Rooted but i didnt root wtf! - Motorola Droid Bionic

ok so this morning i started up my bionic noticed one of my apps was in the wrong spot so i scrolled thru them and noticed the super user app was installed! WTF, opened it up of course nothing in the log, so i downloaded a root checker sure enough the SU app popped up asking for permission! sure enough i granted it SU permissions and it was given full access WTF!
how did my bionic root its self!

You must have done something

lopman said:
You must have done something
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the only thing i did was boot up my phone this am, i dont even have any super one click or z root apps on my sd card or phone

Very strange but I don't believe this its possible unless you did something.
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Juiced_RL said:
Very strange but I don't believe this its possible unless you did something.
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i wouldnt chance a root with such a new phone i mean the sbf and what not is barely out there!
trust me i didnt do anything, is there a way to check to see how it was rooted?

I could maybe possibly see a spontaneous bug rooting your phone, but it could not have possibly been a bug that installed superuser and the terminal emulator. Possibilities I can see:
1. You used to have a rooted phone and synced the backup with your bionic, thus reinstalling superuser.
2. someone else rooted it for you without telling you
3. You bought the phone used and it was already rooted

mewmew! said:
I could maybe possibly see a spontaneous bug rooting your phone, but it could not have possibly been a bug that installed superuser and the terminal emulator. Possibilities I can see:
1. You used to have a rooted phone and synced the backup with your bionic, thus reinstalling superuser.
2. someone else rooted it for you without telling you
3. You bought the phone used and it was already rooted
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1. the only thing i resynced up was my music and a few apps
2. the phone has been in my possession every day
3. i would never buy a rooted phone as i dont know how or if the person knew what they was doing

Btw pete's does root bionic. As a matter of fact I rooted several bionics with free hotspot as well a week or so after it came out.
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famouzstarz said:
1. the only thing i resynced up was my music and a few apps
2. the phone has been in my possession every day
3. i would never buy a rooted phone as i dont know how or if the person knew what they was doing
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Phones don't root themselves. You or someone you know had to of done something
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Also, for the record, yes the "SBF" is out there. We are all rooted and playing with our phones because there is a recovery. It's just not called SBF anymore, it's FXZ.

famouzstarz said:
ok so this morning i started up my bionic noticed one of my apps was in the wrong spot so i scrolled thru them and noticed the super user app was installed! WTF, opened it up of course nothing in the log, so i downloaded a root checker sure enough the SU app popped up asking for permission! sure enough i granted it SU permissions and it was given full access WTF!
how did my bionic root its self!
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Did you also wake up with a splitting headache, bottle of bacardi next to the bed and wondering why you were dressed like a pirate?
Just askin...

Droidmoder said:
Btw pete's does root bionic. As a matter of fact I rooted several bionics with free hotspot as well a week or so after it came out.
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Not to hijack but, my bionic is rooted and wireless tether doesn't work, how can I get wireless tethering working, or is it possible? Thanks in advance
As for op, you must have done something I've never seen a phone root itself, though would be a nice option to have

meth68 said:
Not to hijack but, my bionic is rooted and wireless tether doesn't work, how can I get wireless tethering working, or is it possible? Thanks in advance
As for op, you must have done something I've never seen a phone root itself, though would be a nice option to have
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http://droidmodderx.com/bionic/how-to-get-free-wifi-tether-on-the-droid-bionic/
Here it is enjoy. Also you need to reboot and turn it on and off a few times as described in the guide.
Also may need to change the starting ip. I had to do that on a few of them. But I can confirm it does work.
Also this mehtod works best with the verizon hotspot app. I haven't bothered trying to get wireless tether to work. But I'm sure its possible
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I have a feeling you downloaded an app or a 3rd party app. A while vback there was a scare where an app actually rooted your phone without you knowing. Its far fetch but not impossible. Seen it happened before.
That's why its so important to check permissions on all apps and especially funky dev names.
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lrs421 said:
Did you also wake up with a splitting headache, bottle of bacardi next to the bed and wondering why you were dressed like a pirate?
Just askin...
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I hate waking up dressed like a pirate.
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bigsapz said:
I hate waking up dressed like a pirate.
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Better the pirate than the parrot...just sayin'!

dadsterflip said:
I have a feeling you downloaded an app or a 3rd party app. A while vback there was a scare where an app actually rooted your phone without you knowing. Its far fetch but not impossible. Seen it happened before.
That's why its so important to check permissions on all apps and especially funky dev names.
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im leaning towards this oh well though im running with it backed up got cw recovery looking forward to a rom with free wifi tether!

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Any Ideas on a Root?

Hey guy,
I picked up the Atrix HD yesterday and so far I'm loving it but I was wondering if anyone has thought of a way to root this bad boy?
Thanks in advance
Adam
AdamsBig said:
Hey guy,
I picked up the Atrix HD yesterday and so far I'm loving it but I was wondering if anyone has thought of a way to root this bad boy?
Thanks in advance
Adam
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I did the same, but it is FAR too early to expect anything.Since it has a locked bootloader, it'll probably take a while (similar to previous versions of the atrix) and I'm sure once Moto releases their webkit to unlock the bootloader the floodgates will open, but hopefully someone will step up and prove me wrong
I tried all the obvious root methods with no luck. There is no similar phone to the AHD yet, so nobody's attempted root on similar hardware.
bimmerd00d said:
I tried all the obvious root methods with no luck. There is no similar phone to the AHD yet, so nobody's attempted root on similar hardware.
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Has anyone tried the root method for RAZR ICS / Droid4 ICS?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1707214
Let me know if it works.
Once you guys get this, I really hope someone can pull that clock/weather/battery widget. I want it really bad. I also hope it doesn't rely on the framework of the phone
danifunker said:
Has anyone tried the root method for RAZR ICS / Droid4 ICS?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1707214
Let me know if it works.
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I tried and couldn't get it to work.
bimmerd00d said:
I tried and couldn't get it to work.
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Hmm, it's a snapdragon S4 processor... What other phones have the same processor in there? You might be able to find some leads on that...
I was initially interested in getting my hands on the radio, but I think it's a completely different architecture than most of the other Motorola phones (most of the ones I know are TI OMAP), so you might need something different...
danifunker said:
Hmm, it's a snapdragon S4 processor... What other phones have the same processor in there? You might be able to find some leads on that...
I was initially interested in getting my hands on the radio, but I think it's a completely different architecture than most of the other Motorola phones (most of the ones I know are TI OMAP), so you might need something different...
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I had the same thought, galaxy s3 uses an Odin root, and the HTC one x root method didn't work either.
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My skyrocket has an s4 processor I think and there are couple root methods for it.
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peteyc66 said:
My skyrocket has an s4 processor I think and there are couple root methods for it.
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If i'm not mistaken, the skyrocket is a Snap S3 processor. Also, it's an Odin root much like the S3 as well i think.
http://www.phonescoop.com/phones/phone.php?p=3364
peteyc66 said:
My skyrocket has an s4 processor I think and there are couple root methods for it.
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Skyrocket has a S3.
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I am honestly surprised NO ONE has found a root method yet.
Phones have been rooted days after they come out. I guess development on this phone is going to be painfully slow.
Kedakari said:
I am honestly surprised NO ONE has found a root method yet.
Phones have been rooted days after they come out. I guess development on this phone is going to be painfully slow.
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The boot loader is locked until Web kit is released by moto, why put extra effort into it than you have to? It'll come when it comes.
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DISTRAUGHTKLOWNZ said:
The boot loader is locked until Web kit is released by moto, why put extra effort into it than you have to? It'll come when it comes.
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True but the Artix and Atrix 2 had locked boot loaders and we rooted them. I agree it will come when it comes but I will keep trying till either I get it or someone else releases a way. :good:
DISTRAUGHTKLOWNZ said:
The boot loader is locked until Web kit is released by moto, why put extra effort into it than you have to? It'll come when it comes.
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Atrix 2 still has a locked bootloader. It's been rooted, I've even had CWM work on boot. The only thing we were not able to do was get a kernel so we could get radios working under ICS.
There is hardly any extra effort when I want more access over my file system.
The_new_user said:
True but the Artix and Atrix 2 had locked boot loaders and we rooted them. I agree it will come when it comes but I will keep trying till either I get it or someone else releases a way. :good:
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I can hardly wait. I miss CyanogenMod and I hope the web kit rolls out soon so we can start unlocking the potential behind these motorola phones.
Kedakari said:
Atrix 2 still has a locked bootloader. It's been rooted, I've even had CWM work on boot. The only thing we were not able to do was get a kernel so we could get radios working under ICS.
There is hardly any extra effort when I want more access over my file system.
I can hardly wait. I miss CyanogenMod and I hope the web kit rolls out soon so we can start unlocking the potential behind these motorola phones.
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Agreed, about root, that won't take very long at all i don't think. my comment was specifically about development being slow for this phone. We'll see theme packages before we see any real development because of the bootloader thing. Work smarter not harder and all.
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DISTRAUGHTKLOWNZ said:
Agreed, about root, that won't take very long at all i don't think. my comment was specifically about development being slow for this phone. We'll see theme packages before we see any real development because of the bootloader thing. Work smarter not harder and all.
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I'm just interested in why we haven't got root like most other phones. I mean, the HTC One X hasn't been out long before they had a toolkit out for it.
I think they even had root for the Droid 4 the day before it was released. SGS3 came out and people are already making JB ports.
Now the Atrix HD comes around and poof... nothing? If I had been more technically inclined, or knew where to start, I would have made a root method myself.
It shouldnt be so hard, whats stopping us? (besides a few people just waiting for the web kit)
...and if no one else is up to it, where do I start?
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I'm just interested in why we haven't got root like most other phones. I mean, the HTC One X hasn't been out long before they had a toolkit out for it.
I think they even had root for the Droid 4 the day before it was released. SGS3 came out and people are already making JB ports.
Now the Atrix HD comes around and poof... nothing? If I had been more technically inclined, or knew where to start, I would have made a root method myself.
It shouldnt be so hard, whats stopping us? (besides a few people just waiting for the web kit)
...and if no one else is up to it, where do I start?
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I have been wondering the same thing now. If I knew where to start also I would try coming up with a method
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Flagship phones get dev attention faster. Im pretty sure its the encrypted bootloader thing that's holding it up
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colts187 said:
Flagship phones get dev attention faster. Im pretty sure its the encrypted bootloader thing that's holding it up
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Not really.
If you go check the other thread we've tried over 7 methods.
Motorola patch the /system/, /data/local/, and all the system blocks.
We can push files into /data/tmp/ but we cant write to mmcblk0p36 with debugfs
It simply wont give us permission.
With an unlocked bootloader, yes for sure we can get root. At that point it'd be less of a concern to get root because we'd be able to do so much more.
I even tried zergRush exploit used by most Snapdragon S4 phones with no luck.
Again we ran into problems with permissions to write or mount /system/
chmod wont do anything either.

Anyone Still Using KingoRoot??

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I'm still rooted with kingo. Until they find something definitively wrong with it I don't feel like going through the hassle of wiping my phone and starting from scratch.
I had already rooted using it. As soon as they come out with an actual reason to not use it I'll unroot immediately. Until then I'm fine with a working root .
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nope not after what happened with me
i think there is something up with kingo. i had some weird issues with it when i tried it. for one i couldnt get the custom icon off the screen no matter what i did with kingo root. kingo root kept stuff running in the back ground which i didnt like at all. all my firewall and antivirus software went crazy and flagged, blocked, and deleted it right away. i went back to the first root method with root de la vega and after the first try my custom icon is gone and nothing is flagged or suspicious
I'm still using it. It's working perfectly and flawlessly for me. Until I see hard evidence I don't see a point in switching especially since I do not want to wipe. If I get bored and decide to re flash for the hell of it I'll use de la Vega obviously but as of now I'm content.
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I had Kingo until all this stuff about it being dangerous. My phone ran great with it but I got kinda freaked out.
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I am still using it, as soon as the Kingo thread got locked I contacted Kingo on their website and emailed back and forth a few times about security and XDA concerns. I was more than satisfied with their openness and response. BTW this thread will probably be locked since there have been about 10 Kingo threads in the past few days.
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I am still using it, as soon as the Kingo thread got locked I contacted Kingo on their website and emailed back and forth a few times about security and XDA concerns. I was more than satisfied with their openness and response. BTW this thread will probably be locked since there have been about 10 Kingo threads in the past few days.
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You honestly think that if they are up to something like planning some crazy malware attack that they would just up and tell you and not lie about it and be super friendly? That said. I'm still rooted with it. I won't recommend anyone to use it until everything Is situated though just to possibly save someone in the future.
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Anthonok said:
You honestly think that if they are up to something like planning some crazy malware attack that they would just up and tell you and not lie about it and be super friendly? That said. I'm still rooted with it. I won't recommend anyone to use it until everything Is situated though just to possibly save someone in the future.
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Kingo devs immediately contacted XDA admins and are already working on a new version of the app that conforms to XDA standards (see the last modpost here). They also responded immediately to my concerns with exactly what information was collected and what it was used for. In my opinion, they are not "planning some crazy malware attack". I mean there is always a chance, but there is a chance in anything custom you do to your phone, you just have to gather all the information and weigh your options. Then make your own decision on it.
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You honestly think that if they are up to something like planning some crazy malware attack that they would just up and tell you and not lie about it and be super friendly?
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You misunderstand the purpose of asking them for an explanation. It was not done in the expectation of a confession if the software had indeed been malicious. Rather, it was done to find out if a plausible, benign reason for the IMEI behavior exists. And their reply does offer such a reason. In fact, it's difficult to think of a plausible HARMFUL use of the IMEI.
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Kingo devs immediately contacted XDA admins and are already working on a new version of the app that conforms to XDA standards (see the last modpost here). They also responded immediately to my concerns with exactly what information was collected and what it was used for. In my opinion, they are not "planning some crazy malware attack". I mean there is always a chance, but there is a chance in anything custom you do to your phone, you just have to gather all the information and weigh your options. Then make your own decision on it.
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Gary02468 said:
You misunderstand the purpose of asking them for an explanation. It was not done in the expectation of a confession if the software had indeed been malicious. Rather, it was done to find out if a plausible, benign reason for the IMEI behavior exists. And their reply does offer such a reason. In fact, it's difficult to think of a plausible HARMFUL use of the IMEI.
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Understood and agreed. I'm just going by the thoughts of how evil everyone thinks they are. Yes it's shady they were collecting data but oh well. And like you said, what could they possibly do with that data anyway.
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I'm rooted with it and sticking with it.
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same here, sticking with it, and used their app to root my LG G Pad 8.3 (literally just released) and it's running great.
I was using it for a quick minute but have since moved on..
I'm still using it and it appears to be running great. I've not received any hard evidence that it is anything but good rooting software.
Dose the kingo install any apps on the phone beside the su and the supersu?
If it collect the IMEI what is the point from formatting/unrooting or flashing the phone? It already done!!
(Q) Can't remove custom status after running Kingo root.
I have used Kingo root, installed exposed installer and Wanam exposed, changed to fake system status but cannot rid the device of Custom status. Did I miss something?
TIA
Guys, my computer detected kingo as a backdoor virus. Please please please get off of kingo and use root de la vega. Because if you dont I gaurantee you something bad will happen to your computer and phone .Just my 1.2 million cents.
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drakeymcmb said:
Guys, my computer detected kingo as a backdoor virus. Please please please get off of kingo and use root de la vega. Because if you dont I gaurantee you something bad will happen to your computer and phone .Just my 1.2 million cents.
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You can't be serious....
alemkr said:
I have used Kingo root, installed exposed installer and Wanam exposed, changed to fake system status but cannot rid the device of Custom status. Did I miss something?
TIA
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I had to reboot mine several times in order for the custom status message to go away. Is everything still checked when you go back in to the Wanam settings?
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Guys, my computer detected kingo as a backdoor virus.
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Your "computer" detected it? Which anti-virus software are you using? And what steps have to taken to find out if it's a false positive?
Please please please get off of kingo and use root de la vega. Because if you dont I gaurantee you something bad will happen to your computer and phone
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You guarantee it? What compensation are you prepared to offer Kingo and their users if your guarantee is false?

[Q] Kingo problems?

Read that kingo is pretty darn good. I rooted with it no problem. Shortly afterwards my date connection was throttled into the stone ages. ATT said I was good on their end. I removed the root and was good to go. Anyone else have any issues with it?
No..?
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No issues here. Maybe you were just in a bad coverage spot
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Paulita1 said:
It's sound good!!
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Why do you make these screwy and very annoying posts?
Are you a bot or something?
U've been posting to every thread the last day or two?
OP, how do you know you were throttled? (got any speedtest.net screen shots?) How much data usage were you at?
XiphoneUzer said:
Why do you make these screwy and very annoying posts?
Are you a bot or something?
U've been posting to every thread the last day or two?
OP, how do you know you were throttled? (got any speedtest.net screen shots?) How much data usage were you at?
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Same when I had to exchange phone I did the 2nd with kingo and didn't experience this. Did you do anything else? Age could have just been fluke spot or maybe in or nesting your throttle limit
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ryan9316 said:
Read that kingo is pretty darn good. I rooted with it no problem. Shortly afterwards my date connection was throttled into the stone ages. ATT said I was good on their end. I removed the root and was good to go. Anyone else have any issues with it?
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Maybe its the Chinese stealing all of your data and hogging your bandwidth! LOL! Just kidding of course. I haven't noticed anything like that. Been Kingo Rooted for months now or whenever it came out.
can you tell me how did you unroot?
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s205702 said:
can you tell me how did you unroot?
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If you used Kingo, just go into Superuser, settings and select unroot. if you rooted another way you are SOL.
ryan9316 said:
Read that kingo is pretty darn good. I rooted with it no problem. Shortly afterwards my date connection was throttled into the stone ages. ATT said I was good on their end. I removed the root and was good to go. Anyone else have any issues with it?
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can you tell me how did you unroot?
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Use this to root instead,
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2559715
and to the 2nd person i quoted, please use the search button.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2559715

Have you rooted YOUR Tmobile (or any) G Flex.?

I was just curious if anyone out there has Rooted their T-mo or Other carrier G Flex. I love aspects of Rooted devices (Vibrant, Sensation, Galaxy 2,3 various other devices) however I have found that with a lot of the newer devices that are coming out, I haven't really felt the need to root. Are there any real advantages to rooting my G Flex, or if Im happy with it should I just leave it be?
More specifically however, has anyone used the VROOT method?
Not yet I'm really happy with it I feel like I don't want to **** anything up
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Well on the ATT model there is a ton of bloat as well as Carrier IQ. So yeah I rooted and am happy now.
TMO here and I've rooted for AdAway and Root Explorer. Think I'm going to wait for a solid recovery to be released before I do much more.
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Not yet I'm really happy with it I feel like I don't want to **** anything up
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Same here and I'm a flash whore coming from the G2.
Tornlogic said:
Think I'm going to wait for a solid recovery to be released before I do much more.
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Not yet, I guess given that the phone was just recently released I want to wait until there is (or isn't) significant developer support for this phone. If not, then I won't do any modifications with it and dump it in 6 months and use a JUMP from Tmo.
Since I rooted, is my Jump nullified meaning I can't use it now?
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Tmobile does NOT care if your phone is rooted when you go to use a Jump..
I have the T-Mobile flex and i rooted with ioroot. So that i can use xposed +gravity for pie and expanded
desktop view. Works flawlesssly!!!!!
I'll probably root once there is a working TWRP recovery..until then, I can wait, cause this phone is so sweet is so many ways right out of the box..
I have Tmobile flex. I rooted to get rid of bloat and so I can use titanium backups. I have to say, there are some similarities between LG UI and touchwiz but I think LG has this a little better organized. Haven't played with exposed on here yet but I will.
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Bought the G Flex release day and rooted that same night! Got rid if the bloat with TiB and now messing with some of the xposed modules. Best. Choice. Ever.
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Are there any sprint user that rooted there phones and could maybe list the bloatware apps that they had removed? Im thinking of rooting my phone so i can uninstall couple of bloatware there but since im new to LG im not sure which apps are safe to uninstall besides the sprint crap any help would be appreciated thanks.
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which method did you tmobile guys use to root? there is the adb command method, and I also say a new method today, using a windows interface from a Chinese website..
thanks
wase4711 said:
which method did you tmobile guys use to root? there is the adb command method, and I also say a new method today, using a windows interface from a Chinese website..
thanks
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Thats what im about to use the new simple method im not big on adb since i really never used it always had it very simple when it came to rooting i dont know much about adb never used it like that.
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please post here after you try it!
wase4711 said:
which method did you tmobile guys use to root? there is the adb command method, and I also say a new method today, using a windows interface from a Chinese website..
thanks
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I used ioroot..manual method. Did you have trouble with that one?
I haven't rooted yet; just got this thing on Thursday, and want to make sure I am keeping it before I do.
Plus, I might wait a bit and see if by some miracle, kitkat gets pushed out for this guy, in the next week or 2,and I dont want to have to unroot it, in order to get that.
I know the chances aren't good for that, but, I like to learn about a new phone for a week or 2, then decide what I want to do with it, so I am not in a big hurry to root; there is no custom recovery yet, and of course, no roms, so I can be patient.
Thanks everyone for the insight, seeing as this thread has brought more to the table than just tmo answers and users I'll leave it be. I have, with some regret, opted to swap my phone for a Note 3. I had an issue where I would get temporary screen burns (lasting no more than a few seconds). Seeing as these are high end devices, I expected better from lg. The screen burn a side, the flex really is a great phone.
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IOroot worked awesome
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[Q] warranty exchange issue!

i recently did a warranty exchange. my new note 3 came with the official kk version. so i read i am out of luck when it comes to rooting this. or is there some method i have not seen?? damn you samsung or att, whoever is to blame for this. not sure i'll get another samsung due to this issue. thanks in advance for any help....
Will be my last locked bootloader phone for sure...
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gtshiftin6 said:
Will be my last locked bootloader phone for sure...
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Amen to that. I have learned my lesson.
i think i may be moving on the the HTC m8. well at least after my note3 is sold.
If u can just wait a bit..I'm sure there will be a root process soon for KK Every other OS has been rooted.
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Still waiting. But not holding my breath. This phone has been out for sometime and going no where. Others have already been rooted before release. honestly I was not aware of bootloader issue before I purchased. I was caught by specks a saw a little development so I bit the bullet. I suppose I should have researched more. Well I will wait a little longer.
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I'd wait another month or so before you jump ship. There's a pretty hefty bounty out there for root and bootloader workaround/unlock, so hopefully some devs will take notice soon. Everything has its flaws and can be hacked. AT&T's KitKat update and locked bootloader are no exception.... Hopefully.....
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I'd wait another month or so before you jump ship. There's a pretty hefty bounty out there for root and bootloader workaround/unlock, so hopefully some devs will take notice soon. Everything has its flaws and can be hacked. AT&T's KitKat update and locked bootloader are no exception.... Hopefully.....
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I'd be happy with just root. That's all I really need to be happy with my phone.
I'd be happy with root alone myself. If they are going to lock them down like that, at least sell them rooted or lock them down for business use only, but nooooooooooooooooo give everyone the shaft. Thank you samsung for destroying such a good device. I'm ready to jump ship myself. Lol sorry just blowing off steam.
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I simply love my N3. I played around with the new S5, and honestly, i'll pick my N3 over the S5.
I've rooted every Samsung device since the original Vibrant when I was with T-Mobile. The N3 was my first phone I actually felt I didn't need to root. So, as the months rolled on, I never rooted. However, I was one of those who's N3 was stuck on 27% for he KK OTA update. I followed the many postings to update my phone, which required my to root. I forgot to un-root my phone before I updated to KK. Now, I have this STUPID su app installed as a system app, and I can't get it uninstalled. I heard ADB doesn't require our phones to be rooted. I wonder If I can use ADB on my N3 to delete this su system app?
Does anyone have any thoughts about using ADB?
Removing the su binary should be no problem. Shell, su and rm su. It's the superuser app you want to get rid of as far as I've read in a couple of posts. That requires removing SuperSU.apk or whichever superuser app you're using. Which you can probably do with adb (I'm not trying it on my phone for you though) if you remove the apk first. (Then, if anything goes wrong, like the phone reboots by itself, you can still su from a shell to rm su.)
(If rm or su don't make any sense to you, google man page rm or man page su.)

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