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R800x (CDMA) Sin Files

Hope this will help make a root possible for our Verizon Plays. I am willing to flash my phone if someone makes a solution.
multiupload.com/66W2GWUPFR

I don't even know what these files are but I hope it helps lol

Why do people even have the verizon version of the play? In my opinion I doubt that root will ever happen nevermind unlocking the bootloader for those phones, the amount of time and effort it would take would be crazy. I would personally get a different one
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We have them because att sucks in my area, and it was the only option I can get that I can pay the lease :/ I really wanted a play and thats the only one I can get for 50$ it was this or the droid x2 which... sometimes I think I should of got or waited for the droid bionic
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thatsupnow said:
Why do people even have the verizon version of the play? In my opinion I doubt that root will ever happen nevermind unlocking the bootloader for those phones, the amount of time and effort it would take would be crazy. I would personally get a different one
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because all in all it is a really nice phone, on par with the other 1GHz phones out there on the Verizon network just sacrificed 2-8GB of internal storage for a slide out controller.
Motorola locked out their bootloader but you still see people attempting to get past them, what makes this phone any different? OMG it has a GAMEPAD.
Either someone will figure it out or not, no use *****ing about what people picked, it was their decision. I am surprised my old piece of crap Eris had the following it did. Someone will figure it out. As this was mentioned before, for there being 1 CDMA model to the what 8 GSM versions it will just take a little longer then normal.
Or the GSM side will just spit in the CDMA side of it's face and attempt to forget about it, Either way it is still an amazing phone.

icebear8 said:
... it was this or the droid x2 which... sometimes I think I should of got or waited for the droid bionic
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My wife got a Droid 3 and I was green with envy.... dual core OMAP... HDMI out... (no 4g in our area yet)... HUGE internal memory... amazing keyboard... until I tried to play Nova on it using the touch screen controls...
Gamepad all the way baby!!!

Cheap Upgrade from Droid X

What would be a good cheap upgrade (out of pocket) from Droid X? My wife doesnt have an upgrade until April '13 and her Droid X is so sluggish. It is so slow I cant see how she uses it. Was thinking of buying her a used Iphone 4 or 4s in the interim and then getting her a 4g device in April.
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Root it. I got a hand me down Droid X, rooted it, loaded the Liquid Smooth ROM and it is snappy as can be..

She said i should do that, thanks! If i brick it i will just have to buy something else. Ok now off to dig through faqs
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This is the root method I used, and it was pretty painless..
http://androidforums.com/droid-x-al...magic-md5-does-not-require-milestone-sbf.html

IndyRoadie said:
This is the root method I used, and it was pretty painless..
http://androidforums.com/droid-x-al...magic-md5-does-not-require-milestone-sbf.html
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LOL, yes. Wish I had found another way than what i did. I flashed over baseband and radio. No data, could not activate. Bricked the phone, then reflashed 13 different ways but Sunday and finally I have her phone all set up with Liquid Smooth 3.0 and am just trying to get 3G back up and running. It is like a new phone. Hopefully this will last her until her April 2013 VZW upgrade......

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LOL, yes. Wish I had found another way than what i did. I flashed over baseband and radio. No data, could not activate. Bricked the phone, then reflashed 13 different ways but Sunday and finally I have her phone all set up with Liquid Smooth 3.0 and am just trying to get 3G back up and running. It is like a new phone. Hopefully this will last her until her April 2013 VZW upgrade......
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Good to hear you got it recovered. Not sure why but my 3g was off when I first flashed Liquid Smooth too. I had to go into the Settings and mess around to get it back..
Other than that, I am pretty happy now with my old DroidX now

Moving Forward

Hey everyone. I really don't know how to say this, nor do I think anyone will even care because I'm practically a ghost to the forums, but I just wanted to make a thread and thank everyone here from the past and present for the good year and a half-or so that I've been here on the E4G forums. Last night while randomly browsing some Sprint forums for the Galaxy Nexus (I just love to peek at other phones to see what's going on with them), I came across a post saying you can text the word 'upgrade' to the number 1311 to find out if your eligible for an upgrade or not. While this may be common knowledge to the masses, I did not know this and texted the number. Low and behold, I was indeed eligible for an upgrade! With that being said, money was definitely an issue here because I am flat broke, so my upgrade options were limited. From Sprint's website I could choose from a free SGS3, an LG Optimus G, or a Sprint Vital. And maybe something else I'm forgetting. I planned on going with the S3 because it had the most developer support from anything else listed. However, I went to a Sprint store, and it was only free for a new line. That, and also the only free phones Sprint offered me from the store was a Sprint Vital, or a iPhone 4S.
So I went to Best Buy. They offered me a few more options, a couple being the Samsung Galaxy Victory 4G (Which has NO support whatsoever), the Vital once again, and the Optimus G. So... I went with the Optimus G. I've been reading that is pretty much a branded/skinned Nexus 4.
Its definitely...... Nice. Fast as all **** most definitely, fluid, and sexy. The development for the LGOG is kinda weak at best, but it's getting there. There's CM10.1 builds for it, as well as some AOKP builds, so there's that. I definitely need to get a screen protector and case for it though.
Alright, this is way longer than I wanted it to be, so I'm gonna end it here. Thanks for all the roms and memories guys. I'll still be around because the LGOG Dev scene is kinda whack at the moment, and I plan on holding on to my Epic for quite a while. So...... Yeah, lol.
Stay gold, everyone.
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If I recall correctly, xboxfanj got an LGOG as well, so hopefully he can get some nice stuff going for you guys
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Man... I wish I could've gotten a GNex or something >_<
Rooting this thing has been nothing but a complete pain in ass. While there is a sort of a one click root kinda thing, which did work, it was finnicky as hell. And after that, throwing on a custom rom is even worse. It really seems like a 50/50 chance the ROM will boot, not because of user error, but because the phone really just seems unstable and not rom-friendly like our good old Epics are. I dunno, maybe because this phone is still relatively new or something, but this is definitely the biggest headache I've come across with Android at all. :banghead:
The stock rom is retardedly fast and fluid, yes, but this thing needs an AOSP rom on it.
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I think I remember reading somewhere that there's some sort of hardware mod to basically make it a nexus 4. Like use Nexus 4 radios, Roms, etc. Only I'm not sure if such a mod would exist.
Never mind, only gsm versions can do it, I totally forgot about that part.
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jeffreyjicha said:
I think I remember reading somewhere that there's some sort of hardware mod to basically make it a nexus 4. Like use Nexus 4 radios, Roms, etc. Only I'm not sure if such a mod would exist.
Never mind, only gsm versions can do it, I totally forgot about that part.
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Yeah I seen that mod in the AT&T OG forums, and it looked pretty damn sweet. I finally got my OG running a CM10.1 build, so I practically have a Nexus 4 at this point
The only thing I've noticed about the AOSP roms is an extremely low signal reading, no matter where I am. Us always either at two bars or one, haven't seen 3 or above not once. But as long as it doesn't actually affect data speeds or calls I guess, lol.
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Any particular reason(s) I shouldn't get the RAZR M?

I like how it looks, I like how it's made to be durable (the water resistance is cool), but I don't like the locked boot loader (I know I *can* hack it open rather easily...) Or the potential for issues with that down the road.
If you could warn me against thus phone, all things considered, would you?
Thanks!
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Ask this question on another forum thread ... (the answer will be impartial) Phone as your child - the best! Ask better - why I love RAZR M and get a lot of admiring responses.

So... no particular reason?

jimmyco2008 said:
So... no particular reason?
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The only issues:
Size (can be a plus, it was for me)
Screen shake issues (not a huge deal, google it to see what I am talking about)
Non-removable battery (again, I get through a day easily)
Screen resolution
New Moto phones should be out soon
Newer firmware locks out our bootloader unlocker (so make sure if you want to use custom roms to get a phone on 4.1.2 or lower)
That's about all I can think of.

basically, if you want a phone that is compact, powerful, gets you through the day, and always up to date (including custom ROMs), then this is the device for you. the lone draw back is for folks that get this phone after the 5/2013 update is that motorola locked the bootloader (not sure if folks can go back to safestrap, and I'm not sure if developers will make ROMs compatible with SS again).
otherwise, you can't go wrong.

haha that's kind of a big deal if I don't know which firmware the particular phone I'm buying is on...

The update hit a week or so ago, so the longer you wait the worse the chances get. Best if you can get in store and ask to see the version before purchase.
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More than likely it has the update.
But don't let that deter you. The phone is solid stock, and I'm sure someone will find a crack soon.
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jco23 said:
More than likely it has the update.
But don't let that deter you. The phone is solid stock, and I'm sure someone will find a crack soon.
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This is also very true. Heck, I run stock and just freeze the bloat apps with App Quarantine. Fast and great battery life on stock.

I love this phone I've had it for two weeks or so (got it from a friend). I had the og RAZR before and I've been flashing ROMs left and right. On stock I've averaged about 20+ hours battery and I work at Walmart and every one I've sold hasn't had the update. So maybe you'll get lucky if you get it somewhere 3rd party and they have a few that have been sitting
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Verizon just revealed the Droid Mini the successor to the Razr M. It has 4.3" 720p vs qHD on the M and 2GB of RAM vs 1GB on the M. The battery remains 2000mAH but the microSD slot has been removed. The new device is still physically the same size.

Thanks for the responses... SD is muy importanté..
I'd be getting this from eBay, so I would reason it would not have the update.
Edit: *new* from eBay, as opposed to used where the seller would want to update "for my convenience".
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Possible AT&T N3 Safestrap?

I thought that this video would give some hope to the AT&T N3 community. Looks like the Verizon N3 is going to get (or got) a program called Safestrap which is allowing them to install custom ROMs and other things on their version of the N3. This should be made applicable to the AT&T version soon. It may not be as flexible as a unlocked bootloader but does give some hope of being able to have the phone the way you like it.
http://galaxynote3root.com/galaxy-n...-custom-rom-using-safestrap-on-galaxy-note-3/

Yea it's been a while homie... The creator of it is working on trying to achieve it in our device as well
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Jayster0966 said:
I thought that this video would give some hope to the AT&T N3 community. Looks like the Verizon N3 is going to get (or got) a program called Safestrap which is allowing them to install custom ROMs and other things on their version of the N3. This should be made applicable to the AT&T version soon. It may not be as flexible as a unlocked bootloader but does give some hope of being able to have the phone the way you like it.
http://galaxynote3root.com/galaxy-n...-custom-rom-using-safestrap-on-galaxy-note-3/
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Oh man let's hope for the best. This is all kind of new to me having these issues. Even my One X was a pain in the ass, but not THIS bad with unlocking.

Will safe strap include being able to flash a kernel? That's honestly the #1 reason for an unlocked bootloader for me. I love playing around with cpu and gpu parameters trying to achieve best battery to performance. Plus faux123 has his kernel and coming from it with a nexus 4 I wish I had it on this device.

Safe strap will not allow kernel flashing. Only ROMs. It high-jacks boot up and redirects the device to boot from a secondary partition you create on the internal memory. You will lose space on internal memory to use safestrap. Although the Verizon folks (me included) have been able to overwrite the factory partition to avoid space lose. If you want to flash kernels you need to drop the 700 dollars on development edition of the phone. I can't believe how dead the development thread is for this device I was just looking for some options for a friend of mine who just got his AT&T N3.
I got more jelly beans than jelly belly, on my S3, S4, and both my Notes

Guess I should have stuck with nexus. Oh well ill trade the ability to flash kernels and roms for a removable battery and an sd card and large screen.

I'm pretty sure the DEVS within these forums will eventually find a way to crack the system. It's just a matter of time and patience.
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Jayster0966 said:
I'm pretty sure the DEVS within these forums will eventually find a way to crack the system. It's just a matter of time and patience.
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I don't think that's ever going to happen. This is sad but it looks like the Note 3 (At&t Version) will never have an unlocked bootloader. There is no way around it.
I will never buy another At&t phone again in my life. I will never buy a Samsung device again in my life.
I'm done with them both. I hope their happy. This is what they want.

LuckyColdJohnson said:
I don't think that's ever going to happen. This is sad but it looks like the Note 3 (At&t Version) will never have an unlocked bootloader. There is no way around it.
I will never buy another At&t phone again in my life. I will never buy a Samsung device again in my life.
I'm done with them both. I hope their happy. This is what they want.
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Got to have patience man. It's only been 2 months since the phone launched. I understand it is taking a long time...but it will get done.

tropazr said:
Got to have patience man. It's only been 2 months since the phone launched. I understand it is taking a long time...but it will get done.
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I would be shocked, but thanks. I hope your right because this sucks. I want to run Jedi bad.

tropazr said:
Got to have patience man. It's only been 2 months since the phone launched. I understand it is taking a long time...but it will get done.
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I have a locked S4 and have been waiting since I got it the wait will be long.
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LuckyColdJohnson said:
I don't think that's ever going to happen. This is sad but it looks like the Note 3 (At&t Version) will never have an unlocked bootloader. There is no way around it.
I will never buy another At&t phone again in my life. I will never buy a Samsung device again in my life.
I'm done with them both. I hope their happy. This is what they want.
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Agreed +1
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Will be a nice xmas gift to have an unlocked bootloader. 3 month mark should be a good gauge as to whether it will ever happen
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C'on where's the faith in our community of developers? :good:

Jayster0966 said:
C'on where's the faith in our community of developers? :good:
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They're still trying to unlock the dx. I had one. I did get used to just flashing roms, it's not that bad.

9wire said:
They're still trying to unlock the dx. I had one. I did get used to just flashing roms, it's not that bad.
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good news...
http://rootzwiki.com/topic/105617-safestrap-for-the-n3-vzw-and-att-testing-started/?p=1567258