[Xposed General] arter97:
/* Intro */

3 months after the first functional Xposed for Lollipop by [MENTION=4419114]rovo89[/MENTION] was introduced,

now here comes *somewhat* functional Xposed for Samsung Lollipop firmware.

Embrace yourself.

/* Technical background */

Why were Samsung users left out of the Xposed party?

Because Samsung has massively customized ART runtime included in their firmwares compared to AOSP.

And plus, because the system partition has so little space left, they have additionally implemented xz decompression on top of ART.

Those 2 main reasons has differentiated Samsung's ART from the rest of the ROM's ART.

More technical information on post 2.

/* Disclaimer */

Your warranty is now void.

I am not responsible for bricked devices, dead SD cards,

thermonuclear war, or you getting fired because the alarm app failed. Please

do some research if you have any concerns about features included in this project

before flashing it! YOU are choosing to make these modifications, and if

you point the finger at me for messing up your device, I will laugh at you. Hard. A lot.

/* Prerequisite */

Due to my skills limitation, only

deodex'ed ROMs

are supported for now.

For more explanations, checkout post 2.

/* Supported firmwares */

Every ARMv7(32-bit) Samsung Lollipop Android 5.0

deodex'ed

firmware should work.

But please note that I have tested this only on Galaxy S4, Note 3 and S5.

For 64-bit, please check http://xdaforums.com/xposed/unofficial-xposed-samsung-lollipop-t3180960 by [MENTION=3562083]wanam[/MENTION]

For 32-bit on Android 5.1, I cannot develop on it as I don't have any 32-bit devices capable of running Android 5.1.

/* Before you download ... */

Donate to [MENTION=4419114]rovo89[/MENTION]

Donate to [MENTION=3562083]wanam[/MENTION]

Show your thanks to [MENTION=6258761]_riddle[/MENTION]

Without these people, this would not have been possible at all.

/* Details about binaries */

CyanogenMod's ART runtime changes merged - Performance improvements

Compiled using Linaro GCC 4.8

Method in-lining optimizations made in Android 5.1 merged

Few Android M ART runtime changes which were early-adopted by Samsung merged

-O3 and other compiler optimizations added

Release separated to "exynos" and "snapdragon" versions for more compiler optimizations

Optimize everything enabled

/* Download */

Attached below on XDA

/* How to install */

1. No matter what you do, back-up first.

2. Install XposedInstaller app from http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=3034811

3. Flash the attached Xposed framework zip on the custom recovery.

/* How to uninstall for V1 ~ V7 */

1. Flash the attached Xposed uninstaller zip on the custom recovery.

/* v75+ sticky note */

With v75 and up, this port do not longer touches core-libart.jar, thanks to [MENTION=3562083]wanam[/MENTION].

This would potentially increase compatibility and fix other weirdness such as malfunctioning email app.

However, this introduces some variables.

First, there are more versions that you should choose.

Exynos and Snapdragon is quite self-explanatory, but there are now new "requestConcurrentGC" version for maximizing compatibility.

Don't know what to choose? Don't worry, it won't break your device if you install a wrong one.

If you install a wrong one, the installer will simply tell you that you should go with the other version.

As far as my testing goes, only the Korean Note 3 firmwares should install "requestConcurrentGC" version.

Uninstaller part have changed too.

You need to use uninstaller provided directly by [MENTION=4419114]rovo89[/MENTION].

Do not use my uninstaller for v75 and up.