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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] LNJ:
Thanks. I never had any issues with 2.8.6.0 either but updated anyway!

Anyway to integrate whatever was fixed on the new European OTA to our stock roms while we wait for our OTAs to drop?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] mikeyinid:
I've actually flashed the new firmware. I didn't notice any improvements. Seriously. I'm not sure what others are seeing but it seemed exactly the sabre to me.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] mikeyinid:
Try a dirty flash
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] c_86:
would that not cause issues?

I am running an ODEXED rom right now , so wouldnt going to a diff ROM that is Deodexed cause issues?

I am doing a fresh download right now to see if maybe it was a bad download as the 1st time i downloaded it, i did it on my PC and transfered it over to the phone.... so
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] mikeyinid:
No. Dirty flash is fine. I haven't done a clean install since I got the phone and I've flashed more times and firmwares than I can count. Some not even for our phone.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] LNJ:
Is there a new kernel?

The biggest pain in the butt is how Tapatalk doesn't survive the minute you navigate away to 2 other apps!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] c_86:
nope... same issue... redownloaded the ROM and tried a dirty flash and had the same issue... does not mount the system.... fricken odd man....
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] mikeyinid:
Yea i,flashed the kernel also. Pretty much the full firmware other than the modem and bootloader. Everything behaved exactly the same. I messed with it for a few hours.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] mikeyinid:
What device to you have? And which version are you downloading?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] c_86:
W8 from canada... and installing the looper1.1 version...

I have xtrestolite-pure-edition installed currently (which is a TMO based ROM) and KT kernel...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] mikeyinid:
That's so weird. There's almost 50 downloads and only you and one other person have had the issue. I'll download it now to see what's up.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] LNJ:
That's too bad.

I'm assuming call audio and Network Settings were broken with the EU setup on the 920T?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] c_86:
I know... makes no sense to me... everything says is installed perfectly fine, just after its done it just cannot mount system... even if i go onto TWRP and try to manually mount the system it says unable to mount system...

I dont know if it matters but when i got the device, i rooted with CF root, then loaded stock recovery to deal with the deep sleep issue, then flashed TWRP, then loaded the xtrestolite-pure-edition ROM....

Not sure if anything in that makes a difference in whats happening... just thought I would give ALL the details here...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] mikeyinid:
how weird, i downloaded it and it flashed fine. if there is an odin package, go back to stock, then without using cfauto flash twrp in odin, then flash the rom.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] c_86:
I'm trying to avoid going back to stock via Odin if I can... I don't want to lose all my pics and junk. Pain in the arse moving that stuff back and forth lol

I may try that tho and see.

So let me see if the steps I have in my head are correct.

Odin flash stock

Odin flash TWRP

Boot into TWRP

Flash looper

Flash kernel

And that should be it correct?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] mikeyinid:
Flashing an odin package shouldn't wipe your internal storage. I hope not, ours doesnt. And yes, odin firmware, boot up, reboot download, flash twrp, then boot into twrp and flash rom.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] LNJ:
Use Smart Switch to backup your pics and music. Works very well.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] c_86:
I'll give that a try here in a bit and report back soon
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] mikeyinid:
Are you sure? Seems like I tried deleting that and it was still there...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] freebee269:
yes i'm sure. i tried deleting the folder also but got a failed message. i was able to uninstall the apk with a root uninstaller app but i cant delete the folder for some reason. something is stopping it from being deleted even though i have root. i think the folder should be deleted from your deodex zip file that way it doesnt get installed at all.

edit: i just tested deleting adaptclient folder from your deodex installer and then installed it on my phone and in fact adaptclient is gone. no more popup asking for root upon clean install.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] mikeyinid:
Yes, thank you for pointing it out. I thought I'd tried it with no luck. Honestly, I've been messing with so much stuff I forget most of it.

I cleaned up SystemUI, got the clock the same gray color as the icons, set them back to 16.0dp, removed s-finder but left brightness slider. Added a power button to the clock, so long pressing on the home screen brings up the power menu, short press turns the screen off. I think I had it there before, can't remember....
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] mikeyinid:
How about ambient display.....
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] mocsab:
'

Just checking to see if the folder in the OP was updated with your changes yet? It looks like your posts indicate you had completed the work but didn't know if you had posted it yet?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] mikeyinid:
I have not posted anything new today, it'' probably be tomorrow. I'm suppose to be doing homework but my ADD has got the best of me today LOL. The old lady isn't happy haha.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] mocsab:
I can relate my friend - take your time - everything is working well so far - looking foward to he update when ever you get around to it.

thanks again.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] mikeyinid:
Flash this...Need some feedback on the ambient display. Seems to work OK for a while then stops. I forget what the behavior was on AOSP. Seems like it may have been similar, only lighting up for the first noti from each app.

https://mega.co.nz/#!2Y1yhTBL!17jg6nfweyrygKOClsZKfUt5kyMzc5lB1p3-EV6B9UU
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] mikeyinid:
Also, I forget who was asking me to add 3minit battery. I messed with it for quite some time today. I kept getting systemui fc's, I think I need to switch to an older apktool to get it to work.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] mocsab:
[YOUTUBE][/YOUTUBE]

that was me asking for it - I appreciate your efforts - hopefully it will work out - but if not, I understand - thanks for everything here so far - nice work!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] Alarand:
Is there any chance you could point me in the right direction as to how to just remove the safe volume warning? It's the thing I'm most interested in, I've been looking around and I can't seem to find a guide that would work on the S6. I'm using xtrestolite and I believe that's odexed?

Any help much appreciated :)

If not that's fine too :p :good:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] mikeyinid:
There isn't a tut that directly transfers over to the S6. It took me trial and error to figure it out. But, it's a smali edit so you'd have to be deodexed for it to work.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] mocsab:
same behavior for me - doesn't light up when you pick it up --
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] mikeyinid:
Yea, and it's suppose to. Do you think it could be a little brighter too?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] mikeyinid:
I'm confused. I see people in the other rom thread reporting bugs and asking for features. This rom has no bugs, has more tweaks, but nobody is using it. Do I need to package something up with a fancy name and aroma installer to get people to use it?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] mikeyinid:
Only the tweaks. But you have to flash the deodexed version to use it. I only removed stuff you can get from the play store. All samsung apps are still in there to preserve functionality. If you don't want them you'll have to remove them yourself.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] potatomanwrl:
If you mention that you've included tweaks in the title, it would probably get more people. I overlooked your thread at first because I thought all you did was add root. But right now it seems like you've done a really good job with this rom so far. I didn't see a donate button, but if you get all the stuff worked out that you're trying to do, I'd gladly send you a thank you by donation.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] mikeyinid:
Haha. That's cool man but I don't have a donation link for a reason. I do this for myself and share it for others to use as well. And I edited the title ?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] mikeyinid:
Maybe I'll try to make an aroma package that let's the user choose between odexed and deodexed. I've never messed with the aroma package but I'm sure I could figure it out.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] potatomanwrl:
Well you're doing the best work on this device so far, so you have my thanks. I just came from the note edge with hyperdrive. Are you familiar with that rom, and if so, is that where you're planning on going with this? Lots of optional tweaks and mods? If so, you'll be my hero lol.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] lizaSB:
The w8 firmware I used definitely wiped my sdcard, so definitely make a backup
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] mikeyinid:
I'd be screwed if ours wiped storage. I've had to flash it like 50 times now lol
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] lizaSB:
I used the skip soft toolkit to just wrap the system.img in its own tarball and am able to avoid that :good:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] c_86:
hey gents... update

Flashed the stock image via odin... didnt wipe my SD card, thank god... (although i had a back up)

rebooted...

download mode and flashed TWRP

rebooted

recovery, flashed the ROM and still the same issue... failed to mount system...

WTF is going on!!!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] Paradoxumical:
As much as I love the no brightness slider, the lock screen feels empty without the clock. Any chance you could tell me which value was modified to hide it, and/or a flashable zip to undo it. Forgot to backup.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] mikeyinid:
That's freakin nuts man. I'm sorry you're having those issues. I'm at a loss..
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] c_86:
what in the world could cause the system not to mount? in all the devices i have used, i have never seen this happen, not even once... sure bootloops etc, dealt with those alot, but never ever seen a system not mount
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] mikeyinid:
Use the same zip. Open it with 7zip. There's 2 lines in there that add/change values in the table. The one referring to lock screen, change the '0' at the end to 1 and reflash it.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] mikeyinid:
There isn't even a mount command in,the updater-script, that's why i'm confused. And you're sure you have the newer build of looper? And newest twrp?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] c_86:
ya... I had an older version of twrp earlier when I first tried to do thise, but flashed the latest one earlier this evening. direct from twrp's site...

as for looper (the R2 link in the OP, which brings me to https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23991606952600594 ) , i got it from the OP. downloaded it to my PC and transfered to phone...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] Paradoxumical:
Thank you. <3
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] c_86:
UGH!!!

i have been googling, how to fix the mount system issue.... found somethings, and was able to flash it and it not say unable to mount, but then it just reboots on its own out of recovery and bootloops again...

I am really frustrated right this right now... I cant even go back to factory right now, because when i do everything from my old ROM remains and i get FCs of gapps and play services and its useless... oy.....
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] guaneet:
Hook it up to kies and try to factory recovery. Funny to thing it all because of a call bug.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] c_86:
its not just that... this ROM has a couple more features that I want versus the other ROM i was using... that call bug was just a minor annoyance...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] Lmax579:
Any progress on removing center clock?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] Fightoffyoredeamons:
Right here^

---------- Post added at 10:10 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:09 PM ----------

^^^
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] lizaSB:
I ran into this issue a while ago, accidentally deleted my Google apps. You can download play services (440), play store and webview all from apk mirror. If you update them individually I think it will fix your fc issues with Google stuff
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] c_86:
i just dont get why the hell this ROM will not install... frustrating beyond belief...

i just restored to complete factory... going to give this one more try before I give up and just stay on the ROM i was using before and wait for CM

EDIT:

I officially give up... makes no sense to me what is going on, tried various fixes etc... nothing is working here... I am reloading factory, then going back to xtremlite... or at least i hope to...

EDIT 2:

was successfully able to install the xtremelite ROM without any issues at all... this is s weird... looks like im stayin on that ROM for a while...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] lizaSB:
http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=60408777&postcount=1

It's very possible though, that the hw test app this code calls was removed in the debloating process. You might have to go back to stock >.>
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] c_86:
THANKS!!!!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] bamfsig45:
Curious if we can get a tethering hack for this ROM?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] mikeyinid:
You can use the one posted in this section. It'll work just fine.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] bamfsig45:
Thank you, right under my nose....my search function is weak apparently.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] Paradoxumical:
In case anyone else wants remove the brightness slider, but keep the lockscreen clock.

It's a flashable zip.

All credit goes to Mikey.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] c_86:
Ok, after a good night sleep... Im still shocked that i could not get this to work... makes no sense as to why it wouldnt mount the system after install...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] LNJ:
Did you at any point encrypt your phone?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] c_86:
nope... never have
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] guyd:
Would you mind posting an official link from Samsung on where to download the official Smart Switch.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] LNJ:
http://www.samsung.com/ca/support/smartswitch/

Towards the middle of the page you'll have a Windows and Mac option.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] mikeyinid:
I got init.d working on the ROM level, which I think will allow SELinux to be set to permissive on the rom level as well. It's working fine for me so far...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] shojus:
DAMNN YOU! Lol :D I just got around to flashing version 1.1 and u drop this... It's hilarious cause I have been setting it up 4 the last hour and I am one of those flashers that HAS to do a clean flash on every update. Well, looks like I will be flashing all night now. Hey thanks for keeping this rom updated and super smooth! Also, can u PM me your settings from what I asked you on your Twitter? Would be much appreciated as I am not good at experimenting with that kind of thing so I am trusting your wisdom on this! I sure am glad we have you in our forum or we may not have anything to keep our habits going. Take care and talk to ya later...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] tiboric:
I'm getting the same mounting problem. But trying to install on 925f (although it should install as every 920f ROM has installed and worked fine till now) has anyone come up with any ideas yet.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] mikeyinid:
It won't work on 920f. But, it's strange you guys that are not 920T or 925T are getting that error. Has anyone that isn't one of those two devices successfully flashed 1.1?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] mikeyinid:
I won't be releasing 1.2 yet. Wanna take care of a few more things first. Lmk what you think of how this runs. I notice certain things, I won't say anything because I don't wanna plant a seed, but I'd like to know if anyone else notices too ?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] tiboric:
LoL don't realise I was in the T-Mobile forum. ( I was following your posts back on your profile, trying to find a way to patch colorfade bug)

(Yeah I always get the mounting problem with 925T ROMs as well, would have realised if I knew where I was. :) )

Any chance you could patch my services.jar if I sent it to you?

and could you possibly share it on the 'F' forum?

Thank you
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] mikeyinid:
Sure. Post it. I'll patch it then you can post it in your forum.

Has to be deodexed.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] tiboric:
Thank you so much!

Yes I am deodexed

Attached the jar

Thank you again
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] shojus:
You know I just realized after I left that post that you really didn't update the rom and I was lookin all over the place for it. Lmao But this truly does run VERY smooth so i am glad I switched from that "other" rom I was on. I will look into those settings and see or "hear" what I can find. :cool: I'll get back with ya but thanks 4 keeping this rom going 4 us all!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] mikeyinid:
I need your framework-res.apk also
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] tiboric:
Sure thing... attached and zipped up together.

Took a while to upload, thanks for your patience
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] mikeyinid:
Here you go. Paste it into system/framework and set permissions then reboot.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] tiboric:
Brilliant, Thank You Mikey, I will test then pack into a flashable zip.

Love this community,

Thank You Thank You Thank You Thank You Thank You Thank You Thank You Thank You Thank You Thank You THANK YOU
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] mikeyinid:
Just so you understand what the patch actually does... It doesn't help with the aggressive killing of apps we all know about. What it does do is keep the device from becoming unstable over time. There is another memory leak caused from something regarding music playback, there isn't anything I can do about that right now though.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] -Mr. X-:
thanks for the rom [MENTION=2918779]mikeyinid[/MENTION], I'm going to try it out today. Any chance you can add carriers for us Canadian hosers into the apns config in /etc to make it easier for us :P

I aipped the apns conf from the G920W8 and attached if you decide to merge in the missing stuff for us.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] mikeyinid:
I will definitely fix that for you guys.

So, you're not getting the "unable to mount /system" error that others have reported?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] -Mr. X-:
I havn't flashed it yet, I am just about to, I will report back.

Edit: It also made my system unmountable. The system image must be corrupt :) I will nandroid back and wait for the next go. Thread is subbed.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] mikeyinid:
Since oreos are winning, I thought I'd make sure you all know this secret ninja oreo eating technique :P
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] Fightoffyoredeamons:
It sounds like there is an issue flashing this rom with just the W8 variant.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] -Mr. X-:
[MENTION=2918779]mikeyinid[/MENTION] I see the problem. Your system image is too large. The System partition on the W8 is 3GB your image is 3.8GB. We must have more app space and less bloat ware space. If you included the "cache" image in your kitchen and it integrated it into the system image this could also be the issue as its packing the CSC bloat into the system possibly.

Gonna have to slim it up for us hosers ;) or repack if its not a matter of it actually having 3,8GB of data in the image.

Here is some info on the W8 partition layout

root@zerofltebmc:/ # ls -al /dev/block/platform/15570000.ufs
ls -al /dev/block/platform/15570000.ufs
drwxr-xr-x root root 2015-05-12 09:36 by-name
drwxr-xr-x root root 2015-05-12 09:36 by-num
lrwxrwxrwx root root 2015-05-12 09:36 sda -> /dev/block/sda
lrwxrwxrwx root root 2015-05-12 09:36 sda1 -> /dev/block/sda1
lrwxrwxrwx root root 2015-05-12 09:36 sda10 -> /dev/block/sda10
lrwxrwxrwx root root 2015-05-12 09:36 sda11 -> /dev/block/sda11
lrwxrwxrwx root root 2015-05-12 09:36 sda12 -> /dev/block/sda12
lrwxrwxrwx root root 2015-05-12 09:36 sda13 -> /dev/block/sda13
lrwxrwxrwx root root 2015-05-12 09:36 sda14 -> /dev/block/sda14
lrwxrwxrwx root root 2015-05-12 09:36 sda15 -> /dev/block/sda15
lrwxrwxrwx root root 2015-05-12 09:36 sda16 -> /dev/block/sda16
lrwxrwxrwx root root 2015-05-12 09:36 sda17 -> /dev/block/sda17
lrwxrwxrwx root root 2015-05-12 09:36 sda2 -> /dev/block/sda2
lrwxrwxrwx root root 2015-05-12 09:36 sda3 -> /dev/block/sda3
lrwxrwxrwx root root 2015-05-12 09:36 sda4 -> /dev/block/sda4
lrwxrwxrwx root root 2015-05-12 09:36 sda5 -> /dev/block/sda5
lrwxrwxrwx root root 2015-05-12 09:36 sda6 -> /dev/block/sda6
lrwxrwxrwx root root 2015-05-12 09:36 sda7 -> /dev/block/sda7
lrwxrwxrwx root root 2015-05-12 09:36 sda8 -> /dev/block/sda8
lrwxrwxrwx root root 2015-05-12 09:36 sda9 -> /dev/block/sda9
lrwxrwxrwx root root 2015-05-12 09:36 sdb -> /dev/block/sdb
lrwxrwxrwx root root 2015-05-12 09:36 sdc -> /dev/block/sdc
root@zerofltebmc:/ # cat /proc/partitions
cat /proc/partitions
major minor #blocks name

253 0 1310720 vnswap0
8 0 31240192 sda
8 1 4096 sda1
8 2 4096 sda2
8 3 20480 sda3
8 4 8192 sda4
8 5 28672 sda5
8 6 34816 sda6
8 7 8192 sda7
8 8 43008 sda8
8 9 1024 sda9
8 10 1024 sda10
8 11 768 sda11
8 12 256 sda12
8 13 9216 sda13
8 14 15360 sda14
8 15 3788800 sda15
259 0 307200 sda16
259 1 26955776 sda17
8 16 4096 sdb
8 32 4096 sdc
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] tiboric:
Yeah I understand :) , I've P.Med you about something similar wonder if you can shed a light on it....

Cheers
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] mikeyinid:
Dammit Samsung... Ok, I will figure something out. Reminds me of the M8, GPE was like 1gb for system partition, sense was like 2.8. couldn't do the conversion then flash sense roms.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] -Mr. X-:
There is probably some PIT muckery the W8 users could do but it would be at the expense of more /system bloat space and less user app space. so ideally. Slimming the rom down some is the better option for us W8 guys and gals.

Curious of what the T partition layout looks like. any one care to run the 2 commands i did in my post above?

Edit: Also, my math was wrong this early before my coffee. the W8 is 3.5GB in /system :) factory image is 3.0GB
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] mikeyinid:
The reason I went to the .img is because I was having so much trouble with the updater-script. I'll try to get that worked out today.

ANDDDDDDD, attempt 1 failed. I can give you guys a zip that'll work, but you'll have to flash supersu seperate, which I don't like...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] -Mr. X-:
I'm cool with that i flashed it separate to root and i have it on my sd. Until you get it fixed.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] mikeyinid:
I think I got it working.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] c_86:
OMG!!! does that mean we will be able to flash this finally!! I dont care about flashing SuperSU separately either... used to that....
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] -Mr. X-:
Here is the Stock/International boot image and sound, its flashable. for us canadians who do not wish to have Tmo Branding.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] ethan.r.besbris:
Can I flash this on my Tmo S6 to remove the Tmo boot?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] mikeyinid:
Got it flashing with root. Need to figure one more thing out and I'll have a zip for you guys.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] c_86:
OMG OMG OMG!! wOOt!! :D
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] mikeyinid:
BOOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

File is uploading. Had a permissions issue with init.d but it's squared away.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] -Mr. X-:
you sure can. Probably works on the S6 edge too. there is zero risk of brick. worse case it just does not work and you still have the tmo boot animations. Let me know.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] mikeyinid:
Upload to AFH failed (shocking)...

Trying Mega now...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] -Mr. X-:
lol yeah the HTTP uploader stinks, email them they will give you a developers ftp account.

Owner of AFH is a cool guy I've personally dealt with him. He Hosted a lot of our work back in our Synergy Rom days.