Tweaking my Galaxy S5?

[ray1970]

Took me a bit but I did get my S5 rooted and then wiped the whole thing and put the cyanogen mod stuff on there. Performance and battery life jumped way up and all of the Sprint crap that I couldn't get rid of before is gone.

The only issue I can't seem to figure out is that if I get out of LTE coverage and then get back into it the phone doesn't go back onto the network on its own. When I notice I have no data connection I have to open the network settings and switch it back to LTE. Pretty annoying.

Think I'll probably just go get a new phone this weekend and call it good.

[Gman]

Think I'll probably just go get a new phone this weekend and call it good.

Maybe with a carrier that doesn't charge extra for the built-in hotspot functionality?

I had "unlimited" data with Sprint for years. I never got the full use of my phone's capabilities until I moved to Verizon. I get more usable bandwidth for less money than I ever could on Sprint's network. Pisses me off that I held onto my 'limited by Sprint's network- unlimited plan' waiting for them to upgrade the Denver metro for several years. Your phone is only as good as the network.

[brutal]

Found a much better root guide for (Verizon) S5 already on Lollipop 5.0 http://forum.xda-developers.com/veri...5-ok3-t3290370

It's a tough follow if you're not familiar with all the concepts as the author and many other posters make too many assumptions about people's skills and some steps are vague.

However, I was able to get my new S5 rooted last week without bricking it, and I just finished phase 2 to install a DEODEXED stock ROM so I can get Xposed Framework working again for some apps and features I needed.

It may have helped that I already had some full version apps like Ti backup that can freeze knox, etc. I did not use the guide's knox remover the first time, but the ROM I just installed was knox free so it's gone for now. I did pay for the SuperSU Me app that removes the Kingroot bloatware, but probably could have killed him with a Ti freeze or killed kingroot with one of my other apps. I'm willing to pay for convenience and stability.

I decided to finally replace my aging and cracked (rooted) S4 only to discover my maintenance plan had a $99 deductible (fukn corporate comms guy fucked me over on that) VZW had a special $0 upgrade to S5 I was eligible for and since my requirements include a removable battery and microsd slot, that was the only logical choice. Knowing with 99% certainty I could root it, I pulled the trigger. Happy so far.

Well crap. I just soft bricked my phone trying to get Xposed installed.

Then come to find out, there's a version that reportedly works with the stock (rooted) ROM.

I think my trouble started after I installed the deodexed ROM, I lost safestrap and after I re-installed it, things went sideways. I made a backup of course before installing the ROM - in both safestrap and in TiBu, so the plan now is to reflash a stock ROM, re-root, and try again paying a little more attention to what's going on with safestrap. Oddly, my TiBu update.zip file doesn't appear on the sd card in recovery mode. Hrmmm...

While typing this, the factory image finished installing and it's booting again now, so at least it's not hard bricked.

[ray1970]

Maybe with a carrier that doesn't charge extra for the built-in hotspot functionality?

I had "unlimited" data with Sprint for years. I never got the full use of my phone's capabilities until I moved to Verizon. I get more usable bandwidth for less money than I ever could on Sprint's network. Pisses me off that I held onto my 'limited by Sprint's network- unlimited plan' waiting for them to upgrade the Denver metro for several years. Your phone is only as good as the network.

Excellent advice for sure. If I was single it wouldn't be difficult. Unfortunately, I'd have to coordinate the move to a different carrier with three other people who are on my plan. Also, the reason I switched to Sprint years ago was that I was tired of getting $450 phone bills from Verizon.

[brutal]

Well crap. I just soft bricked my phone trying to get Xposed installed.

Then come to find out, there's a version that reportedly works with the stock (rooted) ROM.

I think my trouble started after I installed the deodexed ROM, I lost safestrap and after I re-installed it, things went sideways. I made a backup of course before installing the ROM - in both safestrap and in TiBu, so the plan now is to reflash a stock ROM, re-root, and try again paying a little more attention to what's going on with safestrap. Oddly, my TiBu update.zip file doesn't appear on the sd card in recovery mode. Hrmmm...

While typing this, the factory image finished installing and it's booting again now, so at least it's not hard bricked.

Back in action PLUS.

AAR: I think I may have done this to myself by installing the wrong file from safestrap recovery. I may have actually installed a script that erases the ROM. Doh!

TOO tired to have been jacking with it.

All is good now, found an Xposed version that doesn't need a deodexed ROM (that rom was getting reports of wifi issues anyway) and got all my modules back in and working.

[brutal]

Well crap. I just soft bricked my phone trying to get Xposed installed.

Then come to find out, there's a version that reportedly works with the stock (rooted) ROM.

I think my trouble started after I installed the deodexed ROM, I lost safestrap and after I re-installed it, things went sideways. I made a backup of course before installing the ROM - in both safestrap and in TiBu, so the plan now is to reflash a stock ROM, re-root, and try again paying a little more attention to what's going on with safestrap. Oddly, my TiBu update.zip file doesn't appear on the sd card in recovery mode. Hrmmm...

While typing this, the factory image finished installing and it's booting again now, so at least it's not hard bricked.

Back in action PLUS.

AAR: I think I may have done this to myself by installing the wrong file from safestrap recovery. I may have actually installed a script that erases the ROM. Doh!

TOO tired to have been jacking with it.

All is good now, found an Xposed version that doesn't need a deodexed ROM (that rom was getting reports of wifi issues anyway) and got all my modules back in and working.