM to be released before I edit the CSC files and decide whether to share them here. Until then, the only way you can change those files in the INU/INS Marshmallow stock is to flash it in, root your phone, copy them out to your PC, install a eXtensible Markup Language editor and manually alter the values for MTU (maximum transmission unit) to no more than 1500. You can, of course, change them in a custom ROM ZIP pre-flash, but I'm only running exactly what my Helper Post has instructions for the SM-G920I. I have no other device(s) to test or use except my daily driver S6, and my time constraints preclude me from changing ROMs every other day, so if I find something that works better than what I had, I stick to it.

As for when that XSA ROM will arrive, I am only using the time gap between a new 5.1.1 release for INU and the XSA 5.1.1 as a guide (a shade over one month), making the likely date for our very own unbranded Australian Marshmallow for 920/025I somewhere around 18th - 20th April 2016. Just don't quote me!
[Galaxy S6 General] wintermute000:
Well there's the very real consideration that the S6 may not even get Android N.... at least you're guaranteed that one major update (praise the samsung lord!) LOL so with S7 you're guaranteed N.

The S7 is also supposed to have much better battery life and SD card.
[Galaxy S6 General] djshotty:
Yeh, I notice the lack of add-on storage, and it would certainly be nice to have the 8GB I've got taken up with music free to capture photos and video.

I reckon you're right on your prediction for N as far as we 920 and 925 owners are concerned. Look at the S5 owners that waited an age for Lollipop while the Six had it from Day One, now we've had to wait for MM when the Seven got it straight out. I'm damn sure the domino effect's going to hit 930 and 935 owners when the Eight shows off N around late Feb. early March next year...
[Galaxy S6 General] clownage:
Do you guys know what to flash if i want to unroot my s7 edge?
[Galaxy S6 General] numloxx1978:
Try the S7 Edge Forums maybe?

http://xdaforums.com/s7-edge

Good luck :)
[Galaxy S6 General] djshotty:
Seeming though this is a thread with the Samsung Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge as the focus, most notably the International variant of those devices, you might do well to search around before asking such an irrelevant question. Go here...

http://xdaforums.com/s7-edge/how-to

and do some reading before asking a question that I'm sure you'll find has already been answered...
[Galaxy S6 General] numloxx1978:
HI Shotty, just reading through your MM post, thanks by the way. Which MM would you recommend for my S6? I use it on Vodafone and Telstra (When in the Pilbara working)

Will they work on those networks if I use the INU or other builds? Like the Brazil or Saudi ones?
[Galaxy S6 General] self_slaughter:
With XtreStoLite V3 Final coming out, It's time to format everything and start fresh again.

Decided to go custom kernel for drivedroid support this time.

In the process of setting everything up now. Let the good times roll.

:fingers-crossed:

adb sideload XtreStoLite-ROM-3.0-Final-DPCA.zip
adb sideload XtreStoLite_Aroma_Add-on_Package_v3.0_Final_DPCA_S6_G92xF-I-K-L-S.zip
adb sideload g920f-hacker-echoe-kernel-V14-30032016.zip
adb sideload BETA-SuperSU-v2.71-20160331103524.zip
adb sideload xposed-v80.0-sdk23-arm64-custom-build-by-wanam-20160211.zip

Edit: Seems like a winning combo so far.
[Galaxy S6 General] JohnnyGT:
my S6 having issues ... after a firmware error and needed to do recovery,i finally got it to go again and tried to install 5.1.1 firmware but phone just flashes on Samsung galaxy S6 screen for a few min the stops on this screen. After 2 hours still the same.

So i flashed the new MM 6.0.1 firmware and she boots up but no WiFi or Heart rate sensor or Bluetooth .

Question is can one downgrade from 6.0.1 to 5.0.2 to see if WiFi will work ?

after installing new MM (INS) recovery updated as well and now shows "samsung / zerofltedv / zeroflte / 6.0.1 /MMB29K / G920IDVU3EPC7 user / release keys.

And have shortened yes /no options
[Galaxy S6 General] djshotty:
Have a look at my sig. below that shows what device I'm using, what phone network I'm on, what ROM and kernel I've got going and even what homescreen launcher I have. If you have a S6, model number SM-G920I, then follow the instructions for that model. Same if you've got a S6 Edge SM-G925I. I wrote my Helper Post with easy to follow instructions that I know for a fact actually work, because it's exactly what I did to get to what I'm running fault-free right at this very moment.

Go through to my Helper Post and follow my instructions to the letter from start to the green writing, and continue to the end if you want to break Knox and get root access. Then, after you're done and running MM 6.0.1 INU, find out if you're having the same dramas and if so, then it's possible you have some deeper issues that aren't covered by a simple firmware update...
[Galaxy S6 General] djshotty:
Quick piece of advice for those of you in Australia changing back from Daylight Saving Time this morning (Sun 3rd April); check your Date and Time settings to make sure your timezone is right. The default for most phones is for Lord Howe Island (GMT + 10.5 hours) and if you have your phone set up for auto date and time you'll be half an hour ahead of the actual time for your location.
[Galaxy S6 General] JohnnyGT:
Phone is a 920I and installed INU MM 6.0.1 and is installed but when trying to reflash 5.1.1 or 5.0.2 it fails and get this message on Download screen and yes i think there is more to it then like you said firmware. more investigation needed

not to keen on root yet but still early days
[Galaxy S6 General] djshotty:
Why are you trying to go back to Lollipop? Again, follow my instructions on how to flash INU 6.0.1 and THEN see if you have issues. I am yet to hear of ANYONE successfully reverting to Lollipop after jumping to the full Marshmallow stock ROM, so I don't know why you're trying to 'buck the trend'.

Don't root it until you have given MM an opportunity. If by chance there is something up with your phone, and you've tripped it to Knox 0x1 then you've screwed your warranty.

Now, the best way to flash is one time, the right way. If you keep trying to overflash backwards and forwards between bootloader versions, you run the risk of wiping the EFS folder and IMEI memory locker. Once you do that, you're headed directly for connectivity issues with Bluetooth and mobile provider's LTE (4G), HSDPA and 3G networks.

Trust me, I'm a doctor. You don't post over 890 times and get over half that number in Thanks, then have the top two most thanked posts in a thread dedicated to one model, unless what you've said has been accurate and helpful. With that, you can toddle off thinking your way is best, but I do know what I'm on about so you may just want to give my method one more try...
[Galaxy S6 General] JohnnyGT:
I am not bucking the trend as everything was working on 5.1.1 so i want to see if its firmware related or hardware causing these issues.

I don't dought that you ate a doctor and your status says that, i will do it once again as per your method with the MM 6.0.1 as i done before. and not flash any more earlier versions to prevent EFS & IMEI problems.

If all this fails i will make a disision on either to take to Samsung or go root way
[Galaxy S6 General] theronlas:
If you have root there is an app called TimeZone Fixer on the store, this corrected the timezone data for me.
[Galaxy S6 General] djshotty:
It seems to me as though you may have corrupted your 'baseband' memory, also known as the IMEI register. It's kind of like the BIOS on the motherboard of your laptop and/or tower PC; a certain 'memory core' retains the International Mobile Equipment Identity number INDEPENDENTLY of the firmware, and if that information is cleared, your device can't register itself properly on a mobile provider's network. A loss of IMEI can also cause issues with Bluetooth, but wi-fi will (most times) still be functional.

Do a backup of your contacts, photos, music etc., then do a full factory reset. Flash in the new 6.0.1 that you've grabbed using the SamFirm tool; I suggest getting it that way because the ROM ZIP is coming directly from Samsung, so chances of it being a corrupt file are next to zero. When you get it up and running, do ANOTHER factory reset, and THEN go into the Settings menu, About device, Software info and have a look at what it says under the heading 'Baseband version'. If there's nothing like 'G920IDVU3EPC3' there, then you've found your problem.

DON'T ROOT IT! DON'T ROOT IT! DON'T ROOT IT! DON'T ROOT IT! DON'T ROOT IT! If you do, you'll void your warranty immediately.

As I just said, if there's nothing like what I said ('G920IDVU3EPC3') under the 'Baseband version' heading, go back to your homescreen, open your Dialer keypad and type

*#06#​

If you can't get your IMEI and device serial number on the screen in a big black and white barcode, then take the phone straight back to where you bought it and submit it for warranty repair.
[Galaxy S6 General] theronlas:
I am not so sure on this, my understanding of AUS consumer law would suggest that your retailer cannot deny warranty unless your modifications caused the damage.

That said I would never root a new phone with problems, get them fixed first.
[Galaxy S6 General] JohnnyGT:
IMEI & S/N is still intact when using *#06#

no need for backup of details as phone is clean, reinstall done of 6.0.1 INU with SamTool download used & Factory reset again via Recovery and Baseband version is available G920IDVU3EPC3

Root is not an option for me until this is sorted and IMEI & S/N is still intact & accessible when using *#06#
[Galaxy S6 General] Billchen0014:
lol my warranty expired already... but I just cannot live without root, in fact I don't recall ever owning an Android device that isn't rooted within 3 days of me purchasing it haha
[Galaxy S6 General] djshotty:
The reason why I told JohnnyGT not to root his phone yet was because if it DID have a hardware failure, and it was still Knox 0x0, he could get it repaired under warranty if it's less than 12 months old.

In addressing your post directly, theronlas...

To gain root access to the Android operating system on a Samsung device fitted with Knox security, you have to bypass that security system to install softwares which violate the Terms and Conditions of the Samsung Consumer Warranty.

Part 1, Clause 6 Paragraph E of the 'Warranty For Samsung Products (Australia Only) - Mobile Phone, Tablet, Galaxy Camera + Accessories'

General Terms and Conditions:

This Warranty does not cover damage caused by:

incorrect operation or not following the Operating Instructions (as stated in the Product Operation Manual or manufacturer's instructions provided with the Samsung product);

improper installation;

incorrect or improper maintenance or failure to maintain the Samsung product;

adverse external conditions or any other act or circumstance beyond Samsung's control;

use of non-authorised/non-standard, defective or incompatible parts;

password setting/ resetting and computer virus;

repair, modification or other work carried out on the Samsung product by persons other than by Authorised Samsung Service Personnel

The above Terms, as much as they make no direct reference to 'rooting' or 'jailbreaking', do cover 'non-standard modifications' to a device, which is exactly what happens when you flash in a non-standard software package. It's also been well publicised by Samsung Australia and in XDA-Developers threads that flashing in a 'custom Recovery' trips the Knox counter - which falls directly in line with Points 2, 5 and 7 in the list above - and therefore voids the warranty.

Sorry if that's bad news for you, but don't shoot the messenger.

Same, but I beat you! I rooted mine the moment I got home with it! I got mine in June last year, but like you I've got too many cracked apps, game high scores and other stuff I like to use that needs root access, such as Root Explorer, Titanium Pro, Lucky Patcher and Game Guardian. Not only that, Samsung can be buggered if they're going to stop me using MY phone the way I want to!

In that case, if you're still having problems with it and you have NOT rooted it, take it in for repair under warranty because it won't matter what firmware you put into it, you'll still have dramas. This is the next step in the troubleshooting process, to have an authorised Samsung technician check it out. Good luck!
[Galaxy S6 General] theronlas:
Samsung's terms are actually irrelevant, they cannot override consumer law. The only time they become effective is with extended warranties, but AFAIK Samsung do not offer warranty beyond the "reasonable" defined by law (a ruling against apple found that 2 years was "reasonable" since phones are offered on 2 year contracts).

I dont know of this being tested, but I doubt the knox 0x01 alone would be enough to deny service; should it be put to the test. In any case, deal with the retailer not the manufacturer, they are the ones covered by consumer law.