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[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] xtremebuzz1:
I'm coming from my Note4 which I specifically bought so that I could have a rooted phone. Making the switch back to a non-rooted phone has been frustrating so far to say the least. My main sticking points are:

Wireless file transfers w/ windows

adblocking

disabling loud volume alert

titanium backup

Wireless file transfers w/ windows

I hate MTP. And, I use MusicBee for music management. It allows you to transfer files wireless as long as you mount the wireless device as a virtual drive in windows. I've tried just about every protocol I could with wireless file transfers.

1. Samba servers

While this was my go to as root, but it seems like there isn't an app that can setup your phone as a samba server without root :(.

2. SSH

This seems to work fine as far as apps on addroid, but I wans't able to get it mounted as a virtual drive despite tinkering with win-sshfs. What a headache.

3. FTP

My current solution. I'm using on windows DriveMaker to mount the ftp network location as an actual network drive and not just an internet location (for some reason these two things are very different despite interfacing w/ them the same way in explorer). The server is where it gets weird to me though. Only one app actually allows me to write to the Note8 server: WiFi Pro FTP Server

I've tried: Ftp server Pro, FTPServer, Server Ultimate Pro to no avail. I can mount them as network locations and then as virtual drives, but throw an error when you try to do write to them. If anyone has any insight onto how WiFi Pro FTP Server is able to access both internal and external storage it would be appreciated. It seems WiFi Pro FTP Server uses a built in Nougat file explorer to choose your location, while the others have custom ones, which seems to make a difference.

4. WebDav

WebDav has the same issue as FTP, though I haven't found a magic app like WiFi Pro FTP Server for WebDav. :(

adblocking

I'm using block-this now. Seems to do the trick. Though the VPN notifcation is annoying. Is there a way to disable that?

disabling loud volume alert

My biggest UX gripe with TouchWiz quite honestly. I'm always plugging into my cars aux, and getting this useless notifcation that I have to interact with. Usually use an Xposed module to deal with this like Wanam.

titanium backup

Haven't found anything similar with this on non-roots, but let me know what you use.

What issues are you facing without root? How are you solving them? Do you have better solutions for any of the points I brought up?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] douger1957:
I was thinking about whining about not being able to use Viper for eight or nine posts, then jumping off a bridge.

Ya know, if you spend a grand on a phone that has a dicey chance of being rooted, and you can't live your life without root.....
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] Zionator:
Em maybe read through the forums ?

Root is here and has been for a few days.

There is also twrp and a custom Rom which is already at V2.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] kstephens98:
Nope
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] usmaak:
The only things that I will miss about having root are ad blocking and being able to monitor wakelocks. I don't care about custom roms or kernels anymore, and haven't since the S3 days. I did always miss the ability to change up the way the phone looks, but Nova is fairly decent for that. I am still on a Note 4, but only had root on it for a short period of time before breaking it and losing it. When I had it, the main thing that I did was work out why my phone was always awake. There wasn't a whole lot of development for it.

For me, root just isn't as important as it was when I was on the Evo or S3. Those were both complete failures at battery life and root was almost a requirement to be able to make the phones last. Note 8 seems to have decent battery life.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] douger1957:
There's no root for the Snapdragon version of the phone. Only Exgynos.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] swazedahustla:
Well im surviving pretty damn good because the phone itself even unrooted is awesome. However its only been released a couple days and knowing everything we do about the snapdragon situation, obviously that will take a while to achieve root. So I know it will happen eventually so in the meantime I am going to not worry about it and enjoy the hell out of my phone.

I root only for tether and maybe certain customization's that come with a certain ROM. Luckily an answer for tether has been found that works, and I am ok with theme's for now.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] xtremebuzz1:
Irony.

Definitely a great phone. I think I may have found a soultion to my issue of file transferal using sshDroid and expanDrive.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] kangi26:
I haven't had a real need for Root in quite a while as well. Since Samsung has gotten into giving us the ability to add themes, and I also use Nova, the themeing options are all I really look for now a days. Ad Blocking would be great, but not really necessary for me.

I came from the S7E on AT&T, the root method for it was not a real viable option for me, way too "unstable" was the feedback I was reading in threads, so I never even tried. I wont even be trying on my N8
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] androidfilesharing:
I survive by installing the unbraded Samsung Galaxy Note 8 firmware, running BK Disabler, using Ablock Plus for Samsung browser and installing the Pixel Launcher. The battery life is phenomenal and I am not missing any features all while running a debloated rom..
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] douger1957:
Ya know, it's sacrilege to be on XDA forums and not want to root your phone. /snark/
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] LilWeech:
I missed Viper4Andriod also custom Rom .
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] BADDINOROX99:
It's actually not that bad nowadays one of the main reasons I used to root my phones was for customisation battery life and performance but the Note 8 has all of that right out the box as far as ads go I simply pay to have the ads removed and for those annoying ass selfish apps that insist on having ads and no option to pay to have them removed I use Lucky Patcher no I don't feel bad about it, the only thing I do miss is having Titanium Backup
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] Deleted member 7436581:
Root these days seems to be more trouble that it's worth. Things aren't as easy as they used to be and there seems to be more compromises that there were before, as well. I'm happy with my stock experience but I do miss TB. I guess that's the only thing I'm really missing. Otherwise things are pretty awesome on my end.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] TheUndertaker21:
i would never own an unrooted phone.

NEVER
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] funcritter:
Ever since I discovered Adguard Pro, I have had no reason to root my current. I still have an old Note 4 and Note Edge rooted to run Adaway but Adguard Pro requires no root to block ads in apps.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] mcdanielvzw:
I miss free Wireless hotspot on OG unlimited plan, Verizon branded phone. I haven't tried the workaround yet to see if it works.
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nafeasonto:
I am searching it and I can't find it. I am looking for the latest stock nougat firmware for the T-Mobile S6 Flat 920T. The one that was released in July
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GuestK0076:
https://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s6/help/galaxy-s6-bricked-t3671754/post73762467

And www.updato.com
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nafeasonto:
After I went back to stock, then flash TWRP, it say "recovery is not seadroid enforcing." and I can't get into TWRP. What am I missing here?

I am an idiot, nevermind. And thanks for the links! I literally found them just before you posted.
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GuestK0076:
You used THAT version, for your model so zerofltetmo I mean? Just search for it, that question was many times.
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] Hasukazu:
I've got a Chinese A9 Pro (A9100) a week ago, which was running fine, as the store had installed the Google Play store on it.

However, it was not seeing any updates whatsoever, so it was stuck on the firmware from last year's September.

I wanted to fix that, so I was looking around and found the firmware for this year's September for A9100:

updato.com/firmware-archive-select-model?record=EF41B367935E11E7963AFA163EE8F90B

I tried flashing it with Odin, and everything worked fine. The new firmware is working fine, has the newest security patch and everything. All my installed apps were working fine as well :cool:

The only thing that didn't work was Google Play Store, it wouldn't run at all. What's more, I was continually getting "Google Play services stopped" errors, which was starting to get on my nerves.

So I decided to do a factory reset, which fixed the problem. No error messages anymore :cool:

However, the Google Play store is completely gone now. How do I get it back?

I tried downloading the apk files from apkmirror and installing them, that did nothing.

Then I looked around and found a Google installer:

itechify.com/2016/11/10/download-google-installer-apk-chinese-phones/

Tried that one, but even though everything seemed to have installed fine, it still wasn't working. The error messages were back again, too, so I uninstalled everything again, and the error messages are gone again.

How do I get the Google Play store back? If possible, without rooting the phone. I have apps that I need to use (e.g. my banking app), which don't work on a rooted phone.

Thanks for any help :good:
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] Fuji-san:
Please take a look here:

https://xdaforums.com/samsung-a-ser...-a9-pro-sm-t3426701/post73897205#post73897205
[Samsung Gear S2] jgidney:
I had sound on my gear s2 classic and I reset it due to getting a new phone now no sounds or even an option for it. I tried flashing it with new software allowed me to but didn't fix the problem any solutions?
[P8 Lite (2017) Discussion] aciupapa:
Hi, i updated my device to B170 using the method described in that how to root thread

All is working fine and i have magisk root except for 2 things

1)Battery is being sometimes drained by google play sercives (Hiding under google accounts manager section) and it drains my battery a lot

2) Cameras are really laggy in the camera app espwcially rhe front camera. Delay is highly noticeable. In snapchat for example there is noticeavly less lag but it still lags a bit

Tried factory resetz didint help much

Hope for a solution :)
[P8 Lite (2017) Discussion] valkata1212:
well thats why they havent released the update on official devices without root. What do u expect?
[P8 Lite (2017) Discussion] aciupapa:
That kind of answer is rude and not needed... The have and you're giving misinformation
[P8 Lite (2017) Discussion] valkata1212:
Maybe his device is locked to a carrier and has limited updates. Mine is not but i still dont have official 170 update.

EDIT: i just got a direct update to b175 LUL
[Xiaomi Mi Max 2  Questions & Answers] hsn97:
Status bar icons in nova launcher or pixel launcher don't change to black in miui, anyone else facing this issue and know a solution?

Note: I've tried clearing data, even turned on dark icons from nova settings but it doesn't work.

Update: Issue is fixed in MIUI 9.

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[Xiaomi Mi Max 2  Questions & Answers] FixerZ:
Use a different theme, may be it be solved. using Nova, didn't face that though. Also update to latest build.
[Xiaomi Mi Max 2  Questions & Answers] hsn97:
[MENTION=6766450]FixerZ[/MENTION] It's the latest and changing themes doesn't affect status bars. Post a screenshot of your app drawer if it's not white on white status bar icons for you.
[Xiaomi Mi Max 2  Questions & Answers] hsn97:
No one?
[Xiaomi Mi Max 2  Questions & Answers] ronak2011:
No solution

I face the same problem in miui 8.

i tried it in miui 9 and the problem is not there.

i think the problem is with miui 8 only.
[Xiaomi Mi Max 2  Questions & Answers] ronak2011:
I found the solution... Open Nova setting..App and widget drawer and enable tab bar
[Xiaomi Mi Max 2  Questions & Answers] EmaTheMirror:
Hi ronak, enabling the tab bar as you say doesn't solve the problem for me (Nova Prime, MIUI 8.5.3.0 GLOBAL STABLE under Mi5s) are you sure you get changing icon colours in the status bar? It looks like MIUI and Nova don't communicate in terms of changing the status bar icons to black: if you try to turn the option on under Settings -> Look&Feel, they stay white.

The only workarounds I know so far are:

- disabling the transparent bar under Look&Feel, though you get a "pre-lollipop" black bar look.

- App&Widget drawer -> Card Background ON. You'll get a transparent dark shade under the status bar and instead of the full screen white background.

- using a dark colour for the drawer background.

I'd rather have a proper fix though. I suspect it should come from MIUI, they have quirky standards for their status bar and notification shade, I'd rather see it in line with AOSP guidelines.
[Xiaomi Mi Max 2  Questions & Answers] hsn97:
The guy is saying it's fixed in MIUI 9 so let's hope it's true.
[Xiaomi Mi Max 2  Questions & Answers] ipreetmalhotra:
Same in Samsung

Happens same in Samsung Experience (Nougat)

Was not happening in Marshmallow. I believe its a Nougat compatibility with Nova, which MIUI 9 has rectified somehow.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Themes, Apps, and Mod] Thats_cool_bro:
Just to inform you guys.. The hotspot mod where you download Shortcut Master Lite from the play store and edit the 2Apn's by adding "dun" is working on the Sprint Note 8. ???
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Themes, Apps, and Mod] drockj:
Any hotspot for Note 20 like "dun" ?

Anyone try this or something similiar on Note20 ?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Themes, Apps, and Mod] Y0sHii:
Where do we add "dun" in the 2APN settings?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Themes, Apps, and Mod] DaHoBO:
Edit the "APN2 LTE internet"

Look for the "APN type"

The Default should be " default,mms"

Add ",dun" to the end of it.

And the finish product should be "default,mms,dun"

Make sure you save your modification. Hope this helps.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Themes, Apps, and Mod] miami4lf:
I'm sry but I'm a noob. Where do I find the APN type ? I'm sure once I find it I can make this happen. Just having a hard finding the APN type. Searched it in the search with no luck. Thanx in advance
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Themes, Apps, and Mod] miami4lf:
okay. Figured it out and working great . Does this stick thru a restart?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Themes, Apps, and Mod] Androidwarrior:
Doesn't work on latest update.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Themes, Apps, and Mod] DaHoBO:
Yes, the settings sticks even after a reboot.

For AQI5? still works for me...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Themes, Apps, and Mod] miami4lf:
Working for me on latest update as well ... Thanx again. DaHoBo
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Themes, Apps, and Mod] Androidwarrior:
Did you do it before applyling update?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Themes, Apps, and Mod] miami4lf:
After the update
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Themes, Apps, and Mod] mikeyfreeman:
Just a FYI this does not stick through a profile update. Have to reset apn after and then it works fine
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Themes, Apps, and Mod] superdaves34:
Where do you find the apns in the manager?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Themes, Apps, and Mod] DaHoBO:
Do a search for "LTE"

Look for the instance "LTEFunctionality Test" "com.test.LTEFunctionality"

Once open, look for "LTE APN Settings"

There should be two which you can edit, the first is " APN2 EHRPD internet"

The second is APN2 LTE internet, this is the one you would like to edit.

Scroll down to "APN type" and add the ",dun" and done.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Themes, Apps, and Mod] mroj2162:
What if its shaded out how can we get it to work then.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Themes, Apps, and Mod] DaHoBO:
Download Shortcut Master (Lite) from the playstore and perform your APN edits from the app.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Themes, Apps, and Mod] Akcent13:
Unlimited?

So this would be unlimited hotspot on my unlimited network from Sprint? and also I noticed that it wont let me open my sprint app anymore after adding ,dun

My guess this happens due to block the app from tracking your hotspot usage? I have 10GB of hot spot and I used this method then went back to normal settings again without ,dun and restarted my phone the My sprint app opened and well I be damned but it did not track my usage I still have 0 data out of 10GB used! I guess I will just have to disable it when I want to check my activity on the My sprint app, this is awesome!!! :good:

If I'm wrong please let me know :cool:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Themes, Apps, and Mod] themisterwilson:
Or you could simply check your activity on the web via PC.

Personally I don't even bother, as it's unlimited. Or, reset the changes and change back whenever you get curious. Either way works
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Themes, Apps, and Mod] Akcent13:
I tried and it still shows no usage ? i think it is working i will check on pc. Thanks for the advice bro.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Themes, Apps, and Mod] themisterwilson:
Oh yeah went thru the same thing using this method on the s7 with the unlocked firmware. I couldn't believe it wasn't registering, because I wasn't rooted. It's true though, it works. I would test it jus like you're thinking, by using the hotspot without the mod. It would count the data up while I watched. Then I made these edits, and BOOM! No more data was showing on the hotspot usage on the Sprint site. Didn't have any issues for a year. Then the phone broke [emoji28]
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Themes, Apps, and Mod] Mediocrates:
Not working QI5. Hotspot turns on, and I'm able to log in to hotspot, but no data. After turning off hotspot, I have to switch airplane mode on and off to get data back. Weird stuff.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Themes, Apps, and Mod] themisterwilson:
Anyone else get the same?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Themes, Apps, and Mod] BlueFox721:
Working for me on AQI5...https://xdaforums.com/galaxy-note-8/how-to/guide-enable-hotspot-t3675986
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Themes, Apps, and Mod] themisterwilson:
Is that the latest update? I apologise, but I haven't switched to the note 8 quite yet and this is one of the deciding factors for me. I need the hotspot to work.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Themes, Apps, and Mod] BlueFox721:
Yes...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Themes, Apps, and Mod] treo4life:
If you update your profile, you will have to reapply it. FYI
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Themes, Apps, and Mod] Death-Dealer:
My Sprint app works fine and with the hotspot mod....I even disabled all permissions and didn't agree to terms on the Sprint app and it still detects my data with no hotspot usage shown as well. I wonder what's going on for you?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Themes, Apps, and Mod] jamierob:
Do you need Unlimited Freedom plan?

I currently have a very old, truly unlimited plan (no hotspot included). I have been thinking about changing to the unlimited freedom plan to save a little money and gain some hotspot access. I made the mod but it doesn't seem to be working. I had someone try to connect but there is no internet connection once they connect to me. Do I need the unlimited freedom plan that has the hotspot activated already and then this just bypasses it tracking the data or should it work on my plan? Is there another change I need to make?

One final question, does the 10GB count against your 22GB total before you're throttled? In everyone's experience, do they actually throttle at 22GB? Is it a permanent throttling until the next billing period or just something that happens during high network traffic times?

Thanks for all the help.

jamierob
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Themes, Apps, and Mod] rbeavers:
Yesterday shortcut master opened apn settings with two APNs and I could modify. Today shortcut master shows 7 APNs everything is grayed out. Original software no updates. Any ideas?

Don't know what the deal is, but it worked today showing only two apns, and could edit.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Themes, Apps, and Mod] Death-Dealer:
I feel like I get throttled, but from like maybe 8pm to midnight when I go over which is every time. I had the 450 unlimited plan and switched in Feb to the unlimited freedom plan to make up the difference in money I'd be paying getting the N8. I felt it was a good move. This mod works great. I just get throttled during those hrs for me anyways. And yes until the billing cycle starts over.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Themes, Apps, and Mod] jamierob:
So you're not throttled during the rest of the day? I can't imagine how you'd get to 128GB otherwise. Do you get slowed enough that you couldn't use it for streaming? I'm assuming the 10GB counts toward the 22GB total or is it in addition? This mod allows it to show as total data but not as hotspot data, correct? Just trying to figure out if I want to switch plans or if there's a way to make this work with my older plan (that hotspot is not part of right now).

Thanks!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Themes, Apps, and Mod] Death-Dealer:
No not the rest of the day. I have terrible signal at home too. Like at most 5-10mbps sometimes 3......seriously. But it's always enough to use hotspot for Netflix on my firesticks. It's sometimes not enough for kodi though. Now at my friends 10 min away 110-140mbps. Idk what the 10 gb hotspot counts as. I've only used it once when I got the N8 which got used up in 2 nights of Netflix. Seriously who is 10 gb of hotspot for....a 5 yr old???. Other than those 2 nights, I've had unlocked hotspot for 7 yrs. So I always laughed about it. It works on everyone else's Sprint N8 so there must be something ur doing wrong.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Themes, Apps, and Mod] disc golfing:
Long time no see Wilson.....I followed the link that BlueFox721 posted and it is indeed working on the newest update. I just received and activated my note 8 today, just finished testing the APN change on my android HU in my vechicle and home pc.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Themes, Apps, and Mod] themisterwilson:
Oh perfect, that just might give me the outside to get off the note 7 lol
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Themes, Apps, and Mod] disc golfing:
Hahahaaa..............they recalled the 7....2 days before I was going to get one. I will miss the S5 running MOAR 6.2. I've only had the 8 for around 8 hours and liking it.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Themes, Apps, and Mod] ClevelandWheeler:
This works with the latest update. I just tried it successfully even after a restart.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Themes, Apps, and Mod] StifflerServices:
I'm not familiar with the app,

I can't seem to figure out how to find the APN to modify them. Can someone please help with directions how to find them. Thanks in advance!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Themes, Apps, and Mod] BlueFox721:
Just follow this guide:

https://xdaforums.com/galaxy-note-8/how-to/guide-enable-hotspot-t3675986
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Themes, Apps, and Mod] Akcent13:
Been using it all this time and my sprint app works fine now with the hotspot mod active and so far everything looks great no hotspot data is being registered so I can comfirm that this works! AWESOME. :good:

---------- Post added at 03:55 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:47 PM ----------

Yea what was wrong with mine was my network wasnt working at the time so when i tried opening the sprint app I would get an error, so I restarted my phone opened the srpint app made sure it worked fine then proceeded with the hot spot mod again and saved the settings restarted the phone with the mod and turned on my hotspot and used it and what can I say the app opened fine and after turning off the hotspot sprint app did not register my hotspot data usage! :cool: