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Site: http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=HTC_EVO_Shift
Cya in there!
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i was wondering if there'd be an irc channel. i'll idle here, hopefully devs will too and let us know when they have a breakthrough :O
Finally got around to checking out the channel, hope to see more of you there!
I plan to start idling there. Pretty good with Android phones. Feel free to ask for help.
I'll idle as well, as much as I can. Since I'm tethering and on the river most of the time though, it won't be as often as some.
Come hang out in the channel.
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Come hang out in the channel.
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I'd like to, but it's blocked at work!
nice............
Figured I would post this here rather then start a new topic. Just wanted to stop in and say hi. My wife and I are coming from the Samsung epic. I now have the evo and she has the evo shift. Just wanted to take the time to say hi.
sent from my evo
Best phone ever ! Got it rooted and running on a amazing sense 2.1 + 3.0
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lot of names showing but noone home for now
its been a month since i logged on and i decided to a couple days ago and all of a sudden irc now seems dead
notsointeresting said:
its been a month since i logged on and i decided to a couple days ago and all of a sudden irc now seems dead
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It's not dead. Just depends what time of day you are in there. I'm on 24/7!
Just gotta idle for a while and you will see some activity.
This place is AWESOME!
I just wanted to say what a truly helpful and inspiring place this is. I just got this evo shift 4g with 2.3.3 upgrade about a month ago and was trying to figure out some shortcuts when I stumbled onto this site. I started reading the posts and started to learn a bit about android, what root, rom, kernel, sdk platform, adb, etc meant and one day I jumped in. From the instructions and other great info on this site in the last two weeks I have been able to temp root, downgrade hboot, perm root, upgrade hboot back to 2.3.3 install and use apps like clockworkmod, titanium back up and other stuff. I just wish there was something I could do about my phone signal and speed besides the proxy adjustments to 0. Oh yea I was also able to flash 1.08 radio back after downgrade, didn't seem to help much though. Anyway thanks for the great awakening into the world of android smart phones. Next I might think about some custom roms, kernels after I do some more research. You guys and gals on XDA are the best!!
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I just wanted to say what a truly helpful and inspiring place this is. I just got this evo shift 4g with 2.3.3 upgrade about a month ago and was trying to figure out some shortcuts when I stumbled onto this site. I started reading the posts and started to learn a bit about android, what root, rom, kernel, sdk platform, adb, etc meant and one day I jumped in. From the instructions and other great info on this site in the last two weeks I have been able to temp root, downgrade hboot, perm root, upgrade hboot back to 2.3.3 install and use apps like clockworkmod, titanium back up and other stuff. I just wish there was something I could do about my phone signal and speed besides the proxy adjustments to 0. Oh yea I was also able to flash 1.08 radio back after downgrade, didn't seem to help much though. Anyway thanks for the great awakening into the world of android smart phones. Next I might think about some custom roms, kernels after I do some more research. You guys and gals on XDA are the best!!
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Come hang out in the chatroom!
Chat room?
Power_ said:
Chat room?
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link to chat room is in the OP
ummmmmmm ok?
Power_ said:
ummmmmmm ok?
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on the first page of this thread click the llink.
then type in a username and enter the captcha right and your in IRC
Hey guys, shout out and let me know if you get your Atrix today and if you are rooting!
Curios to see how big the community is
designgears said:
Hey guys, shout out and let me know if you get your Atrix today and if you are rooting!
Curios to see how big the community is
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On the truck for delivery right now. I'll be rooting as soon as I get home to grab it, then running a restore of my apps through TiBu.
I want to, but this is my first Android phone and I'm new to all this. The tutorial doesn't back up before the whole process, so I'm wary.
How do I run a backup before proceeding with the breifmobile tutorial?
hopefully my store receives it in its shipment today
FNugget said:
I want to, but this is my first Android phone and I'm new to all this. The tutorial doesn't back up before the whole process, so I'm wary.
How do I run a backup before proceeding with the breifmobile tutorial?
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You can't, because you need root to backup.
But seriously, rooting is not dangerous at all. All it does is pushes a root exploit to your phone, runs it, then once it has temp root, it pushes su and installs superuser.
Sent from my Captivate using XDA App
Mine should get here within the next couple of hours. (not really mine, its for my GF, to replace her N1)
I'll be rooting and installing ADW after its charged.
Mines on the truck out for delivery as well.
I'm sure I will root after some more reading. This is my first android and I look forward to tweaking it to the max as I have done with my winmo devices in the past. Root access seems to be right up my alley but I'm always kind timid when it comes to possibly voiding the waranty on my shiny new gadget.
Thanks designgears for your part in rooting this device. I'm very happy to see this information already available for when I am ready to take that step.
Well, as i live in the UK, i won't be able to report anything soon. Might consider getting it from America and hoping to God someone finds a way to unlock it. Expensive but might be worth it. I want one. Sucks
On the truck for delivery. I'll root tonight and commence playing.
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But seriously, rooting is not dangerous at all. All it does is pushes a root exploit to your phone, runs it, then once it has temp root, it pushes su and installs superuser.
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Thanks for this simplified explanation. Makes me think more and more that I will be rooting sooner rather than later.
I hear that it is easy to unroot for warranty purposes. Is that true?
Mine should be here soon! I am so excited. can wait to root it, first thing! then maybe I will you know, in stall my SIM and maybe use it as a phone, but hacking comes first. Glad to have DG here and in support of this phone, makes me a little happier with it.
Mine is on truck for delivery to my local store. Will post here once I get it. Been Loyal Windows mobile user for 4 years and tried may cooked up ROMs.
Should be here today too!! Ill be rooting right when I get home too so I can restore my apps too!
Droid Incredible Rooted!
killerb7854 said:
Thanks for this simplified explanation. Makes me think more and more that I will be rooting sooner rather than later.
I hear that it is easy to unroot for warranty purposes. Is that true?
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Yep, just remove superuser and /system/xbin/su. Its a simple as starting up an adb shell, and deleting those two.
Sent from my Captivate using XDA App
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Yep, just remove superuser and /system/xbin/su. Its a simple as starting up an adb shell, and deleting those two.
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Thanks again. Looks like I'll be rooting immediately after I get done playing with and familiarizing myself with the new device and OS.
Where is that Fedex guy!
Mine is on the truck for delivery and will be rooting tonight as soon as I get home
It's here!!!! Will be rooting asap
I HAD TO GO TO WORK!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Kids/Wife are home so hopefully it shows up... there's a snow storm though and the delivery guys are notorious for just not delivering in the snow... they drive by the houses they're supposed to and if they're not shoveled and salted they don't even get out of the truck... just drive on by.
I shoveled the entire route to my house from the road... lol.. it's not short.
jiggytom said:
It's here!!!! Will be rooting asap
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Damn you beat me to it, I'm still waiting on FedEx...
jiggytom said:
It's here!!!! Will be rooting asap
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GAAAAHHHHHH!!!! lol
does rooting this tab and isntalling a custom rom make a huge difrence as far as speed and battery life? im interrested in doing it, but want to make sure it is worth it...i know it always has been on my android phones...
thoughts?
Personally, I believe it to be an improvement. I'm running Paris v4 rom at the moment and it's exceptionally fast and smooth. I noticed lag when sliding between screens without the rom and it annoyed me enough to try Paris. I would never go back.
Rooting lets you fully use your Tab imho.
im a new owner too, and i wanna know does the rooting break the warrenty from the seller or can you unroot it if something happends to it ??
It can be unrooted. not sure on the warranty question.
dvigue said:
does rooting this tab and isntalling a custom rom make a huge difrence as far as speed and battery life? im interrested in doing it, but want to make sure it is worth it...i know it always has been on my android phones...
thoughts?
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I have always believed in staying stock until rooting and ROM'ing my G2x. The difference was more than night and day; more like the sun and the planet that was, Pluto. I took the plunge with my GTab 10.1 after going through hell with the stock OS. task650 and Phantom's "In Paris" v4 ROM will make you wonder why you didn't do it earlier!
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You are doing your Tab & yourself injustice if you don't root it.
Having a Titanium Backup of your apps comes in handy & among other stuff.
This thread has the worst advice i've seen across the entire XDA-Developers website.
DO NOT ROOT UNLESS YOU HAVE A REASON TO ROOT
Rooting allows you to make administrative changes only. This means you have the ability to use it as you would a Linux computer.
You will not get a speed boost.
You will not get magic abilities.
You will gain the ability to completely destroy your tab.
You will gain the ability to run malicious apps to their full potential.
Do not root unless you have a reason to root.
AdamOutler said:
This thread has the worst advice i've seen across the entire XDA-Developers website.
DO NOT ROOT UNLESS YOU HAVE A REASON TO ROOT
Rooting allows you to make administrative changes only. This means you have the ability to use it as you would a Linux computer.
You will not get a speed boost.
You will not get magic abilities.
You will gain the ability to completely destroy your tab.
You will gain the ability to run malicious apps to their full potential.
Do not root unless you have a reason to root.
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Hey here's a reason:
Installing a modded rom.
Hows that for a good reason?
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I777 using XDA App
AdamOutler said:
This thread has the worst advice i've seen across the entire XDA-Developers website.
DO NOT ROOT UNLESS YOU HAVE A REASON TO ROOT
Rooting allows you to make administrative changes only. This means you have the ability to use it as you would a Linux computer.
You will not get a speed boost.
You will not get magic abilities.
You will gain the ability to completely destroy your tab.
You will gain the ability to run malicious apps to their full potential.
Do not root unless you have a reason to root.
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Starting a post with a general insult, writing in huge font, and giving no useful information. Over 2000 posts, called "recognized developer," and you're still trolling? Bad form, dude.
+1 for installing a custom ROM. Sure, anyone using these forums should know that rooting won't do any of this for you. But a custom ROM will...
Don't listen to anyone but yourself on this issue. Go to the development section and look over some of the ROMs posted and what they offer in terms of features/improvements. Then read some of the user reviews/comments in those threads, as well as any particular issues any of the ROMs are having. Then take a look at what you can do with root access that you can't without it.
Then I would say use your tab for a few days. If you feel yourself wanting to try out those ROMs or those things that need root, than do it. If your device makes you happy as is and you don't feel like doing it, than don't. That's the best advice anyone can give.
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Starting a post with a general insult, writing in huge font, and giving no useful information. Over 2000 posts, called "recognized developer," and you're still trolling? Bad form, dude.
+1 for installing a custom ROM. Sure, anyone using these forums should know that rooting won't do any of this for you. But a custom ROM will...
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Installing a custom ROM is a good reason, however this guy obviously has no clue what is or what it does.
Recommending that anyone "root" is totally bad information 100% bad information.
Bad information
You are doing your Tab & yourself injustice if you don't root it.
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If someone EVER asks "Should I root"? The answer should ALWAYS be "no".
Remember this line: With great power, comes great responsibility.
Would you give a gun to someone who does not know how to use it? Root has the same potential to destroy your device as a gun has to kill you. Rooting just to "root" is ridiculously dangerous and should never be done.
How many times have you seen someone say "Hey, I've rooted my device, what cool apps can I run"? You don't root your device and then look for things to run.
If someone asks "Should I root my device" and has no reason, the answer is NO! under no circumstances should you root your device unless you have a reason you NEED root capabilities.
Gah... why don't you just tell him to run su;rm -rf / <<never run this.
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Gah... why don't you just tell him to run su;rm -rf / <<never run this.
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I'm not real into Android Dev humor, but I know computers (Windows) almost inside and out. I take it this would be the Android version of the common joke "Delete System32"?
What exactly does that command do, if I may ask?
He clearly stated in the OP that he has rooted his previous android devices and put roms on them. He was specifically asking if he should with THIS device.
He was maybe wondering if the device is fast enough to not need a custom rom. The answer to his question:
No device is fast enough :-D
And definitely not this one.
i think I read some post that if you root your tablet that the android market place will not let you purchase movies ... not sure if that is still true or not
@OP: I've rooted some other devices and when I picked up this device I was unsure... I finally did it one day after reading and reading and reading and watching a video or two I rooted... I flashed the overcome 1.2.1 rom and it really made a noticeable difference in speed. This was my reason to root my device and its good enough for me and if I damage it then its my fault and I take the hit for it simple enough...
I was in your exact same position a couple weeks ago, try rooting it and flashing " in parisv4" youll love it. Night and day speed difference
Edited:I rooted my Gtab so that I can play Hulu and be able to take advantage of the custom roms tweaks like the ability to overclock/underclock. More quality apps on the market like juice defender, Titanium backup, wifikiller, wifitether and so much more when rooted. Yes if your just looking to change the look of your home screen then just go download a launcher. But sine I rooted its hard to go back to stock. Currently I'm using Bindroid v2.0
There's no "need" to root. Running ADW allows me to customize the look, and to be honest, I don't get screen lag. People want to run custom roms... great. Does it do anything other than let you feel more in control? Not really. As for Hulu, I don't find myself wanting to watch much that's on there. Now... if you had said HBOGO, that would be a different story.
AdamOutler said:
This thread has the worst advice i've seen across the entire XDA-Developers website.
DO NOT ROOT UNLESS YOU HAVE A REASON TO ROOT
Rooting allows you to make administrative changes only. This means you have the ability to use it as you would a Linux computer.
You will not get a speed boost.
You will not get magic abilities.
You will gain the ability to completely destroy your tab.
You will gain the ability to run malicious apps to their full potential.
Do not root unless you have a reason to root.
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+1. Rooting is considered a toy. But it is very dangerous indeed... I have come acroos apps that can brick a device irreversibly. And, yeah, it voids the warranty, although you can unroot.
sent from my CM7 nokia 3210
I was running stock since end of July and then touchwiz... eventually I got bored and needed "a fix" in the form of rooting and custom rom =)
This is a fancy toy so once you get bored I would start looking into root/custom rom. Not before then.. Btw, Task650 & Phantoms In Paris v5 is a very nice rom to start with!
Just got my daughter this phone for Christmas, through the prepaid provider platinumtel. I know that they piggyback off of Sprint towers, but does anyone know if this is safe to root and flash a custom Rom onto. All of my rooting and flashing has only been done with OG Evos, but I would like to give my daughter's phone the freedom my Evos have. Would flashing a custom Rom mess with the prepaid settings in any way?
Well I powered it up today for the first time, and its loaded with all the normal Sprint bloatware. I would like to root it if for nothing else, to get rid of sprints bs bloatware.
Sent from my now rooted, Revolutionary, OG Evo.
Where did you buy the EVO from? I am also looking for a better phone on Ptel and as you know it has to be plbl in order to get it to wwork and I have been having a hard time finding high-end plbl phones that I can get over to ptel.
J
Flashing a kernel to get root wouldn't affect the prepaid settings, flashing a rom might affect voicemail and mms.
intercept root will get temporary root, and you can then flash cm01 recovery with it, then in recovery, make a system/data backup to the sdcard, delete the bloatware in the filemanager, you can always root it later if you want with the same app
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Flashing a kernel to get root wouldn't affect the prepaid settings, flashing a rom might affect voicemail and mms.
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Thanks, I will go ahead and root it then, any suggestions on roms for this phone, my EVO usually runs Mik roms. Just want something lean and clean.
Sent from my now rooted, Revolutionary, OG Evo.
Boltons75... I am also busy trying to root a Intercept on Ptel. What I cannot come past yet, is the 1st step of rooting - Loading the USB drivers for the Intercept.
Have you done this yet?
If you have and connected to the phone, what drivers did you use? Also, what OS? Windows 7 32-bit? Windows 7 64-bit or XP?
J
jluyt said:
Boltons75... I am also busy trying to root a Intercept on Ptel. What I cannot come past yet, is the 1st step of rooting - Loading the USB drivers for the Intercept.
Have you done this yet?
If you have and connected to the phone, what drivers did you use? Also, what OS? Windows 7 32-bit? Windows 7 64-bit or XP?
J
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Just did it today with the apk intercept root, easy, install the app, and press the root button. It was rooted in less than 3 minutes from the time I installed the app. Now I'm just looking for a suitable Rom for it, it doesn't have the selection that I have for my evo.
Sent from my now rooted, Revolutionary, OG Evo.
jluyt said:
Boltons75... I am also busy trying to root a Intercept on Ptel. What I cannot come past yet, is the 1st step of rooting - Loading the USB drivers for the Intercept.
Have you done this yet?
If you have and connected to the phone, what drivers did you use? Also, what OS? Windows 7 32-bit? Windows 7 64-bit or XP?
J
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http://androidforums.com/sprint-int...lick-root-app-recovery-flasher-intercept.html
Here is where I found it.
Sent from my now rooted, Revolutionary, OG Evo.
Morning -- this looks great. I am going to give it a try tonight and will let you know. I looked at Ubuntu last night, but a all new OS to learn in addition to this intercept issue could take me a while so this apk hopefully does it for me too.
J
jluyt said:
Morning -- this looks great. I am going to give it a try tonight and will let you know. I looked at Ubuntu last night, but a all new OS to learn in addition to this intercept issue could take me a while so this apk hopefully does it for me too.
J
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I hope it works as smooth for you as it did for me. Compared to rooting mine and my wife's evos this was a piece of cake. I wasn't really expecting it to work, but it did. I installed titanium and did a backup of the apps, then installed an uninstaller to get rid of the Sprint bloat ware that came on the phone. So far it all works great. I just wish that some of the evo devs made a rom for the intercept, mik in particular. Good luck, and root on......
Sent from my now rooted, Revolutionary, OG Evo.
I will try that tonight.
I also wanted to ask you what Sprint comonents did you remove? I dont have the phone with me now, but as I remember there was:
- Sprint TV
- Sprint <something> Zone
- Sprint Updater
I am wondering about the Updater. Did you remove this one too? I wans sondering if the phone will act-up if you remove the updater.
J
jluyt said:
I will try that tonight.
I also wanted to ask you what Sprint comonents did you remove? I dont have the phone with me now, but as I remember there was:
- Sprint TV
- Sprint <something> Zone
- Sprint Updater
I am wondering about the Updater. Did you remove this one too? I wans sondering if the phone will act-up if you remove the updater.
J
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First I backed up everything I removed, then went on to Sprint football, nascar, and Tv and nav. As long as you do a backup on recovery, you can always fix it if it does kill something.
Sent from my now rooted, Revolutionary, OG Evo.
Well, it is all done!!! It worked and 2 weeks of struggling with this cable thing is no more. I uninstalled all the Sprint bloatware, loaded the overclocking widget and man.... performance is dramatically better. thx for all the help.
One more question. I see you have a rooted EVO. Is it on Ptel?
J
I have to add, after rooting the Intercept and removing Sprint bloatware -- HUGE performance increase. I uninstalled most of the Sprint Bloatware except the Sprint Updater, since I am not sure how it will behave.
Also added the Overclocking Widget and I have to say, very impressed with the performance now for this little Android device.
J
jluyt said:
Well, it is all done!!! It worked and 2 weeks of struggling with this cable thing is no more. I uninstalled all the Sprint bloatware, loaded the overclocking widget and man.... performance is dramatically better. thx for all the help.
One more question. I see you have a rooted EVO. Is it on Ptel?
J
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Nope, its on sprint.
Sent from my now rooted, Revolutionary, OG Evo.
Step by Step
Hey guys, I'm thinking of buying the Samsung Intercept on Platinumtel. However I am totally new at this whole rooting thing. Do you guys have like a step by step process for rooting the phone and making up the proper backups so I dont break it. Also, I was wondering where you got the overclocking widget and how it affects the battery life.
Thanks!
Jeremy
Her eis the deal. Look at this link, it has everything you need.
Now, the intercept as a phone, it is "ok". I bought one for my wife and for her it is fine. If you want high-end, this is not it, but at least you get 800 Mhz on your phone.
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One last thing... getting any driver to work on your PC (win7, Xp, etc) is an act of God.... so that is why the apk was the only way i could root it, but it is a stuborn little phone when it gets to USB connectivity.
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Sorry, but when I click the link it says that is forbidden. I think that maybe I just need to register on that specific forum maybe. I'll check it out. Thanks again for your help!
Jeremy
Thanks
Okay I got to the link now and it seems pretty self explanitory. My only last question is if we can get a froyo (2.2) update on this phone. It looks like theres been an update though Virgin Mobile...so it should work. But how can we get it on this phone with PlatinumTel?
Jeremy
I've been trying to follow the workarounds for the AT&T S4 root access, but remain confused. There seem to be so many different ideas / methods to gain root access that I'm totally lost.
Today; the pooch may have really gotten screwed. My S4 finally forced the 1337UCUFNC1 FOTA onto my phone, despite my trying to block it.
So; bottom line is: Am I completely screwed with regard to ever being able to root my device? I'm know I'm going to get a ton of rude comments about "reading" and "searching" but there's so many different opinions that have be debunked that I can't keep it straight.
So, my question is: Is there a "tried and true" method to root it that's not going to either brick it or cause other unwanted effects that are worse than the cure? I don't really care about custom ROM's nor voiding my KNOX warranty. I just don't want to make a bad situation worse.
Reason being; I have to use Total Recall that provides two way recording without using the speaker and mic. It's the nature of my job. I can't afford to be without it. My Note 3 is a $700.00 paperweight after having to warranty it out. I can't afford for that to happen to my S4.
Is there anyone willing to provide some useful help without ostracizing me? I successfully rooted a Motorola Atrix HD, so it's not my first time; but much of what I've read so far has been confusing regarding the S4.
Thanks in advance!
Jim
Just use the one click towelroot as seen in the other threads. I'm also on NC1 and rooted last night. Works like a charm.
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Oh; that's awesome news!
Thanks!
Unbelievable!!! It worked in minutes. Verified root access. Installed SU Pro and Busybox Pro.
Now; I want to get rid of some bloat! And, freeze any future updates from robbing me of my new found freedom!
Super Kudos to everyone! This is wonderful!
I can't wait to get home and try it on my Note 3! That would rock my face!
Thanks again! Donation coming this Friday on pay day!