Hy Peps,
Just a quick question, i saw that your phone needs to be factory unlocked to be able to root it, is there a way to root the Samsung S3 mini even if it is factory locked?
isostars said:
Hy Peps,
Just a quick question, i saw that your phone needs to be factory unlocked to be able to root it, is there a way to root the Samsung S3 mini even if it is factory locked?
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Who ever told you that was wrong. You can still root it.
tys0n said:
Who ever told you that was wrong. You can still root it.
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Nice, thanks for your info m8!
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Hi guys,
I did a factory reset of my phone a few days back and now I realized I can't find the calculator app and a few other stock apps. Just to check if factory resetting via the phone will cause this?
I didn't unlock the bootloader but I'm not sure if it's been unlocked before either. I bought this phone from a stranger. Anyways to check if it's been unlocked? Will appreciate any help given. Thanks in advance.
Stan.
Stanlehh said:
Hi guys,
I did a factory reset of my phone a few days back and now I realized I can't find the calculator app and a few other stock apps. Just to check if factory resetting via the phone will cause this?
I didn't unlock the bootloader but I'm not sure if it's been unlocked before either. I bought this phone from a stranger. Anyways to check if it's been unlocked? Will appreciate any help given. Thanks in advance.
Stan.
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If you need to check, hold power volume down
If you need apps search general thread there in there somewhere
jaythenut said:
If you need to check, hold power volume down
If you need apps search general thread there in there somewhere
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hi jay, thanks for the help. Yeap I checked and it's tampered and relocked.
Stanlehh said:
hi jay, thanks for the help. Yeap I checked and it's tampered and relocked.
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Yeah sometimes when you unroot you will lose some apps so best thing is to search theme and apps thread the missing apps are on there somewhere
jaythenut said:
Yeah sometimes when you unroot you will lose some apps so best thing is to search theme and apps thread the missing apps are on there somewhere
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Initially I didn't want to unlock the bootloader for fear of warranty issues, since it's been unlocked before, I'll probably start exploring custom roms, heard they're good but will lose the ability for stock it's updates.
Guess the person relocked, unroot and flashed back stock firmware?
Stan.
Stanlehh said:
Initially I didn't want to unlock the bootloader for fear of warranty issues, since it's been unlocked before, I'll probably start exploring custom roms, heard they're good but will lose the ability for stock it's updates.
Guess the person relocked, unroot and flashed back stock firmware?
Stan.
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Yeah best thing first is see if your rooted get root checker from Google play if you are just flash a rom, roms are more up to date anyway there on 4.2.2 now
jaythenut said:
Yeah best thing first is see if your rooted get root checker from Google play if you are just flash a rom, roms are more up to date anyway there on 4.2.2 now
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Just did the check, guess it's not rooted, app told me it doesn't have proper root access.
Stanlehh said:
Just did the check, guess it's not rooted, app told me it doesn't have proper root access.
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Ok if you are lucky download super user from Google play and that might give you root, hopefully the bloke didn't unroot properly
jaythenut said:
Ok if you are lucky download super user from Google play and that might give you root, hopefully the bloke didn't unroot properly
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Is it a troublesome process to reroot it?
Just follow this, you don't need to do the first step just install cwm then permanent root that should do it
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2183942
jaythenut said:
Just follow this, you don't need to do the first step just install cwm then permanent root that should do it
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2183942
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If I do perm root, can I unroot back in future?
Stanlehh said:
If I do perm root, can I unroot back in future?
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Yes, but it will always say unlocked
In super user it says unroot just press that, and it's done i think lol
jaythenut said:
Yes, but it will always say unlocked
In super user it says unroot just press that, and it's done i think lol
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Great, thanks for the help jay, I'll go try it later. Much appreciated.
Stan.
Stanlehh said:
Great, thanks for the help jay, I'll go try it later. Much appreciated.
Stan.
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Good luck with it don't forget to hit the thanks button
Hey guys. After updating to 4.3 android I have to root my device again. But there is only hard way to do this. I have to unlock bootloader (I don't want to do this, what if I brick my phone up?) then do other hard things.
And I don't know. Should I do this, or wait for easy root method, like we had for 4.1? Also I heard that new firmware 12.1.A.1.195 is going to come out, after I update to that firmware I will have to root again, right?
So please give me suggestions, and if it's better to root, which one is safest way to unlock BL and then root the device
Thanks
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if u have doubt that rooting can damage ur phone use unlockroot pro it easily root and unroot ur phone I have used it more than 5 times ,secondly u don't need unlocked bootloader for rooting
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slogger001 said:
if u have doubt that rooting can damage ur phone use unlockroot pro it easily root and unroot ur phone I have used it more than 5 times ,secondly u don't need unlocked bootloader for rooting
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Can you give me link?
slogger001 said:
if u have doubt that rooting can damage ur phone use unlockroot pro it easily root and unroot ur phone I have used it more than 5 times ,secondly u don't need unlocked bootloader for rooting
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I didn't know Unlockroot ever worked on Xperia SP... Did you test it ?
@bero1608 : Just search on google "unlockroot" and take the first link, but i'm not sure it will work on this device...
SmileySob said:
I didn't know Unlockroot ever worked on Xperia SP... Did you test it ?
@bero1608 : Just search on google "unlockroot" and take the first link, but i'm not sure it will work on this device...
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Nope it doesn't work on SP
I think its for old phones, like Xperia X10 and so on, which had android 2.0, 2.3.....
bero1608 said:
Nope it doesn't work on SP
I think its for old phones, like Xperia X10 and so on, which had android 2.0, 2.3.....
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There is a way to root without unlocking bootloader, but you'll have to flash a rom for it which will delete all userdata from your device
@bero1608 : Anyway, you don't have to unlock your bootloader to root on 4.3 ! You can follow this thread . I'm on this rom, and everything is fine, and I am root
@Nanostray
That's why I don't want to do that...
@SmileySob
I have to downgrade to .254 then root then .257 then blahblahblahblahblah and .266 I can't do that I can't risk @DooMLoRD save me, release easy root
I think I will wait for new firmware which comes out mid-march, so I wont need to re-root again and again.........
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Hi guys
Can i get root access without unlocking bootloader?
Thanks
cobrax2 said:
Hi guys
Can i get root access without unlocking bootloader?
Thanks
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No. The only way to root ATM is to unlock your bootloader
is someone working on an solution to unlock without HTCDev?
thats too bad
thanks for the reply
i dont think there are many developers, if any for this phone
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is someone working on an solution to unlock without HTCDev?
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Why cant you root with HTCDev?
im not sure that the warranty will still be okay if we unlock it
plus the phone is from orange and it might not work
cobrax2 said:
im not sure that the warranty will still be okay if we unlock it
plus the phone is from orange and it might not work
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you will loose guarantee either way as the bootloader will show as tempered. More chance to keep it valid if you use the tools HTC provided.
Orange should work just fine. Just try...
On another note i sent 2 phones for repair to HTC "unlocked" and they never charge me for the repair.
yes, i was thinking of only gettin root and not unlocking bootloader
kativiti said:
you will loose guarantee either way as the bootloader will show as tempered. More chance to keep it valid if you use the tools HTC provided.
Orange should work just fine. Just try...
On another note i sent 2 phones for repair to HTC "unlocked" and they never charge me for the repair.
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You can undo the root and unlocked bootloader, before you send it to HTC. If you cannot undo because you have too big problems with the phone (frozzen phone,...) they cannot controll it either.
cobrax2 said:
yes, i was thinking of only gettin root and not unlocking bootloader
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not possible as far as i know.
I just need root permissions for some apps. But there is no way to get root with looked bootloader
HandyBesitzer said:
You can undo the root and unlocked bootloader, before you send it to HTC.
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yes you can undo and get back to full stock but hboot will show "Relocked" so they will know you mess with it.
I have an SM-G870W (Galaxy S5 Active Canadian, Bell). How do I find out if my device
has a locked or unlocked bootloader? I found some forums/sites suggesting some codes
to enter on the phone dialer but none of them work. I am having problems installing
TWRP or CWM recovery and I am wondering if my bootloader is the culprit.
Thanks
m3tatr0n84 said:
I have an SM-G870W (Galaxy S5 Active Canadian, Bell). How do I find out if my device
has a locked or unlocked bootloader? I found some forums/sites suggesting some codes
to enter on the phone dialer but none of them work. I am having problems installing
TWRP or CWM recovery and I am wondering if my bootloader is the culprit.
Thanks
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Best way to know if your bootloader is locked is, did you but the phone from AT&T, is yes, then the bootloader is locked!
Phone is from Bell Canada. I have read threads here that mentions S5 from AT&T and Verizon have locked bootloaders.
I have not come across discussion on S5 from Canadian providers.
dirtydodge said:
Best way to know if your bootloader is locked is, did you but the phone from AT&T, is yes, then the bootloader is locked!
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Is the phone a G900A
No it's a Samsung Galaxy S5 (SM-G870W), though I read that TWRP for the regular S5 will work on S5 active.
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Is the phone a G900A
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m3tatr0n84 said:
No it's a Samsung Galaxy S5 (SM-G870W), though I read that TWRP for the regular S5 will work on S5 active.
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It might, i dint know anything about the active. Sorry bud.
It's OK man. Like I was telling someone before, I am glad I was able to root it and
disable the bloat that came with my phone. Thanks for your reply.
dirtydodge said:
It might, i dint know anything about the active. Sorry bud.
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Hey guys,
so I tried to root my S10+ which did not work out. I never got past unlocking my bootloader. Now I flashed an original Samsung Stock Firmware and I relocked the bootlader. But now when I tried to use Samsung Pass for instance it told me, that I couldn't use it since my device was rooted, which it wasn't and isn't.
Do you guys know a way around this or am I doomed?
Regards
thomas333 said:
Hey guys,
so I tried to root my S10+ which did not work out. I never got past unlocking my bootloader. Now I flashed an original Samsung Stock Firmware and I relocked the bootlader. But now when I tried to use Samsung Pass for instance it told me, that I couldn't use it since my device was rooted, which it wasn't and isn't.
Do you guys know a way around this or am I doomed?
Regards
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You need to check knox in download mode. Anything other than 0x0 will break Samsung pay, secure folder, and Samsung pass. Nothing you can do if you tripped knox.
After doing OEM unlock in developer options, did you confirm in the menu right before entering download mode?