yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[LeEco Le 2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] PolarX:
Cool! That's what I am looking for. 14.1 is too buggy. Camera is not even working.

Update:

Just flashed this version and it is superb, far far better than the 14.x. Camera is good and fingerprint is even faster than the stock EUI.

Great job! Thanks, OP!
[LeEco Le 2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] CYB3R0ID694:
Flash Right Bootloader + Modem.. ;)

Flash this :- http://eu.host.erwanleboucher.fr:8080/codeworkx/lineage/s2/bootloaders/bootloader-19S-india-s2ww.zip
[LeEco Le 2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] Karan Sirvi:
In this Volte is not working plz give suggestion quickly
[LeEco Le 2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] Lakku:
Again....

Please flash .019s bootloader (modem+baseband).
[LeEco Le 2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] Karan Sirvi:
No bro is still not working Volte

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Just flash it..

That's it bro

After flashing this Volte is working??

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Than You bro

Volte is working now :laugh: ???
[LeEco Le 2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] Karan Sirvi:
Mr. Lakku,

Why u didn't update LOS 13 after 16th June..??

Plz make it new update for our...

:( :(

Thank You
[LeEco Le 2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] rootuser11:
not sure what makes you think he needs to update the rom constantly. the rom is stable already and has the latest security patch. just use it and enjoy.
[LeEco Le 2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] reozy:
Quick charge stop functioning after installing the rom it took 15-20 min to increase 1% :crying: revert back to eui 5.9.26s enable the quick charge option but still quick charge is not working... :crying:
[LeEco Le 2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] Lakku:
Maybe Faulty Charger or Cable.

Its fine for me.
[LeEco Le 2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] hkee96:
Can u make a rr rom of marshmellow based on ur los13
[LeEco Le 2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] reozy:
led light n the charge status is showing but its not charging.

i plugged in my friend desktop with the same cable it was charging.. but through my powerbank, charger and laptop its not charging...

can't understand what might be the problem.

charger working fine if charge to another phone using micro usb cable.
[LeEco Le 2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] Lakku:
Try Ampere app from PS to see the charging current magnitude.
[LeEco Le 2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] saicrazy48:
Sir , Can we get stock camera of eui in this rom? Or any other way to tweak?
[LeEco Le 2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] Lakku:
No, the rom packs with the SNAPCAMERA.

But you can install any other Camera App from PS and they will work fine.
[LeEco Le 2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] saicrazy48:
Thanks for the rom :)
[LeEco Le 2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] Lakku:
Your Welcome :)
[LeEco Le 2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] PolarX:
Camera opens very slow (3s to function) and when I took pictures in portrait direction, it turned out to be landscape in the gallery. Very annoying and once I turn on HDR mode, there will be 2 photos created. Really do not like it this way.

Auto-rotate is not working properly for me.

Am I the only one having the above issues?

Anyway, it is far better than official 14.1.
[LeEco Le 2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] shunil.scorpio01:
Why is the ..Focus mode not highlighted or blured ..Y cant i change it in camera ...Some1 ..Plz help
[LeEco Le 2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] reozy:
Problem solved...

it is because of the cable..

purchase new cable and working fine.:o:o

Thank You
[LeEco Le 2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] Lakku:
Wrong Thread.

Don't ask about any MOD here that modifies /system partition.
[LeEco Le 2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] vollnervig:
Thank you Lakku for this nice ROM. My device works quite good and stable on mostly every feature/setting. But I've noticed these two strange behaviors:

*If I fully charge my phone and plugin my headset (via the original adapter) it is not recognized as headset and the output comes only from the phone speakers - when I reboot it works again normally.

*I am not able to reproduce the issue, but I've already had it twice that my Internet connection was gone (exclamation mark near the connection bar) - I've rebooted and connection was fine again. It happened in the first two days of usage (maybe also not ROM specific issue, but strange because after reboot connection was OK again).

Now I have the ROM installed since 16.06. (last release) and it runs very stable (except the things mentioned above) and the battery usage is pretty impressive (almost every time 2 days with no additional charge).

LOS 14.x is very buggy on my Le2, e.g. camera is a disaster.

Thanks again Lakku.
[LeEco Le 2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] CYB3R0ID694:
TIP :- Do Soft Reboot.. :p

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Maybe yes..

I have just tested.. All working fine here..

Camera open time is 1 sec.. Not more than that..

Auto-rotate also working fine all time..
[LeEco Le 2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] piku 123:
faulty charging cable i think
[LeEco Le 2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] DarknessKiller:
It wasnt us dont wanna fix Los 14.x Camera blame LeEco they *** something up
[LeEco Le 2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] FridrufHau:
I don't know why so many devisions are trying to do nougat roms if you and also codeworkx announce that leeco messed with the camera drivers and nobody knows if this problem will ever be solved.

How can they choose this to be lineage official?

I'm so grateful that I can test this rom next time, because if it is stable and secure I will not cry for nougat for a second...
[LeEco Le 2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] saicrazy48:
SoT,Volte and Bluetooth connectivity?
[LeEco Le 2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] DarknessKiller:
It could be solve but we dev are too dumb to code a camera driver ?
[LeEco Le 2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] piku 123:
Yeah,If someone could fix VOLTE is official lineage 13 we could have gotten stable,fully functional ROM flashing modems and bootloader always comes at a risk no one is sure flashing which version of modem fixes VOLTE this is the reason i switched to small eUI everything is working great except it changes model no. to x520

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No one is blaming you its the leeco which are the reason for this mess they could have released camera and IR blaster libs for leeco devices just like one plus but those sucker are neither giving update nor they are helping devs :(

Buying this device is worst mistake of my life:crying: although phone is great but poor software support ruins it
[LeEco Le 2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] FridrufHau:
I think I rather choose the 30 second workaround every start to make volte work, instead of loosing possibilty of changing rgb display colours without root.

I'm a weirdo sorry :)

And my display colours look not good without customization. Poor, I would give Eui a chance if this would be no problem, because it was kinda nice.
[LeEco Le 2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] piku 123:
You should copy this post in original post.
[LeEco Le 2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] Amit.V:
volume on headphones is too low, even on maximum. is there something i cn do about it?

other than that, the rom works really grat for now. thank you so much for that.
[LeEco Le 2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] lambhurricane:
Bro can u remove stock browser and add jelly browser
[LeEco Le 2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] FridrufHau:
Must be kidding, nobody wants ads in stock browser. Brave Browser is ad free, chromium stable, ad blocking, safe browsing and faster at html5test.com.

From old mozilla developers I read.

Maybe you should just install a good browser for yourself...
[LeEco Le 2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] prashantmkr53:
Installed this rom yesterday morning, and its working fabulous flashlight also works well. Just one issue i noticed that my volte was lost after reboot, bt after changing DPI to 400 volte started working again.
[LeEco Le 2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] Lakku:
For VoLTE, Read the fix that I have given
[LeEco Le 2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] Lakku:
Post about phone SS here.
[LeEco Le 2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] rohitraj043:
thnx for the VoLTE rom :)
[LeEco Le 2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] saicrazy48:
Bluetooth connectivity issue!

I have envent live tune BT earphones which works fine for eui but isnt able to pair on LOS13. Is there any way to tweak?

BTW This Rom is a Dynamite ,better than the offical build almost no bugs.
[LeEco Le 2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] aneesathil:
Good Rom

[MENTION=6735776]Lakku[/MENTION]

installed this rom yesterday, thank you! its good, fast, and clean!:angel:

stable as well..... :fingers-crossed:

camera quality a little less than eui stock.:silly: but who cares.

how can i show up the network speed indiacator?

and which supersu version should i flash?
[LeEco Le 2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] Lakku:
Use any app from Play Store for Network Speed Indication.

For root: Download SU add-on from LineageOS addons URL given in instructions at OP. Make sure you download arm64, 13.1
[LeEco Le 2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] DarknessKiller:
You can use any supersu you like

For me i like latest 2.82
[LeEco Le 2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] aneesathil:
thank you!

bug- after reboot, the battery % indicator inside the circle is missing.

any work arounds?
[LeEco Le 2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] drsood:
Since yesterday, I am not able to make any calls via jio. As soon as I attempt to make a call, it says "call ended".

I was using cm 13 original rom and then I had installed this rom yesterday. I tried to shift back to original cm 13 rom, but of no help

I have tried getting help from jio customer care and they suggested me to use Jio4voice app instead
[LeEco Le 2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] Divraj:
Hey buddy , thanks for your work but other person voice is not coming through cdla earphones during calls and our voice is also not going
[LeEco Le 2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] galets:
[MENTION=6735776]Lakku[/MENTION], the encryption on this device does not work. Can you fix that? [MENTION=3208754]codeworkx[/MENTION] recently fixed the similar issue on 14.1, perhaps same fix would work?
[LeEco Le 2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] Lakku:
Brother,

Workaround for VoLTE is already given by me on page 5,

Please Read.
[LeEco Le 2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] Lakku:
Can't Debug issues related to CDLA as I don't have one.
[LeEco Le 2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] drsood:
Already tried that. Still the same message. Net is working, but calls are not
[LeEco Le 2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] Lakku:
Make sure you are on .019s Bootloader.
[LeEco Le 2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] drsood:
I am. but to be sure, i flashed it again, and tried, but not working
[LeEco Le 2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] Lakku:
Post About phone SS here
[LeEco Le 2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] drsood:
posted. But I have changed the rom temporarily back to original cm13, because I thought that might work
[LeEco Le 2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] Lakku:
This is not my build.

This build does not have forced enable VoLTE.

I have forced enable the VoLTE.
[LeEco Le 2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] Lakku:
Use my build and VoLTE will work.
[LeEco Le 2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] drsood:
ok thanks. I ll install it and get back
[LeEco Le 2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] Lakku:
OK.
[LeEco Le 2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] drsood:
Installed your ROM. Followed instructions given on page 5. still the same error
[LeEco Le 2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] Lakku:
What Error...?
[LeEco Le 2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] drsood:
As soon as I connect the call, it says "call ended"
[LeEco Le 2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] Lakku:
Try enabling and disabling enhanced voice call in mobile network after that Shortcut Master Lite process.
[LeEco Le 2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] subham164:
can u please make the rom fully stable , i.e without the use of shortcut master lite , for volte.

as this is the by far the best rom available for our device, wish it could work normally without any workarounds or tricks.. jst like stock.
[LeEco Le 2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] Lakku:
Brother.

I tried everything what I could. But will try once again.

Will search codeaurora for some patch or so.

Until then, please use that workaround.

Its just simple 2 touches after every restart.:)
[LeEco Le 2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] galets:
Not for the love of bugging maintainer, but the set of builds to which download link leads is pretty old. Has there been a new build at all?

And once we are on it: the links to the source code in the OP are leading to the 404-not found. Do you mind updating them? I'm looking to see if I can build that firmware myself.
[LeEco Le 2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] Lakku:
Sure. You can build what you want .

Links are updated now, sorry for these minor mistakes.

New build will be out very soon.
[LeEco Le 2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] dhirajoffice37@gmail.com:
Thank you alot for this awesome rom bro. It is only bugless rom for Le2 ever brillient battry backup , and volte calling thx alot
[LeEco Le 2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] Lakku:
NP brother.

And those who are asking for updates,

The project will be updated when the source is updated to newest.
[LeEco Le 2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] subham164:
one sec!, just to be clear , u making a new build of this rom? or any updates soon?
[LeEco Le 2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] Lakku:
Heeeee...

I just said in previous comment that the Project will be updated when the Source gets updated.
[LeEco Le 2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] lambhurricane:
Bro can u check Bluetooth pairing
[LeEco Le 2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] Lakku:
Its fine.
[LeEco Le 2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] Anish117:
Plzz update this Rom
[LeEco Le 2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] Opupyrkin:
Dear Lakku! Will You update this ROM soon to July security patch or not?

I want to migrate on it from Lineage OS 14.1, i tired from it's bugs and camera crashes, so maybe I need wait few days or week and than will install Your updated ROM? If You have no plans to update Lineage OS 13 soon, just let me know about it and I will flash actual version.

I just tired of everyday flashing to find normal bugless ROM, its like a playing Russian roulette.

Best wishes to You.

Sorry for my bad English
[LeEco Le 2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] Lakku:
The ROM will be updated soon.

Let the source get updated first.
[LeEco Le 2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] Lakku:
I just saw that the source has got Updated.

So, will give new build tonight with July security patch level.

:)
[LeEco Le 2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] Opupyrkin:
Thank You so much for answer. I hope that Your ROM will be my favorite everyday driver.

Good luck to You and to your work.
[LeEco Le 2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] Leeco Le x522:
Bro does it support IR?

MY REMOTE app is not working. Any suggestions please?
[LeEco Le 2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] Lakku:
Set SElinux to permissive and then use any app you want.:)
[LeEco Le 2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] Opupyrkin:
Try this https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B866ai-JhkG3N1dWZm12aEpDa00/view?usp=drivesdk

Flash via TWRP without any wipes
[LeEco Le 2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] lambhurricane:
Bro Bluetooth is still not working and it's not showing in other devices
[LeEco Le 2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] Leeco Le x522:
Thanks work like a charm..
[LeEco Le 2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] Lakku:
PROJECT UPDATED

1. Updated to July Security Patch Level.

2. Fixed Encryption.
[LeEco Le 2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] Lakku:
For Downloads check OP.

Thank you
[LeEco Le 2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] Drooes:
Every rom seems like have this same problem! And there is a temperoary fix! Perform a Soft Restart everytime when it don't detect!

Bad news for smartwatch users that because of this the smartwatches can't work properly! Since it fails to detect the bluetooth after 1 go! :(
[LeEco Le 2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] Leeco Le x522:
Bro TRUSTED FACE UNLOCK crashed again and again. Solution plz.
[LeEco Le 2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] Lakku:
Log?
[LeEco Le 2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] FridrufHau:
Hey, your rom works perfect. I used Lineage 14 before. Camera is very good now, accu loading is cooler, which makes me less nervous. Newest security level, very nice. I'm checking for accu duration now and if I still have to use overdose kernel. Thank you very much.
[LeEco Le 2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] dback31:
Overdose is for nougat roms only
[LeEco Le 2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] FridrufHau:
Darkness Killer said it works:

https://xdaforums.com/le-2/development/project-overdose-kernel-t3604990/page17
[LeEco Le 2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] dback31:
Alright nevermind then, i don't use his kernel, just read the thread description where he says it only works on nougat roms

My bad.
[LeEco Le 2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] galets:
[MENTION=6735776]Lakku[/MENTION], I tried encrypting the phone and ended up with "failed", had to reset the phone again. What did you do to get encryption working?

**EDIT:** in other words, did you actually test it?

**EDIT2:** encrypting device clearly doesn't function correctly, even after full reset I still get failure to encrypt and have to format data
[LeEco Le 2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] DarknessKiller:
It still works on Marshmallow Rom actually..

(LOS 13,AOKP M,RR M) only
[LeEco Le 2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] Lakku:
Which recovery are you using brother.?
[LeEco Le 2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] FridrufHau:
What is very good from overdose kernel, that it is decreasing lowest brightness for this rom

;)
[LeEco Le 2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] galets:
twrp-3.1.1-0-s2
[LeEco Le 2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] Lakku:
Brother , use twrp by codeworkx available on los14.1 thread. If that doesn't work , I will build it for you.
[LeEco Le 2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] prashantmkr53:
Can i dirty flash the new update over previous build?
[LeEco Le 2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] Lakku:
Yep.
[LeEco Le 2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] RSGI:
that is the one with the chinese splash, isn't it?

hell, if i have to install that crap to use this rom.... well, i wont be using it, thats for sure...

====EDIT==============

Maybe there's away, isn't that recovery based on 3.0.0-2 version of TWRP?

If i "downgrade" my recovery version from 3.1.1-1 to 3.0.0-2 from twrp site, it might work....
[LeEco Le 2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] Lakku:
No brother. Its built from lineage source instead of omni.
[LeEco Le 2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] dback31:
Yeah as I said, it was my mistake, I only read through the OP and only saw this

Didn't read the whole thread :p
[LeEco Le 2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] galets:
Oki-dok, trying it now. I didn't realize there actually is a recovery that handles decryption for this phone. Apparently pro3 also has one. I'm dumbass apparently.
[LeEco Le 2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] mithil.thesailor:
Superb rom sir..

Everything perfect.
[LeEco Le 2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] galets:
[MENTION=6735776]Lakku[/MENTION] I tried again, and nope. encryption does not work. TWRP seems to understand that there is data to decrypt, but booting system will never complete
[LeEco Le 2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] Lakku:
Will look in the issue again.:)
[LeEco Le 2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] Anish117:
Plzz keep this rom updated... bcoz i love it...
[LeEco Le 2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] devilloki:
magisk manager FC.
[LeEco Le 2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] Lakku:
Cant provide any support for such things.(SuperSU, Magisk, Xposed, etc).

If you want to root, go to lineage os addons given in OP and flash su addon.
[LeEco Le 2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] devilloki:
thk.i am a Chinese.app 轻芒阅读 also FC.pls help me
[LeEco Le 2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] Lakku:
Sorry but i am not able to understand what are you saying.
[LeEco Le 2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] Divraj:
Perfect rom but 1 bug(i think i m only bothered by it)

Thanks for this rom buddy

Everything is working perfectly but on using cdla earphones voice of other person is not coming and my voice is also not going

I think the reason for this is cdla mode. it does not disable itself while we r calling as in eui it is disabled automatically while we r on call.

Only this is the reason i m stuck on eui

Plzz fix this bug

Again thanks for your hard work bro:good::D
[LeEco Le 2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] Lakku:
Bro, I can't debug problems related to cdla as I don't have cdla earphones.
[LeEco Le 2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] Divraj:
Your testers are having earphones?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AndroidOmenon:
Hello I followed a tutorial on the forums to update my Samsung Galaxy S7 (SM-G930F) the tuorial did say all data would remain intact, due to my stupidity I didn't make a backup of my phone. After the update had completed all my data had been wiped.

I've basically lost everything and I have only myself to blame. I have been searching google and the xda forums since yesterday but can't find an answer to my question.

I have downloaded a couple of recovery software programs which prompt me to root my phone which I'm reluctant to-do as I don't want to trip knox if it's not going to help in recovering any data.

I tried the diskdigger app and that recovered 105 photos which gave me a little bit of hope that maybe rooting the device will recovery almost everything I lost.

My question is what software would the experts here recommend to use as I'm reluctant in purchasing a license unless it's going to help with recovering my data and what are the realistic chances that rooting the device will allow more data recovery.

I have learned my lesson backup all phone data before following any xda tutorial. I would also like to apologise if something similar has been posted before as my search on XDA did not bring up any links to the type of situation I'm in.

Thanks in advance for helping out if possible.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] J_byrd:
You can try this software http://www.gihosoft.com/android-data-recovery-free.html you can try the free version first. And yes root is a must to have access to certain directories on your device. But be prepared there is a good chance your data is lost for good.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zelendel:
Don't bother. The chances of getting the stuff back is slim to none. As it formated the partition. You may get a few things but won't be worth tripping Knox and losing your warranty. Unless you have an sdcard never trust device storage to keep things safe.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] moobiking:
There's 50 percent chance you can get your data back after you root your phone and use some recovery tool, but you will lose your warranty and trip knox, depends on whether your data worth it.

Besides, make a backup with Google Drive/Google Photos next time.