[XDA Assist] TheGreenCobra:
Hey guys, wanted to share with my fellow SM-S920L owners and developers some stuff I found on my adventure unlocking and modding my SM-S920L Lollipop 5.0.2 starting with a how-to root.

ROOT

I'm rooted via Kingroot, the latest version, that can be found on the Kingroot website, (I'll post a link to the website below)

I am using Chainfire's Supersu by installing the app supersume which kills all processes by the Kingroot app, deletes it, and installs the Supersu apk. Then open Supersu and update the superuser binary.

(I'll post a link to download the supersume apk below).

CUSTOM RECOVERY

It took a lot of research to find a custom recovery for my phone until I soft bricked or bootlooped my phone with a TWRP custom built for my SM-S920L.

I strongly recommend you make a backup before flashing any file, but just in case you're a noob at this and you fudge up, I have found a stock recovery img for the SM-S920L, and a stock recovery.tar file that can be used with Odin to fix a bootloop. It's time to do some flashing so get ready for the big boy stuff. Go the Google Play Store and download Flashify. Open Flashify and pick Recovery image, then choose file, then internal storage. Navigate down to your download folder and choose the twrp-5.0.2.0-grandprimetrfvzw.img file you download from the link at the bottom. Flashify will ask if you're sure, and, AT YOUR OWN RISK, just click "yup!"

To check and see if our flash did what we wanted, power your phone down. Then, while holding the volume up button + the home button at the same time power the phone on, keep holding the volume and home key until recovery mode boots up. Welcome to TWRP. This is where you will flash zips, roms, mods, and one of my personal favorites, must have,, an xposedbridge.jar from a zip file which i can vouch for working in my SM-S920L with Lollipop 5.0.2, into your phone.

(NOTE: DO NOT CHOOSE TO BOOT INTO RECOVERY FROM ANY APP, INCLUDING Flashify, OR YOU WILL BOOTLOOP YOUR PHONE TO RECOVERY! Use only the volume up + home + power on method to boot into TWRP)

(I'll post a link to the TWRP and the backup files that will run on the SM-S920L below)

XPOSED

The way to get xposed framework running on android Lollipop 5.0.2 is by downloading a zip file that can be flashed in your TWRP, specially made for us with SM-S920L. Go ahead and download the xposed apk

(I'll post a link below)

(NOTE: Don't worry about it not working yet, before it will, you must download the xposed zip file and flash it before our modules will work.) Flasgh the xposed zip in your TWRP recovery mode with the install option.

Credit to dkcldark for modding our xposedbridge to work in our phones. Thanks a lot.

(Link to flashable zip below)

And "BAM" Power on and xposed should be up and running.

BOOT ANIMATIONS

And yes, I've found a simple solution to that as well. A few flashable zips and you will be able to have your own choice of bootanimations. Ps. I'm not responsible for anything that may happen during flashing so please be careful and follow these directions close. Samsung uses the .qmg extension in their bootanimations rather than the common bootanimation.zip. This flashable zip will re enable the bootanimation.zip format for our phones. It even creates a backup flashable zip while flashing just in case it fudges you up with a bootloop you can restore your previous settings through TWRP.

(I'll post a link to the flashable zip below)

Feel free to write what you know about the SM-S920L that I didn't mention below, I love to learn new things about my dev.

Kingroot

Search on google. Very easy to find. Type Kingroot .net no spaces. I can't post links yet as I'm a new user to XDA and I have to verify my account still.

SuperSuMe

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TWRP

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Stock recovery img

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Recovery.tar to be used with Odin in case you fudge up with a bootloop

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Xposed app

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Flashable Xposed framework

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Flashable boot animation zip to Enable boot animation

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Flashable boot animation zip to test

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PM me for other links such as modded Pandora apk for downloading with like button, unlimited skips, no ads.

And remember this, the xposed add ons will soon become your best friend. If you can imagine it they've probably developed a module just for you, like no ads youtube, and background playback for youtube. Hide mock location to fake where you are and MANY more. Check it out. I'll update this post very soon. I have to find the links in my history to post to you guys so bare with me as I forcibly make time for things like this. The Green Cobra only ask's for the credit of bringing all this to one place and sharing with my fellow developers and enthusiast's with my discoverys. None of the above files or methods were created by me. They deserve all the credit and you should say thanks to them if you ever get a chance. Later guys and good luck :good: