I had a sprint galaxy s4 about 6 months ago and it seems as if things are different with the Verizon s4....I want to root and start flashing roms but I honestly don't know where to start and which way is the best way. I'm looking to be fully rooted. I'm on the latest stock software update...so what would be the best way to approach rooting so I can be fully rooted? Sorry, I just get confused when seeing all the posts about the bootloader being locked and certain software versions having different methods etc...any help?
If you are on the latest update (NG6) i think this is the only way to root currently.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2905848
toyosup88 said:
If you are on the latest update (NG6) i think this is the only way to root currently.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2905848
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OK and from there I should be able to flash cwm and start flashing roms?
You can install safestrap and flash roms with that. Bootloader is locked so you can't flash a custom recovery
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If I root the HTC One on the stock rom well I still get the OTA updates from T-Mobile?
lilant510 said:
If I root the HTC One on the stock rom well I still get the OTA updates from T-Mobile?
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I swear this type of question must be asked in every thread. Try SuperSu and do some research for upgrading and keeping root. Rooting has been around for a while and there are ways around this. Honestly though why do people root if they want to get factory updates. You do realize that a factory updated rooted version would be out before or shortly after an official release is out....
OTA update and a rooted phone is not a big deal... Jus sayin
To answer your question directly...if you have stock recovery then yes. If you have custom recovery then no.
search next time but...
stock rom with root yes you will get updates.
If you have a custom recovery it may not flash.
I flash the tmobile ota ( the .28 one) with clockworks and all was fine.
Hey everyone, I am new to rooting but I have been all over t)his site learning about it. I currently have a verizon note 2 running 4.3 that I took OTA, with a vruemj9 build. I see that I can root the phone with safe root but it won't unlock the boot loader? So that means I can't install CWM or any custom Roms or kernels? Isn't that the best thing about rooting phones? Is there any way around this? Can I roll back to something before the 4.3 since I took it OTA? And than be able to root my phone? Thanks in advance guys. Any help would be appreciated
vafangool said:
Hey everyone, I am new to rooting but I have been all over t)his site learning about it. I currently have a verizon note 2 running 4.3 that I took OTA, with a vruemj9 build. I see that I can root the phone with safe root but it won't unlock the boot loader? So that means I can't install CWM or any custom Roms or kernels? Isn't that the best thing about rooting phones? Is there any way around this? Can I roll back to something before the 4.3 since I took it OTA? And than be able to root my phone? Thanks in advance guys. Any help would be appreciated
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Well I just read and saw that I can't undo the OTA 4.3 update. So I guess I'll just have to use the safe root and hope for the bootloader to get unlocked. I knew I should have done this a long time ago . Has anyone seen that galaxynote2root Something about downloading root injected firmware?
So, this morning I accidentally accepted the 4.3 OTA update. I know I can't install any custom roms because of the locked bootloader I now have. Are there any stock roms I can install?
YouthD said:
So, this morning I accidentally accepted the 4.3 OTA update. I know I can't install any custom roms because of the locked bootloader I now have. Are there any stock roms I can install?
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You are on the stock rom. What you have is what you get. You can root and use xposed framework for some things, but that's it.
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Kingo root is what I used to get root access it also provides an unroot option.
I have a Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note 2 (SCH-1605) that is running android 4.4.2. I am currently out of contract with Verizon and I would like to start installing custom roms on my device. However, the latest OTA update has my bootloader locked down like Fort Knox. Any suggestions?
Thanks,
Mike
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I have a Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note 2 (SCH-1605) that is running android 4.4.2. I am currently out of contract with Verizon and I would like to start installing custom roms on my device. However, the latest OTA update has my bootloader locked down like Fort Knox. Any suggestions?
Thanks,
Mike
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You can use a method in the general section to get root, which isn't one click, but you have to unlock the bootloader to install custom recovery to flash roms which can't currently be done on 4.3 and up for this phone.
BluGuy said:
You can use a method in the general section to get root, which isn't one click, but you have to unlock the bootloader to install custom recovery to flash roms which can't currently be done on 4.3 and up for this phone.
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Ok. Cool. Hopefully, someone will find an exploit to get pass this bootloader soon.
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So I'm on 4.3 and rooted. Am I still unable to have a recovery? I'm having horrible Wi-Fi issues and i can't figure out why. So wanna go back to og Rom to process and eliminate
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I have a Verizon Samsung Galaxy S4 on build lrx22c.i545vrugoc1 and would like to flash a Play Edition ROM.
Everything I have read so far suggests that it can not be done because Verizon locked the bootloader somehow with the latest update.
Can anyone point me in the right direction?
Thanks
You're correct, though the BL has always been locked. I don't believe there is any way to root the LL build as of now.
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You're correct, though the BL has always been locked. I don't believe there is any way to root the LL build as of now.
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Actually, if you go into the different sections, root has been gained for updates after the initial MDK bootloader. MDK is still the only version of the bootloader that is capable of running custom roms without having to use safestrap.
Having root and the capability or ability of running custom roms are two horses of a different color.
I didn't say you couldn't root different builds, i said the bootloader has never been unlocked.
If you are on oc1 boot loader there is no way to root and you can't downgrade from oc1 so you can't gain root
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If you are on oc1 boot loader there is no way to root and you can't downgrade from oc1 so you can't gain root
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I have OC1 update and a rooted i545
OC1 CAN be rooted with KingRoot. Many people reported that the chinese app works.
As far as ROMs for OC1, there is nothing like AOSP. Only Touchwiz ones. Only Play edition SIMILAR ROMs are eclipse and Kitpop, which you cannot do because you are on OC1. You can Root, and get a stockdeodex ROM, that is about it.
The bootloader has been locked for ages. Only unlocked bootloader is for MDK, which was about 2-3 years back. No hack for the bootloader has been found as of yet.