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Hey guys just got the atrix and it's on
What's the easiest way you found to root it?
Sorry it won't let me post in development for some reason
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it depends what firmware ur on

Gladroot. the link is in my signature below.. make sure you follow the instructions carefully depending on your situation.

Right now, it appears Gingerbreak roots everything, but you need an SD card. See the Atrix Dev forum.

Ok thanks guys will try ginger break
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rushmore1205 said:
Hey guys just got the atrix and it's on
What's the easiest way you found to root it?
Sorry it won't let me post in development for some reason
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And you should not post in development as your question is not development related.
try typing root in the search box, or any question, you usually get some good answers

I've got a brand new Atrix running 1.26. So far in this thread they recommended Gladroot and someone else Gingerbreak. Is there a benefit to using one over the other? I am admittedly an Android noob and been reading a lot trying to understand flashing SBF, ADB, CWM, etc. Knowing there is a beta update soon to be tested, I would like to use a method that is most likely to work with a new update should it follow on the heals of the beta.

If you have an SD card around, update now, then run Gingerbreak.
If not, follow the process in the Gladroot thread to getting root on 1.57. Assuming you care about the update... there's really no reason not to have it.
In the future, please search before posting a new thread. This has been discussed hundreds of times on this forum, and with a bit of legwork you could have easily gotten all of this info for yourself. Although I will admit the root situation is a bit more confusing now that a new exploit has been found.

Gladroot will give you the option to enable sideloading Gingerbreak does not.
thats just my 2 cents
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Video tutorial to Root N7000(ICS/GB), use root explorer

1.This is guide How to root galaxy Note (N7000) running on ICS (4.0.3/4.0.4) -Dedicate to Newbies
THIS METHOD IS SEEMS RISKY, AS CWM.ZIP CONTAINS BAD STRING AND CAN DAMAGE DEVICE.
THATS WHY DOWNLOAD LINK IS REMOVED AND VIDEO ALSO NO MORE PUBLIC.
Discussion will be made on
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1329360
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2.How to root N7000 Running on GB ROM (rootable)
GB ROMs which are not directly rootable have to first downgrade to rootable ROM
OR can flash pre rooted ROM
further guide and discussion will be here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1329360
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3. How to copy/delete/edit/change permission with Root explorer

Since I'm a newbie at this stuff, just wanted to ask if rooting my Note would erase the data stored in my phone memory?
Also, should i make a backup of all the data incase anything goes bad??
P.S - thanks for the tutorial..

Rooting, doesn't erase anything.
But yes it is always advisable to keep backup of your important data, though you may have limited option to backup on unrooted device. some suggestion
Contact - inbuilt import/export or google sync
Msgs - use SMS restore backup appl
Applications - Non root version of My backup application. though you can backup only app not data of appl like game level, credential etc.

Haha
Classic Music Dr...

Thanks for the suggestions.
One last query. Is it necessary to flash another ROM after rooting the phone? If so, could you please suggest me an easy to use ROM and a tutorial on how to flash it would be really helpful!
P.S - I apologize for being such a newbie but this is the first Android phone I'm using!

aurator said:
Thanks for the suggestions.
One last query. Is it necessary to flash another ROM after rooting the phone? If so, could you please suggest me an easy to use ROM and a tutorial on how to flash it would be really helpful!
P.S - I apologize for being such a newbie but this is the first Android phone I'm using!
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In short - No.
No need to flash another ROM once rooted although it's preference. You can happily root your stock ROM and maintain root access which will allow you greater control and of course the ability to run Root only apps.
If you wanted to try out other ROM's, check out the development section, Most ROM's have a video or step by step walkthrough on how to install..
No need to apologise, and if you've not used it already - here's a great thread that should answer a lot of your questions;
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1774208

i wanted to see the flashing of the CF root kernel and some mods, i get stuck there :silly:
music is appropriate

rraaka said:
i wanted to see the flashing of the CF root kernel and some mods, i get stuck there :silly:
music is appropriate
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Sure when time permit will do it.

Added to my FAQ section Awesome work yet again Dr.Ketan !!!
PS. The background music is hilarious

Video tutorial adde for
How to use root explorer to copy/delete/change permission for system files

Dr. Nice stuff!! thanks for the continous contribution...:victory:

rraaka said:
i wanted to see the flashing of the CF root kernel and some mods, i get stuck there :silly:
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me too , ALL ROMs, kernel are different, most instruction there are no image or video
btw, its very helpfull Dr...

Sure will try to make video for that too.
BTW,For mod flashing, method is same like rooting ICS (first video), just you have to select your mod zip file in plave of superSU busybox installer.zip

Flash custom rom
Hi,
I followed the steps given in the video and was able to root successfully.
Now, Can i directly flash the custom ROMs (for eg. ICS Stunner 1.6.26 which is an ICS ROM) through CWM?
I read a warning that said flashing custom ROMs on ICS kernels can lead to a hard brick and that we need to flash a safe kernel like Abyss Kernel.
Here is a screenshot of my About Phone.
https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/s720x720/564347_10150822751627377_2037790532_n.jpg
Sorry for the Noobish question.
Thanks in advance

thanks
thanks for tutorial

Hi
My new note has stock ics 4.0.3 i don't wish to downgrade just obtain root, what is the process to do this, i was going to watch the video but its no longer public.
many thanks

Why it is not public that is also mentioned.
Just.find.second.link on my signature for detail guide.
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dr.ketan said:
Why it is not public that is also mentioned.
Just.find.second.link on my signature for detail guide.
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Sorry i do apologize, i did read it that bit, and did not think to apply that to the video as well.
let me see if i got this right:
i've dl'd notecore v13 standard
got pc odin
reboot into download mode
start pc odin, click pda, and select above kernel, wait for it to finish
reboot phone
start triangle away - is this safe to use, the warning was quite alarming?
thanks

egarding steps, thats are correct
Triangle.away, i didn't get single report of brick using it.
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dr.ketan said:
egarding steps, thats are correct
Triangle.away, i didn't get single report of brick using it.
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thank you very much, i now feel confident to do this and a little more relaxed
thanks given

[Q] Took 4.2.2 now lost root would like back

So I have a Samsung-SGH-I337 with Android ver 4.2.2 Baseband UCUAMF3 Kernal 3.4.0-812098
All was well prior to this update and my root but when I took this last update (4.2.2) I lost root and even using my "Voodoo OTA RootKeeper" I am not able to restore root.
As a side note I have TWO Superusers on my phone which I don't think I am supposed to have two am I? I have "SuperSU"(with yellow triangle and red "#" sign) and "Superuser"(with blue "#" icon as app icon.)
Basically I want my root back and clean up and have only ONE Superuser if that is the proper way. **AND NOT ERASE ANY DATA OR SETTINGS ON THE PHONE AS IT IS!***
I am sure this may be discussed here in many separate different threads but can anyone explain all processes in here simply?

Bump. If anyone can at least help me with ANY part of this issue I sure would appreciate it. I know I asked for kind of a lot but maybe the first step at least? Thank you guys/gals!

See if you can get rid of superuser. I'm not sure if the old version has the cleanup and removal like the new super su...
I have the I9505 and the easiest way to get root is flash cf-autoroot in ODIN. Not sure about yours.
On the same note I tend to flash all other updates on Mobile ODIN. This allows me to maintain root. Again though, you'd need to check if Mobile ODIN is compatible with your model..

Root using http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2387577
Then use a file manager with root access and delete both su apps in /system/app. This will most likely make you lose root so you will have to root again but should only have 1 su app. No data will be lost
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mymusicathome said:
Root using http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2387577
Then use a file manager with root access and delete both su apps in /system/app. This will most likely make you lose root so you will have to root again but should only have 1 su app. No data will be lost
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That link worked thank you! It took many tries till I figured out the correct order. You need to FIRST remove all Superuser's from the phone, restart phone, then use this method then restart then run Superuser and its all good =) :good:

The i337 is att or Canadian variant phone. We have our own forums for those and that root method would have been stickied at the top. So please just look over the att forum and read. There's no recovery possible for the MF3 build at the moment so please do not do something wrong.
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[email protected] said:
The i337 is att or Canadian variant phone. We have our own forums for those and that root method would have been stickied at the top. So please just look over the att forum and read. There's no recovery possible for the MF3 build at the moment so please do not do something wrong.
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Ah I see you first go to the the carrier section then index your phone that way. I did not know that. I just searched for my device in the main search bar. Thank you.
It is a USA version and all went well with the instructions above =) :cyclops:

Root question

I want to root my phone, the s4 as listed below. I am new to android but I think I understand how to root it. My concern is that there is no recovery. I am not sure what that means. Does that mean that one cannot unroot or does that mean that if you install a Custom rom that there is no going back? Or, does it mean something else? Thank you.
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thehoz said:
I want to root my phone, the s4 as listed below. I am new to android but I think I understand how to root it. My concern is that there is no recovery. I am not sure what that means. Does that mean that one cannot unroot or does that mean that if you install a Custom rom that there is no going back? Or, does it mean something else? Thank you.
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I think you do not understand how to root if there is no recovery. keep researching. you're a long way from safely rooting your phone.

OP, if your S4 is on the MF3 firmware then look around in the general and q&a sections. there's some material there that will point you in the right direction.
in short, if you are on MF3, you can root only (which i advise against for beginners as there currently is no recovery option). cheers

thehoz said:
I want to root my phone, the s4 as listed below. I am new to android but I think I understand how to root it. My concern is that there is no recovery. I am not sure what that means. Does that mean that one cannot unroot or does that mean that if you install a Custom rom that there is no going back? Or, does it mean something else? Thank you.
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Why do you want to root your phone when you don't even understand what it is you want to do?

scott14719 said:
Why do you want to root your phone when you don't even understand what it is you want to do?
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My question wasn't "what can I do with root?" I wanted to know if it was possible to "unroot" which apparently it is not yet. I would want to root to be able to get more out of titanium backup and Tasker as well as block ads. But thanks for the help.
And yes, I am on MF3. I had root on the prior os and I had to unroot to get the MF3 update which had features I wanted. I just don't know the proper terms I guess. I don't know what a recovery is. To unroot before, I had the two files I needed to delete. I foget what they are. I am sure you guys know. I used to always have my iOS jailbroken. I didn't need to understand too much about it. I could just follow instructions and jailbreak. It was too easy to unjailbreak.
Last time I rooted, it was easy. The unrooting was nerve-wracking because I couldn't get the update I wanted without it. I've read how to root now... Again I can follow directions. It just wasn't clear that you can't unroot until a recovery is is out there. I thought maybe a recovery was needed if you used a custom rom. I just wanted to use the stock rom and unroot if I wanted to.
Again, I'm not a hacker, just a user that wants more and not a whole lot of time to learn all the in and outs.
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thehoz said:
My question wasn't "what can I do with root?" I wanted to know if it was possible to "unroot" which apparently it is not yet. I would want to root to be able to get more out of titanium backup and Tasker as well as block ads. But thanks for the help.
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I suggest you do a little more research. There is a thread with a method to unroot that multiple people have claimed works with MF3. Of course, you never said what firmware you have...and it does make a difference. But honestly, don't take the advice if you think you don't need it and do what you want Good luck.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2432876
Try it at your own risk.

scott14719 said:
I suggest you do a little more research. There is a thread with a method to unroot that multiple people have claimed works with MF3. Of course, you never said what firmware you have...and it does make a difference. But honestly, don't take the advice if you think you don't need it and do what you want Good luck.
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I appreciate the advice to keep looking. I'll try to find the thread you mention.
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thehoz said:
I appreciate the advice to keep looking. I'll try to find the thread you mention.
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I edited my post above to include it.

scott14719 said:
I edited my post above to include it.
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Thank you very much!
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thehoz said:
My question wasn't "what can I do with root?" I wanted to know if it was possible to "unroot" which apparently it is not yet. I would want to root to be able to get more out of titanium backup and Tasker as well as block ads. But thanks for the help.
And yes, I am on MF3. I had root on the prior os and I had to unroot to get the MF3 update which had features I wanted. I just don't know the proper terms I guess. I don't know what a recovery is. To unroot before, I had the two files I needed to delete. I foget what they are. I am sure you guys know. I used to always have my iOS jailbroken. I didn't need to understand too much about it. I could just follow instructions and jailbreak. It was too easy to unjailbreak.
Last time I rooted, it was easy. The unrooting was nerve-wracking because I couldn't get the update I wanted without it. I've read how to root now... Again I can follow directions. It just wasn't clear that you can't unroot until a recovery is is out there. I thought maybe a recovery was needed if you used a custom rom. I just wanted to use the stock rom and unroot if I wanted to.
Again, I'm not a hacker, just a user that wants more and not a whole lot of time to learn all the in and outs.
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You were right, recovery is used to flash custom ROM, back up and restore ROM; but there is no recovery for MF3.
If you just want to use Titanium Backup, adblock then root is enough. And you can unroot.

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[Q] rooting help

Im looking forward to root my gt-i9505 but im a noob when it comes to rooting (kernels bootloaders roms recoverys..)
I have couple of questions
-What is the safest method to root ?
-My phone is bought is Switzerland(not locket to any carriers tho) But when the phone is booting I see the company logo (swisscom to be exact) and I had some apps from that company but when I updated to kitkat the apps where gone. Anything to worry about?
-What about back ups?
-What can go wrong with rooting ?
-Best Roms ( no bugs?)
-Must have root apps?
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Take a look: HERE

If you have this release installed on your phone you can take root following this guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2655544
For backup search info about nandroid backup.
Things can go wrong if you don't know what you are doing.

AASonyKK said:
If you have this release installed on your phone you can take root following this guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2655544
For backup search info about nandroid backup.
Things can go wrong if you don't know what you are doing.
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Dont confuse the people. He is using a GT-i9505 no a GT-i9500 :silly: