yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] mikeyinid:
Tmobile hates us
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] -Mr. X-:
Telus and Koodo are not updated yet either. but its a moot point since its the same rom as the other w8s. so atleast we have that going for us lol
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] hedphurst:
This worked perfectly for me. Thank you!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] roger1955:
Excuse my ignorance, but what is W8? Thanks

roger1955
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] LNJ:
920W8 is the Canadian variant.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] c_86:
Are you going to be updating the base with the new canadian update?

I am testing out the alliance rom right now, its decent, but not extremely happy with it thus far... It has some nice options and all... I would want to come back to this rom but I think i will wait till the next update as I will probably do a clean install
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] LNJ:
Does TWRP have the capability to create a rom.zip like cwm did?

If it does, I may be able to flash the Canadian update via Smart Switch when I get home, root and create a rom.zip with system and kernel!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] lizaSB:
From my understanding it is a bit more complex. What I've been doing is taking my backup from twrp and untaring it with cygwin. This gives you a system folder you could zip up and modify

I knew the update would come just as I started to get happy with my rom...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] LNJ:
Can the system.img file be modified from an Odin flashable package?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] lizaSB:
I haven't figured out how to extract the img yet. All the img to ext4s don't seem to work with the imgs for our device
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] The Sickness:
Use ImgExtractor. Don't have the link.

If you can't find it I will pm you tonight with the exe file and how to use it
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] lizaSB:
Already found it and got it working. No need. Thanks for the tip!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] -Mr. X-:
Flashing the system and radio now. will see how it goes.

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It still uses a stupid amount of memory it seems. the radio flashed fine works fine so far.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] lizaSB:
Could probably get the color fade fix going... I'm pulling the tar down right now and am planning to have a look at it. Have you noticed any of the "new/improved features"?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] Numzi:
Hey I just tried flashing this rom with twrp recovery on my Tmobile galaxy s6 then the flash failed and i tried to reboot and it wont even boot up past the galaxy s6 powered by android screen. Please hep!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] Spider_Pig27:
Okay did you wipe in twrp before flashing?

Did you check & make sure the zip isnt corrupted??
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] Numzi:
Yes and Yes. I fixed it with Odin - Stock. It was actually for my nephew's S6 and he flashed it and started freaking out. I checked if it would install/if the zip was okay, it was fine. It was just a big mishap I'm presuming. I used Odin 3.10 to get him back to stock and we'll see what happens if/when he tries to flash this rom again! Thank you anyway!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] -Mr. X-:
Nothing new, not that i have found. seems to run well. Memory isnt as bad as the last but its still a little ridiculous using over 1.5 gb. This seems like a lot.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] LNJ:
Memory management is still garbage. Opened Chrome, Flickr and Facebook then returned to Tapatalk it was flushed out!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] dantonuci:
thanks

Dirty flashed alliance then kernel ,runs beautifully, thanks for all of your hard work!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] mikeyinid:
This isn't the alliance thread lol but thank you.

I ran a hundred logcats trying to fix a few things today. I saw a ton of errors, not sure if it's just me because of all the crap I've been messing with, or if there's an issue. I can't wait for a new release so I can start fresh.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] mikeyinid:
Is OCH the firmware that our phone released with?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] dantonuci:
Oh I know but I flashed it over looper !
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] Alarand:
I remember it being OC9 before taking the ota to OCG

edit: yeah the cf autoroot file is still listed as for G920TUVU1AOC9 on cf website
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] lizaSB:
OCG I believe
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] mikeyinid:
weird. sammobile has och also.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] mikeyinid:
http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/download/45936/G920T1UVU1AOCH_G920T1TMB1AOCH_TMB/
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] guaneet:
thats for metro pcs.

SM-G920T1 is metro

SM-G920T is TMB
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] FligMupple:
It's 925W8
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] mocsab:
If you notice, Sammobile lists this firmware as SM-G920T1 -- there is another fle labled SM-G920T here

http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/download/45258/G920TUVU1AOCG_G920TTMB1AOCG_TMB/

My reccollection is that the G920T1 is METRO which sells TMOBILE service under their lable I beleive - but it can be flashed on our device
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] LNJ:
That's the Edge.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] mikeyinid:
Ah, makes sense. Thanks fellas.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] FligMupple:
Whoops, I thought you were talking about the edge. Sorry.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] v2.2v:
Does anyone use bleacher report? Playing video FCs on Looper yet plays fine on stock.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] LNJ:
Whilst the OE1 does feel snappier with the stock kernel, there doesn't seem to be anything visually new and ram management is still atrocious! Wonder how much different the EU release was that supposedly fixed said issue...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] Alarand:
Hopefully tmo is skipping out on minor(ish) updates to focus on 5.1 but who knows
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] LNJ:
Actually I really hope they fixed BT streaming not showing track information. Will have to test that out in the morning.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] Alarand:
Anyone having issues with the fingerprint scanner or is it just me again? ;p

It allows me to register fingerprints fine and the settings work but on the actual lockscreen it seems to keep saying it can't recognize the fingerprint and that I have to use the backup PW, before even trying to scan.

Seems to fc/freeze the phone also on the lockscreen
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] seniorstew:
Same here.. And go Dodgers!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] shook187:
It works fine for me. You might want to go into TWRP RECOVERY, Advance and then fix permissions with the box checked off. I think that would help
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] v2.2v:
I appreciate the help but still a no go after permission fix :/ BTW I forgot I also previously flashed another kernel, I reflashed Looper with stock kernel and fixed permissions (just to see) and till a no go

PS.

Go Dolphins!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] mikeyinid:
Did you do a clean install after switching out the /system/bin folder? cus, I just did. It doesn't boot. Just like I said. And, I don't have a backup...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] Alarand:
afaik yes. Wipe system/data/cache/dalvik in twrp then flash? (Just to be sure here)

I noticed that it was hanging on the Samsung screen before the upgrading android screen when I first tried flashing it. Not the boot screen with powered by android but the logo screen after the boot animation. I thought it was just not gonna boot at first so I wiped everything and flashed the regular rom with the larger bin folder and it seemed to be hanging again but after a few minutes it booted. So i tried the smaller one again and it booted fine also after waiting. Not sure why if 1.2 booted fine with the smaller bin folder it wouldn't also boot in 1.2a considering it's the same firmware?

The only thing I could think of is that I used the bin folder from the xtresolite rom (it's 23mb, the one from L1.2 is 22mb) by accident and it just happens to work fine, but I'm like 95% sure I didn't

edit: Or maybe some of the samsung system apps I deleted from the rom before flashing are preventing boot somehow? I don't really know what's in the realm of possibilities.

Sorry for suggesting it without warning definitely didn't mean to stop your phone from booting :/
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] mikeyinid:
Hey no worries. You're right, the bin folder is to large on 1.2a. I restored to stock last night to clear out all the crap I had lingering from messing with stuff and passed out before I even logged into Google. So I woke up with a bone stock phone and thought I'd try not remembering I wiped my storage...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] -Mr. X-:
Depending on what you've asked a kitchen to do while building the script. in most cases it removes all symlinks and does them on install in the script. so this will account for the size variance. IF issues arise, its most likely something that is not being symlinked properly in the script.

On the flip side if you chose to leave the symlinks in and your script is not deploying them. using a different bin folder that doesn't have the symlinks already in it will result in missing files, most of which are required for the system to come up and boot and what not.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] Spider_Pig27:
[MENTION=2918779]mikeyinid[/MENTION] the stock download you have in your op, is it meant to be flashed over looper?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] lizaSB:
Because all we're doing is modifying the same base of the same rom, dirty flashes are mostly okay as long as you don't notice issues. If we were flashing Samsung to cyanogen mod, then definitely. All the stock file does is revert all the system mods, which your data is probably not dependent on, so it will most likely be okay
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] shook187:
Did you even bother reading what's it for? It clearly states if you want to receive OTA if or when it becomes available... It also says you gotta flash stock recovery.

where does it say to flash it over looper?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] v2.2v:
If you want to receive an OTA from tmobile.....wipe and flash that zip and install stock recovery with Odin

He asked a simple question man, relax. He should have read and seen that, yes
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] Spider_Pig27:
Thank you, to be clear the only reason i had asked was because it said there to flash it & I wasnt sure if it was meant to be flashed on top of looper. New to samsung devices so dont really know much on this. Thanks either way.:good:

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clearly you have issues & are in the wrong place. GTFO with this type of response. It was a simple question & if your not one to help then your better of not replying to anything in xda.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] numel007:
Did a thread search and didn't see if anyone asked this. IS there a way to revert the center clock back to normal without losing any of the other SystemUI mods like 3minit?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] -Mr. X-:
Edit: oops, derped and posted in the wrong thread.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] facted:
Hey mikey. I know you're busy, but any way to remove that dumb airplane mode notification? Would be most appreciated!

Thanks!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] mikeyinid:
Without center clock...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] numel007:
You're the best mikey! :laugh:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] hugo87:
Loving the rom man! Thanks for your work. Just a question. How hard would it be to integrate music control with volume buttons?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] markapowell:
+1 on that request
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] seanvree:
Call me a noob, but I'm not sure what you mean by set permissions to 755? Im using root explorer, got the file into the ini.d directly, long press, and get permissions, I get a series of checkboxes. see screenshot.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] Alarand:
Hit "enter octal" and set the number to 755. It's a shame everyone's hesitant to ask for help cause people get offended here by 'noob' questions. Even the best devs were complete noobs once.

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Also I seem to be getting logcat spam regarding an error with what I believe to be one of the hidden status bar icons.

I'm back on stock testing out the battery life rn

I have absolutely abysmal memory so if this isn't helpful I'll try to actually grab the log next time. I don't remember the specific code but it was something like this, from uh statusbar.provider maybe?

-setting NWbooster icon something something

-error text,.(some sort of reiteration of the first line failing)

-setting status bar TMO

and it repeats at least once per second in that order. I'm new to debugging and such so apologies

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While I'm here I thought I'd talk about battery life. With deep sleep working and a lot of stuff frozen/deleted/greenified, I'm still getting about 2-3% drain per hour in standby mode on looper.

Like I said I'm new to debugging things but I'm assuming if somethings spamming logcat it could be a cycling error and draining battery. I have nowhere near the knowledge required to fix systemui code or whatnot but I can definitely help identify things that I believe are causing errors.

On stock right now I'm getting ~0.3% drain/hr on standby. I'd assume this is from some system errors happening on looper considering I heavily debloated looper far more, I could have caused problems, but I pretty much opened xtrestolite and looper next to each other and got rid of most of the extra apks present in looper. I'm not sure if you can even edit roms like this without problems but I figured I could try.

I'll try it out again once I've read up on rom building a significant amount more so I'm not giving people bad advice. [MENTION=2918779]mikeyinid[/MENTION] If there's anything you want me to test out I'd be glad to. Guinea pig status
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] mikeyinid:
That error you're seeing in the logs pertaining to network booster happens on stock as well.

Regarding battery life, I've left my phone off the charger a few times over the last few weeks to check idle drain. I never lost more than 3% overnight, one of those nights I slept 10ish hours :P

I got your PM regarding xstresto and [MENTION=2418057]Scuk[/MENTION] and [MENTION=693309]edgarf28[/MENTION]. I'm in contact with Scuk, our schedules never line up for us to chat more than in passing. And Edgar is on the other side of the world, even harder to get him on the line.

I want to reiterate something to everyone that follows this thread and/or uses this rom. I am not a dev. I started messing with this purely for my hatred of Samsung and touchwiz. I figured since I was doing this, maybe I should share what I'm doing. I DO NOT accept donations, although I appreciate the gesture. I have way to much to learn and I wouldn't feel right taking money from someone for doing something I'd be doing regardless. Also, I made a mistake last night and posted a modded systemui in another thread without asking the dev first. It turned into something I didn't intend it to be. I try to be respectful to everyone, and help when and where I can. I want you guys to know that this is NOT my thread. This is OUR thread, and our rom. Anyone can post anything in this thread anytime, as long as it's within the rules of the site, and is beneficial to us.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] -Mr. X-:
[MENTION=2918779]mikeyinid[/MENTION] http://xdaforums.com/xposed/guide-xposed-framework-samsung-lollipop-t3113143 Xposed is out! needs edits. and we need to use the arm64 xposted jar
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] nolimit78:
It's interesting you're having issues. The only thing I've been trying to chase down is the AudioMix wakelock that happens with facebook, google music, and chrome. No fixes so far. The bandaid using the greenify widget to sleep everything and lock the phone has been keeping it at bay for now but far from a fix. Have you tried using GSAM to see what exactly is eating your battery? I've also debloated more samsung things from looper and I'm getting far better battery life than I would on stock. I'm currently on 29hours with 33% left with 2:11hrs SoT. (This is also using bluetooth to stream music, exchange email on push, normal use) If you want you can check this thread out and see my screenshots of the issue that I have with the AudioMix
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] mikeyinid:
OMFG I'm on it
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] mikeyinid:
Bootloop :-/

Someone with more knowledge will have to do it...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] -Mr. X-:
it wont be me :eek: cuz i boot loop as well
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] mikeyinid:
The core-libart.jar files he provided are for note 3. They won't work for our device.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] -Mr. X-:
No i tried editing mine with the files he provided
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] mikeyinid:
i dont think its gonna work for arm64
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] -Mr. X-:
If i had ot make an educated guess its the libart files he provides

we will have to modify ours not use his as its from a different arch/device
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] mikeyinid:
He told me it has to be those exact files. Which is why I think it won't work on arm64
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] -Mr. X-:
Hmmm ****
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] :
if you get xposed working can you release something so we can get rid of the extra ui mods you have added like the center clock etc
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] -Mr. X-:
pulled together some of my old crew for an old fashioned jar edit. will report what we find.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] NxtGenCowboy:
Lets see what happens :cowboy:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] theherodrownd:
Is there a way I can modify a file to completely remove the clock from the status bar?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] Brava27:
Decompile the systemui.apk but it's pretty tedious
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] mikeyinid:
Use nova launch. it has an option remove the clock.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] mikeyinid:
Yea, no arm64 support....

http://xdaforums.com/xposed/unofficial-xposed-samsung-lollipop-t3113463
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] shooterlgk:
So no xposed for us yet
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] -Mr. X-:
Yep, no way about it we couldn't get it working.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] shooterlgk:
That sucks.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] Brava27:
So close I can taste xposed!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] numel007:
The apk is appreciated, but a quick replacement showed some spacing issues between the clock's left margin where it is almost touching the 3minit battery icon. I tried a few icons to make sure it wasn't 3minit's fault. Would this be fixable? If not, I'm perfectly happy with using the one you already made for me. :good:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] abbz123:
Saw this today... Sync fix.

http://review.cyanogenmod.org/#/c/98843
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] c_86:
sorry... but why... this doesnt apply to this ROM is any way... this is Cm12.1 based....
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] abbz123:
Sorry saw this on reddit android, here's some more context as it was originally fixed by Google but hasn't made it in into production yet.

https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/b0518c1500ef95b93784d8b6fa0a968263d3d8bc
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] NJGSII:
Gotta wait till that makes it's way into a future update.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] mikeyinid:
When that makes it to us, it's a pretty big deal. We really just need AOSP in a bad way...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] NJGSII:
Yes, it will solve a lot of the issues with the battery that has plagued some people with lollipop. Hopefully we'll see AOSP soon on this device.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] -Mr. X-:
AOSP with Fprint reader. thats all i beg for. the Fprint reader has made having to have a complex pass for my work stuff a breez.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] Alarand:
(sorry for OT, slightly rom related but whatever most of us are just waiting for updates for things anyway)

I wonder how much interest Samsung could bring to this device if they realized forcing software with shotty functionality and their logo everywhere isn't the way to appeal to customers. Nobody is buying this device for touchwiz lol. At least I highly doubt it.

If they provided a choice and helped make their FW/SW optionally open to development as to not infringe on stock security they could probably take away the vast majority of complaints.

Yet no, corporate 'profit over everything else' mentality seems to wash away any semblance of cooperation with non-profit, functionality motivated development.

I know Samsung doesn't give a flying rats ass cause they're getting their buckets of money anyway but still. Glorious things could be achieved

edit: Like why have facebook and amazon installed as stock system apps? Does Samsung really offer firmware space to large app companies at a cost, as a form of advertising? Most of us use facebook and amazon anyway but on samsungs side they don't care if the system integration is causing battery drain that it wouldn't otherwise - they got their money and the average user wouldn't notice. The only cost is that it degrades the quality of the device they're selling in the first place. It seems like backwards way of doing things if the goal is to make the phone appealing. It's kind of a hopeless situation
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] LNJ:
TW is actually pretty good. Just inefficient the way it is currently. Nice to see that it is not as bloated as it used to be!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] Alarand:
Yeah but I'd imagine touchwiz wasn't the selling point that made you buy the phone right?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] roger1955:
NFC icon still present on status bar

Running Looper 1.2a. The NFC icon is still present in the status bar. I use the Samsung wireless charger. I wonder what is keeping it from being hidden? I even reflashed the rom.

roger1955

Samsung Galaxy S6

SM -G920T

32 GB Black Sapphire
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] mikeyinid:
Yea, that was the one issue I didn't think anyone would notice LOL. Edit this line in /system/csc/features.xml:

<CscFeature_NFC_StatusBarIconType>none</CscFeature_NFC_StatusBarIconType>
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] roger1955:
Done! Thanks!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] Alarand:
Wait you're getting that battery life on looper? I'm assuming you use greenify, is there anything major that you do that prevents idle battery loss other than the deep sleep fix
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] c_86:
Im the same way... I will jump to CM as long as fprint works and the camera launches as fast as stock...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] mikeyinid:
Hey buddy will you do me a favor? Will you try the xposed hack using the files from the zip I'm attaching for core-libart.jar rather then the ones that were provided? Just grab the ones he has in the package he provided. I'm not home, and I have a birthday bash to go to this evening. If not, I'll try tomorrow or whatever..
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] Alarand:
Can somebody who is getting less than .5%/hour drain in standby point me in the right direction as to what they've done in terms of improving it.

I'm trying to figure out what's causing this sporadic battery drain and the guides / search results really aren't helping me at all
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] -Mr. X-:
Sure, I'll drop those in and throw it back together and see what happens, Little confused by your request though. Try just the smali in the package you attached or combine it with the ones he provided as well? "Will you try the xposed hack using the files from the zip I'm attaching for core-libart.jar rather then the ones that were provided? Just grab the ones he has in the package he provided. "

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Tried those file in our core framework. no go. still boot loops. i think xposed arm64 will have to be adjusted as well.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] mikeyinid:
Did you swap out just the 5 or 6 files darkera provided? Or did you drop all the files in?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] -Mr. X-:
dropped them all in dump truck style, i guess i should difft them. where did you get them?