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[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] Craz Basics:
The main reason I root is Viper4Android. And you know, to boast ("Haha look what I can do!")

If I didn't root, I'd really miss that. Also, just the ease of root (compared to some alternative non root methods of mods)

But, root is a hassel these days. Especially on Sammy devices. My rule of thumb: If it has officially bootloader unlock support, (I'm probably gonna) root it.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] lazarus0000:
I'd likely root my non-daily driver. My old N4 is rooted. But Google Pay is just so darn convenient! Don't wanna root & have to keep meddling w/that...
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] eskomo:
Thanks for the full run down of your phone history. Wasn't needed though. Simple last "3 phones didn't have root so I got use to it" would have been more than enough.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] badger101:
You don't have to be a jerk about it. Your comment wasn't necessary either.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] TheUndertaker21:
I can't have a phone that can't be rooted

There goes your answer lol
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] Fokusrite:
20 hours of battery life even when you play an online video game like Hearthstone over 4g network in one sitting? Why doesn't it work for me then? There's no way you can do that without having to connect it to some sort of charger for at least 30 minutes, OR to perhaps lower the screen brightnes all the way to the lowest, but I haven't tried that.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] K-alz:
The only reason I would like to root is xprivacy. I dislike Google and their nose being in every aspect of my life, and I can't buy an iPhone (I strongly dislike apple's way of crapping on their customers all the time). Otherwise, like you have mentioned, every other feature(at least the ones I care about) that is obtainable via root only has been addressed with the new era of android for me.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] Jammol:
You can get that type of battery life by not using the phone for it's primary function which is being for phone calls. Do this, spend about half a day with barely using your phone for anything, and then don't charge it until it dies or is just about to die. You'll be surprised at how much hours it's been on. Some folks also don't charge their phones at night while they sleep like me for example. I charge my phone to 100% when I get home at about 5-530pm. Once it's at 100% it stays off the charger until the next day when I get home, as I don't really use my phone once I'm home from work. By the time I get back home the next day, the 8+ hours from it not being on the charger all night, plus my usage throughout the day and I just got nearly 20 hours. If it's on the weekend, sometimes I can go 2+ days without charging because it starts on Thursday evening when it gets off the charger and I'm not hooking it back up until Saturday night or sometimes Sunday morning.

Ask these folks to post a screenshot of their battery usage, and most likely you'll see Device Idle sitting pretty high up on the list. There's no way to just sit for 20 hours straight playing a game or watching videos on any mobile device with battery sizes roughly less than 5000MaH.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] K-alz:
The only long comment I read entirely. LOL

You're right in everything you mentioned. And to add to that, I wonder why phone makers wouldn't just let us do whatever we want with our phones like they were rooted and keep them secure like they want them to be? just make it an open and secure platform at the same time like linux. What's the harm in that?

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Knox is integrated with the phone's hardware via a fuse and can't be fully removed, you can remove its apps, yes (at least that's how I understand it). Also, no one has been able to crack the bootloader yet. Also, Samsung pay is far superior to Google pay. It works on about any machine. Whereas Google pay need an NFC capable machine to work. Yet again, I thought systemless root (the most common root method for phones now a days) doesn't trip Knox. It's a bit confusing if you ask me.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] Pow35:
I am under the understanding that the U variant is a no go as well for rooting.

Only the N960F and N960N are best at rooting!
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] lazarus0000:
Root isn't gone due to OEMs. Mostly, it's due to carriers. Root used to allow for services to be stolen or underpaid for (say, wifi tethering - something that used to cost extra from some carriers) and, according to carriers (allow me to say I call bull hockey on this even before I say it), allows for the possibility of insecure devices on their networks, possibly presenting a danger to the networks and individual users.

As well, many, many, many people have screwed their phone up trying to root or with ROMs that weren't quite up to snuff and what do they do when they have a $1000 brick? Bring it back to the carrier demanding a replacement.

Sure, OEMs aren't huge supporters of root and have certainly contributed to the overall decline in ability to do so (primarily for corporate clients that want to be able to say the phones are "secure") but I'm reasonably certain the carriers have been the primary movers on this. Used to be you could count on TMO to allow for an insecure bootloader, even long after AT&T and Big Red had locked their phones down tight, but it looks like that has gone the way of the dodo.

There will always be a rootable device out there - Oppo, 1+, (maybe) the Pixel, Essential (if they survive - not likely, I know), et al, but as Android has matured, most people, myself included, haven't really seen the need to do it.

Rooting is like working on your old jalopy used to be. Tweak here, little change there, tune up this little thing here... But just like you don't see a whole bunch of shade tree mechanics for today's cars, I'm finding that most of the rooters and ROMers have moved on.

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LOL

I responded to you before I had seen that you'd quoted me!

Sorry for 1) the long post & 2) the repeated analogy about car repair.

My age is showing and my cognition is slowing...
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] K-alz:
Haha. You're a funny man. You're very correct. Carriers are the primary reason why the phones are locked. They work with the manufacturers and Qualcomm to lock the bootloader. And to prove it, all the international sammy phones are unlocked and only the carrier ones are locked (I think there one or two versions of a non carrier phone that are locked, too)
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] Fokusrite:
My note 9's power mode is set to Optimised, auto brightness is on, 4g is turned on while I'm at work for 7 hours straight, dolby atmos = on, auto rotate = on, blue light filter = on, sync = on, edge lighting = on, wifi calling = on, google play store auto updates are off and android OS software auto update is set to off. So, as you can see it's not maxed out. My phone's Device Care says estimated battery life is 20hr 26min yes, but that's not when I'm using it in one sitting when I play hearthstone :) but I'd say it wouldn't last for more than 8-10 hours. As for what battery I would need for 20+ hours of it, 5000 mAh still seems like not enough. 8k mAh sounds more like it for 20+ hours of online gaming or netflix.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] crixley:
Having rootable phones reduces sales too. When people can get updates themselves they are less likely to buy new phones in order to get the latest updates. I know this may be a small subset of people but for companies like that and carriers, every dollar counts.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] K-alz:
Very true. Actually, this is another reason why I want root because I normally keep my phones for a while and I'd hate to stay on an older version of android that is unsecured. Given how horrible Samsung is with their updates.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] Eudeferrer:
It doesn't always work in their favor. I used to be a faithful Samsung customer. Now I switched to team Pixel to test it out and loved it. Still like Samsung, but doubt I will ever buy a phone that's locked down as long as I have a choice.

Sent from my Pixel 3 XL
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] crixley:
All isn't well with pixel either. I did 4 rmas since I kept getting ones that couldn't be bootloader unlocked. Their quality control is the absolute worst as well.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] Eudeferrer:
Did you buy directly from Google? I never had those issues.

Sent from my Pixel 3 XL
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] crixley:
Yep. It was the pixel 2. When they sent back refurbs they sent ones that could not be bootloader unlocked. It was common knowledge and there are many threads about it. They refused to send me a new one so I gave up. Doubt I'll buy another until they get their QC sorted
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] sputnik767:
Nope, no real need at all. Ads in browser are easily blocked with extensions, "debloating" does more harm than good. I can afford a few bucks for a paid, ad-free app, and YouTube Red. With root you lose things like Samsung Pay (important to me when I buy lunch at work as I don't have my wallet on me), and if your organization requires secure access to email or internal network via a VPN, the apps used to generate a secure code don't work on rooted devices. Honestly, back when I was a kid in my early 20s, I did a lot of that. And Android kind of sucked back then, so root and custom ROMs could be argued as an improvement. Now as an adult with a real job and real responsibilities, my phone is a tool for the reasons I mentioned above. Root would not only make it useless, but the problems associated with it take up way to much time to be worthwhile, as well as the real risk of data loss and corruption. And besides, Android has really come around from the days of the Evo 4G, Galaxy S2, 3, etc.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] koragg97:
For me the only reason to root would be to get the Youtube Background Playback Xposed module but I can get a modded apk instead and just install it on an unrooted phone. My S3 Mini & S5 I rooted on the first day I got them but when I get the Note9 512GB Ocean Blue F model I think I won't root it this time. Will be my first non-rooted phone :) And as you said yourself, when I was younger (around 15 years old or so) Android sucked and root was a must but now all stuff I had with root methods are present either in the stock firmware itself or via official apps like Good Lock 2019. Just hope I get a paid internship and earn 750$ to buy the Note9 for Christmas :)
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] younus_malik:
I am regular rooter but like many here i am also inclined not to root Note 9 that i purchased this week. i think i will keep it on official rom for as long as i can and then will think about rooting if its of any worth. right now its worthless as two major functionalities that i need (ad block and youtube background) are available without rooting. In addition to this, mobile phones nowadays virtually have every little detail about you so not rooting is one step safer in my opinion.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] tardisguy:
This is such a strange question to me...

Not only do i think that root is necessary but I, quite frankly, think it should be mandatory.

granted few lay-people would have need for a file server or niche mods

But even for the general public, having administrator on their owned device just seems... like it should be a given.

As for their use... targeted spam for one, or rather the ability to remove it.

Core location tracking... debloating... etc...

All bootloaders should be unlocked.

I'm actually rather confused why more are not.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] SkylerMews:
I personally agree with the idea that root isn't a necessity. However, I do think root is a nice plus to the phone, but not a deal breaker.

With root, security on your phone is pretty easy to bypass even with managers like Magisk or SuperSU. Not to mention, it's going to trip KNOX and disable majority of the secure Samsung apps like Samsung Pay.

Samsung is going the route of listening here and there to their customers and have finally removed the horrid touchwiz which was the initial reason I started rooting in the first place. And with a phone that has 6 GB of ram? Bloatware isn't much of an issue unless you don't like the sight of the icons. And as many others have suggestion ad removal and whatnot is pretty trivial now.

Nevertheless, rooting is a fun hobby and process to do if you've got the time for it and the patience to flash your phone and lose all your data a time or two. Rooting has its places where I could see it being a plus ... But I just don't see as big of a need to root anymore.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] iceepyon:
Unless you are a developer or an android hobbiest. Rooting is not necessary for android these days.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] gruuvin:
Necessary? It's a weird question. Some people like to customize and some don't care about that. You will always have both types, and root will always be necessary to customize with full freedom.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] Curiously_Frustrated420:
I'm new to this stuff man I been trying to root my galaxy j2 dash for a minute now I'm running on oreo and it's missing the OEM unlock in developer options I've tried everything it hasn't been turned off since I bought it a month or 2 ago I've tried the whole go back 8 days and reboot thing even went back 30 days am I doing something wrong or what please give me some insight
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] elmor0:
Rooting is a necessary hobby;)

It is one of my main considerations before buying a new phone.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] JOSHSKORN:
For my Note 4, root was the only way I could make my Bluetooth Audio sound good. With my Note 9, the Bluetooth audio sounds awful. Viper4Android is what saved the Bluetooth audio for my Note 4, and I was able to make use of it after the Note 4 was exploited. If there's a non-root version of Viper4Android, I'd like to know, because I'd be all over it.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] TawkinTrash:
I would definitely root if Samsung and the carriers made the process easy.

I'm not willing to take too much of a chance because I don't think it's worth that much.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] Spaced Invader:
"Necessary" is a strong word, but Viper4Android and Titanium Backup are pretty much mandatory for me and important enough reasons to root every phone.

Other things like AdAway or more features with Vanced are a nice bonus I'd miss but probably could live without.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] lazarus0000:
I will say that I miss the heck out of TiBU. Everything else I had on my rooted phones either works the way I need it to (like Tasker) on a non-rooted phone, or else I don't "need" (like, say, Xposed). There were other apps that made rooting a better experience that having an unrooted phone but, for the most part, rooting has turned into a burden I'm just not interested in. And with many apps detecting and preventing use while rooted (Android Pay, Netflix), it's just not worth the hassle.

For ad blocking, I've found Blokada to be the least intrusive and websites don't detect you're using it and refuse to serve up content.

I used to root every phone, every time. Now... Meh...
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] zanazaar:
XPrivacyLua. Only reason I need for root.
[Google Pixel Questions & Answers] natsousa:
They used to be found under data/system but I don't find them there anymore. The Locksetting files are but I'm looking for the gatekeeper files that hold your password/passcode. Thanks in advance
[Huawei P20 Pro Questions & Answers] iul777:
Hello,

I have a problem with my p20 pro, when i shoot in raw mode with flash on the picture doesn't show the flash, it's like the flash and the moment the phone captures the photo are not matched.

i tested this in a dark room, pro mode/raw/flash on , the flash activates when i take the photo but when the photo is saved there is no flash, it's like i didn't use flash, and i know the difference between flash and autofocus light, even tried with both flash and autofocus light on.

Are there any other people having this problem ?

PS this problem is mentioned in a tutorial "a photographer's guide to the Huawei p20 pro"
[Huawei P20 Pro Questions & Answers] CaseyS:
I found that when I use the flash always on whilst in raw it works. If its just flash on and it takes the photo and flashes it doesn't work.
[Huawei P20 Pro Questions & Answers] iul777:
same for me, if i want flash in a raw photo i need to use always on flash

quite disappointed with this "camera" phone
[Huawei P20 Pro Questions & Answers] CaseyS:
The camera is good. The flash thing I don't see to be much of an issue for me anyways.
[Samsung Galaxy J7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] messi2050:
LineageOS is a free, community built, aftermarket firmware distribution of Android 8, which is designed to increase performance and reliability over stock Android for your device.

LineageOS is based on the Android Open Source Project with extra contributions from many people within the Android community. It can be used without any need to have any Google application installed. Linked below is a package that has come from another Android project that restore the Google parts. LineageOS does still include various hardware-specific code, which is also slowly being open-sourced anyway.

All the source code for LineageOS is available in the LineageOS Github repo. And if you would like to contribute to LineageOS, please visit out Gerrit Code Review.

What's working :

RIL (Calls, SMS, Data)

Wi-Fi

Bluetooth

Camera

Sensors

Video Playback

Audio

GPS

Known issues:

mic [for incomming calls]

volte [common bug for All Exynos Devices]

you tell me!

Reporting Bugs:

Bug list + logcat

Follow Instructions Carefully otherwise you will get error :

Wipe cache, dalvic cache,system,data

Flash ROM-Flash Gapps [Arm-8.1]

Done-Reboot Now

Enjoy!

Downloads :

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ppmZhwi0u9LTgEc9m_7JtJkcXVpTMKtS/view?usp=drivesdk

Credits:

Exynos 7580 Organization Developers Team

Lineage Team

@Gautham Asir (project contributor - builds compiler)

@tiago8204 (current build compiler)

Please Hit the thanks button and consider to donate using the link below if you appreciate my work :o

https://www.paypal.me/messi2050

XDA:DevDB Information

[ROM][8.1] UNOFFICIAL LineageOS 15.1 for Samsung J7 2015, ROM for the Samsung Galaxy J7

Contributors

messi2050, Gautham Asir

Source Code: https://github.com/Exynos7580

ROM OS Version: 8.x Oreo

Version Information

Status: No Longer Updated

Stable Release Date: 2018-09-13

Created 2018-09-09

Last Updated 2020-02-03
[Samsung Galaxy J7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] messi2050:
Reserved
[Samsung Galaxy J7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Mark_Draconian:
Awesome!

If i'm not wrong, this is the first Oreo based rom for our beloved J7 2015, i will definately test this.

Thanks!!
[Samsung Galaxy J7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] aguili:
is not working in my galaxy j7 2015:crying::crying::crying::crying::crying::crying::crying::crying::crying::crying::crying:
[Samsung Galaxy J7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Gautham Asir:
What problem u faced ?
[Samsung Galaxy J7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] jodytejada:
Wow guys nice work, i'm testing the ROM right now and i see some issues:

- No sound sended on incoming calls

- Flashlight on shortcut apps doesn't work (but we can use other app or widget)

- Low volume on speaker (as every LOS rom)

- Laggy

I will be testing for one day or two and i post of i find more of this.

Thank you so much for your work :D
[Samsung Galaxy J7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] parth111999:
[MENTION=4929843]messi2050[/MENTION] back to game :cool:
[Samsung Galaxy J7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Gautham Asir:
Flashlight works

Reboot to system once to overcome lags...
[Samsung Galaxy J7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] messi2050:
:o
[Samsung Galaxy J7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] messi2050:
Build #2

https://drive.google.com/file/d/186Hz5RFxdnVD8wbV0RFUvoUaCZhY9KR8/view?usp=drivesdk

Must be clean installed.

Changes:

Brightness fix (not confirmed)

Lag fix
[Samsung Galaxy J7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] dodo2244:
A blast from the past ....... with an Oreo in hand :cowboy:

I'll install this later in the day and test.

J7 doesn't have auto brightness, did you mean outdoor mode?

Also our old J7 has few sensors if any .....

Nice work and thanx for coming back for one more round @Messi2050 :good:
[Samsung Galaxy J7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Dredken:
Mükemmel ♥

Öncelikle bu rom u geliştiren herkese teşekkür ederim.

Bunu deniyeceğim ve tüm hataları bildireceğim size.

Umarım geliştirmeye devam edersiniz.

Edit : I do not know your language.
[MENTION=4929843]messi2050[/MENTION]
[Samsung Galaxy J7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] umito35:
Telegram grubunda hataları bildirebilirsiniz. Baya uğraşıyorlar bu rom için.

SM-J700F cihazımdan Tapatalk kullanılarak gönderildi
[Samsung Galaxy J7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Dredken:
Daha önce hiç kullanmadım telegram nasıl girebilirim o gruba
[Samsung Galaxy J7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] umito35:
Linkini atayım

SM-J700F cihazımdan Tapatalk kullanılarak gönderildi

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https://t.me/joinchat/AAAAAD6m8XIe_lK0dnQSXg

]Linkini atayım

SM-J700F cihazımdan Tapatalk kullanılarak gönderildi[/QUOTE]

SM-J700F cihazımdan Tapatalk kullanılarak gönderildi
[Samsung Galaxy J7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] võ đỗ ho:
Both versions are lag I wish you would fix it, I love it
[Samsung Galaxy J7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] tekate:
Does the volte already work?
[Samsung Galaxy J7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] jodytejada:
Test the build #2

Issues:

- Brightness dont be fixed (onlly removed the automatic choose of brightness)

- Sometimes the touchscreen freezes on lockscreen.

- Apps Issues (Camera lag, Thirdparty apps camera cant be used with efects and aditionals, web browser freezes, youtube lag)

- Some Force Cloces (SystemUI, Config [LOS Settings], WebView)

- The no sound sended on Incoming Calls is still there (When u make a call everything works perfect, the unique problem is when u recieve a call).

Thank you so much to take the time to make this for our device, hope to get a stable rom 8.1, best regards (:
[Samsung Galaxy J7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] speed_rapide:
awesome news ? waiting for a stable version thanks for your efforts ❤✌
[Samsung Galaxy J7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] aguili:
When the installation of rom does not complete

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A message comes saying this rom does not belong to my device
[Samsung Galaxy J7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Gautham Asir:
No mic is working correctly problem is with earpiece u can't hear what they talk....
[Samsung Galaxy J7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] rifad20:
My wife got a j7. Thought of updating. I bought a note 5 pro for.her..so thought of keeping this with me.. So not good for daily driver.......
[Samsung Galaxy J7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] omerakgoz34:
Screen Recording is working?
[Samsung Galaxy J7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] omerakgoz34:
Why YouTube is not working !!??!?!?!

O_o
[Samsung Galaxy J7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] luke martinez:
o_O working fine here...installed with gapps though.
[Samsung Galaxy J7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] 133791:
Mic still buggy for incoming calls. you get lucky and it works sometimes randomly.

Clean install build #6 on j700h using only 1 sim card.
[Samsung Galaxy J7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] messi2050:
Yea this is a known bug since 14.1