Canadian s5 rooted stock KK, LP worth it?

[Dragostini]

Hey all, so a question for you guys.

I'm currently running my s5 rooted using towelroot on KK, KNOX still 0x0, with things like xposed installed (mainly just for blocking YouTube ads, firewall, and changing app Dpi settings) as well as viper4android FX and HiFi (I'm an audiophile)... I know the LP OTA is up, and wondering if it's worth it?

I know xposed isn't functional on Samsung devices yet (or has that changed and I've missed it?), and rooting with towelroot is not an option so I'd have to trigger KNOX and lose my warranty, plus viper4android only has the FX app working on LP not HiFi which has the audio reconstruction feature I so absolutely ADORE and is the main reason I even use Viper.

This all being said, I really like some of the UI changes lollipop brings and whatnot...

Why do you think? Worth it knowing I can't even root?

What's your opinions and why?

 

[*Detection*]

You should be able to update to LP with root without tripping KNOX if you use Mobile ODIN Pro & Choose to inject / pre-root, I haven't used it before but there are a few tutorials kicking around on how to do it

Id say 80% of people have issues with LP atm though, personally Im not having problems and like LP, but I had to factory reset after the update to fix a few issues

Small tutorial here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=59355599&postcount=463

 

[qubbus]

Hey all, so a question for you guys.

I'm currently running my s5 rooted using towelroot on KK, KNOX still 0x0, with things like xposed installed (mainly just for blocking YouTube ads, firewall, and changing app Dpi settings) as well as viper4android FX and HiFi (I'm an audiophile)... I know the LP OTA is up, and wondering if it's worth it?

I know xposed isn't functional on Samsung devices yet (or has that changed and I've missed it?), and rooting with towelroot is not an option so I'd have to trigger KNOX and lose my warranty, plus viper4android only has the FX app working on LP not HiFi which has the audio reconstruction feature I so absolutely ADORE and is the main reason I even use Viper.

This all being said, I really like some of the UI changes lollipop brings and whatnot...

Why do you think? Worth it knowing I can't even root?

What's your opinions and why?

Viper4Android (ViperLolli) does not work on stock Samsung Lollipop kernel!
I am using Viper4Android too and I cannot imagine sound without this mod!
I am still on KitKat 4.4.2. I have knox 0x1 and don't care about warranty, also tried ALL of lollipop variants (CM based, Stock-Based) and couldn't find good for me.
I did my mods by myself (root, debloat, busybox, viper4audio, zipalign, remove ads) and I am happy of using it!.
Lollipop brings nothing to S5 except further problems and finding workarounds. Oh, almost forget! It brings - white eye-blinder background. Good look at night!

Stay still and wait for something big better than lollipop from Samsung.
Pure lollipop is muuuuuuuuuuch better than sammy's version.