I purchased a Galaxy S4 from eBay hoping that it would have MDK on it. Surprisingly it did. However when I plug the phone into my computer it's not recognized therefore Odin doesn't see it and I can't flash the kernels to it in order to obtain root.
Is there anyway to root the GS4 without a computer?
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harrytery said:
I purchased a Galaxy S4 from eBay hoping that it would have MDK on it. Surprisingly it did. However when I plug the phone into my computer it's not recognized therefore Odin doesn't see it and I can't flash the kernels to it in order to obtain root.
Is there anyway to root the GS4 without a computer?
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Did you download and install the latest Samsung USB drivers prior to plugging the phone in?
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Did you download and install the latest Samsung USB drivers prior to plugging the phone in?
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Yeah I have. Tried it on multiple computers, different USB cables - nothing works.
My daily GS4 gets recognized right away.
The screen was busted and it had some corrosion on the main board. Grabbed some 91% alcohol and a tooth brush and scrubbed the crap out of it. Still nothing.
What gets me tho is that the phone will charge...
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harrytery said:
I purchased a Galaxy S4 from eBay hoping that it would have MDK on it. Surprisingly it did. However when I plug the phone into my computer it's not recognized therefore Odin doesn't see it and I can't flash the kernels to it in order to obtain root.
Is there anyway to root the GS4 without a computer?
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Yes you can root with out a pc.. download a unzip app from the market instal... download zipped root file to root of sdcard... unzip to root of your sdcard... use terminal emulator to follow remaining root instructions all done no pc
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Yes you can root with out a pc.. download a unzip app from the market instal... download zipped root file to root of sdcard... unzip to root of your sdcard... use terminal emulator to follow remaining root instructions all done no pc
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Do you care to elaborate a little more? The only root method I'm aware of, you need to flash 2 kernels through odin. How do I flash these kernels without a computer?
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harrytery said:
Do you care to elaborate a little more? The only root method I'm aware of, you need to flash 2 kernels through odin. How do I flash these kernels without a computer?
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Well dont I feel like a jackass thoght I saw me7... I dont know if there is a way on mdk without pc that is sorry to get your hopes up.
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Well dont I feel like a jackass thoght I saw me7... I dont know if there is a way on mdk without pc that is sorry to get your hopes up.
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Guess I'll bust out the alcohol and toothbrush and scrub some more!
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I am trying to root my friends s3. Seems to have worked but instead of having the normal options in recovery mode, its missing "install from sdcard"
I haven't done anything different to how I went about rooting my s3.
Anyone?
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Has you GS3's friend a SD card plug in at least ? Using CWM or CWM Touch ?
Else reflash CWM via Odin could be a solution.
When we first initially flash via odin, no. Tried to reflash but no luck.
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pjdm5 said:
When we first initially flash via odin, no. Tried to reflash but no luck.
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hmm... seems like you messed up with the actual root process somewhere, try ref lashing again, but remember to follow the steps TO THE LETTER, otherwise i can't seem to know of any other fix.
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Flash the unroot package that Chainfire provide to cancel all you have done so far in the rooting process then try once more from the beginning.
Been trying to unlock my mophos bootloader and I've been very careful to make sure I do it right and not brick my phone. I installed RSD Lite 4.9 but when I plug my phone to the usb and reboot into rsd nothing happens, my device isn't listed either. Am I missing something? (Using Windows 7 64 bit.)
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If you are on 2.3.5 you cannot unlock. If you are 2.3.4, download the Root-Unlock-Relock pack (links located in the Photon Compendium). It been available since April and has RSD lite 5.6.
Yes I am still in 2.3.4 and rooted. Would I have to get rid of my root to unlock the boot?
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Stray2thaB said:
Yes I am still in 2.3.4 and rooted. Would I have to get rid of my root to unlock the boot?
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No you don't. Did you install the drivers?
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Yes I did install the drivers. I managed to run the unlock tool but couldn't execute the fastboot command. Downloaded the file but every time I try to extract the files I kept getting a diagnostic error message...
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If you pulled the files form my site you need to use 7-zip. Rezipping them in a standard zip format is on the list but it will make the files larger.
Thanks guys for the help, I have my bootloader unlocked after several tries. Only problem now is that most of the pictures on my sd card are now corrupted. Has anyone experience this too? I was under the impression that this process wouldn't affect my data while the card was still mounted so I didn't consider going through the trouble of backing up. In all honesty this wasn't worth loosing my files. But thanks anyway...
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Thanks guys for the help, I have my bootloader unlocked after several tries. Only problem now is that most of the pictures on my sd card are now corrupted. Has anyone experience this too? I was under the impression that this process wouldn't affect my data while the card was still mounted so I didn't consider going through the trouble of backing up. In all honesty this wasn't worth loosing my files. But thanks anyway...
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It was actually stated to remove SD card while doing this although my SD card wasn't affected
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This all happened while I was trying to flash the MIUI rom. Went through the configuration and when it said I was done my phone never recovered from the boot image screen. So I tried flashing a few more times and even picked a different zip file all to no avail. Kept getting an "error while flashing boot image" so I decided to do an advanced restore. When it was all said and done my phone came back in but most of the data on my sd card was corrupted. Hopefully I will be able to recover my pics and stuff...
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Lokifish Marz said:
If you are on 2.3.5 you cannot unlock. If you are 2.3.4, download the Root-Unlock-Relock pack (links located in the Photon Compendium). It been available since April and has RSD lite 5.6.
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Hi Marz, does this mean I should stop trying the Photon Torpedo method since the only tidbit of files I need is the photon-torpedo.tar which I am waiting for someone to upload again before I try to work with my 2.3.5 Photon? ;(
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I did the instructions to the t and the last step im getting stuck nand write start when trying to flash backatcha verizon all else goes fine, i did originally root phone with factory rooted image does this have anything to do with my problem? Galaxy note 2 i605 with latest ota update
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I did the instructions to the t
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Which method are you trying to follow? The VRALL4 update broke previous exploits but the Casual method works great http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2118348
You have to be completely stock..you say its already rooted right'odin back to stock the origanal one and try it again
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You have to be completely stock..you say its already rooted right'odin back to stock the origanal one and try it again
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I'm not rooted I'm on VR all4 and lost root when I had the update so what can i do now, or how do i get it back to stock
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Galaxy note 2 trying to root and unlock bootloader i originally rooted phone with prerooted stock image when i got the update i lost root, when i try xda method all the steps go fine untill the last backatcha verizon file will not flash. How do i get this device back to stock in current situation so i can try xda method again
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Galaxy note 2 trying to root and unlock bootloader i originally rooted phone with prerooted stock image when i got the update i lost root, when i try xda method all the steps go fine untill the last backatcha verizon file will not flash. How do i get this device back to stock in current situation so i can try xda method again
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If you took an ota while wanting to unlock your bootloader you probably shouldn't unlock. You'll end up bricking your phone
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My galaxy note 2 was rooted but I took the update when I first came out now I'm just trying to get it rooted again
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thinkingbear said:
Which method are you trying to follow? The VRALL4 update broke previous exploits but the Casual method works great http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2118348
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casual method is what im trying to use but it goes great untill last step. cannot write verizon backatcha. Any Sugg
This is the method that use to unlock and root on the 1st day, 3 weeks ago. "Verizon note 2"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RAnj9DgMKo&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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That's what I'm doing it goes through all the steps perfectly when I go to flash the last back atcha Verizon file it just says starting nand write and that's it never goes any further
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That's what I'm doing it goes through all the steps perfectly when I go to flash the last back atcha Verizon file it just says starting nand write and that's it never goes any further
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Can you unroot? do you have another computer you can try this on?
No it's not rooted anymore but I did try another computer and it still stops at nand write for backatcha file
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No it's not rooted anymore but I did try another computer and it still stops at nand write for backatcha file
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Is everything flashing okay with Oden?
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evolishesh said:
Is everything flashing okay with Oden?
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The basline file flashes with oden its the last file that wont
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The basline file flashes with oden its the last file that wont
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Are drivers install? Whether usb debugging is selected or not
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The newest drivers from Samsung are installed and USB debugging is checked on phone
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The newest drivers from Samsung are installed and USB debugging is checked on phone
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In check usb debugging and plug the phone in. This should install drivers, than put phone into download mode, then reboot into fastboot mode. This will insure that you have all drivers installed
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I'll try that when I get home I will see what happens although when I run
Casual it rebooted the phone into download mode
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I'll try that when I get home I will see what happens although when I run
Casual it rebooted the phone into download mode
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Only reason I said that, is because driver install during fastboot mode and Odin mode. I just hope this helps you
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Just a quick question how come it would flash the baseline file then go through the exploit with casual and then when I'm ready to flash the back atcha file that's why I'm having the issue
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I seem not to be able to root my Optimus G. Is it because my software number ends in 20J? I'm kinda new at this. Please help
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onebaddeck said:
I seem not to be able to root my Optimus G. Is it because my software number ends in 20J? I'm kinda new at this. Please help
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you need fiddy's universal root from the sprint section. It'll work fine.
I already tried it. It keeps saying abd isnt a command or something like that. And when it did say it rooted it didnt install superuser. Amd it wasnt rooted either
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onebaddeck said:
I already tried it. It keeps saying abd isnt a command or something like that. And when it did say it rooted it didnt install superuser. Amd it wasnt rooted either
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The root method works, sounds like you need to educate yourself on how to use ADB correctly.
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I already tried it. It keeps saying abd isnt a command or something like that. And when it did say it rooted it didnt install superuser. Amd it wasnt rooted either
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I have used it twice, and it took many tries before it worked. I just kept restarting current root bat. over and over until it worked.
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The root method works, sounds like you need to educate yourself on how to use ADB correctly.
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i know i do, Like i said, Im kinda new at this so im not really sure how everything works.
1. Make sure usb debugging is turned on
2. Install lg usb drivers
3. Plug in phone via usb to pc in charge only mode.
4. Run bat file.
5. Switch to mtp mode..... Wait a minute for phone and pc get done what they are gunna do.... Ignore pc prompts and on phone prompts...
6 follow prompts on PC and there u go rooted jb
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I ask because my computer is fried and I so badly wanna use 4.3tw ROMs. Has anyone successfully flashed the firmware without any issues with WiFi, etc? I wanna give it a go but I like to look before I leap. I've had only one person here tell me they've successfully done it but I just wanna know if there is success with others.
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I ask because my computer is fried and I so badly wanna use 4.3tw ROMs. Has anyone successfully flashed the firmware without any issues with WiFi, etc? I wanna give it a go but I like to look before I leap. I've had only one person here tell me they've successfully done it but I just wanna know if there is success with others.
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Did you ever find an answer to this?
What you see is what you get. I have no luck with any feedback. Looks like everyone used PC Odin.
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What you see is what you get. I have no luck with any feedback. Looks like everyone used PC Odin.
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Well if it helps, I tried flashing MJ9 with mobile odin, it flashed, and my base is now MJ9, but my wifi still isn't working...
xilentedge said:
Well if it helps, I tried flashing MJ9 with mobile odin, it flashed, and my base is now MJ9, but my wifi still isn't working...
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Yup I'm aware of that problem. PC Odin well fix that. I'm gonna hold off and use aosp kitkat ROMs to tie me over until I get my mac back running.
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Yup I'm aware of that problem. PC Odin well fix that. I'm gonna hold off and use aosp kitkat ROMs to tie me over until I get my mac back running.
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I tried running JOdin on my mac, and it would not recognize my phone on download mode. Right now I'm installing Parallels to see if I can get it to work on windows, on my mac, eh.
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A little update: So I finally managed to install windows on my mac, and after going through hell and back (Installing kies, etc), Odin finally noticed my phone while it was on download mode, flashing the firmware took like 10 seconds max, and my wifi was fixed.
I just finished flashing N3bula, and so far everything works.
So yea, definitely need Odin on windows to flash the firmware, JOdin wont work, neither will heimdall, nor Mobile Odin
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A little update: So I finally managed to install windows on my mac, and after going through hell and back (Installing kies, etc), Odin finally noticed my phone while it was on download mode, flashing the firmware took like 10 seconds max, and my wifi was fixed.
I just finished flashing N3bula, and so far everything works.
So yea, definitely need Odin on windows to flash the firmware, JOdin wont work, neither will heimdall, nor Mobile Odin
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Glad you got it up.. And picked N3bula:thumbup:
Mobile Odin usually says it goes through but it definitely doesn't work..
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