Below is the list of crap that can be disabled according to CCSWE App Manager Pro (all 320 of them). This is exported from a freshly setup Tab S6 (SM-T860).
It would be good to know what is absolutely 'safe' to remove/disable from this list, without borking the tablet
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Any help is much appreciated
Check out this thread for the Samsung Galaxy Tab S5e (SM-T720) as a starting point.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/tab-s5e/how-to/samsung-galaxy-tab-s5e-debloat-root-info-t3935010
Hey, thanks!
You know, I think I'll just leave everything running, as there is virtually no difference otherwise. This thing is powerful enough for me to not be bothered about it, unlike in the past, where it would actually hinder the device in some way.
It actually runs superbly well, even with all the crap running (that I don't, or will never use), and I like the fact that you can cap the battery charge level at max 85%, which is rather good for the longevity of the battery, nice touch, and would love to see this on future devices also
scaramonga said:
Hey, thanks!
You know, I think I'll just leave everything running, as there is virtually no difference otherwise. This thing is powerful enough for me to not be bothered about it, unlike in the past, where it would actually hinder the device in some way.
It actually runs superbly well, even with all the crap running (that I don't, or will never use), and I like the fact that you can cap the battery charge level at max 85%, which is rather good for the longevity of the battery, nice touch, and would love to see this on future devices also
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For me it's about privacy. Samsung, Google, et al. do their best to always get every bit of info they can about you and your activties. The first thing I did after rooting was to install Xprivacy Lua, Appops, and AFWall+. I'm sure I'm not blocking everything, but I sleep better. ?
TiTiB said:
For me it's about privacy. Samsung, Google, et al. do their best to always get every bit of info they can about you and your activties. The first thing I did after rooting was to install Xprivacy Lua, Appops, and AFWall+. I'm sure I'm not blocking everything, but I sleep better. ?
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Yep doing and feeling the same like you ??
TiTiB said:
Check out this thread for the Samsung Galaxy Tab S5e (SM-T720) as a starting point.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/tab-s5e/how-to/samsung-galaxy-tab-s5e-debloat-root-info-t3935010
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So is the package list from your s5e equal so we can use it for the s6?
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So is the package list from your s5e equal so we can use it for the s6?
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IDK, but you can try it. If a package doesn't exist on the S6 it will be ignored.
Related
My SGS1 took a dip in the water etc. I saw the nexus keynote, ice cream and so on, compared specs, prices, and i have an opportunity to buy this thing cheaper from a supplier. However, i was greatly dissappointed from SGS1.. specifically the lag, and the gps problems.
I read awesome reviews about this thing, and they all agree on its greatness.
Thus im asking, is there any specific issue, problem and so on, like lag, like battery drain specific to this phone, gps etc whatever, a reason NOT to buy this?
Im looking for people who have had the phone for a while.
Thanks
Um think you got the wrong section.
You're talking about the nexus, but you do mean the SGS2 right?
no i meant that i am aware of the nexus prime and all that is going on. but im not in the wrong section, im talking about the SGS2 BEAST
No reason at all not to buy the SGSII remains the best there is 100%, if you get a chance of a good deal id snap it up.
this is so weird, there were quite a lot of people dissappointed with the first one! so happy to hear that.
Are official firmware updates good enough? has it been improved since release for example?
I've had my S2 for about 3 weeks now and I'm yet to come across anything that's made me look twice about choosing it.
If I had to be really picky then I'd recommend you buy a 3rd party USB cable as the one that's shipped constantly loops "connected/ "disconnected", be careful when removing the battery cover - it really is as flimsy as some of the reviews say however when it's in place it feels solid and finally the app drawer doesn't automatically sort into alphabetical order so you either have to do so manually or sort everything into folders (even then it doesn't have an option to sort by anything other than date).
On a side note I have read a lot about people having problems with Samsung Kies Air but haven't used it so I can't comment.
Apart from that it's a cracking piece of kit in my opinion.
Andrewawright said:
be careful when removing the battery cover - it really is as flimsy as some of the reviews say.
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Really?
nesx87 said:
this is so weird, there were quite a lot of people dissappointed with the first one! so happy to hear that.
Are official firmware updates good enough? has it been improved since release for example?
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it's entirely up to you what you do with your phone but i recommend rooting and flashing a custom ROM, CheckRom is currently merging with Leomar's Revolution ROM to make a super ROM so i cant wait for this and obviously ICS will be coming to the SGSII soon too so that is going to be fantastic,if i were you i would read up extensively on here, i done this 3 weeks before i even got my SGSII so i was familar with some things, freeze all Samsung bloatware and you'll have great battery life, clear cache every day too speeds things up,i recommend Siyah kernel too probably the best there is and the one responsible for getting rid of the dreaded Android OS.
As i said read,read,read the many stickys and topics and in no time your phone will be absolutely top notch.
The only downside I've found so far in this phone is that it can get extremely hot (around the upper side, the camera, where the CPU is, I guess), reaching a temperature that you can't even touch it (it's hot only on the upper area, that means you can still hold it, but not touch the upper area). It only happens to me when I use the browser for over a minute, or when I use the phone in general when it's charging.
Other than that, everything in this freaking phone is amazing!! The screen, the camera... everything! When the new android version comes, the phone will get even faster because of the multicore support, can't wait for it (although it's fast as is...).
Wait for the galaxy nexus (own a sgs2 myself)
Carnelain said:
Wait for the galaxy nexus (own a sgs2 myself)
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i disagree, the camera is only 5MP and IMO the screen on the nexus is just too big, asides from that it looks good but ill stick with the SGSII until the SGS3 is released next year.
Only falls short on pixel density imo, particularly noticeable when browsing on desktop mode, have to zoom in a bit to read.
Minor but still a minus compared to SGNx.
skimminstones said:
Really?
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Can't believe that! Why would you try to do that?!
Andrewawright said:
Can't believe that! Why would you try to do that?!
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to prove a point to the people who said it was flimsy
Andrewawright said:
Can't believe that! Why would you try to do that?!
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to prove wrong every review that ever said the back was too flimsy maybe
Andrewawright said:
Can't believe that! Why would you try to do that?!
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I saw that before but dismissed it as aftermarket (check additional logo).
however, that said I've popped the cover off plenty of times and it isn't anywhere near creaking. also unlike some other phones the back is replaceable if it does break.
crypticc said:
I saw that before but dismissed it as aftermarket (check additional logo).
however, that said I've popped the cover off plenty of times and it isn't anywhere near creaking. also unlike some other phones the back is replaceable if it does break.
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if it wasnt a genuine back it wouldnt have samsungs brand name on it
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Can't believe that! Why would you try to do that?!
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Just to prove a point that Samsung know what they were doing!
I have done the same thing to my battery cover and I can confirm that it is not flimsy at all.
The light weight of the Galaxy S2 is of benefit to itself when accidentally dropped.
It's less likely to break !
I'm not sure if you folks have seen this video yet was posted on here the other day and says it all really.
Iincludes easter eggs, videos to show to people to show off screen, certain apps, anything.
I found out I can make calls
adrynalyne said:
I found out I can make calls
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Really?!? That's awesome! Do I need root?
Sent from my HTC6435LVW using xda premium
wpsantennas said:
Really?!? That's awesome! Do I need root?
Sent from my HTC6435LVW using xda premium
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Nah, it works on stock. I think its a bonus feature for having battery life
adrynalyne said:
Nah, it works on stock. I think its a bonus feature for having battery life
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Wtf my doesnt do this
"The depressing thing about tennis is that no matter how good I get, I'll never be as good as a wall."
adrynalyne said:
I found out I can make calls
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Glad to see you got one.
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hajabooja said:
Glad to see you got one.
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It remains to be seen whether I keep it or not though.
...it can be a great ping pong paddle
adrynalyne said:
It remains to be seen whether I keep it or not though.
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i think you mean "it remains to be seen whether i can keep away from it or not though."
Cdoan34 said:
i think you mean "it remains to be seen whether i can keep away from it or not though."
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Possibly
It's very very light....I forget I have it in my pocket sometimes, and its apparently really water resistant. I spilled on myself, while it was in my pocket T_T
Just got mine today and I already lrn'd2root
Not only does mine make calls.... but people can actually dial a special number and call me!!!
Most people don't seem to be all that impressed by it, but these are non tech lovers. They look at it and are like "oh. . . it's pretty". I don't think there is anything I could show them on the screen that would impress them much.
adrynalyne said:
It remains to be seen whether I keep it or not though.
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Keep it adryn!!!! pu pu please! we need all the dev love we can get!!! I for one will appreciate havign you around. But should you leave please drop a hint as to where you'll be headed
some cool things I have found out,
it may be old news for you, and some were mentioned in tech blog space before
1. during my call, i turned the phone face down and it automatically turn to speaker. which was mentioned by engadget and ac, but see it working and give convenience, it is a good fun.
2. go to settings->apps-> all, I can actually disable quite a number of pre-installed bloats, without root or any other hacks. this is awesome. for example, amazon, viewnidi, vz navigator, vz backup plus all those bs, i can disable them, without worrying that if it will fc later or cause trouble =).
oh, disabling those stuff can give me much lower memory usage, and improve battery life because many of them are running at the background.
Guess what Titanium Backup uses to freeze apps by default on Android 4.x. It just uses that Disable feature as far as I can tell.
A few times when I've pulled my phone out friends have mostly just commented on the size, but I don't go on about it with non-tech people usually. I try not to be too showy.
As for cool stuff to do with it, it's really kind of gotten me in to digging in and finding mods to do to it on my own. I haven't really done that so much on my previous phones; only relied on pre-done mods, like I got the recent apps button to turn in to a menu button a good bit before anyone on the thread seemed to get it working, although a lot of the issues probably have to do with people using plain notepad, when better luck would probably be had with a "programmer's" notepad that'd probably load and save with UNIX style newlines.
Also, it gives quite a phone-bulge.
paulguy said:
Guess what Titanium Backup uses to freeze apps by default on Android 4.x. It just uses that Disable feature as far as I can tell.
A few times when I've pulled my phone out friends have mostly just commented on the size, but I don't go on about it with non-tech people usually. I try not to be too showy.
As for cool stuff to do with it, it's really kind of gotten me in to digging in and finding mods to do to it on my own. I haven't really done that so much on my previous phones; only relied on pre-done mods, like I got the recent apps button to turn in to a menu button a good bit before anyone on the thread seemed to get it working, although a lot of the issues probably have to do with people using plain notepad, when better luck would probably be had with a "programmer's" notepad that'd probably load and save with UNIX style newlines.
Also, it gives quite a phone-bulge.
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Certain apps/processes can't be disabled in stock Android, but TiBu let's me freeze them.
Honestly Youtube has to be the most impressive thing you can show anyone... the HD quality over 4g is simply great and then they try to load the same video on their apple crap and it looks like 8 bit mario... just make sure its a newer video from within the last year or so or the quality will be horrid.
mainly because everyone has that app and can compare side by side... and be like wow
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Certain apps/processes can't be disabled in stock Android, but TiBu let's me freeze them.
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That's when you may run into problem.
Having root access and do stuff like that, will give unexpected drags in some apps which will affect your battery life or other functions.
For example if some functions or apps are providing system level service to others, and unfortunately if some applications uses them.. and you frozed them... then it is totally depending on the app developers' handling in such case.
either kept polling , or throwing exceptions, FCs etc.
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It remains to be seen whether I keep it or not though.
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Them sound like fightin words
Just wondering why it's been so quiet? Everyone go to another phone?
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Just wondering why it's been so quiet? Everyone go to another phone?
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No, we're all sitting here waiting for Lollipop. There's really not a huge necessity for root other than adblocking. I've rooted and custom rom'd other smartphones before right out of the box, but after jumping on this phone, there's no need. Performance is smooth, optimized battery life excellence, and already included neat features like Double Tap to Wake without needing to root it.
Why do you desire root so badly?
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No, we're all sitting here waiting for Lollipop. There's really not a huge necessity for root other than adblocking. I've rooted and custom rom'd other smartphones before right out of the box, but after jumping on this phone, there's no need. Performance is smooth, optimized battery life excellence, and already included neat features like Double Tap to Wake without needing to root it.
Why do you desire root so badly?
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Thanks for the reply. I just miss pure android, cm, miui and an increase in battery even though the phone does great already. Just want to be able to customize everything and install new roms [emoji3]
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Thanks for the reply. I just miss pure android, cm, miui and an increase in battery even though the phone does great already. Just want to be able to customize everything and install new roms [emoji3]
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It would seem like a better equivalent to suit your needs with Sony quality is the international build, the regular Z3.
Or you could be the extraordinary to find a way to root/unlock the Z3v and claim that nice bounty reward. I'm soon to up my donation amount.
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It would seem like a better equivalent to suit your needs with Sony quality is the international build, the regular Z3.
Or you could be the extraordinary to find a way to root/unlock the Z3v and claim that nice bounty reward. I'm soon to up my donation amount. [emoji14]
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Shoot me find root for this phone, lol I have no clue where to even begin
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No, we're all sitting here waiting for Lollipop. There's really not a huge necessity for root other than adblocking. I've rooted and custom rom'd other smartphones before right out of the box, but after jumping on this phone, there's no need. Performance is smooth, optimized battery life excellence, and already included neat features like Double Tap to Wake without needing to root it.
Why do you desire root so badly?
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I'm with you. This is the first time I'm not looking for root. Never had a phone that wasn't rooted.
Speaking of double tap to wake... Mine sometimes doesn't respond. Anyone else's?
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hexto said:
I'm with you. This is the first time I'm not looking for root. Never had a phone that wasn't rooted.
Speaking of double tap to wake... Mine sometimes doesn't respond. Anyone else's?
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It's a hit or miss with it sometimes. I'd say it works for me 80-85% of the time, but if you double tap in the center of the screen it will increase your chances.
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No, we're all sitting here waiting for Lollipop. There's really not a huge necessity for root other than adblocking. I've rooted and custom rom'd other smartphones before right out of the box, but after jumping on this phone, there's no need. Performance is smooth, optimized battery life excellence, and already included neat features like Double Tap to Wake without needing to root it.
Why do you desire root so badly?
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I'm hoping getting root will let me remove Verizon's apps like NFL Mobile. There are at least 10 things I'd like to remove / disable.
iryone said:
I'm hoping getting root will let me remove Verizon's apps like NFL Mobile. There are at least 10 things I'd like to remove / disable.
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I created a thread in this Z3v forum where I listed the amount of apps that are safe to disable. You just go to application manager, all apps, then choose the app you wish to disable.
Don't forget to hit thanks
Root would be nice only because it plays to the geek inside me. Otherwise the Z3v pretty much does everything I need it to do at a level of efficiency that is already well beyond my basic needs for a device.
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I created a thread in this Z3v forum where I listed the amount of apps that are safe to disable. You just go to application manager, all apps, then choose the app you wish to disable.
Don't forget to hit thanks
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Link or it didnt happen
Bobby Buggs said:
Link or it didnt happen
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All it really takes is using the search function or literally going to the second page and finding the exact title fitting the description. http://forum.xda-developers.com/z3/...t-apps-to-disable-verizon-variant-z3-t2996877
Ok so Im Lazy, I admit it
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It's a hit or miss with it sometimes. I'd say it works for me 80-85% of the time, but if you double tap in the center of the screen it will increase your chances.
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Figured out that if I double tap slower it works every time. Only like a second apart but never fails
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pchain said:
Root would be nice only because it plays to the geek inside me. Otherwise the Z3v pretty much does everything I need it to do at a level of efficiency that is already well beyond my basic needs for a device.
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I lost interest in root after the original droid, droid x and droid x2. With the galaxy s3 and now the z3v I am not trying to save space or fix problems with the OS. Rooting was a major pita IMHO and the Verizon apps I just don't use. I'm not sure why people still need root anymore. Remind me?
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I lost interest in root after the original droid, droid x and droid x2. With the galaxy s3 and now the z3v I am not trying to save space or fix problems with the OS. Rooting was a major pita IMHO and the Verizon apps I just don't use. I'm not sure why people still need root anymore. Remind me?
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I have to agree here
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I lost interest in root after the original droid, droid x and droid x2. With the galaxy s3 and now the z3v I am not trying to save space or fix problems with the OS. Rooting was a major pita IMHO and the Verizon apps I just don't use. I'm not sure why people still need root anymore. Remind me?[/QUOTE
I agree. It is a pain to constantly change ROMs, change kernels, etc but I have still rooted every device. Keep it stock, move apps to a separate folder so there is no chance that they run, changing the font all through the system (not sure why that isn't a standard feature by now), & the big one I miss, blocking ads.
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Lollipop is... disappointing.
The update seems to be a huge piece of garbage in a Material Design wrapper. The battery preformance is worse, the auto-brightness doesn't work as it should, I've been nothing but annoyed by it and I want 4.4.4 back..
I have not had success rooting the Z3 (D6603 on 23.1.A.0.690). Any of you know a good way to root and then downgrade to stock 4.4.4? Or is CM12 stable enough to replace 5.0.2? Any help would be appreciated!
Like I said when I got it on my S5 it was it was a huge disappointment. I'm not up grading this phone for a while
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Like I said when I got it on my S5 it was it was a huge disappointment. I'm not up grading this phone for a while
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my 2 years upgrade is almost here, and the z3v is the phone I'm leaning towards (others under consideration are the S4, S5 and LG G3). My concern is that VZW will push out an OTA upgrade that can't be stopped, without having root....am I wrong about that? My last experience was with the S3 (which I still have&use).
I know this device is old.. its the only one I have right now and have no clue if i'd ever get the money to upgrade.. just curious how many people still check this forum or if i'm one of the only few...
Also if you are a typical visitor.. maybe post up so I can get to know this Note II community.
Thanks!
interesting.. 10 views already and no votes or posts... lol..
i see it has 23 views.. and 2 responses. Great! so there is still some life here. Are any developers still here?
I still use this device for gaming only. I play Underworld Empire via WiFi/mobile hotspot. Have multiple toons in the games . It is rooted and running TeamOctos MM weekly build rom.
I use my old Note II as a training device for my 6 year old. The thing is a tank.
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thanks guys for responses! So i'm guessing there aren't anymore developers still working on this phone?
Not sure if there is any that hangs around this forum. TeamOctos has their rom on their own website, I'm glad they still make weekly builds for this phone. Runs pretty smoothly for me.
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Not sure if there is any that hangs around this forum. TeamOctos has their rom on their own website, I'm glad they still make weekly builds for this phone. Runs pretty smoothly for me.
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First Off, thanks for the response!
Second, Yeah i would love to go with a newer weekly build and version of android.. .. but I just really like to have screen options to turn screen off, bring up power menu, and have options for screenshot and screen record. I had forgotten about the power of XPosed Framework ( which R3D utilizes ) and perhaps that could help make OCTos more useful for me..
I also do like some of the touchwiz features that I can use with the S-Pen.. so i'm torn.. LOL
I have xposed installed along with TeamOctos, gravity box mm module installed. Since TeamOctos rom have most of the features, I scantily use the gravity box options. Don't wanna break anything lol. I find the s-pen was more a gimmick than anything else. The capacitive buttons don't work with the pen, have to manually press with finger (this was fixed with the Note 3, which I sold). Also there are 3rd party apps that can do just about the same as the Samsung spen apps.
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I have xposed installed along with TeamOctos, gravity box mm module installed. Since TeamOctos rom have most of the features, I scantily use the gravity box options. Don't wanna break anything lol. I find the s-pen was more a gimmick than anything else. The capacitive buttons don't work with the pen, have to manually press with finger (this was fixed with the Note 3, which I sold). Also there are 3rd party apps that can do just about the same as the Samsung spen apps.
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yeah i was using that for a little bit.. but I noticed the overall sound volume seemed to be lower... when I went back to 4.4.2 , i could really hear the difference... i'm not sure if that is a AOSP issue or what.. do you notice it?
Yes unfortunately it is because of AOSP. I remember having to manually editing a mixer.xml file to increase the volume but still wasn't close to the sound level of TW rom. I got use to the low lvls after a while.
Now I don't use it as my daily driver so sound isn't really an issue anymore. Performance and battery life is what I'm looking for so it's ideal.
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Yes unfortunately it is because of AOSP. I remember having to manually editing a mixer.xml file to increase the volume but still wasn't close to the sound level of TW rom. I got use to the low lvls after a while.
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Ahh ok thank you. that makes me feel a lot better to know it wasn't just me that noticed it and that it wasn't directly related to my phone or my flash status...
so I guess its not an easy fix or even possible since it wasn't addressed when this phone was still being developed... darn..
I really don't recall what the reasoning was, if it was due to drivers or software. It can be remedied by editing the sound file, I believe someone has done it with this phone. Do a post search for low sound or mixer.xml on here.
Haha not trying to sell AOSP roms or anything but I find them more useful with their options. Isn't that the main reason people use Android phones, for their customization?
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I really don't recall what the reasoning was, if it was due to drivers or software. It can be remedied by editing the sound file, I believe someone has done it with this phone. Do a post search for low sound or mixer.xml on here.
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i'll check it out. thanks!
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Haha not trying to sell AOSP roms or anything but I find them more useful with their options. Isn't that the main reason people use Android phones, for their customization?
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HA yes.. but i guess for those of us that don't have multiple phones to try out different ROMs and updates :silly: constantly have to find the happy medium between stability, functionality and customization.. Right now i'm gonna stick with TW 4.4.2 (at least on my Note II) since I need to have these things on my phone for me to use it as a daily driver:
1. Stable (won't freeze up / random reboots / random power offs / FC'ers)
2. Camera - Camera must be able to take great photos (at least as good as the physical camera is)
3. Sound - Must have great sounding audio for voice calls / speakerphone / ringtones and for media watching
4. Functional - Must be able to not miss calls / notifications or messages and connect to data for internet
5. Battery - Battery must be decent to good.. want it to be able to last at least 1 day of medium to heavy use..
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Yes unfortunately it is because of AOSP. I remember having to manually editing a mixer.xml file to increase the volume but still wasn't close to the sound level of TW rom. I got use to the low lvls after a while.
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Hey.. I just flashed back to OCTos, but i can't find the Mixer_paths.xml in the System/ETC folder... can you help?
Thanks!
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Hey.. I just flashed back to OCTos, but i can't find the Mixer_paths.xml in the System/ETC folder... can you help?
Thanks!
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You are correct there. I could not find it either myself. I wonder if TeamOctos even included it in their build for this phone. I checked with another phone of mine (LG G3) thats running the same ROM. It has the mixer_paths.xml in the folder system/ETC. May have to contact them to find out why... Sorry, like I've mentioned, I don't use my Note II as a daily driver so haven't had the need to increase the sound levels. I wonder if its possible to just copy the file from another ROM?
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You are correct there. I could not find it either myself. I wonder if TeamOctos even included it in their build for this phone. I checked with another phone of mine (LG G3) thats running the same ROM. It has the mixer_paths.xml in the folder system/ETC. May have to contact them to find out why... Sorry, like I've mentioned, I don't use my Note II as a daily driver so haven't had the need to increase the sound levels. I wonder if its possible to just copy the file from another ROM?
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yeah i thought about that but nervous with all that modifications either messing something up or not even getting it as loud as TW..
right now i think ill stay with a 4.4.2 rom and use xposed to get the features i like. do wish i had 6.0 but have to be happy with what i got. ?
Sorry I couldn't have been more helpful. Hope things will look up for you and that you may be able to afford a newer phone. This years phone releases haven't been all the great, maybe next year will see some really great improvements. The biggest thing is the battery life in most cell phones nowadays (unless you have removable option). Manufacturers will never give you a better battery/longer life because they want consumers to keep buying newer phones. Batteries usually only have a lifetime of about ~1.5 years, the more you charge, the less it will hold a charge. Forces people to buy new phones
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Sorry I couldn't have been more helpful. Hope things will look up for you and that you may be able to afford a newer phone. This years phone releases haven't been all the great, maybe next year will see some really great improvements. The biggest thing is the battery life in most cell phones nowadays (unless you have removable option). Manufacturers will never give you a better battery/longer life because they want consumers to keep buying newer phones. Batteries usually only have a lifetime of about ~1.5 years, the more you charge, the less it will hold a charge. Forces people to buy new phones
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yeah true.. and for me its difficult because i'm fairly picky with what I want in the phone... seems like i haven't actually found a "perfect" one yet... several will have 80 to 90% but some will be missing 1 major thing i want.. and then i have to decide how important that is... So far from all the phones i had.. I think my Nexus 5 would probably me my all time favorite... of course I would have preferred an AMOLED display, front facing speakers and better cameras... but again.. had to pick and choose... the HTC 10 was amazing as well.. but I did have some issues with my LTE signal dropping.. so not sure if it was a fluke or because of my Total Wireless service? maybe the ROM.. idk.. LOL
Hmm favorite all time, may have to go with my Note 3 til I sold it. Had it with Verizon, unfortunately the bootloader was locked and when I updated to Jasmine rom, screwed up and lost root. It was a great phone, s pen is so useful, removable battery, amoled display, SD card slot. Camera was alright, my V10 excels in that department! I'm with T-mobile now, service is great for where I need it and their phones are mostly bootloader unlocked. Can easily root them.
Watching Floss Carter on YouTube, with his review of HTC 10. His biggest negative factor is that the phone is too small for him. Everything else is good, he even mentions that HTC should've made two options like HTC 10 and 10+.
His top 5 phones:
1: Note 5
2: Nexus 6p
3: iPhone 6s+
4: S7 edge
5: LG G5
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My questions may seem dumb but I have never owned a Samsung phone.
I know samsung likes their bloatware and proprietary methods. Can I avoid all the samsung bloat and a samsung account and still use the phone? Are there ROMs that give a stock android experience?
Also what are you guys seeing for SOT? Im coming from a Asus ROG 6 Pro.
Any bugs you guys are experiencing? My 6Pro is so full of bugs that has pushed me to move brands.
You don't need a custom rom, you don't even need to root it, just use universal android debloater gui from github or adb app control to remove all the bloat (both include good instructions and details about what to remove) and going through first time set up you don't need a samsung or google account.
Unless you are using an international version there is no custom ROM option. The 918U and U1 models don't have the option to OEM unlock and flash ROMs.
You can easily umbloat using the mentioned universal android debloater.
Ui downloaded the 5.0 or sth like that and updated, then it all went south.
Stayed with the 5.0 version and it works great.
As for the ROM I put Nova Launcher and it works fine
Not the same but as long as the X3 camera shoots ****ty pictures I'll leave it warranty capable
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You can easily umbloat using the mentioned universal android debloater.
Ui downloaded the 5.0 or sth like that and updated, then it all went south.
Stayed with the 5.0 version and it works great.
As for the ROM I put Nova Launcher and it works fine
Not the same but as long as the X3 camera shoots ****ty pictures I'll leave it warranty capable
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What's wrong with your x3? Mine's impeccable. Didn't hear about any other complaints whatsoever.
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My questions may seem dumb but I have never owned a Samsung phone.
I know samsung likes their bloatware and proprietary methods. Can I avoid all the samsung bloat and a samsung account and still use the phone? Are there ROMs that give a stock android experience?
Also what are you guys seeing for SOT? Im coming from a Asus ROG 6 Pro.
Any bugs you guys are experiencing? My 6Pro is so full of bugs that has pushed me to move brands.
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No bugs. Phone is super smooth and battery is amazing. About bloatware you can find everything you need in XDA thread called "Samsung Galaxy One UI - Optimization Guide".
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What's wrong with your x3? Mine's impeccable. Didn't hear about any other complaints whatsoever.
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Well, I used the "remove noise" or whatsoever option.
But for a X3 zoom I find the quality more than disappointing.
My Vivo X70Pro shots better photos.
Applied goodlock camera assistant, a bit better, and even gcam.
But quality just sucks for such a "high end" model...
Hoping on a FW fix though since with gcam its quite less worse
No issue here with 3x zoom with my S23U camera (B-version, EUX), just stock point&shoot....
Something like this ?
I'll retry with more natural light.
Maybe that's the issue.
Was pretty dark the time I took the picture
Awesome, thanks for the replies. Since there is no custom roms, do we still have unlock and root available? At bare minimum i would like to install AdAway got universal ad blocking.
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Awesome, thanks for the replies. Since there is no custom roms, do we still have unlock and root available? At bare minimum i would like to install AdAway got universal ad blocking.
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We can unlock and root. Look for the guide in this sub forum. Root will tripped knox tho, so some samsung app won't work. I would suggest using adhell to block ad
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We can unlock and root. Look for the guide in this sub forum. Root will tripped knox tho, so some samsung app won't work. I would suggest using adhell to block ad
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No magisk module or similar to get around this?
My biggest concern is just losing the samsung camera, I hear other cameras apks dont work well with the phone.
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Well, I used the "remove noise" or whatsoever option.
But for a X3 zoom I find the quality more than disappointing.
My Vivo X70Pro shots better photos.
Applied goodlock camera assistant, a bit better, and even gcam.
But quality just sucks for such a "high end" model...
Hoping on a FW fix though since with gcam its quite less worse
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Please try to activate night mode before switching to x3. Also in low light you need to be VERY still for the sensor and ISP to work its magic.
Moreoever, keep your lenses clean as much as possible.
These 2 photos I just shot now in a very dimly light room.
treahuggs said:
No magisk module or similar to get around this?
My biggest concern is just losing the samsung camera, I hear other cameras apks dont work well with the phone.
You will lose samsung wallet, I think. you should just use adhell for ease
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Please try to activate night mode before switching to x3. Also in low light you need to be VERY still for the sensor and ISP to work its magic.
Moreoever, keep your lenses clean as much as possible.
These 2 photos I just shot now in a very dimly light room.
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Thx for the info, I will give it a try.
Just wondering why someone would apply night mode while using light in their living room
But if works like this, this is what it is .
Thanks for the info