ME7 Root - Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4

I rooted using the method that only gives root access, if and when Verizon pushes a new OTA, will that cause any problems? Of course I would first unroot via that function in SuperSU, just want to know if I would need to do anything else before taking the update our if I would run into any problems? Thinking about it now I would defrost the few apps I've frozen, but there isn't to much else I've done as far as tweaks go other then install adaway.
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coreysr said:
I rooted using the method that only gives root access, if and when Verizon pushes a new OTA, will that cause any problems? Of course I would first unroot via that function in SuperSU, just want to know if I would need to do anything else before taking the update our if I would run into any problems? Thinking about it now I would defrost the few apps I've frozen, but there isn't to much else I've done as far as tweaks go other then install adaway.
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I would def defrost apps, and be prepared to not be able to root again, as im sure all current methods will be fixed when it updates again. With how popular the phone is im sure root would be found, but it will take time.

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Backup apps

Is there a way to back up apps without root? Titanium backup says root required. I want to root my phone but since mega upload was taken down the only files i can find to root would take me all the way back to stock as far as i can tell, and i don't want to lose all my apps + data
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crag11 said:
Is there a way to back up apps without root? Titanium backup says root required. I want to root my phone but since mega upload was taken down the only files i can find to root would take me all the way back to stock as far as i can tell, and i don't want to lose all my apps + data
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Tibu doesn't work without root. And if your phone isn't rooted, then how can you not be on stock? And flashing the whole root packages do not require you to wipe your phone's data, you only have to wipe if your coming from a non stock rom.
Checkout MyBacup Pro. It might do what you are looking for
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AppMonster works well.
Simba501 said:
AppMonster works well.
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better than Titanium? Or is it just an alternative since the root is in question?
Alucardis666 said:
better than Titanium? Or is it just an alternative since the root is in question?
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Just an alternative since I don't think it requires root.

Root app still present after the root was broken after the recent system update

Hi
I accidentally did a system update on my razr that was given by verizon. Titanium backup is forcefully closed when I open it. But, superuser does not. It is open-able. I would like to re-root my device. Should I unroot it first and then root it again because apps like superuser are still present and open-able? Or is rooting just fine even if there seems to be some kind of problem with the root apps.
In general, is it fine to reroot though the device is already rooted? (I guess this is the general question.)
Yes, it's fine to re-root - in fact, you can't unroot without first rooting again, because the files you need to remove are now protected like all the other system files.
Use the new motofail exploit.
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what apps are safe to get rid of?

ok, so i just rooted and unlocked my phone, and i am gonna start removing some bloatware from the phone, but am concerned because i don't want to delete an app that i think is bloatware, but it is tied into another appp and then both apps won't work.
for example, if i delete viewdini, i don't know if that will affect how i watch videos on the phone.
so what i am asking is basically if there is a list of all the stock samsung/amazon/google/verizon bloatware apps that i can safely delete?
thanks!
just downloaded the file from the cleanrom build of what scott removed... is it safe to say if i remove these i will be ok?
The pro version of titanium backup is ideal for this. You can freeze apps before you remove them to find out if they're important or not. I don't know of an official cheat sheet of what's safe to remove but if you look at ROMs and what the devs have removed, that's a good start to let you know what you can do without.
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If you delete an application you will NOT get Verizon phone updates. It's better to freeze the applications with Titanium Backup.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2298150
this thread contains a list of apps safe that are supposed to be safe to remove. remove them at your own risk.
Excellent, thank you all for the help! I deleted the obvious bloatware last night, I will delve into the others at a later time.
a.demarco said:
Excellent, thank you all for the help! I deleted the obvious bloatware last night, I will delve into the others at a later time.
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Deleted or froze? If you deleted you better habe a backup or you wont get Verizon updates.
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steveperrry said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2298150
this thread contains a list of apps safe that are supposed to be safe to remove. remove them at your own risk.
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I've just rooted my device for the first time, I'm using Titanium Pro to freeze stuff on this list (I figured freezing would be safest being a noob)...but more than half of them dont even appear in Titanium, and none of the files show .apk on them. Is there another method being used to see these files?
What is the advantage to freezing them vs. disabling them in the regular system manager?
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What is the advantage to freezing them vs. disabling them in the regular system manager?
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Some applications can't be disabled in the system. So you have to freeze them instead. Freezing allows you to unfreeze them if Verizon releases a software update. If you delete them however you will never get a software update.
DarkMenace said:
Some applications can't be disabled in the system. So you have to freeze them instead. Freezing allows you to unfreeze them if Verizon releases a software update. If you delete them however you will never get a software update.
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The only reason for a sotware uodate is if you plan on staying stock. Mind you verizon will more than likely patch root access and the loki method of bypassing the bootloader in future updates. In my experience rom devs usually stay on top of adding all must have features that would be included in ota updates without loosing root and recovery.
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The only reason for a sotware uodate is if you plan on staying stock. Mind you verizon will more than likely patch root access and the loki method of bypassing the bootloader in future updates. In my experience rom devs usually stay on top of adding all must have features that would be included in ota updates without loosing root and recovery.
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True but someone will always find a new method. Voodo OTA rootkeeper might even work to restore it.
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[Q] Verizon Updates on S4

Hi,
I am currently rooted and froze all verizon updates so it didn't break root a while back. However, I haven't updated my and currently on andriod version 4.2.2.
I would like to finally update my phone to 4.4.2 but not sure how to go about it. If I take the verizon update, will I lose root still? Or what is the best method to update?
Thanks in advance
Best method is a matter of taste... And also depends on your base. mdk? Me7? Mdk sell phone buy a new one ..
I prefer using the no wipe tar files to update with. Benefit is that you keep your data, and in one shot you go straight to the most current update. Downside is you must download some software and use a PC. Others prefer to take each OTA one at a time. It's slow but "official" so if your on MDK you would download and update about 5 times.
Yes you will loose root,.. But towelroot works for NC5
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Batttie said:
Best method is a matter of taste... And also depends on your base. mdk? Me7? Mdk sell phone buy a new one ..
I prefer using the no wipe tar files to update with. Benefit is that you keep your data, and in one shot you go straight to the most current update. Downside is you must download some software and use a PC. Others prefer to take each OTA one at a time. It's slow but "official" so if your on MDK you would download and update about 5 times.
Yes you will loose root,.. But towelroot works for NC5
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Thanks for the quick reply Batttie... What data will I lose? and is there anyway to keep my set-up? I have titanium backup as well as safestrap.
If you're on Verizon and MDK baseband, maybe you should flash this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2721118
Looks a lot easier to me - what does everyone else think? Personally I wouldn't give up my MDK baseband for anything!
usualsuspec said:
Hi,
I am currently rooted and froze all verizon updates so it didn't break root a while back. However, I haven't updated my and currently on andriod version 4.2.2.
I would like to finally update my phone to 4.4.2 but not sure how to go about it. If I take the verizon update, will I lose root still? Or what is the best method to update?
Thanks in advance
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if you're on MDK you NEED TO KEEP IT. I can't stress enough how important that bootloader is. NEVER TAKE AN OTA ON MDK.
If you're on ME7 or newer then yeah you could OTA. you'll lose root but your data will be salvaged. i think you have to go to 4.3 before 4.4 so that's a thing
skepticmisfit said:
if you're on MDK you NEED TO KEEP IT. I can't stress enough how important that bootloader is. NEVER TAKE AN OTA ON MDK.
If you're on ME7 or newer then yeah you could OTA. you'll lose root but your data will be salvaged. i think you have to go to 4.3 before 4.4 so that's a thing
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Right now I am 4.2.2 ME7 so what you are saying is that I can take the OTA, lose root but not lose data? And easily re-root using towelroot?
usualsuspec said:
Right now I am 4.2.2 ME7 so what you are saying is that I can take the OTA, lose root but not lose data? And easily re-root using towelroot?
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yup
skepticmisfit said:
yup
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Hope someone can answer this as well, I believe I froze the OTA updates through tibu but I cannot figure out what I did. Does anyone know what file would have been frozen to stop receiving updates?
usualsuspec said:
Hope someone can answer this as well, I believe I froze the OTA updates through tibu but I cannot figure out what I did. Does anyone know what file would have been frozen to stop receiving updates?
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Look to see if these two files are frozen/disabled: FWUpgrade.apk and SDM.apk
This one could be frozen as well: fota.client.apk
Joe_6pak said:
Look to see if these two files are frozen/disabled: FWUpgrade.apk and SDM.apk
This one could be frozen as well: fota.client.apk
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I like seeing people that ask a lot of qurations come back and help other people out. It's far too rare in the xda community these days. :thumbsup:
First I wanted to thank everyone for their responses, I was able to unfreeze the OTA. However, I am now currently on MI1 and every time I try and update via OTA , I get a "failed" message with the Android guy on his back.
Any idea how I can get this update?
Same thing hapenned to me. I fixed this by unrooting and factory reseting my s4 and it updated without any problems
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UnlinkedEnergy said:
Same thing hapenned to me. I fixed this by unrooting and factory reseting my s4 and it updated without any problems
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Did you lose everything when doing a factory reset?
Yup, factory resetting deletes user data and the internal memory. If you have an sd card then you can transfer your files onto there so it is not lost in the process
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usualsuspec said:
First I wanted to thank everyone for their responses, I was able to unfreeze the OTA. However, I am now currently on MI1 and every time I try and update via OTA , I get a "failed" message with the Android guy on his back.
Any idea how I can get this update?
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Same issue many of us have had with ota.
Some where along the line, and a system app has changed. If all the system apps aren't perfect, it will fail during ota.
Since you don't really know which app is causing it, the only way to update via ota is by doing a factory reset.
This will restore all the system apps back to normal, and then you can ota. It will wipe everything.
Use Tibu to save your apps and data, change the back up location to the extsdcard. Backup your texts and call logs using Smsbackup from the play store. And move anything on the emulated sdcard0 slot of the phone back to the extsdcard.
If your using a custom launcher like Nova, you can save your home screens to the sdcard as well and fully restore after you reroot.
If you don't have a custom launcher, and just take screen shots of your home screens, you can use those to remind you of your layouts.
Its not as complicated as it seems, and shouldn't take very long over decent wifi.
But a factory reset (through the phone, and not a custom recovery) will wipe the internal storage, so make sure everything is on the external sdcard.
May I ask which "Smsbackup" you recommend?
ymDroid said:
Same issue many of us have had with ota.
Some where along the line, and a system app has changed. If all the system apps aren't perfect, it will fail during ota.
Since you don't really know which app is causing it, the only way to update via ota is by doing a factory reset.
This will restore all the system apps back to normal, and then you can ota. It will wipe everything.
Use Tibu to save your apps and data, change the back up location to the extsdcard. Backup your texts and call logs using Smsbackup from the play store. And move anything on the emulated sdcard0 slot of the phone back to the extsdcard.
If your using a custom launcher like Nova, you can save your home screens to the sdcard as well and fully restore after you reroot.
If you don't have a custom launcher, and just take screen shots of your home screens, you can use those to remind you of your layouts.
Its not as complicated as it seems, and shouldn't take very long over decent wifi.
But a factory reset (through the phone, and not a custom recovery) will wipe the internal storage, so make sure everything is on the external sdcard.
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Hi & Thanks for the quick step-by-step,
May I ask which specific "Smsbackup" app from the play store you recommend? (a link? Or name the developer or whatever?) I want to jump up from 4.2.2 rooted as well and I already have Titanium Backup PRO, but when I searched the Play Store for "Smsbackup" I got a load of results
(Actually, unless I'm incredibly dense and have missed a memo, I practically ALWAYS have trouble selecting apps from Google Play. I find the search results to be rubbish and even knowing the app name unhelpful because of the copy-cat namers who seem to flood the store with wannabe crap that just sounds like what you're looking for. Hope I'm wrong about this and there's actually a correct way to find what you want there. Would hate to think Google is suddenly incapable of conducting simple search functions well. *lol*)
Anyway, thanks in advance if you can help me backup my txts and call logs. That really would be a great assist. BTW, do you know, will the resulting backups contain attached pictures, and etc., for the txt threads?
Best regards,
Joe C.
TiBu can backup and restore all your SMS and MMS messages complete with the pictures as well as your call log.

How Do I Hide software Upgrade Notification On My Galaxy S4?

Hide software upgrade notification
Hello -
It's my first post but I have used the forums very often for rooting my phone, installing safestrap, ROMs, and most recently safely installing OC1 on my Verizon S4. So now my phone has downloaded OF1 and is constantly reminding me to upgrade. How can I disable these reminders before I accidentally click on the notification and upgrade and lose root etc. I'd rather not upgrade at all to be honest as it's just a lot of work to reinstall everything etc.
Any help would be appreciated!
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Youngt2 said:
Hello -
It's my first post but I have used the forums very often for rooting my phone, installing safestrap, ROMs, and most recently safely installing OC1 on my Verizon S4. So now my phone has downloaded OF1 and is constantly reminding me to upgrade. How can I disable these reminders before I accidentally click on the notification and upgrade and lose root etc. I'd rather not upgrade at all to be honest as it's just a lot of work to reinstall everything etc.
Any help would be appreciated!
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I don't know if the files are the same but I'm running NK1 on KitKat and I just renamed SDM.apk (I think) to SDM.bak and there was another one.. I dont know if its nessisary. I think SDM is enough. Just go in some root explorer and rename it. Should make it shut up.
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I don't know if the files are the same but I'm running NK1 on KitKat and I just renamed SDM.apk (I think) to SDM.bak and there was another one.. I dont know if its nessisary. I think SDM is enough. Just go in some root explorer and rename it. Should make it shut up.
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Awesome! Renaming the SDM file did the trick! Now the question is what is SDM.apk?
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