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Be Prepared: gingerbread will break all one click roots

OK, this is a public service announcement, after having tested stock EE03 with all forms of one click roots, using rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin and GingerBreak, and the prognosis is:
We have come to the end of an era for one click roots. It's over, and the exploits have been patched.
So, for official gingerbread, I predict that the only way to root it, will be to odin/heimdall a rooted kernel and/or cwm. The current trend has been to flash a rooted kernel for other samsung devices.
Of course, there could be some chance that somebody will provide another exploit that'll give us adb rooting capability... but honestly, I doubt it will happen. Hopefully I can be proven wrong.
Anyways, I wanted to give users a heads up, before the inevitable flood of "why isn't this working for me" threads emerge whenever official gingerbread is released.
I had spent many hours getting ready to release a new all in one root and recovery, going so far as to make a new cwm and rooted kernel for it, to only discover the effort will be moot very soon.
Well, at least you can't say that I didn't give a warning.
Edit: just so you know, the cwm 3.1.0.1 thread has been updated as an odin flashable tar, so that clockwork can be applied, no matter what... you can find it in the dev section.

Sounds like the pre-rooted ROMs are OK then.

I think the Bonsai MasterKey unlocker *may* soon work on gingerbread devices. It flashes a recovery image which then let's you flash a rooted rom. We have also made Heimdal available in win32, win64, linux, and osx configurations.
Heimdall will alow you to eb13 and an EC05 modem togetther. I assume it would do a gb modem at same time as well.
Sent from Bonsai 7.1.1.1

DRockstar said:
OK, this is a public service announcement, after having tested stock EE03 with all forms of one click roots, using rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin and GingerBreak, and the prognosis is:
We have come to the end of an era for one click roots. It's over, and the exploits have been patched.
So, for official gingerbread, I predict that the only way to root it, will be to odin/heimdall a rooted kernel and/or cwm. The current trend has been to flash a rooted kernel for other samsung devices.
Of course, there could be some chance that somebody will provide another exploit that'll give us adb rooting capability... but honestly, I doubt it will happen. Hopefully I can be proven wrong.
Anyways, I wanted to give users a heads up, before the inevitable flood of "why isn't this working for me" threads emerge whenever official gingerbread is released.
I had spent many hours getting ready to release a new all in one root and recovery, going so far as to make a new cwm and rooted kernel for it, to only discover the effort will be moot very soon.
Well, at least you can't say that I didn't give a warning.
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maybe I missed something here but I'm running the EE03 build and I'm rooted.
CWM 3.0.2.5 (from EC05) allowed me to flash EE03 that included a rooted kernel. again, I apologize if I missed something in your post. Not trying to sound ignorant.

daddymikey1975 said:
maybe I missed something here but I'm running the EE03 build and I'm rooted.
CWM 3.0.2.5 (from EC05) allowed me to flash EE03 that included a rooted kernel. again, I apologize if I missed something in your post. Not trying to sound ignorant.
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ACS prerooted the Gingerbread leak. He is talking about one-clicking the Gingerbread OTA.

There has never been, and will never be, an exploit free piece of complex software (like an OS). It can't be done. Whether the exploits are found, and how practical they are to use, may push people to do pre-rooted kernels and such, but that doesn't make an on-the-fly rooting impossible, just not easy or appealing.

Like you have said, worst case is we have to wait for someone to post a prerooted version of the stock rom.
What concerns me is that all the backup and recovery options I have found require root to work. I'd like to install the new Gingerbread when it comes out, but I'll have to wait for root one way or the other

poit said:
Like you have said, worst case is we have to wait for someone to post a prerooted version of the stock rom.
What concerns me is that all the backup and recovery options I have found require root to work. I'd like to install the new Gingerbread when it comes out, but I'll have to wait for root one way or the other
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I thought the paid MyBackup Pro works unrooted?

kennyglass123 said:
I thought the paid MyBackup Pro works unrooted?
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it does, however, some of the features require root permissions IIRC.

DRockstar said:
It's over, and the exploits have been patched.
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Has it been confirmed that EE03's vold is patched against CVE-2011-1823, or is it just that the present GingerBreak doesn't work? They claim in the exploit README that offset/indexes may have to be adjusted on some devices.

So are you saying we should wait before we OTA, when or if the OTA comes?

Gingerbread can be rooted with gingerbreak. Just like every other device
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Yes we know that wdm. It's just a warning the OP is trying to tell everyone.
atleast people better know.

Shoulon said:
Yes we know that wdm. It's just a warning the OP is trying to tell everyone.
atleast people better know.
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I was answering a question. People don't know. Look at the post above you
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Whosdaman said:
Gingerbread can be rooted with gingerbreak. Just like every other device
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Not true. Gingerbreak did not work on the EE03 leak.

theimpaler747 said:
Not true. Gingerbreak did not work on the EE03 leak.
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Hmm, interesting..
[sig]I'm close to rooting, i have to wait for a replacement [sig]

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With a 100th thanks...

theimpaler747 said:
Not true. Gingerbreak did not work on the EE03 leak.
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Do you have the tar so we can test it?
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mkasick said:
Has it been confirmed that EE03's vold is patched against CVE-2011-1823,
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Well it appears so, sort of. It looks like vold may not be patched with the array bounds check, but libsysutils.so is patched to ignore netlink messages from user processes, so the exploit commands can't be sent to vold. Bummer.

Well that sucks! Hopefully Gingerbreak creators can find a way to exploit around the patch. Otherwise, the Epic is doomed!

[Q] how to unflash (?) new OTA from evo?

My buddy flashed the new OTA and we are trying to establish root.
Me, personally, I run a droid x rooted, so its similar, but I can use MotoHelper to flash whatever I need to establish root. Is there similar programs and files to flash back to a previous version of software for the Evo? Thanks.

Its not possible to root the new OTA yet. Give it some time and for future reference..ALWAYS wait until the OTA is rooted before you flash new updates..
Good luck!

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Would it have killed you to spend maybe 20 seconds to see if there was already threads about this? Right now, I count 2 threads on the FIRST PAGE about this, not to mention at LEAST 25 other threads that have been made in the last week. It literally would have taken you 10-15 seconds to find your answer, but since you can't do that, I'll answer for you: YOU CANNOT ROOT THE OTA YET. When a method is available, you can find out here.

If your friend is s-off, you can flash recovery and then flash a rooted rom.
(from... Evo/MIUI/Tapatalk)

I love how it's always "a friend" that does the screwing up.

OK, so its not my phone. Like I said, I have a droid x that is rooted. I have four other phones sitting at the house, all rooted. I know what I'm talking about, and i didn't ask if it can be rooted, I asked if you can flash back. Thanks for not reading. I asked specifically if there were any programs to flash an older version of the OS to gain root. Again, thanks for not reading. Motorola as Moto Helper, and I can flash whatever version of android I want. Whenever I want. Without root. I don't know anything about you or your knowledge, so don't question mine. I would like help, not flame. I tried to talk my buddy into rooting his evo when he first got it, and now he finally decided to follow my suggestion, but the OTA came out for him over the weekend. I don't sit around and read about phones that aren't mine, but I am trying to help out a friend to remove bloat. Now all I ask is to get help from the forum with my SPECIFIC question, not rooting the OTA. READ FIRST BEFORE FLAME.

plainjane said:
If your friend is s-off, you can flash recovery and then flash a rooted rom.
(from... Evo/MIUI/Tapatalk)
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He wasn't s-off before, I tried verifying the versions with unrevoked, and they don't have it verified or supported yet. Thanks for the option, though.

poppajules said:
OK, so its not my phone. Like I said, I have a droid x that is rooted. I have four other phones sitting at the house, all rooted. I know what I'm talking about, and i didn't ask if it can be rooted, I asked if you can flash back. Thanks for not reading. I asked specifically if there were any programs to flash an older version of the OS to gain root. Again, thanks for not reading. Motorola as Moto Helper, and I can flash whatever version of android I want. Whenever I want. Without root. I don't know anything about you or your knowledge, so don't question mine. I would like help, not flame. I tried to talk my buddy into rooting his evo when he first got it, and now he finally decided to follow my suggestion, but the OTA came out for him over the weekend. I don't sit around and read about phones that aren't mine, but I am trying to help out a friend to remove bloat. Now all I ask is to get help from the forum with my SPECIFIC question, not rooting the OTA. READ FIRST BEFORE FLAME.
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I didn't flame, but offered the only currently known solution to gaining root with the new OTA. Since the hboot was updated with the new OTA, and it's not downgradeable, the phone cannot be downgraded to an earlier version. There are RUUs available to put the phone back to stock or update to a newer version, but if you attempt to run it, it will give you a "main version is newer" error and will not complete due to the hboot not being able to downgrade.
EDIT: Just saw your response, oops.

plainjane said:
I didn't flame, but offered the only currently known solution to gaining root with the new OTA. Since the hboot was updated with the new OTA, and it's not downgradeable, the phone cannot be downgraded to an earlier version. There are RUUs available to put the phone back to stock or update to a newer version, but if you attempt to run it, it will give you a "main version is newer" error and will not complete due to the hboot not being able to downgrade.
EDIT: Just saw your response, oops.
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no you're good, I read before you edited too. Thanks, that makes sense. Like I said, the Droid can be downgraded whenever I want, even with the locked bootloader. Thanks for your input, and this is what I figured happened with the new OTA.

If he was on rooted 2.2 with s-off and updated with ota 2.3 then he must be still s-off. All you need is to flash amon ra recovery and then flash superuser and youll have stock 2.3 with root. Ive done this on 5 phones already )

I was thinking about this while reading all these threads.
If a phone came with 2.2 from the factory and was then upgraded to 2.3, theoretically shouldn't you be able to factory reset the phone back to 2.2?

ewynn9 said:
I was thinking about this while reading all these threads.
If a phone came with 2.2 from the factory and was then upgraded to 2.3, theoretically shouldn't you be able to factory reset the phone back to 2.2?
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No. Once you upgrade, that replaces 2.2 with 2.3. Therefore, a factory reset would just reset your 2.3. To downgrade, you need root access to flash an older rom.

ewynn9 said:
I was thinking about this while reading all these threads.
If a phone came with 2.2 from the factory and was then upgraded to 2.3, theoretically shouldn't you be able to factory reset the phone back to 2.2?
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Yes u can go back to 2.2 but the new locked bootloader will remain therefore no root even if you flash back.
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[Q] Doubts About ´´Acer_AV041_A500_0.009.00_WW_GEN1´´

I USE THE HC 3.2.1 STOCK, I DONT HAVE ROOT, i CAN INSTALL THIS ROM FOR RECOVERY OF STANDARD ACER?

Quit yelling.

alexmd182 said:
I USE THE HC 3.2.1 STOCK, I DONT HAVE ROOT, i CAN INSTALL THIS ROM FOR RECOVERY OF STANDARD ACER?
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No, just wait for the OTA to come out.
What Vache posted is not meant for people who do not understand how to fix whatever they may break.

I to believe . well with a bit more details. Trying to say this nicely as humanly possibly.. IF you have read the forum thread in its entirety you might should not Install any rom .Give this a few days for all the fuss to calm down and see how it really runs before you make the leap.
Be patient and it will be all worked out on the safety and someone will put up a NOOOBIE STEP BY STEP INSTALL For this rom. Just as all the others in the past..
good luck and Happy Please waiting
Erica.

alexmd182 said:
I USE THE HC 3.2.1 STOCK, I DONT HAVE ROOT, i CAN INSTALL THIS ROM FOR RECOVERY OF STANDARD ACER?
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Yes you can !
You can install the "original version" of this ROM from your recovery if (and only if) you root your tablet and install Amon-Ra recovery on it.
Renee: Now that we know that it's possible to go back to Honeycomb from this ROM, you could maybe test it and give your impression and your opinion?

castafiore said:
Yes you can !
You can install the "original version" of this ROM from your recovery if (and only if) you root your tablet and install Amon-Ra recovery on it.
Renee: Now that we know that it's possible to go back to Honeycomb from this ROM, you could maybe test it and give your impression and your opinion?
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I will over the weekend . I have a a doc apt and would be lost there without my tablet. I know and yes i know how and have backups BUT I have flashed my tab many many times and not ONCE Come close to bricking it.. WHY Because i wait watch and Learn..

Thank you all. but I do not know if I install this rom now, I'll wait a little longer for a more stable version or the official version in April.

Wise decision, alexmd
But this Rom is the one that will be sent by OTA, I believe... most probably before April. Some people working for Acer have announced that the OTA must begin in a very short time now.

Psichi said:
No, just wait for the OTA to come out.
What Vache posted is not meant for people who do not understand how to fix whatever they may break.
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i was on hc 3.2.1 stock and i flashed this rom with the stock recovery and it worked fine..

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THIS LEAKED ROM IS FOR DEVELOPMENT
•Give the developers time to take this leaked ROM and make a stable release.
•Currently there is no version that keeps full Root and Recovery. A500 tablets will bootloop flashing the CWM version.
•A501 users can flash the CWM version but there is no 3G.
•A500 users can flash the stock ROM, but there is no Root and no way to install Recovery. Going back to 3.2.1 is not verified.
PATIENCE PLEASE, while this is being worked on.
I am willing to bet within a week or so we will start seeing ICS Roms that can be flashed with either Acer Recovery, CWM or RA.

castafiore said:
Wise decision, alexmd
But this Rom is the one that will be sent by OTA, I believe... most probably before April. Some people working for Acer have announced that the OTA must begin in a very short time now.
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This is not the same rom that will come thru OTA.. Acer on there website has said the acer a500 WILL Receive the same Added app updates the new Acer lock screen as well as the Acer ring. This leaked rom has none of them. This is the reason people are saying that the leaked rom is a Alpha build. and will Likely have issues and compatibility issues

I don't understand what you mean, Renee
There is a new lock screen ring (a bit modified) on this leak rom.
Anyway, you can be right but, for me, there is no need to change anything on this Rom. .. The only thing to change now to be close to perfection, is these two crappy microphones...

castafiore said:
I don't understand what you mean, Renee
There is a new lock screen ring (a bit modified) on this leak rom.
Anyway, you can be right but, for me, there is no need to change anything on this Rom. .. The only thing to change now to be close to perfection, is these two crappy microphones...
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I believe she is talking about the "acer ring", which is some overlay that appears when you put 5 fingers on the screen in a ring shape.
Sent from my tomato filled Evo

There should be a ring lock screen that has the ability to run some apps without unlocking. by draging it to that app.. also a more complex one built into the UI
as well as some new acer apps that nobody has mentioned.. If you go to acer.com and find there latest news it talks about these things..
but i could be wrong. Im still waiting a few more days to see what comes about this boot loader unlock commands now available..
Its all good who knows at this point

I flashed the stock one, everything works fine. amazing in fact. the cameras are far better! especially with all the new camera features. this version is super stable, not sure what everyone is freaking out about. I havent had anything force close or any problems.

lord_voldemort666 said:
I flashed the stock one, everything works fine. amazing in fact. the cameras are far better! especially with all the new camera features. this version is super stable, not sure what everyone is freaking out about. I havent had anything force close or any problems.[/QUOTE
one word no Root
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erica_renee said:
lord_voldemort666 said:
I flashed the stock one, everything works fine. amazing in fact. the cameras are far better! especially with all the new camera features. this version is super stable, not sure what everyone is freaking out about. I havent had anything force close or any problems.[/QUOTE
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i know. but i don't need it. I'm aware some people might, but having no root doesn't mean its not stable. Ive seen a bunch of posts where people keep saying its for developers only and not stable. I'm just trying to say that its super stable. IF you don't need root, just flash the stock one. It far surpasses any custom 3.2 roms out there. even if i never get another update, i'll be happy.
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lord_voldemort666 said:
erica_renee said:
i know. but i don't need it. I'm aware some people might, but having no root doesn't mean its not stable. Ive seen a bunch of posts where people keep saying its for developers only and not stable. I'm just trying to say that its super stable. IF you don't need root, just flash the stock one. It far surpasses any custom 3.2 roms out there. even if i never get another update, i'll be happy.
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quoted for truth.
i always ran a rooted stock 3.2.1 anyway, so this ICS build (i could care less about the "acer ring". in fact i'd prefer to not have it) with the root method laid out in the official thread works perfectly for me.
i can use my rooted apps and i can delete bloatware and install system apps by mounting /system as /dev/tmpdir
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Just a note on what telemike said, I've talked to quite a few people who used KJY's method to revert.
So, not 100% no touchie. lol.

I only have one more question, the camera is working? and I can flash it in Revery mod my stock rom 3.2.1 unroot?

Unrooting

Guys, I need some help.
I need to return my EVO Shift to Sprint and need to unroot. I did a search for "unroot" in this forum but couldn't find any clear instructions.
I have Cyanogenmod 7.1 installed (the official one).
Would really appreciate some help. Thanks

Search for the RUU. Run it. You'll go to unrooted stock. I have one on my old SD card if I find the time I'll load it up
Shifted from Outer Space

Or you can flash a sense based rom and take the OTA. That should work too

johndoe12 said:
Guys, I need some help.
I need to return my EVO Shift to Sprint and need to unroot. I did a search for "unroot" in this forum but couldn't find any clear instructions.
I have Cyanogenmod 7.1 installed (the official one).
Would really appreciate some help. Thanks
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Flash the PG06IMG.zip file from the shift rookit below:
http://www.goo-inside.me/roms/VICODAN/shift-rootkit.rar
Copy the file to the SD card power off the phone, hold vol+down plus the power button and accept the update. You will lose all data including data on the sd card and will be unrooted on Froyo 2.2

Seems like just running RUU 2.2 is the easiest. I searched for it and got a link to multiupload which doesn't work.
Anyone know another source?

johndoe12 said:
Seems like just running RUU 2.2 is the easiest. I searched for it and got a link to multiupload which doesn't work.
Anyone know another source?
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Did you read my post above..........?

Downloading it now Vicodan, thanks!
I didn't realize you gave actual instruction on how to do it and I couldn't remember how to actually flash a rom. Thanks so much guys I'll keep you posted

johndoe12 said:
Downloading it now Vicodan, thanks!
I didn't realize you gave actual instruction on how to do it and I couldn't remember how to actually flash a rom. Thanks so much guys I'll keep you posted
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No problem there is a link and instructions there, just flash the PG06IMG.zip. Same thing as RUU.

If you ruu back to 2.2 take the o.t.a's to get caught up to 2.3.4. I returned a shift on 2.2 and sprint gave me some seriously suspicious looks...
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drob311 said:
If you ruu back to 2.2 take the o.t.a's to get caught up to 2.3.4. I returned a shift on 2.2 and sprint gave me some seriously suspicious looks...
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How did they look at you? Show me on the doll where they touched you?
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How did they look at you? Show me on the doll where they touched you?
Sent from my brick
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Well... seeing how most android users (90% plus don't root) will blindly accept any and all ota updates, the tech said it was very odd for a user to still be on froyo... He said I put off 3 ota updates, and he was curious as to why... I shrugged my shoulders and said " I dunno"...
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Well... seeing how most android users (90% plus don't root) will blindly accept any and all ota updates, the tech said it was very odd for a user to still be on froyo... He said I put off 3 ota updates, and he was curious as to why... I shrugged my shoulders and said " I dunno"...
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Exactly.
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Also going to 3rd party stores makes life easier as well. I took my phone rooted last week and the tech told me to go unroot my phone and bring it back because his DM was there. LOL

Yeah someone I know was having touchscreen issues, with the phone. Told them, your insured, only been a few months since you got it. Take it back in and let them look at it. But first let me Unroot it. She was in a hurry, and took it to Sprint Rooted. Tech knows me, so he called me up. Was not a good situation . If the Manager had been there they would've flagged her account.
TEAM MiK
Mik Roms Since 3/13/11

My phones not under warrenty anymore. I go to third party stores and I don't care if they know it's rooted or not. As a matter of fact I tell them it's rooted. I've been told by people that sprint doesn't care if you root your phone or not as long as it's not under warrenty. I've also been told by a sprint employee that you can root your phone. There's a law that most people don't know about that protects developers from carriers attacking them with legal issues. Fear I have not.

Marshmallow 6.0 Odin files N910PVPU4DPC1 HERE!

Here's the official update package to get some of that delicious MM 6.0 taste
If you don't know how to flash this then just wait for the OTA update in the next few days or next week.
DOWNLOAD
Enjoy!
LINK Added. XDA mobile app failed me
BE WARNED THIS WILL DELETE ALL YOUR DATA. MAKE A BACKUP

I must know your technique.

freeza said:
I must know your technique.
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Confused....whats going on here

@freeza Care to speculate on being able to use your bootloader, to revert?
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LMMT said:
@freeza Care to speculate on being able to use your bootloader, to revert?
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I wouldn't recommend flashing the full TAR. If you'd like a guarantee to get back, I'll be making separate flashables.
for example i'll just rip apart the tar and make an odin flashable of everything except the bootloader.

LMMT said:
@freeza Care to speculate on being able to use your bootloader, to revert?
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You should still be able to revert to 5.1.1 as the bootloader fuse is still 4 ...just like all the other sprint MM roms i posted you can downgrade without issues

Sunderwear said:
You should still be able to revert to 5.1.1 as the bootloader fuse is still 4
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Well, there you go

Even though my S7 will be here soon being the flashaholic I am I'm still flashing this lol

Invisibility said:
Even though my S7 will be here soon being the flashaholic I am I'm still flashing this lol
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Like many rooted users that are contemplating returning the S7 due to locked bootloader, they, like you, retain a flashable rooted device.
I think Samsung just ruined a good thing for this community. I had hoped for a rooted Note 6 one day soon, but losing all hope. Samsung says the carriers wanted locked bootloaders. Sprint and T-Mobile deny that claim. They should get a room and work that out!
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Anyone try it yet? ?

Sprint just announced it, OTA starts 3/24. Hurray!
https://community.sprint.com/baw/message/1037146#1037146

Nice! Good lookin out.

baseband for those who want it: https://www.dropbox.com/s/5samz8n6nxh9fui/N910PC1baseband.tar?dl=0
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samep said:
Like many rooted users that are contemplating returning the S7 due to locked bootloader, they, like you, retain a flashable rooted device.
I think Samsung just ruined a good thing for this community. I had hoped for a rooted Note 6 one day soon, but losing all hope. Samsung says the carriers wanted locked bootloaders. Sprint and T-Mobile deny that claim. They should get a room and work that out!
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I'm sure that won't last. If it does someone will find a way to root it still. They always do!

Invisibility said:
I'm sure that won't last. If it does someone will find a way to root it still. They always do!
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What Samsung has done in the past with kernels and recovery is child's play compared to the locked bootloader. It would take a vulnerability exploit or a signed key unlocked bootloader to root that unless Samsung reverses its position. They just don't own mistakes that way. Even if it's a path to destruction, Samsung will march on like a soldier.
I personally think they've come to a place where they can willingly accept the loss of a few that can't do without root. Sad; Sprint and T-Mobile claim Samsung did this. Samsung claims all carriers in US wanted locked bootloaders.
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going to back up my phone and give this a flash, i was going to anyway mine as well update a day early i guess

Just for what it's worth, my moto DX2 was rootable via an exploit of charging mode however to this day the bootloader remains locked down. A locked bootloader is no joke.
Also flashed the PC1 baseband via odin have to say it looks like my connectivity had improved markedly.
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Flashed fine but the phone wont activate

samep said:
What Samsung has done in the past with kernels and recovery is child's play compared to the locked bootloader. It would take a vulnerability exploit or a signed key unlocked bootloader to root that unless Samsung reverses its position. They just don't own mistakes that way. Even if it's a path to destruction, Samsung will march on like a soldier.
I personally think they've come to a place where they can willingly accept the loss of a few that can't do without root. Sad; Sprint and T-Mobile claim Samsung did this. Samsung claims all carriers in US wanted locked bootloaders.
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I could careless about the bootloader if they get root though. Which they have done before. Root but locked bootloader...I don't really modify much other then remove some stupid bloat and add in xposed for Amplify+Greenify. I can live without those things. I'd just like to be able to ditch the bloatware.

Invisibility said:
I could careless about the bootloader if they get root though. Which they have done before. Root but locked bootloader...I don't really modify much other then remove some stupid bloat and add in xposed for Amplify+Greenify. I can live without those things. I'd just like to be able to ditch the bloatware.
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Get a nexus 6p its free favorite.