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[Samsung Galaxy J5 Guides, News, & Discussion] LordSamsung:
I ran into a few issues when rooting my J5 for the first time, but I found a working solution and wanted to share it. I'm not sure if this is the right place - feel free to move the thread or repost as you wish. I just find it important to post because I didn't find a solution anywhere else, and I want others to know how I worked it out anyway, so I just registered real quick to post this here. There's so many things that took me ages to figure out. At some point my screen went yellow when booting, other times my devices wasn't recognized, it was such a mess. But eventually I fixed it. I hope this works out for folks as well.

For sake of complete...ness, let's start at the very beginning.

Prepare:

Don't forget to make a back up of your files first, both on SD and Phone!

1. Download the latest Samsung Android USB Driver for Windows on your Computer

1a. I also downloaded these drivers I think

2. In your phone check Settings -> About Device -> Software Info -> tap a few times on Build Number to activate developer mode

3. Now go to Settings ->Developer Options ->enable OEM unlock and USB Debugging

4. Download these on your computer:

Odin

this .tar file (This one is for SM-J500FN ONLY)

SuperSU

OPTIONAL: Adaptable Storage Enabler PATCH (everything saying optional belongs to this)

5. Connect your phone via USB in Windows and move SuperSU zip into your phones folder OPTIONAL: Also move the storage patch zip to your phone

6. Power off your phone and boot to download mode (Hold VOLUME DOWN/HOME/POWER at once)

7. Press VOLUME UP

8. Go into the Odin folder and right click Odin3.exe -> start as Administrator

9. If your phone is connected properly, it should say "Added!" (if it doesn't, try reconnecting or download drivers properly again)

10. Click on the Options tab in Odin and uncheck Auto Reboot

11. Click on AP and open the .tar file you downloaded

12. Press start and wait until the message PASS! appears (if it doesn't you may have missed a step or something isn't right yet)

13. Shut down the phone when it's finished (if stuck remove the battery)

14. Hold VOLUME

UP

/HOME/POWER - teamwin should start

15. Swipe to allow modifications -> Install -> locate the SuperSU zip and select it -> (OPTIONAL: Add another ZIP -> locate and select the patch ->) swipe to confirm flash

16. -> Reboot system

DONE!

OPTIONAL ADOPTABLE STORAGE:

17. In your phone go to Settings -> Storage -> SD-Card -> use as internal memory (This requires formatting the SD)

BOOM, DONE!

TIP: Never, NEVER, turn the OEM-unlock option off (and developer mode for that matter), if it goes off like due to low battery it will be soft bricked and you will have to wipe all your files, it sucks, trust me.

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Sources/Threads that really helped me put this together:

https://xdaforums.com/galaxy-j5/development/recovery-samsung-galaxy-j5-t3338869

https://xdaforums.com/galaxy-j5/themes/galaxy-j5-adaptable-storage-6-0-1-t3470020

https://xdaforums.com/tab-s2/general/patch-adoptable-storage-enabler-t3460521

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m51lZldj0UQ (praise you for the working .tar file)
[Samsung Galaxy J5 Guides, News, & Discussion] ja2000:
I had the same problem with rooting J5 2015. It works now, thanks for great instructions!!!

Jan
[Samsung Galaxy J5 Guides, News, & Discussion] Atteeee:
When I try to reboot twrp...my screen tears up and turns green and glitches out. Normal booting works tho...
[Samsung Galaxy J5 Guides, News, & Discussion] stuckinstandby:
I've tried this on two J5s now. First one worked brilliantly. Second one: adaptable storage isn't available.

Both phones are the same model with the same software version. Only difference I can think of is that the one that worked had been factory reset before and the other one has been used for a while.

Any ideas? Anything I can check to work out what's going wrong? I'll see if there's anything useful in the threads quoted in the OP.
[Samsung Galaxy J5 Guides, News, & Discussion] stuckinstandby:
Managed to get it to work eventually. Not exactly sure what resolved it. Here's what I did for info:

formatted the SD card as portable storage

shutdown and boot into recovery

re-install patch

click reboot

option still not available

format SD card again

shutdown and boot into recovery

re-install patch

this time don't click the reboot option on screen, navigate back to main menu and click reboot (doubt this made any difference)

option still not available in storage menu, wait

after 30 seconds, a notification appears with option to format the SD card and now offers option to format as internal storage
[Samsung Galaxy J5 Guides, News, & Discussion] Hola2006:
Question

For this method, is it necessary to unlock bootloader? If so, which are the steps that you considered to unlock bootloader?

Sorry - Forget my question... I realised that with the "OEM-unlock option" you are already unlocking the bootloader ;)
[Samsung Galaxy J5 Guides, News, & Discussion] xristos9:
thank you very much!! it's working fine for me.
[Samsung Galaxy J5 Guides, News, & Discussion] PARASX:
Thanks for your real effort. I successfully rooted my phone samsung j5. And successfully removed system app.
[Samsung Galaxy J5 Guides, News, & Discussion] Nick312:
Thanks for this !
[Samsung Galaxy J5 Guides, News, & Discussion] Popokik:
Hello. First of all, really thank you for your guide, it worked easily and smooth even for a person who doesn't know anything about this kind of things.

Still seems I have some issues, hope someone can help me, maybe it will help some inexperienced user like me, since I searched on the internet but I didn't find useful information about that.

Here's what happened: after I followed the guide's instruction I was able to format my sd card as internal memory. Don't know why but my phone still sees sd separate from real internal memory of my phone but not anymore as an sd, while I was expecting the phone to see it as a whole bigger memory (i.e. with my 16 gb sd and 8 gb phone I thought I had 24 gb as a whole where i could install everything).

Because of that, when I install new apps they go in the internal 8 gb memory and when it's full I still have same memory issues I had before.

I tried to get around the problem using Link2SD but still some app can't be moved, and anyway that is not actually a solution of the problem.

Another issue was that, when I connect my phone to computer, it reads only the real phone internal memory (I think, at least that's the space I see available) and not the space on the sd, so I can't put files like music or stuff on my phone from my computer. Same thing with phone camera, which I used to save my photos directly to the sd, but now I'm bound to save my photos in the internal memory and not directly to the space in the sd, as my camera doesn't see any sd. I can't even move them after I took them.

I think I can get around this problem too partitioning my sd, which is probably a good idea anyways (I have to figure out if I can partition the sd without formatting or losing data though. I'm thinking I'll backup my phone on my computer via smart switch, then wipe everything, format and partition my sd and recover my backup into the phone), but still I would be able to access the internal mounted partition only to move my apps after having them installed in the phone memory and for nothing else.

So I don't get it right (clearly), did something went wrong in enabling sd as internal memory?

I hope I have made myself understandable even if I don't really know what I'm talking about.

Thanks again to LordSamsung and to everyone who will try to help.
[Samsung Galaxy J5 Guides, News, & Discussion] muthi-hib:
Will this work with j500g?
[Samsung Galaxy J5 Guides, News, & Discussion] ali asfoura:
its woek < thank you bro
[Samsung Galaxy J5 Guides, News, & Discussion] Gettre:
Hi LordSamsung,

The phone is stuck at Samsung logo and when i enter recovery it has a lot of unable to mount /cache (Invalid argument). Is there a way to perform this flash on a phone that doesn't have OEM unlock and USB Debugging enabled?

I've tried your method but i'm unable to flash the NAND this is some of the log.

<ID:0/005> SingleDownload.

<ID:0/005> recovery.img

<ID:0/005> FAIL! (Auth)

<ID:0/005>

<ID:0/005> Complete(Write) operation failed.

Thanks in advance and sorry if its a stupid question
[Samsung Galaxy J5 Guides, News, & Discussion] Ridwan2003:
want to flash but stay quiet on aboot.mbn

want to flash but stay quiet on aboot.mbn
[Samsung Galaxy J5 Guides, News, & Discussion] Tenshiros:
Does this works with SM-J500M? I ran into the same issue of internal memory storage but i don't want to have trouble connecting the cellphone to my pc and the SD can't be recognized like the other user that can't put music or photos in the SD bcs now it's internal. Can someone confirm this?
[Samsung Galaxy J5 Guides, News, & Discussion] palmbeach05:
Yes internal storage patch does work
[Samsung Galaxy J5 Guides, News, & Discussion] Tenshiros:
Understood, but i can only use this if i install a custom rom and root the phone?
[Samsung Galaxy J5 Guides, News, & Discussion] palmbeach05:
Yes b/c this feature is built into the roms
[Samsung Galaxy J5 Guides, News, & Discussion] logz56k:
same here :(
[Samsung Galaxy J5 Guides, News, & Discussion] notaguest123:
Instead of the .tor file you suggested I used TWRP and it worked just fine. Thank you very much for the directions!
[Samsung Galaxy J5 Guides, News, & Discussion] palmbeach05:
2017 standard vs 2020 standard is all that is :)
[Samsung Galaxy J5 Guides, News, & Discussion] theopulus:
Does that mean getting into low battery will cause the OEM unlock to be disabled?

Is that possible that adding a child account to the phone also changes the OEM unlock state? I had the phone up and running and suddenly it gave me the FRP error after setting it up for my son...
[Samsung Galaxy J5 Guides, News, & Discussion] TheRetBe:
Thanks a lot for this!

Before I proceed, does this mean that the OEM-unlock option is automatically turned off each time I switch off, restart, or run out of battery?

So I may never turn off my phone after rooting it?
[Samsung Galaxy J5 Guides, News, & Discussion] LordSamsung:
I've upgraded my phone to an unrooted M31s so I'm not in a position to check anything anymore, but I do seem to remember that it's fine to be turned off as long as you don't turn the OEM-Lock or developer mode off yourself before it happens. Basically, don't touch these again and you should be fine.
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] alxla:
Hi,

Can someone help me change my A2017 China ROM to USA and still have OTA?

Any help is appreciated.

Thanks,
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] lafester:
can't be done. try and read a little before posting.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] ataferner:
Received my Pixel 2 XL earlier today. All was well for an hour. Then a vertical pink line appeared on the screen that got brighter and wider. Google support says it's a hardware issue and issued an RMA. Hopefully this isn't a repeat of my experience with the Nexus 6P that I had to RMA 3 times due to the battery issue before being issued a full refund.

https://imgur.com/a/MpQXs

This sucks!
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] mrjaydee82:
Damn that really sucks. Just got my pixel XL 2 a couple hours ago...so far so good. Yeah I see the blue tint when you look at it at a angle...sucks but overall I think the quality is good
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] xstokerx:
Damn that's definitely a defective unit
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] aeppacher:
damn thats like the s7 edge pink line that appeared in the same spot
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] dadoc04:
nice job calling google asap...

its sooo fun but damn it can be so painful being an early adopter

good luck man
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] ggreenwood334:
That's T-Mobile branding. Lol
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] hawkeyejoe:
My wife's just had the same problem right down the middle of the screen.

---------- Post added at 08:00 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:30 PM ----------

10 minutes on the phone with Google and a replacement is on its way!
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] StringerE:
Ditto. I thought it was a unique problem but it's looking more like a trend. The line started out as pink on mine but turned white and got wider over time. Google sent a replacement and I'm sending the old one back today.

[IMG="vertical line 1"]https://i.imgur.com/wWCHRdW.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG="vertical line 2"]https://i.imgur.com/wdVXQp9.jpg[/IMG]
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] raidflex:
I had this same issue with my S7 which was a known issue, of course this happen a month out of the 1 yr warranty. Samsung wanted to charge to fix. Considering this screen is made by LG and not Samsung this is not good and the one common factor is they are both OLED screens. I suspect this is some kind of MFG or design issue with OLEDs.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Jtiner82:
Vertical Pink Line appeared on Google Pixel 2 XL after one month

After mounting frustrations with Apple, I decided to switch to Android & chose the Google Pixel 2 XL mostly for it's display (I use my phone for work, viewing surveillance cameras, for logging in to customer GUIs for troubleshooting). I've generally had a positive opinion of the phone, but after about a month, I unlocked the screen and a vertical pink line appeared (through the battery percentage indicator down to the "square button"). I instinctively power cycled the device & the line disappeared for about 15 minutes, but then came back and is now here to stay. I chatted with the Google support team, and they say they will RMA the phone, but want me to send this to them & once the warehouse recieves it, they will send a replacement. My mobile carrier (Bell Mobility Canada) is doing absolutely nothing to help me out. They want me to pay the full device balance (I've had it for one month & got it on a 2-year contract) before they'll exchange, even though the manufacturer is replacing it at no cost.

Very dissatisfied that I'll have to be without a phone entirely as I'll wipe this one, ship it, then wait for it to arrive at Google, have them send a replacement, then have to set up the new device.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] uicnren:
Call them and ask about advanced replacement, they can put a hold on a credit card, but not charge you. The will ship you one right away, then you can ship yours back and they will remove the hold once they receive it.

worth a shot.
[LG V30 Questions & Answers] Japultra:
Has anyone figured out how to do this? Under Apps, there is not LG Keyboard app for me to disable.
[LG V30 Questions & Answers] CHH2:
I don't think you can. Just replace it with whichever one you want and forget about it.
[LG V30 Questions & Answers] Galaxy Princess:
Download Package Disabler Pro from the Play Store. I paid for the app; it's well worth it. After you install GBoard or whatever else keyboard you install, use Package Disabler Pro to disable the LG keyboard. PDP will prompt you to install an LG Service app and will need you to set a few permissions before it will give you the ability to disable apps that you'd otherwise not be able to.
[LG V30 Questions & Answers] Japultra:
I had this app for my S7edge. I didn't realize it worked for other phone brands as well. I did this and now Google Voice Typing is still showing as a keyboard. Would you happen to know how to get rid of this? I'm ultimately trying to get rid of the keyboard prompt that shows up in notifications when I'm typing.
[LG V30 Questions & Answers] y8s:
install your keyboard of choice (GBoard for example)

Open settings

Go to Language and Input

Pick the default keyboard option

Hit "select more" if only one or two is shown

Select Gboard and turn it on.

Select LG Keyboard and turn it OFF

You can leave Google voice typing ON if you want.

This will get rid of the keyboard icon in the notification area. You don't have to uninstall, delete, or disable the LG keyboard, just turn it off from the list of available keyboards.

Screen shot of the settings as they need to be set:

Screen shot immediately after when using the Gboard keyboard. You can see the icon for the previous screnshot is still in the notification bar and there's no keyboard there.

edit: cool just noticed the incognito underlay on the keyboard.
[LG V30 Questions & Answers] CHH2:
Interesting. I don't see the screen to shut off certain keyboards.
[LG V30 Questions & Answers] y8s:
It is hiding.

Under Language and input you'll see "keyboard & input methods"

The first item is "Default"

select it.

Then look closely at the modal window that pops up.

It'll say "Change Keyboard"

It may list one or more options

then say "Cancel ... Select More"

You want select more.
[LG V30 Questions & Answers] CHH2:
Cool! I got to that screen. I shut off the LG board but I still saw the keyboard icon in my notification area whenever the gboard popped up. Turns out I also had to disable the Google Handwriting keyboard too. Now that silly icon doesn't show up! Thanks!
[P3300, MDA Compact III ROM Development] mpattman:
Has anyone successfully backed up and restored on a WM6.1 ROM (Bepe's kitchen, Tom's or Meschle's ROM's)

When I try on my cooked ROM (using Bepe's Kitchen - thanks Bepe, great tool!) using SPB backup I get the messages in the log file during backup:

2008-02-12 12:45:52 Unable to read from file "\cemail.vol".

2008-02-12 12:50:12 Unable to read from file "\Documents and Settings\default.vol".

2008-02-12 12:50:15 Unable to read from file "\mxip_notify.vol".

When using sprite backup I get prompted to restore in upgrade mode and it fails to restore my PIM and other databases.

Have I done something wrong in cooking my ROM? or are other people seeing this too. Any thoughts on this would be most welcome.

Thanks.

Matt.
[P3300, MDA Compact III ROM Development] Carty:
No you haven't done anything wrong. The files above are related to PIM and SMS which are not backed up properly by SPB or Sprite' Backup applications on WM6+

I always use PIM Backup 2.5 additionaly to the above just to backup the PIM data.

Regards,

Carty..
[P3300, MDA Compact III ROM Development] mpattman:
Thanks Carty, have you managed to perform a full restore using both SPB backup (or sprite) and PIM Backup and still keep the activesync state so that all of the exchange data is not re-downloaded ?
[The Best Apps You've Never Heard of] sky.walker:
What's your favorite launcher? Nova seems popular, and I use it, but my favorite one is total launcher currently full version unlocker is on sale for about a day.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ss.launcher2.key

It's not super user friendly because it's so customizable. Just an example with my screenshots you tap "net" it opens my web browser Firefox, but when I click on the flashlight now when I tap "net" chrome opens.
[The Best Apps You've Never Heard of] Twotems:
I've started using FastKey launcher and I'm loving it. Fastest launcher available right now.
[The Best Apps You've Never Heard of] jxlee0215:
I started using evie launcher. Replaced nova. Not as customizable, but very smooth. Low resources.
[The Best Apps You've Never Heard of] oned_gk:
I like nova because gesture swipe screen up/down to open apps and notification. No need to tap app icon or swipe status bar, you can do it everywhere on the screen.

Is there any other lighter launcher than nova that have similar gesture?
[The Best Apps You've Never Heard of] Twotems:
Try FastKey, it's not pretty but it's brainless and crazy intuitive.
[The Best Apps You've Never Heard of] gh0STSHADOW:
I tried fastkey, then i tried KISS launcher, KISS is better
[The Best Apps You've Never Heard of] Daria91:
I also use KISS launcher for a long time and satisfied with it
[The Best Apps You've Never Heard of] hyperterminal:
Yes, fastkey is the best launcher for people who have 100+ apps, I have 684 apps installed. But the dev of fastkey isn't active now.
[The Best Apps You've Never Heard of] oned_gk:
I like Nova with swipe gesture.

- Swipe right to open Google (using google companion addon)

- Swipe down gesture everywhere at home screen to expand notification

- Open apps by swipping up

- and badges

- popup menu
[The Best Apps You've Never Heard of] buymeariver:
KISS is the best for me
[The Best Apps You've Never Heard of] quinntuhl:
Nova definitely.
[The Best Apps You've Never Heard of] :
Same setup here and I've tried all the popular ones, but nothing comes close to Nova
[The Best Apps You've Never Heard of] Ley:
Meh, I still think Nova is superior
[The Best Apps You've Never Heard of] ntrimurthulu:
Try lawnchair launcher it is customisable pixel launcher with blur option and supports icon pack ls and has swipe gestures
[The Best Apps You've Never Heard of] kroogar:
Been using Apex Launcher for ages. For me the key points are the ability to modify the grid on the home page and to be able to hide apps in the drawer. Would like to switch to a more modern launcher (and one that's actually maintained) but haven't found a suitable replacement yet. Tried Nova a couple of times but have always returned to Apex...
[The Best Apps You've Never Heard of] aravindhkce:
Nova all the way. I don't think I've ever used another launcher. And the weird part is I think most people prefer Nova for its gestures but I don't. For me, Nova's best selling point is convincing me that it isn't even there.
[The Best Apps You've Never Heard of] winol:
Nova is the best! I use it since my sony xperia S, bqck in 2012
[The Best Apps You've Never Heard of] Sniperboy1:
Arc Premium Launcher
[The Best Apps You've Never Heard of] maryna_b:
I've used quite a few launchers before but now I have Meizu and I love their native interface so I stopped using another launcher
[The Best Apps You've Never Heard of] salmanfarisy:
Keikai Launcher..

Search that in f-droid.org
[The Best Apps You've Never Heard of] tmachovec:
Flick launcher is a good one, small and lightweight unlike most. Nova is my other launcher of choice
[The Best Apps You've Never Heard of] Sniperboy1:
Alpha Hybrid Prime
[The Best Apps You've Never Heard of] Ulf3000:
im still using an old launcher called "lightning launcher extreme" .. its the most customizable and has a nice appdrawer , although a bit confusing to set up everything..

with 3 widgets(buisness calendar2, vanilla music player,blue mono sound) it uses 124 mb ram.

it doesnt have badges though !
[The Best Apps You've Never Heard of] mydjtl:
Smart launcher for Pixel
[The Best Apps You've Never Heard of] mrrocketdog:
cm 10-10.1 stock launcher. just pull from a .zip.
[The Best Apps You've Never Heard of] Limeybastard:
Yandex Launcher.
[The Best Apps You've Never Heard of] Atharkhan101:
Lightning launcher. Lightweight 1.12 Mb with TONS of customizations which even Nova, Apex, Kiss fail to offer.
[The Best Apps You've Never Heard of] slageroth:
Smart launcher 5 worth emui 10.1
[Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact General] shaolin95:
Hello!

Just wanted to say hi as I am now part of the club. :)

I own a Mediapad X2 which was kind of the biggest I wanted to go BUT the lack of NFC and Android Wear 2.0 problems (unless you install a CM13 rom) were bugging me too much. Still, there were not real alternatives to it because everything else I looked at was lacking NFC, LTE etc.

So as a previous owner of the Xperia Z Ultra I recalled thinking about the Z3 tablet for a while thus decided to give it a shot finally.

Very happy I did...just like the Z Ultra, this thing is gorgeous. Well, perhaps the Ultra was a bit nicer as it was all glass but it was a NIGHTMARE of fingerprints everywhere and slippery so I prefer the back on the Z3.

LTE is working great, NFC has zero issues and it is one stunning device overall. Sure I wish it had flash (for flashlight no for photography) but I can deal with that.

Anyways now I would like to find a way to maybe trim those nav bar icons a little as they seem bigger than needed at least for me. lol

Thanks!