Hi, i think a lot of n900 users which are gonna be extremely happy if they can root their N900 without using CF-Root (No offense to Chainfire, he is one the best dev) since it will trip that stupid KNOX warranty bull**** (i would love to use custom kernels and don't even bother to trip the knox, but hey the parts for this phone aint cheap ).
I was thinking of downgrading to an earlier version of kitkat built before June. Then using towelroot to obtain root. Any ideas if it will work?
And yes i've searched the entire web for a way and this is the only possible way i can think of. The N9005 is rooted with the same approach, except instead of downgrading the whole phone, they downgrade the FW, root it using towelroot, and then upgrade to the stock FW.
Since i'm a noob in extracting the FW, on behalf of N900 users, we hope a dev can help. Btw i know most dev's out there need some coffee or beer (willing to donate)
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I can't find any reference to "root vega" by searching this subforum, so I'm asking.. please be gentle if this is covered elsewhere. I know URDLV is available for the Note 3 on sprint and can be used to gain root on a stock rom without tripping the Knox warranty bit, and am wondering if it's possible to use it to flash a rooted, stock MJA or MK2 ROM onto the Galaxy S4?
I have a completely stock phone, just bought it last week and foolishly applied the OTA update without checking the forums first so I now have the Knox bootloader and have a knox counter in download mode. I've read that you can flash a rooted stock firmware on a Sprint Note 3 without tripping the knox bit and want to know if anyone out there has successfully flashed a stock MJA or MK2 firmware using the URDLV method on a Sprint Samsung S4.
I know I have a snapdragon processor, and that URDLV doesn't work with the Exynos chip, so I'm hoping that it since it sounds like it'll work in theory, that a brave soul has attempted this and can share any info. I only want root, I'm fine manually uninstalling the crap I don't need and I'm okay with using the stock rom, I just want root and know that if i use CF-auto-root that i'll trip the counter, or if i use Vroot I'm potentially using a piece of software that might have malware or spyware in it (the cons to using VRoot are all over the forums).
Anyone out there who can share their insights or experience? Thanks!
I bought a new N9005 (Model : SM-N9005ZKEBTU ).... and Installed latest Kitkat (Poland) via ....
Now I just want to root it.... no custom rom etc, just wanna stay on stock for a few months ...
How can just root it.... where can I find the stock kernel which can make it root (Like I did in my previous phones like S2, Note, Note2 )...
anupam_luv said:
I bought a new N9005 (Model : SM-N9005ZKEBTU ).... and Installed latest Kitkat (Poland) via ....
Now I just want to root it.... no custom rom etc, just wanna stay on stock for a few months ...
How can just root it.... where can I find the stock kernel which can make it root (Like I did in my previous phones like S2, Note, Note2 )...
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Not a problem, it is easy to do. But you will trip the Knox counter. And you will not be able to return to 4.3 to avoid doing so.
AFAIK from all the posts (probably several hundred in 20 threads or more) you made a one-way decision by upgrading to kitkat.
Journyman16 said:
Not a problem, it is easy to do. But you will trip the Knox counter. And you will not be able to return to 4.3 to avoid doing so.
AFAIK from all the posts (probably several hundred in 20 threads or more) you made a one-way decision by upgrading to kitkat.
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I knw I wont be able to come back ... but sooner or later we hv to be on kitkat,,,, and I think this kitkat (poland) has no problems as long as it is stock...
Plz tell me an easy way to root it, like any kernel flashing whch make it rooted ? There r many customs roms with kitkat but I dont wanna try custom roms for few months
Basically I have a lots of data backup stored in titanium backup root (From my last Note2)..... wanna restore many apps with data from that
Also if I unroot it by flashing stock kitkat again, will it reset my knox counter?
The best way to root remains cf_autoroot, but it WILL trip your knox warranty bit.
Currently there is NO way to root KK without tripping Knox.
Hello everyone. ive been searching these forums for quite a while and can safely conclude that theres no way for me (ATM) to root my note 3 without tripping knox.
i have a N9005 running the NC2 firmware, on 4.4.2
now i want to know is, if i flash a custom recovery and firmware ONLY, without flashing a custom ROM, can i still use KNOX (the app) ?
all i really want is root access, im quite happy with the ROM and performance ATM.
very sorry if this has been asked already, i couldnt find anything about it
thanks everyone
that0guy said:
Hello everyone. ive been searching these forums for quite a while and can safely conclude that theres no way for me (ATM) to root my note 3 without tripping knox.
i have a N9005 running the NC2 firmware, on 4.4.2
now i want to know is, if i flash a custom recovery and firmware ONLY, without flashing a custom ROM, can i still use KNOX (the app) ?
all i really want is root access, im quite happy with the ROM and performance ATM.
very sorry if this has been asked already, i couldnt find anything about it
thanks everyone
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Any attempt to modify/temper the phone should render the Knox invalid thus Knox 0x1 as a flag that no Knox security warranty can be established on such devices.
Rooting is considered an attempt to modify the system.
So simple answer is No....
You root you can't use Knox app...
Hello!
I've been falling behind in android workings in the last couple of years. There seems to be many different ways to flash rom these days and now that KNOX has become such an nuisance for thousands of samsung users, I'm really lost at this time.
Since introducing towelroot, me and many others have been able to root successfully note 3 android 4.4.2, so the question arise in my head that is there a way to flash custom rom without tripping knox? If so and there are more than one way, what are the easiest ways?
Mobile Odin Pro may be an option for this.
As long as you do not flash custom kernel or recovery in any way (be aware of ROMs that may do it), you shouldn't trip KNOX. Emphasis on "shouldn't", I can't give any guarantees.
I have been having the same question... Not that I care so much about the knox portion but in general it seems that roms aren't working on the 4.4.2 update, with NC4 anyway. I have my phone rooted and safestrap going which is about where I'm stuck till I get an answer.
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Hello!
I've been falling behind in android workings in the last couple of years. There seems to be many different ways to flash rom these days and now that KNOX has become such an nuisance for thousands of samsung users, I'm really lost at this time.
Since introducing towelroot, me and many others have been able to root successfully note 3 android 4.4.2, so the question arise in my head that is there a way to flash custom rom without tripping knox? If so and there are more than one way, what are the easiest ways?
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Someguyfromhell said:
Mobile Odin Pro may be an option for this.
As long as you do not flash custom kernel or recovery in any way (be aware of ROMs that may do it), you shouldn't trip KNOX. Emphasis on "shouldn't", I can't give any guarantees.
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Damn... so I cannot flash any custom kernel without tripping knox? I read before about not being able to flash custom recovery, but I was hoping to be able to change at least the kernel for something that supports overclocking now that I have root access.
This knox seems to be the biggest decease of the mobile world right now. I pay few hundred euros for basically pocket sized computer and I cannot choose myself what software to run on it?
Hello
Is there a warranty safe method for rooting SM-G900F? (Without tripping knox, voiding warranty etc.)
I don't want anything irreversible about warranty, knox etc.
If you're running Kitkat there are plenty of tutorials kicking about the forums, if you're running Lollipop, you'll need to downgrade first
I'm running KitKat but i don't know which KitKat build i must use to proper rooting. The tutorials aren't clear enough please redirect me.
If it's a build from before June 2014, you can root using Towelroot
If it's a build after June 2014, you'll need to either downgrade further, or flash a kernel from an earlier build, root, then flash your original kernel back again
Thanks for your great help. Is Towelroot only safe method for rooting or do we have any alternatives
I haven't heard of any others, but I've only had my S5 a couple months
Towelroot is just an app, so you can't really get much easier than that
https://towelroot.com/
Thank you so much for your answers You're very helpful @*Detection*. I'll use "towelroot" app.