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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] Aou:
My gut says "yes" - flashing the WHOLE Odin-to-stock tarball should work fine. Personally, if I cared much about Knox, I would either:

a) Find someone else to do it first (hehe), or

b) Create a new tarball that flashes the stock System, Kernel, and Recovery (

omit

the sboot.bin & cm.bin)... flash that first.... and then later flash the stock bootloader.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] sarnex:
When I had only the Unikernel and engineering sboot, I flashed the stock 3.4gb image for my 920T with odin and everything went back to stock without tripping knox. I assume the custom recovery would still work without tripping knox.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] tofu-:
You actually don't have to set anything up. As soon as you click fingerprint in settings, itll error out asking for a reboot. If the configuration screen pops up, then I guess flashing twrp was the fix?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] sarnex:
Ok, I just tried it and the fingerprint sensor still doesn't work. But I think the new kernel fixed the in call audio, which is all I care about. Sucks ;(
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] thiagomme:
Too bad that this method breaks fingerprint scanner. Will keep waiting for a less ghetto (lol) method.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] tofu-:
i find it odd that a lot of people don't use it. it was the only thing that made me buy this phone over the g4 haha
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] Aou:
It's an odd thing. I never used it on my S5 - thought it was useless hardware adding to the price tag. Even when I got the S6e, I didn't use it at first.

And then I tried it.

And now I love it.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] TheArtiszan:
If I already rooted with aou kernel and twrp and want to get the finger print reader working again, can I just flash the other kernel? Or will that trip Knox since I have the other recovery? How can I get the finger print reader working.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] sarnex:
I don't think the scanner works on either kernel
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] RubenRybnik:
Also really interested in getting the scanner working. I did the full sbin/TWRP/Kernel setup for the G925T (S6 Edge Tmobile). I don't really care about Knox at this point either, just want to get to a point where I have a fully working 5.1.1 ROM that's rooted. Is it the kernel or sbin that's causing the scanner not to work( I'm guessing Kernel ). If it's the Kernel can I just take any ol' G925T compatible 5.1.1 rooted ROM and flash with TWRP with the engineering bootloader and be up and running?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] sarnex:
It's the sboot.bin. I flashed to stock 5.1.1 and stock sbin, and of course it worked. Then I flashed the engineering sboot.bin with stock kernel/recovery and I got the error. Maybe someone can hack around it with the kernel or ROM. I'm not sure.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] Aou:
It is indeed the engineering bootloader, and it makes sense to me, actually. Back when the 5.1.1 OF6 update dropped, the first thing I tried doing was flashing the modem/recovery/kernel/ROM from the update, skipping the bootloader (keeping the OCG/5.0.2 bootloader, so that I could downgrade). The result was my

fingerprint reader and brightness sensor both stopped working

.

And, with the stock OF6/OF8 bootloaders, I can run a custom kernel and modified ROM just fine (albeit with a blown Knox fuse), and all sensors work fine. Heck, I even flashed the G920T kernel I made the other day, and it technically works... but causes some ... weird side effects... and I don't want to do that again.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] sarnex:
Is it possible to create a ROM or kernel that fixes the fingerprint and brightness with the engineering sboot.bin? I'm really uneducated in this area.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] Aou:
Hmm, I don't really know what's going wrong with it, unfortunately. If it's something as simple as something wrong or missing in the kernel command line (which in our case, is mostly generated by the bootloader), this can be overridden with a custom kernel command line. But that's really ugly anyway.

Beyond that, it would take some really deep digging to figure out.

I wonder, what version does this engineering bootloader report? I wonder if it's even OF6+.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] sarnex:
Dial *#0*# and hit the Sensor button. Maybe you'll be able get some useful info. For me on the engineering, the light sensors seems to change but I can't get the fingerprint test to do anything and it says version null. Sensorinfo gives me HwModuleTest has stopped working.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] Aou:
Hmm. Perhaps the fingerprint firmware is actually located in the bootloader? I would imagine there's an extremely high chance of that...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] sarnex:
I flashed back to stock, and I get version 6.41.47.547, sensorinfo doesnt crash and normal scan does something. It seems like you're right. Is there a way to dump the fw and use a kernel hack to load it?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] Aou:
That would probably be the best way to tackle this. But I have no idea where to start with the bootloader stuff. That'd be some more advanced stuff. Because the bootloader image is a binary, I don't even know how to go about looking at that kind of stuff. I suppose one could go and mount the bootloader partition and go poking around? Seems dangerous. :P
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] sarnex:
Anyone who knows more feel free to jump in
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] zagtastic:
that probably makes a lot of sense from the security perspective. as it's a big binary blob and the boot-time entry point, that probably greatly reduces the chance of the fp firmware being tampered with which could compromise (if not destroy) the security of the phone...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] Osiris RD:
I've tried, but can be rooting takes many errors it is advisable rootearlo up and do what is needed and put the firmware back to factory
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] ReTro FuZe:
What would happen if I decide to flash stock kernel after already being rooted with this method and kernel?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] TheArtiszan:
I was thinking that too. After it is rooted, put back stock recovery kernel and bootloader.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] TheArtiszan:
Also is there anyway to get smart manager to stop barking about this.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] jussho:
There are settings to turn that stuff off. I think you need to look in a couple of different spots, but I don't have this anymore because I totally turned it off and also disabled some system apps.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] nitefallz:
So what's the consensus here? This works without tripping knox, but you lose fingerprint scanner protection?

And what's the big deal with tripping knox?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] TheArtiszan:
Not being able to use Samsung pay when they release it
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] chaunold:
It's not the kernel, it's the bootloader that is breaking the fingerprint scanner. It seems to be the engeenering sboot.img bootloader. Every kernel with that bootloader I get an error, however on the OF6 bootloader it is fine. I tried for the hell of it going in TiBu and wiping data on the fingerprint scanner apk and seeing if it does it which i figured it wouldn't. Hopefully one of the hardworking devs on here can find a way to modify that engeenering sboot.img or to make a software hack to make the fingerprint scanner work with the current engeenering sboot.img
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] chaunold:
Wait, what good is Samsung Pay without a fingerprint scanner lmao ??
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] meraz9000:
Fingerprint firmware is stored in the boot loader. Also you cannot root phone and then go back to stock kernel. Your phone will not boot due to the 5.1.1 new system integrity checks. tl:dr if you want 100% working phone at the moment you must flash a custom kernel and trip knox.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] TheArtiszan:
Has anyone had much with Google wallet after this
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] ktetreault14:
[MENTION=1124755]Aou[/MENTION] the engineering sboot is 5.0.2 I believe that's why the sensors won't work.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] TheArtiszan:
But once it is already rooted and system has the su binary. Couldn't you flash the stock kernel, recovery, and bootloader and have root still work?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] drock212:
I did this and lost root and had to flash unikernel to get root back. I'm seeing it as, unless we get a 5.1.1 engineering bootloader or ah talented dev can mod the current engineering bootloader, we'll continue to have broken fingerprint scanner.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] Aou:
Explains everything - indeed why I saw the same behavior when trying to flash OF6 w/o flashing the bootloaders (was trying to keep backwards compatibility).

But, I don't give a care about Knox. I just respect that some people do, so I am always careful to warn everyone when flashing something of mine could trip Knox. ;)

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I see where you're going with this (official binaries with custom System, keeping from tripping Knox...). Nope!

Problem is:

The stock 5.1.1 have two things against us:

1) They use dm_verity. If you try to boot a modified System partition (and by modified, I mean in ANY way whatsoever), it WILL boot-loop on you. Period. This dm_verity must be disabled, or the check bypassed (as it is in my kernel, for example). That is, until some clever person finds some way to disable dm_verity on a fundamental level, without customizing the kernel. Considering these kinds of hacks usually reside within System, and the kernel refuses to even touch the System if it detects it's been modified... I don't see this EVER happening.

2) Further, it appears that root is currently impossible without SEAndroid set to Permissive. This is also a custom kernel hack. This one might be hackable/explotable/bypassable, but with the dm_verity thing against us, I don't see this being practical, unless the root method never modifies the System partition. But, then, what would be the point of root if we can't modify System? :(

So... it's one of those, "nice try" but these new security measures are really quite good at what they do. And to what point and purpose? What good are these new security measures?

Reason 1: One of the biggest reasons for Knox is to allow corporations to utilize Android devices as corporate devices. And corporations (and government) need to have high security, in most cases. If your phone is modified, rooted, etc... there's no guarantee of this level of security anymore. Thus, the e-fuse gets blown and Samsung says, "This device can no longer be trusted!" It's actually very clever.

Reason 2: Factory Reset Protection. It's basically Android's version of Apple's Fine-my-Phone lock (where you can "never" reset a phone and re-use it as your own, making the device worth less on the "black market" and therefore allegedly making it less a target to be stolen to begin with... whatever...). Good intentions, but if someone's going to steal my phone, a) FRP ain't gonna discourage a thief - most thieves are pretty stupid, and b) better run, bad guy. I've got a gun.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] PanchoPlanet:
Ok Mr Smith & Wesson, I won't touch your phone. :o

Lol. ;);):sly:

Pp.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] RootAll.mobi:
I have one 5.1.1 , i need unlock it ,

can i root by this solution , Unlock it , and Unroot / flash original , for not have sensors problem ?

You think this is possible ?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] nitefallz:
So I'm leaning towards just doing a normal root and tripping Knox, but I've yet to find a list of all the side-effects of doing that. Anyone know of a list?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] mrbmg:
Other than tripping knox all is well. I have fingerprint scanner and call audio. I think with the current kernel and recovery everything is spot on. For me at least. G920T
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] Aou:
Theoretical side-effects of tripping Knox:

Stupid store managers might have policies to not take back Knox-tripped devices for JUMP or warranty problems. Samsung might decline warranty service due to tripped Knox.

Speculated side-effects of tripping Knox:

Allegedly Samsung Pay won't work with tripped Knox, yet I've never seen anything official on this. I believe this is 100% pure speculation at this point.

Known side-effects of tripping Knox:

Samsung Knox won't work anymore, and your company or government branch may refuse to allow your device to connect to their systems (email or whatever else) due to lack of guarantee of security.

Other than those, nothing.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] sarnex:
It seems like it should be possible to ignore the sboot.bin version check in the kernel, which should fix the scanner. Can anyone who knows more comment?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] mrbmg:
The scanner is fixed with new unikernel.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] chaunold:
Wait the scanner is fully working on unikernel? Has it been compiled for a release yet or still working out bugs?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] sarnex:
There's been no update to the thread since June, and the developer's git repo for v3 doesn't seem to have a fix for the scanner. Are you sure you're on the engineering sboot?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] tofu-:
he's on the stock bootloader, hence why the scanner works. check his post history
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] Aou:
Yaaaay, false hope....

But what's this about sboot.bin version check in kernel? If you point it out to me, I can take a crack at it.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] sarnex:
I assume the kernel at some point has to look at the firmware from the bootloader and decide to reject it. Wherever that happens, we can just accept it if it's an old version. I tried looking in the kernel for this code but I couldn't find it. But I'm completely inexperienced with the kernel and I don't know where anything is.

If you find where it is let me know.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] zgroten:
Have the sboot.bin links been removed? Can someone please share a mirror with me?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] ballu84:
Noob here...what's the difference between auo's kernel and unikernel?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] 16v:
I also get a warning. Securityalert. There wehre some Not authorized activities... Maybe in english a Bit different...

And There is a triangle AT the top bar...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] ReTro FuZe:
Go into titanium backup, under the Backup/Restore tab select SecurityLogAgent 4.0.1 and FREEZE it.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] 16v:
THAT´s it!

THANK YOU!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] LowaEastSide:
Hello Everyone, Truly Need Someones Help...

Ok, This Is my Delema, I went to root My New (Not AnyMore SMH) TMobile s6 (G920T), I Honestly didn't think i would find myself in this situation cause I've been doing this rooting, twrp, and Custom Rom thing for Many years now. However After Rooting this device, and following the steps to a TEE I'm having HUGE ISSUES with the Response of the Device, and this is something I've NEVER seen in the 8yrs of dealing with devices (Ever Since my First Android Phone, G1). Now, long story short, If i press a icon on the right of the touch screen it opens the Icon directly to the left of it, so what i mean EXACTLY is if you look at your screen and tap on the icon to assess All your Apps itll open the Icon Directly to the Left of it which is your Phone Icon. Thats the only way i could explain it, i hope some one understands cause i need help straightening this out, i tried Odining the Stock OF6 Kernel, (Stock and Non-Stock), I also restocked the device to no avail (Im on 5.1.1) i also tried a custom rom and the didn't work either. Please, any Help will be truly appreciated.. Pleaseeeee.... Thanks VERY Much In Advance.. Bless.:crying::crying::crying:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] sarnex:
you flashed a 925/edge kernel on a 920. try this Dial *#2663# in the dialer and update the thouch screen penal firmware by selecting 'TSP FW update (General)' button
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] LowaEastSide:
Your the Best

it worked like a Charm, this is one of the reasons i love this Forum, theres alot of Great ppl here willing to help each other. thanks Again, blesss..... ONE LOVE..!!!! :D:D:D:D
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] ojwhit11:
No root but scanner

So far the only method i've come up with causes you to lose root, but flash the original sboot.bin

reboot then connect to smart switch run update. unplug after its erases. then your fingerprint scanner will work. wish i was more helpful
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] RootAll.mobi:
Someone can confirme me :

After root phone , we can flash back some original Kernel ? to make phone back to original ? ( lost root, no problem )

Thx
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] sarnex:
Yes. If you want to return to stock just flash the 5.1.1 huge 3gb image with odin that you can download elsewhere here or on sammobile. I've done it many times. If you dont want to trip knox, make sure the engineering bootloader is installed when installing and custom kernels, recovery etc.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] gilbnx:
Any place to find the sboot .bin files / links?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] yowy777:
So the only problem is the fingerprint? Do th wifi, bluetooth and wifi calling work fine or are unresponsive and slow?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] sarnex:
Turns out it's impossible to get the fingerprint scanner working with the engineering bootloader

http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s6/sams...mod-kernel-t3100395/post61819281#post61819281
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] triq6:
anyone know where I can find the stock/non-engineering sboot.bin? I looked around but I can't seem to find it...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] TheArtiszan:
You can just pull out from the official full firmware
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] yowy777:
I case of battery life and less bugs wich is better unikernel unibase or aou's? For 920t
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] phazey12:
I've decided to give up preserving knox and was going to flash a custom ROM. My question is, if my current device is rooted with the engineering sboot, can I just smartswitch to 5.1.1 then root from there?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] sarnex:
You shouldn't have to trip knox. Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I think smartswitch will flash the stock bootloader. So I would update to 5.1.1 with smartswitch, then flash the engineering bootloader, then flash your custom rom. Make the sure custom rom doesn't flash over the bootloader, because it will trip knox if you boot with custom anything.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] phazey12:
I am already on 5.1.1 rooted with this method. I have not flash TWRP with this method yet. I still have the engineering sboot installed.

Can I just flash TWRP then a custom ROM after that through TWRP and keep knox preserved? I'm not sure which ROM doesnt flash anything over bootloader. I was just looking at Looper ROM and Xstrolite ROM. Would either of those work?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] sarnex:
Yes. Assuming they are flashable with TWRP, don't overwrite sboot.bin and work with your device you won't trip knox.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] phazey12:
Cool, I will give that a shot. Though I still might just end up tripping knox. Was to used to the fingerprint scanner and would really like it back.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] sarnex:
Yeah there is no way to get the fingerprint scanner working with the engineering bootloader.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] Aou:
That's correct. Pretty much: once you are running an Engineering bootloader, you "cannot" trip your Knox fuse. The code for blowing fuses is located in the bootloader, particularly in sboot.bin. So, in theory, so long as you do not replace your sboot.bin with one that is stock (or one that has the fuse-blowing code in it), you "can't" trip Knox.

At least, that's how it is currently. There's not much preventing Samsung/Carrier from adding code to a kernel or a ROM or an app that could blow fuses also, but I haven't seen it yet.

Keep in mind that the current limitation of using these leaked engineering bootloaders is that they are from version 5.0.2. That being said, trying to run 5.1.1 kernels/roms will cause some funky issues, most noticeably the fingerprint scanner won't work. Other side-effects of mismatching versions are hit-and-miss, and mostly undocumented.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] phazey12:
Yea, think I'll just trip knox finally so I can go with a custom ROM. Samsung Pay doesn't seem too worth it since I probably will have to carry a wallet anyways. Smartswitch should restore everything to default so I can go ahead tripping knox and flashing a custom ROM/kernel?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] Aou:
Yeah, I feel the same way. If Samsung Pay ever does actually release, it's only speculation at this point that it will require Knox. Beyond that, it might be possible to "fool" the app into thinking Knox is fine - simply by passing something in the cmdline or some other bypass/hack.

Even still, I probably won't even use Samsung Pay, and I have no other reasons to keep Knox.

Oh! Once you have root again, don't forget to freeze "SecurityLogAgent" and "com.tmobile.pr.adapt" immediately.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] tofu-:
My motivation to not trip Knox is purely resale value. I enjoy hopping onto the new flagship every 6-8 months. You usually can do this for only a $100-$200 hit if you always buy used.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] Aou:
Valid point, but I'm on the JUMP program, so resale is irrelevant - just needs to be in good working order.

However, next year when I JUMP again, I will consider JUMPing to an Intel x86-64 phone, abandoning Samsung altogether. We'll see what's available.

Likely, I'll end up with something much, much cheaper ($300-400 range), and I might just JUMP to a cheap phone, pay it off completely, and then drop the JUMP plan. A good way "out" if you ask me.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] tofu-:
i don't want to spread misinformation, but i was under the impression that t-mobile won't accept phones back for JUMP that have tripped knox
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] Aou:
My understanding is that it varies from store to store. Here's my experience.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] ktetreault14:
I didn't have Knox probs when I jumped my note 4
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] wase4711:
If your phone boots, thats all they care...never had a single issue turning in a rooted phone for either warranty replacement, or to Jump..
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] wschamps42:
So in order to be on 5.1.1, with root, and fingerprint scanning working, what is needed to be done from a device on 5.0.2 with root? At this point, I'm also done with waiting on Samsung Pay to see if it requires Knox to not be tripped. Would I update my device with Odin to the large 5.1.1 update? Then what?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] tofu-:
Well that's great news! If I jump every 8 months it will cost about the same as flipping a used phone. But without the hassle
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] chesterx1:
We are all very happy for you. Now would you stop cluttering this thread please.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] tofu-:
Thanks! I'm glad you're here to spread the joy of the jump program. What phone did you plan on upgrading to next?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] martinasa:
The phone Freeze ... on logo "GALXY S6" with some green letters. when i flashed with official firmware the same stuck on logo..............

WHEN I put official Flash shows me SYSTEM Status - CUSTOM .....

PLS HELP i cen go to recovery mode TWRP recovery but Touch is Mirror. when i touch left side the phone marks right side.

Do you have some Ideas guys ?

OR IF SOMEBODY HAVE 4 Files FIrmware PLS I will pay ........