yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Samsung Galaxy On5 Guides, News, & Discussion] czarsuperstar@gmail.com:
Link2sd Twrp images blue thank to [MENTION=4899305]ashyx[/MENTION]

Recovery tar :http://www.mediafire.com/?ysugtwzzusxgvw7

Recovery image:http://www.mediafire.com/?tln7q406dmejeq5

Beta for now.

Image can be installed through current Twrp or use Odin to flash the tar.
[Samsung Galaxy On5 Guides, News, & Discussion] N3TiK:
Thanks man! I really like this phone and I'm glad to see that development is starting to pick up..
[Samsung Galaxy On5 Guides, News, & Discussion] stefanthehuman:
This is great, now if we can only get this debloated :D lol
[Samsung Galaxy On5 Guides, News, & Discussion] czarsuperstar@gmail.com:
Bloatware

This is partially debloated. When [MENTION=3100103]sandix[/MENTION] is done with this it will be really debloated.
[Samsung Galaxy On5 Guides, News, & Discussion] stefanthehuman:
That's great, I can't wait.
[Samsung Galaxy On5 Guides, News, & Discussion] N3TiK:
I've been running it for two days now and haven't had a problem yet. Good work. Can't wait for further development. Couple of questions though, have you been able to set SELinux to permissive? And you said this is a insecure boot.img, what's the advantage of that? I'm still trying to understand the purpose of an insecure boot.img.
[Samsung Galaxy On5 Guides, News, & Discussion] czarsuperstar@gmail.com:
It's permissive. Notice the red text upon booting up it SECANDROID NOT ENFORCING SO I THINK IT'S PERMISSIVE.
[Samsung Galaxy On5 Guides, News, & Discussion] czarsuperstar@gmail.com:
https://www.google.com/search?q=ins...d-metropcs-us&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8
[Samsung Galaxy On5 Guides, News, & Discussion] czarsuperstar@gmail.com:
Feedback is welcome.
[Samsung Galaxy On5 Guides, News, & Discussion] stefanthehuman:
What is some of the bloat that is removed?
[Samsung Galaxy On5 Guides, News, & Discussion] czarsuperstar@gmail.com:
I took some Google apps out and METRO apps. I left the device unlock app and mymetro. I am going to take [MENTION=3100103]sandix[/MENTION] back up and run it through the kitchen. Than after upload you will have to wait for him to release it since it is his work. :)
[Samsung Galaxy On5 Guides, News, & Discussion] czarsuperstar@gmail.com:
Anything issues to report? I finally finished setting up my build environment using Ubuntu 16 so I am going to see if I can get a custom build going.
[Samsung Galaxy On5 Guides, News, & Discussion] Inorizushi:
Currently running the rom, it's going pretty well.

Kinda sad that the kernel doesn't make SELinux permissive but I guess I can live with it.

UPDATE: Scratch that, the phone completely refuses to boot after install xposed + modules.
[Samsung Galaxy On5 Guides, News, & Discussion] czarsuperstar@gmail.com:
What version of xposed did you use? You need the one for Samsung devices.

http://xdaforums.com/xposed/unofficial-xposed-samsung-lollipop-t3180960

This should help you out. Be mindful that it takes a long time to boot up.
[Samsung Galaxy On5 Guides, News, & Discussion] Inorizushi:
Same one I've used since I first setup this phone. I rebooted after enabling the modules and took a quick nap. Phone was still at the metro pcs part of the boot.
[Samsung Galaxy On5 Guides, News, & Discussion] czarsuperstar@gmail.com:
I would suggest that you reflash and don't use the last xposed modules you enable as that maybe what is keeping the phone from booting up.
[Samsung Galaxy On5 Guides, News, & Discussion] czarsuperstar@gmail.com:
If a problem occurs from the Rom zip itself please let me know so I can address the issue and if you figure out a fix let me know. Czarsuperstar@gmail.com
[Samsung Galaxy On5 Guides, News, & Discussion] czarsuperstar@gmail.com:
That's a guide on how to pull a log for system details.
[Samsung Galaxy On5 Guides, News, & Discussion] EpicSaga:
The [Guide] In-Depth Compiling using Ubuntu 12.10 or the other link with the Google play link?
[Samsung Galaxy On5 Guides, News, & Discussion] PCityPaul:
Hi guys sorry if im posting in the wrong section but im feeling a little bit overwhelmed. Can someone point me towards a rooting guide for this phone (SM-G550T1) and if theres any custom rom with adoptable storage support I need some help with that too. I'm not 100% clueless I rooted my moto G LTE its just the information for this phone seems to be all over the place. Thanks in advance.
[Samsung Galaxy On5 Guides, News, & Discussion] czarsuperstar@gmail.com:
https://xdaforums.com/android/development/recovery-official-twrp-on5ltetmo-galaxy-t3422730

Just make sure that you enabled developer options and check OEM unlock and make sure that you uncheck Android device manager in security section or you will be stuck with frp lock and phone won't boot into Android.
[Samsung Galaxy On5 Guides, News, & Discussion] Hallikonrelas:
What's the deal?

I loaded this..... it's not rooted, no exposed fw,enforcing,etc. What's up?
[Samsung Galaxy On5 Guides, News, & Discussion] Hallikonrelas:
Recent install

This is continued from a recent post about not as it says it is.

The only thing that is correct is root access. Please let me know what I must have done wrong . I've attached screenshots
[Samsung Galaxy On5 Guides, News, & Discussion] czarsuperstar@gmail.com:
Development is over.
[Samsung Galaxy On5 Guides, News, & Discussion] vegoja:
Xposed is installed you just have to install the apk yourself

The permissive setting was part of the custom kernel that was taken down for instability.

I really appreciate your time and effort in the only custom Rom that has been and probably ever will be made for this device. I hope to see more of your work in the future
[Samsung Galaxy On5 Guides, News, & Discussion] czarsuperstar@gmail.com:
I don't have the device anymore. I can't develop for a phone that I don't have. I will soon upload the latest version which is deodexed and the latest update from Sammie
[Samsung Galaxy On5 Guides, News, & Discussion] EmdoPL:
Hi there.

I have the G5500 variant, it was released in china only (I guess).

Can I flash the indian version or the MetroPCS version or the T-Mobile version on my device without risk of having a brick in the process?

All I want is having it in Polish, does any of these variants of firmware have Polish language available?
[Samsung Galaxy On5 Guides, News, & Discussion] whodisname:
Nice work.

There isn't a whole lot you can do with that phone anyway.
[Samsung Galaxy On5 Guides, News, & Discussion] czarsuperstar@gmail.com:
Tell me about it. There's seems to be a lot of devs that have no experience with exynos processors. So there isnt going to be a lot development for these devices.
[Samsung Galaxy On5 Guides, News, & Discussion] whodisname:
It's just a cheap phone and most really good devs are working on flagship devices. I don't blame them, they are more likely to play around with devices that they own or that will get them more donations. (It's really tedious work, it deserves to be paid for)
[Samsung Galaxy On5 Guides, News, & Discussion] EmdoPL:
[MENTION=2892269]czarsuperstar@gmail.com[/MENTION]

can you please answer to my previous post?
[Samsung Galaxy On5 Guides, News, & Discussion] czarsuperstar@gmail.com:
I wouldn't advise that. This is for Metro only. I made a flashable zip from a T-Mobile tar and it would not boot up. So it will not work.
[Samsung Galaxy On5 Guides, News, & Discussion] jkeniston:
Yes it does work on the T-Mobile variant, I'm running on my T-Mobile running on Family Mobile with no issues even with the MetroPCS apn settings, only thing is I seem to have lost root but that's easy enough to get back.
[Samsung Galaxy On5 Guides, News, & Discussion] :
Hello From india.... [MENTION=2892269]czarsuperstar@gmail.com[/MENTION] i am having a problem with the rom zip bcuz im from india and my build is different .. but ive tried to edit on my own and now finished making system folder... but i dont know how to make meta inf so can you help me with it.. maybe upload only meta inf
[Samsung Galaxy On5 Guides, News, & Discussion] jag9906:
Hey man I have done a few kernels just testing and working out the last errors. So far over 6200 files edited in the kernel source. Mind if I use your rom as a base. I am going to further edit it and release with an option of kernels, nethunter possibly multirom.

I just don't habe it in me to begin a rom mow, been working on this kernel for 3 months. Not really into starting a rom from scratch. Probably just edit the rom down futher and release with a few apps. Not sure I will keep it updated with patches, since I feel like samsung can kiss my behind. I am patching kernel with security patches though. but my main work will be with the kernel, which should run stock rom fine and a stripped stock rom.
[Samsung Galaxy On5 Guides, News, & Discussion] :
im curious how you deknoxed the rom.. can you teach me how.. im not able to boot into the rom in my indian variant.. help me on this one.....
[Samsung Galaxy On5 Guides, News, & Discussion] williamclarkonet:
yes I have tested it on my phone and it works
[Samsung Galaxy On5 Guides, News, & Discussion] TabascoTX:
I'm trying this rom on the TMobile variant, it boots, just take a while on first boot, like it takes over 5 minutes. Be patient. It'll work.
[Samsung Galaxy On5 Guides, News, & Discussion] williamclarkonet:
Good to know
[Samsung Galaxy On5 Guides, News, & Discussion] EpicSaga:
Thank you for all your time and hard work you put into this. I saw that development is over, so please let me know if is too much to ask for instructions to flashing the last rom that has the latest updates. I want to reflash this rom and then try the app "Root Essentials" to give me some more space.
[Samsung Galaxy On5 Guides, News, & Discussion] whyme6181:
I second this request. I spent the entire day today trying to root my On5. Finally got a root, but still dealing with touchwhiz. I have tried installing other launchers but what I really want is the lock screen to show the fullscreen album artwork when using spotify and from all the researching I did it seems that touchwhiz is the culprit for that being missing and the only solution is to install a custom rom. So, I would love to try this, but not quite sure how. Do I just load it into Odin and flash or can I put it on my phone and then load it using Flashfire?
[Samsung Galaxy On5 Guides, News, & Discussion] PCityPaul:
Does deknoxed mean it won't void warrenty?
[Samsung Galaxy On5 Guides, News, & Discussion] vegoja:
Its because the ROM is setup with xposed framework

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Follow the op and use adoptable storage in root essentials. I had trouble with adoptable storage on my on5 because I used a 32gb SD card and it wouldn't support it. My 16gb worked fine tho.

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Wipe dalvick,cache,data,and system have the ROM loaded on your SD card and flash it and reboot. Be patient it takes awhile first boot.

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No lol deknoxed means Knox has been removed. And your warranty was lost as soon as twrp was installed.
[Samsung Galaxy On5 Guides, News, & Discussion] jag9906:
As soon as you got root or custom recovery you trip Knox. Saw threads on resetting not sure if it works. Personally I don't care.
[Samsung Galaxy On5 Guides, News, & Discussion] mixmaster213:
This Rom is working Clean. Wish it was fully DEBRANDED. Instead of METROPCS, fully SAMSUNG. I will now try link2sd see if this works. Stock rom kept on messing up when i would try. Thanx CZAR, So far your the only one to step up on making a custom rom for this phone.
[Samsung Galaxy On5 Guides, News, & Discussion] mixmaster213:
My recommendation for anyone is to use Apps2SD application. Its an all in one sd card utility.
[Samsung Galaxy On5 Guides, News, & Discussion] vegoja:
Op means original post. And the most recent version is the phone in the op. And you would find your backups under backups in twrp
[Samsung Galaxy On5 Guides, News, & Discussion] sn33zy82:
For those struggling with Hulu and (or Netflix) playback download Root Browser an go to /system/vendor/lib and rename liboemcrypto.so

After reboot Hulu started playing for me.
[Samsung Galaxy On5 Guides, News, & Discussion] sn33zy82:
So I was getting this in SuperSU....

View attachment 4080112

What I did was download Root Package Disabler and disable the bloatware list and then unblock the messages app. Then I no longer had this screen and it supposedly updated the binary...
[Samsung Galaxy On5 Guides, News, & Discussion] whodisname:
The thing will use a 128gb card as I had one in it for months.

Adoptable storage with root essentials works. If you try it and it didn't work, you have to Odin back to stock and try again (yes, you will absolutely have to do that) once it works, you don't need link 2 SD at all. Ever.

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Just touch "OK" and give it about 30 seconds.
[Samsung Galaxy On5 Guides, News, & Discussion] sn33zy82:
I tried that, rebooted abd tried again and it ended up stalling for me after like 2 minutes with no change other than the processing screen. I havent the slightest clue what residual knox stuff is being detected but disabling all bloatware seemed to be the workaround i used.
[Samsung Galaxy On5 Guides, News, & Discussion] EpicSaga:
Has the Superstarz rom been updated since 12/11/2016? What would the process be to flash that rom again? I'd like to wipe everything and start over totally, but I read that you can't wipe internal storage. Is there a way to wipe the internal storage and install the Superstarz rom?
[Samsung Galaxy On5 Guides, News, & Discussion] EpicSaga:
I'm not sure how to paste after copying text using my phone instead of my PC so I'll quote it myself. "The above message is if you want to keep your data that was backed up. The ROM can be backed up and flashed as a new device.". Does this mean that I can flash this ROM without keeping the internal storage? I mean just flash it like I'm flashing a custom ROM for the first time without needing any data?
[Samsung Galaxy On5 Guides, News, & Discussion] EpicSaga:
Have you had a chance to upload the latest version yet?
[Samsung Galaxy On5 Guides, News, & Discussion] whodisname:
I don't think it has but if you want to do a clean flash you can do this three different ways. (At least)

Number one. Make sure you are backed up with google. Wipe everything save external storage, reflash, then backup from google play. Doesn't save data.

Number two. Make a titanium backup, muve that backup to your external SD card, full wipe, reflash, download titanium backup, move the backup from SD card to internal storage and restore it. (I haven't used titanium backup like that in over a year, I hear it still works just like its supposed to, but I am skeptical (as stated, you have to move your backup due to some bs about read/write permissions).

Number three. Make a backup of what you have now, flash your ROM, then hit restore and then unclixk "system" and "boot" and just restore data. That's how I would do it.
[Samsung Galaxy On5 Guides, News, & Discussion] czarsuperstar@gmail.com:
I will upload the latest version soon. My ZTE phone is a piece of junk and upload is the worst. I have been consumed with personal life. Sorry for the wait.
[Samsung Galaxy On5 Guides, News, & Discussion] trendsp:
Wiping internal storage!

Could someone explain what will happen if I wipe the internal storage and flash this ROM?
[Samsung Galaxy On5 Guides, News, & Discussion] EpicSaga:
Thank you for getting back to me. My friend has an On 5 too and they told me that they received an update today. It said it was G550T1UVU2AQC4/G550T1TMK2AQC4/G550T1UVU2AQC4 Size 124.69 MB. Do you know what this is?
[Samsung Galaxy On5 Guides, News, & Discussion] czarsuperstar@gmail.com:
Internal storage is the phones memory with out a SD card. Backup the files if they are important then wipe and flash as long as the files that you are flashing are on your SD card.
[Samsung Galaxy On5 Guides, News, & Discussion] kingrooterz:
Thank you, I was looking for an application like this.
[Samsung Galaxy On5 Guides, News, & Discussion] omnis:
I really love this ROM and am extremely grateful for the work that was put into it. I saw that you are going to post an update soon and am greatly looking forward to this. I was hoping that you could add f2fs kernel support for us that use Link2SD /Apps2SD (the app, not the Android feature). I have found that I like the UI of Apps2SD more than Link2SD and have had better luck getting it working correctly (i.e. System-less root mode and whatnot). I have had trouble getting 3MinitBatterySettings working and was wondering if you might be able to add that into the ROM as well. I have spent countless hours trying to decompile the SystemUI after extracting the Framework-Res and trying to recompile it after editing the proper strings and upon recompiling would get an error that it couldn't translate some language stuff, but thought maybe it didn't matter since I would only be using English. However, after all of my hard work, I would just be stuck with a crashing SystemUI loop and was forced to just put back the original. I chowned and compared to match the original, I am not sure where I went wrong, but would really like to have my custom battery icon. Anyways, I added the smali files and the 3MinitBatteryResources.apk to the /system/priv-app/ ...I feel the need to mention, I've had a lot of issues when trying to make anything into a system app and have had a lot of disappearing happening as a result. Any comments on this? Also, lastly, if it would be at all possible to add support for the Kali NetHunter app / loopback support for Linux Deploy or something of that nature. I'd love you forever. Perhaps I am just trying to do too much with this low end phone, but at the moment I cannot afford better. Cheers!
[Samsung Galaxy On5 Guides, News, & Discussion] stovo06:
Haven't tried this yet (I will soon tho), just wanted to give many many MANY thanks for the development!
[Samsung Galaxy On5 Guides, News, & Discussion] PraiseKek:
So, let me get right to the point. When I first got this phone from T-Mobile it was so full of bloatware garbage I literally could only add TWO...count em...TWO apps to this phone. It was running with system and storage at 96% used. Thank you for this rom, I am now at only 50% storage usage, and my god is it amazing. It feels like I actually have a smartphone and not a plastic box of lag. I am not 100% familiar with all the "kernels" and other tech talk that goes into the coding or whatever of these devices, however a few questions after a week of use:

1. I've attempted to TWRP partition my storage, I've tried via PC to split my SD storage into two partitions, I've used RootEssentials, link2sd, and still I can not get this to preform adoptable storage. Is this disabled or is it user error (which it probably is.)

2. It says "knox is disabled" however everytime I enter SU it asks if I would like to disable Knox, if I hit yes it brings up a circle that spins forever. Is Knox disabled? Or did I miss a step?

3. Snapchat doesn't work, I read this has something to do with xposedframes? Not sure. Not a big deal, wondering if there was a better work around then flashing a bunch of stuff.

4. Can you get rid of the My Metro (PCS) app in your next version? I attempted to delete it but it won't clear out.

Can't wait for future updates, loving this ROM!
[Samsung Galaxy On5 Guides, News, & Discussion] stovo06:
I used Apps2SD works great

Just make sure 1st and 2nd partition are primary.
[Samsung Galaxy On5 Guides, News, & Discussion] omnis:
Just curious... Did you use the Ext(2)/(3)/(4) or the better/newer F2FS (reported to be faster read/write speeds as per it's design) format as your 2nd partition (for linking Apps2SD/Link2SD)?
[Samsung Galaxy On5 Guides, News, & Discussion] czarsuperstar@gmail.com:
Can someone upload the system and boot from a backup with the latest security patch. The latest one I have is a Jan security patch. Please and thank you. As for the F2FS kernel? I am not that skilled in compiling kernel sources from Samsung exynos kernel.
[Samsung Galaxy On5 Guides, News, & Discussion] stovo06:
Don't think we're gonna get any better than ext4

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I wish I could help you after all the great work you did on here, but I lost my original backup.
[Samsung Galaxy On5 Guides, News, & Discussion] omnis:
Fair enough, that is working REALLY well as is anyways. I thank you for your work again. It probably wouldn't improve the speeds too much anyways for the amount of work it would take to not only rebuild the kernel, but then have to backup, reformat, and restore the actual data on the sd card. It's too big of a headache and the actual payoff might be so minute that the end game would be largely dissatisfying. It's probably one of those, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it." scenarios. If I am compulsive enough, I may try to figure out how to reverse engineer the source code for the kernel, but I'm prolly not going to get to it ever. Anyways, thanks for at least considering/hearing out my rambles. :laugh:
[Samsung Galaxy On5 Guides, News, & Discussion] jayDub424:
It's damn impressive

I couldn't agree more. It's pretty damn impressive. The fact that this is the first and only true custom Rom I've seen for this phone is impressive enough. Or that the only other person I've seen touch development is wanam and that seems like it's more for galaxy/ touchWiz in general. It's the fact that's the first was so spot on. Makes me wanna get back to some system.out.println ("firstAp"); benges and I haven't programmed in years. I like this phone. I think it's got a lot of light weight and affordable power potential. I've been playing with different partition apps trying to get adoptable ram and a swap. I've had to completely reflash this phone from the ground up 3 times in the past two weeks. Wish I knew more about Linux. Can't help but think there is a Boolean that can be changed somewhere and fix all that. Anyway enough of my rambles.

Thanks Cezar.

O. And I somehow fried this thing so much today that superstarz wouldn't provide root. He'll the official twrp didn't even provide the outdated root. Ever heard of that?
[Samsung Galaxy On5 Guides, News, & Discussion] MrMuffinz123:
Here is a download for them that I extracted straight from a Smart Switch emergency restore

Version is G550T1UVU2AQC4 for the SM-G550T1 (on5ltemtr)

mega (dot) nz (slash) #F!8LZEyDja!4Q5TRZNO2JNZEuAkzV-aWA

Edit: This has the March 1, 2017 security patch
[Samsung Galaxy On5 Guides, News, & Discussion] Wasim625:
can i use this rom for my galaxy on5 (chinese version) SM-G5520?
[Samsung Galaxy On5 Guides, News, & Discussion] jkeniston:
No it's only for the SM-G550T/T1
[Samsung Galaxy On5 Guides, News, & Discussion] Wasim625:
ok :(
[Samsung Galaxy On5 Guides, News, & Discussion] stovo06:
Anyone here able to get theme or live wallpaper to work? I know I'm missing some apk but I've no idea how to on this setup. Any ideas would be awesome!
[Samsung Galaxy On5 Guides, News, & Discussion] jayDub424:
Live Wallpapers

I,ve never cared for the live wall papers and just ignore the unable to load error, but I will see real quick if i see what the problem is, been meaning to see what app is calling it up anyway. It was constantly crashing before i rooted my phone so never really thought much about it. As far as launchers i havebt had any problems with any.

I just loaded sexy girl wallpaper no problems.
[Samsung Galaxy On5 Guides, News, & Discussion] stovo06:
I don't care much about the live wallpapers but I do wanna theme again. All this white in the menus are annoying. I thought I messed it up but it's still not working after a clean install and not sure if it's possible with this.

Edit - Sexy girl wallpaper??
[Samsung Galaxy On5 Guides, News, & Discussion] stovo06:
Me too lol.
[Samsung Galaxy On5 Guides, News, & Discussion] stovo06:
I've read multiple ways to get v4a working and trying to figure out the best way.

Anyone know about this majestic thing I've been reading about??