Search results

I've been getting frustrated with the stock lollipop firmware on this device. Just doesn't feel snappy enough, but I seem to remember the device being quite good when I first got it. Had a few questions about stock as well as custom ROMs for this device: 1) Does anybody know if I can downgrade...

I've unbricked phones before and even messed with dead EFS partitions and lived to tell the tale, but I cannot for the life of me figure this one out. Somebody gave me a S4 Mini (GT-I9190) that was bootlooping. I got it into download mode and ODIN flashed a firmware without any problems. When...

Okay before anything else, not sure if this is permitted by the forum rules, so let me mention the mods, dottat, Sloth, Stephen, SynisterWolf and apologize to you guys in advance if Im breaking the rules here. Please delete this thread if this is not allowed, but bear no malice towards me for it...

Ok, firstly, I know certain discussions about IMEI are NOT acceptable on these forums. I am confident that none of my questions cross that line, but if any do, I request a moderator to please let me know and I will edit the post accordingly. My current situation: I have an ATT Note 3 with a...

This thread contains a tutorial on how to patch boot.img on Samsung Lollipop devices and achieve root with a stock firmware. The tutorial is intended for those who wish to make their own boot.img for their specific firmware. For the rest, a patched boot.img for each device variant is attached...

UPDATE 2: Tutorial and Patched Boot.imgs available here. UPDATE: Chainfire's suggestion to patch sepolicy in the ramdisk for Samsung LL ROMS works perfectly. For unknown reasons, ODIN flash would not work, but flashing the patched boot.img with TWRP allowed me to successfully achieve root with...

Hi, I noticed that the vast majority of people own the P605 and there are already numerous kernel mods out for it, with progress being made on rooting on 5.1.1. The P607T however does not seem to have that many users and so are forced to flash their devices with a custom kernel made for the...

UPDATE: So, I couldn't really wait, went ahead and flashed TWRP. It installed just fine, as long as you get into recovery immediately, TWRP sticks. I flashed SuperSU and rebooted and got into a boot loop, so had to flash the stock firmware again and everything is fine again. No idea why the...

Firstly, hi to all the folks at xda-developers. I have always found this place to be the most useful resource when it comes to figuring out android, but never had an unanswered question till just now. I just helped my dad migrate from a blackberry to a nexus 4, and while he is quite happy with...