I am wanting to root my Galaxy S4 and I just wanted some tips on not breaking it after I root it. Any help would be appreciated :cyclops:
Just follow the rooting instructions precisely and you will be fine. As for breaking your phone outside of the rooting process, you need to be more precise.
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I haven't bought this phone YET. But, being rooted and flashing roms for 3.5 years my advice would be:
Read everything you can and reread it. Then reread it again. I think the S4 is easier to root than my HTC phones were and probably hard to brick in a way you could not recover from.
Make a backup with app like MyBackUp Pro, back up your sdcard also and put both backups on your pc.
As soon as you root, do a nandroid and copy it to pc also. Leaving a copy on sdcard.
Think things thru before you do anything. So, you don't make a dumb mistake like we all have at one time or another.
Enjoy the roms and theming you will have access to--
Nothing should happened ... if you follow every single detail of the whatever guide your looking at ...
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I am a noob to this phone, but not a noob at rooting things. My question is I go through these forums and see .apk things that are awesome. I will not install if it requires root, but can I screw things up by installing an .apk that needs root on a non rooted phone. I understand it won't work, but will I mess my phone up.
I ask these questions because back in the ol day with the G1 rooting was pretty new thing (easier), but with all these android running phones and more work to root the last thing I want to do is screw my phone up installing some of these .apks.
I appreciate all your help. If this has been covered before please guide me to a link.
no they will do nothing
If y are not a noob at "rooting things" how can u not know that it wont do anything. Its just an app like any other. It just wont function without root access. Don't be afraid to ask if u are a complete noob, we have ALL been there.
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Haha.. Thanks boys for the reply. As for the noobieness, yeah you could say that, but when I started rooting my G1 things weren't this far advanced. I haven't ventured into rooting this cause I am scared and I will think it about it more once (if ever we get Froyo.)
Thanks again.
Well glad that's outta the way. This phone has files to recover it fully and nothing short of flashing something in the "phone" portion of Odin cab actually brick this phone and that can now be fixed sans SMS messages. Either way, read up, dive in, enjoy.
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So, with Canada being behind and all.... is there a way to root/flash my tab to make and receive calls? Or do I have to follow the att method? Does rooting accomplish this, or is that the first part? Is it the same as rooting, flashing a phone?
thx
The Rogers Tab is the AT&T Tab is the Bell Tab. All SCH-I897 units internally.
But you have much to study, grasshopper, if you don't know the difference between rooting and flashing.
Rooting is simply getting root access to the device, think of it as giving you administrator rights. Does nothing by itself to the functioning of the device.
Flashing is the act of replacing the firmware, which includes the operating system. You don't need to be rooted to flash, and flashing will wipe out any previous rooting (think of it like doing a fresh install of Windows).
A combination of flashing and rooting, however, can lead to wonderful things.
agreed, thx. I ended up doing both 5 minutes later... I was just a little surprised how much different it was then my nexus one and desire hd...
already made some calls on it! My only complaint? Getting the sim in and out is a tight fit...
With so many posts available explaining how to do this, which one is the safest (best) to follow in order to do this on my Bell - unlocked GT?
Thanks
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i did this, but I think you start with the oneclick root... which is fast and easy and then do what the post says....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=854300
I know this isn't a question that fully pertains to the epic but I'd like to know is the odin tool a standard across all newer samsung phones? I had a hero before this phone and I remember I was always worried about bricking it. Maybe it was a lack of experience with rooting and flashing but I am much more comfortable modding this phone. I guess it would be a huge selling point for the within for me if I knew it would be as easy as this phone to mod. Thanks in advance.
I'm about to start modding my friend's Fascinate and they use Odin, as well. I'm pretty sure it's standard. Best way to check is to see the how to root threads for all the new Samsungs. Sadly, our one-click looks more efficient than others. I'm still trying to figure out how I'm going to save her data before flahing a ROM. They don't seem to get that one reboot before having to flash and wipe all data. Maybe a nandroid before will be the answer. I'll find out soon enough.
The Root said:
I'm about to start modding my friend's Fascinate and they use Odin, as well. I'm pretty sure it's standard. Best way to check is to see the how to root threads for all the new Samsungs. Sadly, our one-click looks more efficient than others. I'm still trying to figure out how I'm going to save her data before flahing a ROM. They don't seem to get that one reboot before having to flash and wipe all data. Maybe a nandroid before will be the answer. I'll find out soon enough.
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Before flashing a rom you could root the phone and install titanium backup and back up all the apps and data and then copy that to the computer
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rquiett said:
Before flashing a rom you could root the phone and install titanium backup and back up all the apps and data and then copy that to the computer
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That's for Fascinate? If so, thanks!
Btw, I want my wife to get the Droid Charge and I noticed they use Odin and CWM just like us.
The Root said:
That's for Fascinate? If so, thanks!
Btw, I want my wife to get the Droid Charge and I noticed they use Odin and CWM just like us.
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Should Work on any rooted android phone. Odin is samsung leaked software. Before rooting or flashing any thing I do recommend reading up in the threads to be sure of the process first.
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The infuse is just as easy...
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rquiett said:
Should Work on any rooted android phone. Odin is samsung leaked software. Before rooting or flashing any thing I do recommend reading up in the threads to be sure of the process first.
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I know with the old Samsung Moment we used a piece of software from Samsung called SWUpdate. To be honest it is a LOT easier to use and far more idiot proof than Odin. I know there is also a version released for the Epic (I used it to update to official Froyo) and I am not sure why devs have not used that instead. It literally walks you through step by step with words and pictures (Remove the battery by taking off the back cover, reinsert battery, boot into download mode by pressing x,y, and z, etc.) Each step on a separate screen with photos and big "Next" button you had to hit after doing the instructions. The only "hard" part was finding the sub-sub-sub directory the stock .tar was in and replacing it with what you wanted to flash. Still, not very complicated and I never had a single problem getting the phone to flash to stock.
So I just got this phone and I used to have an EVO. Rooting and flashing was easy. Now im reading that if you have the new update, it's a whole process. I seen the .621 update using ubuntu process. Is that the best way?
I've tried the doroot, and the easy one step root thing. But to no avail.
Probably because I'm on that .621 update.
I really want to get this phone to ICS. So I need root. Also I see alot of worry about data loss or inability to make calls after root process. Does that apply to me since I'm going to flash it to MetroPCS?
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You have to do the Ubuntu method. I would recommend reading the first few pages of the topic before proceeding. The op leaves out some key things...
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Title says it all. This is not only my first Tablet, but also my first Samsung device. I'm fully prepared for the rooting process (all files and programs downloaded) and am taking the plunge later tonight. Although it looks different than the process used to root my DInc2, I was happy to find more than enough material in the development section on the process.
Just a q: Im being told a software update is available....should I stay on 4.1.1 to root or will the update leave the rooting process the same?
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I would update, then use cf autoroot to root it. I have been bouncing they too many forums today.
Edit: flash cwm in Odin afterwards.
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jtsrtr13 said:
Title says it all. This is not only my first Tablet, but also my first Samsung device. I'm fully prepared for the rooting process (all files and programs downloaded) and am taking the plunge later tonight. Although it looks different than the process used to root my DInc2, I was happy to find more than enough material in the development section on the process.
Just a q: Im being told a software update is available....should I stay on 4.1.1 to root or will the update leave the rooting process the same?
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This is my new to tAB 2 JUST WANT ALL YOUR PEOPLE HELP FOR COMPLETE SUPPORT