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So im buying an SGS2 in few hours, its used, so i wanted to ask, what kind of tests i can do on the fly to determinate if the phone is at good condition, doesn't have any issues with hardware?
if it turns on and off first.. then your good to go....check if its rooted and go into settings and scroll down to the bottom and check the firmware what its like...test the camera and then just see if there are any scratches and stuff like that...make sure that there are no passwords on the phone so you do not get locked out and that kinda stuff
Lul what he said. But you could boot it up in download mode and check how many custom roms he had been using. And if he has, then you could ask him about overclocking... cause the hardware could be damaged cause of that...
Well thanks for the help, exchanged desire hd for galaxy S2 and now im a proud owner of first samsung in my life ;D
syrusas said:
Well thanks for the help, exchanged desire hd for galaxy S2 and now im a proud owner of first samsung in my life ;D
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well done mate hope you enjoy it. anything you need just message me
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been a while this might sound like a dumb question but after doing a bit of reading. it states i can root my s5 on tmobile and not trip the knox.???
and the only way to trip the knox is by installing a different rom or kernel.??? i just finance this phone tru tmobile and don't want to trip the knox in case in 6months i want to do the jump to a different phone if this one don't work out.and if that is the case which root program do i use. thanks
1iwilly said:
hello to all
been a while this might sound like a dumb question but after doing a bit of reading. it states i can root my s5 on tmobile and not trip the knox.???
and the only way to trip the knox is by installing a different rom or kernel.??? i just finance this phone tru tmobile and don't want to trip the knox in case in 6months i want to do the jump to a different phone if this one don't work out.and if that is the case which root program do i use. thanks
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You WILL trip knox when you root. There is no way around it at this time.
ok thanks
aooga said:
You WILL trip knox when you root. There is no way around it at this time.
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I just received my S6E and I know I read earlier that CF noted that rooting may trip KNOX and disable the mobile payment system. Has anyone been able to verify whether or not this is actually the case? I'd love to root my phone, if for no other reason but to get Titanium up and running but I really would like to keep the mobile payment system intact. Thanks in advance.
Update: I have trouble reading sometimes and didn't realize/remember that Samsung Pay won't be available until later this summer. However, if anyone does come across any additional information related to this, I would be happy to hear about it.
Yes, unfortunatelly rooting your s6/s6 edge may disable the phone’s ability to use samsung pay, so be carefull.
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Before actually rooting though, consider that KNOX will likely be tripped, and there's a good chance untripped KNOX will be required for phone based payments.
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Webster259 said:
I just received my S6E and I know I read earlier that CF noted that rooting may trip KNOX and disable the mobile payment system. Has anyone been able to verify whether or not this is actually the case? I'd love to root my phone, if for no other reason but to get Titanium up and running but I really would like to keep the mobile payment system intact. Thanks in advance.
Update: I have trouble reading sometimes and didn't realize/remember that Samsung Pay won't be available until later this summer. However, if anyone does come across any additional information related to this, I would be happy to hear about it.
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I'm curious to know this too. I ALWAYS root my Android phones especially for Adblocker and even more importantly Greenify. I'm worried tripping the Knox sensor will make it so I can't use Samsung Pay and I'd really like to use that, especially since it even works with magnetic readers! I'm worried that since SP won't launch until the Summer that no one will truly know what effect, if any, tripping the Knox sensor will have. I'm going to hold off on rooting for now, as tough as I KNOW that will be LOL.
Yeah sucks but I'm. Holing off too. I mainly root for custom roms and kernel... But do far the phone is managing well so. I can definitely hold off
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Considering that I can't stay without:
Titanium Backup Pro
AdBlock Plus for Android (without having to do stuff manually)
Xposed Framework
Unlocked Tethering
And who know what else!
I will definitely root and who cares if I won't be able to use Samsung Pay!
There are still other payment system coming out or already existing!
I haven't rooted because of Samsung Pay and also because we'll I mainly. Root. For custom recoveries and roms which none are available as the device isn't widely available
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I'm wounding if anybody has rooted there phone yet. I happen to say the hell with it and I tryed the root for the SM-g925t on my Canadian SM-g925w8 and it work great as of right now.. hopefully nothing happens but its been working a full 24 hours now. I though why not, they are both Edges. I also done the same back on my S4 with a AT&T ROOT and it worked fine!
If you try, post here to prove to people its working! Thanks!
Somebody else posted the same result yesterday (might have been on the regular S6 board). It's great that we have that option. But I'm going to hold off on root for now because of the following.
Apparently you currently cannot unroot an S6/S6e (short of re-flashing the entire firmware via Odin). Furthermore, there is currently an issue with CF-Auto-Root in that it messes up your stock recovery, leading to people being unable to do factory resets and such (see the CF-Auto-Root threads).
T-Mobile already had an OTA that seems to fix a lot of major bugs, and I imagine other carriers will have it soon as well. I definitely want the first couple of OTAs, so I think I'll be putting off root until at least a quick and easy unroot method exists and the stock recovery doesn't get compromised.
I'm going to hold off as well on my other phone. I was just dieing to try it and luckily enough its working.
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Thanks for taking the risk on our behalf! :good:
Please stop creating multiple threads about the same topic - I have deleted the other 2 threads you made on this as well as other posts by you in other threads on the same topic.
Yeah thanks just getting the rood out. Alot more people complaining there is no root
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i wont be rooting my phone until its confirmed that samsung pay will still work , so looking forward to this feature !
as of now i believe once rooted it trips knox and wont allow Samsung pay to work. and once done theres so going back.
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i wont be rooting my phone until its confirmed that samsung pay will still work , so looking forward to this feature !
as of now i believe once rooted it trips knox and wont allow Samsung pay to work. and once done theres so going back.
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Thanks a very good point. I'm with you on that one. I've got my note4 to cater to my flashaholic tendencies an I won't mess with the s6's root just yet.
ex-28 said:
i wont be rooting my phone until its confirmed that samsung pay will still work , so looking forward to this feature !
as of now i believe once rooted it trips knox and wont allow Samsung pay to work. and once done theres so going back.
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Really? Samsung pay is like apple pay. Nothing is working in Canada and will probably not work for 3 years.
This summer it Was announced its comming out afaik
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This summer it Was announced its comming out afaik
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Yes but living in Canada anyone can tell you that payment options such as interac flash take years to come out to all retailers, let alone Samsung pay lol
Even Apple pay does not work, Iwould just wait for rbc to support the edge for their mobile wallet app.. used to work perfectly fine on my HTC one my and z2
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Successful root with SM-G920W8! Used G920F from Chainfire!
I wonder then if the SM-G925F would work for the edge SM-G925W8 since @Brava27 confirmed the G920F worked with his S6 SM-G920W8
Rooting Canadian Galaxy S6 edge
GREAT NEWS, I just managed to root my Canadian galaxy s6 edge with this file.
http://download.chainfire.eu/737/CF-Root1/CF-Auto-Root-zerolte-zeroltexx-smg925f.zip?retrieve_file=1
Good Luck Guys.
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R1CKJ4MES said:
I'm wounding if anybody has rooted there phone yet. I happen to say the hell with it and I tryed the root for the SM-g925t on my Canadian SM-g925w8 and it work great as of right now.. hopefully nothing happens but its been working a full 24 hours now. I though why not, they are both Edges. I also done the same back on my S4 with a AT&T ROOT and it worked fine!
If you try, post here to prove to people its working! Thanks!
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Great News,
Just rooted my Rogers S6 edge with this file CF-Auto-Root-zerolte-zeroltexx-smg925f.
Hi everyone.
I've pre-ordered an S23 Ultra and have also purchased a 2 year Samsung Care + plan. I've been using a OnePlus 5 from 5+ years now and the last Samsung device I used was Galaxy S2.
Since Samsung's warranty becomes void if the Knox is tripped, my question is, in case there is a screen/ hardware damage to a rooted device, can it be claimed for repair/ replacement under Samsung Care+?
Because in case a rooted device will not be considered under Samsung Care+ plan too, I think I would prefer to cancel the plan. I'm looking for your suggestions on this. I am located in Canada.
P.s. I see the following exception point mentioned in the T&C's of Samsung Care+, "Device malfunction or damage due to improper installation on, or improper equipment modification to the device."
It's up to Samsung. They may charge you for a new mobo as part of the repair. I would use abd edits to optimize it instead.
Drops will likely be it's biggest enemy; use a good case. These are heavy, corner hitting, face planting happy phones when dropped. With no case a 3 foot drop onto concrete will likely damage it.
You can't trip Knox or root your phone on the Canadian or US S23U. And Samsung Care+ in Canada is only for Canadian phones. So I'm not sure why you're even worrying about this problem?
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You can't trip Knox or root your phone on the Canadian or US S23U. And Samsung Care+ in Canada is only for Canadian phones. So I'm not sure why you're even worrying about this problem?
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How can you not trip Knox when rooting? Isn't it an electric fuse that trips when the bootloader is unlocked and rooted?
amirage said:
How can you not trip Knox when rooting? Isn't it an electric fuse that trips when the bootloader is unlocked and rooted?
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I guess they can't unlock bootloader so no chance for knox trip.
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Joloxx9 said:
I guess they can't unlock bootloader so no chance for knox trip.
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Isn't necessary to unlock the bootloader to root the device?
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Isn't necessary to unlock the bootloader to root the device?
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It is necessary and unlocking bootloader trips knox
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It is necessary and unlocking bootloader trips knox
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So, this goes back to @peacey8. How is it possible to not trip Knox when unlocking the bootloader unless there's a country regulation stipulating this?
There currently is no way to unlock the bootloader in the US and Canada. Additionally there is no working root exploit for these phones. It should be near impossible to trip Knox in the locked state. So it's nothing to worry about.
Unlocking the bootloader doesn't trip the Knox efuse, loading an unauthorized bootloader does.
Apparently paid services have been able to unlock the N10+'s and maybe other Snaps. I'm not that interested so haven't followed this too closely. The remote service could potentially install malware and I refuse to risk bricking a valuable device.
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It's up to Samsung. They may charge you for a new mobo as part of the repair. I would use abd edits to optimize it instead.
Drops will likely be it's biggest enemy; use a good case. These are heavy, corner hitting, face planting happy phones when dropped. With no case a 3 foot drop onto concrete will likely damage it.
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Hi what's abd edits?
It's up to the person checking. Some may take it in for warranty even if the knox is tripped but some won't. I've had that experience before.
marvi0 said:
Hi what's abd edits?
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Using ADB commands to remove bloatware is probably the most common example.
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So, this goes back to @peacey8. How is it possible to not trip Knox when unlocking the bootloader unless there's a country regulation stipulating this?
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You cannot unlock the bootloader on North American variants. Only European. So my point is this question is moot, not that Knox won't be tripped if you unlock bootloader.
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You can't trip Knox or root your phone on the Canadian or US S23U. And Samsung Care+ in Canada is only for Canadian phones. So I'm not sure why you're even worrying about this problem?
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Omg! I've recently shifted to Canada and was not aware about this.
Now I wonder, why did I order this 1900 CA$ device.
Is there no way to unlock bootloader in Canadian S23 Ultra units? I am unsure if I'd be able to manage with a phone without an ability to flash a custom ROM.
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Is there no way to unlock bootloader in Canadian S23 Ultra units?
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Not at this time.
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I am unsure if I'd be able to manage with a phone without an ability to flash a custom ROM.
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Might as well get used to it as this is the way the industry is going. For example OnePlus 11 allows unlocking the bootloader but there is no longer a free way to fix your device if you brick it since the 9RT came out. This has meant that the 10T and 10 Pro have had basically no development.
Pixels have unlockable bootloader still and plenty of custom ROMs are available but... well... you'll be dealing with a lot of other headaches like a battery that probably won't even make it 24 hours on wifi and much less than that on 5G thanks to an inferior Samsung modem. They also have random hardware problems like I've had my screen start flickering and eventually get green lines twice on my Pixel 7 Pro and there have been many others reporting similar issues and now there are reports of pieces straight up falling off the phone surfacing too and this thing has only been out since October...
Pick your poison I guess.
wow , this is nuts . Any reason why other than make sure they sell their own software?
5-8 years ago we were laughing about Apple, but now android are doing the same thing.
Those phone a solid 8 years phone power wise, and the only way to keep them updated is aftermarket ROM !
OP, Im coming also from a OnePLus 5, and also from canada.
I also paid 1900$.
And I'm starting to regret my choice, I have only few days to return it.
Should I get a Oneplus 11 ???
I have had Android Phones since the OG T-Mobile G1. Back then, I rooted EVERY phone I have had.
Now, what is the big deal about Rooting? EVERYTHING I rooted for, you can do now without rooting. I don't get it.
Maybe I am just getting old? LOL!
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Now, what is the big deal about Rooting? EVERYTHING I rooted for, you can do now without rooting.
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There are still some apps that don't work without root. For example I use Network Signal Guru to read the QCI and report my findings back to reddit. I also use root so that I can take screenshots of any app or screen I choose (the secure flag really irritates me - even Apple doesn't dictate where and when you can take a screenshot of crap on your own device yet I can't even take a screenshot of the Comcast cap usage screen to send to my roommate unless I log into their website).
I can live without both of these things which is why I decided to get the S23U but I'll miss them regardless.
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There are still some apps that don't work without root. For example I use Network Signal Guru to read the QCI and report my findings back to reddit. I also use root so that I can take screenshots of any app or screen I choose (the secure flag really irritates me - even Apple doesn't dictate where and when you can take a screenshot of crap on your own device yet I can't even take a screenshot of the Comcast cap usage screen to send to my roommate unless I log into their website).
I can live without both of these things which is why I decided to get the S23U but I'll miss them regardless.
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Thanks!! I get that some apps won't work without root, but it seems now that people want to root more to say they did than have a real reason for it.
I e given up on rooting mainly because of the inherent stability issue with Custom ROMs and the constant flashing.
Again, I just may be getting old. Lol!!!