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(Q) My S4 needs help!!! lol I'm so Confused

Problem 1: So I just bought a Galaxy S4 for U.S Cellular... Never really liked USC... So I been trying to Sim Unlock it to GSM.. So I can use this for H2O Wireless..... The Bad thing is that the S4 was already updated to 4.4.2.... I been trying to put the phone in diag mode but i couldn't get into diag mode.......
Problem 2: So I got it rooted... Flashed TWRP Recovery... (Had 2.6.0.0, Now I have 2.7.0.1) And I thought that I can put a custom rom on it.. But I like stay close to a stock rom. Like Samy Deluxe Jello Biafra (S5 Rom for S4).. Like i wipe cache, dalvik cache, and data.. But every time i be finished installing the rom... It be stuck on bootloop... Be taking more than 30 mins to boot up at all.... And by then... i decide to just restore the stock rom i had backed up previously...
Problem 3:Solved!
But can someone help me out with all this...... PLEASE!! Thanksss

emm.. are you sure that you have tried to install the ROM appropriate to your MODEL of S4, first?
If bought in US, I doubt if it is I9505 or I9500....
from the USC website, I assume that it is SCH-R970?

spamtrash said:
emm.. are you sure that you have tried to install the ROM appropriate to your MODEL of S4, first?
If bought in US, I doubt if it is I9505 or I9500....
from the USC website, I assume that it is SCH-R970?
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Yes, of course i got this in the US. And yes its SCH-R970 lol... But like i still need help trying to find a rom closer to the stock one..... something like a s5 ported rom for the s4, with gsm capabilities

Multidex24 said:
Yes, of course i got this in the US. And yes its SCH-R970 lol... But like i still need help trying to find a rom closer to the stock one..... something like a s5 ported rom for the s4, with gsm capabilities
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OK, here is a biggest resource of top secret custom ROMs, especially ported for your model.
Feel free to check if installing these ROM would not violate the US Customs and Import limitation, as most of these were developed in other countries.

spamtrash said:
OK, here is a biggest resource of top secret custom ROMs, especially ported for your model.
Feel free to check if installing these ROM would not violate the US Customs and Import limitation, as most of these were developed in other countries.
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Lol is you sure that's the link? it sends me straight to google.... :/ lol

Multidex24 said:
Lol is you sure that's the link? it sends me straight to google.... :/ lol
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it is special edition of Google for Dummies...:laugh::laugh:

spamtrash said:
it is special edition of Google for Dummies...:laugh::laugh:
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Lol not even sure he gets the sarcasm/irony

[Q] how to unlock galaxy s4 from straighttalk SM-S975L

So I looked everywhere and no one seems to know how to unlock a straighttalk s4
since this site the best with cellphones problem solving I'm askin for some help :/
its a SM-S975L

when i ran the network unlock tool it was already unlocked the boot loader wasn't locked either the only thing we need now is rom development to include our devices. I have twrp and used towel root to root the device.

meya_20 said:
So I looked everywhere and no one seems to know how to unlock a straighttalk s4
since this site the best with cellphones problem solving I'm askin for some help :/
its a SM-S975L
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I'm dealing with this same issue right now. Bought an SM-S975L for straight talk last night and I want to use it on Metro PCS. Metro says all is well on their end and I just have to wait, but all I see is "Invalid Sim" on the status bar. How did you unlock the SM-S975L? There's very limited information around the internet about this model. I'm tearing my hair out and the wifey is driving around without a phone. Figured you (or anybody else) could point me in the right direction.

meya_20 said:
So I looked everywhere and no one seems to know how to unlock a straighttalk s4
since this site the best with cellphones problem solving I'm askin for some help :/
its a SM-S975L
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BoominSVX said:
I'm dealing with this same issue right now. Bought an SM-S975L for straight talk last night and I want to use it on Metro PCS. Metro says all is well on their end and I just have to wait, but all I see is "Invalid Sim" on the status bar. How did you unlock the SM-S975L? There's very limited information around the internet about this model. I'm tearing my hair out and the wifey is driving around without a phone. Figured you (or anybody else) could point me in the right direction.
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LOL, the $249 deal was hard to pass up. I got a couple of them, one for me and one for the misses. She'll be fine with the 4.3 that is on the phone out of the box, but I wanted to convert mine to be like the I9505G (GPE). I was thinking it would be simple as I've heard all of the LTE models were like the I9505 and they seem fairly broken into. But I think this is more like the SGH-I337 and maybe boot loader locked, but looking into ways to test that. I did root it already using towelroot. Installed SuperSU and Titanium Backup and root is working, now so see if I can get CMW and a GPE rom on it. If I find a way I'll be sure it is mentioned here as a working method for the SM-S975L. I'm not using it yet as I have my GT-I9500 that I'm using, but seeing better support for the qualcomm for custom roms I decided to get it. The I9500 should get Android 5.0 official rom first though.

For what it's worth, I just picked up this phone from the Black Friday sale, and I would *really* like to put a custom ROM on it. I won't even pretend to be proficient in this. How difficult would it be to convert the custom ROMs on other models of Galaxy S4's to this one?

I am unsure my self the closest variant is the att s4. Both the att one and this one is bootloader locked. Since we have 4.3 version of Android safestrap would be likely what to use. I am afraid of this my self so I have not attempted it
Sent from my SM-S975L using XDA Free mobile app

Whoa whoa whoa. What am I looking at? It looks like that's the model of the T-mobile variant, but the baseband is the same as the S975L!?

aromerblz said:
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Even a custom kernel flashed! What.
Sent from my SM-T310

It is the SM-S975L with a T-Mobile ROM and the custom kernel. The SGH-I337 ROM does not work, it erases the system partition every flash.

Awesome work aromerblz. Anything special you had to do to load the ROM with the S975 baseband...or any issues you're experiencing? Will be testing this out later in the week when I get some free time.
-JC

That is cool, at the very least its Kit Kat. I still would like to find a method to convert completely to GT-I9505G. Just no time. I'm hoping with jtag access it can be completely reconfigured, then just make sure the IMEI is set to that the device should be. Ideally the only way to see it was a SM-S975L would be to look under the battery. I don't really care about removing the SIM lock though, I plan to stick with my ST SIM. I did get a new BYOD SIM and it is showing 4G now (Not sure if it should indicate LTE like old ATT S3 does) as my old BYOD SIM would not and ST support said that I could not move the included SIM to any other device as it would be bound to the S975L.

I would love to get off the Tracfone ROM. I'm going to assume that Samsung/Tracfone will never upgrade this phone beyond Android 4.3. The last native update was in February of this year, and it was just a minor patch. I'm not too concerned about unlocking, but being able to use a different ROM seems to be a step in the right direction. If anyone could post a tutorial or what ROMs they used, that would be extremely helpful. I've looked everywhere and this info is not available anywhere.
For what it's worth, someone over on GSM Forums has claimed to have flashed the AT&T ROM too. They also were unable to unlock it, however. Unfortunately, I can't post the direct link until I have hit 10 posts That poster has been inactive for two months, and before that, he was inactive for three years. It may be hard to get in touch with him..

carlyman said:
Awesome work aromerblz. Anything special you had to do to load the ROM with the S975 baseband...or any issues you're experiencing? Will be testing this out later in the week when I get some free time.
-JC
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I first flashed a T-Mobile TWRP recovery v27.1, but the latest v28 works fine. After that i downloaded the TMB firmware NB4 from sammobile.com created a custom rom with the android kitchen. After that the usual flashing of the rom via TWRP. Without a custom kernel the phone does not boot up. So i used the ktoonsez kernel. Once booted i rooted with towelroot and pjone has been working fine. Only things to know is that when booting up it says "Kernel is not SeAndroid"
"Set Warranty Bit: Kernel"
As that specifies it trips the knox flag. Which i dont care if it does as am not in the USA.

You used the TWRP for jfltetmo, correct? Did you use Odin to flash it?
Also, this might seem obvious, but even if I do this, it'll still work/remain locked to ST/AT&T, correct?

lilmul123 said:
You used the TWRP for jfltetmo, correct? Did you use Odin to flash it?
Also, this might seem obvious, but even if I do this, it'll still work/remain locked to ST/AT&T, correct?
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Yeah TWRP for jfltetmo. The jflteatt does not seem to work at all on this model. I flashed with odin, no need to use safestrap on this phone as i think the bootloader is not locked like the one found on the SGH-I337, although its the identical variant.
Yes the phone remains locked to ST/AT&T. A friend of mines was able to get the unlock cod for this phone but even with the unlock code its not a permanent lock. Reason is because you can unlock and be able to use all the features available to the phone but once restarted it asks for the code again. Not sure why it does that, I believe the radio has to be the culprit for that here. Not sure how TracFone will handle the unlocks for this phone after 01/01/15. does the same even on full stock TF firmware.

lilmul123 said:
I would love to get off the Tracfone ROM. I'm going to assume that Samsung/Tracfone will never upgrade this phone beyond Android 4.3. The last native update was in February of this year, and it was just a minor patch. I'm not too concerned about unlocking, but being able to use a different ROM seems to be a step in the right direction. If anyone could post a tutorial or what ROMs they used, that would be extremely helpful. I've looked everywhere and this info is not available anywhere.
For what it's worth, someone over on GSM Forums has claimed to have flashed the AT&T ROM too. They also were unable to unlock it, however. Unfortunately, I can't post the direct link until I have hit 10 posts That poster has been inactive for two months, and before that, he was inactive for three years. It may be hard to get in touch with him..
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Can you PM me that GSM forums link you are talking about. I want to take a look.

Np, just a sec. (building up my post count)

GSM Forum stating AT&T-based ROM...not much detail I could glean from it tho. http://forum.gsmhosting.com/vbb/f286/unlock-samsung-sm-s975l-tracfone-straighttalk-1866981

Cm 13 android 6.0 for verizon galaxy s5

Hey everyone,
I am currently running a straight talk variant galaxy s5, which is exactly the same as the verizon variant s5, just without the locked bootloadet. I know this for a couple of reasons.
1. I was able to root and flash twrp via Odin without safestrap.
2. I can boot into recovery without safestrap.
3. I can flash roms and make back ups in twrp without safestrap.
4. I can flash any verizon variant s5 rom, and they work flawlessly.
I have read, on galaxys5root.Com that cm 13 will work on all the s5 variants, except for Verizon and at&the due to there locked bootloaders. My question is this, if the locked bootloader was the only issue preventing cm 13 from working on a verizon variant s5, how hard would it be to port it without a locked bootloader? Or is there already a version of cm13 out for Verizon s5 variant?

In fact before I flashed a rom my phones model number said sm-s902L now it says sm-g900v. Not only that but YouTube before I flashed a rom would only let me play upto 720p, now it let's me play upto 1080p. And it's not a type o, it is actually playing in 1080p. It also recognizes and let's me over clock the full quad core processor. And I can verify that I bought this straight talk s5 from Walmart directly, and unboxed it out of a a walmart /straight talk box. What I think is that this really IS a verizon s5 sm-g900v, just with straight talk software on it, which gives it the unlocked bootloader.

kxhan15 said:
In fact before I flashed a rom my phones model number said sm-s902L now it says sm-g900v. Not only that but YouTube before I flashed a rom would only let me play upto 720p, now it let's me play upto 1080p. And it's not a type o, it is actually playing in 1080p. It also recognizes and let's me over clock the full quad core processor. And I can verify that I bought this straight talk s5 from Walmart directly, and unboxed it out of a a walmart /straight talk box. What I think is that this really IS a verizon s5 sm-g900v, just with straight talk software on it, which gives it the unlocked bootloader.
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Really? This is interesting. Paging @jrkruse

jjdavis699 said:
Really? This is interesting. Paging @jrkruse
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I just discovered that even 4k video recording is enabled, and none of the features I have mentioned are supposed to be enabled on the straight talk s5. Really the straight talk s5, is a verizon s5 with an unlocked bootloader @jjdavis699 @jrkruse

jjdavis699 said:
Really? This is interesting. Paging @jrkruse
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Most of the verizon variants dont have locked bootloaders, LRA Bluegrass wireless Straight Talk there are a few others

jrkruse said:
Most of the verizon variants dont have locked bootloaders, LRA Bluegrass wireless Straight Talk there are a few others
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So how hard would it be to bring cm13 to my straight talk s5? Could I just use the verizon developer variant of cyanogen mod? Or a KLTE variant?@jrkruse

kxhan15 said:
So how hard would it be to bring cm13 to my straight talk s5? Could I just use the verizon developer variant of cyanogen mod? Or a KLTE variant?@jrkruse
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Use a verzion version for sure or you will not have data

jrkruse said:
Use a verzion version for sure or you will not have data
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Do you know where i may be able to find the version for the verizon galaxy s5 developer model? i have read around on the forums that there is one out there.

How do I know if my bootloader is locked or not?

kxhan15 said:
Do you know where i may be able to find the version for the verizon galaxy s5 developer model? i have read around on the forums that there is one out there.
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Go to the Galaxy S5 unified development section or the cyanogenmod web site and look for the version marked KLTE
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username=0 said:
How do I know if my bootloader is locked or not?
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On your phone go to settings => about phone and look at the build and baseband numbers. If they read SMG900VV you have a locked bootloader. If there is a KLTE in the build and baseband number your bootloader is not locked. If you bought your phone at a Verizon store or a retail outlet such as best buy, you most likely have a locked bootloader.

landshark68 said:
Go to the Galaxy S5 unified development section or the cyanogenmod web site and look for the version marked KLTE
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On your phone go to settings => about phone and look at the build and baseband numbers. If they read SMG900VV you have a locked bootloader. If there is a KLTE in the build and baseband number your bootloader is not locked. If you bought your phone at a Verizon store or a retail outlet such as best buy, you most likely have a locked bootloader.
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They say that the "klte" version is a generic gsm build. I don't know if that will work. I know I would have to add the vzw apn's, but i am also concerned about the radio files and modem that are in that build

landshark68 said:
Go to the Galaxy S5 unified development section or the cyanogenmod web site and look for the version marked KLTE
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On your phone go to settings => about phone and look at the build and baseband numbers. If they read SMG900VV you have a locked bootloader. If there is a KLTE in the build and baseband number your bootloader is not locked. If you bought your phone at a Verizon store or a retail outlet such as best buy, you most likely have a locked bootloader.
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No luck, have G900vv. Oh well

kxhan15 said:
They say that the "klte" version is a generic gsm build. I don't know if that will work. I know I would have to add the vzw apn's, but i am also concerned about the radio files and modem that are in that build
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Oops, I forgot about all the klte variants. I guess you would be looking for a build for the kltevzw. The CM thread says if your device is not listed to use the generic klte build, but I don't think I would chance that.

https://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Kltevzw_Info
I am getting set to do the same - and it looks like there is a version for Verizon Gs5.
Scratch that - looks like there are no Verizon builds beyond KitKat so far. Getting the latest OptimalROM 15-5 instead.

boatguypat said:
https://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Kltevzw_Info
I am getting set to do the same - and it looks like there is a version for Verizon Gs5.
Scratch that - looks like there are no Verizon builds beyond KitKat so far. Getting the latest OptimalROM 15-5 instead.
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Let me know what you think of optimal rom.

kxhan15 said:
In fact before I flashed a rom my phones model number said sm-s902L now it says sm-g900v. Not only that but YouTube before I flashed a rom would only let me play upto 720p, now it let's me play upto 1080p. And it's not a type o, it is actually playing in 1080p. It also recognizes and let's me over clock the full quad core processor. And I can verify that I bought this straight talk s5 from Walmart directly, and unboxed it out of a a walmart /straight talk box. What I think is that this really IS a verizon s5 sm-g900v, just with straight talk software on it, which gives it the unlocked bootloader.
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Does data work and everything else? I may just buy this instead of the VZW version

Awesomeslayerg said:
Does data work and everything else? I may just buy this instead of the VZW version
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Yep Everything works flawlessly check out my screenshot

Awesomeslayerg said:
Does data work and everything else? I may just buy this instead of the VZW version
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Oops here is the screenshot, lol. This is running MOAR rom with the s6 theme chooser added.

jrkruse said:
Most of the verizon variants dont have locked bootloaders, LRA Bluegrass wireless Straight Talk there are a few others
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@jrkruse what do you think the chances are of it working if i flash a straight talk bootloader to my Verizon phone? Do you think it might work as a bootloader unlock? I'm willing to try because I have unbrick.img which makes my phone unbrickable.

Hariiiii said:
@jrkruse what do you think the chances are of it working if i flash a straight talk bootloader to my Verizon phone? Do you think it might work as a bootloader unlock? I'm willing to try because I have unbrick.img which makes my phone unbrickable.
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It may work. In theory because the base models are the same and can run the same ROMs. But my fear would be that if you bork your bootloader your device would be hard bricked. You need the bootloader to even start the boot processes.

Samsung Galaxy J3 SM-S320VL rooting assistance

I have the Straight Talk Samsung Galaxy J3 SM-S320VL and I am looking to root the phone but have been unable to find a solution, I have tried SMSroot, King root and a couple of others but no luck as of yet.

I have the same phone. And have had pretty much the same luck. Kingroot tried to root it a few times but always failed. Anyone else out there manage to get this phone rooted yet?

montanye said:
I have the Straight Talk Samsung Galaxy J3 SM-S320VL and I am looking to root the phone but have been unable to find a solution, I have tried SMSroot, King root and a couple of others but no luck as of yet.
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c0b4lt said:
I have the same phone. And have had pretty much the same luck. Kingroot tried to root it a few times but always failed. Anyone else out there manage to get this phone rooted yet?
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Guys! Click on the link below my signature that says "ROOT GUIDE". You will find what u need. Don't forget to hit the thanks button :good:

Need help
I bought this phone through Walmart like everyone in this forem and I looked forever for this root cant find it but they have rooted this same phone but not through Walmart but from virgin mobile. so It does not have the same model number but I think it can be done the same way. so if anyone can figure this out reply to me. ifeatsamsung.com/root-samsung-galaxy-j3-2016/

Same Issue
I found several sets of instructions for rooting similar models of the Samsung Galaxy Sky J3, but none that have the specific model of SM-S320VL, which is what mine shows when you put it into download mode. I can get Odin to recognize it, but the only version of TWRP I can find is for the SM-J320YZ. From what I understand, most of the Galaxy Sky J3 models are similar and the model numbers vary by the carrier they were produced for. All that being said, I don't want to flash a bad recovery and brick my phone, so any info as far as that goes would be appreciated.
*EDIT*: To clarify, I realize this post was about rooting the SM-S320VL, but I wanted to install a custom recovery and make a backup of the phone before I got started on that process which is why I was talking about installing TWRP.

Odin fails trying to flash any of the versions of twrp available for the other versions of this phone. It doesn't hurt the phone. I've tried it several times with different builds I've found for the j3 2016 phones.
Sent from my SM-S320VL using Tapatalk

Is anybody familiar with what this is?

Has to do with unlocking the boot loader
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I have the same problem with my sm-s320vl odin fails (auth) 005

"OneClickRoot states it has a method for our version but, $36.00 is a hefty fee for only root access..."
(Correction) - I asked the tech with O.C.R. and they informed me there was no method as of yet.

anyone figure this out yet? need to get this baby unlocked before christmas! sm-s320vl...

any luck?

I don't think this phone is actually the same as the other phones labeled J3 2016. Even though this is marketed on sites like walmart and amazon as a Samsung Galaxy Sky J3 or Samsung Galaxy J3 Sky. Which might be a part of the reason the odin downloads always fail. So no luck still on getting this rooted in any way.

I put a request to samsung for your kernel source so if at least one person steps up as a tester as I don't own nor have access to this device I'll help yall gain root once the source is posted.
Requirements as tester-
Windows pc
Odin
I don't have to hold your hand using odin
And supply your stock boot.img

How do I grab the stock boot.img? Everything I've seen uses DD and requires already having root
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I already found one. I don't know if it's your current firmware tho.
APJ3? Is that your last 4 of your current firmware?

APG2
Sent from my SM-S320VL using Tapatalk

APG2 is on mine as well

Same rooting problem
APG2

Root on a Samsung galaxy sky SM-S320VL does anyone know?
Is there any one who knows how to root this particular phone. I just bought one but didn't research it prior. There has to be a way. Anyone with help who might know please!!
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Samsung galaxy sky SM-S320VL? Any experts on how to to root this one? ThAnks guys!

Root for SM-t377a (ATT Galaxy Tab-E)

Is there a way to root the galaxy tab E that comes from AT&T? I've found a TWRP image for the SM-T377P version but nothing for SM-T377A which is what I have. I was thinking they might be cross compatible but if they were, I'm sure TWRP would have listed it on their site.
The option to OEM unlock is in the dev settings list so I'm thinking I can flash the recovery but I'm not sure on that.

italynstylion said:
Is there a way to root the galaxy tab E that comes from AT&T? I've found a TWRP image for the SM-T377P version but nothing for SM-T377A which is what I have. I was thinking they might be cross compatible but if they were, I'm sure TWRP would have listed it on their site.
The option to OEM unlock is in the dev settings list so I'm thinking I can flash the recovery but I'm not sure on that.
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no twrp possible bootloader is locked from att. only method is kingroot
and you will need to re root after every reboot or shutdown.
also kingroot is a limited root

Why
toolhas4degrees said:
no twrp possible bootloader is locked from att. only method is kingroot
and you will need to re root after every reboot or shutdown.
also kingroot is a limited root
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But why can we get root on the SM-T377P (Sprint)

Evil-Maiden666 said:
But why can we get root on the SM-T377P (Sprint)
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unlocked bootloader for sprint

Hello
I have this tablet. can i flash europe rom on at&t tab E?

Hey man I'm having the same problem with my tab e sm t377a from at&t. Have you found a way to root... if you have please help me brother I'm just trying to connect my x box 360 controller to it lol

Please help me, i have a hard bricked SM-T377P, if you have one in hands you can help me to unbrick mine, it will take only 2 minutes! Here is my thread: https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/development/help-sm-t377p-hard-bricked-debrick-img-t3711889
Thankssssssss!

KIngroot
toolhas4degrees said:
no twrp possible bootloader is locked from att. only method is kingroot
and you will need to re root after every reboot or shutdown.
also kingroot is a limited root
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Kingroot can't root my Galaxy Tab SM-T377A runnning 6..0.1 Marsmallow, I just want to uninstall or freeze those AT&T bloatware but I guess I have to wait coz I can't return it anymore...Thanks ..

Worst tablet ever. Att can't even get their software updates right. I can't use this as a phone because the stupid number sync software keep giving an error and no one at att knows how to fix it. I've tried different dialers and freezing them. Nothing works. Now I have com.android.phone is not responding and their is no firmware download anywhere to fix it. Now I have to factory reset the whole damn tablet lol. I'm going to sell the and get a Sprint unlocked version. What a shame. This tablet had potential too

Evil-Maiden666 said:
But why can we get root on the SM-T377P (Sprint)
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You can Google "replace Kingroot with supersu". There is a 4 step method for replacing the temp Kingroot with chainfires SuperSu. Even if bootloader is locked. Just found one of these in Facebook marketplace for $50.
zach

Anyone flashed t377p on t377a?
Sent from my Moto G (5) using Tapatalk

I think this tablet sucks, too. AT&T hoodwinked me into getting this thing, and now I'm stuck with it for 2 years. It's slow and choppy--I'd rather have an iPad. My "Next" contract is just about up, and I can't wait to dump their ass for another carrier.

Agree. Hoodwink is exactly what they did. This tablet is SLOW and the bloatware is chewing up RAM. I'm about to dump it for something else. Was hoping to be able to root it so I could kill off some of the bloat, but no joy....
-Z

I knew I should have checked here first... but at least I can return it... I figured a device of its age would for sure have custom roms and root. Stupid at&t! Guess I'm back on the search for a LTE tablet that works on at&t for under $300

Hi, recently I bought a cheap AT&T Tab E. It has only 4GB internal storage instead of 16, weird? The tab is almost useless because it has almost no space for new files/apps. Anyone knows what's wrong with the tab? Thanks

g_c said:
Hi, recently I bought a cheap AT&T Tab E. It has only 4GB internal storage instead of 16, weird? The tab is almost useless because it has almost no space for new files/apps. Anyone knows what's wrong with the tab? Thanks
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The problem solved after a factory reset.

coolbeans2016 said:
You can Google "replace Kingroot with supersu". There is a 4 step method for replacing the temp Kingroot with chainfires SuperSu. Even if bootloader is locked. Just found one of these in Facebook marketplace for $50.
zach
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Totally new to rooting in general, and researching isn't going well as I don't have any context/experience yet...and the vocabulary is new. I have (literally just bought a few days ago) this version of the Tab E...and I'm trying to root it so I can use it more effectively as a head unit in my 03 F150. I'm finding out I bought the wrong unit to do this reasonably easily.
Would you mind posting a quick walkthrough of how this works? Install KingRoot and then replace it with Supersu to get the tablet permarooted?
Thanks!

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CrisAnderson27 said:
Totally new to rooting in general, and researching isn't going well as I don't have any context/experience yet...and the vocabulary is new. I have (literally just bought a few days ago) this version of the Tab E...and I'm trying to root it so I can use it more effectively as a head unit in my 03 F150. I'm finding out I bought the wrong unit to do this reasonably easily.
Would you mind posting a quick walkthrough of how this works? Install KingRoot and then replace it with Supersu to get the tablet permarooted?
Thanks!
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Not a big fan of youtube instructional videos, first one available, not sure if its good........
https://www.google.com/search?q=rep...0j7&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8#kpvalbx=1
This is a guide with a one-click .bat file to supposedly do this:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/a310/general/how-to-remove-replace-kingroot-kinguser-t3308989
Directions for manual replacement:
https://missingtricks.net/replace-kingroot-kinguser-with-supersu-superuser-android-guide/
Remember, this is for you replacing "TEMP ROOT", not when a device is permanently rooted! This means being in the position of Kingroot barely getting temporary root that will be lost when device is rebooted!!! It involves using Flashify (by Chainfire as well) and authorizing it's root ability to flash.
As in every OP on XDA, do so at "YOUR OWN RISK".........
zach

Anyone have stock firmware, t377a. Any version will help

Any version can not help bro
You need same version your device is on before it get bricked or higher version , you can try this site androidfilehost . com
I got some that work for me though if you upgrade your device i dont thjng you can downdgrade anymore
Cluck on thanks if this message is helpful
NB
If anyone found a way to downgrade kindly pls tell me