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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] JoeFCaputo113:
I'm rooted and my fingerprint scanner works... Although not as good as it did stock.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] KaneHusky:
I never had a problem with the fingerprint reader after rooting stock 5.0.2. After rooting stock 5.1.1, I had to use a custom kernel (UniKernel) to get it working again.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] FlyingColors:
You must have tripped Knox right? I have rooted 5.1.1 with eng bootloader and my fingerprint scanner is completely broken.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] KaneHusky:
Correct, I accidentally tripped Knox from day one (oops...) so there wasn't any reason to not go ahead and flash the kernel with the stock bootloader.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] FlyingColors:
Thought so. The only reason I don't want to trip it is because I somehow feel like I'll break my phone and they'll see it's tripped, then deny me a repair or something. I don't give a crap amount Samsung Pay.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] serio22:
AFAIK, the only reason you would have a problem with fingerprint scanner is if you are either using the eng bootloader with a 5.1.1 rom, or 5.1.1 rom with older bootloader. Tripping Knox or being rooted should not affect it
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] drock212:
I've tripped Knox and rooted and fingerprint scanner works perfectly (using unikernel)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] MadJoe:
So is there a way to root 5.1.1 COF8 without tripping Knox and retaining the use of the fingerprint reader? That's what I want.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] drock212:
Unfortunately not. The fingerprint scanner is built into the bootloader. So you either flash the eng bootloader and lose fingerprint scanner or you root and trip Knox. Is there a reason you don't want to trip Knox?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] joeatheist:
My fingerprint scanner is completely broken. I think I have the eng. bootloader, I get green lettering above the S6 splash screen at power up. So what can I do to get my scanner working? Is there a bootloader I can flash via odin or zip file? I tripped knox and could care less it does not matter to me. Any suggestions or links to files is greatly appreciated.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] serio22:
The best method IMO is to flash the latest firmware. If you want to flash it separately, there may be some links in general or development threads
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] donb123:
I followed the root instructions, including the latest unikernel, and my fingerprint scanner quit working. What bootloader do you speak of- TWRP? I did flash that as part of the root instructions. I just intstalled Rapture 2.1 also and re-installed unikernel and still no fingerprint. Any ideas would be welcomed. Heck, I'd go back to stock everything to get my scanner back if I could figure out which stock to flash.

edit: I believe it's the bootloader. When rooting I installed the engineering bootloader- boot.img- but I don't know where to find the correct stock boot.img for 5.11. Thanks.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] serio22:
No, twrp is a recovery. Did you flash anything else besides twrp and unikernel?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] donb123:
Right. I had a brain fart. Yes I flashed boot.img, unikernel, and supersu and my fingerprint scanner was jacked. I expected that per the forums. I've now also flashed a custom rom. It seems i need to find a boot loader .img file (I think). I'm downloading a Tmo factory image for 5.11 and was thinking I might find the bootloader img in it to flash? Am I on the right track?

edit: downloaded. I should flash sboot.bin out of the official image to get rid of the engineering sboot.bin and I'm golden?

edit edit: that worked!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] alijan:
Hi can you give us a link where you downloaded the factory image. i have search for Factory image for S6 edge but no luck. i have the same issue with my S6 edge fingerprint scanner broken.

thanks.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] M9x3mos:
Samsung asked that it be removed from this site. So you won't be able to get it linked here. You will need to continue to search for the engineering bootloader on Google.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] disip:
Ok but still no way to be rooted having 5.1.1 and Knox 0x0, even using factory bootloader?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] serio22:
Nope
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] toole:
can anyone help me please! i just bought an international version of the samsung galaxy s6 (pre-owned) from ebay and the fingerprint scanner isnt working .it always tell me to reboot and its never working even after reboot . i can see its rooted with the super su app installed . Please what can i do to get the fingerprint scanner working again? thanks
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] xaxasant:
You are in the wrong section if you want help with the international version the regular Samsung S6 forum would be better as well as more populated.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] PanchoPlanet:
Only option is stock firmware, custom roms/kernels break fingerprint scanner.

Pp.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] JustZaphod:
I keep hearing that rooting and removing Knox kills the finger print scanner..

I can attest that my phone is not only rooted, with a custom TW rom, Knox removed AND my finger print scanner works..

It's not a Samsung thing, its an Android thing.. Android natively supports Finger Print scanners..

If you believe that you Finger Print Scanner will not work after rooting and modifying your device.. It's a myth..

Mine runs just fine..
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] toole:
Are you using the stock recovery? Thought maybe it was because I used the engrecovery when rooting or something.... How did you manage to keep the fingerprint scanner working ?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] JustZaphod:
I'm using TWRP, and I didn't manage to do anything..

The finger print sensor never stopped working..
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] toole:
And on marshmallow I guess.right?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] PanchoPlanet:
Maybe you should start a thread on how to root w/custom recovery and keep fingerprint scanner working.

You can list your downloads / links / procedures so that others can have working fingerprint scanners.

:D:D:D

Pp.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] toole:
I get you. Not bad for a response
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] androidddaaron:
Unikernel v8 pre rooted kernel find it in zip format on Google flash it in custom recovery only if your already rooted .

If you aren't rooted yet fins the tar version and flash on Odin with a pc and reboot .

Its about all we have to root and keep things alive.

The scanner has a 2-3 sec lag bug

Some roms are faster on the scanner issue

But I hear 6.0 update fixes it.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] JustZaphod:
I'm on Lollipop, using a Deodexed/Rooted Stock rom, Debloated, with Knox removed.. My carrier is T-Mobile.. Build# G920TUVU3DOJC

There is no tutorial, it works as it did out of the box..

I'm thinking maybe you might have a defective device...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] serio22:
The only thing that breaks the scanner is eng bootloader or mismatched bootloader
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] toole:
So what should I do if I've got those? How can I go back to stock bootloader?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] PanchoPlanet:
Custom roms with mismatched components that get installed after "root" is achieved.

For some folks this is hard,especially when they don't bother to "read" threads and ask logical questions.

Pp. :)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] General_Mayhem:
There's a deodexed D0JC stock rooted? Got a link? :)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] JustZaphod:
There is a Stockish DOCJ Deodexed/rooted Rom out there with very minor modifications..

http://xdaforums.com/tmobile-galaxy-s6/development/rom-sow-nice-rom-v1-0-oi1-tweaked-t3229591
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] toole:
Anyone help please..I just flashed the latest available 5.1.1 firmware available through odin and still I can't get my fingerprint scanner working.

The amazing thing is that after getting a pass in odin and the flashing done, all my settings were automatically restored and I didn't lose any data. Any help will be appreciated

---------- Post added at 12:47 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:35 PM ----------

I flashed a complete a complete 5.1.1 rom through odin and unrooted.but I still cannot get the fingerprint scanner working.

---------- Post added at 12:56 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:47 PM ----------

Did you get it to work ? I'm in the boat as you .I cannot get it to work .even flashed a full rom through odin.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] serio22:
Check if your bootloader matches the build
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] toole:
Yes it does.confirmed that multiple times
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] serio22:
Do a hard reset, meaning erasing all data. Back up any data you need and go into recovery mode and find the option to wipe data/factory reset and reboot after. If it still does not work after that then it was probably already defective when you bought it. I remember you bought it used and it wasn't working then. I would do a return or exchange if I could but it's probably too late for that. You may want to go into the international thread and ask there since you do have the international version. Maybe it's an issue known with that device that there is a fix we don't know about here. You could also open up the phone and make sure there are no lose connections and that screws are well tightened.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] cwhiatt:
You can have mine. I won't be using it. ;)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] PanchoPlanet:
Maybe the problem is with the fingers?

???

Pp.
[XDA Assist] XDA Visitor:
Model number is N910W8 (Qualcomm). Wondering if there are any specific custom roms for that model number. Any links or information to help me find them would be amazing. Thanks.
[XDA Assist] TEKHD:
Hello there! Welcome to XDA!

There is no Forum for your device on XDA...

However your Canadian N910W8 is equivalent to the TMobile N910T... so...

First register an XDA account, then go here:

http://xdaforums.com/note-4-tmobile/development

Follow instructions... and you will be able to use N910T roms on your N910W8... (use the Data Fix files)

Good Luck!
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario ROM Development] Shabe_syah:
I tried to use Internet sharing via USB but it does not carry the proxy server I have on the phone. I have to add proxy address manually to my laptop IE. Is there ant way that my phone acts as proxy server?

Thanks
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario ROM Development] nottoosmart:
hey fame, you find a working version of linux for our phones yet? lol
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario ROM Development] famewolf:
What your asking has nothing to do with the original topic and should be in it's own thread. That being said..even if you ran a proxy on your pocketpc you would still have to point to THAT proxy on the pc so whats the difference in that and pointing to the isp one?
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario ROM Development] famewolf:
I wouldn't bet my retirement on it. ;)
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario ROM Development] nottoosmart:
well, ive been trying to watch the linux thing in the forum but no one seems to be updating. im kinda depressed lol
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario ROM Development] BRad Barnett:
What kernel are you using with that version of SuSe?

The reason I ask, is that I'm using Debian Etch with a 2.6.18 kernel, and I get connected fine.. however...

I can't ping anywhere, or connect in any fashion anywhere, unless I first run tcpdump or ngrep on bnep0. Once I've done that, I can do a few things, for example, I seem to get DNS queries through (and with my own DNS on the net at large).

However, I can't seem to connect to anywhere, although oddly tcpdump seems to show packets coming in.

Anyone have any ideas. There is zero in the way of an iptables firewalling on this box...
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario ROM Development] famewolf:
I have a handful of cheap chinese knockoff bluetooth dongles that I got for $5 each..they ALL have mac id's of all 11:11:11:11:11:11 and will not work with internet sharing..they can get an ip address but even with default route they don't seem to be able to get anywhere...the good news is bluetooth dun has been hacked BACK into wm6 and those same cheap dongles work fine using bluetooth DUN because it doesn't care about the mac id.

I have one airnet $15 bluetooth adapter I got from buy.com...this is the one dongle which I have that will work with internet sharing and it has a real mac id....I have used the same dongle on both a desktop and laptop to verify the dongle is the issue and not the pc's....so make sure you get a name brand dongle with it's own mac id and not a cheap clone....hope this helps.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario ROM Development] BRad Barnett:
That's it.. thanks.

Crappy chinese garbage!!!
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario ROM Development] famewolf:
Internet Sharing vs Bluetooth DUN

The specific model of bluetooth dongle I have is the Airnet ABT101..it's about $15 on ebay..there is also the ABT201 which is $9 on ebay but it has the shorter range.

Internet sharing has some definite pluses over bluetooth dun....for one it doesn't drop the connection every 20 minutes like dun did..for another your phone still has access to the internet while you do...so it can still sync..get email etc....lastly your phone has a real ip address (192.168.0.1) so you can run sync software like finchsync under linux to sync to thunderbird etc where previously you had to have a wifi connection.
[Dell Venue] Ixz:
Hi guys, do anyone have a stock cache.img or even better full stock rom backup .

I was unlocking a bootloader and to test it I did fastboot erase cache.img and now stuck in boot loop with intel logo.
[Dell Venue] xBIGREDDx:
Try fastboot format cache, it might repair the partition.

Erase will leave it completely blank, whereas format should give it a stub filesystem.
[Dell Venue] Ixz:
Well now Im feel like an idiot for not trying that one. Yeah it worked, shame on me.

Give me your email Ill sent you a beer by PayPal.
[Dell Venue] talljosh:
Despite the fact that the OP's problem has been solved, I'd still love to know if anyone has a stock image so I can be confident I can restore things if I try a different image.
[Dell Venue] hksingh:
The dell people haven't released the stock firmware..

Any news about marshmallow?
[Dell Venue] arclight25:
Dell is out of the Android tablet business....again. I just had to send in my Venue 10 for repairs, which could not be fixed and still under warranty, and had to take a 16gb replacement for my 32gb model. :(

Through that process they told me that no more tablets are being produced, which also means that they are not supporting them software-wise. F'ing Dell.
[Dell Venue] hksingh:
Thanks for the info.

Well,I don't even live in the u.s so there goes 600 dollars in the drain

I'll be sticking with Samsung in the future, at least they don't abandon ship
[Dell Venue] arclight25:
I hear ya. I'm in the same $600 boat.

Samsung is being apple-like now too. Latest MM update removed the ability to add 3rd party fonts from all galaxy line products. No work around unless you can root. All these companies are killing me.
[Galaxy Note5 General] owenbeals:
[YOUTUBE]_6QSffa9dys[/YOUTUBE]​

In this video we match the Note 5 against the LG G4 in an all out brawl to the death. The first round tests the phones ability to launch apps while the second round tests multitasking performance. I was very much surprised by the results. The Note 5 has to reload every app in the second round while I found the on screen buttons of the LG G4 to be a bit cumbersome for the purposes of this test. Jumping to the homescreen to launch the next app was much easier with the Note 5's physical button. Which phone has performed better for you?
[Galaxy Note5 General] DAvid_B:
note 5 can get better at the second run with future updates. the lg is as fast as it will ever get.
[Galaxy Note5 General] Tiffany84:
Don't be so sure. I've had the S6 Edge since it launched and it's had that memory management issue the entire time. Have to reload the app on every launch. Then they just released 2 more flagships with the same exact problem.
[Galaxy Note5 General] nookcoloruser:
Why would you presume if the Note 5 could get a performance update, the LG wouldn't get a performance update from its manufacturer ?

Likewise this is not a 'new issue' affecting a new SOC. It's been a lingering issue on the S6 & S6 Edge for months and we have not seen a fix, and despite an extra 1gb of ram - the Note 5 is suffering the same aggressive ram issues.
[Galaxy Note5 General] ~~Tito~~:
Video and relevant threads are on my Twitter account. I suggest you guys tweet the same thing ending with the #RAMGATE. Lets draw some attention. RT through my twitter account if you'd like or make your own tweets. This type of issue shouldn't crop up like that on such a new device.
[Galaxy Note5 General] nookcoloruser:
Already been down that route. It was my own S6 Edge Aggressive Ram thread and the equivalent S6 Aggressive Ram threads that were all reported on when the issue first cropped up on the S6 & S6 Edge. (Google the issue, look at the news article and click on sources - they all link back to our threads), however there has been no fix or official acknowledgement by Samsung. The fact they have released new devices (even with extra ram) with the same issue persistent would leave me to believe it's never going to get addressed unfortunately.

http://www.phonearena.com/news/Galaxy-S6-exhibiting-overzealous-RAM-management-report-users_id68745
[Galaxy Note5 General] DAvid_B:
I bet it at least get's fixed in marshmallow. I can't imagine they would fix it under lollipop with it's EOL coming up soon.
[Galaxy Note5 General] seh6183:
I bet it doesn't. What I can bet though is that I will be unlocking my bootloader to let a real dev address the issue. This is ridiculous. 4 gigs of ram only to reload every app? I guess the OS needs to save precious resources for s-health and other useless apps. So annoying.
[Galaxy Note5 General] hahajoker:
I doubt it. The issue is also on the S6 and Samsung has made no attempt at fixing it there.
[Galaxy Note5 General] Sfkn2:
And what exactly are you betting? What evidence or proof do you have that even gives you that idea?

What do you know that we don't? Do you work for Samsung? For LG?

Or.. Was this just made up?
[Galaxy Note5 General] TheUndertaker21:
i can confirrm this.

mine stopped pandora if it feels like it might slow me down which is crazy consider this thing has a 4GB RAM

hopefully XDA guys can fix this but won't hold my breath since this thing is running exynos
[G4 General] owenbeals:
[YOUTUBE]_6QSffa9dys[/YOUTUBE]​

In this video we match the Note 5 against the LG G4 in an all out brawl to the death. The first round tests the phones ability to launch apps while the second round tests multitasking performance. I was very much surprised by the results. The Note 5 has to reload every app in the second round while I found the on screen buttons of the LG G4 to be a bit cumbersome for the purposes of this test. Jumping to the homescreen to launch the next app was much easier with the Note 5's physical button. Which phone has performed better for you?
[G4 General] deadlyheart4u:
G4 well worth
[G4 General] chubbrock:
Happy i made the jump from Note 4 to G4! Especially because of the root situation!
[G4 General] DoKaTSuYa:
Note 5, 4go ram, 4go of bull****.
[G4 General] spartan268:
If the G4 didn't have such a weak GPU...
[G4 General] MicroMod777:
What about the S6 Edge Plus??? Might get it Friday!!!! :D
[G4 General] vinterchaos:
The E+ is basically the same device with two curves on the screen and no SPen. .. and this test was done with the S6 vs the G4 with the exact same results. I see it as a non-issue really on both ends, with that being said... tomorrow I'm moving to the Note 5 simply because the S pen appeals to me and would be helpful to have. Otherwise, I've been mostly happy with my G4 and will likely miss it.
[G4 General] zkyevolved:
Made the same move. But from the note 4 to nexus 6 to G4. Awesome devices the last two. I love the g4. Very awesome device.... ? and I got it for 25% the price of the note 4. Samsung, In my very personal opinion, is inflated and overrated.
[G4 General] player911:
Yea thats samsungs thing. I downloaded a background process limitor from the Play Store on my LG G Pad 7 because it only had 1gb of memory and playing a heavy game like Terraria would result in my launcher and background apps like sidebar closing out all the time. The app would let me adjust the amount of apps were open before closing others.

I am sure the Samsung users could increase this software limit and easily beat the G4. However Samsung does this also for battery savings.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thawte:
Just wondering which version Verizon phones are running right now? Like Verizon LMY47Z? I tried the beta preview 3 and don't like it and would like to switch back to stock but I can't get any OTAs with a updated bootloader....

Thank you
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Othoric:
The latest build for Nexus 6s on Verizon are LMY48I.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] prdog1:
Latest is LMY48I. Has the partial Stagefright fix. LMY47Z is also Verizon without the fix.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thawte:
Thank you very much for the info. I am going to restore back to that then and see if I have better luck with battery power.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thawte:
It looks like the boot loader from LMY48I flashed over the top of the beta 3 boot loader woohoo! Next question, if I root the phone/ install TWRP, will I still be notified about OTAs and then I can just reapply rooting and the custom recovery?
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] prdog1:
If you root and install TWRP will be notified of OTA but won't be able to flash it till return to full stock again. Can't have anything modified. :cool:
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thawte:
Ah gotcha. Thank you for the info
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] prdog1:
If gonna be modified just forget about OTAs. If have to flash back to stock just flash the updated factory image and be done with it. Save a lot of time and headaches. And don't relock bootloader. :cool:
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thawte:
I do like being modified and having some of the features and whatnot... I just got pretty mad earlier because my phone was awake and killing battery the whole time i was at work. I went to go use it and it was completely dead by the end of work
[Onetouch Idol 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KashRaman:
I could not explore the idol3 using MTP after the update.

I keep getting this error:

Unable to access Android "Unable to open MTP device '[usb:003,042]'"

Interestingly, I'm able to work with adb.

ubuntu-linux:/$ adb devices

List of devices attached

XXXXXX	device

I'm using ubuntu 14.04, havent tried in windows or Mac.

Any solution?
[Onetouch Idol 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] famewolf:
What app/method are you using to access it as a mtp device?
[Onetouch Idol 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] frankee207:
Did you try with Windows ? Personnaly, I can't get any android device recognized with Ubuntu (latest version ) and any of its variants (Lubuntu, Kubuntu, Xubuntu) when using MTP mode. I do think there is a missing driver or something like. UMS will work, but not avaible on our idol 3. PTP works also, but so so...

Fortunately adb works like a charm with Ubuntu.
[Onetouch Idol 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KashRaman:
I'm connected to the device thru USB. tried mounting thru Nautilus. It used to work before the update.

Same machine is picking up my other devices (S3/ Nexus 4) using MTP. I will try in windows and mac and let know how it goes...
[Onetouch Idol 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] purple.epod:
That's kind of weird, I'm using Linux Mint 17.2 and it works with no issues. Though oddly, my SD Card works in Android and mounts via MTP, but TWRP can't see it at all :P