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[Q] Advice on getting rooted

I just received my phone yesterday, and updated to 4.4.4 in ignorance. I realized Towelroot doesn't work on 4.4.4.
Without root, I feel the restrictions of the device - there are many things I cannot do. (I owned a Galaxy S2 prior to this - I still like it - didn't realize how many things I took for granted which can only be done after root!)
How can I get the Verizon Note 3 rooted?

I was wondering if Towelroot would work on 4.4.4. So you have tried and can verify that it doesn't work???

BParkerson said:
I was wondering if Towelroot would work on 4.4.4. So you have tried and can verify that it doesn't work???
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Yes - I have tried. And I can confirm it does not work.

hirak99 said:
I just received my phone yesterday, and updated to 4.4.4 in ignorance. I realized Towelroot doesn't work on 4.4.4.
Without root, I feel the restrictions of the device - there are many things I cannot do. (I owned a Galaxy S2 prior to this - I still like it - didn't realize how many things I took for granted which can only be done after root!)
How can I get the Verizon Note 3 rooted?
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As of right now....there is nothing you can do root it.
Sent from my Note 3 via Tapatalk

There is no root method as of now and I believe most of the devs that worked on getting root for updates and devs that worked on safestrap no longer support this device. So unless some of the new devs for this device can figure it out you may be SOL.
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Okay. Is there any way to downgrade it? What if I do a factory reset?

hirak99 said:
Okay. Is there any way to downgrade it? What if I do a factory reset?
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No way to downgrade without root. I dont know how you obtained the phone, but if thru regular channels you can try sending it back and saying it was messed up out the box and request a new one. And make sure not to update that one if you do get it.

Just did exactly that - then I saw your response - imagine my surprise! Thanks.
Told them it's broken I can't root it. They will send me a replacement. Hopefully it will not come with 4.4.4 pre-installed.

You told your carrier the phones broke because you can't root it? ??
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Yeah... to me if I can't root it, it's broken.

hirak99 said:
Yeah... to me if I can't root it, it's broken.
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I love it!!!

Get a warranty replacement before verizon gets tnem all updated

hirak99 said:
Yeah... to me if I can't root it, it's broken.
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Who is swapping the phone? I have a difficult time believing that either Verizon or Samsung would swap it because you can't root it.
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donc113 said:
Who is swapping the phone? I have a difficult time believing that either Verizon or Samsung would swap it because you can't root it.
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lmaoo!

donc113 said:
Who is swapping the phone? I have a difficult time believing that either Verizon or Samsung would swap it because you can't root it.
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I told him what's the issue. He said he understands and took the phone inside, and confirmed that he couldn't solve it, then ordered a replacement. The store guys are good - you just need to ask nicely and explain what is the problem and why it is important.

KitKat on Samsung Galaxy Light (T-Mobile Version)

So I've been getting kind of angry that T-Mobile hasn't updated the phone to KitKat and I tried something on my own. Flashing the MetroPCS KitKat software version on my device via Odin. Guess what? It worked. The only thing was that after it updated all the apps, it installed some MetroPCS bloatware. I don't mind that but this is awesome that I was actually able to install the SGH-T399N software on the SGH-T399. Try it for yourself and let me know how it went for you.

brandonbun56 said:
So I've been getting kind of angry that T-Mobile hasn't updated the phone to KitKat and I tried something on my own. Flashing the MetroPCS KitKat software version on my device via Odin. Guess what? It worked. The only thing was that after it updated all the apps, it installed some MetroPCS bloatware. I don't mind that but this is awesome that I was actually able to install the SGH-T399N software on the SGH-T399. Try it for yourself and let me know how it went for you.
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check this out.http://androidforums.com/threads/up...ht-t399n-metro-pcs-stock-kitkat-4-4-2.894332/

rubberman365 said:
check this out.http://androidforums.com/threads/up...ht-t399n-metro-pcs-stock-kitkat-4-4-2.894332/
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Yeah I'm pretty sure that would brick my phone since that's for the SGH-T399N. I have the SGH-T399. Oh and BTW I know they are both pretty much the same, but if I were to flash that, it would probably screw up.

brandonbun56 said:
Yeah I'm pretty sure that would brick my phone since that's for the SGH-T399N. I have the SGH-T399. Oh and BTW I know they are both pretty much the same, but if I were to flash that, it would probably screw up.
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I did it with no problems u just need to flash a different radio modem

rubberman365 said:
I did it with no problems u just need to flash a different radio modem
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So does this work with no issues? Also, how would I come across the t mobile radio to flash it and how do I flash it?

Koohara947 said:
So does this work with no issues? Also, how would I come across the t mobile radio to flash it and how do I flash it?
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Well the phone still has random reboots which is problem with phone im sure. But u root and flash twrp recovery and everything else is flashed in twrp then.

rubberman365 said:
Well the phone still has random reboots which is problem with phone im sure. But u root and flash twrp recovery and everything else is flashed in twrp then.
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Rubberman: Where do you get the tmobile radio to flash??????

That's what I wanted to know. ?

Right here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/help/qa-lightwave-v3-t2904537/page3

I'm working on some Roms for tHis phone. I've already made a stock odexed and deodexed flashabke zips for basic development modding and working on a debl poo acted stock Nodded version for release. If anyone Needs anything for the . Metro t399n... gonna show this device some love.

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I bet you can port KK to this if you have a stock rom and metro's stock rom with Kitchen.
I have a stock rom zip here:https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24052804347774930
there's a metro KK stock rom zip you can google it.
I think there's a storage mount file you need for kitchen, I wrote one if you need it just ask (i have it in my linux partition, which I'm not on now).
Oh and always have a backup.

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sickaf_a said:
Hey man do you know if I will be able to flash to MetroPCS rom and then root it while its on the ROM? I really want to buy this phone. Also is this phone worth $75 because this how much someone is selling it to me almost new. Metro PCS doesn't have it anymore :crying:
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If you don't see enough development for this phone now and don't want to wait, then don't buy it. Don't flash something not made for your phone unless you have a backup.
Other than that the phone has a well balanced spec sheet for the price.

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sickaf_a said:
Hey man do you know if I will be able to flash to MetroPCS rom and then root it while its on the ROM? I really want to buy this phone. Also is this phone worth $75 because this how much someone is selling it to me almost new. Metro PCS doesn't have it anymore :crying:
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There is already a rooted debloated metro pcs 4.4 kk rom. I put it on sons tmo galaxy light.

rubberman365 said:
There is already a rooted debloated metro pcs 4.4 kk rom. I put it on sons tmo galaxy light.
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How is the MetroPCS 4.4 KK rom working out on the T-Mobile Galaxy Light?

blashrrt said:
How is the MetroPCS 4.4 KK rom working out on the T-Mobile Galaxy Light?
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Its working great!
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Are there any bugs?
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No everything works.
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Does anyone know to unroot it and go back to stock?

Does anyone know to unroot it and go back to stock?
My speaker got broken. I need to send phone for replacement. Im not lucky one
thank you so much for help

Find the stock tot for your model and flash it-that should return you to stock unrooted.

wyvernwaddell said:
Find the stock tot for your model and flash it-that should return you to stock unrooted.
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As far as I know tot file flashing doesnt work because dll's files are missing.

netgar said:
As far as I know tot file flashing doesnt work because dll's files are missing.
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My bad- you're right! Sorry about the bad info..won't happen again.

wyvernwaddell said:
Find the stock tot for your model and flash it-that should return you to stock unrooted.
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netgar said:
As far as I know tot file flashing doesnt work because dll's files are missing.
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My bad- you're right! Sorry about the bad info..won't happen again.
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No harm,no foul,we've all done similar on at least one occasion.
You're a good man for offering to help ! :good:

Any help with that?

I am also awaiting an answer.
My last 2 Samsung phones had issues and I needed to Odin back to stock for warranty exchange at T-Mobile.
So I'm holding off on rooting till we have something of the sort for the v20.
Using Odin to flash my s7e back to stock while having severe screen issues saved my butt.
I'm on JoD for reference, and needed to switch phones at a brick and mortar.
Side note : loving the blooming development for this device.
Thanks for that, all parties concerned.
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I believe in jcadduono root thread he says you can relock bootloader and flash his stock imgs in Twrp to be back on stock

kelvin216 said:
I believe in jcadduono root thread he says you can relock bootloader and flash his stock imgs in Twrp to be back on stock
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Thank you
I will try to find it.

Nice people gave me an answer: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=69824782&postcount=1007
Sound very complicated for newbie. Anyone can try it?

I made an easy to understand guide to do just this.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/v20/how-to/restore-h918-to-100-stock-requires-twrp-t3504798

Vuciz said:
I made an easy to understand guide to do just this.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/v20/how-to/restore-h918-to-100-stock-requires-twrp-t3504798
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Does this unroot method work for the sprint variant? I am stock unrooted on the build the phone came out of the box with, and waiting until rooting isn't a one-way street to take the plunge. If it does, are you 100% certain that it had been used in sprint v20s successfully?

That thread specifically says H918. So no.

tooandrew said:
Does this unroot method work for the sprint variant? I am stock unrooted on the build the phone came out of the box with, and waiting until rooting isn't a one-way street to take the plunge. If it does, are you 100% certain that it had been used in sprint v20s successfully?
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You are in the exact same position as me. I'm excited that we have an unlocked bootloader and root for the Sprint variant, but I have no desire to do anything until there's an established procedure to unroot and revert back to stock.

MidwestDrummer said:
You are in the exact same position as me. I'm excited that we have an unlocked bootloader and root for the Sprint variant, but I have no desire to do anything until there's an established procedure to unroot and revert back to stock.
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Here's hoping it's taken care of. Sprint didn't used to be such a **** when it came to bootloaders. Anyways, I appreciate all the hard work the devs have been doing. Can't wait until I get the chance to experience it. With a stable 200mhz overclock, there's no functional difference between the snapdragon 820 and the snapdragon 821.

Do any of the posted methods work to restore the VS995 variant to stock?
I really want to go ahead and root it (and yes, have disabled updates so still run 12A since I knew VZW was going to be evil and patch it) but I'm very hesitant to do so without a way to restore to stock. Is it one of those things that's just a matter of time, or is there a substantial likelihood it may never be possible?

Xposed?

In case you haven't seen the homepage there has been an updated Xposed framework for nougat.... Could we root and use flashfire??? PLEASE LET THIS WORK

RileyIssKing said:
In case you haven't seen the homepage there has been an updated Xposed framework for nougat.... Could we root and use flashfire??? PLEASE LET THIS WORK
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Link me to homepage?

This would be pretty great

GroovinChip said:
This would be pretty great
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Sorry it's the news page https://www.xda-developers.com/flashable-xposed-framework-android-nougat/

RileyIssKing said:
In case you haven't seen the homepage there has been an updated Xposed framework for nougat.... Could we root and use flashfire??? PLEASE LET THIS WORK
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Sorry for the off topic question but can you or anyone else please link me to your root method (if in fact we can root with Nougat) I cant seem to find a definite answer. Im unlocked G935U, my carrier is AT&T. Currently on G935UUEU4BQF3
Thanks

KLit75 said:
Sorry for the off topic question but can you or anyone else please link me to your root method (if in fact we can root with Nougat) I cant seem to find a definite answer. Im unlocked G935U, my carrier is AT&T. Currently on G935UUEU4BQF3
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This is the only one that I know of that will root the Nougat version of the S7 Edge. It is a very long thread, and there is a lot of information that can help. I know it works as I tried it on my G935U at one time.
Anyway here's the link: https://forum.xda-developers.com/tm...eres-how-rooted-nougat-s7-edge-g935t-t3567502

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This is the only one that I know of that will root the Nougat version of the S7 Edge. It is a very long thread, and there is a lot of information that can help. I know it works as I tried it on my G935U at one time.
Anyway here's the link: https://forum.xda-developers.com/tm...eres-how-rooted-nougat-s7-edge-g935t-t3567502
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Excellent! I wanted some confirmation from someone with the same phone (unlocked AT&T on N.)
Have you remained rooted since? I'm hearing mixed reports about performance and things stop working.) My primary concern though is our locked bootloaders. If we make changes that cause problems can we undo it? Like flashing the stock firmware? Thanks

KLit75 said:
Excellent! I wanted some confirmation from someone with the same phone (unlocked AT&T on N.)
Have you remained rooted since? I'm hearing mixed reports about performance and things stop working.) My primary concern though is our locked bootloaders. If we make changes that cause problems can we undo it? Like flashing the stock firmware? Thanks
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Yes, I have remained rooted, but I ended up going back to stock G935A and then rooting again with that procedure. Personally, I was not getting the performance I was used to with the G935U as I was with the G935A with the root procedure.
Yes, there are some things that do not work with these eng.imgs that are being used to root the phones. There is NO Xposed for this one, Samsung Pay does not work, but I have been using Android Pay and it works just fine. As for the Bootloader, it is still LOCKED. There has not been any Unlocked bootloaders for the G935 or G930 so far and I don't think we will see it anytime soon.
As for Undoing, yes. There is a very simple way to go back to stock with Odin. In fact, about once a month, I return to stock just so I can get the latest security patch and then re-root my phone back to this way. I know it is somewhat of a pain, but with Titanium Back up I can get my phone back to running normally in a couple of hours.
Hope this helps...

It's not quite as fast, but if you are backing up and restoring to the same device, you can just use ADB. I still have a TiBu license, and use it on my Tab S2, but I have largely adapted to not having root on my S7 by taking advantage of basic ADB features.

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It's not quite as fast, but if you are backing up and restoring to the same device, you can just use ADB. I still have a TiBu license, and use it on my Tab S2, but I have largely adapted to not having root on my S7 by taking advantage of basic ADB features.
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Thanks will have to look into that...
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freeop said:
Thanks will have to look into that...
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freeop said:
Yes, I have remained rooted, but I ended up going back to stock G935A and then rooting again with that procedure. Personally, I was not getting the performance I was used to with the G935U as I was with the G935A with the root procedure.
Yes, there are some things that do not work with these eng.imgs that are being used to root the phones. There is NO Xposed for this one, Samsung Pay does not work, but I have been using Android Pay and it works just fine. As for the Bootloader, it is still LOCKED. There has not been any Unlocked bootloaders for the G935 or G930 so far and I don't think we will see it anytime soon.
As for Undoing, yes. There is a very simple way to go back to stock with Odin. In fact, about once a month, I return to stock just so I can get the latest security patch and then re-root my phone back to this way. I know it is somewhat of a pain, but with Titanium Back up I can get my phone back to running normally in a couple of hours.
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Great info. Thanks!
One followup--when you say Xposed doesn't work, do you mean you tried the newest Nougat version that just got released? Or it never worked, not even on M?

KLit75 said:
Great info. Thanks!
One followup--when you say Xposed doesn't work, do you mean you tried the newest Nougat version that just got released? Or it never worked, not even on M?
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What I meant was Xposed doesn't work on the current version of root using the eng.img. I have not tried using the NEW Xposed that is in THIS thread. I have looked at it but have not had a chance to run the zipped file and installing it. I know it works with MM as I had it working GREAT with MM and the eng.img with that version. I love Xposed and wish that was available for Nougat and N's root. I am keeping my fingers crossed that it will be fully implemented soon.

freeop said:
This is the only one that I know of that will root the Nougat version of the S7 Edge. It is a very long thread, and there is a lot of information that can help. I know it works as I tried it on my G935U at one time.
Anyway here's the link: https://forum.xda-developers.com/tm...eres-how-rooted-nougat-s7-edge-g935t-t3567502
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I tried this 4 times and failed. The problem is it just keeps rebooting (about every 45 to 60 seconds) after I flash the eng boot img. Im never able to run adb commands. If I start from a clean slate I can't even make it past the setup screens to enable debugging.
I'm reaching out to you because you succeeded with the same model SM-G935U
So I'm just seeing if you have any insights. My phone should be the same as yours. Only difference is mine came with 7.0 preinstalled. Maybe an earlier firmware? But that doesn't make sense because people are, to my understanding, using the eng boot with recent firmware.
I'll repost in the root thread if I need to but thought I'd see if you have anything to offer. Thanks

KLit75 said:
I tried this 4 times and failed. The problem is it just keeps rebooting (about every 45 to 60 seconds) after I flash the eng boot img. Im never able to run adb commands. If I start from a clean slate I can't even make it past the setup screens to enable debugging.
I'm reaching out to you because you succeeded with the same model SM-G935U
So I'm just seeing if you have any insights. My phone should be the same as yours. Only difference is mine came with 7.0 preinstalled. Maybe an earlier firmware? But that doesn't make sense because people are, to my understanding, using the eng boot with recent firmware.
I'll repost in the root thread if I need to but thought I'd see if you have anything to offer. Thanks
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I seem to remember the constant rebooting on the U-Firmware also. I too kept trying and it finally took. I think I would take the OTA from the server and try to install the eng.img with Odin. When you do this, does Odin give you any errors? Or does it succeed at the installation?
It has been a few months since I rooted the U-Firmware so not for sure what fixed the rooting process. Sorry I couldn't be more help...

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I seem to remember the constant rebooting on the U-Firmware also. I too kept trying and it finally took. I think I would take the OTA from the server and try to install the eng.img with Odin. When you do this, does Odin give you any errors? Or does it succeed at the installation?
It has been a few months since I rooted the U-Firmware so not for sure what fixed the rooting process. Sorry I couldn't be more help...
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Thanks. No Odin works perfectly whether I flash eng boot or stock.
I looked at the root guide for Sprint and the process is a lot more involved. I believe he boots to recovery twice and wipes cache plus factory reset twice. He also stresses to get the root.bat run quickly to avoid bootloop.
Might be worth a shot but the process of running Odin, getting back to stock and restoring all my data winds up being close to a few hours so It'd be very helpful to find someone with the same issue as me who was able to resolve it.

Need help rooting an LG V20 h91810s?

So I am interested in rooting my LG V20 h91810s. From what I gather I have to roll it back to 10j or i. I have the bootloader unlocked already. But I'm not sure about the rollback. Will a factory reset take it back to 10j or 10i? If not, I haven't been able to find step by step instructions on doing this. I think once I can get it rolled back I should be able to follow https://forum.xda-developers.com/v20/how-to/instruction-to-root-h918-10i-t3536472 in order to root it. Any help or comments would be greatly appreciated. Thank you very much.

No can do..... You will make your phone into a paper weight.

So there is no way to root it? I need to root it in order to recover some very important texts. If it can't be rooted does anyone know how I could recover a deleted sms thread?

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Thank you very much.

As of right now anything 10p or higher is ARB01. Which means you can't roll back to root. Trying will create a brick. There are people working hard to make it happen but until then it's a waiting game. As for the recovery of SMS hopefully someone can help you. Chances are if you've searched and searched for an answer with no luck, it'll be hard to get that answer here. But you never know. Good luck.

Ah, that sucks. Well tyvm anyway.

We are both on the same boat unfortunately, we'll have to wait patiently.....

Me too waiting to root my h91810s.... hopefully someone will find a method soon.....

Sucks! But I like this phone. It'll be a shame to switch. ?

might be a dumb question but has any of you guys tried kingroot?

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might be a dumb question but has any of you guys tried kingroot?
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I did. Didn't work.

storm68 said:
I did. Didn't work.
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Ah I see I remembered it was an easy way to root the g3

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Ah I see I remembered it was an easy way to root the g3
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Now, when I tried it I did it without boot loader unlocked, not sure I'd that's why it didn't work but if someone wants to try?

storm68 said:
Now, when I tried it I did it without boot loader unlocked, not sure I'd that's why it didn't work but if someone wants to try?
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Yeah someone should try it bc I did (I am rooted already) it did said there was method of root. Not sure if it would would because I am already rooted

dudeawsome said:
Yeah someone should try it bc I did (I am rooted already) it did said there was method of root. Not sure if it would would because I am already rooted
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Yeah no reason for you to try... Cause of it works we would be rooted Samsung style using flashify instead of twrp.

storm68 said:
Yeah no reason for you to try... Cause of it works we would be rooted Samsung style using flashify instead of twrp.
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No I remember I used it to root get the used flashify to flash TWRP.img then flashed magisk and removed kingroot after. If someone with a unlocked boot loader could try it because they had many requests for root

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yes it cn be rooted i found the root for it on Vietnamese forum

Zhanozuki said:
yes it cn be rooted i found the root for it on Vietnamese forum
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Care to interpret what exactly they did to root? Where to get files and how to? Maybe this can be changed to English format.....

Just wondering if there's a progress thread for the h91810s exploit. I just received mine and it's on the same firmware.