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I dont want to unlock the bootloader, just root the device so i can get titanium backup running again. Had 4.1.1 rooted and forgot to install root keeper and then upgraded to 4.1.2 and now need root again. Cant find anything on the site regarding this so not sure if its even possible yet. thanks for any help.
Try this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=41243013
This is not new development. Please post in the q and a section. Thank you kindly. not being mean, just for future reference buddy. We've all made this mistake once or twice
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vtec2k7 said:
I dont want to unlock the bootloader, just root the device so i can get titanium backup running again. Had 4.1.1 rooted and forgot to install root keeper and then upgraded to 4.1.2 and now need root again. Cant find anything on the site regarding this so not sure if its even possible yet. thanks for any help.
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Why not unlock the boot loader there is always a Oden to complete stock with locked boot loader so u can return ice returned 2 phones with unlocked boot loaders and never had a issue even one even a MAXX HD lol and one note 2 as long add there's no root they return them. Not having your BL unlocked limits u quite a bit Its your phone just curious
I used casual, and did everything, root unlock and custom recovery
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There's no way to root without Odin of root66 just like last build. Expect casual of course and as stated this is the wrong section so I went ahead and reported it for you so adev can move it. Just keep the sections in mind for future posts please.
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Hi guys,
I'm looking for a root that does only that: give me root access.
Is CASUAL really the only possible way to achieve root? If so, is it necessary that it unlocks the boot-loader and installs custom recovery to achieve this?
I probably wouldn't mind except that I'd like to just be able to do OTA updates as available, which I hear is not possible after running casual, and I really don't want to fiddle with custom ROMs as the stock Note 2 one works so well for me.
Thanks in advance for any help/suggestions...
-Paul
PaulusGrandis said:
Hi guys,
I'm looking for a root that does only that: give me root access.
Is CASUAL really the only possible way to achieve root? If so, is it necessary that it unlocks the boot-loader and installs custom recovery to achieve this?
I probably wouldn't mind except that I'd like to just be able to do OTA updates as available, which I hear is not possible after running casual, and I really don't want to fiddle with custom ROMs as the stock Note 2 one works so well for me.
Thanks in advance for any help/suggestions...
-Paul
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Odin and root66 will root your phone. If you recieve a OTA while rooted it will get rid of your root completely and you will have to re-root your phone, it also has the potential to do some wonky **** to it (ive even heard of bricks happening because of being rooted and accepting the OTA).
Once your bootloader is unlocked you wouldnt have to flash roms if you didnt want to unless you wanted to update to a new OTA.
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My samsung galaxy will not get root
what is going wrong everything says Succesful
supersu 1.34 succesful
supersu 1.51 succesful
supersu 1.93 succesful
yet I dont get root.
I followed many guides.
what am I doing wrong here
using twrp 2.7.0.0
MausHaxxi said:
My samsung galaxy will not get root
what is going wrong everything says Succesful
supersu 1.34 succesful
supersu 1.51 succesful
supersu 1.93 succesful
yet I dont get root.
I followed many guides.
what am I doing wrong here
using twrp 2.7.0.0
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You might get help if you specify what you used to get root- and the procedure you followed, or the specific guide you used? Fingers crossed for you!:fingers-crossed:
You have knox bootloader that is why root is not working' you take the OTA update right?
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MausHaxxi said:
My samsung galaxy will not get root
what is going wrong everything says Succesful
supersu 1.34 succesful
supersu 1.51 succesful
supersu 1.93 succesful
yet I dont get root.
I followed many guides.
what am I doing wrong here
using twrp 2.7.0.0
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Check my post here and just follow the info and it should give you the custom recovery and use one of those custom recoveries and flash with odin which will require the tar file then, but remember once you are done flashing one of the custom recoveries YOU MUST reboot immediately back into the custom recovery otherwise the phone will re-install the stock recovery, you just have to do this once..then just put the SU zip file i have at the bottom of that post and put it onto your internal sdcard or external sdcard and flash it with the recovery.
Then boot up the phone and go to the SU app and open it and if your phone has the knox crap in it, then it will ask if you want to disable knox and choose yes, and if your phone does not have knox in it them you are done and should have the custom recovery installed and be rooted as i have the i527m model of the mega and i have a custom recovery and is rooted and it all works great.
Note: Also install Busybox (Stericson) which you can get from the google play store as you might need this installed also. :good:
I used saferoot for the s4 and I was rooted in minutes..... I can send it to you if need be
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MausHaxxi said:
My samsung galaxy will not get root
what is going wrong everything says Succesful
supersu 1.34 succesful
supersu 1.51 succesful
supersu 1.93 succesful
yet I dont get root.
I followed many guides.
what am I doing wrong here
using twrp 2.7.0.0
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Try framaroot
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MausHaxxi said:
My samsung galaxy will not get root
what is going wrong everything says Succesful
supersu 1.34 succesful
supersu 1.51 succesful
supersu 1.93 succesful
yet I dont get root.
I followed many guides.
what am I doing wrong here
using twrp 2.7.0.0
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I used Kingo Android ROOT on my sgh-i527 ATT and it worked perfectly - FWIW
Knox Problem
I think this problem is knox,coz knox is blocking supersu,that prevent you to root,you must remove knox,Search in google"how to remove knox from android".
Sorry for my bad english.I am from Indonesia.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2565758
use this is telling you I was rooted in minutes
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arlenesboyfriend said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2565758
use this is telling you I was rooted in minutes
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I see here your link is for Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4. But we want rooting process about Samsung galaxy Mega. Can you got it ?
I used that to root my phone
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arlenesboyfriend said:
I used that to root my phone
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Which Model you have used for rooting?
Mega root NA3
i used saferoot and i do have the Knox bootloader. it rooted within min on my I527M.
I have the mega 6.3 for att the i527
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hedgehogmd said:
i used saferoot and i do have the Knox bootloader. it rooted within min on my I527M.
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You can follow this thread for rooting your i527m..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2434204
I think it will help you.
hedgehogmd said:
i used saferoot and i do have the Knox bootloader. it rooted within min on my I527M.
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Can you please tell me more about this?
I have stock Mega 6.3" (SGH-I527M) that hasn't been rooted or anything (pretty brand new) and runs Android 4.4.2. Does this Saferoot work for me? I don't want to risk it or trigger Knox.
Also, this person explains a simple way for rooting here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSR6IupxsbM
It is for MetroPC. Can someone with custom recovery download the following rooting method and tell us if it works: http://www.mgyun.com/m/ <- I tried it. Doesn't work!
I'm currently running the US Cellular version of the maga. I upgraded to KitKat over the air and now I'm looking for a rooting software that will root the phone now that it is running KitKat. Does anyone have a file to use or can you point me in the correct direction
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Nothing.
I have the same phone and I have read everything about it. Nothing works for this phone I have tried every root option there is none of them work. I am waiting for geohot to update towelroot with a fix. Mine was updated to kit kat out of the box. I wish I had the chance to stick with 4.2.2 that was at least rootable.
Well just makes me dislike Samsung even more. That and damn knox.
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I know geohot did towel root which I believe uses a qualcomm exploit originally on the s5 but I know it works for note 3 and several other kk builds...I'd suggest looking into that as your most likely option Imo
Mega
megalomanic14 said:
I know geohot did towel root which I believe uses a qualcomm exploit originally on the s5 but I know it works for note 3 and several other kk builds...I'd suggest looking into that as your most likely option Imo
Mega
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Went to the US Cellular store and asked the store tech about reflashing back down to jellybean from kitkat and he told me due to KNOX the flash would cause a hard brick. Said he just tried a Mega and got a hard brick after the flash.
kd0wvn said:
Went to the US Cellular store and asked the store tech about reflashing back down to jellybean from kitkat and he told me due to KNOX the flash would cause a hard brick. Said he just tried a Mega and got a hard brick after the flash.
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Yes odin flashing anything prior to your most current build will brick your mega...if he works in a store and actually did brick a mega that way he's an idiot that should be fired lol...can you guys no restore roms or flash 4.2 roms not odin stock roms but custom roms like my builds...i verified day oone of kk update for mega i9205 with knox kernel on kk that we can flash and restore 4.2 roms just like usual good luck fellas
Mega
Philz recovery will root this phone, though it will trip the knox flag
Can you give me a link to the rooting program
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2588661
sch-r960 us cellular root
hudson_macbeth said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2588661
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I installed the recovery and it will not root. the custom recovery works fine but cant install the super su files needed to run super su
Im rooted got it
I just switched to T-mobile, and pick up a new GS5, but I don't understand the root method. Can some point me in the right direction?
Alex8404 said:
I just switched to T-mobile, and pick up a new GS5, but I don't understand the root method. Can some point me in the right direction?
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I rooted my original gs. But it's been a while. Odin was the software I used I think.
Alex8404 said:
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Yes a custom rom
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Yes a custom rom
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here is the TWRP recovery
http://forum.xda-developers.com/tmobile-galaxy-s5/general/twrp-2-7-0-0-odintar-recovery-t2844321
Make sure you have the Samsung drivers installed on your computer so odin recognizes your phone
Just install it in Odin .
Then download a rom of choice and follow the install instructions for the particular Rom
spirodave said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2761412
The easiest way is to downgrade to an earlier version that you can use towel root to root with .. As far as I know their is no way to root NH5 as of now .. I could be wrong but Im pretty sure ..Have you rooted a samsung device before ?
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There's a way to root every version of software they're released. Since the bootloader is unlocked, all that's needed is to flash a custom recovery, then when TWRP asks you if you want to root, just click yes, and you're done. It'll always be like this unless they lock the bootloader.
aooga said:
There's a way to root every version of software they're released. Since the bootloader is unlocked, all that's needed is to flash a custom recovery, then when TWRP asks you if you want to root, just click yes, and you're done. It'll always be like this unless they lock the bootloader.
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LOL thanks .. From the moment I bought this phone i had just installed TWRP and installed Alliance . I came from a Att GS4 with a locked bootloader and the thing was a nightmare
Thanks for the help!
Can I get the link to TWRP
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Can I get the link to TWRP
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Google is your friend. Don't take this the wrong way, but if people keep giving you links, you'll never find what you're looking for yourself. If you just google "TWRP Galaxy S5", the first link is the right one. It'll tell you how to flash it as well using ODIN.
Just wondering if there was a Knox fix yet?
Guntert said:
Just wondering if there was a Knox fix yet?
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Nope
That sucks, can't root my tab s or my s5 til they do....
Guntert said:
That sucks, can't root my tab s or my s5 til they do....
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Why? Tmobile does even care.
No I know that, but Samsung AllShare Cast Dongle does care.. the dongle won't work on a rooted device. I had a Samsung galaxy note 10.1 that I rooted but I used triangle away to reset counter and it then would work. I use my tablet and dongle most nights and my other allshare in my car for my appradio. The S5 and Tab S will be first devices I didn't root
Any news on Knox?
Its been awhile since i rooted my phones and flashed roms. I juat rooted my s5. But i dont believe i installed a custom recovery. In the past i always downloaded rom manager and installed cwm through the app. But it says device not compatible. Or ud download goo manager and install twrp through that app and i dont see the version for my tmobile s5 listed. Can someone help me with flashing a custom recovery. And recommend any stable custom roms i should try out. Also if there is anything i need to be careful of when flashing i dont care about tripping my knox counter. My device isnt warrantied anyway.
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I have Verizon Samsung Galaxy S4 which was recently upgraded to Lollipop (5.0.1). The phone was not rooted. I am looking for a way to root it now. Any suggestion, instructions?
IRamzayI said:
I have Verizon Samsung Galaxy S4 which was recently upgraded to Lollipop (5.0.1). The phone was not rooted. I am looking for a way to root it now. Any suggestion, instructions?
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There's no root yet.
can we downgrade it? if yes than how?
zohaibsial said:
can we downgrade it? if yes than how?
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No u cant
Forgive me if this is the wrong place to ask, but I just updated my Verizon GS4 to 5.0.1 using the OTA updates and I can boot into both the recovery and download modes. If i can boot into these what's stopping me from just flashing a new ROM in the download mode (it explicitly says this mode is used to install a custom OS) or applying an update from my external storage in the recovery mode?
Thanks!
Hello I am working on a root method for SCH-I545 and I was wondering if anyone can help me get the stock kernel for oc1....
Any help is appreciated
I had a stock kernel somewhere on my pc. I will see if i can find it.
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joey#erenko said:
Hello I am working on a root method for SCH-I545 and I was wondering if anyone can help me get the stock kernel for oc1....
Any help is appreciated
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3117226
peterfran2112 said:
Forgive me if this is the wrong place to ask, but I just updated my Verizon GS4 to 5.0.1 using the OTA updates and I can boot into both the recovery and download modes. If i can boot into these what's stopping me from just flashing a new ROM in the download mode (it explicitly says this mode is used to install a custom OS) or applying an update from my external storage in the recovery mode?
Thanks!
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You can go ahead and do that but you will probably brick your phone. Steps to flashing a custom OS is usually, root your phone and then unlocking the bootloader. After unlocking then you can install a custom recovery image. From the recovery you can flash custom OS and kernels. I believe the custom OS you are talking about is for an OS that is straight from Verizon. I wouldn't dare flash any ROM from Cyanogen, or Liquid or ASOP etc through the built in recovery of the phone. That's why you install a custom recovery from TWRP or Clockwork. It's your phone so you go ahead and do what you like, if it does work, well hell, let me know. Good luck.
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Root
I tried to root after I installed lollipop OTA. Root checker said I wasn't rooted. It's then I found out I made a big mistake. After
a charge up the other night I turned my phone back on & noticed the lock symbol in the screen showed the unlocked lock.
Now my question is ....... is my phone unlocked , or is it just there is no bootloader that can gain access to the system?
All help with this is welcome!
Now that I think about it I realize what's happening. The phone unlocked the boot loader won't give me access to the system.
Boy it feels like I'm at the gate but can't get in.
traco1 said:
Now that I think about it I realize what's happening. The phone unlocked the boot loader won't give me access to the system.
Boy it feels like I'm at the gate but can't get in.
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Your bootloader isn't unlocked. There's not even a root method for this OC1 OTA. Samsung and Verizon have locked the bootloader permanently since 4.3 Jelly Bean. No bootloader has been unlocked since. None! There's a whole lot more technicalities to unlocking the bootloader than simply rooting. Chances are u may have tripped your KNOX counter, meaning your warranty is void. And it's irreversible.
So...VRUGOC1 OTA Update = NO CUSTOM ROM, RECOVERY, UNLOCKED BOOTLOADER, ROOT, OR DOWNGRADE.
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Your bootloader isn't unlocked. There's not even a root method for this OC1 OTA. Samsung and Verizon have locked the bootloader permanently since 4.3 Jelly Bean. No bootloader has been unlocked since. None! There's a whole lot more technicalities to unlocking the bootloader than simply rooting. Chances are u may have tripped your KNOX counter, meaning your warranty is void. And it's irreversible.
So...VRUGOC1 OTA Update = NO CUSTOM ROM, RECOVERY, UNLOCKED BOOTLOADER, ROOT, OR DOWNGRADE.
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OK Let me backup. I guess I typed this improperly without thinking.
I realize that this is a very technical process to unlock phones . I also realize that there is not a method @ THIS TIME to gain root access to th S4.
Let me start over.
Before I received the OTA update I had tried Towel Root with no success. Then after I got th OTA I tried Odin without success. Now I did not know at the time time there wasn't an available method to root. Shortly after research I found out.
I have read root is not the problem but the is no way to unlock the bootloader. I just noticed the unlock symbol & had to question it.
I could give a damn if my warranty is void .I have 1 rooted phone. My be the other some time down the road ?
Good news!!!
Try rooting with kingroot app 4.1 and you will be surprised.
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XeroXid said:
Good news!!!
Try rooting with kingroot app 4.1 and you will be surprised.
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On their xda page (edit - thread) , doesn't mention the s4 as a phone this works on, have you tried it?
It works
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I have also tried and Root access have been made with kingroot 4.1 on S4 5.0.1
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And Knox does not trip
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So... Bootloader still locked?
I tried to install cwm but no changes.
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SEARCH BEFORE POSTING EVERYTHING ASKED IN THIS THREAD HAS BEEN COVERED
THERE IS NO CUSTOM RECOVERY FOR VERSION'S GALAXY S4 PERIOD
the only thing you can do is root and install safe-strap
then your options for roms are as follows
1: kitpop 1.3 <Which is the only ASOP Rom
2: or Hyperdrive Rls20
Those two are your ONLY Options
if you took the OTA you will be unable to downgrade to NC5 which is the only possible candidate for getting custom kernels to boot which hasn't happened yet
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Your bootloader isn't unlocked. There's not even a root method for this OC1 OTA. Samsung and Verizon have locked the bootloader permanently since 4.3 Jelly Bean. No bootloader has been unlocked since. None! There's a whole lot more technicalities to unlocking the bootloader than simply rooting. Chances are u may have tripped your KNOX counter, meaning your warranty is void. And it's irreversible.
So...VRUGOC1 OTA Update = NO CUSTOM ROM, RECOVERY, UNLOCKED BOOTLOADER, ROOT, OR DOWNGRADE.
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Soo................................ Yea My s4 is rooted & the bootloader is unlocked ......................Yea.