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[Samsung Galaxy J5 Questions & Answers] Taivotat2:
Have u tried with kernel adiutor? I never used stock permissive kernel, but u can tweak the Corsicanu or Bulgaricus kernels very straightforward to stay permissive...

I suggest u to update your TWRP to lastest and official one for our device 3.1.1. by Vince.

Also using the command "getenforce"u can change selinux state, but u said don't understand using terminal...
[Samsung Galaxy J5 Questions & Answers] Shadoowz:
I try this kernel auditor, but i dont found anything about selinux on it, i have terminal installed as well, ive try what ive found on another topic about comands (setenforce 0 etc) but it doesnt work, I dont know anything about this kernel thing will it change my phone? UI, apps etc?
[Samsung Galaxy J5 Questions & Answers] Taivotat2:
Kernel will not change your ROM, it's like changing the motor of your car for example.

There's plenty of TouchWiz kernels for j5 from Bulgaricus and Corsicanu, as they're custom kernels for stock, they have different settings and options than stock kernel lacks of. With kernel adiutor you will find selinux option in some of them if not all.
[Samsung Galaxy J5 Questions & Answers] Shadoowz:
How do I change this Kernel? Do you have a download link? Whats the best?
[Samsung Galaxy J5 Questions & Answers] Shadoowz:
its everithing ok now, I change the kernel, its permisive and my apps works ok thanks...
[Samsung Galaxy J5 Questions & Answers] Taivotat2:
Nice.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] Fabreitor:
Hi,

I installed cc mode.apk from samsung knox support page on my rooted device, now when i want to boot keep saying "custom binary blocked by cc mode", so i tried to flash a new rom, but in the download mode there is a warning that says "download mode is blocked by cc mode", now i dont know what to do.

PLZ HELP!:(
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] johnmitakos:
You can save your phone. Okay. If the cc mode apk is not installed in \system folder all you have to do is boot you phone into recovery (VOL UP & POWER BUTTON) and choose wipe data/factory reset.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] Fabreitor:
Fixed, but thanks anyway
[Xiaomi Mi Mix 2 Questions & Answers] kezzuki:
Hey guys,

I have recently flashed global stable ROM over global beta (oreo) while having lockscreen setup, and also "Preverve force encryption" checked in Magisk while in global beta. This was an accident...

And now, no matter how I format the phone, or flash offiical ROMs from MiTools/fastboot, once after the initial setup of MIUI, the folders shown up in TWRP is random characters.

If i format data partition, then I can access data from TWRP, but once initialized android, then it goes back to random characters.

I have also tried this thread in MIUI forum:

http://en.miui.com/thread-310923-1-1.html

this script is meant to disable encryption but it seems to be very out dated, tried it doesn't work.

Has anyone ran into problems like this before?

Thanks in advance!
[Xiaomi Mi Mix 2 Questions & Answers] punkmonkey1984:
Just use the same code as you entered on you lock screen.

For example if your lock pin is '1234' put '1234' in the TWRP when you boot into it.
[Xiaomi Mi Mix 2 Questions & Answers] kezzuki:
i don't prompt the lockscreen code:crying:

its just simply encrypted, and after i flash magisk in other roms, the preserve forced encryption option is unchecked...which should not be the case...
[Xiaomi Mi Mix 2 Questions & Answers] raupe:
[MENTION=5163168]kezzuki[/MENTION]

Have you tried to install the latest TWRP 3.2.1-0 build with encryption support?

Info & DL here: https://xdaforums.com/mi-mix-2/development/recovery-twrp-3-2-1-0-recovery-t3730030
[Xiaomi Mi Mix 2 Questions & Answers] kezzuki:
Wow it works. Thanks!

Now i'm confused,,, i used to be able to see the files in TWRP, but i definitely have not used this version. I wonder if what i used before also supports encryption, or it was that the encryption was not enabled before....

But anyways, this one your link is working. Thanks again!
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] ChumleyEX:
Hello all, I think the title speaks for itself pretty much.

I know I know, IM+ or Fring or whatever else is what you like, and I know you don't like using SMS for messaging. I know.

I like the yahoo part of OZ and would like to get it working. I tried to install the cab file thats in the kaiser wiki (the non plugin one) and right off the bat it says

" Installation of OZ_Instant_Messanger_at_t_AKU_(.4.4.CAB was unsuccessful "

any ideas?
[Desire 816 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nsnobel2:
Hi all,

Phone was showing "force closing" messages, I flash it with sp tool, now phone is dead which was due to flashing wrong PreLoader, Now phone showing only USB Device Not Recognized when trying to flash while press and holding down volume down button, I tried to short clo point with gnd but luck, Any good expert help to troubleshoot the problem to recover phone,

thanks

regards
[LeEco Le Max 2 Questions & Answers] Zk94:
Hi all.

Did anyone know a site where it's possible to buy a new le max battery ? I'm not able to find anything... Is the battery the same model of some others letv/leeco devices?

Thanks and sorry for my English
[LeEco Le Max 2 Questions & Answers] Fabio Bertelli:
Yes, you can find in AliExpress

LTH21A 3100mAh For Letv Le Max 2 /5.7inch/ x821 X820 Battery Batterie Bateria Accumulator AKKU

http://s.aliexpress.com/q2E7fiqQ?fromSns=Copy to Clipboard

(from AliExpress Android)
[LeEco Le Max 2 Questions & Answers] Zk94:
Thank you a lot!
[LeEco Le Max 2 Questions & Answers] dRumMzZ:
Did you end up buying one? If so, was it good?
[LeEco Le Max 2 Questions & Answers] Radzią:
[MENTION=8457562]Zk94[/MENTION] check this topic https://xdaforums.com/le-max-2/help/le-max-2-battery-upgrade-t3729525
[Samsung Gear Fit2 Pro] kmf71:
I am looking for a watch face for my Fit 2 Pro that displays battery life, heart rate, weather, steps, time and date.. Much more and I find it gets hard to read. I can live without the weather. Any suggestions?
[Samsung Gear Fit2 Pro] Yak Jedi:
I'd be surprised if there's not a face out there that has all that included, however it may be tough finding one. If you cannot find such a face, I'd recommend designing your own with the Gear Watch Designer. While the gui takes a little getting used to, its a fairly easy program to use, especially if you take the time to watch the tutorial on YouTube and use the docs on the Samsung dev site as needed.

YJ

Ps. Sorry I didn't include links to those resources, I can't post links yet.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] Masinissa:
Hello World,

I bought a Galaxy Note 8 DUOS (two SIM cards) with 256GB internal storage and Exynos CPU - its the Hong Kong Version of the China Model from Samsung.

I tried in vain to flash European Exynos Firmware for LineageOS respectively Resurrection Remix onto it, but it just won't take (flash works fine with TWRP, but phone never gets to boot past the initial loader screen).

Now before I put back that humongous (3+GB!) Samsung HK crap onto it, I wanted to check one last time if there is or isn't a custom Firmware available for this model?

I would prefer RR, but pure LOS would also do.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] GuestK0079:
Xda has a very good search engine, there's a Note 8 roms section,...

You might learn something along the way.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] charmz2k2:
Just a question...

I've got the 9500 as well. Mine is from HK as well but it's a Snapdragon.

Are you sure yours is an exynos? Please double check. Wouldn't want you screwing the phone up.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] Masinissa:
Please *not* in this patronizing tone.

You might think of yourself as the great "know it all", but your assumption that I am asking this question because I am too lazy (or too stupid) to utilize a search engine first, is truly denigrating.

And I have been an IT engineer for three decades, a Linux user for 15 and an Android user for over 5 years by now.

So I recon I already have "learned something".
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] Masinissa:
I went by the info that the Snapdragon is sold exclusively in the States (sorry, but the article is in German):

http://www.areamobile.de/news/43095-samsung-galaxy-s8-glaubensfrage-snapdragon-versus-exynos

And elsewhere I found the info that the Duos sold in HK is based on the Exonys.

I also "confimed" this via the device's ID number on an Asian website.

But given that I am currently not able to boot into the system (stuck [MENTION=7247453]twrp[/MENTION]), I might be assuming stuff here.

In any case, I located and tried two different custom firmwares I found on XDA for the N8 and they were all for various models of the N95xx *except* the 9500 (wasn't listed). And none worked.

I also searched for custom firmware specific to the N9500 Duos on XDA, Google and even some websites I normally wouldn't even want to download shabby videos from, but I found none.

So now I am about to flash back the stock Samsung HK firmware to it, but that would be my least favored choice.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] charmz2k2:
Oh no... What a pain...

I think HK and China ones for 9500 are Snapdragon...

Hope you get it sorted.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] GuestK0079:
:good:
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] Masinissa:
One more info: I tried the Notorious kernel and its install screen specifically lists the compatible model versions and the N9500 is *not* in that list.

Since the XDA Lineage OS & RR ports are based on the Notorious kernel, it seems all but certain now that the HK model isn't supported by the XDA custom firmware.

So I'll stop with Notorious now and will instead flash myself all the way back to the shores of Honk Kong bay :(
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] robmeik:
N9500 IS Snapdragon! Try downloading "systeminfo" from Google and that should confirm!
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] shollywood:
The fact you take the time to post this says alot. Why don't YOU try to use the search function to the question that was asked and see what YOU learn, jackass.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] Masinissa:
I first have to flash myself back into a working system with the latest HK firmware.

But by now I am all but certain, that the info from that tech article (in German) was wrong, where they stated that N8 models sold outside the States were (all) based on Exonys. Well, they actually said, that only models sold in the US were based on Snapdragon. Fact is that I could not find *any* Exonys custom firmware that would be flashable onto my device - and I did a lot(!!) of searching about this. For me that means it must be Snapdragon.

Now my plan B is to get back to firmware, keep the darn thing rooted and then rip out as much of the Samsung crap as possible manually.

Is there any list which services and system apps are safe to remove on a stock firmware N8 9500?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] robmeik:
From what I have read you'll have difficulty in getting back to anything "normal" I think a rooted Snapdragon can only charge to 60% and once rooted all "secure" features are made redundant! That's why I have steered clear of rooting and anyway with the new software there's not that much that rooting enhances as far as I can see from my reading into the many threads on xda and other android related forums!

I was reading somewhere on here about getting rid of (freezing) some Samsung apps with out rooting though ... I'm leaving mine as it is as I'm happy with what I have!
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] Masinissa:
As a power user I happen to disagree as far as the usefulness of "rooting" is concerned.

Whilst that should never be a concern for "normal" users, even something as basic as changing those abysmal write blockages on the external SD card requires access to the stuff under the hood.

The same goes for using many of Chainfire's tools or being able to perform true full device backups *locally* (I would never entrust my data to the Samsung cloud).

And as far as the Snapdragon charging issue is concerned, last thing I read was this is now at 95-98%.

And since I used an official Samsung method to unlock the BL, I might not be affected by that at all.

In any case, I am sure I could compensate for those 5-3% in loss with a proper CPU governor (=root access).
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] robmeik:
As a power user who uses my phone normally I feel that the latest developments in the operating system don't need endless tweaking! It seems that so many users now just tweak for the sake of tweaking rather than enjoying what their communication device has to offer!

I bought a 256Gb dual sim device as I didn't want problems with sd cards and I'm OK with backing up to the Samsung cloud ... but hey, that's just me a simple normal user who has been using Android since it began and was very much into tweaking in the early days as there was so much improvement to be had through rooting.

OK I use Nova rather than Touchwiz (but that's improved dramatically) and my main grip of adverts is now minimised by using "paid for" apps where possible and Samsung's own Internet app is very efficient at stopping adverts!
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] Masinissa:
It got nothing to do with "tweaking", but with overcoming intentional crippling of the device done by Google and Samsung together.

And for me a "power user" is not defined by someone who use his device often or has a lots of software on it, but by someone who insist on getting every ounce of possibility out of the hardware he paid good money for.

W/o root I can not decently mount ISO images or foreign file systems via SSH. W/o root I can not link across file systems or mount folders where *I* want them to be. W/o root I got no chance to alter the boot up behavior of the phone and I most certainly have no influence over anything running on it with "system" privileges.

I paid enough cash for my N8 for three new Laptops and in return I am supposed to be a devout little penguin who accepts any data stealing crap running in the background, any forced update Samsung pushes down my throat, learn to live with any security hole they won't patch and not be able to use my phone in ways *they* don't want me to?

If it be up to Google I wouldn't even be allowed to save YouTube Videos locally. For me being a "power user" means "being in power" - nothing more, nothing less.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] bober10113:
since you are on snapdragon and you have been trying to flash exyno stuff, just wipe and you will be able to boot phone. i doubt any files were acctualy flashed. also any odin firmware you may have tried would have also failed.

by not having a custom recovery and probably not root either i do not see why your device is non operational.

looks like you probably used this:(or should have)

https://xdaforums.com/galaxy-note-8/how-to/guide-n9500-unlocking-bl-twrp-t3696103

anyways flashing back stock FW and following the steps in that link to gain twrp and root/magisk and xposed is all you need. custom roms have all of this baked in so you are not missing anything. maybe a few unique settings some have via rom control but nothing big.

but in the end its a shame a novice mistake was done by buying a snapdragon and tripped knox so you cant return it for a exynos.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] Masinissa:
Buying this phone wasn't a "novice mistake", as I looked for the HW specs first.

There are specific things I want to do with this phone - like using it as a portable PC replacement and building a cluster with my tablet and my CuBox - thus I went for the top HW specs.

And that model is the only one with DUAL SIM (or SDXC card), and 256 GB internal storage. Naturally I needed to root the darn thing to install all the stuff I want. Tripping KNOX was never an issue for me, as getting rid of stock firmware is always one of the first things I do. 64GB internal storage just wasn't enough for me, as I plan to install quite a few qemu and other "alternative" systems on it. I work as a consultant in Enterprise IT and I got to travel all the time because of that.

Now whenever I am not required to work with a company laptop I prefer to travel as light as possible.

Honestly speaking, the modern high end smartphones have at least as much computing power as a middle class laptop, the only limitations usually being storage speed and RAM size.

With the flagship N9500 these limits no longer exist so why should I still slug around another laptop (even if its a small one), if I can use my smartphone plus a WiFi cast dongle for private browsing, code testing and writing my invoices?

The mistake I made was to not take the time to verify the info from that tech article and thus to assume that, because my phone wasn't sold in the US, it couldn't be a snapdragon (and yes, originally I tried the firmware from that XDA post).

So now I gotta do it the hard way, flash back to stock Firmware and then "customize" that one manually.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] Masinissa:
Last info on this thread:

I was able to flash myself into a working phone, by downloading the latest Hongkong firmware from sammobile.

Then I used twrp to flash the extracted boot and system images (both are required, once you were foolish enough to try and install Exonys based firmware to it).

Now I am installing Magisk and just rip out anything "Samsung" from the darn thing by hand.

BTW, the BL unlock & TWRP install method for Snapdragon China phones (not US!) described here on XDA does not seem to have that battery issue described elsewhere, as it is not based on SAMfail.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] sefrcoko:
It will charge up to 80%.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] Masinissa:
That is only true for US models unlocked via SamFail.

Chinese versions are unlocked differently, as China law requires the BL to be unlockable by "regular" means.

Thus Samsung has a regular app, that registers the fact the BL was unlocked on the phone (thus voiding the warranty) with the company and then it blows the fuse on the chip used to mark the BL as locked.

Afterwards you can theoretically flash whatever you like onto the device, w/o any drawback in battery charging.

I say "theoretically", as there is no custom firmware available (least not in English) for that model and w/o it, even a custom recovery flash (twrp) will trigger the FRP lock as soon as you set up a Google account (even retroactively).

It is truly frustrating, as I tried for over a week now to make *any* kind of alteration to this thing, but all those FRP and Knox/Secure Folder or root solutions for the N950x are strictly for Exonys.

Unlocking the BL doesn't do you any damn good, if you got nothing to flash onto it - for stock firmware will not allow *any* kind of alteration(!!!)

SAMSUNG YOU S@CK !!
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] bober10113:
https://xdaforums.com/galaxy-note-8/development/rom-aurora-rom-t3722273

in thread it says its based on a n9500 and a n950f.

ask them if there is a way you can flash it or if they have a dedicated rom for the chinese phone only. v4 on original site in Chinese is for Qualcomm variants.

I tried their rom and there is alot of stuff. quite impressive.

Aurora v4 Qualcomm amongst other roms:

http://04zl.cn/?forum.php?mod=forumdisplay&fid=1696&filter=typeid&typeid=12917
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] Masinissa:
The thread's OP clearly states "Supported devices: - All N8 EXYNOS 8895 DEVICES ONLY"

That disqualifies all N9500 models.

Your 2nd link is all in Chinese, which I can neither read nor comprehend :(
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] bober10113:
v4 was a n9500 base at one point. ask the dev and or use the translate feature you will see that there are quite a few roms. again, for aurora on XDA ask [MENTION=6006523]Ouweshs28[/MENTION]
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] Masinissa:
Exynos != Snapdragon. Its really no use to even go beyond this point.

Two entirely different architectures. No firmware made for one will run on the other.

And I researched this topic for over a week now - there are no custom N9500 Snapdragon firmwares out there in English. And the Chinese ones do me no good - I can't do that lingo.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] Ouweshs28:
I can work on it

But i can't test

I need a tester

Pm me on telegram [MENTION=6006523]Ouweshs28[/MENTION]
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] Masinissa:
I truly appreciate the offer (I really do!), but I need my phone for work.

The truly *stupid* thing is, that the FRP won't even let me backup my stock config via twrp and I could not run back and forth to a PC all the time to exchange firmwares.

If you could at least port chainfire's dm-verity/persistence patch from Exonys to Snapdragon first, then I could use twrp to flash back and forth between stock and test firmware while on the go.

W/o that I would have to give your generous offer a pass (sorry).
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] bober10113:
looks like eveything is there for a working build. you just need to commit into helping to test. Because your plea for a rom is useless if youre not willing to try and help your own cause. On my part im on a korean device so i cant do anything but at least i did my best to dig around and find solutions.

btw i grasp the difference between exynos and snap.

but if you have bothered to translate the site i refered you to, there are builds for snapdragon. all beit in chinese but Ouweshs28 has been translating them it would seem. As stated before earlyer builds of Aurora rom were infact for chinese snapdragon.

anyways good riddance!

---------- Post added at 07:27 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:18 PM ----------

thanks for offer but im on n950n. was trying to help out OP
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] Masinissa:
Jeez Louis, are you trying to be intentionally dense or what?

I wrote that I appreciate Ouweshs28's offer, but I need the phone for work.

I paid almost a thousand US$ for it and I am not that rich that I could get myself a spare just to be able to play around with it.

W/o a working twrp I can not risk getting stuck on the road with an alpha stage piece of firmware.

And what f'ing good is some custom all Chinese firmware gonna do me - I WROTE MANY A TIMES THAT I CAN NOT UNDERSTAND A WRITTEN WORD OF THAT LANGUAGE!

You state a lot of gabbledigug nonsense regarding Aurora for Snapdragon, w/o providing a single shred of prove for it.

Fact is that the thread you pointed to *specifically* stated "Exynos only" - but you just keep insisting it would work on Snapdragon.

If you want to help then give some practical advice, don't just keep arguing contra for the heck of it - otherwise rid this thread of yourself, please!
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] BluePhnx:
I went too the 2nd link he gave you and used chrome too translate the website and I've seen that aurora is for Qualcomm snapdragon.

So he is right on that point.

The first link was a port of aurora rom to work on n950f (exynos) so your right on that. So it won't work on n9500.

But you're right too you'll get a Rom that's half in English and half in Chinese if you flash any Rom in the second link..... but as for right now that's the place to get custom roms for n9500 model. You just have to wait for someone to translate them for xda.

http://04zl.cn/?forum.php?mod=viewt...age=1&filter=typeid&typeid=12917&typeid=12917

http://04zl.cn/?forum.php?mod=forumdisplay&fid=1696&filter=typeid&typeid=12917

Here is another Rom called Norma Rom that's for n9500

http://04zl.cn/?forum.php?mod=viewt...age=1&filter=typeid&typeid=12917&typeid=12917

Yes it says "Based on n950f..." But it just means ported over to work on n9500. Notice the Qualcomm Rom and n9500 in title ... doesn't say only for exynos at all in the screenshot.

I know it doesn't do you any good but I wanted to clear one thing up that Aurora Rom is for n9500 snapdragon... Just have to wait for English versions to come.

edited for some corrections.