I'm with Virgin Mobile Canada and have been interested in rooting my phone and putting a FROYO rom on it, but I've read that Bell Canada has blocked rooting on our phones.
Have there been any success with Canadian Legend Owners?
EP2008 said:
I'm with Virgin Mobile Canada and have been interested in rooting my phone and putting a FROYO rom on it, but I've read that Bell Canada has blocked rooting on our phones.
Have there been any success with Canadian Legend Owners?
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Downgrade and root away
See sticky...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=747890
I concur that rooting works with the instructions provided. All you will need afterwards are the APN settings to get Internet access up and going again.
Kwen said:
Downgrade and root away
See sticky...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=747890
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Thanks for the tip
EP2008 said:
Thanks for the tip
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I'm rooted with a bell legend, it was tougher to root but it can be done...
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Quanny2000 said:
I'm rooted with a bell legend, it was tougher to root but it can be done...
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Out of curiosity, IF Bell comes out with Froyo, will these rooted Legends have problems making the official update?
EP2008 said:
Out of curiosity, IF Bell comes out with Froyo, will these rooted Legends have problems making the official update?
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If you are running a rooted stock rom, and you update via the ota, you'll lose root, and depending if they updated the bootloader with a fix to prevent rooting, rooting may be lost forever...
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for me
1. I moved to rogers, so i wouldnt get OTA update anyways.
2. If i wanted the OTA update, the rom will leak somewhere here, rooted.
there is no real incentive for me not to root. Once HTC releases their Froyo rom, it will be available somewhere on xda, so if i wanted it i could get it.
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Anyone here any news or anything promising about this? I'm getting ancy.
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crecsky said:
Anyone here any news or anything promising about this? I'm getting ancy.
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I wouldn't expect any time soon.
Virgin is very tight lipped about it which usually means it's still a ways off.
I can't wait for the update, I am excited to see how well it works on this phone.
I'm going to guess October some time.
We should get a pool going on this one and see who wins
I'm still deciding whether to wait for the update or just put another official gingerbread/custom rom onto the phone.
Reason is, we have a way to S-OFF our phones via computer for FREE - which i've already done
Timbits93 said:
I'm still deciding whether to wait for the update or just put another official gingerbread/custom rom onto the phone.
Reason is, we have a way to S-OFF our phones via computer for FREE - which i've already done
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I am quite interested in knowing how to do this, so frustrated waiting for this update! Have searched on how to unlock an S-ON phone but no luck thus far
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1130118
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Agreed..Go with the AlphaRevx s-off and root... works like a charm! Now we just need a public CM7!
x2002dude said:
Agreed..Go with the AlphaRevx s-off and root... works like a charm! Now we just need a public CM7!
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1134670
I'm using a Bell incredible s. I took the s-off and originally flashed the gingerbread stock ruu. Nice to have it unbranded. I'm also using it on Rogers now. It's not hard to do. It can be overwhelming with all the info though. I'm thinking of writing a guide. Attn1 was very helpful in irc even though he didn't need to.
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Timbits93 said:
I'm still deciding whether to wait for the update or just put another official gingerbread/custom rom onto the phone.
Reason is, we have a way to S-OFF our phones via computer for FREE - which i've already done
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Hey, I'm a noob here and just picked up a Virgin incredible s with S-ON and looking to debrand it and update it to 2.3..How can I turn it to S-Off and what needs to be done after that?
Thx
Nightbird73 said:
Hey, I'm a noob here and just picked up a Virgin incredible s with S-ON and looking to debrand it and update it to 2.3..How can I turn it to S-Off and what needs to be done after that?
Thx
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Search this forum for AlphaRevX.
index
Nightbird73 said:
Hey, I'm a noob here and just picked up a Virgin incredible s with S-ON and looking to debrand it and update it to 2.3..How can I turn it to S-Off and what needs to be done after that?
Thx
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heres a list of link youll find usefull
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=14988768#post14988768
It's most likely impossible, but for a Bell user to be able to flash an ATT SBF and actually have it work would be amazing. As I'm 99% sure if we ever see gingerbread come from Bell this month (or summer for that matter) it most likely will not have an unlocked bootloader. I'm willing to do whatever necessary in order to help.
I'm no expert, but so far what I know of the difference involves the fact that we were able to install ATT themes/psuedoRoms by booting into recovery and using "Wipe DATA/Factory Reset". (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1070076). Why this is so I'm not sure.
Thanks for any consideration of the topic.
Ok. I'm no dev and I don't have bell. However, I was thinking... Could you use recovery to flash a flashable .zip file of the 1.83 update and then unlock that way? Not sure if that would work at all but it just crossed my mind.
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lyon21 said:
Ok. I'm no dev and I don't have bell. However, I was thinking... Could you use recovery to flash a flashable .zip file of the 1.83 update and then unlock that way? Not sure if that would work at all but it just crossed my mind.
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Wont work cause zip with fail cause can't flash the boot.img file.
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stevendeb25 said:
Wont work cause zip with fail cause can't flash the boot.img file.
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Got ya. That makes sense.
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OP - Requests do not belong in the development section. For future reference. It does suck that Bell is lagging so far behind AT&T though...
If your referring to that fact that they were able to get the Chinese version to load onto an ATT phone and then unlock the bootloader and not the Bell then yes unfortunate...But Bell isn't lagging behind ATT...Correct me if im wrong but i don't remember hearing any official announcements about when ATT was going to be getting the official gingerbread update.
On topic, i too wonder if there is a way to merge the two as it seems very fragmented right now.
From what i understand it's a matter of the Bell Atrix having a different "framework" than ATT.
Hopefully some Dev's care enough to maybe make a go at it? =)
my 2 cents
cheers
Guys the UK official gb release is coming out the same day as the ATT one. We can just flash the uk one, unlock, and then flash any atrix roms can we not?
And what garantee the uk one will be unlocked?
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And what garantee the uk one will be unlocked?
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I agree, Motorola said they would only unlock bootloaders where "carriers permit".
However, what would be the result of flashing an ATT sbf, as I don't know if anyonr has tried it but I have heard that RSDLite doesn't allow a Bell phone to flash an ATT sbf. If the hardware in the two phones is identical then at least in theory they should be able to flash either sbf. Or am I wrong?
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I agree, Motorola said they would only unlock bootloaders where "carriers permit".
However, what would be the result of flashing an ATT sbf, as I don't know if anyonr has tried it but I have heard that RSDLite doesn't allow a Bell phone to flash an ATT sbf. If the hardware in the two phones is identical then at least in theory they should be able to flash either sbf. Or am I wrong?
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They signed with different sigatures
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Another awesomely garbage thread. This isn't YouTube; quit taking dumps on your keyboard and hitting "Submit" at the end. Use the search function, damn it. Did you even consider doing some research before clogging up this board?
mods please move this thread to general or Q&A
OKay, i need someone with a bell phone to please upload their build.prop and PM me with it!
samcripp said:
OKay, i need someone with a bell phone to please upload their build.prop and PM me with it!
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Now that's taking the bull by its horns!
Can anyone post any updates of whether or not they have sent samcripp their build.prop?
I can't on my phone because i have a different sbf flashed onto it but i DO have my wife's atrix....all I've done to it is root it and freeze the bloatware...
Maybe i can look into where i can locate the build.prop file and send it to you=)
Sent you a link sir
Magnetox said:
Guys the UK official gb release is coming out the same day as the ATT one. We can just flash the uk one, unlock, and then flash any atrix roms can we not?
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Will the uk build have unlockable BL?
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msd24200 said:
Will the uk build have unlockable BL?
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Doubt it. As the bell and at&t ota.zips for gingerbread. The bootloaders are still locked
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Hey guys, I just got the HTC Raider here in Canada on Rogers. I wanna know do I have to unlock the bootloader in order to root? Or is there a way to root without unlocking bootloader?
Thanks to everyone and anyone who can advise
Not at the moment, too root you have to flash a .zip through recovery so you will need to unlock your bootloader in order to gain root.
Hey Mr Patchy Patch, remember you from the X10 days.
cruzin_cruzing said:
Not at the moment, too root you have to flash a .zip through recovery so you will need to unlock your bootloader in order to gain root.
Hey Mr Patchy Patch, remember you from the X10 days.
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LOL yes I remember your name!
I just got this thing today, love it, but hate not having root access.
went to the htc thing for unlocking bootloaders, but in the pulldown box rogers isnt there....I dont get it
The HTC Vivid (AT&T) option should work. Haven't heard any problems with any Bell users unlocking through HTC dev and selecting HTC Vivid.
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The HTC Vivid (AT&T) option should work. Haven't heard any problems with any Bell users unlocking through HTC dev and selecting HTC Vivid.
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If I try that can it brick my phone?
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Nope, if the Unlock code is unsupported then it will tell you and won't allow you to continue.
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Nope, if the Unlock code is unsupported then it will tell you and won't allow you to continue.
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Ok thanks.....I don't know if I should wait to see if someone finds a work around or just unlock bootloader
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I have a raider and I had no issue unlocking. From what I heard if we do get s-off it should be effected by us doing the HTC unlock.
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Unlocked bootloader....rooted device....all is good....bloatware removed.....lots of stuff frozen for testing.
I'm happy now
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will lollipop update brake root & unlocked bootloader on t mobile note 4
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most likely.
This is the plague we're not wanting.....buckle up!
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will lollipop update brake root & unlocked bootloader on t mobile note 4
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T-Mobile doesn't lock their bootloader. Is there some reason to believe that will change with Android 5.0? It certainly will undo root.
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T-Mobile doesn't lock their bootloader. Is there some reason to believe that will change with Android 5.0? It certainly will undo root.
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Ive been a HTC guy. new to Samsung and I have the at&t version, I want to return it and get T mobile again. I just wanted to know if this was going to be for nothing, after the lollipop update.
It's been so mush fun hex editing, s-off and all that stuff. and if it will continue after the update. from what I've read they are changing the way the kernel boots up.
thanks for the help.
again I am just a 55 year old fart who wants to customize my $700.00 phone the way I want not at&t's way.
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T-Mobile doesn't lock their bootloader. Is there some reason to believe that will change with Android 5.0? It certainly will undo root.
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there might not be any other way; after all, 5.0 encrypts your entire phone, so one could assume the bootloader has to be locked for that to happen..
we'll see in a few weeks, most likely
wase4711 said:
there might not be any other way; after all, 5.0 encrypts your entire phone, so one could assume the bootloader has to be locked for that to happen..
we'll see in a few weeks, most likely
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if I am not mistaken if we are rooted we can block the OTA updates. is this correct?
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well, no one HAS to take an OTA update, and, if you are rooted, make sure you do NOT take the update..
If you are rooted and on a custom rom, the odds are you wont even get a notification that there is an update..
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well, no one HAS to take an OTA update, and, if you are rooted, make sure you do NOT take the update..
If you are rooted and on a custom rom, the odds are you wont even get a notification that there is an update..
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ok I've made up my mind. I will return this att note 4 and switch to the
T-Mobile model. thanks guys
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wase4711 said:
well, no one HAS to take an OTA update, and, if you are rooted, make sure you do NOT take the update..
If you are rooted and on a custom rom, the odds are you wont even get a notification that there is an update..
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I don't see any setting to not check for updates like there used to be going back to froyo. How do you prevent an update being downloaded if you're not rooted?
Great choice. T-Mobile is the way to go. Welcome.
K4get said:
ok I've made up my mind. I will return this att note 4 and switch to the
T-Mobile model. thanks guys
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Wrap it in aluminum foil. J/k...just be extra careful not to have quick fingers when and if you do receive an Ota.
hdad2 said:
I don't see any setting to not check for updates like there used to be going back to froyo. How do you prevent an update being downloaded if you're not rooted?
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In past TMO Samsung phones, custom recovery changed the Current Binary setting from Samsung Official to Custom. That alone disabled OTA updates. I suspect it's the same on the N4.Perhaps someone who rooted prior to the NJ7 update can confirm.
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In past TMO Samsung phones, custom recovery changed the Current Binary setting from Samsung Official to Custom. That alone disabled OTA updates. I suspect it's the same on the N4.Perhaps someone who rooted prior to the NJ7 update can confirm.
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I am on the NJ7 and can confirm any update check comes back with the "custom software, no updates for you" message.
Well I returned the AT&T version and brought home a t mobile note 4.
What are your thoughts about taking the t mobile update. Can we still root and unlock the bootloader if we take the update
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t mobile bootloader is already unlocked
and yes ,you can still root after you take the update; all the new roms are based on the updated firmware anyways..
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t mobile bootloader is already unlocked
and yes ,you can still root after you take the update; all the new roms are based on the updated firmware anyways..
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Thanks brother. I thought I seen a couple people having trouble after the update.
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its all good, super easy to root, to flash TWRP, and to flash a new rom...there are about 5 or 6 already, and they all run really well!
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Thanks brother. I thought I seen a couple people having trouble after the update.
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Just be sure to read the posts about s-health and private mode. If you can, don't use s-health until after you root and if you plan on using it, disable secure storage in wanam. Otherwise you're going to get some annoying lag.
Also if you're going to flash a custom ROM and want to use the fingerprint scanner, make sure you use the scanner on the stock ROM first. Folks are having issues on custom ROMs if they've never used the scanner beforehand.
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Just be sure to read the posts about s-health and private mode. If you can, don't use s-health until after you root and if you plan on using it, disable secure storage in wanam. Otherwise you're going to get some annoying lag.
Also if you're going to flash a custom ROM and want to use the fingerprint scanner, make sure you use the scanner on the stock ROM first. Folks are having issues on custom ROMs if they've never used the scanner beforehand.
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could you tell me what wanam please
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Hello,
I just wanted to know if the s6 will have the same restrictions as in not being able to unlock the bootloader, or is it too early to know yet?
Thanks.
KeithGS said:
Hello,
I just wanted to know if the s6 will have the same restrictions as in not being able to unlock the bootloader, or is it too early to know yet?
Thanks.
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the same.. wont have it and we need root first lol
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So basically if you're wanting too install custom roms, it's probably a good idea to avoid this phone? (I'm talking about *if* root is archived)
Correct. It is likely that this version with the locked boot loader won't get custom roms any time soon, if ever.
KeithGS said:
So basically if you're wanting too install custom roms, it's probably a good idea to avoid this phone? (I'm talking about *if* root is archived)
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Correct. All I need is just root and I will be fine.
Samsung could release a dev edition but you will never see official upgrades or firmware releases on a dev edition.
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