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[OnePlus 6T  Accessories] Jaxidian:
Hi all! My first few days after having purchased my OP6T, I hopped on eBay and ordered a bunch of cheap and a couple not-so-cheap cases, mostly from China with slow-as-dirt shipping (why is dirt considered slow? Ever seen a mud slide? They can be pretty quick!) Well, the first case to arrive is this Mofi fabric case and it was one of the not-so-cheap cases (I splurged and spent $12 on this one).

I'm doing a very quick mini review of this case for now and will come back and flush this out with my own photos and all when I have more time when I'm not working. What questions do you have that you want to see answered in a more thorough review?

tl;dr summary

I purchased the "Grayish blue stripe" model because I wanted a low contrast difference from the top and bottom patterns. I very much like the results. This is a very nice case. Cutouts are spot on, buttons are clicky, slider is easily slid, and it feels great in hand! The TPU has a rounded smooth surface on the sides (reminds me of the sides of an Incipio DualPro case - that's why I use "rounded smooth" to describe it). I currently own the OP Nylon case and the minimal Karbon case. I already like this case much more than the Nylon case from OP. It seems to offer similar protection while being a tad less bulky.

The case itself is made of three materials: TPU (sides), hard plastic (back inside), and cloth (back outside). There is no microfiber lining on the inside, which is a little concerning (and my biggest issue with this case).

Pros:

Feels great in hand

Much softer "fabric" feel than the OP Nylon case, which doesn't feel "fabricky" at all

Nice tight fit but easy enough to get on and off

Nice clicky buttons

Not bulky. Much less bulky compared to the OP nylon case

Tight-woven fabric that I don't think will snag as easily as some crappy fabric cases

Definitely doesn't feel like a cheap $2 case - premium enough to justify the cost

Cons:

A little pricey at $12 for an eBay case but really not too bad

Sides aren't also fabric like the Pixel cases

Silver branding is a bit obnoxious (I haven't attempted to remove it as I'm afraid to snag the fabric in doing so)

No microfiber lining on the inside of the case against the glass

This is the listing I purchased from. The seller has a bad review history but it's because of his lack of review history and 1 bad review. When I left my positive review, it bumped him from 50% to 66.7%. That one bad review is b/c the seller misclassified a listing as shipping from the US and not China. Had no problems here since I expected it to ship slow as dirt. I explain all of this mostly because I was unable to find any other sellers for this design & this one looks sketchy as hell. I had no issues on my purchase, so there's at least 1 legit happy customer with him & he's not padding his #s with fake buyers!

Here are some stock photos of the style I purchased:

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[OnePlus 6T  Accessories] mokash34:
Thanks for the well-written review. I'll pass on this case.
[OnePlus 6T  Accessories] Nicelysedated:
Lol, I am that bad review. I specifically was looking for an American shipper so I didn't have to wait for a month to get it. I could have ordered 3 cases for the price of one from Aliexpress and waited the same amount of time. Essentially the dude is just drop shipping from china with a markup.

I love the Mofi cloth cases. They look and feel great. I have ordered one in every color available from aliexpress for other phones for like 5$ each.
[OnePlus 6T  Accessories] lemonspeakers:
Lol. Small fricken world.
[OnePlus 6T  Accessories] Jaxidian:
Hah! That's pretty funny!

I agree, he's doing that. However, I couldn't find this specific design anywhere else other than this one guy's listing on Ebay. Seems to no longer be available there although I haven't since searched very long & hard. I specifically wanted this design, even if I had to pay a $7 premium for it. :)

Also, for the record, mine was clearly shipped from China and I knew this going into the purchase. So I think he might have had an honest mistake with the listing you purchased, although that's pure speculation. No trickery with me.
[OnePlus 6T  Accessories] x1tymez:
I owed one of this. Even though the case is stylist but it collect dust overtime on the side. I switch back to stock case and ordered bumper case from On plus
[OnePlus 6T  Accessories] Jaxidian:
Which bumper case did you get? I have the Nylon case and I like this one SOO much more! The Nylon case is just too slippery for a fairly bulky case.
[OnePlus 6T  Accessories] liver20:
Can you share real pictures?

Enviado desde mi ONEPLUS A6013 mediante Tapatalk
[OnePlus 6T  Accessories] x1tymez:
I got Nylon Karbon bumper case. Should arrive soon. Shipping take longer since I don't order from OnePlus store.
[OnePlus 6T  Accessories] _katho_:
Mofi do quality stuff. Have probably had 30+ cases from them during the past 2-3 years. Highly recommended.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab A series Questions & Answers] xiMugi:
So i got today the "Samsung Galaxy Tab A 10.5 (gta2xlwifi /SM-T590) with Android 8.1, the first Question i had "Can i root the Tablet?".

Well this is now my Question, i used google for a Hour and the Search function in XDA but apperently i cant find smth about this Device + root/custom recovery, i just found a news article with rumors about the Bixby Button.

so i wanted to ask if someone know already smth about rooting this device or give me some advises where i should begin with workarounds or smth like that.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab A series Questions & Answers] tomparr:
Hi,

As far as I know there is no custom recovery for the SM-T590 yet. You're best bet to root the device is most likely to use Magisk and create a patched boot.img with Magisk Manager. The following steps should do the trick, but no guarantees as I have not tested it with this device:

Download the firmware matching your device firmware version

Unlock your bootloader (this will also trigger the KNOX fuse, so apps like Samsung Pay will no longer work)

Install Magisk Manager

In the settings of Magisk Manager, set the boot image format to img.tar

Unpack the lz4 compressed image

Install Magisk and select the Patch boot image method

Flash the patched boot image with ODIN/Heimdall

Cheers, Tom
[Samsung Galaxy Tab A series Questions & Answers] xiMugi:
(That English sounds kinda bad not gonna lie xd im really sorry for this crappy text tried my best)

first of all thanks for your time :)

so..... i did not found any infos about unlocking bootloader for this tablet... probably i dont search the right terms...

Well i tried it without unlocking it (idk if its maybe already unlocked)

now i created the boot image, install it via odin now yeah...

ive got magisk now and "root" but root do not actually work (apps like titaniumbackup cant find the "su") (probably because the bootloader isnt unlocked?)

so maybe its because of the bootloader not unlocked, just not working because of this "workaround", so i basically just can wait till someone take her/his time with this device or i did something wrong and didnt do it right
[Samsung Galaxy Tab A series Questions & Answers] airmaxx23:
Edit: I tried this and the boot.img won't patch, comes back saying it can't patch the stock kernel.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab A series Questions & Answers] tomparr:
Hi,

Could you upload the boot.img(.lz4) somewhere? My device should arrive any day now, so I am really interested to get it working.

-- Tom
[Samsung Galaxy Tab A series Questions & Answers] airmaxx23:
Here you go, please keep me updated on your progress and let me know if I can help. This is from the December update.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hlntpS7hj6zsfuBW6JbPvJoCOEVSDG3i/view?usp=drivesdk
[Samsung Galaxy Tab A series Questions & Answers] tomparr:
Thank you. I ran the above steps (after decompressing the image with lz4) and the patching process went through without any issues. You can find the recompressed image here. No warranty it will work though since I don't have access to the device (yet) but please let me know if it works.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab A series Questions & Answers] airmaxx23:
It's my first time messing with Samsung firmware in a long time so I've pretty much forgotten everything, I've also never messed with the lz4 extension before. How did you go about extracting the boot.img?

I'll probably wait until you try it since you're obviously more experienced with Samsung firmware. Please keep me posted.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab A series Questions & Answers] tomparr:
My last Samsung device was a Galaxy S2, so it has been a long time for me too. For now I just did a bit of reading about the new formats. The lz4 compression also seems to be relatively new and replace the old img.tar format. You can simply extract the boot.img from the boot.img.lz4 by using the official lz4 binary with the command

lz4.exe boot.img.lz4

After Magisk patched the image you can repack it by using

lz4.exe -B6 --content-size patched_boot.img patched_boot.img.lz4

The new image should be flashable with Odin/Heimdall.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab A series Questions & Answers] airmaxx23:
Would I use the AP slot in Odin? If I have issues I'd just flash the stock boot.img.lz4?
[Samsung Galaxy Tab A series Questions & Answers] tomparr:
Yes and yes ;)
[Samsung Galaxy Tab A series Questions & Answers] airmaxx23:
There's only one problem, the file you patched needs to have a .tar or .md5 extension for Odin, it won't accept an .lz4 extension. When you patched it with Magisk did you select .tar format?
[Samsung Galaxy Tab A series Questions & Answers] tomparr:
From what I've read, you need at least Odin 3.13.1 to flash a lz4 image.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab A series Questions & Answers] airmaxx23:
I have Odin 3.13.1 and there's no option or way to flash an LZ4 image.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab A series Questions & Answers] tomparr:
My bad, I've been away too long from Samsung firmwares. Please try this patched boot image. I've recreated it as an img.tar file.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab A series Questions & Answers] airmaxx23:
That worked, we have root. A couple things are acting strange but it may be a Samsung thing. Adaway won't stay enabled after a reboot, when trying to edit the build.prop with Root Explorer the tablet reboots when I hit "save". Root Explorer won't delete anything in system/app or system/priv-app.

I have Magisk installed, V4A, Substratum and OnePlus Gestures.

Could you do me one favor and repackage the stock boot.img.lz4 with a .tar extension so I have it. Or explain to me the steps to do it.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab A series Questions & Answers] tomparr:
Glad to hear it worked, at least to some extend.

I've created a flashable tar from your initial boot image, which you can find here. If you want to try it yourself, here's what I did:

Decompress lz4 image: 'lz4 -d boot.img.lz4'

Create tar archive: ' tar --create --format=gnu -b20 --quoting-style=escape --owner=0 --group=0 --totals --mode=644 -f boot.img.tar boot.img'
[Samsung Galaxy Tab A series Questions & Answers] gscollier:
Thanks for that, worked for me after some glitches. Now rooted with xposed working.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab A series Questions & Answers] airmaxx23:
Which SDK version did you install?

Also, can you please do me a favor? Go into system/app or system/priv-app and try to rename an apk and see what happens.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab A series Questions & Answers] wantowan2:
So you guys are making some progress. Its been a while for me too. I used to develop ROMs here ages ago but I am so out of the loop. Can't find any repos either. The last time I used Odin (and hated it) was back in the skyrocket days. Is it absolutely mandatory? Would adb work in Linux?

I always tried to avoid magisk or just didn't need it. Is it possible to avoid a recovery with it?
[Samsung Galaxy Tab A series Questions & Answers] gscollier:
Version 90, sdk 27. I have full root access, Titanium works able to edit/delete in system at will. One quirk is that bluetooth pairings disappear on reboot or toggle airplane mode. After lots of messing around the following fixed that issue

https://xdaforums.com/samsung-a-series-2017/how-to/guide-fix-bluetooth-losing-pairings-t3798262

I had to use vendor/lib as system/lib did not work. I also ignored the lib64 files as vendor doesn't even have a lib64 and system/lib64 is pretty much empty.

Otherwise things are now so much better with this tablet.

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The Adaway issue may be related to the bluetooth pairings getting lost. Damn secure storage probably. I use Solid Explorer and it has no issues with root access, edit build.prop etc.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab A series Questions & Answers] airmaxx23:
Solid Explorer will edit the build.prop and rename or delete an apk but after a reboot the changes aren't there or the apk is back. Titanium Backup will freeze apps but will not uninstall them, they come back after a reboot. I'm not having any bluetooth pairing issues after reboots.

Do you mind sharing your rooted/modified boot.img.tar file so I can try it?
[Samsung Galaxy Tab A series Questions & Answers] gscollier:
Your mileage is certainly different. I assume you are using latest Magisk? This boot image is from XSA-T590XXU1ARGA-20180809113910 New Zealand ROM. Use at your own peril but good luck.

Asking the obvious but you have OEM unlocked? Do you see a SET WARRANTY BIT : KERNEL message on the first startup screen? My tablet factory reset halfway through the process but Magisk remained once all had settled.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab A series Questions & Answers] airmaxx23:
It's a different build so I won't bother but thank you.

Would you mind patching mine so I can see if I have the same results after you've done it?

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hlntpS7hj6zsfuBW6JbPvJoCOEVSDG3i/view?usp=drivesdk
[Samsung Galaxy Tab A series Questions & Answers] gscollier:
Try this. Here are some notes on my procedure:

You need a modified 7zip to open .lz4 files found here

https://github.com/mcmilk/7-zip-zstd/releases

In Magisk set patched format to .tar. Select install/Patch Boot Image File and select the extracted boot.img from the ROM. Use Odin to flash the patched image. The Tablet may freak and factory reset, wiping internal memory etc. but Magisk remained in place.

I can definitely delete system apks with Solid Explorer and they don't come back after boot.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab A series Questions & Answers] airmaxx23:
Thanks, I tried the one you patched and patched it myself and still have the issues with being unable to delete or modify anything is the root directory.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab A series Questions & Answers] airmaxx23:
I just wanted to post an update on my rooting issues as far as being able to delete/modify items in the root directory. I still have 3 days to return this device so I went and grabbed a new one, patched the boot.img, rooted the new device and I have complete root with everything working including Adaway. I'm not sure why my first device had issues with root.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab A series Questions & Answers] mingkee:
It can be ROM version issue.

I will get T590 soon as my old LG V940 has problem after 3 years of use
[Samsung Galaxy Tab A series Questions & Answers] badhatdanny:
which adb command line did you use to unlock the bootloader? I've been away from samsung for a while and used to the pixel commands.

also, could you post a link to the patched boot,.img? i havent used odin in ages, im assuming it needs to be pushed to the AP slot?
[Samsung Galaxy Tab A series Questions & Answers] Josh13400:
Hi, I have just got a T590 Samsung Tab A 10.5 today and was also wondering about a root before, I have rooted a S7 once before with 2 files on ODIN to root it and magical root, Is there a way you can more briefly describe how these steps work? I have read through this posting and see many boot image files people use, like could I just take it, put it on ODIN in the AP slot (with OEM unlock and USB Debug on) and press start(with tablet in download mode) or do I need to take your file or whoever it is(boot image file) and follow a process through magisk? and do I have to unlock my bootloader? if so anyone has the files for this tablet or where I can follow it etc if need be. Kinda steps basically for someone who hasn't messed with roots much and help me out with a few steps from start to finish besides the USB debug, OEM unlock and how to use ODIN to put a file in ODIN. just a little unclear if I just take ur file and put it on ODIN and smack go? or if there are other steps, Thanks.

Josh
[Samsung Galaxy Tab A series Questions & Answers] DerSammler:
I haven't had Samsung in a long time.

How can I unlock the bootloader?

Thanks for the help.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab A series Questions & Answers] littlemephisto:
Hey guys,

has somebody else problems with getting t590 into download/odin mode?

With [VOL-UP]+[POWER] I'm getting into recovery mode just fine,

but [VOL-DOWN]+[POWER] forces only a reboot after the SAMSUNG logo appears (if I hold it long enough), or boots regulary (if I don't)?

Any suggestions?

Thanks...
[Samsung Galaxy Tab A series Questions & Answers] AsItLies:
adb reboot bootloader?

Just tried it on mine, boots to odin download mode, but regular fastboot doesn't see the device (didn't think to try heimdall). I pressed pw+up vol+down vol to get it to reboot.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab A series Questions & Answers] littlemephisto:
finally, after hours of finger breaking exercises... :D

this worked, flashed with odin and I'm root now

still wondering what would happen in case of a bootloop without these buttons working...

but for now, I dont't care :silly:

thx very much
[Samsung Galaxy Tab A series Questions & Answers] Josh13400:
What were the steps you took to root yours and what files did you use from this forum? quoting or paste them would be great, did you have to unlock your boot loader?
[Samsung Galaxy Tab A series Questions & Answers] fergulator:
This worked for me,i did get verification failed when flashing the image but its rooted so all good,was able to remove knox also,my kids very happy his tablet is rooted.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab A series Questions & Answers] lugdunum:
I found that the adaway issue occurs not only at boot. At some points during the day the original /system/etc/hosts file gets restored. If I then try to reapply adaway the tablet crashes and reboots. While I told adaway never to reboot. The must be some mechanism actively monitoring the system files. Not sure what it is yet.

I've tried to use adb shell. Su to get root, works. Remount /system as writable, works. Touch /system/etc/hosts; bam: reboot. Changing any system file results in a reboot. I wonder why adaway works even the first time around.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab A series Questions & Answers] Bonesezz:
Would like to know this, too. Could anybody help? Or isnt it necessary for root? :confused: :)
[Samsung Galaxy Tab A series Questions & Answers] DerSammler:
[MENTION=2059593]Bonesezz[/MENTION]

You need to unlock the developer option with 7 click build number, then put in the developer option Unlock OEM Unlock.

The tab restarts (but be careful with the first reboot your data will be deleted). That's it and the bootloader is unlocked.

I hope it is understandable my english is not that good.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab A series Questions & Answers] Bonesezz:
Thats all? Great, thank you - done.

I've read sometimes there are problems with boot loops with rooted tablets; is it possible to flash back an untouched boot.img / complete rom with odin when Im stuck in a bootloop after rooting my device?
[Samsung Galaxy Tab A series Questions & Answers] DerSammler:
I guess so. I didn't test it because I didn't need it.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab A series Questions & Answers] User848:
I rooted this device

I have Root Explorer app installed

When I try to move some app from "/data/app" to "/system/priv-app" (using Root Explorer) the device reboots and nothing is being saved at "/system/priv-app"

I want to make my app a system one

This method works ok on many other devices

But something wrong with this device

Any ideas how to solve this problem?

I think system apps Device Security and Device Maintenance prevents me to do it.

I tried to delete them using Titanium Backup but phone reboots and they are installed again
[Samsung Galaxy Tab A series Questions & Answers] derandiunddasbo:
Yes, same here. But unless recovery mode is broken as well (hope, it never will be...), you can reboot into download/odin mode by selecting "Reboot to bootloader" from recovery.

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Luckily I don't seem to have any issues with bluetooth pairings getting lost.

Regarding the Adaway issue: Maybe I'm a bit late to the party, but in my case, enabling 'Systemless hosts' in In Magisk Manager settings seems to do the trick, i.e. no freezes or reboots when updating the hosts file. Current Adaway versions provide a systemless mode setting as well, but I didn't try it, because: never change a running system. :)
[Samsung Galaxy Tab A series Questions & Answers] larrys_:
help pls

Ok, I hope I don't get shot but I'm kinda double posting from what appears to be the "newer" thread but this has more activity.

here

Where do I get the "official" boot image?

I unlocked the boot loader first... hope that's not an issue.

would this be a good image for me https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=78503837&postcount=15
[Samsung Galaxy Tab A series Questions & Answers] derandiunddasbo:
You can unlock the boot loader at any time. As far as I remember, knox was only triggered by actually pushing the patched boot image to the device via odin. Thus, if you are entirely sure by now, you can live with the yellow "Set warranty bit: kernel" warning on boot screen and don't need the samsung security apps for the rest of the tablet's life, go ahead! :)

I got the firmware from sammobile.com (just search for "sm-t590"). The boot image needs to be extracted from it, as described by the OP.

To be sure the images are ok and suitable for the device, I also downloaded an image from somewhere else, extracted and compared them both. I don't exactly remember the second source anymore, but I think it was from a list of some reliable firmware sources in another forum. It should pop up in a google search if you also want to verify your download, but the sammobile image seems to be just fine.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab A series Questions & Answers] larrys_:
Thank You,

I continued to work on this

https://xdaforums.com/galaxy-tab-a/help/t590-boot-img-clarification-t3915120#post79201215

and somehow got it!....

I do have "Set warranty bit: kernel"...which is fine...I'm not going to use any Samsung apps ...in fact... I'm hoping LineageOS becomes available for the device

I can't find the link anymore but I got the "unauthorized ..." and used instructions that said use titanium backup and freeze the security logger...
[Samsung Galaxy Tab A series Questions & Answers] aolex:
Hi,

I was looking for the firmware for my version:

T590XXU0ARF8

but couldn't find it anywhere. I also tried to update the firmware from "software update" in the hope that will get a newer one that I can find in sammobile.com or another web... but it says that it already has the latest version.

Can I try any other firmware version, for trying to root my device?

thanks
[Samsung Galaxy Tab A series Questions & Answers] aolex:
what version of xposed did you install? because I tried 2-3 different versions and I always get a reboot and a kernel panic...
[Samsung Galaxy Tab A series Questions & Answers] ashyx:
Try Magisk systemless Xposed.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab A series Questions & Answers] aolex:
thank, I could install it and have some modules, but some of them are not working (it asks to be enabled and reboot... but after doing that nothing happens).
[Samsung Galaxy Tab A series Questions & Answers] ashyx:
Have you installed the apk also?
[Samsung Galaxy Tab A series Questions & Answers] aolex:
the "apk"? which one?

Anyway, I have amplify+, gravitybox, volumestep+ and appopsexposed and bootmanager and the only one that keeps asking to be enabled and to reboot, is "bootmanager"..., the others work, so it's ok for now. thanks again!