Ok now that we spent 20 bucks to get rooted. what's the sense? Its not letting programs write permissions. the whole point of Root I thought.:cyclops:
HOFFABALBOA said:
Ok now that we spent 20 bucks to get rooted. what's the sense? Its not letting programs write permissions. the whole point of Root I thought.:cyclops:
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Tethering
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HOFFABALBOA said:
Ok now that we spent 20 bucks to get rooted. what's the sense? Its not letting programs write permissions. the whole point of Root I thought.:cyclops:
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You don't understand the difference b/t root, bootloader unlock and write protection.
This is ghetto root. Not the root you're used to with other moto phones.
HOFFABALBOA said:
Ok now that we spent 20 bucks to get rooted. what's the sense? Its not letting programs write permissions. the whole point of Root I thought.:cyclops:
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With all the other threads on this topic, you found the need to start another?
golgothagecko said:
This is ghetto root. Not the root you're used to with other moto phones.
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No...ghetto root is the one that must be applied every boot.
People are just never happy when something is given to them. It's sad how people can't understand what we have in front of us. calling this ghetto root is a low.
the_rooter said:
People are just never happy when something is given to them. It's sad how people can't understand what we have in front of us. calling this ghetto root is a low.
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To be fair, given =\= sold. Critiques are fine in their own topics IMO.
nvm....not worth it
adrynalyne said:
No...ghetto root is the one that must be applied every boot.
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Ghetto Root was also the name of the root method for the Verizon Note 2 too
GreaterLesser said:
Ghetto Root was also the name of the root method for the Verizon Note 2 too
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Well, if still on the Note 2, that IS pretty ghetto.
adrynalyne said:
Well, if still on the Note 2, that IS pretty ghetto.
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Haha no I'm still on stock DT gave my old Note 2 to my boss and he loves it.
I wonder if there's any use for busy box? I know it was needed to run safe strap on the galaxy s5.
djbling said:
I wonder if there's any use for busy box? I know it was needed to run safe strap on the galaxy s5.
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I think you need busybox for things like TB or xposed framework.
pnhst said:
I think you need busybox for things like TB or xposed framework.
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Got gravitybox module and TB working, its somewhere in these forums
Before Sunshine, one of the moto X (2013) root methods was a temporary root that still had WP on. Everytime you rebooted you basically had to start over, and I don't really recall anyone complaining to the point people are here, granted that was a free method. With this root method I have everything setup exactly the way I would want it and all of my settings stick after rebooting. To me, it was $20 well spent.
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Before Sunshine, one of the moto X (2013) root methods was a temporary root that still had WP on. Everytime you rebooted you basically had to start over, and I don't really recall anyone complaining to the point people are here, granted that was a free method. With this root method I have everything setup exactly the way I would want it and all of my settings stick after rebooting. To me, it was $20 well spent.
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Oh my lord, please share your system image, that's like a perfect setup. I keep waiting for someone to upload a good one without a tether hack since I am not unlimited, and yours looks great.
pjsockett said:
Before Sunshine, one of the moto X (2013) root methods was a temporary root that still had WP on. Everytime you rebooted you basically had to start over, and I don't really recall anyone complaining to the point people are here, granted that was a free method. With this root method I have everything setup exactly the way I would want it and all of my settings stick after rebooting. To me, it was $20 well spent.
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Adaway
YouTube Adaway
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No WiFi tether? Guess you aren't grandfathered in
Busy box would be nice!
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this_is_nascar said:
With all the other threads on this topic, you found the need to start another?
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He has special needs
pjsockett said:
Before Sunshine, one of the moto X (2013) root methods was a temporary root that still had WP on. Everytime you rebooted you basically had to start over, and I don't really recall anyone complaining to the point people are here, granted that was a free method. With this root method I have everything setup exactly the way I would want it and all of my settings stick after rebooting. To me, it was $20 well spent.
Xposed
BusyBox
Adaway
YouTube Adaway
APM+ (Advance power menu)
XQuietHours
GravityBox
Xstana (Lollipo Status Bar Icons)
Flat Style Colored Bars (Transparent Status Bar for all apps)
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Yea share your image. Love that setup.
Coronado is dead said:
Oh my lord, please share your system image, that's like a perfect setup. I keep waiting for someone to upload a good one without a tether hack since I am not unlimited, and yours looks great.
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Droidavie said:
No WiFi tether? Guess you aren't grandfathered in
Busy box would be nice!
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He has special needs
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trikotret said:
Yea share your image. Love that setup.
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I just used the Image from the Getting Xposed Working Thread, everything else is just xposed modules. It does have wifi tether, I am just on a business plan where tethering is included so I don't need it.
Edit: I was mistaken, I thought I had read the image had busybox installed but it does not. I hadn't even tried to use it to notice it wasn't there.
Related
So the guys over at MoDaCo (specifically the Admin, Paul O'Brien) came up with a handy little app that will temp root the g2 every time you boot up. You can get it in two versions: Manual and Load on Boot.
I was going to post a URL here but it's not letting me because I'm a new user. I'll seperate it up so it's not URL format and you can just backspace through it.
http: //android.modaco. com/content/t-mobile-g2-g2-modaco-com/320350/14-oct-r2-visionary-one-click-temproot-for-g2/
It's not permanent root, but it's damn close. It should at least appease the masses that want wifi tether and simple stuff like that.
check the development section bro
Right, the guy over at modaco has a post in the G2 dev section here with his stuff. It worked great for me, but there are some folks that it's not working for.
Tried this and it works great. Make sure you have USB debugging turned on or it will loop forever and need a forceclose. This is good enough for me, for now.
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Halotron said:
Tried this and it works great. Make sure you have USB debugging turned on or it will loop forever and need a forceclose. This is good enough for me, for now.
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Agree, it's good to see the su screen again.
One thing that I'd like to note that FOR ME the phone seems to stumble a bit upon startup due to the app launching which sometimes causes root only apps not to function correctly. A simple re-launch of VISIONary rectifies this.
Yessir, I'm rooted via Visionary right now as well. Wow superuser had some cool new UI changes over the year and a half while I was with a iPhone. Damn it feels good to be back on Android
Can't wait for the perm root to actually use adblock, overclock, and remove photobucket.
mcp2009 said:
check the development section bro
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Sorry about that. I searched the forum before I posted but I only searched the G2 General forum. I thought it was a little odd that it hadn't shown up yet. Nevertheless this is a great app. Barnacle WiFi is working perfectly and that's about all I needed for right now.
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Can't wait for the perm root to actually use adblock, overclock, and remove photobucket.
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^ This.
and Amazon Mp3 and twitter.
SmartHat said:
^ This.
and Amazon Mp3 and twitter.
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don't forget some good Cyanogen and Enomther mods
For a first time android user/rooter, is this easy to install? Does it walk you right through it?
xdviper said:
Yessir, I'm rooted via Visionary right now as well. Wow superuser had some cool new UI changes over the year and a half while I was with a iPhone. Damn it feels good to be back on Android
Can't wait for the perm root to actually use adblock, overclock, and remove photobucket.
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you can disable the stock apps. its not uninstalling but they become hidden and inactive. theres a thread on it.
in terminal, its
su
pm disable *package name - usually com.*nameofservicehere*.apk
AreOh said:
For a first time android user/rooter, is this easy to install? Does it walk you right through it?
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Yup, it's easy as pie. Just look up VISIONary in the Android market, download, install, run, and you are good to go!
Now after many of you guys who could have the tablet already were able to root and remove your bloat , so after rooting and being able to customize your tablet and DPI etc. how is it with the tablet going for you ? Would appreciate you sharing your experience so far
p.s ... this baby will cost a solid 1000$ in my country for LTE model .
It's definitely more responsive after freezing a bunch of unnecessary (for me anyway) applications.
For me my primary reason for purchasing was for s-pen in a large form factor. Based on that I expected to just de-bloat and use stock s-pen applications. I have no interest in any other Android tablet at this time.
Question is sort of odd though; I wouldn't expect a lot of people to have gone through the hard decision of rooting such an expensive device and then say they felt it wasn't worth it.
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It's definitely more responsive after freezing a bunch of unnecessary (for me anyway) applications.
For me my primary reason for purchasing was for s-pen in a large form factor. Based on that I expected to just de-bloat and use stock s-pen applications. I have no interest in any other Android tablet at this time.
Question is sort of odd though; I wouldn't expect a lot of people to have gone through the hard decision of rooting such an expensive device and then say they felt it wasn't worth it.
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well its not that odd bc its not just about the money etc its about the whole experience etc and what could you get out of the tablet with the more real estate and i have seen some people regretting buying it etc. am a junior architect and i was waiting for something that big to use it with the s-pen too .. in my place you wouldn't be able to resell the tablet if you didn't like it or didn't get what you expect from it etc even i watched many reviews about it and sounds pretty interesting the limitations around me makes me have some concerns thats it
Right, my point is the "is it worth it" evaluation for a person who has rooted their device will have already occurred before rooting so of course you'll get more responses in the affirmative. I suppose it's not impossible that some will chime in to say that even after rooting it's unacceptable. ...perhaps odd is the wrong thing to say...just don't expect a majority of people who have rooted to tell you that they wish they hadn't.
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Right, my point is the "is it worth it" evaluation for a person who has rooted their device will have already occurred before rooting so of course you'll get more responses in the affirmative. I suppose it's not impossible that some will chime in to say that even after rooting it's unacceptable. ...perhaps odd is the wrong thing to say...just don't expect a majority of people who have rooted to tell you that they wish they hadn't.
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I get your point and edited the post of course we all root to get more out of the tablet
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the lag is the same! i remove some of the bloat and not freezing. and im using nova prime launcher.
i guess we need to wait for the dev to release some ROM
and by the way, why are you guys freezing your stuff when your knox is already tripped?
ad78 said:
and by the way, why are you guys freezing your stuff when your knox is already tripped?
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It's sometimes good to freeze (at least as a test-bed) because some apps no matter how innocuous they may seem could be an integrated part of the system. Removing them might break functionality within other apps or even the system itself. For example, on some systems if you remove the pre-installed file manager because you prefer another (Solid Explorer RULES!), it might break the Gallery app which could interfere with setting wallpapers even from other apps. That example - from my phone.
I want root to address the following things...
1. Remove multiwindow application restrictions
2. Use LMT or similar launcher for home, back, menu, etc.
3. Change the DPI (smaller icons, more real estate).
4. Backup/restore with Titanium Backup
5. freeze/remove system apps/bloat.
6. Install AOSP browser w/Flash
Rooting I noticed nothing different. I installed xposed and wanam to get the things I like. The main thing that changed was I lost the symbols on my keyboard. I can still get them by hitting the sym key, but can't long press the letter keys to get the symbol. It doesn't matter what language it's set to, they are not there.
Also, my video player developed an issue when it set to fullscreen. Lines through it and very choppy.
So I have un installed wanam and exposed, and video is normal, but still no symbols. Had them out of the box.
Thinking about Un rooting to see if it fixes the issue on the keyboard.
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rkirmeier said:
I want root to address the following things...
1. Remove multiwindow application restrictions
2. Use LMT or similar launcher for home, back, menu, etc.
3. Change the DPI (smaller icons, more real estate).
4. Backup/restore with Titanium Backup
5. freeze/remove system apps/bloat.
6. Install AOSP browser w/Flash
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4.4 will not support flash I've experienced. Let us know if you get that working.
You can get symbols back in wanam in security hacks and check secure keyboard
sthrnsprtsmn said:
You can get symbols back in wanam in security hacks and check secure keyboard
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I did try that with same results, I should have said that. I thought that would solve that too. With wanam and exposed uninstalled, I still can't get it back.
jackwagon06 said:
I did try that with same results, I should have said that. I thought that would solve that too. With wanam and exposed uninstalled, I still can't get it back.
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That's strange. I have Wanam installed and my keyboard is unchanged.
KestrelX said:
That's strange. I have Wanam installed and my keyboard is unchanged.
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Right.....I think it happened upon root. Didn't notice it right away. Root is the only thing left to try with out having to odin Stock and start again. I have removed wanam and still unable to get it back. Thanks for letting me know that it's possible with wanam though!
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Actually it's under system and enable keyboard symbols in wanam
sthrnsprtsmn said:
Actually it's under system and enable keyboard symbols in wanam
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Tried that as well. It should be enabled without wanam as well. As in Stock rooted. Not sure why I don't have it anymore
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jackwagon06 said:
Tried that as well. It should be enabled without wanam as well. As in Stock rooted. Not sure why I don't have it anymore
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Update: I reinstalled xposed before I Un rooted, which I will not be doing. Installed the alternate keyboard symbols module, and they are back. I'll try wanam again, but leave the current module running.
Thanks for all the suggestions! Back to the rooted fun.
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jackwagon06 said:
Rooting I noticed nothing different. I installed xposed and wanam to get the things I like. The main thing that changed was I lost the symbols on my keyboard. I can still get them by hitting the sym key, but can't long press the letter keys to get the symbol. It doesn't matter what language it's set to, they are not there.
Also, my video player developed an issue when it set to fullscreen. Lines through it and very choppy.
So I have un installed wanam and exposed, and video is normal, but still no symbols. Had them out of the box.
Thinking about Un rooting to see if it fixes the issue on the keyboard.
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4.4 will not support flash I've experienced. Let us know if you get that working.
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Got flash working using a modded flash.apk and Dolphin browser with jetpack. Works great!
muzzy996 said:
Right, my point is the "is it worth it" evaluation for a person who has rooted their device will have already occurred before rooting so of course you'll get more responses in the affirmative. I suppose it's not impossible that some will chime in to say that even after rooting it's unacceptable. ...perhaps odd is the wrong thing to say...just don't expect a majority of people who have rooted to tell you that they wish they hadn't.
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For me, personally, no device is "worth it" without root access. So, I guess you can put me down for a "worth it." An unrooted device just... feels... it just plain feels wrong, man. *shivers*
rkirmeier said:
Got flash working using a modded flash.apk and Dolphin browser with jetpack. Works great!
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Have any links to the modded files?
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Have any links to the modded files?
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http://forums.androidcentral.com/an...king-flash-player-dolphin-browser-kitkat.html
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http://forums.androidcentral.com/an...king-flash-player-dolphin-browser-kitkat.html
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Working like a champ! Thanks again
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Was wandering if there is a way we can get a us cellular thread started for us that have a us cellular LG G4 US991..it would be a nice place to place have a thread for us to talk in about r phones an post things in that works for r phone... thank you
We have root now!
Thanks to tabp0le we now have root!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=62114994&highlight=us991#post62114994
Now if only had an exploit for Bill Saver to just disay a blank text url for the add at the top of the screen or something. It'd be even better if I could hack it myself so we'd get it ASAP. We'd still view the ad links, just reduce battery drain, data use, and general frustration and still save.
Valgrahf said:
Thanks to tabp0le we now have root!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=62114994&highlight=us991#post62114994
Now if only had an exploit for Bill Saver to just disay a blank text url for the add at the top of the screen or something. It'd be even better if I could hack it myself so we'd get it ASAP. We'd still view the ad links, just reduce battery drain, data use, and general frustration and still save.
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Ya true that bill saver is cool cus well it saves us money but damn I hate not using the g4 lock screen or having 2 lock screens...would be nice to do something else with it so we can still get the 5$ off...an ya I know he got root for us..im just us being problems with the send_command part it keeps popping up with a error msvcr100.dll...an have done everything that I have found to fix it an nothing..I am running Windows 10..I am redoing my computer to see if that helps cus I also meet something as well trying to fix it lol..wish me luck
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Ya true that bill saver is cool cus well it saves us money but damn I hate not using the g4 lock screen or having 2 lock screens...would be nice to do something else with it so we can still get the 5$ off...an ya I know he got root for us..im just us being problems with the send_command part it keeps popping up with a error msvcr100.dll...an have done everything that I have found to fix it an nothing..I am running Windows 10..I am redoing my computer to see if that helps cus I also meet something as well trying to fix it lol..wish me luck
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For some reason I thought I read somewhere on the forums yesterday that after a fresh Windows 10 install someone was having trouble with MTP or Send_Command. I've got root running on my US991 now! I seriously blew my entire night downloading root apps, tweaking things, etc. once I got it rooted. I also read over soooo much of this forum that I can't remember what I read where, haha. Good luck!
Valgrahf said:
Thanks to tabp0le we now have root!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=62114994&highlight=us991#post62114994
Now if only had an exploit for Bill Saver to just disay a blank text url for the add at the top of the screen or something. It'd be even better if I could hack it myself so we'd get it ASAP. We'd still view the ad links, just reduce battery drain, data use, and general frustration and still save.
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Here's the link to the post with the download http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=62115811&postcount=1251
donbudafuko said:
Ya true that bill saver is cool cus well it saves us money but damn I hate not using the g4 lock screen or having 2 lock screens...would be nice to do something else with it so we can still get the 5$ off...an ya I know he got root for us..im just us being problems with the send_command part it keeps popping up with a error msvcr100.dll...an have done everything that I have found to fix it an nothing..I am running Windows 10..I am redoing my computer to see if that helps cus I also meet something as well trying to fix it lol..wish me luck
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Windows 10 can be tricky. I've had issues in the past issuing any commands to DL mode with Windows 10. This dates back to using my G2. I got it to work this last time trying, but you might have to use another OS if you can't get it to work.
Valgrahf said:
For some reason I thought I read somewhere on the forums yesterday that after a fresh Windows 10 install someone was having trouble with MTP or Send_Command. I've got root running on my US991 now! I seriously blew my entire night downloading root apps, tweaking things, etc. once I got it rooted. I also read over soooo much of this forum that I can't remember what I read where, haha. Good luck!
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Ya idk I'm having a lot of trouble..at the moment I'm reinstalling windows cus my system for fcked up some how...after that I'll give it a shot again..dealt can't wait to get root..does anyone know of any tweaks out there yet..also would've nice to get theams for us since that is the one thing that I notice is missing..an a tweak for the screen glitch
Has anyone rooted your US Cell version yet?
I have the files download and ready but have yet to see the proper commands to run for our version.
Thanks
Sent while swerving from my LGG4
PakRatJR said:
Has anyone rooted your US Cell version yet?
I have the files download and ready but have yet to see the proper commands to run for our version.
Thanks
Sent while swerving from my LGG4
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The commands are in a spoiler box on the second post of the root thread. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=62028523&postcount=2
I'm rooted on the US Cellular US991 10c. After a few hours of installing apps, killing bloatware, tweaking the ui, and setting my dpi to 540 I'm also enjoying better battery life and, for some reason, I'm not heating up nearly as much as before I root. Loving it.
Got a chance to get it done. Easy peasy. WOOHOO. Thanks again to all.
Sent while swerving from my LGG4
Edit to add:
I really liked doing it this way more than the others I have done. So nice not having to re setup the entire phone after.
Sorry to raise a dead thread but any root for the newest update?
TheROMGuy said:
Sorry to raise a dead thread but any root for the newest update?
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Was there root before that? I have the us991, no letters after the 1
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carnivalrejectq said:
Was there root before that? I have the us991, no letters after the 1
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As far as I know there was. And you should have a letter. Like mine is C
TheROMGuy said:
Sorry to raise a dead thread but any root for the newest update?
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If you're referring to MM Update 20C, then not yet. And I am subscribed here for a reason. I have the same reason, and damned if I will settle with "Sorry no root for you". I have been exploring other options with someone else.
carnivalrejectq said:
Was there root before that? I have the us991, no letters after the 1
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He's referring to the Software version in Settings > about > Software.
TheROMGuy said:
As far as I know there was. And you should have a letter. Like mine is C
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Ahh yeah its us99111a
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Perseus said:
If you're referring to MM Update 20C, then not yet. And I am subscribed here for a reason. I have the same reason, and damned if I will settle with "Sorry no root for you". I have been exploring other options with someone else.
He's referring to the Software version in Settings > about > Software.
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Ahh yeah its us99111a
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What is the last version that still can get root?
I'm on MM 20a.
I believe it's 10D that can still get root.
So I just purchased the 6P and I have a few weeks to wait for it's arrival.
Was curious if there is a way to alter the build.prop so that I can use my 6P as a WiFi hotspot without keeping the phone rooted. Verizon doesn't allow me to use my phone as a "hotspot" with my Unlimited Data Plan, so I've always had to use an xposed module or something to deactivate the subscription check. My hope is that I can deactivate this check then unroot my phone.
I don't want to be fully rooted on a daily basis because I am hoping to use Android Pay.
Hotspot works out of the box without any build.prop edits.
Mustang02 said:
Hotspot works out of the box without any build.prop edits.
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Can confirm. Not sure why, however, I'm not complaining.
joderme said:
Can confirm. Not sure why, however, I'm not complaining.
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Wait... So you guys have been using VZW tethering out of the box with no subscription pop-ups??
If this is true.. :good::good::good:
collinjm01 said:
Wait... So you guys have been using VZW tethering out of the box with no subscription pop-ups??
If this is true.. :good::good::good:
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There was another thread were Verizon users on unlimited data confirmed. I'll have mine Thursday so I'll check as well.
personally i've seen mixed reports. i'm beginning to wonder if there were a "later" batch of SIMs issued that forced some VZW bloatware to be installed. i'm not sure if these rumors were true or not, as this will be my first non-vzw device.
as for the OP - if you end up needing to edit the build.prop, you can unroot after making the changes.
I have had mine since Friday and I can confirm that you can use the built in hotspot function with my unlimited data package with no pop up at all. It just works. I don't know why but I am not complaining like said above.
Great news, thanks guys!!
Now if we could just get November 18-20 here faster...
I'll have to avoid XDA all together as the draw of custom ROMs could cause me to abandon Android Pay, but tethering and no root is great! Only other thing I use root for on my MotoX is Greenify which should be nullified by Doze.
PSA: First thing you do with your phone, unlock your bootloader! Regardless of rooting or not, you want the flexibility to not have to wipe your phone if you choose to root.
I spent the better part of yesterday reinstalling everything because I chose to finally root. Android Pay works with root, you just have to disable Superuser to add payment methods.
Tethering also works with Verizon out of the box. I have unlimited data and not paying for hotspot.
Got mine today. UDP on VZW. Tethering works right out of the box. It's GLORIOUS. Used to Android pay to pick up six pack at the liquor store tonight. This may be the first phone I DON'T root LOL. I've rooted EVERY phone I've had. Who knew it would take a Nexus NOT to root HAHAHAHA
Seriously Tethering is the first reason for rooting. There are many others....but Tethering was my main reason. With it working out of the box....I'm going to let the Devs. work their magic before I go near messing with it. I left my wallet at home, but saw the wireless pay at the register....cha ching!
318sugarhill said:
Got mine today. UDP on VZW. Tethering works right out of the box. It's GLORIOUS. Used to Android pay to pick up six pack at the liquor store tonight. This may be the first phone I DON'T root LOL. I've rooted EVERY phone I've had. Who knew it would take a Nexus NOT to root HAHAHAHA
Seriously Tethering is the first reason for rooting. There are many others....but Tethering was my main reason. With it working out of the box....I'm going to let the Devs. work their magic before I go near messing with it. I left my wallet at home, but saw the wireless pay at the register....cha ching!
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not only that but some adblocks work without root as well. i've become used to nine as my exchange email client, so replacing the exchange.apk isn't even necessary any longer.
i might start looking in to theming again, however, since M natively supports it.
640k said:
personally i've seen mixed reports. i'm beginning to wonder if there were a "later" batch of SIMs issued that forced some VZW bloatware to be installed. i'm not sure if these rumors were true or not, as this will be my first non-vzw device.
as for the OP - if you end up needing to edit the build.prop, you can unroot after making the changes.
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Well my nexus 6 is non-vzw (it even says it on their website under myverizon) and it has never allowed me to tether.
I had to root and rom to get it to work.
Cares said:
PSA: First thing you do with your phone, unlock your bootloader! Regardless of rooting or not, you want the flexibility to not have to wipe your phone if you choose to root.
I spent the better part of yesterday reinstalling everything because I chose to finally root. Android Pay works with root, you just have to disable Superuser to add payment methods.
Tethering also works with Verizon out of the box. I have unlimited data and not paying for hotspot.
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Even with an unlocked bootloader we need to wipe to root. I guess this may change in the future.
Cares said:
PSA: First thing you do with your phone, unlock your bootloader! Regardless of rooting or not, you want the flexibility to not have to wipe your phone if you choose to root.
I spent the better part of yesterday reinstalling everything because I chose to finally root. Android Pay works with root, you just have to disable Superuser to add payment methods.
Tethering also works with Verizon out of the box. I have unlimited data and not paying for hotspot.
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are you sure you put android pay in after you rooted? I haven't seen it worked for anyone who actually rooted the phone. some who put it in before they rooted got it to work??
johnp357 said:
are you sure you put android pay in after you rooted? I haven't seen it worked for anyone who actually rooted the phone. some who put it in before they rooted got it to work??
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Use the temporary unroot in SuperSu.
I installed and configured after my phone was rooted.
I can use Android Pay just fine.
All I do is temp unroot.
tech_head said:
Use the temporary unroot in SuperSu.
I installed and configured after my phone was rooted.
I can use Android Pay just fine.
All I do is temp unroot.
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thanks... strange that it works for some and not others... just like anything else I guess...
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tech_head said:
Use the temporary unroot in SuperSu.
I installed and configured after my phone was rooted.
I can use Android Pay just fine.
All I do is temp unroot.
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out of curiosity, did you use a systemless root ? like with chainfire?
Hi All
I will be receiving my OnePlus 6T (in thunder purple) this week and wanted to know if there is any benefit to rooting anymore, having read posts about widevine L1-L3 etc
I'd like to install the notification mod, speaker mod and the google camera app, (or anything else that is recommended) however i'm not sure if i can do these without root
I like to tinker with my phones and im pretty clued up with this sort of thing, ive just been out of the scene for a couple of years!
Looking forward to peoples views and comments.
Thanks all
I root just for the speaker mod alone. :good:
GCam doesn't require root.
tengtengvn said:
I root just for the speaker mod alone. :good:
GCam doesn't require root.
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Thanks, how big is the widevine issue once unlocked and rooted?
I use to root, but haven't in the last 3-4 years. The Huawei Mate phones I've used, really didn't need it. Pretty clean, and nothing I really needed to root anyway. Plus, unless you tweak them, I wouldn't be able to use Google pay.
Well, I was happy without root since the Note 5 but since Google is eager to slowly kill off various important apps that used to work without root on Oreo then I was forced to root this 6T since it's running on Pie. I think it's worth it now. I have call recording natively baked into the phone app, I can use Swift once more and I forgot how useful Titanium Backup is. I'm getting ready to try the speaker mod, as well.
Speaker mod seems useless. I root for adblocking without VPN (AdAway), root firewall (AFWall), and themes (Substratum).
I was a crack-flasher from way back and I don't find the need to unlock/root. I'd like Adaway but DNS66 pulls some of it's host files from Adaway.
I stopped rooting about a year or 2 ago with the note 4 and had no plans on it for the 6t but viper4android works perfectly so I rooted just for that. I have adguard for adblocker. As time goes on I might add some modules from magisk but as for now it's great. Titanium back up is always super useful as well.
MarylandCookie said:
Hi All
I will be receiving my OnePlus 6T (in thunder purple) this week and wanted to know if there is any benefit to rooting anymore, having read posts about widevine L1-L3 etc
I'd like to install the notification mod, speaker mod and the google camera app, (or anything else that is recommended) however i'm not sure if i can do these without root
I like to tinker with my phones and im pretty clued up with this sort of thing, ive just been out of the scene for a couple of years!
Looking forward to peoples views and comments.
Thanks all
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Thanks guys,
Some mixed feelings there. I’m guessing the speaker mod is not worth the hassle and the ad blocking can be achieved without root (looking at you blokada)
Not read up much on sunstratum, that’ll be my next to do...
Hmmm... decisions, decisions as I don’t want to decide to root 6 months down the line and find out I have to format my device (unlock bootloader)
MarylandCookie said:
Thanks guys,
Some mixed feelings there. I’m guessing the speaker mod is not worth the hassle and the ad blocking can be achieved without root (looking at you blokada)
Not read up much on sunstratum, that’ll be my next to do...
Hmmm... decisions, decisions as I don’t want to decide to root 6 months down the line and find out I have to format my device (unlock bootloader)
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I personally love my 6t being rooted... I use adaway with Magisk v 18 which now has a Systemless host support in its (magisk)settings for ad blocking.. Substratum engine also works in magisk v 18 mod section. Swift black substratum theme works flawlessly.
Ex Kernel manager is great too.
I'm running ElementalX kernel 3.0.9. which is very smooth.
I updated to OOS 9.0.7. using TWRP fajita 3.2.3-8.
I have the stereo speaker mod also. It's not that impressive, but ok.
Well that's my 2 cents. personally I love this phone so much more now that it's rooted..
Hope this helps your decision.
So is the Widevine such a big issue with root?
MarylandCookie said:
So is the Widevine such a big issue with root?
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If you watch netflix or something else that is using Widevine then yes! this is a big issue. You can always experiment with root and check it yourself. If you will not be happy with root you can always unroot + lock bootloader so all will return to normal.
meciu99 said:
If you watch netflix or something else that is using Widevine then yes! this is a big issue. You can always experiment with root and check it yourself. If you will not be happy with root you can always unroot + lock bootloader so all will return to normal.
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Will I still be able to use my banking app? Also is there a site that lists what is reliant on widevine?
MarylandCookie said:
Thanks guys,
Some mixed feelings there. I’m guessing the speaker mod is not worth the hassle and the ad blocking can be achieved without root (looking at you blokada)
Not read up much on sunstratum, that’ll be my next to do...
Hmmm... decisions, decisions as I don’t want to decide to root 6 months down the line and find out I have to format my device (unlock bootloader)
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It's not a hassle at all. So easy on this phone.
Speaker mod is great. I love it.
MarylandCookie said:
Thanks guys,
Some mixed feelings there. I’m guessing the speaker mod is not worth the hassle and the ad blocking can be achieved without root (looking at you blokada)
Not read up much on sunstratum, that’ll be my next to do...
Hmmm... decisions, decisions as I don’t want to decide to root 6 months down the line and find out I have to format my device (unlock bootloader)
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Unlock the BL and install Magisk.
No real hassle. You can take update locally and reroot.
The very first thing out of the box for my device was unlock the BL and root.
MarylandCookie said:
So is the Widevine such a big issue with root?
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Widevine is not directly related to root but with unlocked bootloader.
No issue with magisk and banking apps except a few that I don't remember of. Google pay works well
sounds like someone reading my threads...there's nothing here that wasn't mentioned in countless other threads. Weigh the pros and cons and make a decision...first time I've gone rootless in years.
OK.. got my handset.. its a beauty
1st thing i have done is Unlocked the bootloader.. so simple!
Will install magisk over the weekend and set phone up properly then. Have other family priorites that have come up to deal with at the moment.
Thanks all. Need to start reading, dont want to flash wrong recovery.
MarylandCookie said:
the ad blocking can be achieved without root (looking at you blokada)
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For apps like Blokada, it's always running in the background and uses a VPN. If you use an actual VPN, this means you can't use Blokada while your VPN is running. AdAway just edits the host file. No app running in background, no VPN.
MarylandCookie said:
Will I still be able to use my banking app? Also is there a site that lists what is reliant on widevine?
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I'm rooted and use BB&T banking app and Google pay +PayPal..