Looking into getting a Mega 6.3 to upgrade from my trusty Tab 7", but can only find 8G version in UK at the moment
I've read reviews saying that Touchwiz only leaves you with <5G app storage, which makes me nervous since I have a 16G Tab.
Is this true? Has anyone going this to be a serious limitation?
Anything else I should be aware of?
Thanks in advance
pokey said:
Looking into getting a Mega 6.3 to upgrade from my trusty Tab 7", but can only find 8G version in UK at the moment
I've read reviews saying that Touchwiz only leaves you with <5G app storage, which makes me nervous since I have a 16G Tab.
Is this true? Has anyone going this to be a serious limitation?
Anything else I should be aware of?
Thanks in advance
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The storage limitation can be solved by rooting your phone and using the Foldermount app.
Guessed that there'd be some option via root. I assume some bits of Touchwiz can be disabled as well.
My P1000 is rooted, but I'm reluctant to root a brand new device because of warranty issues.
Haven't looked into rooting the Mega yet...
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pokey said:
Guessed that there'd be some option via root. I assume some bits of Touchwiz can be disabled as well.
My P1000 is rooted, but I'm reluctant to root a brand new device because of warranty issues.
Haven't looked into rooting the Mega yet...
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You can also use slim custom ROMs to get more storage space. I have made a rooting guide here if you want to know more.
Thank you. That looks very helpfull
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So I just bought a Galaxy Tab 10.1 wifi. This is my first Samsung device as I have been using my Xperia PLAY for over a year now and do have that all modded, rommed out etc. That being said I realize that Sammy's products are a different beast in comparison to Sony Ericcson's for rooting/modding. I would like to know if:
1. Theres a stock ROM (ICS/JB) available. Non-Samsung based other then Cyanogenmod. Basically a pure Google based ROM.
2. A good guide I can read up on how to root this thing and put a custom recovery on it.
Also, I read after I bought it thats its only got 16gb of memory and NO SD slot...... is this true? Not a deal breaker more of a curiosity question. Got mine today for $180 factory refurbished from dailysteals.com
I appreciate any feedback, directions.
Please check this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=33048286
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Please check this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=33048286
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Awesome! Thank you. Exactly what I was looking for.
A friend of a friend was giving us a lift today, and she asked if we could turn on navigation on her phone since she was in the middle of driving. Her phone is a Galaxy S II, definitely i9100 and not the other variants (4.3" not 4.5", physical home button). She was running it on Telus but she bought it second-hand a few weeks ago so I assume it was a Bell or Virgin model.
Anyway I could see from afar that it was most definitely still running Gingerbread, and I wondered why it hadn't gotten the ICS update. I asked if I could see the phone and I went to the About screen - it's running 2.3.6, and the build number says Super ROM. Then I looked in her app drawer and saw Superuser. She is not the type who knows how to root a phone or would even want to, so the likely explanation is that the seller had installed a custom ROM and neglected to revert it before sale.
I've never owned an i9100... If she were to ask for help returning it to stock, would the simplest way just be to flash the Bell ICS ROM using Odin? Are there any precautions I'd need to take in case something the last owner had installed would be incompatible with the flash?
Create a backup and flash via odin the new jellybean leak
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Create a backup and flash via odin the new jellybean leak
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+1 or not wait for official jellybean for her phone and flash that...no point in upgrading to ics.
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+1 or not wait for official jellybean for her phone and flash that...no point in upgrading to ics.
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To be clear, she is a non power user. The ideal ROM for her is whatever would've been on there by now if it had never been hacked. So I believe that'd be ICS.
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cmstlist said:
To be clear, she is a non power user. The ideal ROM for her is whatever would've been on there by now if it had never been hacked. So I believe that'd be ICS.
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Just flash the ics of bell version since shes not a power user i did the same for wife shes has no intentions of using any custom roms for her just basic use
and i assume you know where too get that and yes flash in odin the stock version either from here you can get it or samfilmware ics version for 19100m
cheers
Thanks!
Actually I should add... The SuperROM she had on there said the device was i9100G. Is it possible that's just because it's what it says in the ROM, and it's still really an i9100m? Cause now I see they have different processors...
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Hey. You better first make sure that the Galaxy S unlock tool isn't there, otherwise that's how the seller sim-unlocked the phone. Putting it on ics may lock it back up but you can unlock it again. If you move it to jellybean though, the unlock tool doesn't work yet. Ics is good enough for her.
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Hey. You better first make sure that the Galaxy S unlock tool isn't there, otherwise that's how the seller sim-unlocked the phone. Putting it on ics may lock it back up but you can unlock it again. If you move it to jellybean though, the unlock tool doesn't work yet. Ics is good enough for her.
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Hey I'm also looking to update my phone and I'm sort of in the same situation as this girl. I bought my phone second hand and found out later that it was rooted and has CyanogenMod 7.1 on it. My model is the I9100 and my provider is Telus. I was looking to update it to CM10, but one of my concerns is that it might get locked again and I won't be able to use my phone on Telus. Should I just settle for CM9? Will it for sure get locked again? I'm a noob.
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Hey. You better first make sure that the Galaxy S unlock tool isn't there, otherwise that's how the seller sim-unlocked the phone. Putting it on ics may lock it back up but you can unlock it again. If you move it to jellybean though, the unlock tool doesn't work yet. Ics is good enough for her.
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Presumably if it's genuinely an i9100G and not m (I'm not sure, as I only saw the phone once), it wasn't from a Canadian carrier. In which case who knows how it was unlocked.
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Hi! I have a Samsung Galaxy S II Epic 4G Touch With FL26 stock. I have been trying to root it since I've gotten the phone! Can someone please tell me how I can root it? I have been trying for weeks!
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ErikBush97 said:
Hi! I have a Samsung Galaxy S II Epic 4G Touch With FL26 stock. I have been trying to root it since I've gotten the phone! Can someone please tell me how I can root it? I have been trying for weeks!
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Try this one worked for me
use
PDA net
PDANet isn't for rooting.
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ErikBush97 said:
PDANet isn't for rooting.
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I too have been trying to root with stock FL26. I did have a rooted phone with FL26 but someone stole it at
the grocery store right out of my cart. Now I have a replacement from insurance that needs tweaking..
The guides I've seen are geared for older updates. not sure why it isn't working on the current.
You should check out life360, man. It's a phone tracker. Anyways. How did you get your phone rooted? I really need mine rooted!!
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ErikBush97 said:
You should check out life360, man. It's a phone tracker. Anyways. How did you get your phone rooted? I really need mine rooted!!
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I had life360 installed, the guy took the phone down the street and pulled the battery first chance he had.
The street it was at when it updated last location was a drug dealer area. Anyway, on that particular phone I used odin in windows, similar method that I used with the original epic. Just trying to get this newest update rooted without bricking, just needed confirmation that the method talked about above would do that.
ErikBush97 said:
Hi! I have a Samsung Galaxy S II Epic 4G Touch With FL26 stock. I have been trying to root it since I've gotten the phone! Can someone please tell me how I can root it? I have been trying for weeks!
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I would also very much like some help with this been trying to search but havent found anything yet
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Hi! I have a Samsung Galaxy S II Epic 4G Touch With FL26 stock. I have been trying to root it since I've gotten the phone! Can someone please tell me how I can root it? I have been trying for weeks!
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I too am looking for a working root for this model. Any leads will be appreciated. Thanks...
cuabori said:
I too am looking for a working root for this model. Any leads will be appreciated. Thanks...
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I ended up rooting my phone using http://www.rwilco12.com/Files/Devic...(SPH-D710VMUB)/Tutorials/SPHD710VMUB-Root.php with one click JB tGA10_Agats Recovery. i believe hard to remember for sure since i looked through so many different things trying to figure things out but im rooted now!
also a lot of helpful videos from qbking http://qbking77.com/how-to-root/root-the-samsung-epic-4g-touch/
hope that helps some
I have a AT&T 6.3" Mega unlocked using it with T-Mobile...
have couple a questions for whenever they push the 4.4 update...
1. as i am on T-Mobile, and the phone is AT&T will i get the OTA update and be able to install it?
2. as the phone is unlocked now, if im able to update OTA, will i lose the unlock, or will still have unlocked phone that i can use on T-Mobile?
3. This one im pretty sure about... my phone is rooted, after updating it to 4.4 i will lose root correct?
Thanks to all that can help with those Qs
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I have a AT&T 6.3" Mega unlocked using it with T-Mobile...
have couple a questions for whenever they push the 4.4 update...
1. as i am on T-Mobile, and the phone is AT&T will i get the OTA update and be able to install it?
2. as the phone is unlocked now, if im able to update OTA, will i lose the unlock, or will still have unlocked phone that i can use on T-Mobile?
3. This one im pretty sure about... my phone is rooted, after updating it to 4.4 i will lose root correct?
Thanks to all that can help with those Qs
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You will not be able to do the update if there is one which I highly doubt there will be I know there has been rumors but its not likely if your rooted you'll need to unroot cause it'll trip Knox's and cause issues as for doing the update you'll need to borrow a Sim from someone with at&t and then it'll update or manually do it through keys I am developing a recovery for the i527 to be able to flash 4.4+ Roms look for my threads in development for the mega
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since you're rooted, you will never receive any update via ota from at&t.
if you really want to regain update via ota from at&t, you have to unroot, return everything back to stock.
or you can just download the update from sammobile and manually update it with odin, but there's a chance that you might break root.
if you sim unlocked by using an unlock code, then i think it should be fine and permanent.
jk0l said:
since you're rooted, you will never receive any update via ota from at&t.
if you really want to regain update via ota from at&t, you have to unroot, return everything back to stock.
or you can just download the update from sammobile and manually update it with odin, but there's a chance that you might break root.
if you sim unlocked by using an unlock code, then i think it should be fine and permanent.
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It will receive the update it just won't download..
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what about Kies? i would be able to just connect it on a PC and update no ATT card needed?
i dont realy care about the root, i care more if i will keep the unlock, but im not sure how was the phone unlocked... wonder if theres any way to check...
been waiting on the 4.4 as the ROM sizes supposed to be smaller, and the new compression format that you can choose from the developers options so is no more Dalvik would help free more RAM and speed up the device...
the kernels and radios would be updated aswell, making it possibly better battery life and stronger signal aswell...
hope they push it by the end of the month
hristopelov said:
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been waiting on the 4.4 as the ROM sizes supposed to be smaller, and the new compression format that you can choose from the developers options so is no more Dalvik would help free more RAM and speed up the device...
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I don't think ART is available in Samsung kitkat ROMs. Somebody correct me if I'm wrong.
You are correct but guys I'm telling you don't get your hopes up for kit Kat for the mega lol its extremely unlikely
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So you are telling us to not expect the 4.4 k.k update for the mega! Ehh what is this then a bad joke??? http://www.sammobile.com/2014/05/07...evices-getting-the-android-4-4-kitkat-update/
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alexischino said:
So you are telling us to not expect the 4.4 k.k update for the mega! Ehh what is this then a bad joke??? http://www.sammobile.com/2014/05/07...evices-getting-the-android-4-4-kitkat-update/
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The Mega may or may not be getting KitKat but that list on Sammobile is certainly a joke.
show the evidence of what you are saying is true. If you do not have a way to prove it. please, keep your opinion for yourself.
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alexischino said:
show the evidence of what you are saying is true. If you do not have a way to prove it. please, keep your opinion for yourself.
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I can't prove a negative. However, if you assert a positive that the Sammobile list is genuine, please go ahead and prove it.
I dont see i527 on there anywhere.
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athani said:
I can't prove a negative. However, if you assert a positive that the Sammobile list is genuine, please go ahead and prove it.
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Go and bark to sammobile, they are the ones who give the information, And in the other hand they are a better source of information than a cuple of guys sharing their guess ha'
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alexischino said:
Go and bark to sammobile, they are the ones who give the information, And in the other hand they are a better source of information than a cuple of guys sharing their guess ha'
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Is that the best you can do?
athani said:
Is that the best you can do?
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Do you think this is a better answer, (The Mega may or may not be getting KitKat but that list on Sammobile is certainly a joke.)
sorry but i don't have the time or the will to get this discussion any further. Keep guessing whatever you want :thumbup: but please keep it to yourself! so the next time you you have a guess keep it that way
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oh well, i guess if it doesnt get updated, we just wait couple a months and buy the Mega 2, craigslist this one...
just hope it has 2GBs a RAM !
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Do you think this is a better answer, (The Mega may or may not be getting KitKat but that list on Sammobile is certainly a joke.)
sorry but i don't have the time or the will to get this discussion any further. Keep guessing whatever you want :thumbup: but please keep it to yourself! so the next time you you have a guess keep it that way
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Yea, I guessed. Thanks for your "certified true" news about Sammobile.
Calm down, young padawans... Mega may or may not get KK... And so we have no influence on it. As for me - I'm not eager to have KNOX in my Mega... KK or not KK..
I'm pretty sure the Mega will get KitKit, otherwise why would Samsung have it on their update FAQ.
http://www.samsung.com/us/support/faq/FAQ00059206/82024/EFC-1G6FFEGSTA
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Hdude123 said:
I'm pretty sure the Mega will get KitKit, otherwise why would Samsung have it on their update FAQ.
http://www.samsung.com/us/support/faq/FAQ00059206/82024/EFC-1G6FFEGSTA
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Yes, that is some indication. But it comes with a caveat :
"Important! This list may be altered as updates are confirmed or released."
I hope this question is not a stupid one...
I want to say that I tried searching and all guides come either outdated with broken links or just designed for a different model.
I have a Galaxy Note SGH-i717R which is a canadian version. I cannot find a current working rooting method that will guide me through installing a CWM or TWRP recovery plus let me flash CM or any other KitKat based ROM.
I have downloaded:
CWM-TOUCH-i717-6043.zip but I know I can't install it until I root. But all rooting guides are outdated and do not work.
I have a good idea on how to root and install custom roms, I've done it on various phones including on my Nexus 5 and 7.
Can anyone give me a link or a quick breakdown of what I need?
I can't stress enough that this is a SGH-i717R not SGH-i717, i have a Canadian Version.
Thanks in advance!
wtfmate said:
I hope this question is not a stupid one...
I want to say that I tried searching and all guides come either outdated with broken links or just designed for a different model.
I have a Galaxy Note SGH-i717R which is a canadian version. I cannot find a current working rooting method that will guide me through installing a CWM or TWRP recovery plus let me flash CM or any other KitKat based ROM.
I have downloaded:
CWM-TOUCH-i717-6043.zip but I know I can't install it until I root. But all rooting guides are outdated and do not work.
I have a good idea on how to root and install custom roms, I've done it on various phones including on my Nexus 5 and 7.
Can anyone give me a link or a quick breakdown of what I need?
I can't stress enough that this is a SGH-i717R not SGH-i717, i have a Canadian Version.
Thanks in advance!
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With all the different variants of this device, no two are as similar. There have been many to flash the US version to Canadian model. I see no harm, but it is your device. Have you read the Super Everything thread?
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Kingoapp.com. The i717 is not on the device list but it works....I have used it many times when I have screwed up my phone testing and had to go back to stock. What os are you on now. ICS or Gingerbread?
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captemo said:
With all the different variants of this device, no two are as similar. There have been many to flash the US version to Canadian model. I see no harm, but it is your device. Have you read the Super Everything thread?
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I think i've read that thread too and i think most of it did not apply to the R version of thsi phone. Also someone was mentioning that the phone since it is a canadian variant..will reload the stock ROM back on under reboot. Is this true?
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Kingoapp.com. The i717 is not on the device list but it works....I have used it many times when I have screwed up my phone testing and had to go back to stock. What os are you on now. ICS or Gingerbread?
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Its running 4.1.2
And its not i717 but i717R.... something about the Canadian R variant make its almost impossible to flash with AT&T versions of the ROMs. OR I am not reading the threads correctly.
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Its running 4.1.2
And its not i717 but i717R.... something about the Canadian R variant make its almost impossible to flash with AT&T versions of the ROMs. OR I am not reading the threads correctly.
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It's been so long since ICS, I'm not sure if you have to flash JB before going to KK or not. Look for any thread with JamieD81 on it. He's from Canada so his should work.
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It's been so long since ICS, I'm not sure if you have to flash JB before going to KK or not. Look for any thread with JamieD81 on it. He's from Canada so his should work.
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Thank you!
Its not really a big deal weather i get CM on this phone or not, but since I have it as a spare phone next to my Nexus 5, I really want something more modern running on it.
Again, thanks for help.
wtfmate said:
Thank you!
Its not really a big deal weather i get CM on this phone or not, but since I have it as a spare phone next to my Nexus 5, I really want something more modern running on it.
Again, thanks for help.
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Sorry, late to the party. I have a Telus phone and the only method that worked for me (nearly 2 years ago) was the one in the link that follows.
http://rootgalaxynote.com/galaxy-no...y-note-sgh-i717-icsgingerbreadeasiest-method/
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developweb said:
Sorry, late to the party. I have a Telus phone and the only method that worked for me (nearly 2 years ago) was the one in the link that follows.
http://rootgalaxynote.com/galaxy-no...y-note-sgh-i717-icsgingerbreadeasiest-method/
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Thank you! I will check the link now. Hopefully its still current for this phone. Keeping my fingers crossed! :good: