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I used to work with WM 5 & 6 phones, had plenty of them and enjoyed them all until I discovered the HTC Magic. What a giant leap forward!! Especially when using Google Apps as we do. I am however a bit reluctant to root the magic as it doesn’t seem like a walk in the park. I really miss being able to backup SMS messages and all the other apps that only run on rooted devices.
So my question is if the HERO is a rooted device or not.
Does anybody have an answer to this question? I’m so tempted to preorder one
the answer to the question should be probably yes seing how people have the system dump files. so its just a matter of time
In the meantime, you can back up SMS and MMS with GBackup from Market - backs up to Gmail automatically - can also back up call log and pics...
Dayzz
Apologies for my ignorance but what does rooting the phone mean? I've just come from using a Windows mobile phone - which I have been using since the original SPV!
Root access comes from Unix - Linux operating system speak (which is what Android runs on). Root basically means administrator privileges. So if you can run under root access then you have privileges to change/modify/do anything.
In the phone out of the box you do not have root to protect the phone from modifications that could brick it. People who do modifications under root access need to either know what they are doing, or follow a script from someone who knows what they are doing.
Ofcourse it's not 'rooted' when you unpack it from the box.
Eventually I'll guess the Hero will be rooted, but when and how... we'll just have to wait.
dipje said:
Ofcourse it's not 'rooted' when you unpack it from the box.
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Easy son... He asked, I provided.
barryallott said:
Easy son... He asked, I provided.
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wasn't ment to be offensive in any way ...
barryallott said:
Root access comes from Unix - Linux operating system speak (which is what Android runs on). Root basically means administrator privileges. So if you can run under root access then you have privileges to change/modify/do anything.
In the phone out of the box you do not have root to protect the phone from modifications that could brick it. People who do modifications under root access need to either know what they are doing, or follow a script from someone who knows what they are doing.
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But as in Unix /Linux you use an ordinary login for normal day to operations and su to to use root. You have to consciously change your privelidges which is safer!!
Simon
Lots of useful info on allsorts, including rooting and other hacks here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=542452
Daisy xx
Anyone know how to root a Sharp SH-02E (ICS 4.0.4)? Even a temporary root is fine, I only want to install a particular apk in /system/app.
Many thanks.
I am looking for the Sharp Aquos Zeta root also, not for me but for my friend
I'll subscribe here and repost if I find something somewhere else.
Try this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1886460
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DPK
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dkmali said:
Try this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1886460
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DPK
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Tried and failed.
There's a discussion on a Japanese BBS that I think is onto something. Unfortunately there's a stupid rule here that means I can't post a link to it. The page title is '【ROM焼き】docomo AQUOS PHONE ZETA SH-02E root1' and it should be the top result on Google for 'sh-02e root'. The fun starts at post 75.
If we can just get ROOT and Custom Recovery on this device - it simply becomes the most powerful and advanced communicator in the world.. However no root - no life..
Two things:
Any luck with a custom recovery yet?
And can anyone dump the kernel and stock rom?
Happy to give it a crack...
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jaseli said:
Tried and failed.
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Did you manage to get update 01.00.05 anyhow flashed outside Japan?
http://www.nttdocomo.co.jp/support/utilization/product_update/list/sh02e/index.html
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Did you manage to get update 01.00.05 anyhow flashed outside Japan?
http://www.nttdocomo.co.jp/support/utilization/product_update/list/sh02e/index.html
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it is currently impossible to upgrade this phone out of Japan.
i am still on 01.00.03
I have a sh203 and I would like to root my phone also
>_<
Arrgh, this is so frustrating. You look on the 2ch thread and you can see they've done it. Temp root, MIYABI permanent root, they've done it all. The instructions aren't too hard to follow but I cannot for the life of me find the password (キーワード) required to download the files from axfc.net. If I had those files I could root the phone and post a guide here in English. For goodness sake it's staring me right there in the face and there's not a thing I can do about it. And of course because this is XDA, I can't even post you a link to the thread. It's the same thread title as earlier. You want to start from post 542 onwards, if you want a try yourself.
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Arrgh, this is so frustrating. You look on the 2ch thread and you can see they've done it. Temp root, MIYABI permanent root, they've done it all. The instructions aren't too hard to follow but I cannot for the life of me find the password (キーワード) required to download the files from axfc.net. If I had those files I could root the phone and post a guide here in English. For goodness sake it's staring me right there in the face and there's not a thing I can do about it. And of course because this is XDA, I can't even post you a link to the thread. It's the same thread title as earlier. You want to start from post 542 onwards, if you want a try yourself.
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yes , please guide me how to root the phone permantly , thanks a lot !!
OK I've made some progress. I've got a temporary root, and am three hex numbers away from a full root. You'll need
The Sharp USB drivers, that are on Sharp's developer site.
ADB, as usual
The guide itself, which I can't like to. Post 672 on the 2ch thread.
The extra files, likewise. Post 680.
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It's well written and pretty straightforward. Only minimal use of Google Translate will be necessary.
In the guide you'll find three lines of the form
Code:
./acdbwritevalue <address> <value>
where <address> and <value> are hexadecimal numbers.
The problem is that the guide is written for build number 01.00.05, the latest one. Unfortunetely I'm stuck on 01.00.03, so while the <value> numbers are the same, the <address> numbers are differrent, and I need to find the right ones. If you're on 01.00.05 feel free to go through the guide and share your results. Alternatively, if you know how to force the phone to update without being in Japan on Docomo, please share that too.
WithLoveFromExIA said:
OK I've made some progress. I've got a temporary root, and am three hex numbers away from a full root. You'll need
The Sharp USB drivers, that are on Sharp's developer site.
ADB, as usual
The guide itself, which I can't like to. Post 672 on the 2ch thread.
The extra files, likewise. Post 680.
.
It's well written and pretty straightforward. Only minimal use of Google Translate will be necessary.
In the guide you'll find three lines of the form
Code:
./acdbwritevalue <address> <value>
where <address> and <value> are hexadecimal numbers.
The problem is that the guide is written for build number 01.00.05, the latest one. Unfortunetely I'm stuck on 01.00.03, so while the <value> numbers are the same, the <address> numbers are differrent, and I need to find the right ones. If you're on 01.00.05 feel free to go through the guide and share your results. Alternatively, if you know how to force the phone to update without being in Japan on Docomo, please share that too.
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Although I haven't got SH02E, I have found some extra files, which was mentioned in the Japanese guide for root, expect Busybox, enjoy.
The best phone of 2013 on the worse company in the world
Tommi_Vercetti said:
Although I haven't got SH02E, I have found some extra files, which was mentioned in the Japanese guide for root, expect Busybox, enjoy.
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Thanks a lot. Luckily I came to Japan for Vacation and was able to find someone else to lend me a Usim card to update. DoCoMo are worse than Motorola, Apple and ATT when it comes to restricting your phone. Hell, I can't even use the native FM function without DoCoMo. How can Sharp expect to come out of the hole of bankruptcy when doing this sort of business? Look at the crappy Samsung company. Awful phones that everyone buys because they decided to be "untied" to companies at the beginning and for that reason they owned the market.
If Japan is really serious into getting its technological market back, better start uncopying the USA practice of enslaving their phones and tablets to telecomunication companies.
It's a shame that the best phone right now, the Sharp Aquos Zeta Sh-02e, with its awesome new screen and specs, is going to the trash as if it was a failure, just because they don't make deals with companies outside Japan.
16MPixel CAMERA!!! IGZO ultra clear screen!!! Quad Core!! 2gb Ram!! all the specs of all the other phones plus like 30 that none of them have!! A total shame, Sharp!
Find it carefully and you will find a good guy have written a script for temp root, I used the script to have my SH-02E rooted.
And, as far as I can read the topic, the unlock file is for NAND crack and may write to recovery area.
I don't test that coz of warranty, the reason I want to root is to put some message backup back(something like LINE) and remote control (VNC server for example)
And, yes, you can find the temp root solution for both 1.0.4 and 1.0.5, but no 1.0.3, good luck!
Do you have some files for rooting sh02e 1.00.04
rotalume said:
Find it carefully and you will find a good guy have written a script for temp root, I used the script to have my SH-02E rooted.
And, as far as I can read the topic, the unlock file is for NAND crack and may write to recovery area.
I don't test that coz of warranty, the reason I want to root is to put some message backup back(something like LINE) and remote control (VNC server for example)
And, yes, you can find the temp root solution for both 1.0.4 and 1.0.5, but no 1.0.3, good luck!
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Do you have some files for rooting sh02e 1.00.04, I think many guys here are needing the solution
Hi rotalume
thanks for the note... can i ask a favor? i really need some help to install the SH-02E driver in windows.
tried to download the file from sharp's web, but after executing the install exe file, a bundle of unreadable signs come out, and i check my device manager, there is not SH-02E USB handler or SH-02E modem. I just want to make use of Helium (backup) to extract / restore apps and data...
thank you for your help in advance.
P.S. I guess to get the temp root script pushed to SH-02E, this driver is essential as well.
thanks again
jaseli said:
Hi rotalume
thanks for the note... can i ask a favor? i really need some help to install the SH-02E driver in windows.
tried to download the file from sharp's web, but after executing the install exe file, a bundle of unreadable signs come out, and i check my device manager, there is not SH-02E USB handler or SH-02E modem. I just want to make use of Helium (backup) to extract / restore apps and data...
thank you for your help in advance.
P.S. I guess to get the temp root script pushed to SH-02E, this driver is essential as well.
thanks again
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The one you've installed is not ADB Driver, check ADB driver at developer site(I'm to young to post a link )
File name will be given as this form : usb_driver_SHARP_r6.10.zip
Download and extract, then install the driver by device manager.
And, I've used Carbon before but in vain coz of ADB driver(the author had told me), I don't know if this issue has been solved.
For the files, sorry guys, I've found someone at other forums has used them for commercial purpose(it's a shame that ppl of my country is included), so the best I can give is to tell you the clue.
You can post your question and I will do my best, but no file will be provided atm.
Downloaded Sharp Aquos Zeta ADB drivers for SH-02E
rotalume said:
File name will be given as this form : usb_driver_SHARP_r6.10.zip
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I was able to find and download that driver by just selecting the name you wrote and making a search on Googl. It was the very first result. thanks a lot. Although I would love the name of the script or the title of the page you downloaded it from.
Thanks a lot.
Is there a fix for writing the external SD card for the One Max, similar to what has been done for the rooted Samsung Note 3?
I have had enough of not being able to root and run a custom recovery without tripping Samsung's stupid Knox counter. Before I come back to the HTC fold, I want to be sure I will be able to access my external card with KitKat on this phone. Can anyone confirm and share a link?
The solution was posted on the forums here and there and no one bothered to post for this
Quick Google gave me the answer, however i was able to use Root Explorer / ES file manager with root and it was able to do copy files to anywhere in the SD card.
Android.Ninja said:
☆☆☆I have tested and can confirm following these directions to the letter on a rooted device, does solve the problem on the Samsung Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 - SM-P900. I'm now able to write & save to my Sandisk 64gb HS SD card without any problems at all!☆☆☆
Instructions are below in red text. You must be rooted & follow them exactly!
1. Using a root-enabled file manager, navigate to /system/etc/permissions
2. Edit platform.xml and find the WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE permission.
3. Add an additional group definition for this permission...
4. Save the changes to the file.
5. Restart.
Developers don't need no stinkin' signature!
If I've been able to help you, please hit the "Thanks" button.
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mateenf said:
Hello All,
Since kitkat 4.4.2 was released on the Galaxy Note 3, many users were unable to write files to the External SD Card. Below is a simple fix for rooted users on the Galaxy Note 3 N9005 ( International Snapdragon Variant).
**Please be advised that I have only tested this on my personal N9005. However, you are free to test it on your own devices at your own risk!! **
1. Using a root-enabled file manager, navigate to /system/etc/permissions
2. Edit platform.xml and find the WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE permission.
3. Add an additional group definition for this permission...<group gid="media_rw" />
4. Save the changes to the file.
5. Restart.
Attached is a copy of my platform.xml.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2617921
Thanks for the info Pradeep. It does make sense that it would be the same fix for the same OS. Any other gotchas I should be aware of? It looks like I can lock/unlock, root/unroot, etc. and still return to bone stock if/when I want to, correct?
I have pretty much convinced myself to dump my Sprint Note 3 for the HTC One Max to get away from Samsung and get this tri-band phone to take advantage of Spark that is supposedly active in my area.
JimSmith94 said:
Thanks for the info Pradeep. It does make sense that it would be the same fix for the same OS. Any other gotchas I should be aware of? It looks like I can lock/unlock, root/unroot, etc. and still return to bone stock if/when I want to, correct?
I have pretty much convinced myself to dump my Sprint Note 3 for the HTC One Max to get away from Samsung and get this tri-band phone to take advantage of Spark that is supposedly active in my area.
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Yes you can easily return to stock, just s-off before updating the ROM and you should be all good to go!
JimSmith94 said:
Thanks for the info Pradeep. It does make sense that it would be the same fix for the same OS. Any other gotchas I should be aware of? It looks like I can lock/unlock, root/unroot, etc. and still return to bone stock if/when I want to, correct?
I have pretty much convinced myself to dump my Sprint Note 3 for the HTC One Max to get away from Samsung and get this tri-band phone to take advantage of Spark that is supposedly active in my area.
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@pradeepvizz here's some more background (article) on the changes that made this necessary.. i had posted it a while back but figured it's probably relevant to attach to this thread now.
http://www.androidpolice.com/2014/0...at-and-even-samsung-may-be-implementing-them/
dottat said:
@pradeepvizz here's some more background (article) on the changes that made this necessary.. i had posted it a while back but figured it's probably relevant to attach to this thread now.
http://www.androidpolice.com/2014/0...at-and-even-samsung-may-be-implementing-them/
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Thanks mate! remember reading the article sometime before
but guess what, i was able to copy files using root explorer using root permissions ofcourse! so i really wonder if that even matters for us rooted users.
I am not sure about ES file manager and other file managers, but root explorer did it for me without any change to the stock rom.
pradeepvizz said:
Thanks mate! remember reading the article sometime before
but guess what, i was able to copy files using root explorer using root permissions ofcourse! so i really wonder if that even matters for us rooted users.
I am not sure about ES file manager and other file managers, but root explorer did it for me without any change to the stock rom.
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I think the true fix is the above which won't require root perms for an app to be able to write to an external SD without (knowing to) prompt for SU.
Root ALWAYS trumps user/service/system accounts... it's the apps that won't know to use root though...
and sadly... i'm still waiting for kitkat.... might have two M8s coming home tonight for the ladies in the house which will only make me crazier...lol
dottat said:
I think the true fix is the above which won't require root perms for an app to be able to write to an external SD without (knowing to) prompt for SU.
Root ALWAYS trumps user/service/system accounts... it's the apps that won't know to use root though...
and sadly... i'm still waiting for kitkat.... might have two M8s coming home tonight for the ladies in the house which will only make me crazier...lol
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don't forget to visit the MAX forums
pradeepvizz said:
don't forget to visit the MAX forums
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lol.. i am not going anywhere till the one max 2014
dottat said:
lol.. i am not going anywhere till the one max 2014
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+1 same here, there are little rumors that there might not be a 2014 version of the max, that is worrying!!!
pradeepvizz said:
+1 same here, there are little rumors that there might not be a 2014 version of the max, that is worrying!!!
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Considering their new vision I'd doubt those rumors. I haven't heard anything like that myself from anybody reputable...
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jimsmith94 said:
is there a fix for writing the external sd card for the one max, similar to what has been done for the rooted samsung note 3?
I have had enough of not being able to root and run a custom recovery without tripping samsung's stupid knox counter. Before i come back to the htc fold, i want to be sure i will be able to access my external card with kitkat on this phone. Can anyone confirm and share a link?
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hello,
i have spoken with htc support ... They told me really you can´t make anything on your sd card ... With 3 part software like es file explorer.... I can´t believe it that they don´t know about it before the update to 4.4 .... But i think if htc would make as a manufacturer a file browser .... We could edit things on sd card .... (they told me ... If more than 100 users write such demand to htc support they software engineers will work on it)
but from google it is a thing ... That me makes angry .... Now is a phone with a sd card garbage ... Ok ... Root ... But after that you loose warranty on the motherboard.....
Build in batery, build in memory .... In two years, what will be next ? Buy a high end phone for 3 months and after that exchange ? Because everything is just a demo or a crap of china for 1 time use?
Quality of these days goes down like the human world it is just a mirror, everything what i have bayed in last 2 - 3 years had to be repaired in warranty. (solution .... Back to the woods and run just with a stick this is the new century ... Century of top **** quality?)
This app makes it ultra easy for those rooted to write to SD card - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=51527203
syndikatcz said:
hello,
i have spoken with htc support ... They told me really you can´t make anything on your sd card ... With 3 part software like es file explorer.... I can´t believe it that they don´t know about it before the update to 4.4 .... But i think if htc would make as a manufacturer a file browser .... We could edit things on sd card .... (they told me ... If more than 100 users write such demand to htc support they software engineers will work on it)
but from google it is a thing ... That me makes angry .... Now is a phone with a sd card garbage ... Ok ... Root ... But after that you loose warranty on the motherboard.....
Build in batery, build in memory .... In two years, what will be next ? Buy a high end phone for 3 months and after that exchange ? Because everything is just a demo or a crap of china for 1 time use?
Quality of these days goes down like the human world it is just a mirror, everything what i have bayed in last 2 - 3 years had to be repaired in warranty. (solution .... Back to the woods and run just with a stick this is the new century ... Century of top **** quality?)
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This had nothing to do with HTC.... blame Google.... they made these changes to kitkat... not HTC.
http://www.androidcentral.com/kitkat-sdcard-changes
dottat said:
This had nothing to do with HTC.... blame Google.... they made these changes to kitkat... not HTC.
http://www.androidcentral.com/kitkat-sdcard-changes
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I know that .... But i think if HTC as a producer - first part ... producer of the software tooo... could make a file browser... the sd card would be more useful then now .... (now i must go to a pc and make changes .... delete ... write to it...)
After a file browser "commander" from htc .... you could make something with the sdcart from the phone ....
syndikatcz said:
I know that .... But i think if HTC as a producer - first part ... producer of the software tooo... could make a file browser... the sd card would be more useful then now .... (now i must go to a pc and make changes .... delete ... write to it...)
After a file browser "commander" from htc .... you could make something with the sdcart from the phone ....
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That would go against google's intent of closing the security hole.
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dottat said:
That would go against google's intent of closing the security hole.
Sent from my HTC6525LVW using Tapatalk
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in that case is a phone with a sd card useless.... i has chose android because of it variability ..... but this is a step backwards to the middle age, where google apple microsoft are kings ... and we are not people ... slaves .... shame on you google ...
hope the ara project will come so soon ass possible ... and i can have a phone that i really want...
syndikatcz said:
in that case is a phone with a sd card useless.... i has chose android because of it variability ..... but this is a step backwards to the middle age, where google apple microsoft are kings ... and we are not people ... slaves .... shame on you google ...
hope the ara project will come so soon ass possible ... and i can have a phone that i really want...
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There is a fix but you have to be rooted to be able to edit the platform.xml file or install a zip from recovery that does the same thing.
syndikatcz said:
in that case is a phone with a sd card useless.... i has chose android because of it variability ..... but this is a step backwards to the middle age, where google apple microsoft are kings ... and we are not people ... slaves .... shame on you google ...
hope the ara project will come so soon ass possible ... and i can have a phone that i really want...
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Sdcards are not useless to Google and carriers. Their apps can still write to them by default. Its only downloaded apps that cannot.
I hope Google reads this and takes this as my notice that they have become evil and it is just sickening.
JimSmith94 said:
There is a fix but you have to be rooted to be able to edit the platform.xml file or install a zip from recovery that does the same thing.
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yes but the warranty ....
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Jiggity Janx said:
Sdcards are not useless to Google and carriers. Their apps can still write to them by default. Its only downloaded apps that cannot.
I hope Google reads this and takes this as my notice that they have become evil and it is just sickening.
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.... what to say.... google can and everybody else no ....
it does´t help my, when i will delete something .... on the way ...
Hello everyone,
This is my first Galaxy Gear. I am digging the communication watch very much. However, As silly as this may sound i really want to add my own ringtone/Notification. There is so much fun potential with this from **** Tracy, Jetsons, Power Rangers and many more that i think would be great. I have high hopes for this $400 investment. But i really want to change the the sounds. Thanks for your time.
Inspector Gadget for me. I really hope someone chimes in with a workable method.
artyourmind said:
Hello everyone,
This is my first Galaxy Gear. I am digging the communication watch very much. However, As silly as this may sound i really want to add my own ringtone/Notification. There is so much fun potential with this from **** Tracy, Jetsons, Power Rangers and many more that i think would be great. I have high hopes for this $400 investment. But i really want to change the the sounds. Thanks for your time.
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Lots of us do but Samsung has locked down the file system section with the sounds in it, and they didn't give us an external folder to work with. This is why we need root my friend.
sbrownla said:
Lots of us do but Samsung has locked down the file system section with the sounds in it, and they didn't give us an external folder to work with. This is why we need root my friend.
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How does one root it? If i have never done it before should i not touch it? haha I was looking around for info on it but am terrified to try it.
artyourmind said:
How does one root it? If i have never done it before should i not touch it? haha I was looking around for info on it but am terrified to try it.
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I'm no pro at it but from what I have gathered, rooting requires first installing an insecure boot image that allows the device to have root turned on and off via SDB (like ADB but for the Gear devices). SDB is basically a command-line interfacing shell we use to manage the Gear's files and system settings, among other things. Turning root on through SDB allows user access and the ability to modify "system" level files and applications.
Samsung has locked up access to quite a bit of files on the Gear S, including ringtones and sounds for example. In contrast, on your Android phone Google and your manufacturer have created alternate folders outside of the "system" level that can hold sounds and ringtones that the system can also assign, and that you can modify, without having to have direct access to the actual system itself.
What a modder, who is able to figure out how to obtain root, is able to do is find an exploit in the boot process, and modify a boot image, package it up and make it available to us as a flashable file or a small application. With the Tizen Gear/2/Neo, there is an insecure boot image that any user can use Odin to flash. After flashing that insecure image, they can turn root access on or off.
I think that's about it. The hardest part is figuring out where the boot exploit is. Pulling apart the insecure boot image that was posted by someone else somewhere on here, as a file to flash the device with using Odin, could reveal helpful information. But it would have to be modified to suit the Gear S.
I don't want to test it out though until I can find the full stock firmware for my Gear S (AT&T) but it isn't available for some weird reason. All of the other versions are available. Without that stock image for my device I can't restore to my factory Gear. I'd have to flash a foreign version and I'm not about to try that.
sbrownla said:
I'm no pro at it but from what I have gathered, rooting requires first installing an insecure boot image that allows the device to have root turned on and off via SDB (like ADB but for the Gear devices). SDB is basically a command-line interfacing shell we use to manage the Gear's files and system settings, among other things. Turning root on through SDB allows user access and the ability to modify "system" level files and applications.
Samsung has locked up access to quite a bit of files on the Gear S, including ringtones and sounds for example. In contrast, on your Android phone Google and your manufacturer have created alternate folders outside of the "system" level that can hold sounds and ringtones that the system can also assign, and that you can modify, without having to have direct access to the actual system itself.
What a modder, who is able to figure out how to obtain root, is able to do is find an exploit in the boot process, and modify a boot image, package it up and make it available to us as a flashable file or a small application. With the Tizen Gear/2/Neo, there is an insecure boot image that any user can use Odin to flash. After flashing that insecure image, they can turn root access on or off.
I think that's about it. The hardest part is figuring out where the boot exploit is. Pulling apart the insecure boot image that was posted by someone else somewhere on here, as a file to flash the device with using Odin, could reveal helpful information. But it would have to be modified to suit the Gear S.
I don't want to test it out though until I can find the full stock firmware for my Gear S (AT&T) but it isn't available for some weird reason. All of the other versions are available. Without that stock image for my device I can't restore to my factory Gear. I'd have to flash a foreign version and I'm not about to try that.
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Are there other exploits used to root non US versions that might help?
Of the Gear S? Nothing I have been able to find at all. But of the Gear 2 yes and those will be telling. I'm going to take a little time to look at what's in the Gear 2 root image. I highly doubt I'm going to magically become smart enough to crack the code but I'm definitely learning a LOT as I poke around.
Seems like a very weird oversight by Samsung. Why not allow custom ringtones? I am hopeful this will be changed in an upcoming update.
ozaghloul said:
Seems like a very weird oversight by Samsung. Why not allow custom ringtones? I am hopeful this will be changed in an upcoming update.
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It is ... but they need to know we care ...
Okay so I was told to come here because my phone doesn't have its' own forum yet (Not at all surprising..), so I'm just going to quote my post back on the other thread that told me to come here instead.
Mc Fow1er said:
Okay so I've had this phone for little over 10 months now and within that time I've managed to achieve root (unreliable but it works at the very least) in that time as well as learned a fair amount about Linux and android alike (Not a whole lot but I know some stuff) though I've now come to the point of I actually want to give my phone a proper root instead of this faulty solution I have currently. I (barely) managed to get my phone rooted using Kingoroot and I've played plenty with my phones' innards in that time, removed system apps, added my own selection to the system but some apps in my phone that use root don't work even with root permission granted which is why I'm wanting to replace Kingoroot with ChainFires' SuperSU binaries, could anybody help me with simple instructions for someone who doesn't actually know very much regarding how root and SU bins work inside of android? My phone's using 4.4.2 kitkat.
Just a few disclaimers first to get misconceptions out the way:
1. I do not have a custom recovery nor is one available for my phone (Samsung galaxy young 2 (SM-S130H) for those who want to know)
2. I'm currently unable to use the internet on my phone as I lack Wi-Fi to do so (router is dead) so I'm manually installing app packages through ADB, so if something needs an internet connection on my phone it's not going to work for me, for now..PC still has net access.
3. I have access to ADB shells' SU but not ADB root so I hope you don't need that from me.
4. This phone does not have a fastboot mode. (That I can find anyway..) Only a download mode from what I've found.
Can anybody help me out with telling me what I'll need to be doing in regards to getting this done?
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So, can anyone here knowledge on the matter can assist me with this instead of me having to figure it out on my own?