Hello everyone, I am ne to the site and forums for Android software development. I have always wanted to explore Linux OS systems and devices for quite a while but never seemed interesting and now I see that it is very valuable to know and understand. I consider myself a tech but mostly for PC, I hold an AS on Computer Electronics and current going for my BS for IT in Cyber Security and Linux pops up. I want to root my phone but it turns out that the bootloader is locked and I was wondering if I can get some help from you fellow experts. The phone is a Note 4 from ATT with android 5.1.1 installed. Is there any hope for me or can there be a solution. Thanks in advance....
Unfortunately, the chances of the bootloader getting unlocked is slim to none. The phone is close to 2 years old and no one has figured out. The people that might have the knowledge or motivation to figure it out have most likely moved on. They don't even have root yet, much less the bootloader being unlocked. For future reference, if you want to learn about modding android devices, stay away from VZW and AT&T phones. They specifically ask the manufacturers to make it more difficult to mod their phones. Sometimes there are ways around it, a lot of times there is not.
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So I'd been around the forums and looking here and there trying to collect as much information as possible on going about flashing the ROM on this phone, and I can't help but become baffled by walls of text filled with links to other pages and tons of software to download. It's overwhelming to say the least. I don't remember my last Android phone ever being this much of a pain to get the process done and over with.
I'm sorry if I come off as a very lazy person, but I look at the General forums for this phone and there's like five different guides for like multiple variations of this L9 model. I find it baffling that all these phones share the same space honestly. It makes this all so confusing for me to just figure out what to do and what not to do in all this. What information is reliable and what is outdated.
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So I'd been around the forums and looking here and there trying to collect as much information as possible on going about flashing the ROM on this phone, and I can't help but become baffled by walls of text filled with links to other pages and tons of software to download. It's overwhelming to say the least. I don't remember my last Android phone ever being this much of a pain to get the process done and over with.
I'm sorry if I come off as a very lazy person, but I look at the General forums for this phone and there's like five different guides for like multiple variations of this L9 model. I find it baffling that all these phones share the same space honestly. It makes this all so confusing for me to just figure out what to do and what not to do in all this. What information is reliable and what is outdated.
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Sorry you're frustrated. The L9 can be a frustrating device. It however is not a simple device to manipulate. However there is way too much information for me to cover in a single post. You will need to search for more details yourself. XDA pushes using their search feature before making new threads.
Obviously you must root the device and there are several methods around depending on the version of Android on your device. In order to install any ROMs your bootloader will need to be unlocked. That's the tricky part. And that's what most of the threads you are referring to are about. I cannot offer any advice at this time as to what road to take as far as unlocking your bootloader goes.
As for all L9 variants being in one forum I cannot address this. This structure is common throughout XDA. IE; There are almost a dozen variants of the original Optimus One. They are all discussed, managed, etc. within the same subforum. Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 subforum is the same way.
Best of luck in your endeavors.
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Sorry you're frustrated. The L9 can be a frustrating device. It however is not a simple device to manipulate. However there is way too much information for me to cover in a single post. You will need to search for more details yourself. XDA pushes using their search feature before making new threads.
Obviously you must root the device and there are several methods around depending on the version of Android on your device. In order to install any ROMs your bootloader will need to be unlocked. That's the tricky part. And that's what most of the threads you are referring to are about. I cannot offer any advice at this time as to what road to take as far as unlocking your bootloader goes.
As for all L9 variants being in one forum I cannot address this. This structure is common throughout XDA. IE; There are almost a dozen variants of the original Optimus One. They are all discussed, managed, etc. within the same subforum. Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 subforum is the same way.
Best of luck in your endeavors.
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Thank you for your reply. I guess I will have to further my research in these forums in order to fully understand the workings of this phone. But what you have typed helps me a good deal. My question becomes this, "Am I to root the device first to unlock the bootloader, or unlock the bootloader to root the device?"
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Thank you for your reply. I guess I will have to further my research in these forums in order to fully understand the workings of this phone. But what you have typed helps me a good deal. My question becomes this, "Am I to root the device first to unlock the bootloader, or unlock the bootloader to root the device?"
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Rooting can be, and I believe should be, done before unlocking the bootloader. With root you can at the very least install L9RecoveryInstaller_1.5.0.apk ( 2nd-init bootstrap recovery ) and then flash any of the prerooted CWM backups that are listed throughout the L9 forums. However, your bootloader is still locked. @kuma86 has made a themed stock JB ROM for P769 devices with locked bootloaders that can also be flashed with the recovery mentioned above.
Ok I am having difficulty finding information about this on the forums and on the freenode #cyanogenmod chat, nobody seems to know. I have an SGH-i547 Rugby Pro that I succesffully rooted, installed twrp, made the backups and installed Cyanogenmod following the steps in the Rugby Pro super thread by kenomine96. Since then a few circumstances have changed. After modding I had the phone unlocked and switched from ATT to Tmobile. What I want to do now is revert the phone to stock, but my concern is that my TWRP backups were created while I was using ATT. If I used these backups to restore the original operating system would this potentially brick my phone or otherwise render me unable to connect to the Tmobile network? Any tips and advice would be really appreciated guys I do not want to jump into this blind and end up with a screwed up phone.
OK so after a terrible experience in #cyanogenmod (I had like 5 people trolling me when I was sincerely asking for advice) I finally figured it out on my own. but has left me with a very poor impression of this community. Probably not everyone in the community is bad, but there is a good portion of what seem to be l33t geek permavirgin trolls on #cyanogenmod. And to those people on #cyanogenmod that trolled me like that for absolutely no reason at all, you are total FAILURES and have made your community look utterly shameful and unapproachable with your geeky "i have the knowledge I'm-so-better-than-you" attitude. I'm so glad to have this finally removed from my phone and reverted to stock.
Sad... just sad.. :facepalm:
Adios.
People are jerks on the internet? Is it really THAT surprising?
Do you still need help or no?
This is my fist post, I am sorry if I am asking something I should not. I am not a technological guy, so I need some help and patience.
My wife has an old gt-i9082, it is at android 4.2.2. I think it is 3 years old.
I would like to upgrade it to a better version because the cellphone system are already very slow and some app are not working anymore.
A friend told me it is possible, since the cellphone are not at warranty anymore, but I do not know how to do it. I just find this forum with google.
So, I am asking for a step by step guide to do it, if it is possible. If it already exist, please point me to the relevant thread.
Again, sorry for my lack of understand.
Thank you very much for your time.
Regis Castelo
regiscastelo said:
This is my fist post, I am sorry if I am asking something I should not. I am not a technological guy, so I need some help and patience.
My wife has an old gt-i9082, it is at android 4.2.2. I think it is 3 years old.
I would like to upgrade it to a better version because the cellphone system are already very slow and some app are not working anymore.
A friend told me it is possible, since the cellphone are not at warranty anymore, but I do not know how to do it. I just find this forum with google.
So, I am asking for a step by step guide to do it, if it is possible. If it already exist, please point me to the relevant thread.
Again, sorry for my lack of understand.
Thank you very much for your time.
Regis Castelo
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They don't have any newer official Samsung updates, but the developers here have been able to keep your device updated with custom versions of android that are based off of the Android Open Source Project and/or CyanogenMod sources. This means that if you update, you will get a vastly different user experience. You will have access to the Play Store and all the apps and what not, but the UI is completely different from the Settings, to the Dialer, Contacts app, email app, etc etc. Many people prefer this, but if you aren't tech savvy and new things confuse and/or frustrate you, then it can be an adventure. There might be small issues or work arounds that you might need to do depending on which custom option you choose and how you prefer or need to use your phone as well. I don't recommend jumping into the upgrade without reading other forum members advice or comments to see if there are issues that might affect the use of your phone. You can find more information in the forum for your phone here http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-grand-duos -If you use the dual sim function, pay special attention to the changes in that set up with the newer versions.
I am going to ask for direction over there.
Thank you so much.
Howdy,
So, I have a Toshiba AT200 tablet that uses android 4.0.3 and I'm disabled currently jumping through all the hoops for SSI. In the meantime I been using the usertesting app to make enough money to cover my rent & internet barely. Trouble is, they just discontinued support for android versions older than 5.0 so I need to upgrade it to android 5 or 6. Since I have no real clue how to do much of anything on android other than install and run stuff from the play store, I called Toshiba for help and was told that they don't offer a manufacturer update to higher android versions but that I could easily google an unofficial one that is completely legal.
Well, after the last 5 hours of trying, 3 system crashes, 21 removals of trojans by windows defender and malwarebytes, and I-have-no-idea how many 'surveys' & 'offers' completions trying to unlock downloads; I STILL don't have a working upgrade.
PLEASE help me! I need this done to continue earning enough money to pay my rent & internet.
Thanks,
Robert
that's a copy that I posted two weeks ago in the assist forums and never got a response till today telling me to put it here. I've done more searching since first posting, but still haven't found anything working (and ended up with some gomail.ru hijacker thing which I've tried repeatedly to remove but can't seem to fully get rid of it) so please help ASAP! two weeks is way too long to not make any income... I'm prolly gonna be late for internet this month.
Thanks,
Robert
Why won't anyone help me? Is it unclear what device it is? AT200 is what it lists in the 'about' section in the tablet settings menu, but what it shows up as when I put the serial number into the Toshiba website is Excite AT205-T16I
I still need help with this thing PLEASE! am I still asking in the wrong place?
As I know, the upgrade of androi up to your device. If It announce to upgrade, it means that you can do it. If not, you can't
What? I'm sorry but I don't understand what you tried to say. The Toshiba rep told me to google 'toshiba at200 custom rom lollipop' though I really don't know what that means... and I've tried multiple times but always end up with either a bunch of malware to get rid of or one of those 'complete survey or offer to unlock download' things which never work. I found a site with pretty understandable instructions on how to complete the upgrade and got some kinda rooting tool, but it doesn't help me without having this 'apk rom' that it talks about and doesn't give any links on the instruction page.
Regrettably, there aren't any options to update your device. There are 2 ways to upgrade, either via updates put out by the manufacturer, or via a custom version of android (referred to as a "rom") that is compiled from a source code such as the Android Open Source Project (AOSP) or CyanogenMod (CM). For devices that didn't sell well or weren't of significant interest to the developer community, custom updates aren't usually an option as it takes a considerable amount of time and skill to update a device beyond what the manufacturer puts out due to differences in the system as well as drivers on newer versions of android.
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Ive spent about a week of full-time work into my S7 930v. I FINALLY rooted the damn thing and I FINALLY, after reading tons of tutorials, read on one of them (right here, in fact) the Doomed Verizon Locking Problem.
Ok, so Im not going to be able to install any android ROMs. I followed the tutorials and I have removed/froze bloatware and installed cleanup apps as per the tutorials (Greenify, Amplify, Titanium Backup, etc.)
I froze damn near everything and my phone still works, so good so far. But it still runs slower and from a security standpoint, I still dont really trust it.
Sorry, I know Im beating a dead horse here.
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I gave up trying to face the impossible. But today, with renewed vigor, I have questions. In an effort not to waste my time, I thought that one of you has probably already tried my next steps or heard of someone who has.
1. Is it also not possible to install linux (Ubuntu?) on my 930v?
2. I heard somewhere that you can call Verizon and have them unlock your phone. I have done so. They gave me the run-around. Switched me to Samsung who told me to call Verizon. Now Im not new to this. Im angry and Ive got too much time on my hands. Im not afraid to call over and over until I get answers. But I thought I would ask you all first.
There seems to be two different versions of what they understand as "unlocked". There is provider unlocked and there is OS/ROM unlocked. So, if I keep harassing them, are they going to ROM unlock my phone? I found this on their website:
verizon..../about/consumer-safety/device-unlocking-policy/
Is my phone really a piece of trash now?? Say it aint so!
[EDIT] I just called Verizon again and explained very thoroughly, that Verizon locks software with a private key and that I wish to reinstall Android as a base without their software.
Tech support tells me that they are not given that information from Corporate.