Hi i know there most be a thread in this forum about it but i can't find it any way i want to know how to unroot my at&t s4 rooted with towelroot so i can get the ota
moiramd said:
Hi i know there most be a thread in this forum about it but i can't find it any way i want to know how to unroot my at&t s4 rooted with towelroot so i can get the ota
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Here's what I used to unroot.
http://gs5.wonderhowto.com/how-to/unroot-your-galaxy-s5-other-android-device-0156117/
This was tested and worked on my GS3. It should work on the GS4 as well.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s3-att/general/how-to-restore-device-status-to-t2832880
There should be a Full Unroot feature in the Settings tab of the SuperSU app if you use it.
Apoplectic1 said:
There should be a Full Unroot feature in the Settings tab of the SuperSU app if you use it.
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Yes I used that option and worked [emoji1]
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Hi, im have a N9005 LTE and have upgraded to the offcial 4.4.2
question is, would rooting kill the allsharecast feature?
Also, what's the best way to root 4.4.2?
Glen L said:
Hi, im have a N9005 LTE and have upgraded to the offcial 4.4.2
question is, would rooting kill the allsharecast feature?
Also, what's the best way to root 4.4.2?
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I would say use cf auto root. Don't know though if it will break allsharecast.
Glen L said:
Hi, im have a N9005 LTE and have upgraded to the offcial 4.4.2
question is, would rooting kill the allsharecast feature?
Also, what's the best way to root 4.4.2?
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I do not think just rooting would do that (since you can hide the custom status with xposed and wanam xposed, eventually even the root itself with RootCloak). However I do not know if knox status could be hidden.
Glen L said:
Hi, im have a N9005 LTE and have upgraded to the offcial 4.4.2
question is, would rooting kill the allsharecast feature?
Also, what's the best way to root 4.4.2?
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I have a rooted Note 3 with 4.4.2 and my allshare function is working fine so you don't have to worry
Yep, it's only when you replace the recovery you start to get problems....
pringlare said:
I have a rooted Note 3 with 4.4.2 and my allshare function is working fine so you don't have to worry
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what root method did you use? did you have to replace any system file to enable allsharecast again?
ultramag69 said:
Yep, it's only when you replace the recovery you start to get problems....
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I was able to root my Note 10.1 2014 last night. I installed TWRP and used its built in function to root which didn't break allsharecast..
was wondering if I can do the same with note 3.
Glen L said:
what root method did you use? did you have to replace any system file to enable allsharecast again?
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I used CF-Auto-Root. No I didn't have to replace any file.
Hey, so I am new to this group! Thanks for existing and being so willing to help!!
So here is my question, I want to root my GS4 but was not able to find good information on how to do so when running Android 4.4.2. I do not want to downgrade to 4.3 so please don't suggest that option. I also (obviously) don't want to brick my phone so a "safe" option would be nice.
My hardware again is a Samsung Galaxy S4 SGH-i337, Android Version 4.4.2, Carrier AT&T, USA, and last three characters of the Baseband version is NB1.
Anyway, any tips, pointers, links or other help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
havydog1994 said:
Hey, so I am new to this group! Thanks for existing and being so willing to help!!
So here is my question, I want to root my GS4 but was not able to find good information on how to do so when running Android 4.4.2. I do not want to downgrade to 4.3 so please don't suggest that option. I also (obviously) don't want to brick my phone so a "safe" option would be nice.
My hardware again is a Samsung Galaxy S4 SGH-i337, Android Version 4.4.2, Carrier AT&T, USA, and last three characters of the Baseband version is NB1.
Anyway, any tips, pointers, links or other help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
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At this time there is no way to root 4.4.2 without downgrading to 4.3
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Sigatorade said:
At this time there is no way to root 4.4.2 without downgrading to 4.3
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Too bad! Do you believe that there will be an option eventually? Or is there a "hard wall" that completely prevents it?
havydog1994 said:
Too bad! Do you believe that there will be an option eventually? Or is there a "hard wall" that completely prevents it?
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Maybe. I don't know. I downgraded my phone after I updated to 4.4 because I didn't see much of a difference and I wanted to root and flash ROMs.
havydog1994 said:
Too bad! Do you believe that there will be an option eventually? Or is there a "hard wall" that completely prevents it?
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There's no hard wall, but devs are doing other things like Hash working on kexec and others looking into bootloader exploits and whatnot. May I ask why you don't want to downgrade? The method's been tested and simplified a bit, and you don't need ODIN every time you want to flash a different ROM or mod now.
Downgrading
Sigatorade said:
At this time there is no way to root 4.4.2 without downgrading to 4.3
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At the risk of getting a link to a site I have already visited tonight, how does one go about downgrading? At&t i337 here running NB1. Thanks in advance for your help.
apv507 said:
At the risk of getting a link to a site I have already visited tonight, how does one go about downgrading? At&t i337 here running NB1. Thanks in advance for your help.
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Instructions can be found here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2663545
Sigatorade said:
Instructions can be found here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2663545
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Also:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2692825
Sigatorade said:
At this time there is no way to root 4.4.2 without downgrading to 4.3
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kevp75 said:
Also:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2692825
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Sigatorade said:
At this time there is no way to root 4.4.2 without downgrading to 4.3
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kevp75 said:
Also:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2692825
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Sigatorade said:
Instructions can be found here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2663545
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Thanks for the quick responses! I just got the phone Tuesday (yes I know the s5 comes out tomorrow) and some how I missed that At&t decided to lock boot loaders. I guess at&t is jealous that a group of enthusiast and hobby programmers can produce awesome firmware and doesn't have their trash/bloatware. I'll probably give these a try soon. I think the stock firmware is okay but I do miss my root privileges and aosp/cm/aokp ROMS. Thanks again guys.
apv507 said:
Thanks for the quick responses! I just got the phone Tuesday (yes I know the s5 comes out tomorrow) and some how I missed that At&t decided to lock boot loaders. I guess at&t is jealous that a group of enthusiast and hobby programmers can produce awesome firmware and doesn't have their trash/bloatware. I'll probably give these a try soon. I think the stock firmware is okay but I do miss my root privileges and aosp/cm/aokp ROMS. Thanks again guys.
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theres quite a few really good roms out there... im currwntly on NB1 Stock Rooted... and so far so good. Deadly Venom (in my sig) is sick nasty wicked sweet! One of the best ive run to date
Sent from my Deadly Venom SS 3.0.1 S4 (team: @Venom0642 @ted77usa @rebel1699) ~ 20GB free cloud https://copy.com?r=vtiraF
Sigatorade said:
Maybe. I don't know. I downgraded my phone after I updated to 4.4 because I didn't see much of a difference and I wanted to root and flash ROMs.
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can you give me the link that you used to downgrade your phone i cant find a succesful way to downgrade
utdude33 said:
can you give me the link that you used to downgrade your phone i cant find a succesful way to downgrade
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This is what you're looking for http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=50667360
Sent from my Nexus 5 using XDA Free mobile app
Good news... the guy who said there is no way to root 4.4.2 with SuperSU is wrong
Use towel root and then install supersu from market but don't open it yet... Now install terminal emulator open and type 'su' and supersu will prompt. Type into terminal emulator without the quotes of course, 'pm disable com.whateverknoxappnameislol' I can't recall the Knox app name off hand. When you finish close term emu and open SuperSU no and update binaries, then it'll prompt to disable Knox and it'll succeed. Reboot, uninstall Towel Root, and enjoy.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...php?p=55537351
that method works if you are on ni1. Just use towelroot for anything else
I know i can flash back to 4.3 and root and go from there, but was curious is there was a way to root once your already on a non rooted 4.4.2 kernel?
SuBDivisions said:
I know i can flash back to 4.3 and root and go from there, but was curious is there was a way to root once your already on a non rooted 4.4.2 kernel?
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You have to Odin back to 4.3 to install rooted 4.4.2.
airmaxx23 said:
You have to Odin back to 4.3 to install rooted 4.4.2.
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Yes, as i said i know i can do that, but i take it there is no way to do it once your already on 4.4.2 with out Odin back.
SuBDivisions said:
Yes, as i said i know i can do that, but i take it there is no way to do it once your already on 4.4.2 with out Odin back.
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That's why I said you have to, if you want 4.4.2 rooted that is the only way.
airmaxx23 said:
That's why I said you have to, if you want 4.4.2 rooted that is the only way.
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Got cha. Thanks bro.
SuBDivisions said:
I know i can flash back to 4.3 and root and go from there, but was curious is there was a way to root once your already on a non rooted 4.4.2 kernel?
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you can wait it out and see if someone comes up with a method (kingo, vroot) to root the 4.4.2
otherwise the 4.3 / flashing modified 4.4.2 is the only avail exploit
SuBDivisions said:
Got cha. Thanks bro.
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No problem, it's a pretty simple process and doesn't take long at all.
Thank you. I was also having this same question. I will now downgrade and start over.
comweasel said:
Thank you. I was also having this same question. I will not downgrade and start over.
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It's a simple process and is pretty quick.
So if I was to walk into a Verizon store today and pick up a n3, which version would it be and would I be able to root it?
Sent from my XT875 using Tapatalk 2
B.E.McAllister said:
So if I was to walk into a Verizon store today and pick up a n3, which version would it be and would I be able to root it?
Sent from my XT875 using Tapatalk 2
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It would be 4.3. Verizon hasn't officially (as of this past second) released the OTA/Release for KitKat 4.4.2) yet.
This find was pure Gold.
B.E.McAllister said:
So if I was to walk into a Verizon store today and pick up a n3, which version would it be and would I be able to root it?
Sent from my XT875 using Tapatalk 2
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It would have 4.3 and you would be able to root it.
Hi,
I rooted Note 3 with towelroot recently and my knox is still 0 and would like to keep it that way. Would also like to keep all my settings and apps if possible too. I haven't flashed any roms or anything like that. Only thing I've done is grant some of my apps root access and downloaded an app that required root (which since then I've uninstalled). Now however I see a new firmware update is available for my Note 3 and would like to update to it. I'm sorta new to the Android scene, so don't know where to start to do this, so would appreciate any guidance.
Is there also anything I should do while on root before I unroot?
Thanks
@XLAAX you dont need to unroot to upgrade firmware. Use odin method to upgrade it.
You will find it on sammobile
Sent from Galaxy Note 3 SM-N9005
thahim said:
@XLAAX you dont need to unroot to upgrade firmware. Use odin method to upgrade it.
You will find it on sammobile
Sent from Galaxy Note 3 SM-N9005
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So what will happen when I unroot using this? Will the phone be unrooted again or will it keep root? Also will knox be tripped using this method?
XLAAX said:
So what will happen when I unroot using this? Will the phone be unrooted again or will it keep root? Also will knox be tripped using this method?
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Do you want to unroot or do you want to upgrade firmware?
Sent from Galaxy Note 3 SM-N9005
thahim said:
Do you want to unroot or do you want to upgrade firmware?
Sent from Galaxy Note 3 SM-N9005
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Hmm, I was under the impression that you need to unroot your phone to upgrade the firmware. If this isnt the case, then no real need to unroot I suppose.
What about Android L? Will I need to unroot for that? (Realise you can't predict such a thing, but has there ever been a case where you needed to unroot for an android firmware?)
EDIT: Oh and for future knowledge, how should I handle OTA updates? Should I not update that way if I'm rooted?
XLAAX said:
Hmm, I was under the impression that you need to unroot your phone to upgrade the firmware. If this isnt the case, then no real need to unroot I suppose.
What about Android L? Will I need to unroot for that? (Realise you can't predict such a thing, but has there ever been a case where you needed to unroot for an android firmware?)
EDIT: Oh and for future knowledge, how should I handle OTA updates? Should I not update that way if I'm rooted?
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I dont know about towel root I used cf auto root and I upgraded to 4.4.2 after rooting.
But I am sure there is no need to unroot in any case.
Android L ia not yet been out for note 3.
Sent from Galaxy Note 3 SM-N9005
Hi people,
is it possible to update my rooted s5 stock rom without losing root or any data??
snazer said:
Hi people,
is it possible to update my rooted s5 stock rom without losing root or any data??
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You can flash via Odin an updated version but you will lost your root
snazer said:
Hi people,
is it possible to update my rooted s5 stock rom without losing root or any data??
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If I remember correctly, you can update and keep root by using Mobile ODIN Pro.
itzik-g said:
You can flash via Odin an updated version but you will lost your root
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yeah, im aware of that and i rather lose my root than data. Thanks anyways!!
vndnguyen said:
If I remember correctly, you can update and keep root by using Mobile ODIN Pro.
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Well, i have seen videos on youtube where the root remains but not the data. I guess there isnt best of both worlds. anyways thanks
snazer said:
yeah, im aware of that and i rather lose my root than data. Thanks anyways!!
Well, i have seen videos on youtube where the root remains but not the data. I guess there isnt best of both worlds. anyways thanks
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If you have updated the rom flash an older kernel version like the one from ANE2 and reroot with towelroot, after that reflash the new kernel from the ANGx rom. Done, you will losse nothing, look in geneal for the thread.
Here's the thread. Confirmed working.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/att-galaxy-s5/general/g900and3tong3keeprootota-zip-t2862299
snazer said:
Well, i have seen videos on youtube where the root remains but not the data. I guess there isnt best of both worlds. anyways thanks
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Try to follow this instruction (using Superuser Pro)
1. Open SuperSU settings
2. Scroll down to the bottom, Enable Pro
3. Check Survival mode
4. Uncheck Enable Superuser
5. Install OTA update
6. After reboot, Enable Superuser
7. Disable Survival mode
Note: You have to purchase Superuser Pro for this to work, and you have to reboot after upgrading to Pro.