I got an lg marquee for sprint (ls855) for free and I want to root. I'm pretty sure its updated as its on gingerbread 2.3.4. Is there any way to root it or flash it to boost easily if it can be rooted that way. I can't find any way to do it and I really want it rooted and/or on boost. Thanks for the help guys
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I've been searching for some time now. My other phone is the Boost LG Marquee and from what I've read if your phone has been updated as of now you will not be able to root the phone. I also read that to root our phones we would have to restore the old version before the update. From there I believe super oneclick will work.
My problem is finding instructions to restore the older version.
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My friend told me that if you 'S-OFF' your phone, don't think he said only on the HTC Amaze, but it will remove the 4G and will only give Edge connection. Is that true? And what are the Pros and Cons for having your phone S-OFF'd?
Your friend is misinformed. If someone was to S-Off Your phone without your knowledge you'd never know.
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death4u said:
Your friend is misinformed. If someone was to S-Off Your phone without your knowledge you'd never know.
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can you please provide me a link on as how to turn s off? and also do you lose the screen ring unlock feature when you do s-off?
Under development there's a sticky. And s=off has no visible effect. It is just for development purpose it alone won't cause anything to be different visually
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Here is a question. I bought a tmobile branded amaze. The guy who sold it me said it's unlocked and I am using it on other networks. Does this also mean its s-off? And has unlocked bootloader? How do I check? I just want to remove tmobile bloatware so need to root can anyone help me out here?
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danyal241 said:
Here is a question. I bought a tmobile branded amaze. The guy who sold it me said it's unlocked and I am using it on other networks. Does this also mean its s-off? And has unlocked bootloader? How do I check? I just want to remove tmobile bloatware so need to root can anyone help me out here?
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Take out your battery and then turn your phone back on holding down the power and volunme down buttons. This will load up the bootloader screen where it will either say "s-on or s-off" and will say "locked or unlocked". The locked/unlocked refers to the bootloader
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to s-off the phone just means to make "ALL" files on the phone rewritable so the phone can n be fully modified in any way shape or form.. and if you supercid your phone you will be able to flash stock roms from any carrier, as for how to s-off your phone i suggest using the toolkit by hasoon found here
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to s-off the phone just means to make "ALL" files on the phone rewritable so the phone can n be fully modified in any way shape or form.. and if you supercid your phone you will be able to flash stock roms from any carrier, as for how to s-off your phone i suggest using the toolkit by hasoon found here
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Thanks. For explaining but I googled it. Can you tell me of a htc stock rom for amaze. The one I have is tmobile and am looking for carriers free rom without bloatware as I dont want custom rom?
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danyal241 said:
Thanks. For explaining but I googled it. Can you tell me of a htc stock rom for amaze. The one I have is tmobile and am looking for carriers free rom without bloatware as I dont want custom rom?
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see if you can find yourself a detoxed RUU, either that or you can root your phone and use titanium backup to uninstall the bloatware you don't want
I did as you said. Now I have unlocked bootloader with twrp and rooted. I made a full backup through recovery. I have s-on. If I do messup can I simply use twrp to restore? Secondly if I want custom roms installed I need to s-off the phone or also supercid?
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danyal241 said:
I did as you said. Now I have unlocked bootloader with twrp and rooted. I made a full backup through recovery. I have s-on. If I do messup can I simply use twrp to restore? Secondly if I want custom roms installed I need to s-off the phone or also supercid?
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You don't need to be s-offed to flash a custom rom.But it is better if you can s-off.
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You don't need to be s-offed to flash a custom rom.But it is better if you can s-off.
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Why is it better? And do I need to be supercid?
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first off stop everything your doing, you NEED 4EXT recovery for all HTC phones, it was specially built for HTC phones since they only work on HTC phones.. and it has a Smart Flash feature that allows you to successfully flash rom's while S-ON, S-OFF lets you re-write system files with full access.. before htc released the Unlock Bootloader codes it was the only way to flash a rom properly.. and SuperCID lets you change the Carrier ID to Blank so this way you'll be able to restore any RUU from any carrier if your trying to flash back to stock... but it seems like you want to flash a rom so just Flash 4EXT and make sure smart flash is enabled and find a guide or watch a youtube video on how to do a full wipe and flash your ROM... or if you dont want to do a full wipe look for android revolution HD and download the superwipe script and flash that before you flash your ROM
Pros:
1. Able to flash kernels (aka boot.IMG) without using 4EXT Recovery ..but I use 4EXT because madmaxx is an evil genius!!
2. Able to supercid. That means you can change your Carrier Identification and will be able to flash different carriers RUU.
3. Able to SIM Unlock without the need to ask your carrier for the unlock code.
4. Change your Splash Screen. That is the first screen that pops up when you reboot. Then its the bootanimation that comes after.
Cons:
1. Just the attempt to S-Off is stressfull. If you're not patient or not confident or can't comprehend what it is you're reading or watching then do not attempt it. You can end up with an expensive paperweight if you don't know how to recover from something so basic.
2. Another Con. If you do something so stupid and mess with the system partitions then chances are it can end up as a brick also. Only heard of one instance that happened. And it was about a year ago.
Can't think of anything else. But I too would change the recovery. You might not be able to charge your phone if it goes dead because I'm not sure if TWRP supports charging while off. Good luck.
Can I just use hansoon tool yo change recovery? Or is there a speical way as I have twrp?
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I use the paid app. But you can use the Hasoons Tool. Mind you that its not the most up to date recovery and 4EXT has been updated atleast a dozen times since then.
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I use the paid app. But you can use the Hasoons Tool. Mind you that its not the most up to date recovery and 4EXT has been updated atleast a dozen times since then.
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So I just go and buy the paid app from play store and It will install the updates for me?
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Yes. It was worth it a few months back but. You might be better off going to his website and downloading the newest recovery. Up to you.
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t. Then its the bootanimation that comes after.
Cons:
1. Just the attempt to S-Off is stressfull. If you're not patient or not confident or can't comprehend what it is you're reading or watching then do not attempt it. You can end up with an expensive paperweight if you don't know how to recover from something so basic.
2. Another Con. If you do something so stupid and mess with the system partitions then chances are it can end up as a brick also. Only heard of one instance that happened. And it was about a year ago.
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yeah i remember i wanted to throw my phone at a wall because i was pissed the wire trick wasnt working lol
I was given a rooted phone and then recently through Kies, i upgraded to 4.1.2.
This obviously removed my rooted status!!
So i now want to re-root and was wondering before i do, has upgrading totally removed all the old root data(!)?
I'm a tech novice and was wondering should i use the S3 UNIFIED TOOLKIT program or use another method?
Someone told me i should not have been able to upgrade with Kies as my phone was rooted, is this true?
I have backed up everything using Titanium Backup
Thanks for ur help.
Just root it using any method you like
Hmm you had root to begin with? Kies doesn't update rooted phones.. as for rooting, there's an easy guide on the general forum you may wanna have a look at.
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root using auto root with odin,,, fastest and easiest way
DO NOT USE TOOLKITS. They take away the learning process plus half of them are ****e anyway!
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Try to root again, check 2nd post
Be happy
Make the root, it only loses the Samsung warranty, however leaves your phone the way you want. Install a custom ROM.
Thank you people. Now fully rooted and smiling
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Kies doesn't update rooted phones
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not true
My brother just flashed his Verizon DNA phone to cricket and was wanting to root..so im trying to find out if it is possible or if by trying it and knowing he would have to do a full wipe of his phone(cache, dalvik, system/data) would that erase the full flash to cricket and be on verizon again??? If thats the case then he's crap outta luck lol but if its possible to root it and keep the flash to cricket i would like to know how. Thanks in advance.
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So I understand we cannot flash Roms without a custom recovery , but can we debloat the device? Like remove all the Verizon and Samsung apps that come preinstalled? Also what else can be done with just root access?
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Well of course you get the benefit of being able to run apps that require root. You can debloat as well like you asked whether your preferred method is using tibu or root explorer to actually delete them (my preferred method), and if you dont like using either of those you can always disable them in the app manager. And you dont need root that route. In the themes and apps sub forum there are some mods for me7 as well.
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What are some good things we can do with root without having boot loader unlocked? I've always been able to install custom roms, never been in this situation before. Damn verizon
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What are some good things we can do with root without having boot loader unlocked? I've always been able to install custom roms, never been in this situation before. Damn verizon
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Debloat, maybe some theming (not sure about this one), backup data, underclock CPU, edit system files like the build prop, etc.
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