So i was wondering if there is any progress unlocking the bootloader for the Samsung Galaxy S4 vruame7 ? I just got the phone so it came with the update and honestly I'm pretty mad about it.
Read the me7 threads at the top of the forum in the vzw gs4 general section. ..Including.. the safestrap thread.
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TheTechnicalBoss said:
So i was wondering if there is any progress unlocking the bootloader for the Samsung Galaxy S4 vruame7 ? I just got the phone so it came with the update and honestly I'm pretty mad about it.
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Thats why I always read about a device before buying one I must of spent a week or two informing myself before buying it.
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hexitnow said:
Thats why I always read about a device before buying one I must of spent a week or two informing myself before buying it.
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I was first going to buy the Note 2 but when I got to Verizon they had ran out, I gave it a week and returned but still they had no Note 2's so I just decided to get the next better thing which was the GS4
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The official support thread for the Loki bootloader hack is in the AT&T forum:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=41751943#post41751943
djrbliss said:
The official support thread for the Loki bootloader hack is in the AT&T forum:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=41751943#post41751943
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Yay!!! :beer:
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Very nice.
djrbliss, would this enable the flashing of a patched aboot? That way it achieves a similar setup like with the Verizon S3.
this just seemed obvious. http://tau.shadowchild.nl/attn1/?p=483
are we ever gonna get an unlocked bootloader? I'm seriously considering just getting a new phone, its been almost two years :x Thanks!
yergo88 said:
are we ever gonna get an unlocked bootloader? I'm seriously considering just getting a new phone, its been almost two years :x Thanks!
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Get a new phone
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Most likely gonna switch to AT&T or T-Mobile and get an S5 or maybe even an LG G2. I saw an LG G2 last night and it honestly blew me away, S4 was fun while it lasted
yergo88 said:
are we ever gonna get an unlocked bootloader? I'm seriously considering just getting a new phone, its been almost two years :x Thanks!
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Yeah i understand the frustration with the locked boot loader.. No Aosp Roms is fine with me but no kernels sucks .. I should have researched a little more before buying this phone but i only paid $185 for it two months ago so its not a big deal . I can still sell for a profit it i decide to get a different phone...Might check out the g2 but will probably end up with GS5
As you can see by the title do you think the hopes of a unlocked bootloader fading away for the Galaxy s4? if so do you plan to switch devices?
clapper66 said:
As you can see by the title do you think the hopes of a unlocked bootloader fading away for the Galaxy s4? if so do you plan to switch devices?
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There's still a few people working on it and I follow those threads, very interesting stuff.
For now Safestrap is still a gift.
I think the S4 isn't going out without a fight. It's an awesome phone and many devs still have one so hopefully their hard work pays off sooner than later.
I've looked into another phone myself and keep coming back to the S4 myself.
Flashing an AOSP rom isn't worth it to me to lose things like an SD card or removable battery.. So here I am with HD11 on my stock slot!
Verizon Galaxy S4
Safestrap 3.7
HYPERDRIVE 11
Mistertac said:
There's still a few people working on it and I follow those threads, very interesting stuff.
For now Safestrap is still a gift.
I think the S4 isn't going out without a fight. It's an awesome phone and many devs still have one so hopefully their hard work pays off sooner than later.
I've looked into another phone myself and keep coming back to the S4 myself.
Flashing an AOSP rom isn't worth it to me to lose things like an SD card or removable battery.. So here I am with HD11 on my stock slot!
Verizon Galaxy S4
Safestrap 3.7
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Flashing an AOSP rom has nothing to do with your sd card or removable battery lol. Trust me the battery still comes out of the phone.
joshm.1219 said:
Flashing an AOSP rom has nothing to do with your sd card or removable battery lol. Trust me the battery still comes out of the phone.
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He asked about maybe getting rid of the s4 and when I did actually think about that... The G2 was one I looked at... Along with HTC.
Neither of which you can remove the battery or have an SD card. Right? Maybe I'm wrong..
So that's where I was coming from there.
It's early maybe I just wasn't clear enough. I obviously know those two features have nothing to do with an AOSP rom lol
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Yea Josh I see what you're saying.
I wrote that other one before my coffee lol
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Mistertac said:
He asked about maybe getting rid of the s4 and when I did actually think about that... The G2 was one I looked at... Along with HTC.
Neither of which you can remove the battery or have an SD card.
So that's where I was coming from there.
It's early maybe I just wasn't clear enough. I obviously know those two features have nothing to do with an AOSP rom lol
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Yea Josh I see what you're saying.
I wrote that other one before my coffee lol
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I feel you I haven't gotten my coffee yet. My keurig broke last week, it's been a struggle.
joshm.1219 said:
I feel you I haven't gotten my coffee yet. My keurig broke last week, it's been a struggle.
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Haha I'm actually surprised I've made as much sense as I did. Hey Santa is gonna hook you up I bet!!
Thanks for setting me Straight
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Never lose hope!
Yes, that's why manufacturers are selling developer editions like Motorola and Samsung...
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Why would I give up the best hardware thats out there?? Hashcode has given us the opportunity to load Custom Roms and we have devs like sbreen doing a hell of a job. I feel for those that will be missing out.
thats just me saying...............
Also, I think I'll leave this here. Apparently, nobody knows anything about what samsung and Verizon offers.
http://m.androidcentral.com/verizon-galaxy-s4-developer-edition-goes-sale-650
Buy this and end your rants.
Now hopefully everyone reads that and stops babbling about all this bootloader talk . It's getting really old....
This forum is now plagued with either FAQ that are asked and answered 5 times a day or people starting the same threads over and over with different wording. What ever happened to the old days where people actually read?
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richii0207 said:
Also, I think I'll leave this here. Apparently, nobody knows anything about what samsung and Verizon offers.
http://m.androidcentral.com/verizon-galaxy-s4-developer-edition-goes-sale-650
Buy this and end your rants.
Now hopefully everyone reads that and stops babbling about all this bootloader talk . It's getting really old....
This forum is now plagued with either FAQ that are asked and answered 5 times a day or people starting the same threads over and over with different wording. What ever happened to the old days where people actually read?
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That's old news, expensive, and pointless now that they refuse to roll out updates for it.
richii0207 said:
Also, I think I'll leave this here. Apparently, nobody knows anything about what samsung and Verizon offers.
http://m.androidcentral.com/verizon-galaxy-s4-developer-edition-goes-sale-650
Buy this and end your rants.
Now hopefully everyone reads that and stops babbling about all this bootloader talk . It's getting really old....
This forum is now plagued with either FAQ that are asked and answered 5 times a day or people starting the same threads over and over with different wording. What ever happened to the old days where people actually read?
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So i have a fully functioning S4 why the F**K would i go waste money on another phone that i already own just for an unlocked bootloader... i would rather use safestrap for now. i would love to run an AOSP ROM but using hyperdrive with safestrap is already 100 times better then the stock TouchWiz.
Only if verizon supported the nexus 5 i would dump my s4 in a heartbeat for it, becuase it has beter hardware and is only $350 for the 16GB and $400 for the 32GB
clapper66 said:
So i have a fully functioning S4 why the F**K would i go waste money on another phone that i already own just for an unlocked bootloader... i would rather use safestrap for now. i would love to run an AOSP ROM but using hyperdrive with safestrap is already 100 times better then the stock TouchWiz.
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Well, you could sell your s4 and buy the developer edition or you could've bought one from the beginning. I guess you don't "want" the unlocked BL that bad?
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Like I said in the question, when do we think we get the update?
A. within a week
B. within two weeks
C. within a month
D. within 3 months
E. NEVER!!!!!!!!!!!!
Probably as long as it takes verizon to put all there bloat in it and chains and shackles to make sure it stays locked down so we can't root it or anything
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qudwis said:
Like I said in the question, when do we think we get the update?
A. within a week
B. within two weeks
C. within a month
D. within 3 months
E. NEVER!!!!!!!!!!!!
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VERIZON is holding on to the update cuz they think giving us kitkat will cannibalize sales of the S5
so i say give it a week to a month after the S5 is on sale as for me im thinking of getting rid of my S4 not like im on verizon's network any more might as well get an international model or an s5 -_- annoyed i love this phone
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VERIZON is holding on to the update cuz they think giving us kitkat will cannibalize sales of the S5
so i say give it a week to a month after the S5 is on sale as for me im thinking of getting rid of my S4 not like im on verizon's network any more might as well get an international model or an s5 -_- annoyed i love this phone
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You sure about that? I would say 90% of Verizon customers don't know what 4.4.2 Android means.
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You sure about that? I would say 90% of Verizon customers don't know what 4.4.2 Android means.
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thats what i read on the verizon forums alot of people want their kitkat updates lol its believable if you ask me
cuz every one else got their kitkat update
I think once Samsung/Verizon are done with it, Kitkat on the non-MDK S4 will look more like Gingerbread than real Kitkat anyways.
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VERIZON is holding on to the update cuz they think giving us kitkat will cannibalize sales of the S5
so i say give it a week to a month after the S5 is on sale as for me im thinking of getting rid of my S4 not like im on verizon's network any more might as well get an international model or an s5 -_- annoyed i love this phone
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You sure about that? I would say 90% of Verizon customers don't know what 4.4.2 Android means.
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thats what i read on the verizon forums alot of people want their kitkat updates lol its believable if you ask me
cuz every one else got their kitkat update
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The people on all forums about the VZW S4 are a very small number of VZW users. Almost all people will not get a new phone until their current plan is up. Therefore the S5 coming out is irrelevant to when KitKat is released. The majority of people will update to KK when it's pushed and most have never heard of it, let alone care.
VZW taking longer also means Samsung has worked out some bugs in their initial releases. Bloatware doesn't have much to do with it, IMO, most apps are tweaked to work with new software fairly quick.
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The people on all forums about the VZW S4 are a very small number of VZW users. Almost all people will not get a new phone until their current plan is up. Therefore the S5 coming out is irrelevant to when KitKat is released. The majority of people will update to KK when it's pushed and most have never heard of it, let alone care.
VZW taking longer also means Samsung has worked out some bugs in their initial releases. Bloatware doesn't have much to do with it, IMO, most apps are tweaked to work with new software fairly quick.
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I agree.
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qudwis said:
Like I said in the question, when do we think we get the update?
A. within a week
B. within two weeks
C. within a month
D. within 3 months
E. NEVER!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Tomorrow.
Ask me again, tomorrow, and I'll tell you the same.
Its sad that this thread needs to exist. I am on the 4.4.2 GE ROM from Danvdh which is running great.
All I really want is the new modem file that goes with it.
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i guess your right but whats the hold back unless 4.3 and other had serious flaws or verizon is nit picking about buggs
what i wont mind waiting for is if they give us the GS5 touch whiz with out 4.4.2 rom lol make all other s4 owners sick lol
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i guess your right but whats the hold back unless 4.3 and other had serious flaws or verizon is nit picking about buggs
what i wont mind waiting for is if they give us the GS5 touch whiz with out 4.4.2 rom lol make all other s4 owners sick lol
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They should, Samsung should give the latest and greatest to the S4 and Note 3, they still are flagship phones.
fillyo said:
They should, Samsung should give the latest and greatest to the S4 and Note 3, they still are flagship phones.
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DjSkreem said:
i guess your right but whats the hold back unless 4.3 and other had serious flaws or verizon is nit picking about buggs
what i wont mind waiting for is if they give us the GS5 touch whiz with out 4.4.2 rom lol make all other s4 owners sick lol
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We have Verizon.. So we have great service but have to deal with locked bootloaders and wait forever for OTA updates lol what can we do.. Maybe move over to TMobile?!
Probably what I'll end up doing eventually just to have an updated phone I actually want that can have a custom recovery.
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was in VZW yesterday (held a S5, kinda nice feeling) and asked as they tried to repair my S4. Dude seemed very tech savy until i pointed out VZW is last to get KK. he didnt even know when it'll b out.. Some "flagship" device right? makes me think they'll be pulling a dinc2 ICS move on us
This is getting annoying. 4.3 update fixed none of the issues or bugs really.... and then they make the flagship phone wait for kitkat.
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This is getting annoying. 4.3 update fixed none of the issues or bugs really.... and then they make the flagship phone wait for kitkat.
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VZW has been known to only care about the brand new phones. I had a HTC Droid Incredible 2 and at the time the Inc series was their flagship, but the Dinc2 was still 3g. ICS was getting put on everything and they had their lists out showing what would and wouldn't and our Dinc2's were on the confirmed list just never received nothing . VZW passed blame to HTC and of course HTC passed it right back to VZW. Then about 6 months or so later or so VZW comes out and says our old flagship isnt gettin ICS at all, stated communication errors with just that phone. Wouldnt even release source for it. Now if it was the 4g model, which was the Incredible S, we would've had ICS and source. I dont trust VZW as far as updates and they'll probably state same excuse and offer us a discounted S5 or a free upgrade to switch our plan totally and for us to pay more in about 4 months. If KK drops just be amazed if we get passed 4.4.2. this phone probably wont see 4.4.3
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Its sad that this thread needs to exist. I am on the 4.4.2 GE ROM from Danvdh which is running great.
All I really want is the new modem file that goes with it.
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I, for whatever reason, had very bad luck with data on GE. It forced me back to AOSP 4.3.
Some of us still want a vzw branded KK.
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I have my T-mobile Galaxy S5 that I love, but my buddy offered me his Sprint Note 3 for $175. It's in flawless condition. Now, I can root and install a custom recovery myself. The phone is bone stock right now. Will that unlock it so I can use it on T-mobile? I'm pretty sure it will.
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I have my T-mobile Galaxy S5 that I love, but my buddy offered me his Sprint Note 3 for $175. It's in flawless condition. Now, I can root and install a custom recovery myself. The phone is bone stock right now. Will that unlock it so I can use it on T-mobile? I'm pretty sure it will.
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SEARCH ! SEARCH ! SEARCH !
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2593305
Billt4spd said:
I have my T-mobile Galaxy S5 that I love, but my buddy offered me his Sprint Note 3 for $175. It's in flawless condition. Now, I can root and install a custom recovery myself. The phone is bone stock right now. Will that unlock it so I can use it on T-mobile? I'm pretty sure it will.
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This same question was asked in the kitkatkiller thread.
As the gentleman above explained so succinctly, ain't happening.
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You should go to the following link to learn how to do it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=49017479
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Well looks like Im the first here, so I will ask......any root possibilities. Received my S6 Edge+ today and would love to open it up!
jayfrost said:
Well looks like Im the first here, so I will ask......any root possibilities. Received my S6 Edge+ today and would love to open it up!
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There are security measures on the phone through knox to stop us from rooting this phone. Carrier specific I think to Verizon and AT&T looks like we might have to wait a while
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There are security measures on the phone through knox to stop us from rooting this phone. Carrier specific I think to Verizon and AT&T looks like we might have to wait a while
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Comparable to the note 4? I would have thought it would be a little easier since the s6 on Verizon is already rooted?
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Subiegsr said:
Comparable to the note 4? I would have thought it would be a little easier since the s6 on Verizon is already rooted?
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That exploit for the s6 my friend has been closed and long gone.
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That exploit for the s6 my friend has been closed and long gone.
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Oh man! Did not know that, that sucks.
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Subiegsr said:
Oh man! Did not know that, that sucks.
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Yes 5.02 had the exploit which was patched in the 5.1.1 update. And to add insult to injury if you flashed to 5.1.1 there's no flashing back (even using ODIN with stock builds) to 5.02. A lot of people permanently lost root this way.
I read that Verizon and AT&T will not boot anymore if rooted. It will show a black screen and message that the phone was rooted.
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alhadee12 said:
I read that Verizon and AT&T will not boot anymore if rooted. It will show a black screen and message that the phone was rooted.
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That's brutal
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That's brutal
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Yes it is, but I don't root anyway. I've had a couple bad experiences and couldn't get my device to work again.
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alhadee12 said:
Yes it is, but I don't root anyway. I've had a couple bad experiences and couldn't get my device to work again.
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I have had 6 different Samsung devices and rooted all. Never had a single issue. I love rooting. So far I am surviving without it. I figure it might take a month or two til it's obtained. Canadian variants usually get root with T-Mobile.
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I have had 6 different Samsung devices and rooted all. Never had a single issue. I love rooting. So far I am surviving without it. I figure it might take a month or two til it's obtained. Canadian variants usually get root with T-Mobile.
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I'm going to stick with stock and just enjoy my phone.
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Root
alhadee12 said:
I'm going to stick with stock and just enjoy my phone.
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Yea - I will enjoy it just the way it is! Until root is available - and then I will absolutely root it.
Haven't been on xda since my s3. Miss having a rooted device. Can't we ff to when we have root for this awesome s6 edge+!