Is there currently a way to do a complete ROM backup before rooting my sprint galaxy note 3? I'm currently running stock android 5.0, the only reason I care is I want to have the ability to completely revert If I so ever choose with out kicking off the KNOX security feature. Thanks for taking the time to read and or reply!
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I think you can using adb commands.
Thank you, i was able to get accomplished with adb in the sdk. I really appreciate you putting me on the right path!
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Do I need to have service on the Tbolt to root it, install a new ROM, and get it setup? I have a friend that wants to send me his tbolt so that I can root, but he cannot go that long without a phone so he was going to reactivate his crackberry while I rooted.
Thanks in advance for any advice.
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Do I need to have service on the Tbolt to root it, install a new ROM, and get it setup? I have a friend that wants to send me his tbolt so that I can root, but he cannot go that long without a phone so he was going to reactivate his crackberry while I rooted.
Thanks in advance for any advice.
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No. I just did it. At most, you may need wifi running, but if you use revolutionary method you won't even need that. Just root and install custom recovery with rev, download ROM on computer and transfer to SD card....
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Awesome... I appreciate the feedback.
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Good luck!
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Obviously your friend does not live very close to you, but you should try to explain the basics to him in case he runs into problems down the road.
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I want to know what is your personally reason for root the phone?
I rooted my phone because want to try something new, i like changes, want to know something about rooting, want to install add away and call recorder from skvalex.
What about You ? Which apps do you use for rooted phones?
P.S
This thread can give me ideas or new way to use phone, new apps which i dont know, etc.
I do it because I can. And because I like the freedom root access allows.
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I personally root to customise it.
Get rid of bloatware, get inverted Google apps.
To me stock is how samsung want it and root is how I want it.
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I do it because I can. And because I like the freedom root access allows.
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But what " freedom root access" mean? What do you have with it and what do you do ? That what i want to know because i want discover more then i know - even if i dont know
I rooted due to customization, few apps like titanium backup pro, cwm, reverse Tethering
I love to be controller of my gadget not some os
Android as-is offers a lot of customization, but rooting it unlocks a whole new level of customization and offers things never possible without root privileges.
How some people can enjoy the locked-down state of iOS is beyond me, or letting themselves be controlled by Apple in the first place.
It offer you more option to do with your phone.
Hope I help u
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-Greenify
-Stweaks (mostly modifying charging currents)
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Custom ROMS. That's why I rooted and I like the terminal emulator better with SU access.
Nexus 4 CyanogenMod 10.1.0RC2
I rooted to use adaway and get rid of ads among other stuff
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im still learning what i can do with it, but so stoked to play with my new and improved phone! thanks Repairem.com
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Thats why i created this thread. But want to make people more tralkative
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-Greenify
-Stweaks (mostly modifying charging currents)
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BIG THX for this app.
universal ssalfic
mine? Uh, It's like running a Windows on a PC with Admin right. Can I put it like that?
I want the 100% power of my phone and not either a locked smartphone or with limits....
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Root comes stock with CM10.1, and one of the key reason for root would be for backup.
You can access all the different root directories to transfer files and sync it automatically in the night when you're sleeping!
Because I get lonely sometimes.
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being able to have 100% control of something i paid lots of money for. i also like to be unique and original. Just like my cars..i have to modify and customize them
sent from where i'm at.
I do it for the custom ROMs and freedom to do whatever I please with the phone. I don't think twice before rooting my phones.
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I came into rooting because I bought a Vodafone 360[i8320] which had linux mobile on it and great specs for that day. With that phone you could connect to the Vodafone 360 forum were you can buy apps(limo) for €5 and share your contacts and connect to 360 people.
Within +/- a year the 360 forum was dead. I found the H1 Droid forum were people weer busy porting Android on that phone. It had much benefits: custom roms flashing and making backups, adjusting the phone in every aspect; from keylayout to dpi to overclocking to kernel adjusting. Getting adds out of free apps and getting apps for free.
Nowadays I enjoy a G. Nexus which I immediately rooted after buying it.
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cuz my first android phone was a Lg P990, and without root and custom rom it was unusable.
Rooted
to use some of the apps and try diffrent ROM
Gents (and ladies),
My phone is rooted, with vanilla 4.3 running. For a reason beyond my level of comprehension, apps are not recognizing the phone as having been rotted (with the exception of Notification Toggle).
I've got some screenshots attached showing the problems I'm encountering, which I'm hoping can get us started on working toward a solution.
If there's any other info you need from me, please let me know.
Any help would be very much appreciated, thank you so much in advance.
This may not even be your case but l know on the note 4.3 roms we had to go in developer options and make sure root access was set to apps and adb for root to function properly hope that helps you with your delima bro.
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smokinmoses said:
This may not even be your case but l know on the note 4.3 roms we had to go in developer options and make sure root access was set to apps and adb for root to function properly hope that helps you with your delima bro.
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This ^
Also flashing the latest superSU zip may help if that doesn't work.
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Heard of this happening on a few other posts... Most were solved by installing the latest version of superSU, like the guy above me says ^^ .
Would definitely start there and come back with the results.
I think I am about as new as they come when it comes to rooting or modifying a phone. Perhaps I shouldn't do anything. I will do what is safe, which is to read and then read some more.
I have a Verizon Samsung Galaxy S4 with a mk2 build. I just wanted to check with the forum to see if I am on the right track.
First - I have enabled developer options and USB debugging. I download Fies and I think I have downloaded recent USB drivers. This is where I have stopped.
Second - I download safe root (not sure where) and root the phone.
Third - I would download safestrap for mk2. I think this would allow me to actually change factory settings.
It is my understanding that removing bloat ware or making simple changes can brick the phone so I am trying to see why you would undertake this entire endeavor.
Then there is Odin. I need to read up on this topic. I have no clue what purpose it serves.
Keeping in mind I have and will do nothing other than enable developer options, am I on the right track in terms of research?
Thanks in advance.
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I think I am about as new as they come when it comes to rooting or modifying a phone. Perhaps I shouldn't do anything. I will do what is safe, which is to read and then read some more.
I have a Verizon Samsung Galaxy S4 with a mk2 build. I just wanted to check with the forum to see if I am on the right track.
First - I have enabled developer options and USB debugging. I download Fies and I think I have downloaded recent USB drivers. This is where I have stopped.
Second - I download safe root (not sure where) and root the phone.
Third - I would download safestrap for mk2. I think this would allow me to actually change factory settings.
It is my understanding that removing bloat ware or making simple changes can brick the phone so I am trying to see why you would undertake this entire endeavor.
Then there is Odin. I need to read up on this topic. I have no clue what purpose it serves.
Keeping in mind I have and will do nothing other than enable developer options, am I on the right track in terms of research?
Thanks in advance.
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Start out here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2606501
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Also check this out
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2578569
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Thank you for the links.
I forgot to add I am using a Hyperion extended battery. Do I need to use the stock battery when making any sort of changes or downloading necessary software?
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realdog4 said:
Thank you for the links.
I forgot to add I am using a Hyperion extended battery. Do I need to use the stock battery when making any sort of changes or downloading necessary software?
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No your good to go with that battery. After you root with saferoot you're going to want to install SafeStrap, that is if you want to install any ROMs , there's a list of SafeStrap compatible ROMs I'll get you.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2630040
And get familiar with Odin. You'll use that in the event your phone gets bricked
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realdog4 said:
I think I am about as new as they come when it comes to rooting or modifying a phone. Perhaps I shouldn't do anything. I will do what is safe, which is to read and then read some more.
I have a Verizon Samsung Galaxy S4 with a mk2 build. I just wanted to check with the forum to see if I am on the right track.
First - I have enabled developer options and USB debugging. I download Fies and I think I have downloaded recent USB drivers. This is where I have stopped.
Second - I download safe root (not sure where) and root the phone.
Third - I would download safestrap for mk2. I think this would allow me to actually change factory settings.
It is my understanding that removing bloat ware or making simple changes can brick the phone so I am trying to see why you would undertake this entire endeavor.
Then there is Odin. I need to read up on this topic. I have no clue what purpose it serves.
Keeping in mind I have and will do nothing other than enable developer options, am I on the right track in terms of research?
Thanks in advance.
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As far as "trying to see why you would undertake this entire endeavor", well, that's an interesting question.
Rooting entails risk. You may ruin your phone if something goes wrong. The more that you do that takes advantage of being rooted, the more likely that something could go wrong. You use Odin to re-flash known good software to recover when an Oops happens.
So, you need to decide why you want to root. I'd say that most people root since it allows them the ability to install custom ROMs. Some do it to have the ability to remove unnecessary software ("bloat") from their phones. Some do it because it lets them back everything up and recover in the case of a problem.
If you don't want to customize, and are satisfied with the factory-included set of software, then there's little reason to root. Only you can decide if the abilities that rooting gives you are worthwhile or not.
I run a rooted, OEM stock phone, mostly because I'm re-flashing it a lot to test rooting software. Putting a lot of effort into customizing a custom ROM when you're re-flashing OEM every few days is not fun, so I stay stock. I ran hyperdrive using Safestrap for a while, however.
The phone is rooted to allow Titanium Backup to backup and restore for the most part. I've also frozen a couple of huge apps that want to push updates (NFL Mobile, for example.) Other than that, I could probably live without being rooted, but it would be frustrating.
Thank you for your reply.
I want to root in order to get rid of all the bloat ware.
The more I read, however, the more intrigued I have become with custom roms. That venture is not in the near future.
My immediate concern is that I have read if you freeze or delete some bloat ware programs, an update can brick your phone.
My phone will update without my permission or knowledge so I am bit weary. If I am incorrect about the bloat ware/brick issue please let me know.
Regardless - Take care and thanks to all.
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realdog4 said:
Thank you for your reply.
I want to root in order to get rid of all the bloat ware.
The more I read, however, the more intrigued I have become with custom roms. That venture is not in the near future.
My immediate concern is that I have read if you freeze or delete some bloat ware programs, an update can brick your phone.
My phone will update without my permission or knowledge so I am bit weary. If I am incorrect about the bloat ware/brick issue please let me know.
Regardless - Take care and thanks to all.
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once you obtain root, you can load titatanium backup and freeze the update packages...many threads around here that explain what how you can do it
realdog4 said:
Thank you for your reply.
I want to root in order to get rid of all the bloat ware.
The more I read, however, the more intrigued I have become with custom roms. That venture is not in the near future.
My immediate concern is that I have read if you freeze or delete some bloat ware programs, an update can brick your phone.
My phone will update without my permission or knowledge so I am bit weary. If I am incorrect about the bloat ware/brick issue please let me know.
Regardless - Take care and thanks to all.
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If you freeze applications, it won't brick after an OTA - the OTA will simply fail (at least on a Verizon phone). The update checks to verify that all of the files being updated are there and not tampered with before it starts updating.
I have noticed everyone is running MJ7. If memory serves me correct, the one exception with changing build is that you can run MJ7 over MK2 (my phone).
Should I run MJ7?
Once again, sorry for all the questions.
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I have noticed everyone is running MJ7. If memory serves me correct, the one exception with changing build is that you can run MJ7 over MK2 (my phone).
Should I run MJ7?
Once again, sorry for all the questions.
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MK2 is fine...
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I have been looking for three days and still no luck so I thought I would ask the best... Anybody know if there is a root method for UVU1FOF6 (5.1.1)? I am wary to try and do anything seein as how this is my replacement S5 since my other was stolen in June. This one came with this build and I can't find any literature on this build. Somebody please help because now that this has 5.1.1 it blocks my tethering and so I am limited to hotspot (which I am desperately trying to figure out a way to hide its usage or get my tethering back) and its my only interwebz option since I live in BFE... Any help will be greatly appreciated and thanks in advance!
As of right now there is no unlimited hotspot available for 5.1.1. You can try to down grade to dob1 and try twisted rom 5.0(it leaks but not much) or kitkat.
You may be able to downgrade to 5.0 using odin... there are a few threads about how to flash 5.0 using odin so i would start there...
and this thread contains an optional tether addon zip file, not sure if its unlimited but its an option http://forum.xda-developers.com/tmo...t/how-to-update-to-g900tof6-5-1-1-pc-t3141404
The only reason I say to hide my usage is idk if it's built into the mod or what but my buddy has a nexus I believe and his mod just doesn't fully register what he's actually using (we easily used 20 gb and it only registered like 129 kb and I like that idea (who wouldn't) but yeah I figured I had to roll back... I was just hopi g there was another way... *grumble*
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=61877146
You, sir, are king of the day...
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Ok, sorry for the noob question (this is my first Samsung had HTC forever) but is there any way you can provide me with some step by steps for this method and another stupid question the mods I flash have to be for the 5.1.1 build nothing else correct? Thanks in advance if you can help guys and thanks for being pillars of the bad ass community...
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Ok, sorry for the noob question (this is my first Samsung had HTC forever) but is there any way you can provide me with some step by steps for this method and another stupid question the mods I flash have to be for the 5.1.1 build nothing else correct? Thanks in advance if you can help guys and thanks for being pillars of the bad ass community...
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Instructions are in my thread