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couple questions about 4.4.2 and rooting

Ok, so I got my new n3 rooted using kingo, then updated to 4.4.2 using the one click file which softbricked me for some reason. I think it was because of the root and I didnt undo it. Or maybe the safestrap I installed and didnt undo before update. Either way, I just restarted my phone and did oneclick again and it worked like a charm.
Now I am here with 4.4.2 and I like it. Well, not as much as non touchwiz version... but I need s pen functions or I shouldnt even have a note! Basically I need to know if kingo will work on my 4.4.2 now. I am reluctant to try because I dont wanna soft brick and have no way back to anything. Ive done that before and it took me days to get back to a stock rom. So does anyone know if I can use kingo to get root again?
Next question... I want to install the custom keyboard that someone posted in the rom section. There are pretty colors and I want them! Does anyone know how to do this? It is in a zip file and apparently has an aroma installer. Do I just use safestrap and flash like normal? This locked bootloader is a pain in the ass.
Last question... the same guy whi posted the keyboard also has a custom theme in his files for the n3... I am not sure how to use that either. It again is a zip, but im not sure its supposed to be flashed and even which way to flash it if it is. Any insight would be appreciated, I need all the pretty stuff.
So those are my questions. I hope someone has the answers.
I hope at&t rots in hell for having this locked bootloader. I bought this phone second hand ao I could put it on straight talk. Only went with at&t so it would be easiest to assure I got 4g lte... shoulda done more research on the phone because this is bullsh*t. There is no reason to lock the bootloader like this. Free my phone at&t!

You need to read forum rules. No double posting.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=49862375

440bro said:
You need to read forum rules. No double posting.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=49862375
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How did I double post?
You mean ask the same question in 2 forums? That thread seemed dead. I just asked here because there were multiple things i wanted to find out.
I take it you have no answers?
Ps... I never saw my post go through and still don't see the post on that link... so I'm not sure what you're talking about.
I just need an answer to this question

w4rped said:
How did I double post?
You mean ask the same question in 2 forums? That thread seemed dead. I just asked here because there were multiple things i wanted to find out.
I take it you have no answers?
Ps... I never saw my post go through and still don't see the post on that link... so I'm not sure what you're talking about.
I just need an answer to this question
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I had your other post removed from the dead thread.

440bro said:
I had your other post removed from the dead thread.
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Ok... like you said... dead thread... i didn't think it even posted. But either way...
Can anyone answer any of my questions? I'm itching to do stuff to my n3 but I'm scared lol

Guess no one knows! I'm surprised

If you took the 4.4.2 leak, you also took another boot loader. Kingo will not root you. Nothing will right now. Unfortunately this is what happens when you don't read. Whatever is broken will remain broken until such time as an ota is provided from ATT or a root exploit is found. Neither of which will be anytime soon I think. Sorry for your luck.
Edit: in case you missed it in the designgears leak thread.... Don't try to downgrade yourself back to 4.3. It won't work and bad things will happen.
Cheers
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? I guess I missed something in the kitkat thread people are talking about the mj5 restore working fine I thought.
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The restore to MJ5 was recently confirmed. I flashed 4.4.2 as well but I read the thread before I did it. However, I did not lose root. I believe the OP was updated to include root in 4.4.2. I didn't have to do anything to regain root except download SU.
I hope this helps. You may try to download that, you may already have root!!!

Ideas4ya said:
The restore to MJ5 was recently confirmed. I flashed 4.4.2 as well but I read the thread before I did it. However, I did not lose root. I believe the OP was updated to include root in 4.4.2. I didn't have to do anything to regain root except download SU.
I hope this helps. You may try to download that, you may already have root!!!
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I just installed knoxraid which has root. Not sure what i can do with it though. Do you know how to flash a theme or a new keyboard in the zip format?

If You Were Waiting On Towelroot To Work For The Tab S... Well... Throw In The Towel

kprice8 said:
Geohot will not be releasing any further updates. He is now working for Google to find and patch these and other exploits in not just Android code, but anything computer based that touches the internet.
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Read back in the thread a few pages - 1) GeoHot works for Google now. Hired to find and close exploits like the one towelroot used to root devices; 2) towelroot used a specific vulnerability in kernels dated before June 3. If your kernel is dated after June 3, the vulnerability has been patched and there is nothing GeoHot can "fix" to make towelroot work on your device; and related to that 3) either your phone has the vulnerability or it doesn't and towelroot either works to root your device or it doesn't and there is nothing GeoHot can do to fix towelroot to make it work for your device. Plus, like I said before GeoHot works for Google now so he can't create programs or apps that root phones by exploiting vulnerabilities he is supposed to now be fixing. Now that this same question has been answered for the 1,000,000th time in this thread, can we please get it closed?
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I was looking forward to being able to snatch OTAs while still rooted.
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@EMSpilot please don't sell your tablet... at least until Android L releases for the Tab S and you've released a stock, rooted ROM running it.

Oh well....there's nothing stopping those who's already rooted from flashing a future custom Android L rom, right? D

kenkiller said:
Oh well....there's nothing stopping those who's already rooted from flashing a future custom Android L rom, right? D
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As long as dev support is there, will be good. But dev support is what has me worried.
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Y.G. said:
As long as dev support is there, will be good. But dev support is what has me worried.
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Look on the bright side. We needed CM and other AOSP variants in the past because most devices performed like crap. Now while not as smooth as stock Android, still rather speedy. Customization can be done with xposed mods.
Even if stuck on stock, it's not really that bad, to be honest.

You guys need to start learning something... for the sake of development...

kenkiller said:
Look on the bright side. We needed CM and other AOSP variants in the past because most devices performed like crap. Now while not as smooth as stock Android, still rather speedy. Customization can be done with xposed mods.
Even if stuck on stock, it's not really that bad, to be honest.
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No, I'm with you. I don't flash AOSP ROMs. I'm just afraid of not being able to upgrade to a stock, rooted TouchWiz Android L ROM.
But you're right, Samsung has put in the work and optimized TouchWiz over the years. I have no complaints with the performance.

I've just root my T705.

edan1979 said:
You guys need to start learning something... for the sake of development...
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Sometimes we're just lazy. I'll be honest. Different priorities take over. For me it's a kicking 3 month old baby.
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No, I'm with you. I don't flash AOSP ROMs. I'm just afraid of not being able to upgrade to a stock, rooted TouchWiz Android L ROM.
But you're right, Samsung has put in the work and optimized TouchWiz over the years. I have no complaints with the performance.
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I don't see why not. We're rooted with custom recoveries. As long as someone released a proper rom it can be flashed.
Otherwise just use Odin to flash the stock rom and root it again.

i feel the same last time... until the tab 7.7 was kind of forgotten... so i start to learn basic thing... dont wanna see that on tab s... (but i think its going to be the same)

edan1979 said:
i feel the same last time... until the tab 7.7 was kind of forgotten... so i start to learn basic thing... dont wanna see that on tab s... (but i think its going to be the same)
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At least you had the 3G model and official JB (Asia only) . My Wi Fi model was thrown into the dung heap by Samsung after less than 12 months and no official JB or support theater.... Thanks to bodivas for the initial port to the P6810, I could then work from there with newer contributions.
They just ignore the GPL license to support devices for at min of 18 months. There are other OEM that refuse to provide full source too. What does Google do, nothing....
The only way is as you implied, to be proactive and help ourselves (and others) where skill/knowledge and time permit
Good modding !!

More than one way to skin a cat also....
I think they will have support for android L since the specs of the tab S match the requirements of the OS

it's easier for samsung to develop android L for exynos device . i hope my tab will have android L teeheehee

On which webpage provide SAMSUNG there (patched) opensource?
At least recovery image include binary which can't compiled from android source...

[Q&A] [MANUAL OTA] VS980 39A Lollipop (No root)

Q&A for [MANUAL OTA] VS980 39A Lollipop (No root)
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Thanks for understanding and for helping to keep XDA neat and tidy!

This might sound like a really silly question but it's directed at people who've successfully installed this on their VS980.
Is there an option for 'USB tethering' in this version (The option that allows you to tether your phone's wifi connection to the PC through a usb cable). I've seen it in pretty much every other android device but the verizon G2 only allows me to tether my data connection and not a WiFi connection. Could anyone let me know please ?

Skyrus5150 said:
This might sound like a really silly question but it's directed at people who've successfully installed this on their VS980.
Is there an option for 'USB tethering' in this version (The option that allows you to tether your phone's wifi connection to the PC through a usb cable). I've seen it in pretty much every other android device but the verizon G2 only allows me to tether my data connection and not a WiFi connection. Could anyone let me know please ?
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Can someone post a changelog for 28a or what the difference are between 27a and 28a. Is there new features, ect..

tsjanda said:
Can someone post a changelog for 28a or what the difference are between 27a and 28a. Is there new features, ect..
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It's not official so vzw hasn't posted anything.

Video call
Sorry if this has been asked and answered already but I haven't seen it. I am running this on my VS980 but haven't been able to get video call to work. Is anyone else having this problem?

Is there a method to unroot your phone once you completed installing lollipop?

27a to 28a
quick question, i was following the instructions and when i reached the part where i should install the 27a to 28a through adb after entering the two commands my phone restarted but i didnt see anything happen. it just booted right up i got a notification that update was successful but when i checked the software version is still saying 27a.
so should i retry again or was that normal

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quick question, i was following the instructions and when i reached the part where i should install the 27a to 28a through adb after entering the two commands my phone restarted but i didnt see anything happen. it just booted right up i got a notification that update was successful but when i checked the software version is still saying 27a.
so should i retry again or was that normal
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I would retry again, the 2nd update took much longer to install than the 1st one. Then it had to optimize 177 some odd apps which took awhile as well.

Conechaser said:
I would retry again, the 2nd update took much longer to install than the 1st one. Then it had to optimize 177 some odd apps which took awhile as well.
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tried again and its the same result

DigitalHokage said:
tried again and its the same result
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How big is the 2nd file? Maybe you got a bad download or something.

Conechaser said:
How big is the 2nd file? Maybe you got a bad download or something.
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i managed to get the update working but know i screwed up while trying to update to 39a im now stuck booting into twrp and i also cant go into download mode and i dont know what to do
edit- got out of booting to twrp...but know i wantto know if twrp will interfere again when i try to update to 39a

DigitalHokage said:
i managed to get the update working but know i screwed up while trying to update to 39a im now stuck booting into twrp and i also cant go into download mode and i dont know what to do
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Go here to get out of bootloop. Don't ever run an ota with twrp.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2451696

MicroMod777 said:
Go here to get out of bootloop. Don't ever run an ota with twrp.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2451696
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yea found that link and got out of hell so how do i get rid of twrp im so close to lollipop damn it lol

DigitalHokage said:
yea found that link and got out of hell so how do i get rid of twrp im so close to lollipop damn it lol
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Follow steps in OP.

MicroMod777 said:
Follow steps in OP.
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so that means i have to start from 27a and work my way up with out twrp this time

DigitalHokage said:
so that means i have to start from 27a and work my way up with out twrp this time
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Yes sir. Or untill June when the ota rolls out.

MicroMod777 said:
Yes sir. Or untill June when the ota rolls out.
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thanks for your help, im not on verizon so i cant receive ota's... started from beginning now im finally on lollipop now...boy did i learn a lot during this process

I'm on this ota and rooted with the new exploit. Is there a way to add recovery so I can flash XDABBEB's updated bootloader and kernal? Thanks in advance!
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I'm running cm 11 ....Went back to that cause I got lost some how...What do I need to do other than what's in the op to run this ?....I switched to nexus but back to vs980 and think I have missed a lot....
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Edit:::: I switched to cloudy g3 2.1
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[Q] How to root S5 Active (SM-G870A) G870AUCU1BOC5

I'm trying to root my S5 Active. It's never been rooted before and I've never rooted a phone before besides a simple one touch with towelroot on an old spare phone. It's updated to Android 5.0 with the 3.4.0 Kernel. Any help with simple instructions would be great. I'm new to rooting but I'm good with computers so if whatever I need to do is explained I'll be good. Thanks.
P.S. Would towelroot work? I've heard it doesn't with 5.0 and don't want to try and have something happen.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3083841

nutt_case said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3083841
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Is this the safest way?

yes

This method says you already have to have root. Is there a way to get root if your already on 5.0 with no root?

no

so after some reading i found this in
xda-developers AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5 AT&T Galaxy S5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting Tried downgrading from 5.0 to 4.4.2 now bricked...HELP PLEASE by dmyszko141
post #7 thru #11 it discusses how to downgrade the g870a (s5active) from 5.0 back to 4.4.2
i have not tried this yet, but probably will soon.

towelroot
I've tried to use the towelroot system on my s5 active and it will not work, the end game tells you - your phone is not supported. so it is a just a waste of your time to try that root. I am in the same boat and looking a root program too. so good luck.

S-5 Active SM-G870A phone and root issue
I hope this is the correct spot for this post.
I have a Galaxy S5 Active SM-G870A that was rooted when using 4.2.2. When it was still rooted I did an update to 4.4.4 (shows G870AUCU1AOA2) which took away the root status and now shows as a "Custom ROM" when booting. I cannot get to Lollipop update because the update fails, I think due to the Custom ROOM status. I wanted to re-root the phone to use an app to reset the custom ROM issue but cannot find a CF-Auto Root file for the AT&T Active. I was going to try flashing it with Odin using the NE4 kernel to root it with towel root, but I can't find the original kernel to download to flash it back to after I root it. When I originally rooted the phone I had XP on my home PC, after updating my PC I no longer have the information saved that I used to root it the first time. I know it was with Odin, but don't remember how and have been doing periodic internet searches to no avail.
This has been going on for quite a while now and is driving me crazy because I cannot root the phone or update it in it's current condition. Can someone help me? Thanks so much for your time.
Current information
AT&T Galsaxy S-5 Active
Baseband version
G870AUCU1AOA2
Kernel
3.4.0-3116194
[email protected]#2201 #1
Tue Aug 420:28:04 KST 2015
Build number
KTU84P.G870AUCU1AOA2
Security Enhancements
Enforcing
SEPF-SAMSUNG-SM-G870A_4.4.4_055
Wed May 18 14:37:37 2016
Security Software version
MDF v1.0 Release 3
VPN v1.4 Release 2

Go here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/att...w-to-update-to-g870aof2-5-0-keeproot-t3161733
Follow note #4 and start over.

Hello
Is there any progress to get root on 5.x or 6.x?
That is blocking point? Might it be fixed?
Thanks

alex_awful said:
Hello
Is there any progress to get root on 5.x or 6.x?
That is blocking point? Might it be fixed?
Thanks
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See post 1 of http://forum.xda-developers.com/att-galaxy-s5/general/guide-merry-christmas-heres-t3516196/page17
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Getting this phone in 2 days off Amazon. Refurb. What are the chances of it having the NE4 boot loader?

Got this phone a Lil bit ago.
Anyway to root this?
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Windows program wondershare mobile will root g870a in one click.download has 5 day free trial.works 100 percent with all updates.5.x to 6.x

Bigfreezeky said:
Windows program wondershare mobile will root g870a in one click.download has 5 day free trial.works 100 percent with all updates.5.x to 6.x
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Wondershare is really sketchy (kind of like KingRoot, which has been known to send your device information to China). I would not recommend using it.

Note 8 Sprint RooT

Hello all! i am looking in to rooting my sprint note 8. I have searched and have gotten a little overwhelmed looking through the forums lol I haven't rooted a phone since my last note phone back in 2014. all I am looking for here is a link to where I need to go. thanks for the help!

Samfail V3 on the main Note 8 Forums. Check there. Read everything.

MuTaLiZeD said:
Hello all! i am looking in to rooting my sprint note 8. I have searched and have gotten a little overwhelmed looking through the forums lol I haven't rooted a phone since my last note phone back in 2014. all I am looking for here is a link to where I need to go. thanks for the help!
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Yea look at samfail page.
Verify what softwear version you are on and use appropriate version,
There is no root for 8.0 so you will have to downgrade to a older U3 bootloader to root if on 8.0

Ok Im on oreo 8.0, I have never rooted this phone but looking at the steps on samfail its 3 different versions of it and what im getting is you have to flash them in order but someone says just flash samfailv3, can some one please tell me what bootloader i need, the proper steps, just a complete walkthrough because i dont wanna mess my phone up and i wanna make sure im doing this correctly, thanks in advance or at least tell me what all i need instead of directing me to samfail thread, its alot going on in that thread and my brain cant process it all.

Saafir said:
You should not root.
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Y not, just asking?

Saafir said:
What are you trying to acomplish with root first?
What would you do in a bootloop situation?
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If I downgrade i can prevent bootloop for one, secondly there are many qualities to root, dual speakers, custom roms when they roll out, etc. Reasons y I wanna root it.
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This is essentially a RTFM situation. You won't find much help unless you can actually demonstrate something. If you were stuck at a particular step, someone could help you, but you are asking for a walk through for just the first step.
Yes those mods are available to rooted note 8's but do you know how to apply them, or would you be right back here asking for a step-by-step guide for that as well?
Please don't think I (or anyone) is trying to be mean here. You just need to do your own research and figure it out, and if you brick your phone, you brick your phone. That is how many of us learned.
Come back with some actual questions and you will get actual answers. That said, your "how-to" has already been written here
Basically you need to figure out which firmware you have installed, downgrade via ODIN if not compatible, follow the rest of the steps using ODIN, and you'll have root. If you've rooted a Samsung device before this should not be difficult for you.

STAYING STOCK and safe.

Over the years, the only two reasons I would root my Android phone:
Get rid of ads
Hotspot
With the Note-8, you can modify the settings and get hotspot to work w/out rooting...........there's a thread out there for instructions.
I found an app that controls/eliminates the ads via VPN, runs in the background with very little battery drainage if any at all.

You can also download DnsChanger(Open Source) from the PlayStore and use these DNS Servers from AdGuard to block advertisements, tracking, and phishing globally on your phone.
176.103.130.130
176.103.130.131
Or use IPv6 addresses
2a00:5a60::ad1:0ff
2a00:5a60::ad2:0ff

Is rooting the note 8 still limiting to 80% charge?
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jhunt75 said:
Is rooting the note 8 still limiting to 80% charge?
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Yes. That will always be a thing unless the bootloader gets unlocked.

that 80% thing definitely makes it a no go for me

kingjay2013 said:
If I downgrade i can prevent bootloop for one, secondly there are many qualities to root, dual speakers, custom roms when they roll out, etc. Reasons y I wanna root it.
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There's no advantage to root unless you have a custom recovery. Also you don't need root to run custom ROMs, a custom recovery will do all you need, plus most ROMs come rooted.
Point is, I'd rather have a custom recovery over root. The custom recovery will fix a bootloop, flash ROMs, themes, apps and maybe one or two things I'm forgetting.
Lastly, I'm not seeing any custom recoveries for carrier locked Note 8s. Heck, unless I'm missing something, I'm seeing anything for unlocked ones.
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