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[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] Mike02z:
No offense but if they are paying you they are not friends, they are customers :D
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] :
Right? I can't see myself charging my friends to root their phones. Strangers, sure, but those I call "friends"? Na. That's kinda funky.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] wase4711:
quit bragging, you hoser! :cyclops::cyclops:

I just bought one of these from Tmobile; nice phone so far, and, who really cares about root anymore..

I had a huwaei mate 9 pro for 9 months without root and didnt miss it a bit; these new, super fast, loaded up phones dont need root..

BTW, where is the substratum for samsung?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] douger1957:
It's in the Play Store. If you try to run Substratum on a Samsung phone without it, it'll offer to take you to it on the Store.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] wase4711:
thanks; there are a few decent themes in the samsung store I have tried; do all of the substratum themes work once you install it and the paid samsung addon, or just some of the Subs themes? I have bought tons of them, and it would be nice to use them again!
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] tokoam:
I care and miss root greatly ,I have returned my Note8 snapdragon waiting for my 256gb n950n.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] BADDINOROX99:
1.GET ROOT

LOL I completely forgot you need root for all of that stuff

I guess it really does depend on what you want to do with your phone
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] vibrantliker:
All you people who say you don't need root obviously don't listen to music on their phones.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] wase4711:
I do all the time, via headphones or external BT speakers and after using some of the built in tweaks, it sounds great to me..sure, Viper would make it even better, but, I can live without it..
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] vibrantliker:
I can't
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] ParrSt:
It really chaps my back side that phone manufacturers pull this crap. Now I can understand knox. And if that is part of the security and they can't guaranty security with custom ROMs I get that. But to NOT allow me to root and or allow root but take 20% battery capacity? That's bull****.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] jason504:
You should have got the V20 if you want to listen to music on your phone and that's one of your main priorities. The V20 has a bad as sound chip.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] vibrantliker:
I do and it's rooted. Waiting on the V30.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] jason504:
Do you have the Note 8
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] masri1987:
the v20 on verizon even got twrp...

Why is samsung and qualcomm scheming against us?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] douger1957:
"Scheming" against you? Samsung has been trying to lock their phones down since the S4. They threw the enthusiast community a bone with the Note 4 Developer Edition and apparently, it didn't sell well.

You people that will jump off bridges without root are getting to be a smaller and smaller piece of the pie.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] TechBSwift:
There's one reason alone to root... Adblock. You know how many popup ads occur on porn sites? ????
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] masri1987:
They don't lock down their Exynos versions in the same restrictive manner

Also it's a principle thing. If I am the owner and administrator of the device shouldn't I have bootloader privilege?

Otherwise we'd just all buy iPhones and Macintosh desktops
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] vibrantliker:
I do but I'll probably return it before my 20 day buyers remorse period ends. I have a S8+ rooted that definitely competes with the Note 8.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] jason504:
My cousin has a S8+ and to me it does not feel as premium as the Note 8 also no Spen and I use the Spen every day.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] vibrantliker:
I would agree and I've always been a Note user but at this point, I would have to sell my S8+ to get another Note 8 exynos (root) and pay in full. I also got used to always having a stylus handy for my S8+.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] jason504:
I hear you. I used to root all my phones. The last year or so I really have not been into it so much I would just root and put a stock rom on it and roll with it. To be honest with you Nexus was the way to go with root. I wish all phones were unlocked like the Nexus or now Pixel. I do not like pixel I think they screwed up ditching the Nexus line. My Nexus 6 was so bad ass. I had that phone for 2yrs straight and never got tired of it. Usually a year and I am bored with a phone. The Pixel looks like a kids phone. They had so much development for the Nexus phones it was like heaven.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] vibrantliker:
I know, another good one is the one plus but they're so far behind on design compared to all the great looking newer phones. I got the one plus 5 soon as it came out, root heaven and great phone but bad design.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] douger1957:
Exynos phones are sold in a different market.

Should you have administrator rights to the software in your car? You don't and even fewer people are rending garments over that fact. I'm not a lawyer, nor did I spend the night in a Holiday Express, but I believe legally speaking, there is no legal obligation to provide you with an unlocked bootloader. Their obligation is to sell phones that have the feature set they advertise work. I'm not reading through the license agreement that you acknowledge when you activate a phone, but it is probably addressed there.

That's kind of the point. The enthusiast class of consumer isn't big enough for Samsung to worry about. The vast majority of their customer base simply wants phones that work and that they can take to work. Rooting? Can you live with an 80% charged battery? That's what I mean by "working."

The choice is simple. Spend a grand on a phone that may get root... sometime in the future when developers have moved on to the next shiny coin, perhaps, or buy a phone you can root out of the box.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] masri1987:
Yes that's part of the frustration is that they sell two diff versions, one locked bootloader the other not, without explanation without any kind of workaround for end users.

Actually I own a BMW M5 and a MB E55 AMG, i have INPA\NCSExpert for BMW and STAR diagnostics tool developer mode for my benz. I'm allowed to molest the ECU as i see fit, even to do things that are against the law, like turning off my o2 sensors or giving it fake values to report. both software's allow me to code the vehicles ECU.

I'm sick and tired of US consumers just settling for these lazy arguments.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] PsiPhiDan:
Wait, a stylus for the S8+? Is that even remotely the same experience as having an S-pen? In guessing not?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] force70:
Nice cars!

But as for the phones...you said it.

They make 2 versions one with the BL locked down the other not so the simple and easy workaround if you want root etc is buy the one which isnt locked down.

Why people who want root etc buy the snapdragon is beyond me and it makes zero sense.

sent from my Note FE
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] masri1987:
They need to make it available in our market direct from samsung
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] louforgiveno:
If i could have got an exynos version from samsung with the -$425 discount i would have. Just didn't work out that way.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] vibrantliker:
Satifies the basic need.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] PsiPhiDan:
But it won't let you hover to preview, magnify, translate, send live messages, smart select, glance, erase with a button click, etc.? I'm just making sure I'm not ignorant to the options. Sincere question.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] vibrantliker:
You are not wrong. Depends to what extent you use the stylus for. My main reason is for accuracy when typing. My other reason may sound ocd but it's to keep a clean screen.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] RaymondPJR:
Wash those filthy hands, Vibrant, lol!?[emoji12] [emoji13] [emoji38]
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] Aloupha:
Hello,

Apologies for reviving an old thread, but for some reason, I am not able to create a new thread (the title field disappears or becomes read-only).

I am not new to rooting, but I am having a hard time finding how to root my Note 8. I usually root my phone as soon as I got it, but I didn't have any reason to root the Note 8. At any rate, I just want to mess around with it, and I would like to have it rooted now.

So, is my note 8 rootable?

Phone: N950U

Software: N950USQS5CRJ3

If yes, can you point me in the right direction in getting it rooted?

Thanks
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] louforgiveno:
No, your phone firmware version is NOT rootable and cannot be flashed to earlier firmware. Unfortunately you should have rooted it once purchased.

Sent from my God Mode 8
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] Eudeferrer:
No matter how hard you try, you'll never be able to do a decent backup of your system without Titanium or root. It just isn't possible. Some apps may back up apks but you'll never backup their data. Also, customization of icons such as battery (like 3minit) isn't possible. You are stuck with Google's boring icon version.
[Honor 9  Questions & Answers] Zuzler:
Is there any possibility to disable the notification LED while charging?

I'm rooted and already tried LightManager, no success. Maybe a build.prop line might help?

Hoping xposed will be available for N soon...
[Honor 9  Questions & Answers] iceepyon:
You would have to root your device to be able to do that.
[Honor 9  Questions & Answers] Zuzler:
I am rooted, as I stated in my previous post. Do you have any pointers on how to disable the LED?
[Honor 9  Questions & Answers] adriansticoid:
Stock EMUI don't have the option. Only custom ROMs.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions & Answers] gruuvin:
edited to add: Before someone boots this post because of a reason like this: "This subsection is for T-Mobile US (G930T), you should ask in the general S7 forums."

These kind of questions are also asked over there in general S7 forums and the response is CRICKETS! I suspect that is because those forums are not T-Mobile forums. See? /rant

The G930F is the International version of the S7. It's the hardware model with the Exynos processor, with the radio hardware to run just about every mobile band under the sun, BUT comes with MANY different baseband/software combinations out there in the world, so they are not all alike, and some may work well on T-Mobile, and some may not.

Therefore, this is a difficult question, I guess, because few people running these phones realize that one G930F is not necessarily like the next, because of differing baseband versions, and differing softwares (that may or may not allow things like wifi calling or volte).

What baseband version numbers and software build numbers are folks running on their G930F, and how well is it working for you on T-Mobile?

My baseband is G930FXXU1BPJJ (which seems to be India ??) and the build number is MMB29K.G930FXXU1BPLB (Brazil? these regions are according to samsung-firmware.org). This is the Android 6.0.1 that came with it when I purchased it from Newegg in California about a year ago. I seem to get LTE connection in most places in Atlanta, and speed tests are okay (30Mbps),

.... but I think there may be a much better baseband fit for T-Mobile USA. But who knows?

We need data!
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Replicant82:
Hi folks! If you're on T-Mobile and run Nougat 7.0, can you tell me how your device perform? It seems that 7.0 wasn't tested by T-Mobile so I'm bit concerned about issues once I make the jump. Please let me know. Thank you
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SynisterWolf:
I'm on t-mobile and have used all the lastest img from google web site without an issue.

Currently I'm on Dark rom 8/27 build with the latest radio 05.45R and still havent had an issue. you should be good to go if you update with factory img.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adm1jtg:
I ran a 7.1.2 custom rom on tmo for a long time and no issues. Currently running an 8.0 custom rom on tmo and also no issues at all
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SynisterWolf:
may i ask which Oreo rom you are running?
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adm1jtg:
https://xdaforums.com/nexus-6/development/8-0-0r4-s-x-aosp-rom-r3ds-t3670056
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Replicant82:
Did you get the OTA update or did you flash it? Also, how's your connectivity? I had bad experience in the past after updating. Thanks!
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ktmom:
I'm on 7.1.2 Pure Nexus (N6) and just made the jump from Sprint today. My number was ported by T-Mobile within 2 hours and the service is MUCH better. As a bonus, I can now call and use data simultaneously. Not possible on Sprint.

I've been a sprint customer since the early 1990s. That just goes to show how stupid I am ?
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Note10.1Dude:
7.0 (Build NBD92G) is the current T-mobile supported build (but they sure don't say that anywhere on their website). T-mobile pushed that build several months ago to users on stock devices. I figure T-mobile has EOLed the Nexus 6 6 months before Google did, so plan to side-load the final 7.1 build when it drops next month.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FarmerCharlie:
I just bought a new unlocked Nexus 6 from Amazon. I would not have intentionally updated past the OS officially supported by T-Mobile, but during the setup, I accidentally upgraded it to Nougat 7.1.1. So far it is working great. This is the first Google phone I have ever used, and I like not having all the Samsung apps that I never use. It may be my imagination, but it seems to be running better than the Note 4 I was using.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SynisterWolf:
This could be because Samsung has their own custom ui overlay "touchwiz" its been known to cause lag especially when the device is older and the software is back ported.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Note10.1Dude:
T-mo users, have you tried the latest 7.1.1? Since we just got the last update, I'm about to side-load. Any known issues on T-mo? I assume N6F27M is the one to go with?
[Moto G 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Heartbreaker12:
Guys I flashed a custom iron man boot logo 5 months ago when I flashed another custom boot logo zip file but it is not changing what should I do?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] tuncay_93:
Hello everybody i am new to s7e. I have bought a knock off flip case for it that actually looks good but it doesn't wake the phone once opened. I used a weak magnet to trigger my LG G2 into "case mode" But not luck with the s7e. All the magnet seems to do is dim the capacitive buttons once in range (Bottom left corner near the recents button) any tips on how to get it to wake up and sleep with the case ?
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] maro86d:
Hi

I have a problem with sensors. Sometimes they work, and sometimes they don't (Compass Magnetometer, Proximity sensor, Accelerometer, Ambient light sensor, Gyroscope). Checked also service tests (*#*#7378423#*#*).

I bought Z3 as used device. Had to replace microphone and week later LCD. Everything was working properly before and after replacing elements except sensors.

What can be the cause?

I have android 6.0.1 since I have Z3
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] north22:
When you check proximity sensor in service test does it works?

For me it seems like something was crashed or not connected properly because jack, microphone, proximity and ambient light is connected with one flex tape .

P.S. Today I had to disassembly Xperia Z3 because there was also problem with proximity sensor - at my case it works from time to time in service menu. Finally my problem was solved after revoming dust ;)
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] maro86d:
If the sensors work, they work everywhere. Everything seems to be fine, also in service test. But if they don't work, also service tests are fail.

Proximity sensor and Ambient light sensor are on this element

gsmforyou.pl/files/313240969/tasma_gniazdo_zlacze_hf_czujnik_sony_z3_d6603 .jpg

but Compass Magnetometer, Accelerometer, Gyroscope are on mainboard.

So why they all don't work at this same time? I could change the element from the link but will this solve the problem?
[Google Pixel XL Accessories] badbob001:
Some of you have heard of the flash issue with pixel/pixel xl cases, where when the flash is used, the light is reflected off the case cutout and shows up in the image. If the camera/flash were in a hump, that would allow it to extend pass the edge of the case and avoid all this. But anyway, I may have a fix.

It doesn't involve cutting the case to increase the camera opening. What we need to do is to prevent the flash from reflecting off the cutout of the case. So just take a black marker and start painting the internal edge of the cutout. I used a sharpie but perhaps an actual paint pen would be better for more opaque ink.

The case I just bought is one of these common styles:

The part that the phone actually sits in is a clear TPU part, so that makes it super reflective. I wonder if many of these issues can be solved if the internal case were simply black. So I had to blacken the edge of the outer case as well as the inner case. The inner case was harder to color because its surface is slippery and takes may layers to get the sharpie ink dark and wide enough.
[Google Pixel XL Accessories] galaxys:
Good idea for camera. That's a nice case, is it wallet with card slots?
[Google Pixel XL Accessories] badbob001:
It's this case:

https://smile.amazon.com/Feitenn-Premium-Leather-Kicstand-Magnetic/dp/B01M5JF48V

There is one slot on the cover, but I would not use it for anything other than a single business card. The pocket area is not indented so cards will cause the pocket to bulge toward the screen and push the cover far enough away to keep the closing magnet from working.

Also, the magnet in the cover serve only to keep the cover closed when in the front and when flipped to the back, but will not trigger the sleep/wake function (magnet needs to be near the bottom middle for that to work). But I specifically picked this case because it doesn't support the sleep/wake function so I can close the cover and have youtube continue to play, which won't work if the device locks. I then use another app to turn off the screen when the proximity sensor detects that the cover is closed (http://bsol.derpdeveloper.com/).
[HTC 10 Questions & Answers] Happyhog11:
Hey all,

So a few months back i got the screen changed at my local store, they did a ****ty job and the volume buttons have always been sticky, today they finally got completely stuck so i held down the power button and powered off the phone so i could try and mash they free (probably a bad idea but what else could i do?).

Got the buttons alittle free but now when i went to turn it on its stuck in a boot loop only getting to the white htc logo, if i hold down the vol dwn button i get a silver htc logo instead and occasionally i get the red charge notification led to come on too but then it goes back into its loop.

Somehow after hours of playing with the buttons ive managed to get it into the bootloader screen, the fisrt time i tried recovery and it sent me back into the loop. so is there anything else i can do at this point. i desperately need this phone for work tomorrow. Will the download mode or bootloader option help me? it took like an hour of button mashing to get this screen up so i dont want to waste it.

If I can just get the phone started again i dont care about the volume for now i can get it fixed later with a new screen i just really need my phone.

Sorry for the spelling its 11pm here and im rushing

TIA!

Joel
[HTC 10 Questions & Answers] MathewCNichols:
If you're still in the recovery screen, try to restore a backup.

If not, try "adb reboot-recovery" from an adb shell in command prompt. I had about 3 seconds with adb access with the blue text at the top during the boot loop. This got me into recovery mode to restore a NANDROID.

Sounds like you might have a stuck button though?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] gruuvin:
Since the G930F comes with MANY different baseband/software combinations out there in the world, they are not all alike, and some may work well on T-Mobile (or AT&T) USA, and some may not.

Therefore, this is a difficult question, I guess, because few people running these phones realize that one G930F is not necessarily like the next, because of differing baseband versions, and differing softwares (that may or may not allow things like wifi calling or volte).

For those running their G930F on T-Mobile (or AT&T) USA, what carrier, baseband version number, and software build number are your running, and how well is it working for you on your carrier (please include your carrier)?

My baseband is G930FXXU1BPJJ (which seems to be India ??) and the build number is MMB29K.G930FXXU1BPLB (Brazil? these regions are according to samsung-firmware.org). This is the Android 6.0.1 that came with it when I purchased it from Newegg in California about a year ago. I seem to get LTE connection in most places in Atlanta, and speed tests are okay (30Mbps),

.... but I think there may be a much better baseband fit for T-Mobile (or AT&T) USA. But who knows?

We need data!
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dasmanul:
Last Wednesday, my Nexus 4 (running a rooted but otherwise stock 4.4) got stuck on "Android is starting – starting apps" during a regular boot. Since then I've been through numerous iterations of

- trying to reboot into recovery and safe mode

- wiping cache and Dalvik cache

- trying to reflash the latest stock image while preserving my user data

- trying to reflash the latest stock image while wiping everything

- relocking and re-unlocking the boot loader

in every imaginable order, both via fastboot and the Nexus root toolkit, without success. The phone gets stuck either on the boot animation or, of I'm lucky, on "Android is starting – starting apps". I also tried flashing a 4.2 image with the same result.

I've seen two threads describing the same problem (https://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=3374611 and https://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=3355216) and tried the suggestion given there of erasing/formatting and subsequently flashing all partitions by hand, then – immediately after flashing userdata – rebooting into stock recovery and doing a factory reset from there. This was my last try and the phone is right now sitting next to me and has been stuck on the boot animation for a solid four hours. Something, somehow, seems to have survived all my attempts at starting from scratch.

Is there anything else I could try? Any total nuke solution as a last resort? I'm currently at my wit's end in this matter. I'd hate to give up the phone since the hardware seems to be working fine and before going back to stock I could still adb in and see that the system was up and running in principle. Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks a bunch in advance!
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] orangek3nny:
Run 'adb logcat' during boot, record the output and post it here / try to find the cause of the boot loop.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dasmanul:
Wouldn't this require that adb debugging was enabled? That's of course not the case with the factory images and since they don't boot there's no way for me to reenable it. Can you recommend an image to try that has adb debugging enabled from the start? Or is there any other way to enable it?