Hi All,
I see the development kernel is now out, but we still have the locked boot loader problem. Has there ever been a time that AT&T has allowed access/unlocked the boot loader before? Even if we do gain root access at this point (with the S8 coming out in a few months), would we get any custom ROM development or other things that are out for other phones?
I guess, at this point, what is the best case scenario?
Thanks!
WWWhaat said:
Hi All,
I see the development kernel is now out, but we still have the locked boot loader problem. Has there ever been a time that AT&T has allowed access/unlocked the boot loader before? Even if we do gain root access at this point (with the S8 coming out in a few months), would we get any custom ROM development or other things that are out for other phones?
I guess, at this point, what is the best case scenario?
Thanks!
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Because of the obscurity of the S6 Active, along with the very few number of developers attempting a root (I am not actually sure if anyone is trying anymore.), the best case scenario is we might get a rudimentary root method for anything higher than 5.0.2. Marshmallow is looking even more bleak. As for a custom ROM, it is highly unlikely, if at all, that the bootloader will ever be unlocked.
FevenKitsune said:
Because of the obscurity of the S6 Active, along with the very few number of developers attempting a root (I am not actually sure if anyone is trying anymore.), the best case scenario is we might get a rudimentary root method for anything higher than 5.0.2. Marshmallow is looking even more bleak. As for a custom ROM, it is highly unlikely, if at all, that the bootloader will ever be unlocked.
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Thanks for the response....maybe we can get ahold of someone who was trying to crack it and ask them to possibly to try again with the released kernel?
Or is there somewhere / someone we can reach out to... I dont know how to dev find lol.
I am still pledging 50$, plus the other people pledging should encourage some people.. I just dont want to lose hope. This is such a great phone still..
DefiledL said:
Thanks for the response....maybe we can get ahold of someone who was trying to crack it and ask them to possibly to try again with the released kernel?
Or is there somewhere / someone we can reach out to... I dont know how to dev find lol.
I am still pledging 50$, plus the other people pledging should encourage some people.. I just dont want to lose hope. This is such a great phone still..
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I could be wrong, but I don't think the released kernel means much. We've already had released kernels for 5.1.1, and as far as I know there's been no root for 5.1.1.
FevenKitsune said:
I could be wrong, but I don't think the released kernel means much. We've already had released kernels for 5.1.1, and as far as I know there's been no root for 5.1.1.
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yeaa...maybe we need to spam at&t for them to unlock it lol..
DefiledL said:
yeaa...maybe we need to spam at&t for them to unlock it lol..
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AT&T probably has received death threats to have some of their devices unlocked. I can assure you AT&T will just give you their whole PR crap about how "it's unsafe to do and can damage your device" as if we don't already know that. Also from a legal standpoint, owning a carrier device doesn't mean you actually own the device, you just are "borrowing" it. It's in the small text of the crap they make you sign. They aren't legally obliged to do anything.
FevenKitsune said:
AT&T probably has received death threats to have some of their devices unlocked. I can assure you AT&T will just give you their whole PR crap about how "it's unsafe to do and can damage your device" as if we don't already know that. Also from a legal standpoint, owning a carrier device doesn't mean you actually own the device, you just are "borrowing" it. It's in the small text of the crap they make you sign. They aren't legally obliged to do anything.
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Yea... sadly :/ Wish the laws were a bit different.
DefiledL said:
Yea... sadly :/ Wish the laws were a bit different.
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The best solution is to get an unlocked phone from the start. There's not many phones like the S6 Active, but any phone with a case and screen protector gets pretty damn close.
This sucks I've been searching for weeks on methods to root it everybody seems to think it can be rooted but it can't I'm frustrated at the thought of att locking the bootloader anybody got any good news yet about root for the S6A
Diesel Guy said:
This sucks I've been searching for weeks on methods to root it everybody seems to think it can be rooted but it can't I'm frustrated at the thought of att locking the bootloader anybody got any good news yet about root for the S6A
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Until they can figure out how to change the status of SELinux to allow for root via. Dirty Cow, there is no current hope for a root method. Not unless a much more experienced developer comes on the scene. However, from what I've seen, even the standard S6 has hardly had much luck with a root method.
WWWhaat said:
Hi All,
I see the development kernel is now out, but we still have the locked boot loader problem. Has there ever been a time that AT&T has allowed access/unlocked the boot loader before?
Thanks!
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Yes. The at&t variants of the galaxy s2 and galaxy s3 have factory unlocked bootloaders. When the s4 came out, at&t decided then to start locking bootloaders. However, the early s4 firmware (the MDL firmware) had a flaw in the bootloader which allowed a tool called "Loki doki" to bypass the lock and boot custom ROM and kernels. Later firmware updates fixed this hole.
WWWhaat said:
Hi All,
I see the development kernel is now out, but we still have the locked boot loader problem. Has there ever been a time that AT&T has allowed access/unlocked the boot loader before? Even if we do gain root access at this point (with the S8 coming out in a few months), would we get any custom ROM development or other things that are out for other phones?
I guess, at this point, what is the best case scenario?
Thanks!
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I posted Crom.apk link in another thread...i am using the J3 running MM 6.0.1....so it should be compatible ...its under the bounty page. Unlocks bootloaders for samsung devices
Anyone come up with a solution to get root access?
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I did my research but I'm still unsure of a few things.
Once you root your device there is no going back if there is a problem with your phone and need to send it back HTC will know or can you completely go back to 100% unroot/stock like you could with the HTC Magic? Is this true?
I don't plan on installing a custom ROM I just want to use some root programs such as WiFi teather. Will I still get OTA updates from Google?
Wow every single question you just asked has been asked so many times its not even funny..
There really REALLY needs to be a Rooting 101 thread to inform people properly of what rooting does and is, and what are the benefits. Searching just isn't happening it seems..
I'm still searching the forums for definitive answers to my questions and I'm not finding them.
Eclair~ said:
Wow every single question you just asked has been asked so many times its not even funny..
There really REALLY needs to be a Rooting 101 thread to inform people properly of what rooting does and is, and what are the benefits. Searching just isn't happening it seems..
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I'm still searching the forums for definitive answers to my questions and I'm not finding them.
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@ Eclair-I have a feeling people don't see the page2 button at the bottom....
@ Broken89- Search back a few pages.....answer is NO.....N1 un-locking is final.....There is no going back *YET*!!!!
- You will not get OTA updates unless you install the stock ROM and the default recovery (or so I heard, don't know about the recover part) though many ROMs include OTA features before they are released. Like himem (using all the available RAM), trackball colors, and gif image support.
- Once you unlock your bootloader (which you have to do to root) you cannot at this time re-lock it on our N1's. Notice I said 'at this time'. It seems HTC is still covering hardware defects such as dust and touch screen calibration issues for SOME people, while others are being charged or refused. You can unroot, but you cannot relock your unlocked bootloader.
- WiFi tethering I believe may still require custom ROMs.
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@ Eclair-I have a feeling people don't see the page2 button at the bottom....
@ Broken89- Search back a few pages.....answer is NO.....N1 un-locking is final.....There is no going back *YET*!!!!
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I went far beyond page 10 in both QA and General. I don't know if I just overlooked what I was looking for or what.
Eclair~ said:
- You will not get OTA updates unless you install the stock ROM and the default recovery (or so I heard, don't know about the recover part) though many ROMs include OTA features before they are released. Like himem (using all the available RAM), trackball colors, and gif image support.
- Once you unlock your bootloader (which you have to do to root) you cannot at this time re-lock it on our N1's. Notice I said 'at this time'. It seems HTC is still covering hardware defects such as dust and touch screen calibration issues for SOME people, while others are being charged or refused. You can unroot, but you cannot relock your unlocked bootloader.
- WiFi tethering I believe may still require custom ROMs.
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Meh you were right apparently the stock kerenel dosent support it. If I update the Kerenl will I still get OTA Updates from google? and would there be any harm from doing so?
Thanks for the help guys.
Since we got the new official 4.3 update, that means we got a new bootloader with the update right? If so, does anyone know if anyone has tried to get this unlocked even though we had no success with 4.2.2? I don't know if I can help get it done or not cause I don't have much background with actually unlocking it but I'm willing to help if possible. :fingers-crossed: Might run into problems with KNOX though.. idk.
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xAjCx said:
Since we got the new official 4.3 update, that means we got a new bootloader with the update right? If so, does anyone know if anyone has tried to get this unlocked even though we had no success with 4.2.2? I don't know if I can help get it done or not cause I don't have much background with actually unlocking it but I'm willing to help if possible. :fingers-crossed: Might run into problems with KNOX though.. idk.
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Hello,
I bought an unlocked Samsung S4 Active I537 from ATT, but I use it in Canada.
I have tried to use Goomanager, TWRP manager, safestrap, quickboot; but the phone goes back to the normal bootloader.
When I try to install a ROM from my SD card (by normal bootloader) it does not do anything at all; just stays on the same screen for a minute then reboots normally.
I am guessing the bootloader isnt unlocked.
What tips you got?
Thanks!
drakul123 said:
Hello,
I bought an unlocked Samsung S4 Active I537 from ATT, but I use it in Canada.
I have tried to use Goomanager, TWRP manager, safestrap, quickboot; but the phone goes back to the normal bootloader.
When I try to install a ROM from my SD card (by normal bootloader) it does not do anything at all; just stays on the same screen for a minute then reboots normally.
I am guessing the bootloader isnt unlocked.
What tips you got?
Thanks!
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The bootloader is still locked and currently there's nothing you can do about it. If you want to follow the progress read through this thread.
I learned that the hard way
Devo7v said:
The bootloader is still locked and currently there's nothing you can do about it. If you want to follow the progress read through this thread.
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In advance: sorry to sound bitter; but wasn't fun how useless can be a device with a locked bootloader.
So the google apps stopped working and the whole thing is pretty much gone to hell/
IF samsung hadnt locked it so good (in a non-compliment kind of way) I could just install a new ROM and done, even better than with their weird touch wiz. But they locked it well so the phone is pretty much an average control remote in present time.
All samsung devices are locked like this one?
or that's their only garbage version ?
If that's the way they roll... no more Samsung phones ever for me.
There is a reason I stopped buying apple stuff... I dont like buying a device that is limited not because of its hardware, but because of the useless things a brand adds to make it useless. (like locking the bootloader)
Anyways... I am considering buying another phone for now.:silly:
drakul123 said:
In advance: sorry to sound bitter; but wasn't fun how useless can be a device with a locked bootloader.
So the google apps stopped working and the whole thing is pretty much gone to hell/
IF samsung hadnt locked it so good (in a non-compliment kind of way) I could just install a new ROM and done, even better than with their weird touch wiz. But they locked it well so the phone is pretty much an average control remote in present time.
All samsung devices are locked like this one?
or that's their only garbage version ?
If that's the way they roll... no more Samsung phones ever for me.
There is a reason I stopped buying apple stuff... I dont like buying a device that is limited not because of its hardware, but because of the useless things a brand adds to make it useless. (like locking the bootloader)
Anyways... I am considering buying another phone for now.:silly:
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The device is far from useless, you can still root and flash custom ROMs, just not CM or AOSP based ROMs. I've posted all the stock ROMs and instructions on how to flash them, so if you do mess up your phone you can always start from scratch.
To answer your question about all Samsung phones, pretty much all Samsung phones from the GS3 an later that were sold by AT&T and Verizon have locked bootloaders. Nearly all the international versions as well as T-Mobile versions are sold with an unlocked bootloader, so you don't necessarily need to boycott Samsung, you just need to be more careful when purchasing a Samsung phone in the future.
Devo7v said:
The device is far from useless, you can still root and flash custom ROMs, just not CM or AOSP based ROMs. I've posted all the stock ROMs and instructions on how to flash them, so if you do mess up your phone you can always start from scratch.
To answer your question about all Samsung phones, pretty much all Samsung phones from the GS3 an later that were sold by AT&T and Verizon have locked bootloaders. Nearly all the international versions as well as T-Mobile versions are sold with an unlocked bootloader, so you don't necessarily need to boycott Samsung, you just need to be more careful when purchasing a Samsung phone in the future.
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Hey there
Where did you post these ways of re installing all?
I saw many posts around here about reinstalling but I couldnt move on after they required the Samsung to do something through the bootloader.
Also there was a post to uninstall using Odin, but the post had missing files so couldnt do it.
Keep me posted!
drakul123 said:
Hey there
Where did you post these ways of re installing all?
I saw many posts around here about reinstalling but I couldnt move on after they required the Samsung to do something through the bootloader.
Also there was a post to uninstall using Odin, but the post had missing files so couldnt do it.
Keep me posted!
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2835481
Well that time has come again. Moving from my S4 to an S6 which comes in on Thurs. So I am trying to read up now on it. Get this rooted.. and HOPE TO GOD.. this isnt like the ATT S4.. where I couldnt even change the recovery out.. or kernel.. So I am hoping T-Mobile still allows for the fun stuff without any safestrap.
Also.. that being said... T-Mobile appears to have made an odd mistake.. For upgrades (or even new lines). Right now, when I looked.. Galaxy S6 64GB is 0 down, 24$ a month, or 580$ retail.. However.. right next to it.. the 128GB is the same exact cost... Whats more sad is. The 32GB Galaxy 6 Edge.. costs more. Same specs as everyone knows.. So just in case people wanna jump on it.
Anyways I am looking to get some insight on where I will start reading on the guides, or what I can and cannot do out of the box. (In case "x" version I cant do anything with atm) Need to root as well. So a "starting place" is what I need to start my journey and research.
Now for Roms. Thats always the catch.. so many out there and knowing what does what or who is stable and great. Main thing I always look for in a rom is cifs.ko support so I can mount external nas drives to my phone directly and access. Stock kernels dont usually let me. Unless the S6 is different?
Anyways thanks for any starter places and advice for me on where to start looking for when I get it thurs. (The 128GB!!!!)
Edit: Just got my S6 in early, Its 5.0.2
You can change recovery, flash Roms, kernels, root and all that fun stuff. You just can't downgrade firmwares. Also of course it will trip knox and you won't be able to use samsung pay. But it's no mistake the 64gb and 128gb are the same price, don't know why but T-Mobile has been pricing them the same for a while now
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serio22 said:
You can change recovery, flash Roms, kernels, root and all that fun stuff. You just can't downgrade firmwares. Also of course it will trip knox and you won't be able to use samsung pay. But it's no mistake the 64gb and 128gb are the same price, don't know why but T-Mobile has been pricing them the same for a while now
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Wow really? Thats still so odd.. and the fact that the edge still costs more for less storage... Yes it sucks about no microsd.. but My 16GB S4 + 64GB Micro.. sucked worse since everytime an app updated... it would take it off sd data.. and move it right back to internal.
Good to know that I can fully mod this one again! Not being able to use Samsung pay... yea.. that could really suck.. (Read: How many of us actually use it since Google wallet wasnt really major... bleh..)
So out of the box, any issues I should know about when trying to least get the recovery rom up there? I figure before I play with stock and root.. I should LEAST install the recovery part of it making my life easier for the future.
In developer options, turn on OEM Unlocking, you should have no issues after that. For root you need a custom kernel, recovery you just flash with Odin
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serio22 said:
In developer options, turn on OEM Unlocking, you should have no issues after that. For root you need a custom kernel, recovery you just flash with Odin
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Wow so basically you are saying Samsung made it simple for us to do stuff without many hoops to go through? And root.. has to be a new kernel eh...? Which really makes me wonder.. which one to go with heh. You know any good ones that have cifs mounting support off hand?
Mysticales said:
Wow so basically you are saying Samsung made it simple for us to do stuff without many hoops to go through? And root.. has to be a new kernel eh...? Which really makes me wonder.. which one to go with heh. You know any good ones that have cifs mounting support off hand?
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Well somewhat. Before you didn't have to do anything, but at least the option is there. Doesn't have to be the newest, but has to be based off of at least 5.1. Don't know which ones support cifs. Sorry
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Hrm ok. So still more studying to do. So I have to get a 5.1 kernel you said? I thought Android had a higher version out already?
Also anyone here have a rom they have been enjoying for gaming, networking, and still of course have wifi calling? Oh yes... the other thing I forgot I really would like... Wifi tethering where I once again can change the mac id.. so I can trick my 3ds into thinking I am the Nintendo zone stuff...
Edit: ACK! My phone came today! 1 day early.. didnt expect it till tm.. since I ordered it last night.. Damnit. now I gotta read up more today and apply.
Ok, So with my device being 5.0.2. I am reading up on pingpong, but doesnt list my 5.0.2 S6 build on it?
Then looking at various things about rooting it while keeping knox? Or others saying that messes up other things.. Then I still dont know if that knox protection is just for root + stock... but that it would still trip moment you flash to another rom?
Which case makes me wonder.. should I just odin flash to 5.1.1 with the firmware files found that have root already in it? Or stay on 5.0.2? Kinda confused atm my starting point.
Alright so you have a couple of choices. First off, do you care if your knox gets tripped or not?
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serio22 said:
Alright so you have a couple of choices. First off, do you care if your knox gets tripped or not?
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Hi Serio. 1st off last night did some studying. I would "Prefer" least for my 1st year.. not to trip Knox.
I was given a 920F Engineering BL to flash with ODIN, However it keeps failing, so I dont know if I need a 920T Eng BL? (If I do.. someone please PM me with it...?)
Been posting on this rom which looked great.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/gal...dition-1-0-t3094423/post63669740#post63669740
However then I noticed.. its not on the T-Mobile forum.. sigh.. So I dont know if it has Wifi calling on it. Or if I can 100% use this. I assume I can tho.
In the end result.. if I cant get eng bl.. Ill say hell with it. Flash to 5.1.1 bl/modem, trip knox, get my rom going and still have fingerprint. Atm.. I wasnt minding the lack of fingerprint reader if it meant holding warrenty some.
Yeah you need 920T engineering bootloader. The rom you posted does not have WiFi calling, you need to find one in the T-Mobile section for that.
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Mysticales said:
Hi Serio. 1st off last night did some studying. I would "Prefer" least for my 1st year.. not to trip Knox.
I was given a 920F Engineering BL to flash with ODIN, However it keeps failing, so I dont know if I need a 920T Eng BL? (If I do.. someone please PM me with it...?)
Been posting on this rom which looked great.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/gal...dition-1-0-t3094423/post63669740#post63669740
However then I noticed.. its not on the T-Mobile forum.. sigh.. So I dont know if it has Wifi calling on it. Or if I can 100% use this. I assume I can tho.
In the end result.. if I cant get eng bl.. Ill say hell with it. Flash to 5.1.1 bl/modem, trip knox, get my rom going and still have fingerprint. Atm.. I wasnt minding the lack of fingerprint reader if it meant holding warrenty some.
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If you don't want to trip Knox and still keep all other functions intact, you could technically stay on 5.0.2. Then, you can root with PingPongRoot and flash a ROM using FlashFire.
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If you don't want to trip Knox and still keep all other functions intact, you could technically stay on 5.0.2. Then, you can root with PingPongRoot and flash a ROM using FlashFire.
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Yes, but if you try this you need to make sure you only flash 5.0.2 roms and remove boot.img from the zips before flashing or you will trip knox. The advantage with the Eng BL and 5.0.2 roms is that you can have custom kernels as well and retain fingerprint functionality and keep knox intact. You can flash 5.1.1 roms with eng bl but you will lose fingerprint function
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Well I got the 920T Eng BL, which flashed ok. I flashed TWRP.. However having issues getting into recovery mode now to GO to the next step. I plan to use xtrestolite from the 920F forum. Which seems more updated then the 920T version of it. Should be ok I hope. Also That 5.1.1 rom supports 5.0.2 Eng BL. Of course, no fingerprint.
But yea, just trying to get into the recovery now.
Mysticales said:
Well I got the 920T Eng BL, which flashed ok. I flashed TWRP.. However having issues getting into recovery mode now to GO to the next step. I plan to use xtrestolite from the 920F forum. Which seems more updated then the 920T version of it. Should be ok I hope. Also That 5.1.1 rom supports 5.0.2 Eng BL. Of course, no fingerprint.
But yea, just trying to get into the recovery now.
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Doesn't f lashing twrp trip knox?
No, I believe flashing a kernel does that.
Also In the end, I screwed the rules. Blew knox to hell. Went with 5.1.1 Xenolite from the 920F forums which is more up to date. I dont have wifi calling tho sadly cause of this choice. But least phone is working fine.
So is there a way to root 5.1.1 without messing up Knox?
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So is there a way to root 5.1.1 without messing up Knox?
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Yea Ping Pong Root I think does that.
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Yea Ping Pong Root I think does that.
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ping pong root only works on 5.02 i believe.....
I got it to work following this guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s6-edge/general/howto-flash-g92xf-t-tripping-knox-t3158606
thanks pmichaelro
Hi Everyone, If this is the wrong place to post this plz MODERATORS move it to correct place..
Ok so we all know what safestrap is, and that it's not TWRP really...
We also know that the bootloader on the SM-N900A isn't unlockable...
So I usually develop stuff for LG devices, but I got hands on an old Note 3 from At&t and want to
find a way to get past the limitations of Safestrap and the roms are all mostly lollipop K.K or J.B based.
without the bootloader unlocked we can't change the kernel away from stock...
Well I've been reading some things in reddit about S8 and S8+ etc.
and supposedly they have patched Odin not to check model numbers etc.
same with S9 see here:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s9/how-to/how-to-flash-u1-firmware-to-device-t3765200
and so what I'm thinking is...
The modded/patched Odin has the model-ID and SHA hash check disabled, therefore allowing you to flash an unbranded "U1" firmware onto a branded "U" phone and vice versa.
As of now this works on most US Qualcom (QC) models, but an increasing number of international Exynos (EX) models now include a new RMM security which prevents this kind of cross-flashing unless you first disable the RMM, by flashing an RMM-Disabler package through TWRP.
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if we use this method to flash the tmobile branded firmware for the note 3 will we then be able to simply boot to TWRP This device has no fastboot...
If this seems like a really bad stupid Idea please say so and explain exactly why.
If this seems like it might work please explain how and why.
If you have tried this please let me know what the outcome was.
Thanks for reading
just looking for more input before I FRY a thousand dollar phone
old as it is it's still nice.
Would you not be better in the AT&T forum >>or TMobile forum
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Would you not be better in the AT&T forum >>or TMobile forum
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you may be correct, but I just wanted experienced dev's to talk to about this and If I post on at&t specific threads, I'll likely have to tell a bunch of noobs that NO i haven't tried it yet { about to } and that no this isn't yet a bootloader unlock.
I wanted to discuss this with seasoned Devs such as @jcase
Any thoughts?
anyone?
Have a look almost nil Dev action on this section since day one .
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Have a look almost nil Dev action on this section since day one .
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Well It's turned to a dead end, and I no longer believe it possible.
I can confirm flashing the modem.bin to modem partition resulted in soft-brick
so i'm scared to try flashing the boot aboot sbl etc.
I'm now looking for a way to possibly boot a modified second
boot.img through a boot hijack, to enable me to use something like EFIdroid to boot custom roms...
So I messed up...Was trying to root and got stuck in a bootloop after flashing MAGISK, so I tried to just reflash the stock image...
I flashed successfully and got out of the bootloop but my wifi stopped working, so I rebooted and tried to reflash with the Pie image instead of oreo. For some reason I was getting errors so I got this bright idea to run the commands one by one in the Flash-All.bat.
But I still kept getting errors so I thought id reboot the bootloader and try again...thats where everything went south..Screen went black cant get to fastboot mode cant get to recovey..Pc recogizes the phone as "Qualcomm HS-USB QDLoader 9008" Bashing my head finding old LG threads that cant work for the razer, I dont know what to do...Any suggestions? Or am i just completely screwed.
Bad news I'm afraid but that's a hard brick you've got there there's nothing you can do to fix that afaik.
Mate, try this link? I googled around for you and this came up. Worth a shot -- best case it fixes it, worst case you're back to square one.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/development/guide-fixing-hard-bricks-t3403868
w00tnezz said:
Mate, try this link? I googled around for you and this came up. Worth a shot -- best case it fixes it, worst case you're back to square one.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/development/guide-fixing-hard-bricks-t3403868
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I saw that link on my hunt but I can't use it because the files provided are specific to LG L70 devices, the Razer doesn't use TOT files for firmware they use I'm going file's and the software he provided (which I tried) can only flash tot files.
Thank you though!
Rox598 said:
Bad news I'm afraid but that's a hard brick you've got there there's nothing you can do to fix that afaik.
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Yeah that's what I was afraid of. Well luckily I am able to get it replaced... maybe not the most honest way but I only had it for a day so I went to where I bought it and told them it stopped working and they are sending me a replacement. Since it doesn't actually turn on they can't see that I unlocked the bootloader.... however...I'm still gonna try to root it I'll be more careful but I need root! I've been rooted since way back in Evo4g and Galaxy S1 days I use allot of root features I just can't give up..it's why I dropped Samsungs and went to Razer since Samsung started locking bootloader's... anyway hope it goes better the second time around lol
majicmazo said:
Yeah that's what I was afraid of. Well luckily I am able to get it replaced... maybe not the most honest way but I only had it for a day so I went to where I bought it and told them it stopped working and they are sending me a replacement. Since it doesn't actually turn on they can't see that I unlocked the bootloader.... however...I'm still gonna try to root it I'll be more careful but I need root! I've been rooted since way back in Evo4g and Galaxy S1 days I use allot of root features I just can't give up..it's why I dropped Samsungs and went to Razer since Samsung started locking bootloader's... anyway hope it goes better the second time around lol
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I'm glad you're getting it replaced! May I ask what factory image did you try to flash onto the device? Pie MR0 or MR1?
Rox598 said:
I'm glad you're getting it replaced! May I ask what factory image did you try to flash onto the device? Pie MR0 or MR1?
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It was MR1 from March 2019 the 9.0 one.
Just an update got my replacement and rooted it! I didnt bother with the TWRP method I just patched my boot image with Magisk and BAM! anyway now im happy time to transfer over my old phone stuff and im good!
majicmazo said:
I use allot of root features I just can't give up
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With the lack of Custom ROMs what root features are you looking for exactly?
I just ordered mine today and like you I've rooted all my past phones except my current LG G6 (which can't be hence my upgrade)
The only thing I usually really need root access for is the free tethering without AT&T knowing and I was able to do that to the G6 without root.
Not trying to be mean or anything I'm just curious.
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With the lack of Custom ROMs what root features are you looking for exactly?
I just ordered mine today and like you I've rooted all my past phones except my current LG G6 (which can't be hence my upgrade)
The only thing I usually really need root access for is the free tethering without AT&T knowing and I was able to do that to the G6 without root.
Not trying to be mean or anything I'm just curious.
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Block ads.
Overclock for speed
underclock for battery.
Remove bloatware
Change boot animations
Thats just some of many more...
A whole world of possibilities woth root beyond tetheting and roms.
Sorry for the months later answer i just saw this.
Btw i got this thing replaced and rooted the second time around just fine im very happy now