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[Galaxy S6 General] BobbyHenceMcGee:
Do what I did.. Flash Singapore then flash the modem getting the latest XSA. Will upload the bin for you.
[Galaxy S6 General] Paz9:
thanks id like that!
[Galaxy S6 General] BobbyHenceMcGee:
All good, I had it extracted from when I flashed it.

XSA2COGA Modem:

MEGA link

If you are after a different file sharing host, let me know and I'll see what I can do :p happy flashing!
[Galaxy S6 General] Paz9:
nah i love mega lol

how do i flash this in odin?

CP box?
[Galaxy S6 General] BobbyHenceMcGee:
Yeah the one that's below PDA. Not at my computer so can't check what they call it in this version of Odin but its always below the main ROM input. Didn't it used to be entirely different names for the buttons? Does my head in when they change them.
[Galaxy S6 General] Paz9:
yea

theres only one that accepts .bin files :P

Going to be flashing COH4 in a couple hours.

then going to stay on xtrestolite permanently i really like that ROM, very snappy.
[Galaxy S6 General] Paz9:
anyone have stock XSA pit file for the

SM-G920I 32GB model

i notice that all firmware regardless of region have AUS_XSA.pit file.
[Galaxy S6 General] skinza:
Anyone tried back to note rom

I'm using it now with great battery and performance

And Some minor ui changes

Imo just as good as stolite
[Galaxy S6 General] Obagleyfreer:
Using V3 ROM and 3.2 Kernel.

LOVING IT! Really smooth and fast in my opinion.

I converted all partitions to F2FS before install and my phone is the fastest it's ever been :)
[Galaxy S6 General] BobbyHenceMcGee:
Interesting, how'd you achieve that?

Edit: nvm, information used on the arter97 kernel page
[Galaxy S6 General] skinza:
What's the advantages of f2fs

Is it a lot better than whatever stock is
[Galaxy S6 General] BobbyHenceMcGee:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2697069

Judging by those performance tests F2FS is actually much faster.. Haven't broken my KNOX yet but this might be a good reason..
[Galaxy S6 General] boxa72:
I just downloaded the binaries for XSA and there was no pit file. I do have a question for you though, do I have to get a CSC enabled version of Odin or can I just run it thru AP like normal?
[Galaxy S6 General] BobbyHenceMcGee:
All you do to enable CSC is edit the part in odin3.ini under ButtonOption heading to a 1 instead of a 0.
[Galaxy S6 General] Paz9:
how do you do this? can i use F2FS with XtreStoLite?

is there a way to view what format the device is using? ext4 or f2fs?
[Galaxy S6 General] jcodde:
Why flash COH4 and then go back to xtrestolite? When you do the latter, do you plan to reflash XSA modem file or do you find the connections with the native custom ROM are fine?
[Galaxy S6 General] boxa72:
Just a heads up Edgarf28 has released XtreStoLite 2.3. The download links are hidden in his signature which is ingenious lol
[Galaxy S6 General] jcodde:
Do you have a link?
[Galaxy S6 General] boxa72:
In his signature you'll see 2.3 the 2 is the link to the firmware and the 3 is the link to the Aroma package but I'll post the links in a sec ok ?
[Galaxy S6 General] Huey85:
The temptation to trip Knox is rising..
[Galaxy S6 General] boxa72:
The link to aroma is https://www.androidfilehost.com/fid=240528044347803209 and the firmware is https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24052804347803208 sorry for the delay was doing something ?
[Galaxy S6 General] jcodde:
I'm with you. Samsung Pay just seems too far away.... [emoji22]
[Galaxy S6 General] boxa72:
Just dirty flashed 2.3 n it's perfect although the installation script isn't picking up the correct device so you'll have to change your model number in build.prop which is easy enough ?
[Galaxy S6 General] BobbyHenceMcGee:
Any idea what the changes are? Probably just a build update I'd be guessing.
[Galaxy S6 General] Paz9:
Knox is over-rated

first day of having my S6 i tripped knox a thousand times over.
[Galaxy S6 General] BobbyHenceMcGee:
Warranty in case of a faulty thousand dollar phone is never over rated. Not until sure it isn't. Or it's past the year of warranty.
[Galaxy S6 General] Paz9:
i flashed COH4 to see if i noticed any improvements (starfright tested too)

IMO i dont think the modem.bin file have anything to do with region/frequency used, i think the CFC files takes care of that, i flash CFC so Australia is showed on the first boot.

i think modem.bin is just an updated baseband for support, i havent read anything definitive though, there is absolutely no change noticeable changing my baseband

if you look in your APN settings youll see MCC/MNC settings, these tell the OS what frequency to use (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_country_code)

the pit fiile is in the CFC file you should have cache.img hidden.img and the .pit file
[Galaxy S6 General] boxa72:
There is a changelog and it's quite extensive actually. Stagefright isn't fully patched but I noticed that 1 of the vulnerabilities is fixed but I have 1 left. It's actually pretty good but I haven't had it long enough to really get a feel for it.

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Same lol
[Galaxy S6 General] BobbyHenceMcGee:
Nice, thanks.
[Galaxy S6 General] boxa72:
I put the changelog somewhere on my laptop and am trying to find it to post for you but someone posted it on the XstreStoLite thread yesterday so it will be in the last few pages depending on how many posts per thread u load
[Galaxy S6 General] jcodde:
Well I bit the bullet and just rooted my S6 (using Unibase). I have just added Flashify so I could add TWRP custom recovery. Backing it all up as we speak. Planning to move across to XtreStoLite 2.3 when there are a few more comments that say it is working well. Taken some time to let go but with Knox now tripped, I may as well have some fun! :D
[Galaxy S6 General] Paz9:
xto 2.3 + ater97 with /cache and /data in f2fs is looking good for my everyday rom.
[Galaxy S6 General] boxa72:
It's about time u joined us, well done! I know a lot of people are hesitant bcoz of the price of our particular device but u only live once and I doubt it phone will have a hardware failure at this point ?
[Galaxy S6 General] Paz9:
anyone know the main differences between unikernel and ater97 kernels?
[Galaxy S6 General] BobbyHenceMcGee:
Unikernel is just a stock rooted and busy boxed kernel to unite and allow multiple ROMs to work on any device regardless of model number. Arter97 is heavily tweaked.. http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s6/sams...development/arter97-kernel-galaxy-s6-t3171246 Look at them here

Edit: forgot to mention Arter97 also supports the same devices as UniKernel. Fwiw I'd be going Arter97.
[Galaxy S6 General] boxa72:
You're hilarious ? u just put **** on n ask questions later aye lol well like I said earlier u only live once so why the f#ck not!
[Galaxy S6 General] BobbyHenceMcGee:
XtreStoLite 2.3 is now properly released and the change log and links are in the OP. Was a few small changes he made since the RC6 version that's in his signature.
[Galaxy S6 General] timrichardson:
With xtrestolight I can't play purchased Google play video content. (Deodexed version). This happened in 2.2 and 2.3, regardless of kernel. Any ideas?
[Galaxy S6 General] boxa72:
Have a look in XtreStoLite thread bcoz I saw that mentioned there earlier and u might find a solution. I'm having drama with my Samsung Account not syncing. The only thing I care about is S Health and it won't work lol
[Galaxy S6 General] Paz9:
i test first, ask questions later :P

i thought unibase is stock rooted and busy box'd ? unikernel is supposed to be tweaked?
[Galaxy S6 General] BobbyHenceMcGee:
Yeah, you're right sorry.

Read the wrong bit, I was on my phone at the time.

UniKernel Features

- Supports F / I / S / K / L / T / W8 variants of 920 AND 925 devices

- Supports 920FS, ID and SD Dual SIM devices

- All edge screen special functions on Edge devices working

- Built from official Samsung BOG8 Sources

- Interactive governor as default

- FIOPS I/O scheduler as default

- VM memory optimisations

- Full init.d scripting support

- SE Linux set to permissive (will prevent private mode from working)

- Stock Clocks

- DHA tweaks added to build.prop on flash

- Fully working Auto-Root for all 5.1.1 roms

- BusyBox injection if not detected in ROM

- DriveDroid support

- CIFS / FUSE

Arter97 features:

Upgraded to the latest Linux 3.10

Latest Linaro LSK kernel fully merged

UI lags fixed with binder patch

SELinux set to permissive

Full unaligned access enabled

Processor scheduler improvements from AndreiLux

LowMemoryKiller adjusted for better memory managements

Interactive CPU governor patched for better battery life

Uses LZ4 with zswap for better performance

Installs swap-on-disk on /system partition

FHA enabled for better memory managements

Dynamic fsync from faux123

Networking speed improvements

Fading LED by AndreiLux and other Note 4 developers

Random driver backported from Linux 4.2+

Bic as default TCP congestion control for best networking speed

Built with latest Linaro GCC 5.2 toolchain with H.G linker

Power-efficient workqueues from Linaro

Proper, full support for f2fs & backported from stable Linux 4.0+

Entropy hook on storage removed for performance

Default file-system mount option with noatime

FIOPS I/O scheduler added and set to default

DT2W(Knock-On) added

AArch64 erratum fixes enabled

Have fun reading.
[Galaxy S6 General] Paz9:
thanks [MENTION=3015775]Stevles[/MENTION]

im testing both kernels and configs using antutu

so far ive tested arter97 with 2.3 xtostolite

stock xtolite FHA trumps DHA by 1000-4000 points in antutu.
[Galaxy S6 General] Paz9:
for those interested im testing this rom with unikernel fastest pre-config ext4 vs this rom with /cache and /data as f2fs formatted using antutu

1st attachment: 67799

2.3 with unikernel performance config standard ext4 formatted and tweaked FHA

2nd attachment 66917

2.3 with unikernel performance config standard ext4 formatted and tweaked DHA

3rth attachment: 69719

2.3 with arter97 with /cache and /data as f2fs (if you choose this route DO NOT flash /system as f2fs this is where rom is located, rom does not support /system f2fs)
[Galaxy S6 General] BobbyHenceMcGee:
Nice one.. Would be very keen to see FHA with F2FS. It'd probably create a wormhole!
[Galaxy S6 General] Paz9:
doing this next lol

love playing this game

also arter97 3.5 went live

ill be flashing that next.
[Galaxy S6 General] boxa72:
I'll be watching ur results closely especially the FHA/f2fs results
[Galaxy S6 General] Paz9:
strange

my arter97 and 2.3 rom results came back LESS than before 63000 lol

going to try something else.

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idk what happened in the last arter97 update but im getting constant 62-63k scores in antutu.

guess ill be sticking to FHA/unikV7/stolite.
[Galaxy S6 General] BobbyHenceMcGee:
Strange.. Oh well thanks for doing the leg work, it'll help several of us for sure.

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@virtyx I think once F2FS becomes more supported (probably in the near future and not necessarily with the s6) it'll be a God send. For now I think I agree UniKernel and EXT4 with xtrestolite is the best combination. Always preferred TWRP over PhilZ.
[Galaxy S6 General] boxa72:
Hey guys I use 3c Toolbox for some system optimisation and build.prop tweaks. Do u think that doing that is fighting against the UniKernel and generally pointless?
[Galaxy S6 General] BobbyHenceMcGee:
Most probably. UniKernel and the range of other tweaked kernels already optimize the living daylights out of the build.prop and depending on which ROM you use most of the time the system is already optimized to buggery as well (hence the point of custom ROM's)

I wouldn't bother double dipping with 3C toolbox if you already have UniKernel and a custom ROM installed, you may in fact make it worse.

Also 3C isn't exclusively tweaks for the S6, unlike custom ROM's and kernels so the chances of it making it worse because of tweaks that are out dated or not beneficial to the S6 are pretty likely to occur.
[Galaxy S6 General] jcodde:
Having spent the morning reading up on unikernel v7, it seems you have the capacity to tweak it using the Aroma installer that you'd probably be fine just with that.

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I'd be interested to hear what other apps / functions people are losing by using Xtrestolite. Sounds as though fingerprint scanner is okay if you have the right bootloader.
[Galaxy S6 General] jcodde:
Here's a link to how to install Xposed framework on your S6 if you're interested. Apparently it won't work on the stock ROM even it you're rooted. Perhaps another reason to move across to Xtrestolite. ...?

http://gs6.wonderhowto.com/how-to/install-xposed-framework-your-samsung-galaxy-s6-s6-edge-0163918/
[Galaxy S6 General] boxa72:
I got everything working fine now but most loss of functionality is down to the user. Mine was pretty easy to fix, I just wiped S Health data n started afresh. XtreStoLite runs beautifully!

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Anyone else considering getting a Note 5? Phones are so f#ckin expensive in Aussie but I'm still thinking about it as reports of battery life are way better than what I'm getting now!
[Galaxy S6 General] Paz9:
yup

philz is alittle buggy, and not well optomized IMO

afaik arter97 is a ported kernel if i read it correctly?

i just wanna get my head round FHA/DHA im not exactly sure how they work and what they do...
[Galaxy S6 General] jcodde:
Yes, nearly ready to move across. I've been adding some apps that only work on a rooted device and about to do another nadroid backup.

Would you recommend installing Unikernel v7 and doing another nadroid backup before installing XstreStolite?
[Galaxy S6 General] Paz9:
[MENTION=2311050]jcodde[/MENTION] nandroid first, before anything.
[Galaxy S6 General] Paz9:
has anyone used the new note 5? or read up about it?

how does it compare to the s6? is it much bigger than the s6?

considering giving my s6 to a sibling and getting the note 5 instead but im not sure, otherwise ill just get her a s6e for her birthday.

i see that the note 5 as an extra 1gb of ram.
[Galaxy S6 General] BobbyHenceMcGee:
No first hand experience but apparently the 1GB of RAM doesn't improve the memory management as much as you'd like.

Don't get me wrong.. With a custom ROM (will come in due time) it'll be fantastic.

But running stock most reviews make special note about how the memory management isn't fixed and it still runs bloated.

Typical Samsung am I right? :p
[Galaxy S6 General] Paz9:
ah yes guess ill just stick to this then :P

im getting constant 70k reports in antutu with xto on performance with FHA enabled

DHA drops it below 5k-10k less. so i guess its good
[Galaxy S6 General] BobbyHenceMcGee:
Nice. Which kernel and version of xtrestolite is that?
[Galaxy S6 General] boxa72:
Sorry mate I was out having a few beers ? I suppose it depends what stage you wanna kick off from if anything goes wrong but definitely do a Nandroid at some point. Preferably b4!

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I've actually seen benchmarks where the S6 has trounced the Note 5! Samsung should stay away from making n OS bcoz they're s#it at it. I mean they get features for free i.e

multi user and disable it. WTF! And don't get me started on TW.....
[Galaxy S6 General] BobbyHenceMcGee:
Agreed.

Build quality is fantastic though. Can you imagine an S6 running COS 12.1 and a CM theme of their choosing? It would absolutely 100% without a doubt BLOW the competition away.

Used RAM at start up would be about 10%, multi-tasking would be a breeze, arguably the best camera in a mobile phone today..

But no, Samsung insist on destroying the chances of that happening because they're run by a group of terrible business people.
[Galaxy S6 General] boxa72:
Exactly! But from what I gather the amount of RAM used isn't the problem as unused RAM is wasted. It's their management of both foreground and background processes that makes TW so bloody heavy. I haven't actually had the time to look at the code (I will next weekend) but I can guarantee you it isn't lightweight in any sense of the word!
[Galaxy S6 General] BobbyHenceMcGee:
Yep but that only applies for when you actually have apps open in the background. Quick memory wipe (smart manager, good enough) shows 1GB free for about 20 seconds and then pops back up with the Samsung bloatware and goes down to 500MB before any user apps are even started.

I mean seriously.. Unused RAM is wasted RAM and RAM used up with bloatware is RAM wasted as well.

Samsung are fools.
[Galaxy S6 General] boxa72:
Thx for the link BTW I keep going to read it n then get sidetracked lol but I'll read it now ?

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Yeah I'm gonna install Xposed coz I just love flashing s#it lol

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Installed flawlessly ?
[Galaxy S6 General] skinza:
I've tried 5 times to install xposed and I keep getting stuck in bootloop I don't know what I'm doing wrong I've followed the instructions

G920i stolite 2.3 with v7 unikernel
[Galaxy S6 General] boxa72:
I don't know what ur doing wrong either but ur best bet is to upload Conscript and Corelib to Wanam and he'll sort u out?
[Galaxy S6 General] skinza:
Thanks but I don't no how to do that

This is the first issue I've ever had
[Galaxy S6 General] boxa72:
Just post to him on his Xposed thread and he'll tell u what he needs.
[Galaxy S6 General] Paz9:
can someone please explain what modem.bin is exactly? is it just a firmware for the baseband or is it regional dependent?

i know CSC files are regional but im not exactly sure what modem.bin does?
[Galaxy S6 General] jcodde:
Here's the link to the latest version of Xtrestolite (v2.3).....

http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s6/sams...xtrestolite-deodexed-mod-edition-1-3-t3119968
[Galaxy S6 General] BobbyHenceMcGee:
(Correct me if I'm wrong) CSC files are basically changing small things at the request of the carriers.

Like minor tweaks and APN settings. Modems are everything you do with connectivity. Generally they all accept the same frequencies these days but some will be more optimised for specific countries. Like Australian modem might be better reception in Australia where a Singapore modem might be better reception in.. You guessed it! Singapore.
[Galaxy S6 General] Paz9:
i remember when this was the case with S3 series where the folder that held the modem.bin had the country code in the name of the folder

however looking at sam firmware for the s6, the modem.bin folder doesnt contain anything to suggest its regional specific like the CSC folder.

i.e

the folder containing modem.bin is:

CP_G920IDVU2COH3_CL5567447_QB5919770_REV02_user_low_ship.tar - this was downloaded from a singapore rom

CSC_OLC_G920IOLC2COH3_CL5567447_QB5919770_REV02_user_low_ship.tar - this is the CSC folder OLC is the region code

if we look at the COGA file for australian XSA:

CP_G920IDVU2COGA_CL5499188_QB5813187_REV02_user_low_ship.tar - this is the folder containing modem.bin again nothing to suggest regional

CSC_XSA_G920IXSA2COGA_CL5499188_QB5813187_REV02_user_low_ship.tar - these are the CSC files, XSA is the region.

this leads me to believe the CP (Modem.bin) folder/file has nothing to do with regions
[Galaxy S6 General] BobbyHenceMcGee:
Perhaps not anymore, who knows..

I know it made a huge difference in my Note 3.

S6 I've never had a problem with reception regardless of what baseband I'm using.

Still gonna keep the Australian baseband anyway though, it's very little effort to flash alongside ROM's so why not? :p
[Galaxy S6 General] Paz9:
its COGA base band i presume? isnt the COH3 later?
[Galaxy S6 General] BobbyHenceMcGee:
Yep. Reception is the same for Telstra on both. For me in my location anyway.

Flashed COH3 SGP and then after wards flashed the XSA modern. No difference so I can't be bothered flashing the SGP one back. Newer doesn't necessarily mean better/different.
[Galaxy S6 General] Paz9:
yea i might try out the coga modem tomorrow, my gym is a factory with metal all around it (kinda like a massive faraday) i get 1-2 bars on reception

ill flash the coga and see if theres any difference.
[Galaxy S6 General] BobbyHenceMcGee:
As good a test as any!

Here's a link by the way

Uploaded it a few days ago for a gent on this thread :p

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By the way have you ever tried VaderROM?

The guy updates his firmware very regularly
[Galaxy S6 General] Paz9:
ive read over his thread but i dont see much difference from xtrestolite?
[Galaxy S6 General] BobbyHenceMcGee:
Yeah don't think there is really, was just curious about benchmark scores with his ROM vs X.

Probably not much, but if you do venture down that path I'd be interested to get your opinion/results :p

In the mean time I think X/unikernel/FHA is a perfect combo.
[Galaxy S6 General] Paz9:
ive benchmarked my phone so much, changed roms, stock to kernel to odex'd roms

i think i may have to hold back abit lol.
[Galaxy S6 General] BobbyHenceMcGee:
Uhhuh completely understand lol
[Galaxy S6 General] Huey85:
Is there anything in xtro rom that is not working which would hold it from being a stable daily? Main concerns for me are finger print scanner and Aussie banking apps with tap and pay (specifically CBA app)
[Galaxy S6 General] boxa72:
I don't know about tap and pay but I've had no drama with St George. The finger print scanner works flawlessly also

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My battery life is insane now compared to what it was like on stock. I haven't done any benchmarks bcoz it's noticeably far better.
[Galaxy S6 General] BobbyHenceMcGee:
What kernel and memory management type are you rocking?
[Galaxy S6 General] Huey85:
Thanks mate. Really tempted to trip that Knox sucker for xtro but don't wanna lose out on any functionality that I need. Also, resale value of untripped Knox S6 is also kind of holding me back lol
[Galaxy S6 General] BobbyHenceMcGee:
Yep resale value for me is a major factor. Got a Oneplus One sitting in front of me all day and to be honest the only thing stopping me using it as my daily driver is the lacklustre camera. Terrible quality compared to the s6. The screens a little "meh" as well.
[Galaxy S6 General] JazzaYWB:
I flashed XSA over the Optus firmware, and it looks to be fine.
[Galaxy S6 General] Peanuts.:
Just received this update. Haven't noticed anything different. Perhaps a Samsung/Optus update? Did anyone else receive this?
[Galaxy S6 General] JazzaYWB:
Can you tell me what build number that is please mate? I'm running the g920iDVU1AOD1 , but I'm not sure if it's the latest or not.
[Galaxy S6 General] pwnyu:
S6 64GB from Telstra – Flashed XSA G920IDVU1AOC4 when first getting the phone no issues and everything in the software refers to XSA

Trying to get the update for XSA – G920IDVU1AOD1 but whenever I select "check for updates" it keeps telling me no updates are available.

Not sure what's going on, anyone else having issues?
[Galaxy S6 General] Peanuts.:
I have the same build number as yourself. Must be on the latest.
[Galaxy S6 General] JazzaYWB:
Cheers mate. Thank you.
[Galaxy S6 General] samdroid711:
Cheers mate, had an s3 before. Never had to deal with this knox bullcrap. Sammy in Sydney Westfield ended up flashing XSA for me so if anything goes wrong its on them >8D

I'm on AOC5, do you happen to notice any improvements on AOD1/ since the OTA?

cheers
[Galaxy S6 General] Peanuts.:
Haven't noticed anything different. Hard to tell cause the phone is so snappy. Battery life seems the same, mine is being drained by Google Play services when on standby.
[Galaxy S6 General] b_bhavu:
Back up and restore

So if I want install xsa firmware on Vodafone s6, can I just back up my phone with smart switch, factory reset, install newer firmware and restore it back with smart switch. Does it work like this?