I will be getting the Google Play edition of the S4 that is usable on AT&T. I understand it is already unlocked, but is it rooted, and if not, is it easy to root?
There's a forum for the i9505g (s4 gpe), i9505 and i9500. The boot loader can be unlocked but the phone doesn't come that way or rooted. Look in that forum and you'll find better answers than here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=43577787
jd1639 said:
There's a forum for the i9505g (s4 gpe), i9505 and i9500. The boot loader can be unlocked but the phone doesn't come that way or rooted. Look in that forum and you'll find better answers than here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=43577787
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Well since there is a simple CF-Auto Root, can't I just root the phone and install Rom Manager from Google Play?
dratsablive said:
Well since there is a simple CF-Auto Root, can't I just root the phone and install Rom Manager from Google Play?
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Idk enough about the 9505g to answer that
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Idk enough about the 9505g to answer that
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Well I was able to root the device pretty easily but neither goo manager or rom manger appear to support the I9505G.
dratsablive said:
Well I was able to root the device pretty easily but neither goo manager or rom manger appear to support the I9505G.
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Again, there is a whole forum for your device. Thus is from it http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=43889544
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Hello everyone
I am looking to root and install a custom ROM on my AT&T S4 SGH-i337 (MF3) phone. The whole process is confusing... I see one video saying this and another saying that. I finally found a site to root my phone but the loki recovery step says "loki aboot version does not match device" while using Terminal emulator. I wanted to install the FOXHOUND ROM or something similar. I just wish someone had ONE place to get the correct information for your specific phone.
The link below is where I found out how to root my S4.
honai-android.blogspot.com/2013/08/how-to-root-galaxy-s4-at-sgh-i337-on.html
This is where I downloaded my loki recovery
galaxys4root.com/clockworkmodtwrp-recoveries
Thank you so much for ANY information you can provide!
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Hello everyone
I am looking to root and install a custom ROM on my AT&T S4 SGH-i337 (MF3) phone. The whole process is confusing... I see one video saying this and another saying that. I finally found a site to root my phone but the loki recovery step says "loki aboot version does not match device" while using Terminal emulator. I wanted to install the FOXHOUND ROM or something similar. I just wish someone had ONE place to get the correct information for your specific phone.
The link below is where I found out how to root my S4.
honai-android.blogspot.com/2013/08/ how-to-root-galaxy-s4-at-sgh-i337-on.html
This is where I downloaded my loki recovery
galaxys4root.com/clockworkmodtwrp-recoveries
Thank you so much for ANY information you can provide!
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If your phone came with MF3 already then I'm afraid you can't flash Custom Roms yet since the bootloader is locked my friend.
Sent From My Galaxy S 4 SAMSUNG-SGH-I337 Running On New Deadly Venom v8.0.0
I would highly recommend you stop everything you're doing and put some time into reading up about MF3. You are likely to bork your phone if you continue. Cheers
capth4u said:
Hello everyone
I am looking to root and install a custom ROM on my AT&T S4 SGH-i337 (MF3) phone. The whole process is confusing... I see one video saying this and another saying that. I finally found a site to root my phone but the loki recovery step says "loki aboot version does not match device" while using Terminal emulator. I wanted to install the FOXHOUND ROM or something similar. I just wish someone had ONE place to get the correct information for your specific phone.
The link below is where I found out how to root my S4.
honai-android.blogspot.com/2013/08/how-to-root-galaxy-s4-at-sgh-i337-on.html
This is where I downloaded my loki recovery
galaxys4root.com/clockworkmodtwrp-recoveries
Thank you so much for ANY information you can provide!
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As the others mentioned, you should read up more on MF3, and stop trying to do anything to it. MF3 is the firmware version AT&T pushed out after the Loki exploit was released, and with it they patched the exploit.
From this point, you have a couple options:
1. Root using this method, and then use Xposed mods to customize your stock rom.
2. Follow this thread closely, and wait for Hashcode to release a working version.
Oh, and get your information only from this site. Don't go to galaxys4root.
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As the others mentioned, you should read up more on MF3, and stop trying to do anything to it. MF3 is the firmware version AT&T pushed out after the Loki exploit was released, and with it they patched the exploit.
From this point, you have a couple options:
1. Root using this method, and then use Xposed mods to customize your stock rom.
2. Follow this thread closely, and wait for Hashcode to release a working version.
Oh, and get your information only from this site. Don't go to galaxys4root.
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Thank you... My phone is already rooted so what should I do? Should I just leave it as is and wait for a fix for the recovery?
capth4u said:
Thank you... My phone is already rooted so what should I do? Should I just leave it as is and wait for a fix for the recovery?
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For now there's nothing you can do till someone unlocks the bootloader you can use the MOD WanamXposed.1.4.2 look it up in playstore make sure if you use it to install
first XposedInstaller_2.1.4 then WanamXposed.1.4.2 that's if your wanting to custimize the stock rom a bit, Read the instructions in playstore for WanamXposed.1.4.2
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Thank you... My phone is already rooted so what should I do? Should I just leave it as is and wait for a fix for the recovery?
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From what I see is you have 2 options.
Option 1: Keep your phone rooted and don't mess anything up. So you have to be very careful while rooted and not mess with the system files.
Option 2: Check this thread out as someone was able to reflash their galaxy s4 on mf3 at Best Buy' Samsung Kiosk:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2432427&highlight=mf3
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As the others mentioned, you should read up more on MF3, and stop trying to do anything to it. MF3 is the firmware version AT&T pushed out after the Loki exploit was released, and with it they patched the exploit.
From this point, you have a couple options:
1. Root using this method, and then use Xposed mods to customize your stock rom.
2. Follow this thread closely, and wait for Hashcode to release a working version.
Oh, and get your information only from this site. Don't go to galaxys4root.
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Slightly offtopic but I notice Hascode is working on Verizon's S4. How will Hascode's version be compatible with AT&T? Is it mainly because both verizon & at&t have a similar locked bootloader?
capth4u said:
Thank you... My phone is already rooted so what should I do? Should I just leave it as is and wait for a fix for the recovery?
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At this point, there's no harm in installing the Xposed Framework, and using Wanam Xposed. There are a lot of cool tweaks in there, and the only requirement is root, which you already have.
haremmon said:
Slightly offtopic but I notice Hascode is working on Verizon's S4. How will Hascode's version be compatible with AT&T? Is it mainly because both verizon & at&t have a similar locked bootloader?
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In Hashcode's OP, he says that he is developing SafeStrap for "the locked versions of the Samsung Galaxy S4." I assume that means both Verizon and AT&T.
Pick up a s4 today that is on mf3. But i dont think it came shipped with mf3. I duno if this has been asked but can i downgrade it sense it wasnt shipped with mf3?
I'm currently running on 4.3 on my S4 and i'm having trouble finding a way to install CWM on my phone. I Downloaded ROM Manager and tried installing it through the app but when I boot into recovery mode, it just shows the regular recovery mode not CWM. So then I went to the official CWM website and downloaded the latest CWM but it comes as a .img and I don't know how to install that. Can somebody show me how to install it?
Dude.
Search. Read. Repeat.
joeybear23 said:
Dude.
Search. Read. Repeat.
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I'm not that dumb, I've tried that. I guess I should be more specific. every method I find i get an error or it doesn't work. So if you know how to that would be great
You really do need to search, its not that hard. CWM isn't available for your Galaxy S4, and probably never will be. They are working on bringing safestrap which allows some custom roms to be installed on your device.
Samsung and AT&T have really cracked down on rooting and custom recoveries. Those who got the S4 early on who didn't update are still able to flash roms through CWM.
alexs1993 said:
I'm not that dumb, I've tried that...
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Obviously you haven't. There is no custom recovery available for an AT&T S4 with a release later than MDL.
It's all over the forums. A simple search would have gotten you that, and in the process you may have learned the answer to your next question as well.
Hello All!
I just bought a Galaxy S4 Active in Mexico (SGH-i537), is running android 4.3 with baseband i537UBUAMF1 and untill now I can find how to root my phone or install a custom room because Odin sents error when I try to flash 4.4.2 or a downgrade 4.2.2, also I tryed in differents PCs in order to avoid the common problem of the drivers.
Anyone knows what I'm doing wrong?
Thanks In Advance
What root method have you tried? Try saferoot, dint know if it works on the active though
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What root method have you tried? Try saferoot, dint know if it works on the active though
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Saferoot says the phone is not supported, also tryed with vroot and lokifyed
ViciousCC said:
Saferoot says the phone is not supported, also tryed with vroot and lokifyed
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Kingo root is another option
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jd1639 said:
Kingo root is another option
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CF autoroot was the solution!!! If you know how can I install the custom recovery I'll be glad to close this topic
Regards
ViciousCC said:
CF autoroot was the solution!!! If you know how can I install the custom recovery I'll be glad to close this topic
Regards
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Cool, that means you bootloader isn't locked. Download goo manager from the play store and it should put twrp on your device
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jd1639 said:
Cool, that means you bootloader isn't locked. Download goo manager from the play store and it should put twrp on your device
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Goo manager did not find any recovery or custom rom, another idea?
ViciousCC said:
Goo manager did not find any recovery or custom rom, another idea?
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You could try rom manager it'll try to put cwm on
Edit, it looks like you need to use safestrap. See this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2563991
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jd1639 said:
You could try rom manager it'll try to put cwm on
Edit, it looks like you need to use safestrap. See this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2563991
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You sure?
It says "DOWNLOADS:
CONFIRM THAT YOU ARE USING AN AT&T SAMSUNG GALAXY S4 (NOT THE ACTIVE MODEL)"
My phone is the active model
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You sure?
It says "DOWNLOADS:
CONFIRM THAT YOU ARE USING AN AT&T SAMSUNG GALAXY S4 (NOT THE ACTIVE MODEL)"
My phone is the active model
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I'm not sure. I don't know the active well at all
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I'm not sure. I don't know the active well at all
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Well I was reading and safestrap have limited funtion about what rom can be flashed... I have only two questions
Is possible to unlock my bootloader (running 4.3) for installing roms with custom kernel ?
Or any way to flash a stock rom without carrier stuff (drebranded)
BR
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Well I was reading and safestrap have limited funtion about what rom can be flashed... I have only two questions
Is possible to unlock my bootloader (running 4.3) for installing roms with custom kernel ?
Or any way to flash a stock rom without carrier stuff (drebranded)
BR
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Well I don't know the active and can only go by what I know of the i337. You're probably on ml3 firmware. The bootloader is probably locked and you can't unlock it. So safestrap is your only option. You'll be able to flash tw based roms only. There may be debloated roms available but you'll have to find those. Try googling i537 roms xda
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jd1639 said:
Well I don't know the active and can only go by what I know of the i337. You're probably on ml3 firmware. The bootloader is probably locked and you can't unlock it. So safestrap is your only option. You'll be able to flash tw based roms only. There may be debloated roms available but you'll have to find those. Try googling i537 roms xda
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Thanks!!!!
How to root galaxy s4 value edition (gt-i9515) after upgrading lollipop 5.0.1??? Please help someone!!!!
Please i also have a i9515 with 5.0.1 BOC3 but nobody seems to know how to root this thing
xthehacker2000x said:
Please i also have a i9515 with 5.0.1 BOC3 but nobody seems to know how to root this thing
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Did you even use Google?
Maybe try something like "Root I9515 Lollipop"??
The first result tells you how. Cf auto root.
Lennyz1988 said:
Did you even use Google?
Maybe try something like "Root I9515 Lollipop"??
The first result tells you how. Cf auto root.
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can you give me a link? a lot of people are looking for this
xthehacker2000x said:
can you give me a link? a lot of people are looking for this
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No. You can search it for yourself. I even gave you the instructions what to type. This is not a helpdesk for you to be lazy.
Lennyz1988 said:
No. You can search it for yourself. I even gave you the instructions what to type. This is not a helpdesk for you to be lazy.
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I tried that too but I'm only receiving things about the I9505. And if I've found one result about rooting the I9515, I only see posts telling how to root on an earlier version. So I'd like to know what site you saw about rooting the I9515 running on Android 5.0.1 as you said.
Thank you.
Read his post carefully. When he did that search, what was the first result he said popped up? Search for that.
Strephon Alkhalikoi said:
Read his post carefully. When he did that search, what was the first result he said popped up? Search for that.
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I've got a result called rooting I9505 running kitkat 4 . Something
And when you read that link what does it tell you to do?
cf autoroot doesn't work properly on Lollipop. You will have the following issues:
1. you will notice that Android will update only 1 app on startup after the wipe
2. This is the severe one: If you wipe your cache anytime after you've rooted your phone, you will softbrick ist. No single app will work, you won't make it to the home screen.
Some guy tried it here: Android Lollipop 5.0.1 Rom with ROOT
I recommend one of the following methods:
Install this CWM 12.1 for i9515, it works quite fine: [ROM][CM12.1][UNOFFICIAL][2015-09-18] CM12.1… | Samsung Galaxy S 4 i9500, i9505, i9505G, i9506 | XDA Forums
Root is preinstalled.
OR, and this will be a pain in the ass: Wipe your phone, Install Kitkat, root it, and update to Lollipop via FlashFire. I myself did this according to THIS instructions, although I don't speak Spanish i managed to do it. It's actually pretty easy. Google Translate will help you out with critical info.
That must be an I9515-specific problem. If you're having issues, let Chainfire know, as CF-Autoroot works perfectly on all the other devices.
Everything is all good, running stock. I wasn't able to do much other then use odin to update. Now I'm in a pickle. No root and I don't know how to get any kind of recovery installed. So much is out of date that one forum will say something works even though it no longer does. I could maybe use odin to get back to an older version if it doesn't brick, maybe then I can't start over? I need root and I would like to have a CM12 nightly but I don't know where to begin. Is there anything I could do?
You could use guut13's guide found in the general forum. You can have rooted oc3 to remove bloat and do other things, and if you install safestrap while still on 4.4.x, you can use it to do some stuff before you update. But nothing specific to 5.0.1 is available yet.
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You could use guut13's guide found in the general forum. You can have rooted oc3 to remove bloat and do other things, and if you install safestrap while still on 4.4.x, you can use it to do some stuff before you update. But nothing specific to 5.0.1 is available yet.
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TY. I just needed confirmation that it is possible to go back and start over.
creepyncrawly said:
You could use guut13's guide found in the general forum. You can have rooted oc3 to remove bloat and do other things, and if you install safestrap while still on 4.4.x, you can use it to do some stuff before you update. But nothing specific to 5.0.1 is available yet.
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I'm in the safestrap recovery can I install CM12 from here?
download cyanogenmod Samsung Galaxy S4 (AT&T) - jflteatt / nightly
Is this the right one, it wont let me add links
I've done a lot of this with a sprint S3 but I never had to deal with a locked bootloader before.
I'm guessing locked bootloader means only modified stock. Is that true? I figured if I could get a recovery on there, then I would be golden.
dannyboone81 said:
I'm in the safestrap recovery can I install CM12 from here?
download cyanogenmod Samsung Galaxy S4 (AT&T) - jflteatt / nightly
Is this the right one, it wont let me add links
I've done a lot of this with a sprint S3 but I never had to deal with a locked bootloader before.
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No, you can not install cm. You can only use tw based roms.
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jd1639 said:
No, you can not install cm. You can only use tw based roms.
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What about this?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2537495
dannyboone81 said:
What about this?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2537495
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See this, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=53758227. It lists all roms and everything else you'll ever need for your device
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