Thanks in advance. I did search
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Thanks in advance. I did search
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CF-Autoroot and Saferoot both appear to work for those that've used it. BUT CF will trigger knox flag. And saferoot 'may not' depending on how you got your update. But Saferoot 'should' work without knox trigger and if the past is any indication if it doesn't it 'should'n't' harm anything. I would try Saferoot 1st.
Why not try on your system and report back. Seems every device is taking the 4.4.2 update(s) differently.
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CF-Autoroot and Saferoot both appear to work for those that've used it. BUT CF will trigger knox flag. And saferoot 'may not' depending on how you got your update. But Saferoot 'should' work without knox trigger and if the past is any indication if it doesn't it 'should'n't' harm anything. I would try Saferoot 1st.
Why not try on your system and report back. Seems every device is taking the 4.4.2 update(s) differently.
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So I don't need a different program? well we'll see
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So I don't need a different program? well we'll see
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The Safetoot thread had instructions for its use. For cf auto root that thread too had instructions.
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Safe root.
cinnamngrl said:
Thanks in advance. I did search
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Check out this you tube link for rooting your phone safely.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8DFjI9AEEA
Check out this you tube link for rooting your phone safely.
This is 4.2 .2 and it's not safe root
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I'm pretty sure saferoot has not been updated to work on the Sprint 4.4.2 Kit Kat update, but I didn't wait and rooted with cf autoroot instead since I tripped knox back on MJA.
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I'm pretty sure saferoot has not been updated to work on the Sprint 4.4.2 Kit Kat update, but I didn't wait and rooted with cf autoroot instead since I tripped knox back on MJA.
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how long does it usually take?
I just did it the other night, and it took a few minutes, mostly just waiting for phone to reboot
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leaderbuilder said:
CF-Autoroot and Saferoot both appear to work for those that've used it. BUT CF will trigger knox flag. And saferoot 'may not' depending on how you got your update. But Saferoot 'should' work without knox trigger and if the past is any indication if it doesn't it 'should'n't' harm anything. I would try Saferoot 1st.
Why not try on your system and report back. Seems every device is taking the 4.4.2 update(s) differently.
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So you're saying Saferoot may work on NAE? I'm willing to try it but if it doesn't work, I don't want anything getting messed up so I'm asking upfront.
Also, where is this thread regarding saferoot? I've searched through our forum and can't find it.
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Here you go First find and look at the reported successes section.
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So you're saying Saferoot may work on NAE? I'm willing to try it but if it doesn't work, I don't want anything getting messed up so I'm asking upfront.
Also, where is this thread regarding saferoot? I've searched through our forum and can't find it.
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Also it's known that if Saferoot doesn't work, it will have no I'll effect on your phone, it just won't work. So it's worth a try. Check with K1mu in that thread you were linked to.
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I love how you claim "CF-Autoroot and Saferoot both appear to work for those that've used it" when it's clear from the thread that saferoot won't work on 4.4 due to a patched kernel, and since OP's question was if saferoot was available for 4.4.2, your answer made it seem that it will work. Instead of looking it up and saying no or even just pointing to that thread where the answer could be found, you answered based off of how saferoot works with 4.3 and started talking about Knox. I've seen you around the forums so I know you're alright, so don't take this the wrong way, but that sort of vague and general answer (which isn't applicable for the specific question asked) just leads to confusion and frustration.
I got my hopes up for nothing. Sigh. Guess it's my fault for taking the OTA without thinking about possibly wanting root in the future.
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I love how you claim "CF-Autoroot and Saferoot both appear to work for those that've used it" when it's clear from the thread that saferoot won't work on 4.4 due to a patched kernel, and since OP's question was if saferoot was available for 4.4.2, your answer made it seem that it will work. Instead of looking it up and saying no or even just pointing to that thread where the answer could be found, you answered based off of how saferoot works with 4.3 and started talking about Knox. I've seen you around the forums so I know you're alright, so don't take this the wrong way, but that sort of vague and general answer (which isn't applicable for the specific question asked) just leads to confusion and frustration.
I got my hopes up for nothing. Sigh. Guess it's my fault for taking the OTA without thinking about possibly wanting root in the future.
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My bad ...
I remember seeing a post or two I THOUGHT that stated Saferoot worked for them on KitKat but perhaps that's just my fault. Didn't mean to steer you the wrong way.
I should have read up more before answering to that. Again my fault and thanks for kicking me in a$$.
Back to your issue of CF not working... I'm sure there is something that can be done to get that going for you.
Aside from reinstalling USB drivers, trying maybe a different USB cable altogether, a different version of Odin, maybe a fresh download of the CF tar file. .. I'm at a loss myself.
I've seen others post about leaving Auto Reboot & F Reset Time unchecked and then manually rebooting when finished that has worked better ( no idea why myself , just throwing a possibility out there )
Also some have also said they did a battery pull , then went into download mode and flashed and that helped.
And ive seen others who swear by using Heimdall instead of Odin simply because they couldn't get things to flash the right way through Odin.
Now if I remember correctly, your Odin says reset and then you reboot just to find it wasn't successful... So I'm not certain any of these tips would be your answer but hey what do you have to lose?
If you've tried all of that then sorry, I just am not sure what else you've tried in the way of troubleshooting that's all.
Just trying to help.
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My bad ...
I remember seeing a post or two I THOUGHT that stated Saferoot worked for them on KitKat but perhaps that's just my fault. Didn't mean to steer you the wrong way.
I should have read up more before answering to that. Again my fault and thanks for kicking me in a$$.
Back to your issue of CF not working... I'm sure there is something that can be done to get that going for you.
Aside from reinstalling USB drivers, trying maybe a different USB cable altogether, a different version of Odin, maybe a fresh download of the CF tar file. .. I'm at a loss myself.
I've seen others post about leaving Auto Reboot & F Reset Time unchecked and then manually rebooting when finished that has worked better ( no idea why myself , just throwing a possibility out there )
Also some have also said they did a battery pull , then went into download mode and flashed and that helped.
And ive seen others who swear by using Heimdall instead of Odin simply because they couldn't get things to flash the right way through Odin.
Now if I remember correctly, your Odin says reset and then you reboot just to find it wasn't successful... So I'm not certain any of these tips would be your answer but hey what do you have to lose?
If you've tried all of that then sorry, I just am not sure what else you've tried in the way of troubleshooting that's all.
Just trying to help.
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Whoa not you man! I was talking about leaderbuilder. You gave me a good answer, to look in the thread. That's where I found the information that unfortunately means bad news for me and others in my situation. I appreciate you helping me out and pointing me in the right direction.
I was specifically looking for saferoot, since I'd rather not trip the Knox warranty flag. I think CF-autoroot has been confirmed to work but since that trips the Knox warranty flag, I was holding off. To be honest, I had given up on root when 4.3 came out and I really wish I had noticed the saferoot option before 4.4.2 came out. Now I kinda want it back haha. I'm just hesitant because of Knox. If I root and get that 0x1 flag, I just don't want anything to stop working, like wifi or whatever (I seem to recall hearing about issues like that when 4.3 and Knox were first introduced).
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Whoa not you man! I was talking about leaderbuilder. You gave me a good answer, to look in the thread. That's where I found the information that unfortunately means bad news for me and others in my situation. I appreciate you helping me out and pointing me in the right direction.
I was specifically looking for saferoot, since I'd rather not trip the Knox warranty flag. I think CF-autoroot has been confirmed to work but since that trips the Knox warranty flag, I was holding off. To be honest, I had given up on root when 4.3 came out and I really wish I had noticed the saferoot option before 4.4.2 came out. Now I kinda want it back haha. I'm just hesitant because of Knox. If I root and get that 0x1 flag, I just don't want anything to stop working, like wifi or whatever (I seem to recall hearing about issues like that when 4.3 and Knox were first introduced).
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Ohhh alright lol hey no worries either way. Sometimes its tough on here, I read through so many posts and sometimes can confuse things myself.
I just Odin NAE back onto my sprint s4 then used CF and everything worked perfectly. But I understand your hesitation. I DID however lose WiFi when I flashed the MK2 modem to try and save some battery life.
Flashed back the NAE modem and ask was good again so that's my experience.
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Ohhh alright lol hey no worries either way. Sometimes its tough on here, I read through so many posts and sometimes can confuse things myself.
I just Odin NAE back onto my sprint s4 then used CF and everything worked perfectly. But I understand your hesitation. I DID however lose WiFi when I flashed the MK2 modem to try and save some battery life.
Flashed back the NAE modem and ask was good again so that's my experience.
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Lol so as long as I don't try to mix and match from past stock ROMs, I should be safe? The only thing that will be affected by rooting is my ability to send the phone into Samsung for warranty repairs? I'm already running NAE so I can just head over to the CF-autoroot thread and get started?
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Lol so as long as I don't try to mix and match from past stock ROMs, I should be safe? The only thing that will be affected by rooting is my ability to send the phone into Samsung for warranty repairs? I'm already running NAE so I can just head over to the CF-autoroot thread and get started?
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Yes you're good to go as far as CF Auto Root .
You can't downgrade your build ( NAE down to MK2 )
However I thought you could still go between Basebands ( modems ) without an issue, however I ran into that no WiFi issue. That was easily fixed by flashing the NAE modem back.
I'm waiting for more answers on the downgrading modems deal.
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As far as your warranty... I've heard most people have not had an issue even with the Knox flag.
I have no experience myself though to weigh in
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Mistertac said:
Yes you're good to go as far as CF Auto Root .
You can't downgrade your build ( NAE down to MK2 )
However I thought you could still go between Basebands ( modems ) without an issue, however I ran into that no WiFi issue. That was easily fixed by flashing the NAE modem back.
I'm waiting for more answers on the downgrading modems deal.
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As far as your warranty... I've heard most people have not had an issue even with the Knox flag.
I have no experience myself though to weigh in
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Sounds good to me. Looks like I'm breaking that warranty!
Curious, is battery life affected that much on NAE modem compared to MK2?
DJMaj07 said:
Sounds good to me. Looks like I'm breaking that warranty!
Curious, is battery life affected that much on NAE modem compared to MK2?
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Well unfortunately me and a few others have noticed a considerable amount of battery drain... Im waiting for a more stable stock NAE ROM to flash to see if it helps. I've been debloating it and using Greenify...I think I just have a ways to go that's all. Maybe after removing everything I can it'll be a bit better.
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After just playing around with odin.
I think i have found a fix.
I flashed http://downloads.fairview5.com/i337/I337UCUEMJ6_full_wipe.tar.md5.7z through odin and it went through for the first time.
Then i used the pit file called "SGS-I337_16GB.pit" idk where it is but it's on the forums
Note:This will upgrade your phone to 4.3 and there are no root methods for 4.3 as of right now.Plus there might be some problems with the playstore.(i haven't encounter any yet)
Also remember that you can go to bestbuy and ask them to flash your phone so you can stay on 4.2.2. This is for people who just want to fix it now instead of going to a store.
Credit to jball and rayburne for telling me to put the downsides and other opitions
Cool deal buddy
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Odischeese said:
After just playing around with odin.
I think i have found a fix.
I flashed http://downloads.fairview5.com/i337/I337UCUEMJ6_full_wipe.tar.md5.7z through odin and it went through for the first time!!!!!!
Then i used the pit file called "SGS-I337_16GB.pit" idk where it is but it's on the forums
And now i have recovery!
Not just recovery, but i have my phone back!!!!
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isn't that the leaked 4.3 fw?
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isn't that the leaked 4.3 fw?
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Yes and it works like a charm.
I still have no clue why it can flash with odin if you're on MF3, regardless i am happy with it as it is the only rom that you can flash (that i know of) if you're on MF3.
Just a word of caution to anybody who wants to try this, there is no root method for it and playstore is having some issues installing some apps.
Edit, here's the thread discussing mj6 and some of the issues people are having http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=46860747
Playstore?
jd1639 said:
Just a word of caution to anybody who wants to try this, there is no root method for it and playstore is having some issues installing some apps.
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I am having no problems with the playstore as of right now.I'm downloading over 4gb of apps right now. I'll post back if there's any problems.:good:
After downloading 4GB of apps, there were no problems.
Odischeese said:
Yes and it works like a charm.
I still have no clue why it can flash with odin if you're on MF3, regardless i am happy with it as it is the only rom that you can flash (that i know of) if you're on MF3.
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I'm MF3 as you know and I'm using Omega V12 4.2.2 and it's a rom .I use Safestrap with no problems
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jball said:
I'm MF3 as you know and I'm using Omega V12 4.2.2 and it's a rom .I use Safestrap with no problems
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Yes but i was talking about flashing with odin though
Some people with the MF3 problem couldn't even get to their stock recovery like me:crying:
This is the only ROM i know of that you can flash with odin on MF3.
Even if you don't have a stock recovery you should have been able to use Safestrap. I don't have stock recovery
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jball said:
Even if you don't have a stock recovery you should have been able to use Safestrap. I don't have stock recovery
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I was ****ed big time. I did install SS but like i told you yesterday, SS ****ed up the wiping and it looked like SS just deleted itself. The reason why i said that because SS never came up. My phone never could go past the bootlogo nor bring up the 2 SS options. If i had SS at the time then i would of never came to forums lol
Odischeese said:
After just playing around with odin.
I think i have found a fix.
I flashed http://downloads.fairview5.com/i337/I337UCUEMJ6_full_wipe.tar.md5.7z through odin and it went through for the first time!!!!!!
Then i used the pit file called "SGS-I337_16GB.pit" idk where it is but it's on the forums
And now i have recovery!
Not just recovery, but i have my phone back!!!!
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Odischeese said:
I was ****ed big time. I did install SS but like i told you yesterday, SS ****ed up the wiping and it looked like SS just deleted itself. The reason why i said that because SS never came up. My phone never could go past the bootlogo nor bring up the 2 SS options. If i had SS at the time then i would of never came to forums lol
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I'm glad you were able to fix your phone and share with other to help them out, but I feel this title is a little misleading.
Yes you are fixing a soft bricked MF3 phone but the fix is upgrading them to MJ6 4.3. I understand a fixed MJ6 phone is better than a broken MF3 phone but I think it should be mentioned in your instructions. Best Buy is an alternative to fixing your phone and remaining on 4.2.2. Maybe a fix is around the corner for MF3 soft bricks that won't apply to MJ6 devices (yes I agree high unlikely but it should be mentioned this is upgrading the user to 4.3).
Sorry to hear your troubles with Safestrap. I'm on MF3 using SS and not had a problem. I think I have installed most of the 4.2.2 ATT and International Roms without issue. With what you described above about SS, I can only guess that SS has a bug that you encountered that affected your stock slot or you mistakenly wiped or flashed something to your stock slot that hosed your MF3 stock slot. Either way glad you recovered and shared your fix.
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I'm glad you were able to fix your phone and share with other to help them out, but I feel this title is a little misleading.
Yes you are fixing a soft bricked MF3 phone but the fix is upgrading them to MJ3 4.3. I understand a fixed MJ3 phone is better than a broken MF3 phone but I think it should be mentioned in your instructions. BB is an alternative to fixing your phone and remaining on 4.2.2. Maybe a fix is around the corner for MF3 soft bricks that won't apply to MJ3 devices (yes I agree high unlikely but it should be mentioned this is upgrading the user to 4.3).
Sorry to hear your troubles with Safestrap. I'm on MF3 using SS and not had a problem. I think I have installed most of the 4.2.2 ATT and International Roms without issue. With what you described above about SS, I can only guess that SS has a bug that you encountered that affected your stock slot or you mistakenly wiped or flashed something to your stock slot that hosed your MF3 stock slot. Either way glad you recovered and shared your fix.
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Yeah I was just a little over exited finding a fix and quickly made a title.
I'll edit the instructions a little more...
Thanks for catching my mistakes :good:
Odischeese said:
Yeah I was just a little over exited finding a fix and quickly made a title.
I'll edit the instructions a little more...
Thanks for catching my mistakes :good:
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Naw man, I'm not claiming you made any mistakes :good:
Just trying to help others who read the OP to fully understand the fix.
I'm just glad you found an alternative fix to Best Buy and shared it with others!
rayburne said:
Naw man, I'm not claiming you made any mistakes :good:
Just trying to help others who read the OP to fully understand the fix.
I'm just glad you found an alternative fix to Best Buy and shared it with others!
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Ahh ok
what do you think i should rename the title btw???
"Optional fix to a MF3 brick" point of no return
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Thanks man, you got me back up and running... I know it's not ideal but it works...
jball said:
"Optional fix to a MF3 brick" point of no return
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"Optional fix to a MF3 brick point of no return"
the entire quote???
Sure
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Hello everyone. I just got a Samsung Galaxy S4 on the AT&T network. I want to root it to open up the capabilities and such. I have tried rooting this phone via the motochopper method and the "format micro sd card exFAT/unzip/run command cd /mnt/extSdCard..etc) when i get to the ./pwn I get permission denied. I have tried searching and come up with nothing. I am running Android 4.3 build. SGH-I1337 MK2 platform. I am ready to pull my hair out. I spent all day yesterday trying to resolve this. Please help.
PS: If I missed something I apologize I did try to search.
Thanks,
Kit_Kat said:
Hello everyone. I just got a Samsung Galaxy S4 on the AT&T network. I want to root it to open up the capabilities and such. I have tried rooting this phone via the motochopper method and the "format micro sd card exFAT/unzip/run command cd /mnt/extSdCard..etc) when i get to the ./pwn I get permission denied. I have tried searching and come up with nothing. I am running Android 4.3 build. SGH-I1337 MK2 platform. I am ready to pull my hair out. I spent all day yesterday trying to resolve this. Please help.
PS: If I missed something I apologize I did try to search.
Thanks,
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the only root method is vroot and that is suppose to be pretty questionable as far as security goes.
And if you are okay with that there is still no custom recovery for mk2 so you will not be able to flash custom rome onto it yet
btp54 said:
the only root method is vroot and that is suppose to be pretty questionable as far as security goes.
And if you are okay with that there is still no custom recovery for mk2 so you will not be able to flash custom rome onto it yet
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I was able to root my AT&T S4 running MK2 with KingoRoot 1.1.5. It's a very simple 1-click root tool.
suprahp95 said:
I was able to root my AT&T S4 running MK2 with KingoRoot 1.1.5. It's a very simple 1-click root tool.
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Thanks alot for the information guys. My question is I hear about this VROOT and KingoRoot why are there security risks with these? I will be more than happy to use them but whats the risks involved? Also once rooted with KingoRoot or VROOT I cant do custom roms and such?
Thanks,
Kit_Kat said:
Thanks alot for the information guys. My question is I hear about this VROOT and KingoRoot why are there security risks with these? I will be more than happy to use them but whats the risks involved? Also once rooted with KingoRoot or VROOT I cant do custom roms and such?
Thanks,
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Use kingo, it uses vroot method without the virus/trojan and ripping off your emei
I should add i confirmed with them that vroots malicious code was removed from kingo root latest release. Google it for download. I used it, knox safe root even for my i377m
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azuziel said:
Use kingo, it uses vroot method without the virus/trojan and ripping off your emei
I should add i confirmed with them that vroots malicious code was removed from kingo root latest release. Google it for download. I used it, knox safe root even for my i377m
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Again thanks for the information.
After I do this can I do the custom roms like everyone else? Are there any limitations or is it the same as everyone elses root access?
Thanks
Kit_Kat said:
Again thanks for the information.
After I do this can I do the custom roms like everyone else? Are there any limitations or is it the same as everyone elses root access?
Thanks
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I dont believe you can run custom recovery, might soft brick. Mk2 is locked i believe, maybe safestrap. Again tho double check. If cant run custom, install xposed framework, can do all rom customization on stock, only does it in memory, without changing apks or system and what not, cool stuff. Anyway install busybox installer from play store. Then xposed is apk you can find with Google, once xposed running, download the modules u want from within xposed and play around. All mods can be turned off in xposed if it causes problems.
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I think on 4.3 all you can do is root, its possible there's a recovery script or something. It should be in the general of att s4 forums
mf3 rooted SHOstock
There is no recovery and no custom ROMs that can be installed.
Looks like the lot of you have no idea what is going on. With this device, a maybe can end up with a $600 paperweight.
Please be 100% sure of your info before posting.
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graydiggy said:
There is no recovery and no custom ROMs that can be installed.
Looks like the lot of you have no idea what is going on. With this device, a maybe can end up with a $600 paperweight.
Please be 100% sure of your info before posting.
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Thanks alot for the info, I am kind of kicking myself because I had a phone before this one that I rooted no problem but then the phone started dropping calls and such so I returned it and now apparently I got one that is not rootable as of now. I am sure the developers are working on it and a workaround will be out soon.
Again thanks,
It is rootable. Just no recovery or ROMs
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I have tried Vroot 1.1.5 about a dozen times and always fails. I have debugging checked and drivers are OK. I can connect adb with no problem. At times adb and root will say device offline. I also got the connect message on my sgh-I337 Att Mk2 and checked always, then OK. Any info or suggestions.
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Try kingo root.
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graydiggy said:
Try kingo root.
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First I made a mistake as it was Kingo root ver 1.1.5. I never got any superuser or supersu message on my i337, I did see the notice on Kingo to allow supersu when it came up. Kingo goes thru connecting, downloading, sending script to device, waiting on device and sometimes I see device offline, then Kingo will connect and do it's thing. At the end alli get is root failed. I will do it again in a couple hours and try to get better information. One question I do have is what state is the I337 to be in booted up and lock screen unlocked, recovery or fast boot? I have only tried in booted up and lock screen unlocked. Oh I have tried root also but it failed also. On Knox, some thread it was mentioned to have Knox disabled to run Kingo. I ask there but was reminded that I wasn't on a Kingo thread... even tho some 8 others had ask questions or input on Kingo. So found this thread. Thanks for any advice.
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UPDATE!!!! Do ask me why but after 2 more fails with Kingo, I started a program that I had to use with Hisense Sero pro tablet to root it called Snappea. It doesn't root but needed to be connected to the Sero while rooting. So I brought it up and let I connect to my ATT SG4 I337 and the ran Kingo1.1.5. Kingo ran thru the steps fast, installed supersu, rebooted i337 and checked it, rebooted again and was done. Rooted. Thanks for your help
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irisou and
ALD3 said:
First I made a mistake as it was Kingo root ver 1.1.5. I never got any superuser or supersu message on my i337, I did see the notice on Kingo to allow supersu when it came up. Kingo goes thru connecting, downloading, sending script to device, waiting on device and sometimes I see device offline, then Kingo will connect and do it's thing. At the end alli get is root failed. I will do it again in a couple hours and try to get better information. One question I do have is what state is the I337 to be in booted up and lock screen unlocked, recovery or fast boot? I have only tried in booted up and lock screen unlocked. Oh I have tried root also but it failed also. On Knox, some thread it was mentioned to have Knox disabled to run Kingo. I ask there but was reminded that I wasn't on a Kingo thread... even tho some 8 others had ask questions or input on Kingo. So found this thread. Thanks for any advice.
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UPDATE!!!! Do ask me why but after 2 more fails with Kingo, I started a program that I had to use with Hisense Sero pro tablet to root it called Snappea. It doesn't root but needed to be connected to the Sero while rooting. So I brought it up and let I connect to my ATT SG4 I337 and the ran Kingo1.1.5. Kingo ran thru the steps fast, installed supersu, rebooted i337 and checked it, rebooted again and was done. Rooted. Thanks for your help
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So now that you are rooted there are still not recovery or custom roms for this particular phone right? One of the main reasons I would be rooting is for the custom roms.
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I can't wait to get a new rom. the MK2 broke a lot of my apps. Any apps I had hidden are no longer accessible. It's rootable but I want to get away from this ATT Garbage.
bimbim18 said:
I can't wait to get a new rom. the MK2 broke a lot of my apps. Any apps I had hidden are no longer accessible. It's rootable but I want to get away from this ATT Garbage.
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So which builds are rootable? I am just curious if developers are working on the ATT MF2 or we are forever doomed. I ask because one of the reasons I got this phone was because I wanted to root it.
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Kit_Kat said:
So which builds are rootable? I am just curious if developers are working on the ATT MF2 or we are forever doomed. I ask because one of the reasons I got this phone was because I wanted to root it.
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Might help to read... You will find your answers quite easily.
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Kit_Kat said:
So which builds are rootable? I am just curious if developers are working on the ATT MF2 or we are forever doomed. I ask because one of the reasons I got this phone was because I wanted to root it.
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Like graydiggy said do some searching and reading. Here's a hint. Google "root mf3 xda"
jd1639 said:
Like graydiggy said do some searching and reading. Here's a hint. Google "root mf3 xda"
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Okay you guys got me. Now for my question what is the difference between MF2 and MF3? Is that a different bootloader or firmware because I understand it, it is not a different android version.
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Picking up an "un-used" Sprint S4, what software/baseband/bootloader is ideal?
Going to meet person at a Sprint store so I will confirm ESN is clean of course, but person claims phone has not been used so my question is what software/baseband and bootloader is ideal to have?
Basically I want to see if phone is pre Knox and if so I am not going to update it until I read up on here, but I am not sure what versions are pre knox.
Phone will be for my wife and I will be rooting it and I need it to be able to have the hacked/free wifi tether or built in tether, but I will want her to have the latest stock rom.
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MDC, MDL, and MF9 are the pre Knox. As these are 4.2.2 and below. MJA and MK2 are Knox being 4.3.
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daniel4653 said:
MDC, MDL, and MF9 are the pre Knox. As these are 4.2.2 and below. MJA and MK2 are Knox being 4.3.
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is there any advantage?
You can open the hotspot on any version. All the knox bootloader does is trip the warranty flag so if you root it you want be able to get warranty service from Samsung. In my opinion, the newest firmware just works better than the old. If you're getting a good deal on the phone then it shouldn't matter. Just know that if you root it which you will need to do to hack the hot-spot then you do void the Samsung warranty.
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You can open the hotspot on any version. All the knox bootloader does is trip the warranty flag so if you root it you want be able to get warranty service from Samsung. In my opinion, the newest firmware just works better than the old. If you're getting a good deal on the phone then it shouldn't matter. Just know that if you root it which you will need to do to hack the hot-spot then you do void the Samsung warranty.
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I thought there was a difference w
between the Knox warranty and the Samsung phone warranty for any malfunctions or such.
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cruise350 said:
You can open the hotspot on any version. All the knox bootloader does is trip the warranty flag so if you root it you want be able to get warranty service from Samsung. In my opinion, the newest firmware just works better than the old. If you're getting a good deal on the phone then it shouldn't matter. Just know that if you root it which you will need to do to hack the hot-spot then you do void the Samsung warranty.
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I did a good amount of reading last night and what I think I have learned is the following:
Rooting MK2 doesn't always stick and I must be using Philz recovery on 4.3, some say CF auto root does work on MK2 but some say it does not. Been reading that there are some wifi issues on 4.3 after flashing/rooting/recovery but not sure exactly what the issue is. Also, not completely sure if I can flash the MJA hotspot mod on MK2, I think one person said it worked but that is all.
I bought the phone used off of CL so I really don't care about warranty because I have no proof of purchase or even original purchase date. I think the guy had his receipt but he did not give it to me. I just don't want any rooting headaches once on the knox bootloader which I have been reading there are a lot of.
Raistlin1 said:
I did a good amount of reading last night and what I think I have learned is the following:
Rooting MK2 doesn't always stick and I must be using Philz recovery on 4.3, some say CF auto root does work on MK2 but some say it does not. Been reading that there are some wifi issues on 4.3 after flashing/rooting/recovery but not sure exactly what the issue is. Also, not completely sure if I can flash the MJA hotspot mod on MK2, I think one person said it worked but that is all.
I bought the phone used off of CL so I really don't care about warranty because I have no proof of purchase or even original purchase date. I think the guy had his receipt but he did not give it to me. I just don't want any rooting headaches once on the knox bootloader which I have been reading there are a lot of.
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Mk2 roots just fine if you use the newest cf-autoroot files. Sometimes you have to install superSU from the play store afterwards but much easier than HTC. There is an MK2 hot spot mod. It is in post #337 in the hot spot mod thread. Also you can use twrp or philz recovery. Just make sure you are on the latest one. As far as WiFi issues. Some experience it some don't. I'd you do them just reinstall the mk2 modem with Odin and it should clear up. Good luck.
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Mk2 roots just fine if you use the newest cf-autoroot files. Sometimes you have to install superSU from the play store afterwards but much easier than HTC. There is an MK2 hot spot mod. It is in post #337 in the hot spot mod thread. Also you can use twrp or philz recovery. Just make sure you are on the latest one. As far as WiFi issues. Some experience it some don't. I'd you do them just reinstall the mk2 modem with Odin and it should clear up. Good luck.
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Thanks for the info, I am thinking that I may just take OTA to MK2 or flash to the latest (I think I just saw a thread that someone posted a flashable Odin file that is just like getting the OTA, Knox and all) and not care if I trip Knox or not.
The only possible reason I may not do this is if I can get insurance on this phone when I activate it on my wifes line (this is why I played the no flash count game on my E4GT). I am not sure if I even want the insurance but if I do then I have to worry about Knox.
Thanks again for the help and especially for the post number for the hot spot mod, that is very helpful.
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Thanks for the info, I am thinking that I may just take OTA to MK2 or flash to the latest (I think I just saw a thread that someone posted a flashable Odin file that is just like getting the OTA, Knox and all) and not care if I trip Knox or not.
The only possible reason I may not do this is if I can get insurance on this phone when I activate it on my wifes line (this is why I played the no flash count game on my E4GT). I am not sure if I even want the insurance but if I do then I have to worry about Knox.
Thanks again for the help and especially for the post number for the hot spot mod, that is very helpful.
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The warranty flag is for warranty, specifically the Samsung factory warranty. It will not affect your ability to use TEP, Assurian, Square Trade, or the Best Buy insurance. Rooting and custom roms have always voided the factory warranty on all manufacturers. In the past, we usually had a way to reset the phone and hide the fact that we rooted it. The Knox flag at this point can not be reset so now Samsung knows you rooted it. As long as you never need a warranty repair you are fine if its tripped.
Background.....not new to flashing and used to be a flashaholic but I am new to flashing Samsung.I never saw the need to root or rom my S4 because well, it's a good performer for me, unlike my previos HTCs which I flashed to hell and back.
I am on stock MK2....no custom recovery and never rooted. Took the new KitKat NAE update this morning and it failed in recovery and rebooted. Downloaded the NAE.zip from here after that to manually flash in recovery myself. Update failed again but was able to see why this time....failed signature verification... Phone did reboot successfully again and functioning well, but if this isn't fixed I'm gonna be stuck on Jellybean....
I believe a previous update may have been corrupted....may have been from MK2 or even MJA. Since one of those 2 updates "Help" (system app InteractiveTutorial.apk) force closes upon start-up every time and when opened. Even tried a factory reset with same results. I believe this to be the culprit.
My question is where do I go from here to be able to install stock KitKat? Can I reflash a full stock MK2 in Odin to cure the obvious corruption? If so, which version of Odin would you suggest? Any special instruction?
Any help is very much appreciated.
I really need to know if you can flash back to mk2 after taking the 4.4.2 update too because the update didn't flash the new modem on my phone and wifi isn't working so I wanna retry it lol.
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Wow. Really? 98 views and not a single reply (I would bet $20 that no less than 20 of you knew the answer to my question).... thanks guys for nothing, Yet another reason I no longer feel the need to mod my phone...XDA used to be a friendly helpful place but now it is just place of the gimme gimme and "tough luck, it's not my problem" crowd.
BTW, after spending about 3 hours trying to navigate XDA's notoriously horrible search feature, I did find my answer. Yes, 3 hours.....
Churchey, I hope you find your answer as well. From what I have read, it works fine for MK2 and MJA but haven't read anything pertaining to going back to MK2 from NAE
Edit: Turns out there are still some helpful friendly people around,
I'm not 100% sure of which file you need to flash, but I'm pretty sure that you're able to flash an Odin file. That would be what I'd try first
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Wow. Really? 98 views and not a single reply (I would bet $20 that no less than 20 of you knew the answer to my question).... thanks guys for nothing, Yet another reason I no longer feel the need to mod my phone...XDA used to be a friendly helpful place but now it is just place of the gimme gimme and "tough luck, it's not my problem" crowd.
BTW, after spending about 3 hours trying to navigate XDA's notoriously horrible search feature, I did find my answer. Yes, 3 hours.....
Churchey, I hope you find your answer as well. From what I have read, it works fine for MK2 and MJA but haven't read anything pertaining to going back to MK2 from NAE
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Views don't mean much. Did you ever think that maybe those 98 viewers of this thread didnt know or have an answer for you. Be patient to receive an answer.
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I'm not 100% sure of which file you need to flash, but I'm pretty sure that you're able to flash an Odin file. That would be what I'd try first
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Thanks k2, that did work. Flashing MK2 of top of MK2 in odin did clear the issue that was preventing signature verification to install the update to NAE.
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Thanks k2, that did work. Flashing MK2 of top of MK2 in odin did clear the issue that was preventing signature verification to install the update to NAE.
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Good deal man. I'm glad you got it up and running properly again
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Thanks k2, that did work. Flashing MK2 of top of MK2 in odin did clear the issue that was preventing signature verification to install the update to NAE.
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Link to MK2 you used? Having the same issue
I'll link it to you when I get home from work in a couple of hours if someone hasn't already. Saved the link on my home pc. Should be in the dev section.....title has MK2
in it. Hope that helps.
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This one. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2601443
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Thanks guys
I have a verizon note 3 I ordered from insurance when my last note 3 finally bit the dust. My previous phone was running jasmine and stock using safestrap. I strove to do the samewith this phone. Instead, when attempting to use towelroot, it said my phone was no longer supported. I tried to find a viable nc2 and couldn't for the last week. Most links on this website are dead because note 3 is hardly supported anymore. I finally found one, one developed by hrsbad or one someone claimed was, the custom note 3 nc2. When I flashed it using odin, i get an error that pops up with Samsung splash screen, "kernel is not seaandroid enforcing" It then takes me to a yellow exlaimation point with "system software not authorized by verizon wireless has been found on your phone. Please turn off your phone and go to the nearest verizon wireless store for help. Is there anything i can do? Im sure there's a wiz out there who knows an easier solution.
I would appreciate your help very greatly, and if you could explain to me why i couldnt; use safestrap and even suggest how i could root an alternate way that would be super amazing. Thanks for any help you might be able to lend.
I have attemtped to flash all the nc2 and nc4 finally succeeding with one that had previously failed. The kernel error no longer appears and my phone is behaving normally. I have 4.4.4 and would like to root it, are there any options anyone knows of? Towelroot does not support my version, Im open to any suggestions. Thanks in advance.
try one of these imgs http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2524572
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try one of these imgs http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2524572
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EDIT: Thanks for your reply again, but I was wrong. I didn't try any of these because all the links I'd be interested in are no longer being served. Is there anywhere else I can get this at, or anything else I can do. Thank you again I really appreciate it.
thanks for your reply. did try the nc2 in AP spot of odin and it bricked my phone temporarily. Did I use the wrong one? or should I have used multiples of those to do it properly?
do you remember what firmware you were running before going full root? you'll want to get that img to flash. maybe nc4?
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do you remember what firmware you were running before going full root? you'll want to get that img to flash. maybe nc4?
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I have put nc4 back on. This is how the phone was shipped. But I was unable to root with towelroot, I am still without root. And that is the crux ofmy questions now, is where can I get nc2 so I can use towelroot, or is there a better method than that?
what I have tried
nc2kernel.tar.md5
VZW-N900VVRUCNC4-20140512165349
n900v_kk_firmware.tar.md5
It has been very difficult finding these files online, sammobile is where I got one of them, the other two were from a hsrbad post, a comment from "Dutchboy" who still hosted these files lead me to them.
it's hard to say if those work, what I'm trying to determine is the original firmware your phone was running before all of this. I'm not super good at this just fyi.. haha. i usually look for the modem and firmware for the "original" firmware from before rooting.
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it's hard to say if those work, what I'm trying to determine is the original firmware your phone was running before all of this. I'm not super good at this just fyi.. haha. i usually look for the modem and firmware for the "original" firmware from before rooting.
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Sorry for the late response. School and work are kicking my butt. The original is hard to say, I attempted like five different roms after noticing that mine could not be towelrooted. all of these romsfailed, and one finally raised an exception with the security that temporarily soft bricked my phone, I found a nc4 on sammbile that was able to remedy that, but I'd like most of all to get this rooted and safestrapped again so i can dualboot as i had previously. I'm also pretty novice but i enjoy the attempting to do this stuff, even when it ends in me bricking my phone for the day :good:
so have you been able to get your phone running?
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Sorry for the late response. School and work are kicking my butt. The original is hard to say, I attempted like five different roms after noticing that mine could not be towelrooted. all of these romsfailed, and one finally raised an exception with the security that temporarily soft bricked my phone, I found a nc4 on sammbile that was able to remedy that, but I'd like most of all to get this rooted and safestrapped again so i can dualboot as i had previously. I'm also pretty novice but i enjoy the attempting to do this stuff, even when it ends in me bricking my phone for the day :good:
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Towelroot was supposed to work on NC4.
You can not flash any ROM lower than NC4 due to bootloader. There is also supposedly a rooted NC4 here that you can flash...but towelroot should work.
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donc113 said:
Towelroot was supposed to work on NC4.
You can not flash any ROM lower than NC4 due to bootloader. There is also supposedly a rooted NC4 here that you can flash...but towelroot should work.
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Thank you both for your replies.
Towelroot had previously worked , this is an insurance replacement as mine bit the dust. I went to towelroot and to my great sadness does not work. I am using:
4.4.4
sm-n900v
n900vvrudnj6
kernel 3.4.0
Truly I'm novice so Im not positive if any of this can help or not, but do you know of a way I can towelroot?
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Thank you both for your replies.
Towelroot had previously worked , this is an insurance replacement as mine bit the dust. I went to towelroot and to my great sadness does not work. I am using:
4.4.4
sm-n900v
n900vvrudnj6
kernel 3.4.0
Truly I'm novice so Im not positive if any of this can help or not, but do you know of a way I can towelroot?
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Nothing works on 4.4.4 or higher....sorry
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thank you.
My phone is rebricked, does anyone know where you can get files to revert back to stock?
They're all here...... well most of then back to 4.3
sammobile.com/firmwares/database/SM-N900V/