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Just a video I put together showing how to root the Galaxy S4! I will be adding more videos to this thread in the near future!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_hXUJ-u-cw
I used CF Root.
How to get free native hotspot:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYTis-i7HA4
How to install TWRP recovery (if you'd like to flash roms):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBQTx8FmTtk
How to unroot the S4:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yEJSv9MrVAg
Great job Tim!
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Thanks for the guide QB. Yur the best man!
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Yesssss Qbking77 aka Tim, I've been on several several devices you've been making videos for, for years! Glad your here on the S4!
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Is this one good to work with root apps or does it cause that issue with root access on this one?
QB never disappoints. Great job and thanks!
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Hey @qbking77, Could you put in your OP which method you used please? Moto or CF's Autoroot?
Thanks!
:edit: I need to add why I'm asking - We have had a report of Motochopper not letting an app that needs root function properly where CF's Autoroot does. Being that it's early in the game, people may want to know this. I understand that CF has a disclaimer using the autoroot method but it's still a viable solution with the numbers coming in on successful. I do not believe we have had a failed attempt on Sprint devices. (Please correct me if I'm wrong)
MoHoGalore said:
Hey @qbking77, Could you put in your OP which method you used please? Moto or CF's Autoroot?
Thanks!
:edit: I need to add why I'm asking - We have had a report of Motochopper not letting an app that needs root function properly where CF's Autoroot does. Being that it's early in the game, people may want to know this. I understand that CF has a disclaimer using the autoroot method but it's still a viable solution with the numbers coming in on successful. I do not believe we have had a failed attempt on Sprint devices. (Please correct me if I'm wrong)
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I used motochopper. If anyone has issues with an app, just install busybox from the play store.
qbking77 said:
I used motochopper. If anyone has issues with an app, just install busybox from the play store.
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I understand, I was just asking for that in the OP since most skip the rest of conversations. No rudeness intended.
Does this work with the latest OTA? I heard one was pushed today.
TheTehk17 said:
Does this work with the latest OTA? I heard one was pushed today.
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No reports of anyone getting the OTA yet. Give it a few hours to roll out.
Tahde said:
QB never disappoints. Great job and thanks!
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I agree. Followed his posts in the past with rooting. His method on the SIII is still the only one i used like 5 times lol. all the others were sketchy.
MoHoGalore said:
I understand, I was just asking for that in the OP since most skip the rest of conversations. No rudeness intended.
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No rudeness taken! Will add to OP now
qbking77 said:
No rudeness taken! Will add to OP now
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Thank you Sir. :beer:
Thanks for this. My goodness had rooting become easy over the years!
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Hey Tim,
Any know how on how to use for a Mac?
Thanks
Thanks for the video. I did get it to work though I ran into an error. It said that more than 1 deviced or emulator detected. I exited Bluestacks, pdanet and the Galaxy streaming server. After closing those programs, I ran the batch file and it was successful. I'm sure that bluestacks caused the issue. Just a warning for those using this program.
Any word on whether this works with the newest firmware update?
CCallahan said:
Any word on whether this works with the newest firmware update?
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I'm not sure if anyone has actually received the update yet.
Just got it, took a quick stop at the house. Rooted. Worked like a charm. Make sure you have nothing like bluestacks running. Like a previous user has stated. I was having issue till I made sure everything else was off. Even pdanet
Sorry, if this is asked already...
But I couldn't find any answers, You see, I'm planning on rooting using
Kingo, and installing SafeStrap to install stock android (Getting rid of TouchWiz ^_^!!!!)
But I want to know is it possible with these specs:
SELinux: Enforced
Build: MJ5
Note 3: N900A
AT&T
Thanks! , hopefully I will be able to mod this phone back and forth.
And if this has been asked before, sorry, again, I couldn't find it.
i4GS said:
Sorry, if this is asked already...
But I couldn't find any answers, You see, I'm planning on rooting using
Kingo, and installing SafeStrap to install stock android (Getting rid of TouchWiz ^_^!!!!)
But I want to know is it possible with these specs:
SELinux: Enforced
Build: MJ5
Note 3: N900A
AT&T
Thanks! , hopefully I will be able to mod this phone back and forth.
And if this has been asked before, sorry, again, I couldn't find it.
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same phone I have, I used kingo and safestrap, no problems, knox still ok never triped
carl1961 said:
same phone I have, I used kingo and safestrap, no problems, knox still ok never triped
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So, even if its SeLinux enforced I can install Safestrap safe and fine?
Sorry just making 100% sure.
carl1961 said:
same phone I have, I used kingo and safestrap, no problems, knox still ok never triped
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So, Safestrap fine even with SELinux enforced? Interesting will try tomorrow. If not, Best buy, heh.
100% sure ? I just want to try to not fail at something.
carl1961 said:
same phone I have, I used kingo and safestrap, no problems, knox still ok never triped
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So, Safestrap fine even with SELinux enforced? Interesting will try tomorrow. If not, Best buy, heh.
100% sure ? I just want to try to not fail at something
i4GS said:
So, even if its SeLinux enforced I can install Safestrap safe and fine?
Sorry just making 100% sure.
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Safestrap does nothing to the kernel or the original stock ROM so it does not affect any of the secure features. It is similar to a dual boot on a PC.
so im assuming everything went OK no problems .. i was looking to do the same but im on MJ5 att completely stock havent even tried to mess with this phone yet
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i4GS said:
So, Safestrap fine even with SELinux enforced? Interesting will try tomorrow. If not, Best buy, heh.
100% sure ? I just want to try to not fail at something
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yes running this [ROM][DEC 25][UrDroid][STOCK][AT&T MJ5 ][DEODEXED]
just took this snapshot you can verify the date and time
your doing right to be cautious, less chance of messing up
Was it hard using kingo to root it..
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azz72 said:
Was it hard using kingo to root it..
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Kingo is just one click and it is done. Just download the program to your PC. Connect your phone and run the program. it tells you what you need to do and all that is, is to confirm a couple of phone responses.
Do you need to be connected to the Internet when you run kingo?
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jyazzie110 said:
Do you need to be connected to the Internet when you run kingo?
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I think so, when it determines your phone it seems to download the needed file
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jyazzie110 said:
Do you need to be connected to the Internet when you run kingo?
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The phone does not need the internet for Kingo. But the PC does and the phone must be connected to the PC.
carl1961 said:
yes running this [ROM][DEC 25][UrDroid][STOCK][AT&T MJ5 ][DEODEXED]
just took this snapshot you can verify the date and time
your doing right to be cautious, less chance of messing up
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I have rooted with kingo and tried the SafeStrap 1.6/7.0 , It was a great sucess! , i installed setCPU and Xposed Framework, XPOSED works FANTASTIC! Of course (created a backup of the stock rom first), I can't thank you guys enough!
MJ5 Rooted Kingoed and SafeStraped!
Now all i can't wait for is Cyanogenmod or AOSP ROM for HLTEATT Note 3 ^_^ I want stock Android !!
Hope you guys have a great day/night !! Again, thanks!
i4GS said:
I have rooted with kingo and tried the SafeStrap 1.6/7.0 , It was a great sucess! , i installed setCPU and Xposed Framework, XPOSED works FANTASTIC! Of course (created a backup of the stock rom first), I can't thank you guys enough!
MJ5 Rooted Kingoed and SafeStraped!
Now all i can't wait for is Cyanogenmod or AOSP ROM for HLTEATT Note 3 ^_^ I want stock Android !!
Hope you guys have a great day/night !! Again, thanks!
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I think our SafeStrap is 3.71
i4GS said:
I have rooted with kingo and tried the SafeStrap 1.6/7.0 , It was a great sucess! , i installed setCPU and Xposed Framework, XPOSED works FANTASTIC! Of course (created a backup of the stock rom first), I can't thank you guys enough!
MJ5 Rooted Kingoed and SafeStraped!
Now all i can't wait for is Cyanogenmod or AOSP ROM for HLTEATT Note 3 ^_^ I want stock Android !!
Hope you guys have a great day/night !! Again, thanks!
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Are you aware of any efforts to port CyanogenMod or other high quality AOSP build to hlteatt? I tried the latest build of CM11 - see http://forum.cyanogenmod.com/topic/90429-cm11-samsung-galaxy-note-3-att/, as the 'assert' command in it's install script specifically permits installing on AT&T variant of Note 3, but without much success. My other favorite - OmniROM, does not support Note 3 at all.
Greg
gregko1980 said:
Are you aware of any efforts to port CyanogenMod or other high quality AOSP build to hlteatt? I tried the latest build of CM11 - see http://forum.cyanogenmod.com/topic/90429-cm11-samsung-galaxy-note-3-att/, as the 'assert' command in it's install script specifically permits installing on AT&T variant of Note 3, but without much success. My other favorite - OmniROM, does not support Note 3 at all.
Greg
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I have OmniRom on my Asus Tab and I love it. I wish we could have it on the Note 3.
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i4GS said:
I have rooted with kingo and tried the SafeStrap 1.6/7.0 , It was a great sucess! , i installed setCPU and Xposed Framework, XPOSED works FANTASTIC! Of course (created a backup of the stock rom first),
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If you want to play with the stock ROM, I suggest that you restore the backup to one of the slots. Then make another backup before you do anything you're not sure of. If you mess anything up, just restore the last backup. If you really mess it up, you have the stock slot to boot from.
Now all i can't wait for is Cyanogenmod or AOSP ROM for HLTEATT Note 3 ^_^ I want stock Android !!
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I don't think we can do that (yet). The ROM has to be a modification od Samsung's stock ROM. But I feel the same way you do. I'd love Cyanogen and a dozen other ROMs to play with. And one that's super fast and doesn't use much battery. I'm trying X-Note right now. It's fast according to both benchmarks. I'll give it a few days of settling to see how it does on battery.
First off let me say thanks for reading my question.
I am an HTC One M8 guy myself. However, my daughter has the G Flex from T-Mobile. She has fallen in love with some of the XPosed framework modules. Does the G Flex support XPosed framework? I told her I would root her Flex and put the frameworks on her phone but I wanted to make sure it supports that app before I root it.
Thanks again!
Yes works fine
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eZdubzitmk4 said:
Yes works fine
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Confirmed , I have Xposed on 4.4.2 Rooted Stock. D955
BR,
idaadi said:
Confirmed , I have Xposed on 4.4.2 Rooted Stock. D955
BR,
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Hi, i have a flex D955 as well running 4.4.2 and i wanted to root it. But on the IORoot it says only 4.2.2 is supported. And on YouTube i found an app called Towelroot or something like that.
On my Galaxy S3 i'm running Xposed and root was no problem.
How did you get rooted? And can you switch to ART with Xposed? On S3 custom rom it was not possible.
Thanks for your answer in advance.
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Christian1981 said:
Hi, i have a flex D955 as well running 4.4.2 and i wanted to root it. But on the IORoot it says only 4.2.2 is supported. And on YouTube i found an app called Towelroot or something like that.
On my Galaxy S3 i'm running Xposed and root was no problem.
How did you get rooted? And can you switch to ART with Xposed? On S3 custom rom it was not possible.
Thanks for your answer in advance.
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Use towel root to root
You cant switch to ART if you install Xposed Framework
wase4711 said:
Use towel root to root
You cant switch to ART if you install Xposed Framework
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Thank you for your fast answer!
Just one more 'stupid' question. Is there a way to unroot my phone just in case i need to send it to repair.
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All these questions have been answered in tons of the g flex forums. Probably could answer most of them with just the titles of the threads on XDA.
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Christian1981 said:
Thank you for your fast answer!
Just one more 'stupid' question. Is there a way to unroot my phone just in case i need to send it to repair.
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yes, there is an LG flash tool you will find lots of places and lots of references to throughout the Flex forums.
you use it to flash your original firmware, if you want to bother "restoring it" back to stock for some reason..
Not really a problem, but did some one else noticed that the "recent calls widget" is gone in .230 fw, or is it just me? Liked it really much.
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SONiX-GERMANY said:
Not really a problem, but did some one else noticed that the "recent calls widget" is gone in .230 fw, or is it just me? Liked it really much.
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Yes it is gone
Btw here's the apk
Install as normal apk
http://d-h.st/Xhg
Ben Ling said:
Yes it is gone
Btw here's the apk
Install as normal apk
http://d-h.st/Xhg
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Thx Ben, tried various versions incl. your's, error message - app not installed... Will try to push to system, report later...
Edit: no success with pushing to system, of course set right permissions...
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SONiX-GERMANY said:
Thx Ben, tried various versions incl. your's, error message - app not installed... Will try to push to system, report later...
Edit: no success with pushing to system, of course set right permissions...
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then it need rooted device.
Ben Ling said:
then it need rooted device.
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Of course my Z is rooted Ben, otherwise i would'nt be able to push something to the system/app folder.
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SONiX-GERMANY said:
Of course my Z is rooted Ben, otherwise i would'nt be able to push something to the system/app folder.
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Opps! :laugh:
then what about trying to install Superuser mod ?
Install the Xperia Xposed & enable it
Ben Ling said:
Opps! :laugh:
then what about trying to install Superuser mod ?
Install the Xperia Xposed & enable it
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Ok, have the Xposed Framework installed allready for gravity box and gem xperia, will try the superuser mod. Let's see if it works!
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Be warned that the "superuser mod" disables signature verification in your rom. This is a very bad idea and a huge security risk. I see this superuser mod recommended everywhere and I believe it's part of a very popular rom and nobody ever explains the risks involved with using it.
I'd advise using the Xposed module "DisableSignatureCheck" to temporarily disable signature verification when installing modded system apps and immediately enable signature verification again afterwards.
Edit - I apologise for not reading correctly (it's early here lol). I incorrectly thought you were going to flash the Superuser mod. I see that it's also part of the Xperia Xposed module.
However you enable it, it's still very important that you make sure you disable the Superuser mod after you've used it. ?
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Be warned that the "superuser mod" disables signature verification in your rom. This is a very bad idea and a huge security risk. I see this superuser mod recommended everywhere and I believe it's part of a very popular rom and nobody ever explains the risks involved with using it.
I'd advise using the Xposed module "DisableSignatureCheck" to temporarily disable signature verification when installing modded system apps and immediately enable signature verification again afterwards.
Edit - I apologise for not reading correctly (it's early here lol). I incorrectly thought you were going to flash the Superuser mod. I see that it's also part of the Xperia Xposed module.
However you enable it, it's still very important that you make sure you disable the Superuser mod after you've used it. ?
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I read allready about the superuser mod few weeks ago, didn't tried it till now. I'm happy so far with my ( finally updated ) rooted clean .230 fw, LB. The widget isn't sooo important, but would be nice to have it again.
Maybe some smart guy will port the widget from 4.3 for 4.4, i'm personally not able to do this. Let's see!
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Don't get me wrong. It's fine to temporarily disable signature verification to install a system app that's from a trusted source like this, then enable it again afterwards. I'm saying that it's not wise or safe at all to have it disabled permanently. ?
I just noticed another rom has been released with this superuser mod integrated, with no mention of what it is or the implications of it to enable users to make an informed decision whether to use the rom or not. There are potentially hundreds of users of these roms that are unaware that they're using unsecured roms on their devices. ?
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Don't get me wrong. It's fine to temporarily disable signature verification to install a system app that's from a trusted source like this, then enable it again afterwards. I'm saying that it's not wise or safe at all to have it disabled permanently. ?
I just noticed another rom has been released with this superuser mod integrated, with no mention of what it is or the implications of it to enable users to make an informed decision whether to use the rom or not. There are potentially hundreds of users of these roms that are unaware that they're using unsecured roms on their devices. ?
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Thx kingvortex for the detailed explanation. Like your posts very much, they are allways helpfull for me. ( us )
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You're welcome. ?
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Just found by google, it's working fine for me in KitKat, seems to be from the XS.
Install as normal app.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/tah01poeefaw6n4/RecentCallsWidget.apk
Original thread:
talk.sonymobile.com/t5/Xperia-Z-ZL-ZR/Recent-calls-widget/td-p/696033
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Can anyone point me in the direction of an in depth step by step tut for rooting the Note 3 N900A? I have tried a few different things and nothing has worked.
Can you please specify the methods you have tried?
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All the methods that I could find on youtube. There are a couple of options here on XDA that I've seen, but there isn't a very good tutorial on it. At least not for a squid like me !
I think it could be rooted with a version of jb if you updated I don't think it can be. I think some people have safestrap' the device and loaded something else in another memory but I don't think it is really rooted
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I think it could be rooted with a version of jb if you updated I don't think it can be. I think some people have safestrap' the device and loaded something else in another memory but I don't think it is really rooted
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There are a few options on XDA that I've seen, but there's not a very good tutorial on how to do it for a newbie. It looks like you have to from my understanding of it downgrade to KitKat and then go to the root process.
Does kingroot work? If not you'll have to downgrade to kitkat run Kingoroot (yes, two are named eerily the same) and safestrap rooted ROM.
I tried one of them, think it was king root. Chinese site?
That'd be it.
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That'd be it.
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Is kingroot safe, like does it install any backdoors that I should be aware of?
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Have no idea, I didn't get it to work.
If you are on 4.4.2, you can use TowelRoot, 1 click root. As long a you are not on 5.1.1, you can Odin back to 4.4.2. I used the method without Safestrap on 5.0.1. I followed the directions in post 1 and it worked without a hitch.