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I have a really stupid question

Ok guys I have a Samsung Epic running Gingerbread EL30, kernel version 2.6.35.7 Hardware version D700.0.5.
I have read and read and read both here and on SDX, and I'm still lost, also I'm as phone literate as a rock.
What I want to do is obtain root access to my phone without replacing or changing anything because I like the performance of eth phone, I just want to get rid of ads, and some of that good old Sprint and 3rd party bloatware thats killing me. is there a program out ere anywhere that simply gives me root access, without changing roms, kernels and stuff like that?

Download and install teamviewer and pm me the id and password and I can do this in a half an hour or so..depends
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Yes, install clockwork mod to have root and there's ways to manually remove bloatware. Look up qbking77 on youtube. He has vids for step by step instructions
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b16flybye said:
Yes, install clockwork mod to have root and there's ways to manually remove bloatware. Look up qbking77 on youtube. He has vids for step by step instructions
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This ^^^^^^^ but you will have to replace the kernel to get clockwork mod to stick. B16 has pointed you to the right place. Just follow the video and make sure you have a good cord, the stock cord is known to be crap. A Blackberry cord is better.

Big Goron said:
Download and install teamviewer and pm me the id and password and I can do this in a half an hour or so..depends
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Huh? what the heck is teamviewer?

wolfen1086 said:
Huh? what the heck is teamviewer?
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It allows him to see what you see on your computer. That way he can just do it for you as if the computer were in front of him. It's a great tool for business and helping other people out. Look it up.

Thanks I looked it up and downloaded it, outta make MSE go ape poo poo here in a few

wolfen1086 said:
Thanks I looked it up and downloaded it, outta make MSE go ape poo poo here in a few
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Alright just PM me the id and password and should have you rooted in no time
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Thanks man, I'm watching a video now . looks pretty easy but I'm s
il not sure LOL

wolfen1086 said:
Thanks man, I'm watching a video now . looks pretty easy but I'm s
il not sure LOL
Do I need to have the phone on and plugged in to eh computer? if I do charge, mass storage or something else?
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dont worry about it just PM the id and password and ill talk you through the whole way well ill being doing the tech stuff you just need to do the manual stuff im unable to do.

Ok I'm firing the prog up now and I'll pm you in a minute

kennyglass123 said:
This ^^^^^^^ but you will have to replace the kernel to get clockwork mod to stick. B16 has pointed you to the right place. Just follow the video and make sure you have a good cord, the stock cord is known to be crap. A Blackberry cord is better.
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You don't need to install another kernel to keep root. You just have to remove the restore-recovery.sh file (I think that was the name). You would have to install Clockwork twice to do it.
1. Install CWM via Odin and reboot, pull battery once it shuts off and before it reboots, put battery back in and do 3 button boot into CWM recovery
2. Install su.zip and reboot. Once rebooted it will restore stock recovery but you will have root
3. Use some kind of file manager like ES Explorer and delete or move the restore-recovery.sh (I think that was the name)
4. Install CWM via Odin again and reboot. This time CWM Recovery will stick because that file has been removed which restores stock recovery.
I have done this on my phone and my friend's phone and CWM recovery does stick.

I was told the recovery.sh is not in EL30.
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Thank You Big Goron!!!!!!! My phone is now rooted and I have the exact same operating system as before, just with out amazon mp3 and a few others that were killing the battery
You are a genius.
I can't do a lot, but if theres ever a program I have that you need just say it.

kennyglass123 said:
I was told the recovery.sh is not in EL30.
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It did on my phone and my friend's phone when we did the OTA from EI22 to EL30. After doing the update, I lost root so I tried to go into CWM recovery to reflash su.zip and saw that it had reverted back to stock recovery. After I installed CWM twice and install su.zip, looked in the filesystem and saw the restore-recovery.sh file was back in it again so I assumed that the EL30 update put that file back in. It was a simple fix either way so I didn't really sweat that it had removed root and CWM recovery.
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Since I already have EL30, I'm hoping I don't get any updates pushed to my phone, now that I have complete root access, I can install whatever I want

Just make sure to return the phone to stock should you ever have to take it back to sprint.
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Why? if I take it to Spring it gonna be because the thing is totaled and doesn't work
Besides this is my last Phone from Sprint, I have another epic ( factory) from Best Buy and with their black tie service they couldn't care less if its rooted or not and thats the next phone I'll have turned on if this one breaks

Well guys thanks, for all the help but I just smashed my phone with a ball peen hammer several times, Google market said it was updating to Google play and it totally screwed my phone up to the point it went back to a factory startup, and since I have ptsd am under a lot of stress I lost it and destroyed the problem, Now I'm stuck with my wifes phone and its gotta go to best buy and get replaced cause its a total pos.
Starting to wonder if I even want a phone, I remember when I was a kid we didn't have phones and my life was a hellofa lot easier.

wolfen1086 said:
Well guys thanks, for all the help but I just smashed my phone with a ball peen hammer several times, Google market said it was updating to Google play and it totally screwed my phone up to the point it went back to a factory startup, and since I have ptsd am under a lot of stress I lost it and destroyed the problem, Now I'm stuck with my wifes phone and its gotta go to best buy and get replaced cause its a total pos.
Starting to wonder if I even want a phone, I remember when I was a kid we didn't have phones and my life was a hellofa lot easier.
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Maybe you should add hammers to that list of things you shouldn't have too...LOL
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Nexus 7 crashing, reboots and general lagging

Hey, guys! So I recently got myself the nexus 7 and downloaded a file manager off the market and was having a look seeing what folders I could delete as I didn't need them. Well, long story short I think I deleted something I shouldn't have because now I'm suffering random crashes and reboots with a fair bit of lag too! Most notably while in the android market clicking on apps, the animation after a selection is very choppy. Also get random popups saying "...Google services framework has stopped working"
My nexus is not rooted and is running Google's latest greatest jelly bean.
Please, any help would be greatly appreciated.

Nobody has any suggestions? OK. Store return/exchange it is then. Cheers!

Try a reset. Although TBH I can't believe you could cause this while not rooted just by deleting stuff.
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showofdeth said:
Nobody has any suggestions? OK. Store return/exchange it is then. Cheers!
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No need to do that! Just head here and grab an official nexus 7 recovery image and follow the instuctions to flash it. That is the beauty of nexus devices. If you can get to bootloader (which you can) you can pretty much fix every software problem officially. If you don't feel confident doing it on your own, head over here and download the toolkit. Then you can use it to install required drivers on your computer and automate the recovery image download and flashing process.
Hopefully you haven't gone to the store already

jimbobvfr400 said:
Try a reset. Although TBH I can't believe you could cause this while not rooted just by deleting stuff.
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Tried that so many times today I've lost count. Done the cache wipe and everything. But believe it, everything was fine until I started messing with the file manager. Only deleted folders from the storage part but not the system section so I can't quite understand why or how. Cheers anyway.

smt8544 said:
No need to do that! Just head here and grab an official nexus 7 recovery image and follow the instuctions to flash it. That is the beauty of nexus devices. If you can get to bootloader (which you can) you can pretty much fix every software problem officially. If you don't feel confident doing it on your own, head over here and download the toolkit. Then you can use it to install required drivers on your computer and automate the recovery image download and flashing process.
Hopefully you haven't gone to the store already
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All that would be cool if I had a PC haha otherwise I would be rooted and doing just what you suggested. I've already spoken to the store I got it from but they don't have any nexus 7s in right now so I'm stuck.
Is there anything I CAN do without a PC other than resetting and or restoring?

showofdeth said:
All that would be cool if I had a PC haha otherwise I would be rooted and doing just what you suggested. I've already spoken to the store I got it from but they don't have any nexus 7s in right now so I'm stuck.
Is there anything I CAN do without a PC other than resetting and or restoring?
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Sadly, I can't really think of anything that you can do. Sorry!

smt8544 said:
Sadly, I can't really think of anything that you can do. Sorry!
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Didn't think so.
No worries, mate. Ya live ya learn. Will have to be more careful with the next one.
Thanks anyway

Sorry to be a pain but is there any chance someone could look at these screenshots and see if they look like they should? One is of the normal storage section of the file manager and the other is of the system folders/files. Both screenies were taken after a complete reboot and restore back to default. Cheers, guys.

Need help, bootloop..

I installed LCD Density app from the market. Changed settings from 320 to 300 and it said to reboot phone. This put my phone into bootloop with LG logo and led flashing. My phone is Verizon, rooted with TWRP installed. I can get into TWRP but hadn't made a backup yet. Any ideas? I tried wiping will in TWRP and then rebooting but still got the bootloop. If it matters, I have a Mac. Thanks for any help...

Factory reset in twrp. Then install the rom again should work. Changing dpi can have adverse effects ☺
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How can I get the Rom onto my phone? I have a Mac?

did you delete the rom from the sdcard? if it isnt there anymore then you will need to adb push it. I dont have a mac so cant be of help on that side of it.

I was running stock Rom. Only mod was black notification bar. I hadn't downloaded any roms yet. Don't think I can get adb to recognize my phone as I can't select Ethernet connection. Any ideas?

I don't have a Mac, so I cannot help you with that. And I really hope you get this rectified with the help of the community here. That being said, please know that this next comment is not being directed solely towards you, but to a whole lot of others as well.
Order of life in customizing your phone :
1. Root method applied
2. Install appropriate custom recovery
3. Boot to custom recovery
4. MAKE A BACKUP. PERIOD! Absolutely no reason not to do this step. It will save your butt or your phone in the future, when, not if, you find yourself in a bad situation.
5. Have fun with your phone, but only after you understand what you are doing, and accept the possibility of messing up your phone. $hit happens when it's least expected.
I didn't mean for this to sound harsh, but it is really important to understand.
Anyone with a Mac that can help this person out?
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Yeah I have always made a back up in the past. I'm so annoyed at myself for not doing it. Any suggestion on how I can either get a rom onto my phone or edit the build.prop back to stock?

Got it fixed! Was finally able to connect to my Mac. Then put a rom on the phone using ADB and flashed the rom.

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Got it fixed! Was finally able to connect to my Mac. Then put a rom on the phone using ADB and flashed the rom.
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Excellent.
Thanks Devs. From my VZW G2.

trickster2369 said:
I don't have a Mac, so I cannot help you with that. And I really hope you get this rectified with the help of the community here. That being said, please know that this next comment is not being directed solely towards you, but to a whole lot of others as well.
Order of life in customizing your phone :
1. Root method applied
2. Install appropriate custom recovery
3. Boot to custom recovery
4. MAKE A BACKUP. PERIOD! Absolutely no reason not to do this step. It will save your butt or your phone in the future, when, not if, you find yourself in a bad situation.
5. Have fun with your phone, but only after you understand what you are doing, and accept the possibility of messing up your phone. $hit happens when it's least expected.
I didn't mean for this to sound harsh, but it is really important to understand.
Anyone with a Mac that can help this person out?
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It amazes me when people don't create a backup.

Galaxy Note 3 Stuck at Verizon logo!

Help! My Galaxy Note 3 is stuck on the Verizon logo! I downloaded this app:"font installer root" to install the default Roboto font on my phone and now it is stuck on the verizon logo after I rebooted to install it! I rooted my phone with kingo a while ago. Also the light on the top is blue.

jordan1776 said:
Help! My Galaxy Note 3 is stuck on the Verizon logo! I downloaded this app:"font installer root" to install the default Roboto font on my phone and now it is stuck on the verizon logo after I rebooted to install it! I rooted my phone with kingo a while ago. Also the light on the top is blue.
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Yikes. Sounds like a locked bootloader. Verizon likes to throw in as many security checks as possible in their ****ed bootloaders I am so sick of their shet. Sorry I have a Note 2 on Verizon and I can't get a recovery on here I've bricked it 3 times now and just gave up trying. I am still on 4.1.2 yet Triangleaway never actually solved the problem. I can't wait to get off their stupid contract I am never using them again.
Sorry that I can't really answer your question atm but I can look into it here after I calm down. :thumbup:
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no need to panic.
jordan1776 said:
Help! My Galaxy Note 3 is stuck on the Verizon logo! I downloaded this app:"font installer root" to install the default Roboto font on my phone and now it is stuck on the verizon logo after I rebooted to install it! I rooted my phone with kingo a while ago. Also the light on the top is blue.
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No need to panic. There are several ways to return back to normal. Did you install safe strap once you rooted? If so, pull battery out, replace and reboot into safestrap. Click the wipe setting and then you wipe settings to an operable state of operation.
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jordan1776 said:
Help! My Galaxy Note 3 is stuck on the Verizon logo! I downloaded this app:"font installer root" to install the default Roboto font on my phone and now it is stuck on the verizon logo after I rebooted to install it! I rooted my phone with kingo a while ago. Also the light on the top is blue.
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Or if you haven't installed safestrap, here is a step by step on how to recover from a soft brick: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2483380
Saved my @$$ and note 3 many of times.

DavidChitownNexus said:
No need to panic. There are several ways to return back to normal. Did you install safe strap once you rooted? If so, pull battery out, replace and reboot into safestrap. Click the wipe setting and then you wipe settings to an operable state of operation.
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Or if you haven't installed safestrap, here is a step by step on how to recover from a soft brick: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2483380
Saved my @$$ and note 3 many of times.
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Will I lose my apps if I follow the tutorial to recover from the soft brick? and which restore file do I download?

jordan1776 said:
Will I lose my apps if I follow the tutorial to recover from the soft brick? and which restore file do I download?
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Actually, thought of something easier. Before you power phone up... hold the menu button, volume up button and then push power button together while still holding the other 2 buttons. This will start the phone up in recovery mode. Do a factory reset from this screen. You will lose your app data however you can recover the apps via Google play store. This way you'll also keep root. Doing the Odin recovery will lose root and restore to fresh out of box condition.

DavidChitownNexus said:
Actually, thought of something easier. Before you power phone up... hold the menu button, volume up button and then push power button together while still holding the other 2 buttons. This will start the phone up in recovery mode. Do a factory reset from this screen. You will lose your app data however you can recover the apps via Google play store. This way you'll also keep root. Doing the Odin recovery will lose root and restore to fresh out of box condition.
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But I don't want to lose my apps. I got some of them from other app stores and i have screenshots on my phone(my pictures are on my SD card), is there any way I can at least get some data of my phone?

did you try to just reboot and wait it out?
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But I don't want to lose my apps. I got some of them from other app stores and i have screenshots on my phone(my pictures are on my SD card), is there any way I can at least get some data of my phone?
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Question for you. Before you do any of this, did you try and reboot again and see what happens? Sometimes the phone does certain system checks via boot and may require a couple of minutes to do its thing. I would do this before you factory reset. Maybe it needs a moment or two. Give that a try before you do anything that will compromise your data and apps.

DavidChitownNexus said:
Question for you. Before you do any of this, did you try and reboot again and see what happens? Sometimes the phone does certain system checks via boot and may require a couple of minutes to do its thing. I would do this before you factory reset. Maybe it needs a moment or two. Give that a try before you do anything that will compromise your data and apps.
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I turned it on with and without the sd card and no luck. let it run for 20 minutes to an hour on the verizon screen and nothing works. I just want to get at least some data off it. When I plug it in It detects it as SAMSUNG_Android and I can't access it. I only made one data backup back on 1/1/2014.

jordan1776 said:
I turned it on with and without the sd card and no luck. let it run for 20 minutes to an hour on the verizon screen and nothing works. I just want to get at least some data off it. When I plug it in It detects it as SAMSUNG_Android and I can't access it. I only made one data backup back on 1/1/2014.
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Looks like you may need to do a reset. Then, once you are reset install backup. This way you'll have some of those apps. Also, factory wipe will not delete SD card.

Yo, even *IF* you accidentally wipe your data, you're not completely out of luck. Once you get your device up and running again, I saw a guide on here once on how to mount your phone's internal nand as a harddrive on Windows and use one of those data forensic tools to recover all the deleted data. This may not work for some of your apps but you *will* get all of your screenshots/pictures/whatever files back! If ya want a can go back and look for this.
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Yo, even *IF* you accidentally wipe your data, you're not completely out of luck. Once you get your device up and running again, I saw a guide on here once on how to mount your phone's internal nand as a harddrive on Windows and use one of those data forensic tools to recover all the deleted data. This may not work for some of your apps but you *will* get all of your screenshots/pictures/whatever files back! If ya want a can go back and look for this.
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I can't find that guide anywhere. can you post a link?

jordan1776 said:
I can't find that guide anywhere. can you post a link?
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You're in luck, I found a boatload of forums you can look at! The popular choice among these is using Recuva, but all are different ways to go about it. Check these out:
Root app methods/Recuva Basics (NOOB FRIENDLY): http://www.alliance-rom.com/wiki/recover-deleted-files/
XDA Method (Windows): http://forum.xda-developers.com/gal...de-internal-memory-data-recovery-yes-t1994705
MuhammadAG method (Linux): http://mohammadag.xceleo.org/mounting-your-android-devices-internal-storage/
My suggestion (Try this first with Recuva): Flash your phone back to stock, reroot (using Framaroot or other non-invasive method), get terminal emulator (*NOT* through Play Store, don't even set up Google accounts, this will potentially overwrite data), in emulator get su and type "setprop persist.sys.usb.config mass_storage" and see if that pops the cap. Samsung is stubborn tho and will not usually let this one fly. It might fly if you happen to install some other than stock rom.
Sorry that this is a lot of info... weigh your options!!
Best of luck,
Please do say thanks!
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Best Way to Un-Root and Completely Wipe Nexus 6P to Original Factory Standards?

I see many posts on how to root and then how to wipe but I want to make sure what is the process when you have a rooted phone you want to UN-root and wipe because I am thinking to getting rid of root and leaving it stock this time, not sure yet... and in what order is ideal?
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FYI I did see this but seeing it is from 3 years ago, I dont know if this is still the best way to go?
https://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6/general/guide-flash-factory-images-nexus-6shamu-t2954008

Flash factory image using the attached flash-all.bat file (or flash-all.sh for MAC) and then lock the bootloader if you really really wanna go stock.
BTW, what are the reasons you wanna go back to full stock?

Dathaeus said:
I see many posts on how to root and then how to wipe but I want to make sure what is the process when you have a rooted phone you want to UN-root and wipe because I am thinking to getting rid of root and leaving it stock this time, not sure yet... and in what order is ideal?
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FYI I did see this but seeing it is from 3 years ago, I dont know if this is still the best way to go?
https://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6/general/guide-flash-factory-images-nexus-6shamu-t2954008
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Try Nexus Root tool kit program. You can google for download link.
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wizardwiz said:
Flash factory image using the attached flash-all.bat file (or flash-all.sh for MAC) and then lock the bootloader if you really really wanna go stock.
BTW, what are the reasons you wanna go back to full stock?
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I prob wont stay in stock but I am sick of my phone right now all corrupted with its background processes and 2 hr battery life, and I dont feel like troublenshooting every component, would just be easier to go to stock and then start over. Easier to do this with a phone than PC.

sandar1980 said:
Try Nexus Root tool kit program. You can google for download link.
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Have you used NRT and TiBu? Comparison? I know TiB is one of the leaders but again I have had a bad experience with them last time and makes me hesitant to use it again even though I had bought the pro version.

Even if you intend to move later on to a custom ROM , the way I have suggested you, will make your device squeaky clean and ready for a new ROM without any extra baggage trailing you.

Dathaeus said:
Have you used NRT and TiBu? Comparison? I know TiB is one of the leaders but again I have had a bad experience with them last time and makes me hesitant to use it again even though I had bought the pro version.
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Haven't tried TiBu. I had a good experience with NRT, rolled back from Nougat to Marshmallow with unroot without problems my N6P.
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