After years of rooting my devices this had to be the simplest/worry free update ever. Was already rooted but needed to update..
Just did the typical Major backup (using Google and my PC) , Stock firmware , Magisk , (Magisk_ Patched boot .img).Up and running in one hour tops.
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I had a few questions about rootign and the SGS3.
1. Do i need to root to use launchers like nova and apex?
2. If I launch and mandatory updates come out will I be able to download them if I root?
3. Is it worth it?
Thanks in advance. Ive only rooted older phones that didnt regularly receive updates and my knowledge is extremely limited.
ddurandSGS3 said:
I had a few questions about rootign and the SGS3.
1. Do i need to root to use launchers like nova and apex?
2. If I launch and mandatory updates come out will I be able to download them if I root?
3. Is it worth it?
Thanks in advance. Ive only rooted older phones that didnt regularly receive updates and my knowledge is extremely limited.
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1. No.. those launchers will work without root
2. Not sure about this..
3. Up to you and what apps you use or like to use. There are some really great apps out there that require root. Think of having root the same as being an administrator on your PC. Lets you have TOTAL control of your device. I think its well worth it.. for me.. for someone who likes to use root apps!
sent from my Galaxy S III
I hesitated to root to ! I did it just to be adfree et to use Titanium Backup
Having rooted mine, I received notification OTA of the update yesterday but was unable to install OTA but no trouble updating via kies on the PC, just had to re-root again after the update.
It is ALWAYS worth it to root, lol. Who doesn't want root apps, custom ROMs and kernels, and the ability to remove bloatware??
Usually I will keep my smartphones untouched for several months until I got bored or I hit the limits of the phone.
I decided to root my old Desire because I was short of memory all the time, this can be solved only by having A2Sd+, EXT2SD, etc. ROMs which needs rooting for flashing.
I hit the limit for my Desire only after several weeks...so...I rooted it only after a few weeks. (I am still keeping this device )
I rooted my Sensation after 3 months...just got bored with the stock one...
(This baby is sold after 7 months (unrooted before selling)...I dunno, I do not like this device without any special reason...)
I dunno if I want to root my SGSIII at the moment...perhaps after several months..
I am currently still enjoying my stock SGSIII Hey! It is only a couple of days since I received this device
I managed to wait an entire 24 hours before rooting my S3. I felt that this demonstrated tremendous will power and self control.
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I rooted to get rid of Samsung bloatware and to be able to use cwm. Really easy using the Toolkit (listed in the Dev section), and I was mighty pleased that Samsung chose to ship the phone with an unlocked bootloader.
aaa said:
Usually I will keep my smartphones untouched for several months until I got bored or I hit the limits of the phone.
I decided to root my old Desire because I was short of memory all the time, this can be solved only by having A2Sd+, EXT2SD, etc. ROMs which needs rooting for flashing.
I hit the limit for my Desire only after several weeks...so...I rooted it only after a few weeks. (I am still keeping this device )
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I was exactly the same with my desire
As for whether to root or not i know everybody says it but it really is just a case of looking at why you would want to root vs the risks. I personally am waiting for a bit because I haven't seen a custom ROM i like enough or another reason to root (battery fix or Google wallet working for example)
However that being said rooting is always worth it because of all the extra apps and capabilities! And as far as I'm aware getting back to stock if it becomes faulty is as simple as flashing some stock firmware through Odin and using chainfires tiangleaway (someone correct me of i'm wrong please because not absolutely 100% on this)
I apologize in advance if this has been answered or if I have inadvertently offended. I did watch the video and have developed OSes for 30 years. I also have searched all over this site and the web for resolution and am making no progress, so I'm asking the 'oracle'
Got an ATT S4 (I337) a week ago - it was running UCUAMDL. I rooted it using Motochopper and was happily using Titanium Pro etc. I get notified of OTA update. OTA update downloads (357MB) yet fails during install at 30% consistsently.
I figure it is unhappy with my root - I unrooted and cannot remember which way I did it - I seem to recall SuperSU I was using did not have the built-in 'unroot' support so I grabbed the stock image and used ODIN to flash it.I also may have manually uninstalled the 'normal' way the SU app - I suspect this may be my real problem.
After flashing stock ROM for UCUAMDL phone was no longer rooted, did not say custom etc, and took the OTA upgrade just fine. This was for UCUAMF3 which did add App 2 SD support - BTW this update used another 1G of storage compared to UCUAMDL, and I could not recover the 1G by moving apps either, making it virtually worthless as far as adding support for apps in SD, lol.
The problem is now I cannot seem to get the device rooted again. Motochopper fails when installing su.apk. I suspect I have screwed the pooch - what do I need to do to get this thing rooted again?
Is it typical for an OTA update to fail 'because' the device is rooted?
Any advice is much appreciated.
TheKog said:
I apologize in advance if this has been answered or if I have inadvertently offended. I did watch the video and have developed OSes for 30 years. I also have searched all over this site and the web for resolution and am making no progress, so I'm asking the 'oracle'
Got an ATT S4 (I337) a week ago - it was running UCUAMDL. I rooted it using Motochopper and was happily using Titanium Pro etc. I get notified of OTA update. OTA update downloads (357MB) yet fails during install at 30% consistsently.
I figure it is unhappy with my root - I unrooted and cannot remember which way I did it - I seem to recall SuperSU I was using did not have the built-in 'unroot' support so I grabbed the stock image and used ODIN to flash it.I also may have manually uninstalled the 'normal' way the SU app - I suspect this may be my real problem.
After flashing stock ROM for UCUAMDL phone was no longer rooted, did not say custom etc, and took the OTA upgrade just fine. This was for UCUAMF3 which did add App 2 SD support - BTW this update used another 1G of storage compared to UCUAMDL, and I could not recover the 1G by moving apps either, making it virtually worthless as far as adding support for apps in SD, lol.
The problem is now I cannot seem to get the device rooted again. Motochopper fails when installing su.apk. I suspect I have screwed the pooch - what do I need to do to get this thing rooted again?
Is it typical for an OTA update to fail 'because' the device is rooted?
Any advice is much appreciated.
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I do believe it's because of the latest OTA update. I know the OTA for Verizon patched our bootloader hack that we previously had and I think the same may have happened for AT&T. You might want to check through the AT&T forums section as you have an AT&T S4 and this is the Verizon section. Hope you find what your looking for!
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Any advice is much appreciated.
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I'd begin with posting in the forum applicable to your device. That being said, in about sure at&t's update was on par with ours
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I Apologise for my ignorance in android in general.
I have rooted a Nabi 2 successfully installing Gapps etc using Nabilab, which was a pleasure to use. Now that the new OTA update is available which includes the Googleplaystore I would like to unroot and get the OTA updates. I thought I had unrooted it - using Nabilabs (twrp would not work, can't remember why but I think the touchscreen part wouldn't work for me). I returned to stock using (option 1. -1.9.37. Android can boot.) recovery using Nabilabs. I think I did a factory reset after that -sorry but it was weeks ago. Anyway, I suspected something wasn't right when I still had Gapps. I don't have TWRP on it now.
When I do the OTA update I get the dead android on reboot. Nabi is working fine apart from that. I read a lot of pages on this website but it ended up confusing me more than helping me unfortunately as I'm not android savvy.
I just need someone to tell me exactly what to do to properly unroot the Nabi so that it is truly back to original so I can use the OTA updates. I have no need to root the nabi again as the google play store is now officially available. And I've got a UK Nabi 2.
Many thanks in advance for any replies.
Hi,
I ´m coming from a Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 (SM-T810) which I rooted and I had a custom Rom running.
I have the TAB S3 (SM-T820) now since a week, but I don't want to root it yet with Odin and TWRP.
Does anybody have experience with Kingroot, Kingoroot or other rooting methods that won't trip Knox?
The S3 has the January 2018 security patch level.
Thanks,
Rooted S3 Tab T820
jaap2012 said:
Hi,
I ´m coming from a Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 (SM-T810) which I rooted and I had a custom Rom running.
I have the TAB S3 (SM-T820) now since a week, but I don't want to root it yet with Odin and TWRP.
Does anybody have experience with Kingroot, Kingoroot or other rooting methods that won't trip Knox?
The S3 has the January 2018 security patch level.
Thanks,
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I have T820 Version.
Kingoroot does not work (tried it).
King root did not work (tried it)
Oneroot has reported issues (since if it doesnt work, your stuck until their support team tries to debug)
Best way and easiest is to ODIN flash TWRP, flash SU, flash no force enc modified bootloader. Worked like a charm. I went back to stock and knox was not tripped (somehow).
Currently rooted with bloatware removed and kernel tweaks for battery. This tablet is night and day different than stock. NO LAG, 1% battery loss per hour on standby. Very snappy. Totally worth it in my opinion....
kbroh said:
I have T820 Version.
Kingoroot does not work (tried it).
King root did not work (tried it)
Oneroot has reported issues (since if it doesnt work, your stuck until their support team tries to debug)
Best way and easiest is to ODIN flash TWRP, flash SU, flash no force enc modified bootloader. Worked like a charm. I went back to stock and knox was not tripped (somehow).
Currently rooted with bloatware removed and kernel tweaks for battery. This tablet is night and day different than stock. NO LAG, 1% battery loss per hour on standby. Very snappy. Totally worth it in my opinion....
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could you share the link to all the tweaks?
I had rooted my xiaomi note 10 lite global just after I bougt it (year ago or something like that). I dont have TWRP installed (I remember I had a lot of problems to install it) and I am using Magisk. By now my phone is full of data and it is screaming there is stable 12.0.3 update available. Simple question- can I update it by system update or there can be some problems with bootloop, etc?
hello ! i think you can update it, but you'll lose magisk. To be sure, i recommend you to save all of your data in case of some problem.