So I rooted with the method sticked in the development center for cdma and now my computer has a virus. Currently paying dell $200 for trying to fix it.
GalaXy S ll [blazerV3] @ 1200x720
So is there.... anything I can do for you sir?
What else where you doing at the time? No one else has reported any virus from acquiring root the same way as you. Been rooted for months with no problems. Good luck
Are you sure it is a virus? Some antivirus software will think it is tho a false alarm...
The stock Ruu exe 2.17 will throw a warning after it is downloaded tho only cause it was a exe file,...
Doesn't mean a virus or keylogger or anything... I never have gotten a virus off xda or any where else.....
My computer won't open Internet explorer. Services.exe usage is at 100% for cpu its currently my heating source lol. It's a dell xps with 3.2ghz dualcore pentium 4 1gb ram<lol>.
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My computer won't open Internet explorer. Services.exe usage is at 100% for cpu its currently my heating source lol. It's a dell xps with 3.2ghz dualcore pentium 4 1gb ram<lol>.
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Have you tried to run microsoft security essentials or any other one?
Have you tried to wipe your cache? Worst comes to worst just reinstall your OS...
Why pay Dell just revert your sys back 24 hours and your done
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people still pay for services like that?
If your paying for something like that, chances are you've had viruses on your pc well before trying to root.
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Someones Blaming the android root procress, when its really them watching Porn......Shame on YOU!
well I've never had a virus from anything I have downloaded from xda. guess you should get an iPhone
Haha I've never seen my dad so happy
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well I've never had a virus from anything I have downloaded from xda. guess you should get an iPhone
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Dude did you try to reboot?
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Haha I've never seen my dad so happy
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bman55 said:
So I rooted with the method sticked in the development center for cdma and now my computer has a virus. Currently paying dell $200 for trying to fix it.
GalaXy S ll [blazerV3] @ 1200x720
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Sorry m8, it won't be the root process / s-off process which has caused you to get a virus, chances are it could have been there all along, there has been a truckload of people who have done this procedure and none of them have reported a virus.
Maybe a false positive but nothing more.
First things first, call dell and tell them not to come out, $200 for someone to come out and just press restore to an earlier point in time is a joke.
Either rollback yourself, or get malwarebytes, spyware doctor, registry mechanic, ccleaner, hijack this (then analyse results) a decent up to date full antivirus, make sure your windows is up to date, update all drivers, clean out junk and be careful what you do on the net in future, u should be good.
Remove all scanners but your AV when your done.
Combofix FTW
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My question is, why are you rooting your phone and you don't even know how to remove a virus from your computer? And no, it didn't come from rooting your phone. I'm 110% sure that there was something you were doing with your computer aside from rooting, or someone else in your household who has access to your PC.
200 dollars to fix your computer lol. Worst case scenario backup your files and factory reset the computer.
Most likely you could use combofix and malwarebytes to fix the problem.
http://www.malwarebytes.org/
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/combofix/how-to-use-combofix
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My question is, why are you rooting your phone and you don't even know how to remove a virus from your computer? And no, it didn't come from rooting your phone. I'm 110% sure that there was something you were doing with your computer aside from rooting, or someone else in your household who has access to your PC.
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I actually don't want to be that bold (sometimes it is necessary) but he really is telling the truth. I know how it is to start out and giving props for giving it a go. I know we all have to start out somewhere and XDA is a proper place as all or most members are willing to help you out in anything. ( if you left your dog outside - you might find a member to put him/her in the dog house in the back yard) that is how most of the members are on here. Willing to take the time to help.
Now as your current situation, yes, you did have a problem before OR maybe not. Depending on your current OS and Virus/Malware program. As stated before any program to alter current builds in there database will register as "malware or virus" so maybe you really don't have anything wrong so to speak.
Usually, if it has been in the forums for months we all would have been exposed of any malware etc and would have reported back w/ bad emotions... so no worry about XDA
Not sure what you are running for an OS, or program to protect or I could be more helpful but just letting you know, if you put out a question I'm sure you will get an answer.
Keep it real and they will do so in return
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so i tried to flash the full rooted ruu rom via hboot, i had it sitting on my table with the batt door off and knocked it on the floor ( accident ofcourse ) and the batt came out halfway during the process so now it goes into the htc screen then blank htc screen then blank and i cant get into cwr so my question is can i salvage it or am i f**ked?
Have you tried hbooting to recovery? Volume up and power down when the phone boots up.
cant keep it in cwr long enough to do anything, keeps rebooting and when it does go into cwr it says something like cant mount cache i think
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cant keep it in cwr long enough to do anything, keeps rebooting and when it does go into cwr it says something like cant mount cache i think
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Flash the stock ruu in hboot. Would be my only guess.
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eh im done with the tbolt, i took it to a wireless repair place here in slc and the tech guy gave me 100 for it for parts so im goin back to my dx and im much happier!! but thanks for the advice and help!!
Wow glad everyone doesn't give up that easy or we would never get any roms or root =P
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Feel good thread of the year! Or it could be the beer I just had.
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i wouldnt say i gave up way easy, i know i could have fixed it but im just not into the tbolt anymore!!
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Flash the stock ruu in hboot. Would be my only guess.
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+1. That's exactly what would have worked. I know it's too late for the lad now, but for future users...
If you're ever stuck in a boot-loop and can't hboot into recovery, you'll need to copy and past the PGIMG05.ZIP file onto the root of your SD Card. This will be about a 200-400 meg file and would usually be a stock rooted RUU or stock signature RUU. After it's on the root of your SD, make sure it's the only PGIMG05.zip file on there! Then start the phone by holding down power + volume up. This will force the phone to hboot the PGIMG05 file which will get you past the boot-loop.
For some it's a good idea to have insurance too.
You can get a replacement minus the deductible if you "lose" your phone.
Just make certain you call VZW as soon as you lose it.
I don't suggest selling the phone for parts and saying it's lost, but I'm sure others have done this to cover their deductible.
Those without insurance...I have heard people have had great success with warranty replacement when using over the phone support when the phone doesn't boot or bootloops.
Since you send the phone back to VZW by mail, their replacement standards are much lower than dealing with their retail and face to face support.
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+1. That's exactly what would have worked. I know it's too late for the lad now, but for future users...
If you're ever stuck in a boot-loop and can't hboot into recovery, you'll need to copy and past the PGIMG05.ZIP file onto the root of your SD Card. This will be about a 200-400 meg file and would usually be a stock rooted RUU or stock signature RUU. After it's on the root of your SD, make sure it's the only PGIMG05.zip file on there! Then start the phone by holding down power + volume up. This will force the phone to hboot the PGIMG05 file which will get you past the boot-loop.
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I'm new to this, just rooted my thunderbolt the week before last (have rooted a total of 4 phones though since and created my own bootimage with sound and everything! lol!), and that's what came to mind when I read the original post but I didn't "know" for sure. Thanks for confirming it. This stuff is fascinating to me. I like to understand what is going on. I'd like to someday write my own rom. Perhaps it's a pipe dream but is there someplace you could point me where I could start my education?
Heather
Putting the stock Rom on took the root off of it but didn't fix my boot loop. So I returned it and got a free thunderbolt.
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Putting the stock Rom on took the root off of it but didn't fix my boot loop. So I returned it and got a free thunderbolt.
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Your the reason Verizon hates rooters you are wasting there money on a device that is out of warranty because you would rather send it back than fix it yourself.
Thanks, jerk.
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F u dude. I tried everything to fix it. I spent over 60 hours working on it
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Nonetheless YOU damaged ur phone so it really doesn't matter how long you spent trying to repair it...
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I'm new to this, just rooted my thunderbolt the week before last (have rooted a total of 4 phones though since and created my own bootimage with sound and everything! lol!), and that's what came to mind when I read the original post but I didn't "know" for sure. Thanks for confirming it. This stuff is fascinating to me. I like to understand what is going on. I'd like to someday write my own rom. Perhaps it's a pipe dream but is there someplace you could point me where I could start my education?
Heather
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I believe you could start with os kitchen or another UI for extracting certain parts of a rom. I think in large part its knowing java script.
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F u dude. I tried everything to fix it. I spent over 60 hours working on it
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Hey Chevy I crashed my car into a tree and now it doesn't work. Oh dont worry I spent hours trying to fix it with no luck. So yea go ahead and give me a new one don't worry its still under warranty.
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After patiently awaiting s-off so that I can install custom roms, splash screens boot animations etc. I find it ironic that HTC doesn't, in part, want the bootloader unlocked so that people won't screw up their phones. In the mean time, our ADD minds have gone the safe route by...
Pulling out T5 torque wrenches to disassemble our phones to change home key color
Tearing the phone apart to repaint it
Playing with QPST which is not a toy at all (talk about f-ing your phone up) to remove the Sprint banner or change the volume
Using PC's to rip out your MSL key to change Wimax or 3G settings (which is much easier to do now thanks to XDA)
Back to QPST... Changing the PRL if we don't like the new one.
Re-rooting 40x when ad free fails (and it does work just glitchy)
Don't get me wrong, all of these ideas are awesome and I have done all except the physical assault on my 3VO... If s-off isn't here soon, Radio Shack here I come! I need all the wrenches and tape and paint you got.
not this again.
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not this again.
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Lol. I hit the save button on that one.
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At this point I don't think anyone cares anymore who is taking their phone back because there's no s-off or some random minor imperfection, and then starting a thread about it explaining why.
Ok, I can see how the post would read the way you took it. My point was more that the xda community is innovative, creative and curious. And when handcuffed by a bootloader, we find other avenues to fill the void. I think its cool as hell. Like kids trapped inside on a rainy day without their xbox. It wasnt a hurry up s-off rant. But it was an observation that some of this stuff is a lot more dangerous than flashing
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Alpharev and team win found s-off, y u no share with world selfish bastards! :rolls eyes:
But for real IPHONE 5 ON SPRINT FTW (hondacop voice)
Ill run the s-off when there's a worthy ROM I can flash. I might wait a week to see what the feedback is before I take the plunge.
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Alpharev and team win found s-off, y u no share with world selfish bastards! :rolls eyes:
But for real IPHONE 5 ON SPRINT FTW (hondacop voice)
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Hondacop FTW!!
And Y U No join huddle yetz?
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After patiently awaiting s-off so that I can install custom roms, splash screens boot animations etc. I find it ironic that HTC doesn't, in part, want the bootloader unlocked so that people won't screw up their phones. In the mean time, our ADD minds have gone the safe route by...
Pulling out T5 torque wrenches to disassemble our phones to change home key color
Tearing the phone apart to repaint it
Playing with QPST which is not a toy at all (talk about f-ing your phone up) to remove the Sprint banner or change the volume
Using PC's to rip out your MSL key to change Wimax or 3G settings (which is much easier to do now thanks to XDA)
Back to QPST... Changing the PRL if we don't like the new one.
Re-rooting 40x when ad free fails (and it does work just glitchy)
Don't get me wrong, all of these ideas are awesome and I have done all except the physical assault on my 3VO... If s-off isn't here soon, Radio Shack here I come! I need all the wrenches and tape and paint you got.
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I already bricked one . But randy if you're not satisfied with waiting, no one is stopping you from learning some code and the 3vo schematics. You can help contribute in the development section for beta testing various ideas and attacks on the bootloader. It helps pass the time lol
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Ill run the s-off when there's a worthy ROM I can flash. I might wait a week to see what the feedback is before I take the plunge.
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You might be waiting longer than a week. Since unrevoked referenced interesting things in the coming weeks on their Twitter, I'd bet we don't see the exploit for at least another week- maybe longer.
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I already bricked one . But randy if you're not satisfied with waiting, no one is stopping you from learning some code and the 3vo schematics. You can help contribute in the development section for beta testing various ideas and attacks on the bootloader. It helps pass the time lol
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Hell yeah, bring those new wrenches , paint and tape and dig in.
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Have done all of above LOL. No brick no nada, just simple perfection with a lil customization
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For the love of all that is HOLY... I am not returning my phone!!! Where did I ever say that??? I learned how to do many things because of the locked bootloader. QPST etc. Things I never would have learned if I was constantly flashing new roms, keyboards changing boot animations... I'm not asking for a hurry up to s-off, I will wait as long as it takes. All I trying to point out, and failing miserabley, in our spare time some of us are doing things to our phones that can screw them up way more than flashing and copy pasting in system/customize/resource. I haven't bricked my phone once and am enjoying playing with the new ideas and programs I never knew were out there. ****, if I was going to cry about phone returns and alpharev crap I'd go to facebook
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You might be waiting longer than a week. Since unrevoked referenced interesting things in the coming weeks on their Twitter, I'd bet we don't see the exploit for at least another week- maybe longer.
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F#@k!!!! And I just ran back and bought the 3D again figuring S-Off was coming this week!!! Do you have the link to that info?
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For the love of all that is HOLY... I am not returning my phone!!! Where did I ever say that??? I learned how to do many things because of the locked bootloader. QPST etc. Things I never would have learned if I was constantly flashing new roms, keyboards changing boot animations... I'm not asking for a hurry up to s-off, I will wait as long as it takes. All I trying to point out, and failing miserabley, in our spare time some of us are doing things to our phones that can screw them up way more than flashing and copy pasting in system/customize/resource. I haven't bricked my phone once and am enjoying playing with the new ideas and programs I never knew were out there. ****, if I was going to cry about phone returns and alpharev crap I'd go to facebook
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I guess they didn't see the "radio shack here I come I'm gonna need all the tape screwdriver etc" part. Lmao. Mabey the radio shack part threw them off. But man this was funny as hell. I had a mental picture of you with the "wtf" face on.
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F#@k!!!! And I just ran back and bought the 3D again figuring S-Off was coming this week!!! Do you have the link to that info?
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https://mobile.twitter.com/#!/unrevoked/status/94186767070142464
Not that this is definitive, of course- just speculation. I don't mind waiting though- the 3d is still the best phone I've ever owned.
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F#@k!!!! And I just ran back and bought the 3D again figuring S-Off was coming this week!!! Do you have the link to that info?
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I thought your heart was set on the next Samsung and how its gonna blow the e3d and any other HTC out of the water, or was that someone else.
Ill be a waiting as long as it takes. This phone is more than worth it. Can't rush a thing of beauty it takes time.
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https://mobile.twitter.com/#!/unrevoked/status/94186767070142464
Not that this is definitive, of course- just speculation. I don't mind waiting though- the 3d is still the best phone I've ever owned.
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Well this junk goes back tuesday.I have a free photon coming on tuesday from sprint to test and keep and after that i get a real phone the SGS2.
this whole ordeal has turned me off.First it was HTC and all the posting asking when when when and then we get a youtube video of S-OFF but since it has been dead.
This phone is nothing special.The screen looks just like the evo if you hold them side by side.Ill be glad to send it back and wait for a real phone.
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You might be waiting longer than a week. Since unrevoked referenced interesting things in the coming weeks on their Twitter, I'd bet we don't see the exploit for at least another week- maybe longer.
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I ment a week after freedom (or whatever its called) drops just to see the feedback just in case there was some unanticipated problems.
I have a small echo-like noise now that I hear during phone calls on my phone. I think it is a hardware issue because I don't hear it on my bluetooth headset. I called Verizon 800 number the other night because I was wondering about the 4G outage and mentioned my audio problem while I was on the phone with her. She said if I call back from another phone, tech support would connect to my Thunderbolt and troubleshoot the audio problem, and if its unfixable they would send me another Thunderbolt.
I am wondering if I need to unroot before I do this....would tech support be able to tell if my phone was rooted and thus void the warranty and not be able to do anything for me? What should I do?
Bare minimum I'd install the stock rom on there, I don't believe they would dig far enough to see if fastboot is unlocked.
As for the title question Yes, they can tell if rooted.
I don't think they can tell Cuz I called yesterday Cuz my screen is messing up they called me back on another line and wanted me to do a factory reset but didn't know that I was already on GB
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motorcycle said:
As for the title question Yes, they can tell if rooted.
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Tell us how
hallstevenson said:
Tell us how
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The only thing I can think of, and I'm no expert or anything so this is just a guess, is that they could look at the software version of the phone, and if it isn't the latest, or a previous release for this phone, then they could speculate that you are rooted, though I don't think that alone would hold up in court if it ever came to that.
When the support rep told the OP that they would "connect to my Thunderbolt and troubleshoot the audio problem", I think they were going by the standard "don't call tech support from the phone that's having the issue" practice.
Can they remotely connect to our phones ? I wasn't aware that they could.
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As for the title question Yes, they can tell if rooted.
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Over the phone? Absolutely Not
Correct, that's what they said ("don't call tech support from the phone that's having the issue" practice.)
So should I still unroot to be safe before I call them or no....
What ROM are you using ?
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If you want to be on the safe side, make a nand backup, flash a stock ROM, call them, then restore the backup. I'll pretty sure they can't tell if you have a custom recovery.
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Tell us how
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Don't know how they do it, (simple user here) and not the first time I've seen this asked or answered. If you're bored jump on every TB forum your on and I'm sure you'll find your curiosity satisfied. Maybe it was on BAMF? I could care less how they do it. (No ins here) Call technical support and ask them what rom your on and how dare they know that.
via my mind while guzzling beer.
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Over the phone? Absolutely Not
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On the device in question, yes, why not... again I don't care and was just offering what I've read.
via my mind while guzzling beer.
I'm on many forums similar to this, including Team Bamf, rootzwiki, etc and haven't read anything like this.
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What ROM are you using ?
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Liquid AOSP 3.2.
I unrooted just to be safe and the tech rep never said anything and I got them to send me a new sim card and if that doesn't solve my problem (which I don't think it will), then they will send me a new thunderbolt.
When I rooted again after the phone call it wouldn't let me restore my rom and I got stuck in a boot loop. Luckily I had rom zip's on my sd card, so I installed one from scratch, reflashed cwm via rom mgr again, then it let me restore it.
Very weird, and I was terrified I jacked my phone up.
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I'm on many forums similar to this, including Team Bamf, rootzwiki, etc and haven't read anything like this.
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Hmm keep looking, I won't be at a pc till tomorrow maybe. But like I said I have no way to confirm only what I've read which is what I do. And that was second hand information. As most of this is. I'm really trying to remember because I know these site searching's are lacking at best.
I just recently used to work for at&t customer care and if vzw is anything like them, the only way they can maybe tell is if you have an unlimited data plan plus unofficial tethering app. Or if you send it in for warranty/Asurion replacement. Otherwise i don't really see how they could see in any way if it was rooted
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I just recently used to work for at&t customer care and if vzw is anything like them, the only way they can maybe tell is if you have an unlimited data plan plus unofficial tethering app. Or if you send it in for warranty/Asurion replacement. Otherwise i don't really see how they could see in any way if it was rooted
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That is understandable, thank you. Still gotta get to my pc. I know people have called in on their rooted devices for certain reasons and been called out only to deny. And of course unroot before going in. For whatever reason. Sticking to it.
That's why I asked what ROM. A support rep could simply tell the person to read them a version # that will be different than "stock".
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That's why I asked what ROM. A support rep could simply tell the person to read them a version # that will be different than "stock".
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this is true, didn't think about that. You could always just write the stock version number before flashing to be safe
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1. I'm a newb.
2. I've tried to research a good amount on my own.
I know that much customization will require root as a starting point. I'm not sure I want to run a custom rom or not yet as there doesn't seem to be much of a benefit at this current time. The overclocking interests me a bit.. because, why not? I guess that's my question. With using Dag's root and overclock, are there any stability issues at all? Other issues I might run in to? I just want to be positive of what I'm doing before I mess anything up. Should I run a backup of some sort or are roots relatively harmless?
Thanks in advance.
If you do a backup before you do anything its dam near impossible to brick your phone.
Make sure you understand what your doing before you do it not just do it because someone said it works.
Rooting releases your phone as it should be.
Just learn and enjoy
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If you do a backup before you do anything its dam near impossible to brick your phone.
Make sure you understand what your doing before you do it not just do it because someone said it works.
Rooting releases your phone as it should be.
Just learn and enjoy
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Not only that, ODIN makes it damn near impossible to brick your phone
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Odin is used in dags method, correct? what's the best way to backup?
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edit: everything i'm seeing seems to imply the backup programs can only be installed after root. is there a separate backup i can do before root, or should i needn't worry about backup before rooting?
Overclocking kills battery life. Theres the risk of failing the rooting process too(doubt that will happen...). Flashing also increases flash counter and voiding warranty(go learn how to reset it)
flashing a lot damages internal memory also(you will prolly notice it after 1.5 yrs)
So are we recommending against doing this just for the sake of overclocking? or..
Sorry like you guys said I don't want to do it just to do it, want to be sure I'm doing this for a reason. If nothing else I can remove bloatware after root, right?
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flashing a lot damages internal memory also(you will prolly notice it after 1.5 yrs)
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What is a lot for you?
I ran OC and honestly I can live with out it. Not worth the battery killing any faster. This thing is fast out of box, rooting and removing bloats will make it faster. Using a superscript takes away any other lag issue that I had with keyboard, touch screen responsiveness etc. My advice, don't OC.
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Underground_XI said:
flashing a lot damages internal memory also(you will prolly notice it after 1.5 yrs)
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Who keeps their phone that long? LOL
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Who keeps their phone that long? LOL
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I agree. I would get sick of a phone if i had it that long.
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shaolinx said:
...Flashing also increases flash counter and voiding warranty(go learn how to reset it)
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Nope. No one to our knowledge has ever actually been denied a warranty claim because of the counter.
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flashing a lot damages internal memory also(you will prolly notice it after 1.5 yrs)
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Definitely nope. This is just silly.
OP: It's great fun and the best way to unlock the potential of your device. Just make sure you do your research first!
Ok I guess I'll just root and remove bloat and see where that gets me
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Who keeps their phone that long? LOL
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LOL Seriously!! Those of us who tweak the phones this much will want something new well before 18 months! I had my Atrix almost exactly a year before I went to the Note.
Rooted. It's amazing how much easier that was than the equivalent process with Wp7 (getting a student dev account free was a pain in the ass). So I'm pretty sure I have Dag's kernel (pda.tar) uploaded. I want to try out holo's (don't see why not). I thought I could've just substituted his for Dag's initially, but couldn't figure out how. There was only one pda.tar file available and I saved both kernels in the same folder. It's really just the boot.img file that you're flashing, isn't it? I might not know what I'm talking about so rather than continuing if someone could just let me know how to update with holo's.
awerry said:
LOL Seriously!! Those of us who tweak the phones this much will want something new well before 18 months! I had my Atrix almost exactly a year before I went to the Note.
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I had the atrix for like 6 moths and went to the note, and prolly gonna get the galaxy s3 when it comes out
Plexicle said:
Definitely nope. This is just silly
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enlighten yourself http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1189544
Yes you can remove bloat
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Underground_XI said:
enlighten yourself http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1189544
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+1. Flashing does degrade non-volatile memory over time. Eeproms can't handle being written to over and over and over. Things like USB drives get around this by writting files non-contiguously to random blocks/sectors (and by using other methods), and keeping a table of blocks that have gone bad. So you can write a 1 mb file over and over and it isn't writing it to the first meg on the drive, it is going in pieces all over the place, randomly each time. If it writes a block and that doesn't pass a checksum test, it will write the block again to another area and mark the block as bad so it never writes to it again.
Of course this isn't great for performance on a USB drive, but that is why this IS a problem on something like the OS partition of a phone. There you can't write randomly, you need contiguous files for performance, so each time you flash a new rom you are writing to the same memory space every time. Eventually you wear it out and there is no "bad block" table to help.
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T__ said:
I agree. I would get sick of a phone if i had it that long.
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LOL, I kept my last phone 4 1/2 years because nothing came close in specs until the Note. It was the first phone with a 5" screen, video out, removable keyboard, 8 gb hard drive (back when a 2 gb SD card was "big").
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LOL, I kept my last phone 4 1/2 years because nothing came close in specs until the Note. It was the first phone with a 5" screen, video out, removable keyboard, 8 gb hard drive (back when a 2 gb SD card was "big").
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Are you referring to the HTC Athena? I loved that device... kept mine a few years, too. That phone was way ahead of its time.
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Hey all,
There's been quite a few reports of people getting duplicate SMSes in the ViperDNA ROM thread. I think I have, unfortunately, found the cause. The other day, I got a SMS from someone not on my contact list/nor anyone I recognized at all. It was like spam email, but from SMS with a link to some site to boot. I brushed it off and just deleted the message. I was reading Android Police's new article on Android anti-virus apps. I was surprised to see my $15 Kaspersky app doing so poorly, so I uninstalled it and installed the #1 rated TrustGo. I did a scan and it found a "High Risk" threat in HTCMode. I followed the link provided by the app and, sure enough, Google has acknowledged the vulnerablility.
This vulnerability is being kept very close to Google's chest, so you don't find much about it doing a search for it. It certainly isn't getting a whole lot of press, but it's gotten some.
I tried to delete the app via TrustGo, but it failed. So went into Titanium Backup and froze the app and then was able to uninstall it. I've rebooted a couple times since uninstall and there doesn't seem to be any repercussions from getting rid of it. I highly recommend you do the same.
Just a heads-up. Protect your shiny DNA and your personal info/data,
Doc
docnok63 said:
Hey all,
There's been quite a few reports of people getting duplicate SMSes in the ViperDNA ROM thread. I think I have, unfortunately, found the cause. The other day, I got a SMS from someone not on my contact list/nor anyone I recognized at all. It was like spam email, but from SMS with a link to some site to boot. I brushed it off and just deleted the message. I was reading Android Police's new article on Android anti-virus apps. I was surprised to see my $15 Kaspersky app doing so poorly, so I uninstalled it and installed the #1 rated TrustGo. I did a scan and it found a "High Risk" threat in HTCMode. I followed the link provided by the app and, sure enough, Google has acknowledged the vulnerablility.
This vulnerability is being kept very close to Google's chest, so you don't find much about it doing a search for it. It certainly isn't getting a whole lot of press, but it's gotten some.
I tried to delete the app via TrustGo, but it failed. So went into Titanium Backup and froze the app and then was able to uninstall it. I've rebooted a couple times since uninstall and there doesn't seem to be any repercussions from getting rid of it. I highly recommend you do the same.
Just a heads-up. Protect your shiny DNA and your personal info/data,
Doc
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Thanks for the heads up! I wonder why HTC is packing this junk in with their software.
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Thanks for the heads up! I wonder why HTC is packing this junk in with their software.
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Perhaps HTC has nothing to do with this software and (as if they care) the developers are trademark infringing when they use it in the app. They merely use the HTC name to legitimize their software and make you think it should be on your phone (some Sense software.) I'm sure on the S3 it's called SamsungMode or TouchMode and tries to make it look like it's part of TouchWiz.
If HTC did create this software, then the SMiShers have just found a way to exploit a vulnerability in the software as they did with other brands. As the video and write-up details, this is not HTC-specific; but Android-wide.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLujaf0Y4-A
I can not find the HTC Mode.apk on my DNA at all. Not with TB or root file explorer. I am s-off, Viper1.1.3, beat mode kernel and costum recovery.
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Thanks for the info. I wasn't aware of trustgo being rated #1.
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johnwaug said:
I can not find the HTC Mode.apk on my DNA at all. Not with TB or root file explorer. I am s-off, Viper1.1.3, beat mode kernel and costum recovery.
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It might not be on your phone. It's in system/app if it is.
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Thanks for the info. I wasn't aware of trustgo being rated #1.
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Neither was I until yesterday and I was quite pissed a free app outperformed one I paid $15 for. When it found the vulnerability my anger turned to humility and concern.
All it does is allows apps to send u fake spam texts. I get that type of junk anyways without this apps help.
On the DNA I think its the HTCModeClient.apk. I'm gonna remove it on my Rom today and see if my text work normal.
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MicroMod777 said:
All it does is allows apps to send u fake spam texts. I get that type of junk anyways without this apps help.
On the DNA I think its the HTCModeClient.apk. I'm gonna remove it on my Rom today and see if my text work normal.
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my texting worked just fine when i removed it off of my phone
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my texting worked just fine when i removed it off of my phone
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Mine seems fine also.
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So reading this seems really shady that they would do this. So I'm not rooted on this phone and I don't want to root because I enjoy this phone how it is. So obviously I can't freeze this so if I disable it, won't this be the same thing as freezing it?
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So reading this seems really shady that they would do this. So I'm not rooted on this phone and I don't want to root because I enjoy this phone how it is. So obviously I can't freeze this so if I disable it, won't this be the same thing as freezing it?
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Kinda sorta... cant hurt to do that