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[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SM-J727T1 Metro Pcs:
Rooting, oem unlock, fastboot, recovery?

April 8th 2018

I am a owner of a Samsung galaxy j727t1 7.0 Metro Pcs and I've been searching for root methods along with trying to OEM unlock-bootloader, and I've tried many ways to figure this out, and I have yet to do so.

What I do know is I recently flashed twrp recovery and rooted an LG Aristo 7.0 Metro Pcs, and it took a lot of searching and attempts but I finally succeeded through fastboot method. Altho this phone has an option to oem unlock in the developers option, it still was quite difficult to do.

I have rooted many smartphones through time and have not failed to root them. As technology advances, I seem to notice that rooting has become more difficult. But this won't stop me! I look at it as an opportunity to advance my skills to become an expert in modifing any secured smartphones.

Well this may of not answered your question but maybe it can be motivating, for all of us that has the desire in customizing our smartphones. We need to help each other and not give up.

I'm still working on the J7 and won't stop till I am successful wether I figure it out myself or get some help.

Please do ask me questions if I can assist regarding these topics. And maybe you can assist me to.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] A. Haque:
I am waiting for your success
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Moate:
I gave up awhile ago on this phone but just out of sheer spite against metro not wanting me to do it I would love to root this phone 10 minutes B4 I throw it through the front of one of their stores
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xxMoon:
Root achieved

I attained root, here is my guide.

https://xdaforums.com/galaxy-j7/how-to/root-guide-samsung-galaxy-j7-prime-t4010939
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cdub1984084:
I'm looking for a new phone and my budget would be around $350 and under. My S5 has options I don't want to let go of tho, NFC, infrared, screen mirroring, and things like that. Also I need it to be CDMA. The search I did came up with an LG v20, Samsung Galaxy note 4, and a OnePlus as good alternatives. Any good advice is much appreciated and needed! Please and thank you!
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vasiboss:
A good alternative is redmi note 4 ( minus the NFC, plus radio).

https://www.gsmarena.com/xiaomi_redmi_note_4-8531.php

or with everything u want and in price range:

https://www.gsmarena.com/xiaomi_mi_5-6948.php

https://www.gsmarena.com/lg_v10-7606.php

here are the filters

https://www.gsmarena.com/results.ph...elected&chkInfrared=selected&sOSes=2&nOrder=1
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] koragg97:
The only phone which is better than the S5 in terms of functionality is the Note 4 (and I mean the real deal). It has all of the S5's features + the S Pen + better hardware. If you can find a good deal - get it.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ibuprophen:
Your best bet is to post this question within one of the following threads that is specific to your question.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1846277

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1620179

Good Luck!

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I DO NOT PROVIDE SUPPORT VIA PM UNLESS ASKED/REQUESTED BY MYSELF.

PLEASE KEEP IT IN THE THREADS WHERE EVERYONE CAN SHARE
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] koragg97:
There's a Galaxy S4 and a Note 4. Can't have both heh :p You're welcome mate :)
[ZTE Nubia Z9 Mini Questions & Answers] PrabhakarKamath:
Recently my phone has suddenly stopped all apps and system ui has crashed and a msg appeared that

"Encryption Failure plz reset ur phone" then i have reseted the phone and again the same msg has appeared

then i have gone to recovery it displays the msg like cant mount system,data,cache,etc

then i have also tried applying update from adb but it didnt worked then i have flashed twrp it shows internal storage as 0mb

then i have erased all system,boot,misc,data,cache from fastboot commands now i cant flash boot.img from fastboot it shows the msg "flash write failure" i also tried reformating data and system partitions from adb shell as i have access to twrp

my phone doesnt have usb debugging on and i have not rooted my phone can plz help :crying:
[ZTE Nubia Z9 Mini Questions & Answers] rajesh9250:
Please let me know if it get resolved.

I have same kind of problem in my ZTE Z9 mini. I tried lots of thing but still shows E: Can't mount cache.....

Please share your exprience if you had a solution with your phone.

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Hi Prabhat, I have exact same issue with my Nubia ZTE Z9 min. I tried lots of this but still getting E:cant mount cache..... error again and again.

If you got solution of it. Please share with me..
[ZTE Nubia Z9 Mini Questions & Answers] mm_rajesh:
Guys if you can send me a screenshot of the error i can explain the method to reflash boot image.
[ZTE Nubia Z9 Mini Questions & Answers] mm_rajesh:
You can also try the below method.

Download ZTE Firmware From Below And Extract It

Switch Off Your Android Phone & Remove The Battery (If Battery is Removable)

Download SP Flash Tool and extract it on Your Computer

Run SP Flash Tool , Tap on The Download Tap.

Tap on The Scatter-Loading Button.

Select “Android_scatter.txt” from “Firmware” folder

Click the “Download” button

Connect Your Phone Through USB Cable

Read Full Flashing Process From Below

Copy the Zip to your Phone SD Card and Flash it through recovery Mode.
[ZTE Nubia Z9 Mini Questions & Answers] PrabhakarKamath:
Please give firmware link it is not present
[ZTE Nubia Z9 Mini Questions & Answers] PrabhakarKamath:
Please give link of firmware it is not present
[ZTE Nubia Z9 Mini Questions & Answers] mm_rajesh:
There is no formal firmware that we use You can flash any custom ROM or even the stock ROM.

Stock ROM : https://xdaforums.com/android/help/help-nubia-z9-mini-indian-version-t3297449

Custom ROM : http://4pda.ru/forum/index.php?showtopic=702119&st=­4800

There are lot of options for custom ROM. Flash and send me screenshots if you get error.
[ZTE Nubia Z9 Mini Questions & Answers] PrabhakarKamath:
i cant find the scatter file plz help me:crying:
[ZTE Nubia Z9 Mini Questions & Answers] PrabhakarKamath:
the error msg is "no kernal(bad partition)"

" your phone is fused"
[Moto X4 Questions & Answers] uslandy:
any one have frp? :D
[Moto X4 Questions & Answers] pizza_pablo:
I believe every phone with lollipop and later does.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] mrblackcat:
Anyone know a prog like this for windows mobile?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GWagOcy35A

(I know it's fake)

Thks :D
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] irus:
like what?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] mrblackcat:
Like a prog that detected when you touched that area of the screen, and then make a animation like that
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] cavalloz:
i can't see any animation...
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Slayer23:
lol guys use your eyes ffs :D
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] jadephyre:
not only is it a fake, but it also looks frickin' ugly...
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] kaiser47:
yeah even if it is a fake i think it could be a nice and new way to unlock a device. : scanning, "thinking/comparing" showing a virtual/owner id card data and ****ching to the home screen. like in sf movies lol.

but i agree : the one on the youtube video is not what i want : it is too slow, ugly, not as smooth and fast as it should be.

also lacks some nice graphics to make it look "pro"
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] jadephyre:
definately... i've seen some great apps on both WM6 Devices (PointUI) and iPhone (Summerboard) that really kick ass for those devices and are blazingly fast... it could just be the video, but towards the end of it, it becomes choppy... so it's really NOT a good programming job.

Guy should have spent more time learning C.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] andyjeezy:
This is a great app.
[Xiaomi Redmi 4X Questions & Answers] uroybd:
It was all good with android 6.X MIUI roms. Since it is updated to android 7.x I can't use google play books at all! In our country google play books is not supported so it is not in google play store for me. I used to download a apk and use it normally. But know, it is not working anymore. I can install it, and it vanishes. It is not getting uninstalled, just vanishing. I can uninstall it through adb or reinstall it by apk. I tried customs roms too. Same result by far.

It's frustrating since I NEED that app badly.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Questions & Answers] Vibun:
While seeing battery usage Bluetooth drains 42% sooo weird considereing I turned on Bluetooth only for SHAREit and turned it off again ... Also I always get SOT less than 5 hrs is this only for me
[OnePlus 5T  Questions & Answers] oneshiv:
i m looking for portrait selfie is there any scope or argnov8g2 has built any app
[Nexus 5 General] CalebQ42:
Changelog

June 18:

Updated

Aosp Unlegacy

Resurrection Remix

P4Block's LineageOS

Dirty Unicorns

Krizthian's LineageOS

crDroid (One-Off by [MENTION=5417899]DiamondJohn[/MENTION])

Validus OS

AOSiP

AospExtended (AEX)

Bliss

First Ever

First Ever Microsoft

May 11:

Added

AOSiP 8.1

CosmicOS 3.1

[Kernel] FrancoKernel

Updated

Resurrection Remix

Dirty Unicorns

Aosp Unlegacy

Krizthian's LineageOS

P4Block's LineageOS

April 24:

Updated

Krizthian's LineageOS

Dark Rom

CrDroid

AospExtended

Validus OS

Aosp Unlegacy

Resurrection Remix

March 29:

Updated

FirstEver Android 8.1

FirstEver Microsoft Phone
[Nexus 5 General] Vanquish17:
Is first ever android project ROM working fine???

Are there any issues?

What about the avg. battery life?
[Nexus 5 General] TomiLynch:
I know this question has been asked many times in the previous two threads, but since this is a new one, and for people just hooking on it...

To the date of January 10, is any 8.1 rom stable enough to use as a daily driver or are we better of with a 8.0 rom?

And which would better suit the needs of a only device daily driver?

I'm currently on DarkRom Nougat and looking for a similar experience on Oreo.
[Nexus 5 General] CalebQ42:
I actually just switched over to FirstEver and I've encountered no problems as of yet. I'm not too sure about battery life as this is my second day with the rom, but it at least isn't outstandingly bad.

FirstEver is currently the most stable I've tried and seems to be stable enough for a daily driver. I've not run into any problems with it, other then it's slow for about 30 seconds after you turn it on, but is plenty fast after that.
[Nexus 5 General] FirstEver:
All you have to do is copy the ROM folder to: Phone Memory \ TWRP \ BACKUPS \ {Phone ID} \

In TWRP open Restore and select First Ever ROM, one more swip and done - it cannot be simpler :)
[Nexus 5 General] bagajohny:
You should try liquid remix 8.5. I haven't encountered any bugs other than recents activity lock isn't working for me. Batttery life is great for me. I get 3 hr SOT. And man the kernel! There are so many governers. I have been using it as my daily driver for about a month now and no problems at all.

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So that guy finally released the ROM.:rolleyes:
[Nexus 5 General] neFAST:
What's wrong with Firstever thread?
[Nexus 5 General] nadeemsyd:
hi..is there any 8.1 rom with double tap to sleep functionality..
[Nexus 5 General] ohynek:
Unlegacy Android and AOSiP for what I know.
[Nexus 5 General] mnsiw:
Don't know about ROM but I'm using Nova gusture on FirstEver for this functionality.
[Nexus 5 General] ohynek:
You need Nova Launcher Prime for this functionality which is paid version. Just saying.
[Nexus 5 General] mnsiw:
Right :) I think most Oreo ROMs for Hammerhead has double tap on navigation or status bar to sleep option.
[Nexus 5 General] nadeemsyd:
does unlegacy android 8.0 also has double tap to sleep feature or only 8.1
[Nexus 5 General] ohynek:
Because 8.0 is not under development anymore my guess is doesn't have it. But you can create TWRP backup and tried it if you want to know ?
[Nexus 5 General] riThviK995871:
lineage 15.1 :good:
[Nexus 5 General] Vanquish17:
If i dirty flash aosp 20180113 latest build over the aosp 20180109 with custom kernel rom....would it be fine??

Will there be battery life change or any other problem?
[Nexus 5 General] haovh_85:
Liquid Remix update to 9.0 android 8.1. Clean Flash but Mobile data not working.

https://androidfilehost.com/?fid=745849072291700462
[Nexus 5 General] bagajohny:
Does it have same kernel with all those governers?
[Nexus 5 General] FBI Surveillance Van #23R:
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We don't have the governors but we have some MPdecision-replacement and some schedulers are still there! We can now also control the volume gain but I'm not sure if the settings stick after reboot and/or do anything at all(EX kernel for example has the settings but are useless)
[Nexus 5 General] :
I found problems with ROMs

1. nova launcher does not lock the screen with double tap by root (Magisk)

2. Audio ringtone very very low

3. The camera does not work on the telegram (black screen)

4. if I download an apk from a telegram, the installation will not start

some solutions?
[Nexus 5 General] CalebQ42:
1. I've never used this feature, but I just checked and it also doesn't work for me.

2. I rarely get phone calls, but the couple I have gotten seem to be at a normal volume. I have seen that this has been an issue on some roms though so it might be worth checking some more out (I'm currently using DU).

3, 4. I don't use telegram, but you should make sure it has permission for camera and installing apks.
[Nexus 5 General] cyprien T:
[youtube]qAed22dGPHk[/youtube]
[Nexus 5 General] EricBlade:
My experience with First:

The restore from backup process is weird. Simple, but weird.

Bluetooth other than Media does not function correctly -- it *sounds* like the gain on the Phone and System Sounds channels is way out of whack. Massive distortion on Bluetooth.

Bluetooth services crash out regularly, forcing bluetooth device reconnection.

Proximity sensor, light sensors do not appear to function at all (did not run an actual hardware test, so it may be that the software isn't responding to them)

Step sensor doesn't seem to trigger when phone display is off.

Speakerphone volume is completely out of whack.

The phone is not usable in this state -- the actual phone function is useless when you can't use bluetooth, speaker, or earpiece (earpiece works fine, but you can't *use* it because the proximity sensor is ignored / not working)

* edit: removed a bunch of questions about restoring from bricked recovery state, as i finally figured it out .. it takes over 30 minutes to fresh boot a factory image, apparently.
[Nexus 5 General] dm1980:
New DU update available on their official website. Apparently there are new features with the audio. Downloading
[Nexus 5 General] Vanquish17:
After flashing.....pls tell about its new features(if any)
[Nexus 5 General] dm1980:
Apparently the volume has improved in calls now sounds much better. Even trying.
[Nexus 5 General] Vanquish17:
And.....any new dirty tweaks?

Coz in the 1st/2nd build....there were no highly customisable features
[Nexus 5 General] dm1980:
In that aspect, I change almost nothing. Liquid remix has more customization.
[Nexus 5 General] abhilash2908:
Yes, it does. Also, they have now integrated pixel 2 launcher as their default launcher.
[Nexus 5 General] Nero03:
On which ROM are you?
[Nexus 5 General] abhilash2908:
Dirty unicorns - 28th Jan 2018 build
[Nexus 5 General] Nero03:
Thanks I'll try, but what means that all partitions have to stay on ext4?
[Nexus 5 General] EricBlade:
Any chance you might be able to Bluetooth connect it to something, and try out non-media sounds, and/or a phone call? Triggering OK Google to speak something should be sufficient for sound test... when I tried with First, got the same problem as phone audio via bluetooth - extremely distorted and crappy.

I'm hoping some release gets this fixed quickly, because without bluetooth audio, I have to stay off Oreo, which is sad, because otherwise I loved it. :-S

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That means don't convert your device to f2fs. which if you don't know what that means, you hopefully have not done.
[Nexus 5 General] abhilash2908:
Distortion still exists.

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Just select the option Wipe in TWRP. Then go to advance wipe, check all the options then swipe to format. Then come back to the main menu, and install your ROM.

And if you still get the partition issue, then select the format data option, type yes, done.
[Nexus 5 General] ppuuiiuu:
In last DU build how may be enabled colored google logo in the search bar?
[Nexus 5 General] TomiLynch:
They've added the option to chose the screen off animation, and I can finally see again the CRT animation I missed so much from good old KK days.

Now the dark/light theme is applied to the entire system and not only to the qs bar.

And as people already mentioned before, there's been an increase in volume and the pixel launcher has been applied.
[Nexus 5 General] lulli1:
Nothing new on latest DU-Rc to Bluetooth voice call sound (awfull noise) and to selinux/safetyNet tests on magisk manager (still fails, when Xposed is installed). But the second thing may be a Problem with Xposed itself.

Just for information.

Nice black theme for settings and app drawer (translucent) within dirty tweaks.
[Nexus 5 General] bagajohny:
No matter which ROM you are on, if you have xposed then safetynet won't work.

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Dirty or clean flash?
[Nexus 5 General] TomiLynch:
I dirty flashed with no problem. Just remember to disable any Substratum theme before updating or it will boot into a black screen (happened to me).

I just booted to TWRP and flashed the Substratum's rescue.zip to disable any overlay and then booted perfectly.
[Nexus 5 General] sergtot:
Frankly speaking I had the same black screen Substratum issue. But I think that was the bug of one of the previous ROM builds. Now DU can be dirty flashed with enabled Substratum theme.
[Nexus 5 General] TomiLynch:
It wold be great, but I had it on the latest 28-1 build.

Nothing terrible though, we simply have to disable the overlays before updating and re enable them after, or flash the rescue.zip if you forgot to do so and re enable them later.
[Nexus 5 General] fruitspuncho:
did anybody succeed in installing viper4android on latest DU? ive set permissive and installed busybox but i still cant install the drivers. im using the magisk version
[Nexus 5 General] sergtot:
Freeze inbuilt MusicFX app. It doesn't let viper to handle the sound. I use Magisk version too and it works in Poweramp with switched on compatibility mode.

I use "ViPER4Android-2.5.0.5-20171228.zip" for TWRP from that post (in Russian): http://4pda.ru/forum/index.php?showtopic=405989&view=findpost&p=46967652
[Nexus 5 General] abhilash2908:
Pixel launcher provided by dirty unicorns isn't like the actual launcher that is available over here. https://xdaforums.com/android/apps-games/app-rootless-pixel-2-launcher-google-t3688393/page1.

Previously, I used to install the apk with ease, however, now, I can't, since the inbuilt pixel launcher with a similar package name already exists. :/
[Nexus 5 General] sergtot:
I've built unofficial build yesterday and dirty flashed successfully over the last official one with all turned on Substratum overlays.
[Nexus 5 General] bagajohny:
For that you need to delete the apk in system/priv-app folder. Use twrp or any file explorer with root access. Then you can install pixel launcher without any problems.
[Nexus 5 General] TomiLynch:
But make sure you have an other launcher before deleting the inbuilt one, cause if you end up with no lawncher you'll have a problem.
[Nexus 5 General] BIade:
Amazing!! Love it!!!

Magisk, Xposed, Substratum (with BladeTheme), Viper4Android and MultiROM - All working perfectly.

Also DT2W, Min-Screen-Brightness and Backlight with the built-in Kernel (whaaaaat?? :) )

Super Fluid - Thank you so much

Cheers

Blade

P.S. Here are some screens (The first two are showing 2 different launchers)

ALSO: if anyone knows, how to colorize the qs-tile-icons on oreo's light-theme, please enlighten me :)
[Nexus 5 General] zappa41:
What theme are you using and what icons?
[Nexus 5 General] BIade:
custom self-created. its not really a full theme, but i named it BladeTheme :)
[Nexus 5 General] zappa41:
I love it. Could you share how you built it
[Nexus 5 General] Roxasmaker:
Hi, I'm using the latest Liquid Remix rom. And my battery life is horrible compared to 8.5, does DU have better battery life? I'm using the zzmove governer as well
[Nexus 5 General] lulli1:
With DU (which you obviously have installed) go to settings and set the dark qs.
[Nexus 5 General] haovh_85:
New build Liquid Remix uploaded

https://androidfilehost.com/?fid=818070582850489194
[Nexus 5 General] h.kelidari:
hi, video recording work? what camera app use?
[Nexus 5 General] Nero03:
I think that there are some errors with Poweramp in DU ROM, every time I open the app it says to me--> Detected problems with app native libraries (please consult log for detail): libpampffmpeg.so: text relocations
[Nexus 5 General] safinoor:
Change log ?
[Nexus 5 General] sergtot:
Nope. Use Poweramp beta. It's more compatible with Nougat roms. So, is more compatible with Oreo.
[Nexus 5 General] kingd421:
I have a question about the Oreo ROMs. Why are the majority of them with the exception of DU set to permissive? I apologize if this has been answered somewhere else, I haven't been able to find the answer.
[Nexus 5 General] bagajohny:
Is there any way to view/block the users connected to hotspot of mobile on Oreo ROMs? I'm on DU Oreo and it doesn't show any notification. In QS tile also there no info about how many devices are connected. So basically there no way to know how many devices are actually connected to the hotspot. I'm not aware of any xposed or magisk module. Or sny app with root access.
[Nexus 5 General] trabadura:
I install DU12. How to activate wheather in stock widget and city?
[Nexus 5 General] BIade:
Hey, I was asking about the Light-UI. Also I want to colorize the icons via substratum not only turn it from black to white.

I styled everything else with my theme, but I cant find the proper place for the ICON-color.

Here are the screens:

https://xdaforums.com/google-nexus-5/general/guide-blademod-nougat-multirom-dt2w-t3468341

So BladeRed-QS-Tiles on White-Background.

Hope that clears it up. Anyways thanks a lot for your answer.

Yes it does, with the stock Camera app (ver 2.0.002)

I used the Pixel 2 Launcher for that screen. (It is shared here on xda)

Cheers

Blade
[Nexus 5 General] abhilash2908:
I've installed the latest liquid remix 9.0.1.

Can the developer please add an option to disable notification battery light while charging?
[Nexus 5 General] ppuuiiuu:
New liquid remix 9.0.3. is out. Unfortunately device reboot when trying to make a call. :(
[Nexus 5 General] ppuuiiuu:
New liquid remix 9.0.3. build is out. Unfortunately device reboot when trying to make a call. :(

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New liquid remix 9.0.3. is out. Unfortunately device reboot when trying to make a call. :(
[Nexus 5 General] HermannSenator:
The dev has posted a new build that fixes the issue! :)
[Nexus 5 General] alex71184:
hello guys there is any rom that has solved the problem of bluetooth calls ?? I use this function a lot and it's important for me,

thank you all the developers cm [emoji3]

Inviato dal mio Nexus 5 utilizzando Tapatalk
[Nexus 5 General] lulli1:
Not yet.
[Nexus 5 General] haovh_85:
[MENTION=4701899]sergtot[/MENTION] I see some unofficial DU build from you. Can you share changelog? Thanks!
[Nexus 5 General] sergtot:
Just check new merged commits here http://gerrit.dirtyunicorns.com/#/q/status:merged between builds dates.