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Can't decide if I should root my atrix or not

Hi there,
I am debating if I should root my Atrix or not. I checked out few posts and they seem a bit complecated. Also, I found this article saying carriers will track down rooted devices and restricted services.
By the way, can I still install some of Motorola o/s for dock stations? I have a multimedia and a car dock.
http://www.mydroidworld.com/forums/...rooting-manufacturers-carriers.html#post65013
Any thoughts?

No one will track you down and restrict you. And it's very safe to root.
Just for apps like Adfree which kills advertisements, this is reason enough for me to root! Not to mention super helpful things like customer recovery to back things up, the ability to sideload (install non-market apps if you're on AT&T), etc.
Android is quite open source but rooting opens up another amazing realm of extremely essential apps.

bongd said:
No one will track you down and restrict you. And it's very safe to root.
Just for apps like Adfree which kills advertisements, this is reason enough for me to root! Not to mention super helpful things like customer recovery to back things up, the ability to sideload (install non-market apps if you're on AT&T), etc.
Android is quite open source but rooting opens up another amazing realm of extremely essential apps.
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I will take your word for it then! Just kidding. Would you be able recommend any good root techniques on the forum? I think there are few methods and am not sure which one is the best.
Thank you!

I say root it. I rooted mine and i love it this way. I had mine for only two days before I rooted it. I was a little nervous at first and felt that i really didnt want to do it, but the benefits were too great with a rooted phone than without a rooted phone. I am on the AT&T network and i hate it when someone tries to tell me what I can't do with something I purchased. Trust me when i say that you are going to want software that is not in the market as well.
And... I really, really love the fact that I don't need to be docked to use my WebTop.
Again... i say root it.

janggu said:
I will take your word for it then! Just kidding. Would you be able recommend any good root techniques on the forum? I think there are few methods and am not sure which one is the best.
Thank you!
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Gladroot. It's the easiest and can enable tethering and sideloading as well.
You must be on 1.2.6 to root. You can run their first script which will root it. You can then do AT&T's download and run their second script which will root that too. BOOM!
It shouldn't take any longer than 10 minutes.

Well... there was that one thing where AT&T is supposedly locking out, or might be locking out phones that have been determined to be rooted. But the fact of the matter is, if they do that with absolutely no reason other than the phone being rooted, i'm sure you'll see a class action lawsuit about it since rooting/jailbreaking a cell phone is legal now according to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. The only reason i can see them disabling service is if you root it, and use one of the alternate methods of tethering, and wind up using a TON of bandwidth.... well over what anyone would even remotely do on just the phone if they didn't have any tethering package or way to tether. Then you'd basically be using their networks in a way that could be deemed illegal. But there's no issue with just rooting it to use applications not approved by the carrier or phone manufacturer.

Would you want to be admin on your own computer?

I think rooting is a must. The use of sideloading alone is worth it. I would hate to not be able to use the Amazon Appstore, Ive really come to like it.
One thing to mention though. The Blockbuster app detects root and wont allow content to be purchased because of DRM concerns. I dont know if this will be a problem with future apps.

Yeah, I did!
I rooted my Atrix with "gladroot" last night. Can't wait to customize it now.
Thank you very much for your valid inputs everyone!!!

Where are these non market apps that everyone speaks of
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JohnnyDanger said:
One thing to mention though. The Blockbuster app detects root....
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What's Blockbuster? ;-)
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I know right. I was just using that as an example. Never know what might be blocked next.
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[Q] Turn off OTA updates

Is it possible to turn off OTA updates? If so, how?
Thanks.

Falen said:
Is it possible to turn off OTA updates? If so, how?
Thanks.
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Sorry, but why would you want to turn it off?
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kattara said:
Sorry, but why would you want to turn it off?
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I would like to decide when and if I want to update instead of constantly getting reminders.

Falen said:
I would like to decide when and if I want to update instead of constantly getting reminders.
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Ah ok. Sorry, I don't know the answer to your question. I was just wondering why you'd wanna turn it off. It's probably under Settings/About phone or something.
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If you root, you can freeze the updater. I don't know any other way.
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just lou said:
If you root, you can freeze the updater. I don't know any other way.
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The updater being DMClient right?
One thing to keep an eye on (I plan to disable OTA's on my two tablets) is battery life.
There are supposedly some instances where the system may think the OTA update is corrupt and will continuously try to re-download it in the bg affecting battery life. It's still worth attempting IMHO, just a tip though to keep an eye on your battery, if disabling the OTA affects it for you, you could unfreeze the dmclient service and use a different workaround to stop the OTAs
-For freezing, after looking around, these three apps seem to be best suited - Titanium Backup pro (obviously), AntTek & Gemini App managers (free)
I'll be Rooting then freezing OTAs on my Prime (ww .15) and rebooting it to ensure it doesn't softbrick. If unsuccessful I can flash a blob/format no probs, if successful, I'll root my Nxs7 JB, rinse repeat and report back
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Successfully performed all tasks on the Prime (hooray no OTAs!!), it's rooted with frozen DMClient, no firmware download prompts since the service was stopped and frozen.
I have rebooted a few times to ensure it is not soft bricked and the App remains frozen
I will be doing my Nexus next since I do not foresee any brick issues, all I need to do is simply look into rooting it.
edit: seeing the several methods all require unlocking to exploit root capability, I'm going to wait out my DOA period (since Ive only had this tablet for 2 days lol) before I unlock the bootloader.
The methods discussed though work perfect for ICS, if you've unlocked and root then turning OTA's off is a sinch, with very minimal risk of a softbrick IMO

Thanks, I will try freezing with TB.
qwertylesh said:
The updater being DMClient right?
One thing to keep an eye on (I plan to disable OTA's on my two tablets) is battery life.
There are supposedly some instances where the system may think the OTA update is corrupt and will continuously try to re-download it in the bg affecting battery life. It's still worth attempting IMHO, just a tip though to keep an eye on your battery, if disabling the OTA affects it for you, you could unfreeze the dmclient service and use a different workaround to stop the OTAs
-For freezing, after looking around, these three apps seem to be best suited - Titanium Backup pro (obviously), AntTek & Gemini App managers (free)
I'll be Rooting then freezing OTAs on my Prime (ww .15) and rebooting it to ensure it doesn't softbrick. If unsuccessful I can flash a blob/format no probs, if successful, I'll root my Nxs7 JB, rinse repeat and report back
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Successfully performed all tasks on the Prime (hooray no OTAs!!), it's rooted with frozen DMClient, no firmware download prompts since the service was stopped and frozen.
I have rebooted a few times to ensure it is not soft bricked and the App remains frozen
I will be doing my Nexus next since I do not foresee any brick issues, all I need to do is simply look into rooting it.
edit: seeing the several methods all require unlocking to exploit root capability, I'm going to wait out my DOA period (since Ive only had this tablet for 2 days lol) before I unlock the bootloader.
The methods discussed though work perfect for ICS, if you've unlocked and root then turning OTA's off is a sinch, with very minimal risk of a softbrick IMO
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Just to let you know, everything's going awesome with my Prime, initially when I downgraded it, the OTA tried to download (i stopped it at 66 percent) and I just kept the wifi off while I rooted and disabled DMClient.
The bonus of freezing the process/service is when another update occurs ours should continue to block the FOTA, some other methods like modifying the build prop only work until a new update is out.
I'll definitely be unlocking and rooting my nexus to stop ota's

qwertylesh said:
Just to let you know, everything's going awesome with my Prime, initially when I downgraded it, the OTA tried to download (i stopped it at 66 percent) and I just kept the wifi off while I rooted and disabled DMClient.
The bonus of freezing the process/service is when another update occurs ours should continue to block the FOTA, some other methods like modifying the build prop only work until a new update is out.
I'll definitely be unlocking and rooting my nexus to stop ota's
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I finally have a minute to try to freeze the update with TB but I do not see a DMClient. Am I missing something here? I not sure which one(s) of the system apps to freeze.

just lou said:
If you root, you can freeze the updater. I don't know any other way.
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And what would that file be? Where is it located?

Disable using autostarts works...
I had my nexus 7 nagging me constantly to update too... rooted and heavily customized stock rom, different kernel, a lot of system files I altered... I really am not overly concerned about doing an update that might screw with any one of those components and having to go through the whole process of getting it where I want again.
I couldn't find this DMClient you guys are speaking of.
Here's how I did it:
Install Autostarts app.
Go to "After Startup"
Scroll down until you see "Google Services Framework"
There should be several of them. For me it was the third one. Touch it and read the bottom of the popup to find out. It will say "Receiver com.google.android.gsf.update.SystemUpdateService.....(you get the point)
Disable it. Done...
I don't know if there are any other repercussions to disabling this.. I just know it's not nagging me, and everything works still.

DMclient is a service, it's the most ideal thing to freeze since when stopped the OS will not even attempt to check of OTAs or attempt to download anything, plus it does not modify the OS in any significant way (i.e, editing build.props) so you can undo it with ease if you want. All you need is Root to be able to freeze the service.

I'm not arguing about how to do it... I just couldn't find dmclient , as one of the others stated as well. Just sharing what worked for me.
I don't know if it matters, but it's stock jb 4.1.1 on the nexus 7. If somebody knows where I can locate this dmclient in it, I'd probably feel better about doing that as well. Don't like the idea of it downloading or doing anything in the background if I don't need it to. I'm rather anal about background processes.. at least I have been in my other OS's so far... getting more familiar with the innards of android now... lol
Are we sure it's in this version? I don't even see it in ps in terminal. Unless the process I disabled with autostarts stopped it.
I might enable it again tomorrow and reboot and check ps again.
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You're right, I checked my nexus 4.1.2 and the service isn't there, the All area doesnt show everything but even using apps that show all apps/services it doesnt show up. :/
I checked my TF Prime which is 4.1.1 now (sigs outdated) and the service is there, it mustn't exist in AOSP builds or something

It seems as if Google has done a lot of little different things to the OS on the nexus 7. Some of the system components I've messed with relating to sound don't have any effect... I think they left some files in place but are utilizing something different for configuration of sound.
I see every mobile OS now is taking proprietary steps... I still gotta stick with Google though, because they are so heavily involved in the open source community and do a great deal to help the development community.
Next tablet is going to have top have more options for me... better usb support, hdmi out.. the ability to use a headset with Mic connection.. sd card... I am, however, extremely happy with my nexus 7 purchase. For the price and the performance.. can't go wrong there. They are practically giving away the 8 gb models.. barely more than cost of construction. The 16 gb ones aren't exactly a ripoff either..
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My nexus 7 rooted , don't have this service DMClient , doesn´t show in the titanium backup ... any one have another suggestion ? because this constant notice to actualize the firmware , is very inconvenience .
Thanks in advance

davieslacker said:
I had my nexus 7 nagging me constantly to update too... rooted and heavily customized stock rom, different kernel, a lot of system files I altered... I really am not overly concerned about doing an update that might screw with any one of those components and having to go through the whole process of getting it where I want again.
I couldn't find this DMClient you guys are speaking of.
Here's how I did it:
Install Autostarts app.
Go to "After Startup"
Scroll down until you see "Google Services Framework"
There should be several of them. For me it was the third one. Touch it and read the bottom of the popup to find out. It will say "Receiver com.google.android.gsf.update.SystemUpdateService.....(you get the point)
Disable it. Done...
I don't know if there are any other repercussions to disabling this.. I just know it's not nagging me, and everything works still.
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davieslacker posted it like 3 posts above yours....follow that method..and read previous posts before asking an already answered question..especially when it was JUST answered
escalhavardo said:
My nexus 7 rooted , don't have this service DMClient , doesn´t show in the titanium backup ... any one have another suggestion ? because this constant notice to actualize the firmware , is very inconvenience .
Thanks in advance
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That solution uses a paid app. Any free solution?
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frank35 said:
That solution uses a paid app. Any free solution?
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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rs.autorun
Same features,free app
Enable show system apps in settings
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harpocrates said:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rs.autorun
Same features,free app
Enable show system apps in settings
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I used this and it stopped the nag, but for some reason, it removes my email app (standard nexus 7 app) it says app not installed . Luckily. I had a titanium backup of it , but putting it back would not work. I reenabled the service, and put the app back and all is well now, but obviously the nag is back. Any ideas?

Pros and cons of a rooted Note 3

Hello,
What are the prons and cons if i root my Note 3? Please do not answer something like "you can install some stuff and change system settings". Try to be specific.
Thank you.
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If you don't know why to root it, then don't root it.

Bucika said:
If you don't know why to root it, then don't root it.
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That is why i haven't rooted yet. I am trying to get more information and then i will decide. And you haven't offered any info on that.
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ioannis66 said:
That is why i haven't rooted yet. I am trying to get more information and then i will decide. And you haven't offered any info on that.
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There arent really any cons unless you like doing OTA updates (which usually can be added manually later)

My favorite part is being able to do any app in multi window
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pro's of rooting :
bloatware deletion
app and data backups and restores
customization/tweaking of buildprops and setting in the root environment of android
tether hacks
some apps in the playstore require root access
more control over your device
changing boot animations
just because...
those are just a couple of good reasons to root. it just comes down to having more control and customization of your device. if you're not a tweaker then you probably wouldn't benefit from rooting.

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My favorite part is being able to do any app in multi window
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new to me, tell me how or post a link pls

I agree that you should only root if you have a specific reason. Mine is a app called proxydroid, my university's wifi has a proxy that is only set up to work with laptops. I use this app to be able to let any app, not just the browser use the network. If it weren't for this reason I don't see that much gain in rooting at the moment. Still no Cyanogenmod or any AOSP for that matter. Closest in look and feel is X Note Rom with Kit Kat addons and loads of Xposed tweaks... but CM it ain't.
Also warranty in my country, South Africa, is a complete joke... I've rooted every device since my old HTC Wildfire the day I got them. I prefer having a custom recovery so I can fix my own issues than a non-existant warranty for reassurance. If the phone is physically damaged the warranty is void according to my carrier anyway so...
Bottom line: Only root if you have real uses for it, and if warranty is not that important to you.
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weedahoe said:
new to me, tell me how or post a link pls
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Wanam Xposed has this feature. - I have had some issues with it not working 100% but it seems to be half decent.

I root to be able to use my phone for computer tasks - connect to and mount file shares, connect to my home VPN, copy files to and from USB devices, run Linux utilities at the command line, install a full Linux chroot, etc. I also use root to block ads with AdAway, remove bloatware apps, remove knox crap, install a custom recovery, and use that to flash a new ROM. There are a ton of uses for root. Probably the most useful, however, is the ability to change display density. Changing the default dpi from 480 to 320 gives you more screen area and makes the device feel more like a true tablet. It really improves the experience a lot.
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pros of rooting? You will be rooted! (aka full access to system files)
You dedide if you need that or not. (aka you like to mod stuff or just like to use the phone as it is)

CalcProgrammer1 said:
I root to be able to use my phone for computer tasks - connect to and mount file shares, connect to my home VPN, copy files to and from USB devices, run Linux utilities at the command line, install a full Linux chroot, etc.
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You sure that you need root for that?
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I also use root to block ads with AdAway, remove bloatware apps, remove knox crap, install a custom recovery, and use that to flash a new ROM. There are a ton of uses for root. Probably the most useful, however, is the ability to change display density. Changing the default dpi from 480 to 320 gives you more screen area and makes the device feel more like a true tablet. It really improves the experience a lot.
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Yep you need root for those, but how many people actually need that?
Adaway - You could spend a couple of bucks to buy the product so that the developer doesn't rely on ads for income.
Bloatware can be disabled in 4.3 without root.
Custom Recovery - so you trip the knox trigger then
Change DPI - I already have a true tablet, the Galaxy Note 10.1 2014 edition
Seriously you need to do more to convince me. I rooted my Note 2 and my Note 10.1 (2012 Edition). When I think what I achieved with the root, then I'm left with the impression that I wasted my time.
These devices provide so much functionality that root is unnecessary for most things. When I find a killer functionality that really NEEDS root then I'll root it/them with CF Autoroot and f*ck knox.
Until then I'll run stock unrooted.

To use a bridged VPN you need root, to install the openvpn and ssh binaries you need root, and to mount shares system-wide you need root. To use a chroot you need root as well. Not everyone needs those things but I'm just listing my personal root uses. I have a tablet as well but using my Note as a tablet is more convenient since I always have it. The dpi fix is great for that. I don't care about the knox flag either, I bought the phone knowing full well I'd be putting a ROM on it as soon as one is available. If you care about the warranty rooting might not be the best idea since they could use it as an excuse to refuse service.
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At this stage, there arent really any. The cpu is blistering fast. Also is the stock rom very smooth.
More cons the pros @ the moment
U can brick ur note 3, for what ?
Greetings from Morocco
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I'm interested to know what the effect of selinux Enforcing.
One of my main reasons for rooting is using Titanium backup and I read somewhere that this won't work even when rooted. Is that true.
I also like to change my DNS to open dns which also requires root.

newbie (not to rooting/just been with icrap for the past 4-5 years). can someone explain the significance of the knox counter. yes, i can extrapolate that it gets tripped if you root the phone a certain way which tells carrier/samsung phone has been modified via software flashes, but so what? what does it mean to end user if knox is tripped, and how could it adversely affect one?
thanks.

It doesn't affect anything unless you actually use the Knox environment, which is designed for business/enterprise stuff. If you don't use that, it doesn't matter at all to the software. The real concern is that it alerts Samsung/T-Mo that you flashed custom software and they can use it as an excuse to refuse warranty services.
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Question
Will rooting my tmobile samsung galaxy note 3 make the wireless hotspot not work or disappear and is there any other features that I would lose like the Samsung apps ?

drexd said:
newbie (not to rooting/just been with icrap for the past 4-5 years). can someone explain the significance of the knox counter. yes, i can extrapolate that it gets tripped if you root the phone a certain way which tells carrier/samsung phone has been modified via software flashes, but so what? what does it mean to end user if knox is tripped, and how could it adversely affect one?
thanks.
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Knox is just a flash counter that tells the service centre how many times you have flashed your device. But this flash counter is irrelevant anyways because according the FSFE, if our phones did need repairing, they have to prove that rooting or changing system software was the direct cause of the malfunction. That's your statutory right! Unfortunately this only applies in Europe. So if my phone breaks and they cannot prove its my fault then they are obliged under statutory law to fix my device with no cost to me!
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ioannis66 said:
Hello,
What are the prons and cons if i root my Note 3? Please do not answer something like "you can install some stuff and change system settings". Try to be specific.
Thank you.
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It depends on what you want to do with your phone. If you like it the way it is stock than keep stock!!! If you like to play with your phone (not talking games) and like it to look and operate like you want than root. Few possibilities with root:
-change sound
-change battery consumption (through kernel & apps)
-raise performance
And a couple of other stuff. But be aware you can also mess up your device if you're not careful!!!

Root by March 1. Over/Under Poll

Will the Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Retail see root by March 1, 2015? Wanted to see what you guys think in a poll.

There are threads where this should go.
There are people messing around with getting root, but nothing real serious. Unfortunately, the Verizon retail Note 4 isn't likely to ever get root, certainly not by March. No chance.

There's a radio button for that

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Will the Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Retail see root by March 1, 2015? Wanted to see what you guys think in a poll.
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I'm mobile, can't see the poll. I'd say between lollipop possibilities and recently discussed exploits, 60% chance.

Are there android phones in the past or current that has never seen root access?

The only thing I use root for is Titanium Backup so I can freeze bloatware. That is about it, but I have enough memory and quite frankly the stock works very well for me.
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They are crackin' pretty hard at it over on the AT&T side. If they find a way, it should work for us. Here's hoping. This thing runs great but these dangforblasted white screens are driving me insane. Time-line? Who knows. The sooner the better.

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They are crackin' pretty hard at it over on the AT&T side. If they find a way, it should work for us. Here's hoping. This thing runs great but these dangforblasted white screens are driving me insane. Time-line? Who knows. The sooner the better.
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This was actually my motivation for starting this thread. It seems like it's heating up a bit over there and I was wondering if that had changed anyone's opinion from the first "Root Poll" thread started a while ago. I'm certainly more optimistic after seeing all of the activity. On the other hand history does seem to shoe that the big advances seem to come from people who have been silently waiting in the wings.

Yea it has been a while since I put up that root poll. It's since died out which is understandable.
My point of view is (and yes I voted) lol
I don't believe well see root in this device! I fear that this is the way it's going to be for most new devices rolling out from here on out. Unless you purchase a dev edition.
To me. The phone runs very well! Use the blocking script and u can free up some ram. Otherwise the only things Im missing the most is cleaning up the notification bar and TiBu. Otherwise I'm happy!
Course this is just my opinion.
Carry on

freddy0872 said:
Yea it has been a while since I put up that root poll. It's since died out which is understandable.
My point of view is (and yes I voted) lol
I don't believe well see root in this device! I fear that this is the way it's going to be for most new devices rolling out from here on out. Unless you purchase a dev edition.
To me. The phone runs very well! Use the blocking script and u can free up some ram. Otherwise the only things Im missing the most is cleaning up the notification bar and TiBu. Otherwise I'm happy!
Course this is just my opinion.
Carry on
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Color Status Bar gives you full control over the notification panel without root. Helium retains a lot of TiBu functionality without root.
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Once I can find a way to spoof GPS without having "Allow Mock Location" I won't be obsessed with this phone getting root. I love the phone regardless.
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jpfulton248 said:
Will the Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Retail see root by March 1, 2015? Wanted to see what you guys think in a poll.
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Not gonna happen

Not going to happen. Saving for iPhone 6 plus were jailbreak works no matter what carrier. Maybe the m8. Does the m8 have root on verizon even? It's going to take me a while to save 800 bucks, maybe we will get lucky. Stock would not be bad, but suckwiz is killing me.

I've been optimistic for those on the note 4 verizon version, unfortunatley the sad truth is, its either going to never come to note 4 or will be almost a year till root is achieved. I'm going to be staying with my note 3 for a long time. Possibly forever, until note edge/edge 2 note 5 gets root and custom recovery. Just my opinion, I'm cheering you guys on, it's hard without dev support. Once the dev support get's tripled than might have a better chance. But till then, your gonna have to wait it out. Best of luck and I'm rooting for your guys

I am not optimistic. I suppose it is the DE edition for the N5 or off to another manufacturer whose phone can be rooted.

Can't really put the blame on the manufacturer. I understand that tmobile variant of the Note 4 can be rooted. It's a carrier thing. Maybe Samsung just has a more secure method. But it's only there because Verizon wants it there.
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jpfulton248 said:
Once I can find a way to spoof GPS without having "Allow Mock Location" I won't be obsessed with this phone getting root. I love the phone regardless.
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why do you need to spoof GPS? you play Ingress? if you do, it's against tos

outcasted2003 said:
The only thing I use root for is Titanium Backup so I can freeze bloatware. That is about it, but I have enough memory and quite frankly the stock works very well for me.
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You wouldn't like to be able to write to sdcard using any method of your choice?

Nope. MLB at Bat app. If I want to watch my home team I can't be in the tv/radio "broadcast territory" of either of the teams playing. On my previous phone I used "FakeGPS". Apk has to be copied to "/system/priv-app" in order to work with "Allow Mock Locations" turned off... MLB at Bat app knows if Allow Mock is turned on.

And maybe it was PEBKAC but I'm pretty sure I tried renaming a picture on my SD Card and was denied. Insanity.

World First Note 5 Root

Finally proper root for the Note 5 (mine is T-mobile)
Link
Kudos @Manh_IT

well lucky you, us AT&T and Verizon users will just stand on the sides and watch... like last year...

Does it trip KNOX?
I'm looking forward to Samsung Pay, which requires KNOX to operate.

Share the luv buddy ?

Man I'm jealous patiently waiting and praying ? for my note on Verizon ?. Don't want to let go of my unlimited data plan

Anyone want an AT&T Note 5? Trade for a TMobile one. Lol.
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Sunderwear said:
Finally proper root for the Note 5 (mine is T-mobile)
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Kudos @Manh_IT
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Are you going to share?

maximus96 said:
well lucky you, us AT&T and Verizon users will just stand on the sides and watch... like last year...
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Yup. And you knew that before you bought it... ☺

i will assume that it wont work on the verizon model

Sunderwear said:
Finally proper root for the Note 5 (mine is T-mobile)
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Kudos @Manh_IT
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This guy posts a terse statement about rooting his Note 5 (I have a T-Mobile Note 5) then goes dark. Is he really legit?

Ozzief16a said:
This guy posts a terse statement about rooting his Note 5 (I have a T-Mobile Note 5) then goes dark. Is he really legit?
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Yes, it's legit. The directions are all in the dev section.
BTW, this is only for unlocked bootloaders. ATT and VZW just move along....nothing to see here.
You need to flash twrp and a custom kernel and then download supersu from the play store. Enjoy.

You can oem unlock(boatloader unlock) the T-Mobile version in dev settings and when turning it on it gives notice that protection features will not work when turned on. So guessing that yes it does disable Knox. Also guessing the OP rooted using a common root method and unlocking the boatloader

adolfo778 said:
You can oem unlock(boatloader unlock) the T-Mobile version in dev settings and when turning it on it gives notice that protection features will not work when turned on. So guessing that yes it does disable Knox. Also guessing the OP rooted using a common root method and unlocking the boatloader
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just noticed i could do this on the sprint version as well. :good:

graffix31 said:
just noticed i could do this on the sprint version as well. :good:
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If you can do that guessing you can flash twrp :good: and thus root

Now that we have root are a lot of you going to root it? If so, why? I usually root my phones to tweak them to get the best battery life and performance with custom kernels and roms and apps like greenify. But the phone performs great and the battery life is great after debloating. I guess we'll have to see what the developers come up with but I'm loving life so far without root for the first time in a long time.
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Wifi Tether, and freeze unused/unnecessary apps.

barfingmonkey said:
Wifi Tether, and freeze unused/unnecessary apps.
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Dont need root to freeze unused app. Maybe for tether..
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i need wifi tether (though i didn't need to root my S6e to get it to work). but some apps i want to use require root (fonts apps, emoji switcher, titanium, etc.). also, i want to uninstall some factory apps i don't use which just bugs me. hopefully a root will come soon for the Note 5 Duos that won't trip KNOX.
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