photon3106:


I'm afraid that you would need root. From what I know, I don't think there is a way to circumvent the process.
Reason: Dolby Atmos requires integration with your Android System to make desired effects. It's like substituting your default sound equaliser/enhancer with another one. Some people have claimed to install just the Dolby Atmos app (apk) and recorded success even though they had issues with the app not starting after every reboot.

My side, I tried just the app without root and guess what? It didn't work on my former note 4 pro. I had to flash it via TWRP.

There are guides though on the net with all sorts of captions but the most effective installation method is through root.

Installing the app is way different from flashing the file.. Tried both on my previous device...damn i miss dolby atmos....

Anyhoo..i'll manage default souns...don't want to root my device...

Itzneowizy:
Installing the app is way different from flashing the file.. Tried both on my previous device...damn i miss dolby atmos....

Anyhoo..i'll manage default souns...don't want to root my device...

You might explore this:
Not sure if it would work on the S4.

Background: Dolby Atmos does not require root to function normally as it's already integrated to be part of system root. And of course, this is achieved by flashing the corresponding .zip package.

Proposition: Flash Dolby using TWRP

Challenge: TWRP can't be retained (usually the TWRP is automatically replaced by stock recovery at boot whenever there is no SU binary) without unlocked bootloader and root. However, there is a way to temporarily boot into TWRP using ADB command on window of (Tried this on a Leagoo Kiica power to temporarily use TWRP and format system partition)

Methods/Guides to executing Proposition
Step 1: Download the Dolby Atmos flashable zip and copy to a folder of your choice on the phone .

Step 2: Get Miracle Box and do a ROM dump suitable for flashing incase something goes wrong, you'll be able to flash the phone with your dumped stock ROM

Step 3: Set up ADB on laptop and install necessary drivers (check Google for help on this)

Step 4: Go online and download the exact TWRP for your phone (note the build number as this is important)

Step5: Now enable USB debugging and also make sure that your bootloader is already unlocked. ( If you have not unlocked your bootloader, you should otherwise ADB can't push TWRP to your recovery partition. Also do backup of your apps and files as your phone might be formatted in the process of unlocking. Happened on Leagoo m8 pro).

Step 6: Now copy the downloaded TWRP (in step 4) to your ADB and fastboot folder on your laptop.

Step 7: Connect your phone to your laptop while still on then use ADB command to boot it into fastboot mode.

Step 8: While in fastboot mode, flash the recovery.img (TWRP) and use same fastboot environment to boot the device into recovery. If all goes well, you will be treated to a nice looking intetface- TWRP .

Step 9: Go to install and select your Dolby flashable zip file and flash. You can now reboot. Remember that after boot, your phone automatically and silently installs the stock recovery. So if you'd want to boot into recovery again, you should be ready to see your stock recovery.

Suppose you flashed (SuperSU.zip) in step 8 then your TWRP will be retained after reboot.

Step 10: Setup Dolby and enjoy!

Disclaimer: Disclaimers often sound scary no matter how grammatically structured its written. But don't worry as long as you know what you're doing, you should be fine as the responsibilities and potential consequences are entirely yours , not mine.

I didn't detail most of those steps because I believe you know what to do there but you can ask me questions on any of those steps.

photon3106:


You might explore this:
Not sure if it would work on the S4.

Background: Dolby Atmos does not require root to function normally as it's already integrated to be part of system root. And of course, this is achieved by flashing the corresponding .zip package.

Proposition: Flash Dolby using TWRP

Challenge: TWRP can't be retained (usually the TWRP is automatically replaced by stock recovery at boot whenever there is no SU binary) without unlocked bootloader and root. However, there is a way to temporarily boot into TWRP using ADB command on window of (Tried this on a Leagoo Kiica power to temporarily use TWRP and format system partition)

Methods/Guides to executing Proposition
Step 1: Download the Dolby Atmos flashable zip and copy to a folder of your choice on the phone .

Step 2: Get Miracle Box and do a ROM dump suitable for flashing incase something goes wrong, you'll be able to flash the phone with your dumped stock ROM

Step 3: Set up ADB on laptop and install necessary drivers (check Google for help on this)

Step 4: Go online and download the exact TWRP for your phone (note the build number as this is important)

Step5: Now enable USB debugging and also make sure that your bootloader is already unlocked. ( If you have not unlocked your bootloader, you should otherwise ADB can't push TWRP to your recovery partition. Also do backup of your apps and files as your phone might be formatted in the process of unlocking. Happened on Leagoo m8 pro).

Step 6: Now copy the downloaded TWRP (in step 4) to your ADB and fastboot folder on your laptop.

Step 7: Connect your phone to your laptop while still on then use ADB command to boot it into fastboot mode.

Step 8: While in fastboot mode, flash the recovery.img (TWRP) and use same fastboot environment to boot the device into recovery. If all goes well, you will be treated to a nice looking intetface- TWRP .

Step 9: Go to install and select your Dolby flashable zip file and flash. You can now reboot. Remember that after boot, your phone automatically and silently installs the stock recovery. So if you'd want to boot into recovery again, you should be ready to see your stock recovery.

Suppose you flashed (SuperSU.zip) in step 8 then your TWRP will be retained after reboot.

Step 10: Setup Dolby and enjoy!

Disclaimer: Disclaimers often sound scary no matter how grammatically structured its written. But don't worry as long as you know what you're doing, you should be fine as the responsibilities and potential consequences are entirely yours , not mine.

I didn't detail most of those steps because I believe you know what to do there but you can ask me questions on any of those steps.

At bolded...wahala dey there oo..I'm not sure there's a custom recovery for S4 yet...but I'll still check....thanks anyways

Itzneowizy:
At bolded...wahala dey there oo..I'm not sure there's a custom recovery for S4 yet...but I'll still check....thanks anyways

You can port it anyway. Porting TWRP for most phones is now easier than ever

photon3106:


You can port it anyway. Porting TWRP for most phones is now easier than ever

you sabi my guy

Itzneowizy:
At bolded...wahala dey there oo..I'm not sure there's a custom recovery for S4 yet...but I'll still check....thanks anyways

A friend of mine paid me a visit yesterday, turns out he was using Infinix S4. Mhen, it was like I was seeing the pphone for the first time.

Infinix has done a really nice job on this machine in terms of look and performance but sincerely i feel that notch is unnecessary. The phone is almost 'bezeless'

photon3106:

A friend of mine paid me a visit yesterday, turns out he was using Infinix S4. Mhen, it was like I was seeing the pphone for the first time.

Infinix has done a really nice job on this machine in terms of look and performance but sincerely i feel that notch is unnecessary. The phone is almost 'bezeless'

The device is sleek and beautiful IMO and i like the water drop notch compared to the regular ones...only problem is its limited
My selfie camera is great
Problem is am still looking for way to restrict certain apps from using network even if i open them..e.g boom player....once i open it...it starts using my network in downloading and searching for stuffs i don't need...other apps too......You know how to go about this

Itzneowizy:
The device is sleek and beautiful IMO and i like the water drop notch compared to the regular ones...only problem is its limited
My selfie camera is great
Problem is am still looking for way to restrict certain apps from using network even if i open them..e.g boom player....once i open it...it starts using my network in downloading and searching for stuffs i don't need...other apps too......You know how to go about this

Yeah you're kind of right though about the notch. The water-droplet style is way better than the bar like ones. Most of those bar notches are just taking useful screen space

I have a neatly used infinix note 3 pro for quick sale.

spec:
3 gig ram
it has a long lasting 4500 mAh battery capacity
android 7
6 inch

No issue at all

@30k firm
only serious buyer is welcome

Location:Lagos/Lasu/ojo
contact:2348032275715

any body in Lagos with Android phone should contact me on phone or whatapp on 07036634499 will like to buy . budget is 5 to 7k

photon3106:

A friend of mine paid me a visit yesterday, turns out he was using Infinix S4. Mhen, it was like I was seeing the pphone for the first time.

Infinix has done a really nice job on this machine in terms of look and performance but sincerely i feel that notch is unnecessary. The phone is almost 'bezeless'

Pls how much is that Infinix S4 now

photon3106:

A friend of mine paid me a visit yesterday, turns out he was using Infinix S4. Mhen, it was like I was seeing the pphone for the first time.

Infinix has done a really nice job on this machine in terms of look and performance but sincerely i feel that notch is unnecessary. The phone is almost 'bezeless'

Pls like how much is the infinix S4 now

Chuksteric:
lol.. Truth is you know that you made the wrong choice... My problem however is that he keeps reminding you of your bad choice in your thread! Lastly, don't buy any phone with the consciousness of you fixing it. I bought the tecno cx then, my cousin bought the rn5. I told her about the whole carlcare stuff.. Her boyfriend however insisted since he was the one buying it.. Long story short her rn5 is still there running on pie with no issues whatsoever while I sold my cx because of too much issues and it's stuck on nougat

If u buy quality phones, u don't have to worry about it getting spoilt...

Itzneowizy:
Thank you for this ......That guy's ludicrous tantrums is just amusing....we actually get his point....and aren't fully inept tho...believe me i wanted to go for lenovo K5 pro...(bad ass specs...4 gig ram, 64 gig rom, 4050 mah sd 636.etc for about 55k at the time) but that phone is not even in Nigeria....wanted to go for Xiaomi, but no official store here until recently....The non availability of spare parts is one glaring inevitable truth and problem this brands face whether one likes it or not...i can't travel all the way from Delta to Lagos to have my phone repaired in advent of any fault., nor can i start using aliexpress to order spare parts...so i chose a brand that is tweakable anytime anyday...hence i went for infinix S4

That phooey with his ludicrous tantrums, rants and delusions still thinks it's out of ignorance i did it
He's still going out of his way to infer that other brands are perfect...100%

Infinix S4 over Xiaomi redmi note 7? Chai... Sorry bro

ityP:




If u buy quality phones, u don't have to worry about it getting spoilt...

That's true, i have used 3 different sony Xperia, and never had cause to look for repairer. My problem started tecno and ended with Infinix. To me its a business, transsion makes poor quality tecno, Infinix and itel phones so that carlcare and the individuals (like the ones on this thread) will make some money repairing them. Brands that don't have repair shops/centers are usually stronger and are of better quality than the ones with spare part dealers

ddjay:

That's true, i have used 3 different sony Xperia, and never had cause to look for repairer. My problem started tecno and ended with Infinix. To me its a business, transsion makes poor quality tecno, Infinix and itel phones so that carlcare and the individuals (like the ones on this thread) will make some money repairing them. Brands that don't have repair shops/centers are usually stronger and are of better quality than the ones with spare part dealers

Very true.... Since I stopped using tecno and Infinix phones 3 years ago, I have never had issues with any other brand... They last very long and are way more durable... Tecno and Infinix are using carlcare scam to fool people tbvh... To prove this, check out Xiaomi thread and see for urself... it's by far the biggest phone thread on Nairaland, and it's all thanks to it's superiority over this shitty tecno and Infinix brands

ityP:




Very true.... Since I stopped using tecno and Infinix phones 3 years ago, I have never had issues with any other brand... They last very long and are way more durable... Tecno and Infinix are using carlcare scam to fool people tbvh... To prove this, check out Xiaomi thread and see for urself... it's by far the biggest phone thread on Nairaland, and it's all thanks to it's superiority over this shitty tecno and Infinix brands

Yes you have said it all, xiaomi thread does not have a single complain, even noobody, semtu and many others selling xiaomi all have their threads growing fast with people happy with their choices, but see tecno Infinix threads na so so complain, even Infinix xclub self is full of complain and instead of coming up with a fix the phones are just abandoned

ityP:




Infinix S4 over Xiaomi redmi note 7? Chai... Sorry bro

Its only Itzneowizy that can shamelessly make this blunder

ddjay:

Yes you have said it all, xiaomi thread does not have a single complain, even noobody, semtu and many others selling xiaomi all have their threads growing fast with people happy with their choices, but see tecno Infinix threads na so so complain, even Infinix xclub self is full of complain and instead of coming up with a fix the phones are just abandoned

Unfortunately, many people no go wan hear

ddjay:

Its only Itzneowizy that can shamelessly make this blunder

Oga no dey find my attention....No quote
Me
If both of you are too dumb to see reasons...desists from quoting me....Go and read a book or something to curb this joblessness.....to think all this obession is because skino banned you from X club....i should buy a phone of 58k then when i need just the screen if it shoukd get brokenn i should spend about 10k even more for both transport and screen...Nonsense.!!...when parts are available in the nearest store..i can consider else...shove ur useless opinion into your gaping ass****

ddjay:

Its only Itzneowizy that can shamelessly make this blunder

I shame for am sef... See eh, there isn't even a single area where Infinix s4 comes close to the Redmi Note 7, as in none... And as regards spoiling, Infinix s4 go spoil tire, Redmi Note 7 go still dey kakaraka

Itzneowizy:
Oga no dey find my attention....No quote
Me
If both of you are too dumb to see reasons...desists from quoting me....Go and read a book or something to curb this joblessness.....to think all this obession is because skino banned you from X club....i should buy a phone of 58k then when i need just the screen if it shoukd get brokenn i should spend about 10k even more for both transport and screen...Nonsense.!!...when parts are available in the nearest store..i can consider else...shove ur useless opinion into your gaping ass****

So if u're Infinix s4 screen breaks, u think say na 500 naira u go take repair am? E go clear for ur eye brother, very soon

ityP:




So if u're Infinix s4 screen breaks, u think say na 500 naira u go take repair am? E go clear for ur eye brother, very soon

What is this wan saying...


Niqqa..sorry i don't speak bullshit...like i said no dey quote me if you no get better tin to talk.. Who's comparing bothe devices Me or you.....read my previous posts on reasons for my choice
..if u still no get sense after that one...then we can't help you...now run along kiddo!!

Joblessness from some pained fans every where......
One is just angry because he was banned

Itzneowizy:
Oga no dey find my attention....No quote
Me
If both of you are too dumb to see reasons...desists from quoting me....Go and read a book or something to curb this joblessness.....to think all this obession is because skino banned you from X club....i should buy a phone of 58k then when i need just the screen if it shoukd get brokenn i should spend about 10k even more for both transport and screen...Nonsense.!!...when parts are available in the nearest store..i can consider else...shove ur useless opinion into your gaping ass****

See what Infinix note 4 has turned u into, just try and buy a better quality brand so as to improve your public relations. U and your friend phonedaddy are the only ones in this thread abusing people with such dirty words, but since its you, no problem, continue

Itzneowizy:
What is this wan saying...


Niqqa..sorry i don't speak bullshit...like i said no dey quote me if you no get better tin to talk.. Who's comparing bothe devices Me or you.....read my previous posts on reasons for my choice
..if u still no get sense after that one...then we can't help you...now run along kiddo!!

Since you don't read English very well, your language would have been better, or may be check around u for interpreters

Itzneowizy since you enjoy it when people run to you to repair the faulty Infinix, go back to xclub, there are so many complains there most especially s4 section, some may need custom recovery etc, its called "profit over ignorance"

Look at this hypocrite talking about abuse ... What have u been doing on infinix thread??..Clown

You're talking about custom recovery..what do u know about custom recovery...?? So some people complained and all of a suden they need custom recovery for what na..my goodness!! see who I've bantered with chai...OLODO..you for delete that your post oo

Who said i was a phone repairer??
So there are no complaints in your thread ehn ehn... ..so what do dey do there..Morning, afternoon and evening devotion??....mtchewww thread that i do visit...

Please is this all you have to say..so we can move on

ityP:




Infinix S4 over Xiaomi redmi note 7? Chai... Sorry bro

The s4 is a beast on its one

you can check my profile for more reviews, i have on coming up soon

Bakrabas:



Pls like how much is the infinix S4 now

Im not sure about the current price. Aso, the price depends on retailer and location. You can ask Itzneowizy (not sure I got that right, sorry ) how much he bought his. My friend got his at 53.2k ftom a local store at Abeokuta

ddjay:

Its only Itzneowizy that can shamelessly make this blunder

You see, among the numerous problems you've got , the most annoying one is not being able to make your point without mentioning names and being rude