Hello,
Users of this phone need for root as quickly as possible. Why? Read this thread.
I was tired to talk about it. And waiting too.
So I decided to create this topic.
All who are willing to donate 25 dollars and above for root, write here. Probability of success depends on the accumulated amount.
I hope software developers will read it and be interested in. Unfortunately, almost all of them did not answer me.
Let start. Ready to donate 30$.
Total: 425$
MrRivethead-30$
snugroho3-25$
Breslavets-25$
ekaja-25$
euquiq-25$
motumbo-25$
Verrocio-2$
fanatica-25$
Sirui_Pes-25$
mmw68666-25$
szppk-25$
alinator-25$
Gequinn-50$
ikda-25$
Information for root:
Android verzion: 4.4.2
Kernel version:
3.4.0-g42c25d8
[email protected]#1
Mon Jul14 14 04:05:06 JST 201
Bootloader is locked.
For now there is no a reliable rooting method for Brigadier. I have tried all root programs.
Open source content for developers: Brigadier E6782 4.4.2 OS (1.102VZ)
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I'll gladly donate $25 to get proper root and unlocked bootloader for this phone
I'm ready to donate $25 for root.
donate 25$
for developer
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I am donating too ... for the developer of a method that allows me to add a custom apn (I suppose it will involve rooting the device first, too). 25 USD
Add my $25. I cannot believe this phone is unrootable being just vanilla android.
The dark grey speaker grill on black casio CA-201L-*J* is still the king (rx/tx IRDA) but this comes close. I'm in for 2$ at this time. May raise it more later.
I want to see more independent reviews on this new "sonic receiver" tech.
add donate 25$ for developer!
I will donate 25$ also for root.
Verrocio said:
The dark grey speaker grill on black casio CA-201L-*J* is still the king (rx/tx IRDA) but this comes close. I'm in for 2$ at this time. May raise it more later.
I want to see more independent reviews on this new "sonic receiver" tech.
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2$ or 25$ ?
Let's get this phone rooted ASAP! Please add more donation
MrRivethead said:
2$ or 25$ ?
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Two dollars not twenty five.
ok
I'll donate $25
Put me down for $25
Sent from my SM-N910V using Tapatalk
1444
willing to donate $ 25
Given up, bought an S5
when root..
When root i gadly pay 25 usd for APN setting and root to delete the verozon non esential apps..Thanks..keep it up..
TheBestEver said:
Probably the best hope for root is @jcase
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If you can find me a loaner ill take a look after christmas
jcase said:
If you can find me a loaner ill take a look after christmas
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Thanks! We will try to find the loaner.
MrRivethead said:
Thanks! We will try to find the loaner.
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Having my family over for early christmas this week, so maybe ill have some downtime at nights, dump system for me
mkdir system
adb pull /system system
zip and upload.
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Update 12/8/2011:
The campaign is closed, currently the device is paid by:
Albert W - suicideclown
Logan L - Loglud
James B- jtbnet
Charles S - 150pilot
Nick W - Indirect
For people that expressed interested in donation can still donate, but the funds will go directly to the NT development team, as either reserve for another donation developer device, or as funding for the celebratory party for when the bootloader is finally broken and we can get custom rom into our beloved NT
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Hi my fellow Nook Tablet tinkers and enthusiast, adamoutler has expressed interested in helping us developing for NT, he has extensive experience breaking bootloader for hardware locked devices. I want to see if we can get enough interested from the forum to poll together $280 - $300 dollar to cover the cost for the NT and shipping.
What you guys think of the idea? If we can get enough interest, I am in for $10.
Here is adamoutler own input on the topic
AdamOutler said:
I've been sitting back watching this thread for a while now. It's time to stop this foolishness. First off, the first post was started with absolutely no information.. basically 'you know what would be cool?'.. then the rest of the discussion has been a bunch of randomness. Why has not a single person mentioned the datasheets for the processor or memory? Why has Boone posted a memory dump of IROM? This thread contains nothing useful.
UnBrickable mod is the way to go. Put a device in my hands and ill enable it to boot from USB or sdcard. The device uses a hardware initiates boot chain. This chain can be broken at the hardware level.
This is an omap4430 device right?
Give me a device. Rebellos and I will locate the boot mode 5 pin which unlocks the boot from one NAND. We will then require an interceptor bootloader which is where Rebellos specializes. Once we hardware unlock the device and the interceptor bootloader is in place, the device will accept an insecure bootloader flash.
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Origionally the plans was to send a donated NT to Rayman84, but adamoutler expressed more confidence that he can do it. So Indirect, Loglu and Rayman84 talked it over and agree to give the donated device to adamoutler instead.
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Update:
Indirect has graciously offer to take up the responsibility of money collection, purchasing and shipping the NT, so we can send the money to his Paypal account:
Indirect said:
Everyone who wants to donate, send the cash to:
[email protected] (it's my paypal account) and I'll order for Adam Outler's nook tablet.
...
He's the guy who did the unbrickable hardware mod to the Samsung Captivate
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PS: looks like KF just got CM7. With such great team of developers and active/supportive forum members, I have confidence that we will get there very soon also.
Donation so far:
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gordon1hd1 - $10 (money send)
lipps - $10
ugic - $10
whatwhat456 - $10
suicideclown - >$10 (money send)
B00M! - $10
r2tbone - $10
nookabee - $20
Lucifus - $20
nook_lover - $10
thatdude90210 - $10
GTOJim - $10
kusje - $20
magius - $20
phroeix - $10
plainspoken - $20
Loglud - >$20 (money send)
jtbnet - >$20 (money send)
150pilot - >$20 (money send)
Indirect ->$20 (money send)
If I were to purchase one for someone else, it would be rayman. He is the person that cracked the Asus Transformer...
I would make a small donation if we could agree who should get it
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If I were to purchase one for someone else, it would be rayman. He is the person that cracked the Asus Transformer...
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+1 on rayman. Great dev.
Any idea on his level of commitment if he were to receive a nook?
I mean I wouldn't want to be like 'HERE IS 250$ BUY A NOOK YOUR HIRED!'
Sure free stuff is nice.. but, it just seems more polite to ask them first..
I think either one would be great. Dalingrin have experience pushing the limit of the NC kernel which has some similarities to the NT kernel. He is also a driving factor for getting CM7 stable on the NC, as well as leading the effort on getting ICS on the NC. I think he can contribute the most in helping us getting a custom and stable CM7 going, even working within the limitation on the NT stock kernel.
I am not too familiar with Rayman's work, but by the sound of the reference from the forum members here, he would be an awesome developer to help support the NT. By the way what is his expertise?
I don't mind we who we donate the NT to, as long as he/she p hehe) can be a great contributor to the NT forum, and help us get custom ROM on the NT sooner. Or even maybe even a custom ICS compatible kernel.
Let see how much interest we can get for a device donation. Once we get the necessary commitment ($260 inc Tax) for a NT, then we can reach out to the developers to see if either one of them is interested.
I'd be in for $10.
Another 10$ from me for sure
I'm in for $10
FWIW here is dalingrin's reply on the NC forum to that question
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FWIW here is dalingrin's reply on the NC forum to that question
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does anyone know Rayman, and can ping him to see if he might be interested.
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does anyone know Rayman, and can ping him to see if he might be interested.
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Ill reach out to him, I know what IRC he hangs on.
Hi,
suicideclown managed to get the message to me and here I am
So, yeah, it sounds interesting, BUT:
I'm European so I wouldn't be able to buy one myself
Does the NT even work decently outside of US?
I work on a number of devices, so my spare time is limited
For my previous work, you can checkout at least www.androidroot.mobi
It's mostly directed towards transformer so far, but we have been discussing branching out to other devices, lol. I'm also working on ICS for TF and Notion Ink Adam and I have gotten quite far with that. (including porting to newer kernels)
Disclaimer:
Even if I spent 24/7 on a thing like this, there's no guarantee it's doable. IF I were to get a device I'd certainly spend a considerable amount of time trying to unlock as much as possible, but there's no guarantees ever with things like this.
I realize my response is a bit cryptic, but I just want to make clear how things would work if I were to receive a device in this way (So far, I have bought every single device I've hacked on!)
rayman84 said:
Hi,
suicideclown managed to get the message to me and here I am
So, yeah, it sounds interesting, BUT:
I'm European so I wouldn't be able to buy one myself
Does the NT even work decently outside of US?
I work on a number of devices, so my spare time is limited
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We could ship you one , It works fine outside the US, you just wouldnt be able to take advantage of the barnes and noble content. .
Would you also need a power converter for europe, or do you have one of these already?
I would donate $10 to getting him a nooktablet.
If he wants, we could have the tablet shipped to me and I can remove the apps that it uses to authenticate to Barnes and noble.
Sent by breaking the sound barrier
Indirect said:
If he wants, we could have the tablet shipped to me and I can remove the apps that it uses to authenticate to Barnes and noble.
Sent by breaking the sound barrier
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Is there a need for that? I'm in Singapore and I managed to register just fine. If shipping is a concern, I am a big fan of Borderlinx (you will need a Citibank credit card for that). They are an excellent reshipping service and you can usually google up a discount coupon code.
I've got $10 on it
I am wondering if it would be easier to buy it from Amazon reseller and have it ship to Europe, instead of me or someone else handling the shipping.
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Hi my fellow Nook Tablet tinkers and enthusiast, rayman84 has expressed interested in helping us developing for NT, he has great experience developing for the Asus Transformer. Since he is in Europe, we will have to buy and ship him the NT our-self. I want to see if we can get enough interested from the forum to poll together $280 - $300 dollar to cover the cost for the NT and international shipping.
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Note that I can't commit to developing for it!
What I mean is:
I'll spend time (a fair amount of time!) trying to break it open
I'll spend time developing whatever tools I might need to get it done (and release source)
I won't be making custom roms and similar if 1) succeeds.
Developing is a very broad word, and it easily leads to misunderstandings, so just wanna set expectations right
rayman84 said:
Hi,
suicideclown managed to get the message to me and here I am
So, yeah, it sounds interesting, BUT:
I'm European so I wouldn't be able to buy one myself
Does the NT even work decently outside of US?
I work on a number of devices, so my spare time is limited
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1. Shipping can be handled easily.
2. Yes, the only thing is in order to purchase anything from the Market the Nook would need to have a bank account that is either from the US or Canada. This would be a non issue of course as I doubt you would need anything from the B&N Market, and even if you did you could always load up a giftcard and tie it to a B&N account and make purchases that way.
3. A number of us would greatly appreciate any time that you would be able to devote to this device.
$10 from me
Drew Garen agree to start developing Ice Cream Sandwich AOSP for our lovely Flyer. We have to raise enough fund to let him get a 3g Flyer.
If you want to donate, he would appreciate extra $$
Or you can go directly to www.drewgaren.com
ManLord
How much does he need?
I think he could get a 3g off contract around 350-400 but will look for the cheapest for sure.
Already sent myself 25$
I'll try to chip in around $30 next paycheck.
If I knew for sure that this guy was serious and capable, I would donate $200.
Would it be better to do a view and then just disable the radio for the flyer?
These were 160 a week or so ago... he doesnt need 400 bucks.
J3ff said:
These were 160 a week or so ago... he doesnt need 400 bucks.
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Could you link your source ? This is an interesting price.
ManLord
oldpueblo said:
Would it be better to do a view and then just disable the radio for the flyer?
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If it will get the View ICS, then this...a million times this.
15$ has been sent.
10$ has been sent.
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Could you link your source ? This is an interesting price.
ManLord
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Since I'm new I'm not yet allowed to post outside links... I don't know what J3ff was referring to, but in Holland the 32GB Wifi+3G version can be bought new for €200,- now here (without a contract):
shop dot www dot hi dot nl slash hi slash RAPRD slash HTC-Flyer slash QHTFLYsi dot html.
In America there is this:
www dot cowboom dot com slash product slash 980844 but that one is used.
I suppose these are not the only nice deals
$10 sent
$10 sent.
Good luck!
$20 donated
I'd donate, but will this help the view in any way?
Sent from my highly modified HTC Rezound using Tapa 2. Yes, Swype misspelled something above.
Donations and ICS work
YHey guys DrewGaren here. I was recently approached about AOSP ICS on the HTC Flyer. I had to check into it because I don't have this device yet and I wanted to see what the current development for it was. I found there really has not been much done yet. I already have the vendor files and some neccesary device files for building and will start making modifications needed and try compiling without a device until I get enough donations to buy the device.
Donation Target: $499.99 (unless you can find me a cheaper off contract 3G/4G/WI-FI model)
Current Donations To Date: $75.03
I will start putting up a progress page on website drewgaren.com and you can view and keep up to date there or follow me on twitter @drewgaren for my updates and feed.
drewgaren said:
YHey guys DrewGaren here. I was recently approached about AOSP ICS on the HTC Flyer. I had to check into it because I don't have this device yet and I wanted to see what the current development for it was. I found there really has not been much done yet. I already have the vendor files and some neccesary device files for building and will start making modifications needed and try compiling without a device until I get enough donations to buy the device.
Donation Target: $499.99 (unless you can find me a cheaper off contract 3G/4G/WI-FI model)
Current Donations To Date: $75.03
I will start putting up a progress page on website drewgaren.com and you can view and keep up to date there or follow me on twitter @drewgaren for my updates and feed.
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Nice that you are willing to start developing it!
Please have a look at the links I sent, there are cheaper options than $499 for sure.
By the way, I thought Chaosz-X and others already started working here? Isn't calling that "really not much" a bit strong?
Who donated the .03
Honestly I'd donate if I knew it would benefit the View. I'd like to support my Flyer brethren, but I own a View.
499? are you serious? I got mine on www.cowboom.com for 159.00 bucks.
Well I'd like to see a true root for S7 not this engboot crap
just being able to run stuff as root has no development as people won't make roms around a boot image
I'm pledging 50 bucks as a bounty for anyone that manages to achieve true root (unlocked bootloader)
Where we can do the normal root stuff like install twrp/roms etc...
If anyone's interested in this and would care to make a pledge please message me so I can start making a list and total $
to increase the "interest" of devs and stuff
Hopefully we'll see something in the future
Pledges:
Kikusz - $50
beatbreakee - $50
twizt3d - $50
funnjng - $25
MK38MOD0 - $100
destroyer557 - $25
I'm in ... I'm on Sprint, but count me for $50 as well
Man I would donate if I could but I'm just not in a spot to do so right now, it would be a miracle because I'm bored out of my mind right now
I don't see this going anywhere, but I'm good for 50 if it does within a reasonable amount of time
Ill put in $25
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I don't see this going anywhere, but I'm good for 50 if it does within a reasonable amount of time
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well if nobody helps then devs dont take interest..
To me seems the higher the money the more *interested* they become in doing something about it
That's mainly why I started this thread
If anyone needs somebody to test different method I don't mind letting my phone be the test dummy pm me if you want to make a deal
Im down for $100.00 ATT g930a.
I'll pledge $25
This is really catching on
Has anyone gotten this done?
Started back in April... New phones out, and more new devices on the horizon. I have come to terms with a locked bootloader from Samsung. I'll stand by my pledge, but I don't see this going anywhere. I'll hold out till April 2018 but if we're over a year, I don't think the interest will hold personally.
Can I still throw my name in the hat? I'm down for $25.
I've got 42 on it. Within a reasonable amount of time, of course. G935A. Qual. Snap.
Pretty sure this is a method! https://forum.xda-developers.com/tm...eres-how-rooted-nougat-s7-edge-g935t-t3567502
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Pretty sure this is a method! https://forum.xda-developers.com/tm...eres-how-rooted-nougat-s7-edge-g935t-t3567502
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This is an eng kernel method, not the regular rooting method which is the reason for creating this thread
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This is an eng kernel method, not the regular rooting method which is the reason for creating this thread
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Oh sorry about that didn't even read it fully my bad
$100.00
Anyone try to get the phone into Qualcomm mode and flash a China s7 loader Img as our problem is the secure download , since Qualcomm mode is used to re partition the phones file systems and then try to unlock the bootloader as in other forums
Let's go for $33.33!
I used to develop an App which requires root for my own purpose, and I cannot reuse my code!
Whoever first successfully creates a working wear24 ROM with NFC enabled and Google Pay Support, will win the money pool. In order for one to claim the prize they must PM me with a working ROM, I will test the ROM and if it is valid, I will award them the money pool. In order to participate you must donate at least $5.00 USD to the money pool, make sure to notate the donation with your username.
You do not have to participate in order to donate money to the pool. Show your support to the dedicated DEVS! The higher the pool, the harder and faster they will work!
Edit:
Here is the pool. The deadline is July 4th 2018. If no one claims the prize the funds will be refunded to the supporters.
Good idea
Definitely
I just picked one up for $59.99 Brand New and I'm quite interested if development will pick up now.
Would be excellent if it's 2 types: NFC enabled and NFC enabled minus the Verizon's bloatware.
Anyone know the best way to start a donation pool? Paypal? Kickstarter? or is there a website dedicated to competitions and such?
Can we just port existing firmware from similar devices like LG Watch Sport?
Asked for AsteroidOS rom for Wear24 - https://asteroidos.org/about/
Answer:
Hi Den,
Awesome! It looks like Asteroid could potentially work on that watch
since the kernel has been made available:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/android-wear/development/wear24-gpl-so
urce-code-contact-info-t3742750
If you are interested, you can follow this guide:
https://asteroidos.org/wiki/porting-guide/
Have a nice day,
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So, we need to wait for someone to do the port of AsteroidOS to that watch.
Here is the pool. The deadline is July 4th 2018. If no one claims the prize the funds will be refunded to the supporters.
How does this work? Whoever claims the price commits to working on this and getting us NFC? If yes, I’m in!
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How does this work? Whoever claims the price commits to working on this and getting us NFC? If yes, I’m in!
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Whoever first successfully creates a working wear24 ROM with NFC enabled and Google Pay Support, will win the money pool. In order for one to claim the prize they must PM me with a working ROM, I will test the ROM and if it is valid, I will award them the money pool. In order to participate you must at least donate 5.00 to the money pool, make sure to notate the donation with your username.
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Whoever first successfully creates a working wear24 ROM with NFC enabled and Google Pay Support...make sure to notate the donation with your username.
You do not have to participate in order to donate money to the pool. Show your support to the dedicated DEVS! The deadline is July 4th 2018. If no one claims the prize the funds will be refunded to the supporters.
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Well it looks like I just made your first donation of 5 bucks usd.
C'mon folks, this would be great to get done! Just make sure whenever it is that each and every step required is written down for less experiened (but willing to try) folks like me.
Thanks!
We need more people to chip in! It's only $5 and you all know we REALLY need this!
This is really sad :crying:
I am planning to start working on the asteroidos port today, I'll let you know you guys about the progress.
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I am planning to start working on the asteroidos port today, I'll let you know you guys about the progress.
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Awesome. It would be sweet if you could figure out a way to install it without taking the device apart. But if you can't, I'm willing to do the Wear surgery to get it rooted. I've been sitting on an extra T-Mobile sim, so I'll go ahead and pop that in while I have it open.
What I'm trying to say is, when you're ready for somebody to test it, I'm game.
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This is really sad :crying:
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Aww if you want you can send it directly to me and I can deposit it into the pool for you
Hi, I appreciate your speculating as it attracts people’s attention and make this topic discussable.
Hi,
I want to root my TCL A509DL phone but just don't have the time to figure out how to do it. I'd like to hire someone to root it for me. I'll pay $50 and give you remote access to my PC which will have the phone connected via USB with USB debugging mode on. I'll pay through PayPal and I'll pay $25 in advance and the remaining $25 upon completion of the root. Any takers?
I have rooted this phone, I can help ya out
Stevenwsmith said:
Hi,
I want to root my TCL A509DL phone but just don't have the time to figure out how to do it. I'd like to hire someone to root it for me. I'll pay $50 and give you remote access to my PC which will have the phone connected via USB with USB debugging mode on. I'll pay through PayPal and I'll pay $25 in advance and the remaining $25 upon completion of the root. Any takers?
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I have rooted this phone, I can help ya out
Because it's a TracFone branded device, and manufactured by TCL, I was reluctant to believe at first that this phone could be oem unlocked and rooted. After some research and chats with members here on XDA, I see that I was wrong. Amazingly, the A509DL can be unlocked and rooted.
Viva La Android said:
This phone cannot be rooted. It is currently not possible due to the perma-locked bootloader. Unless an exploit can be implemented to bypass the locked bootloader, rooting, flashing, modifying, etc., will not.ne possible on the TCL A509DL.
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I was just wondering that if this phone can't be rooted, why are people like The Android Shop charging $175.00 to send customers over to MetaServices just so they can get their email and cash apps hacked. Are The Android Shop and Meta- Services real companies?
mememissy said:
I was just wondering that if this phone can't be rooted, why are people like The Android Shop charging $175.00 to send customers over to MetaServices just so they can get their email and cash apps hacked. Are The Android Shop and Meta- Services real companies?
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I was incorrect on my previous statement. The A509DL can certainly be bootloader unlocked, rooted, network unlocked, etc. I apologize for the misinformation. I have removed my post stating incorrect info.
Viva La Android said:
I was incorrect on my previous statement. The A509DL can certainly be bootloader unlocked, rooted, network unlocked, etc. I apologize for the misinformation. I have removed my post stating incorrect info.
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I am still looking for someone who can help me root this phone. It's a TCL A509DL. I should get another phone but now it's a matter of principle. I should be able to do on my phone what everyone else can do on their phone. It's horrible that I have to either buy a new one, beg someone to help me or pay someone to help me.
The software to root your phone can be found online free. First, unlocking the bootloader is required. MTK Client is the recommended tool for that job. After that, patching your boot image with Magisk and flashing it to the /boot partition will get you root. Do a search here on XDA for "TCL A509DL" and read over the device threads for the procedures. Once I get the free time I'll be posting a full rooting tutorial for this device.
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The software to root your phone can be found online free. First, unlocking the bootloader is required. MTK Client is the recommended tool for that job. After that, patching your boot image with Magisk and flashing it to the /boot partition will get you root. Do a search here on XDA for "TCL A509DL" and read over the device threads for the procedures. Once I get the free time I'll be posting a full rooting tutorial for this device.
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I pray that you do that soon. I paid the Android Shop already to help me but here it is three days later and I am still working on it. They said that I would have to pay another $25.00 for Ninja Root. This is ridiculous! I would be more than happy to pay someone to walk me through the process.
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I pray that you do that soon. I paid the Android Shop already to help me but here it is three days later and I am still working on it. They said that I would have to pay another $25.00 for Ninja Root. This is ridiculous! I would be more than happy to pay someone to walk me through the process.
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Ninja Root is not required. I'm not saying that Ninja Root can't do the job because I'm not familiar with it, but I do know you can root the phone without it. Be very wary of any service that charges a fee for rooting. The Android OS embodies the spirit of open-source platforms and free use policy. I don't condone services that charge fees to root. I do realize that you made the initial offer to pay someone to root your device. You can easily open yourself up to being scammed by doing so. Just be cautious and use your intuition. Be patient. If nothing else, I will be writing up a tutorial when free time permits.
If you are referring to Sunshine by The Root Ninja, I am familiar with that software and it is legit. Again, I don't know its applicability to unlocking or rooting the A509DL, but I do know it is legit with unlocking many models of bootloader that are otherwise perma-locked.
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Ninja Root is not required. I'm not saying that Ninja Root can't do the job because I'm not familiar with it, but I do know you can root the phone without it. Be very wary of any service that charges a fee for rooting. The Android OS embodies the spirit of open-source platforms and free use policy. I don't condone services that charge fees to root. I do realize that you made the initial offer to pay someone to root your device. You can easily open yourself up to being scammed by doing so. Just be cautious and use your intuition. Be patient. If nothing else, I will be writing up a tutorial when free time permits.
If you are referring to Sunshine by The Root Ninja, I am familiar with that software and it is legit. Again, I don't know its applicability to unlocking or rooting the A509DL, but I do know it is legit with unlocking many models of bootloader that are otherwise perma-locked.
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Please let me know as soon as you get an opportunity to post a tutorial on how to root this phone.
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Please let me know as soon as you get an opportunity to post a tutorial on how to root this phone.
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My friend, you will be the first to know, you have my word on that. Let me again emphasize that I'm not saying that whoever is wanting to root your device is a scammer or isn't legit. I'm just personally opposed to services that charge a fee for rooting.
Viva La Android said:
My friend, you will be the first to know, you have my word on that. Let me again emphasize that I'm not saying that whoever is wanting to root your device is a scammer or isn't legit. I'm just personally opposed to services that charge a fee for rooting.
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I really appreciate it. Trying to learn how to do this has not been as fun as I thought it would be.
mememissy said:
I really appreciate it. Trying to learn how to do this has not been as fun as I thought it would be.
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Well, you are definitely learning on a device that is both unorthodox and rather complex to root. Most devices are a cake-walk compared to the TCL A3. This phone steps outside the bounds of a typical rooting strategy. Traditionally, TracFone branded devices have not been rootable. New innovations in bootloader unlocking methods have made this possible. I was unaware of these new methods until only recently. That is the reason I was previously incorrect in stating that the TCL A3 could not be rooted.
If all goes as planned, I will have time this coming week to post a rooting guide.
Viva La Android said:
Well, you are definitely learning on a device that is both unorthodox and rather complex to root. Most devices are a cake-walk compared to the TCL A3. This phone steps outside the bounds of a typical rooting strategy. Traditionally, TracFone branded devices have not been rootable. New innovations in bootloader unlocking methods have made this possible.
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I think that if it were easy, I'd probably learn a lot less. I really want to learn how to do stuff like this. However, you are absolutely correct, this is not easy.
mememissy said:
I think that if it were easy, I'd probably learn a lot less. I really want to learn how to do stuff like this. However, you are absolutely correct, this is not easy.
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That's the spirit...learn on this complex device and normal device rooting will come much simpler. In any event, I will keep you posted.
Viva La Android said:
That's the spirit...learn on this complex device and normal device rooting will come much simpler. In any event, I will keep you posted.
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Thanks. If I don't brick this phone, I'll be able to tell you how grateful I am later
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Thanks. If I don't brick this phone, I'll be able to tell you how grateful I am later
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i can walk you through the the unlock process and all I ask is you make a backup of the rom and send it to me. i bricked mine and have been looking for a backup everywhere.
r1pp3d2 said:
i can walk you through the the unlock process and all I ask is you make a backup of the from and send it to me. i bricked mine and have been looking for a backup everywhere.
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I have to be honest, I don't know how to do that. Tell me what I have to do. I will try it. If you don't hear back from me after, that means I bricked mine too.
I sent a message