Is TMO s7 compatible with international s7 roms or something?
No it is not compatible. Locked bootloader , no working root = no development.
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AngryDinosaur said:
Is TMO s7 compatible with international s7 roms or something?
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#1. They have different chipsets, even if you could flash, you would brick your device.
#2. We can't flash anything because of the bootloader right now.....
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So I'm new to this forum, and I've done some reading and I'm a bit confused. I'm seeing some roms available making me believe that the bootloader has been unlocked and a method is out there on how to root and install a custom recovery. Can anyone help clear this up for me? Thanks!
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the canadian variants are reported to come with unlocked bootloaders. the att i337 bootloader unlock hack will likely be released after the verizon sgs4 is released.
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sportsinger75 said:
So I'm new to this forum, and I've done some reading and I'm a bit confused. I'm seeing some roms available making me believe that the bootloader has been unlocked and a method is out there on how to root and install a custom recovery. Can anyone help clear this up for me? Thanks!
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This forum is combined with other variants of the GS4. If you're using the AT&T Galaxy S4, your bootloader is locked and is going to be until Dan releases the hack.
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This forum is combined with other variants of the GS4. If you're using the AT&T Galaxy S4, your bootloader is locked and is going to be until Dan releases the hack.
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how confusing... so the motochopper methond won't work on att s4 devices?
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Yze said:
how confusing... so the motochopper methond won't work on att s4 devices?
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Not sure what you're reading that would lead you to believe that. It works just fine. Did you even try it?
task650 said:
Not sure what you're reading that would lead you to believe that. It works just fine. Did you even try it?
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that's what I figured. confused myself with seeing bootlocker being locked and automatically assumed that meant not being able to root. haven't tried it yet, still on my s3 using your rom for the time being. my s4 is sitting here sun bathing tho
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I want to switch from the s4. the main thing killing development there is the damn locked bootloader. does the g2 have the same problem or are all otas unlockable? (this would be for Verizon)
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reinaldistic said:
I want to switch from the s4. the main thing killing development there is the damn locked bootloader. does the g2 have the same problem or are all otas unlockable? (this would be for Verizon)
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I can't speak for all variants of the G2, but as a Verizon user I can confirm that the bootloader is locked. With that said, there is an exploit to get around this. Check out the development section for more info.
reinaldistic said:
I want to switch from the s4. the main thing killing development there is the damn locked bootloader. does the g2 have the same problem or are all otas unlockable? (this would be for Verizon)
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ours is technically locked, but due to a workaround (that I don't really understand) it might as well not be. we flash roms, mods, radios, and kernals all with very few problems.
reinaldistic said:
I want to switch from the s4. the main thing killing development there is the damn locked bootloader. does the g2 have the same problem or are all otas unlockable? (this would be for Verizon)
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You sound just like me I was wondering the same thing before I got rid of my s4 but yes there is a way to get a custom recovery and flash custom ROMs unlike on the s4
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yes it is locked on every variant (bar sprint). But that does not matter for ROM's and recovery, as they are lokified. :victory:
MalignantQuechnitlan said:
yes it is locked on every variant. But that does not matter for ROM's and recovery, as they are lokified. :victory:
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Wrong the sprint bootloader is unlocked.
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mchlbenner said:
Wrong the sprint bootloader is unlocked.
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Ahh well thats interesting haha
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So I got the 900W8 canadian version and go tit rooted, now my questions are why do we not have our own forum or do we need it. What can I flash? It's been a while since i've been on samsung. Can I flash other rom but just need my baseband or are there other thing sI should be looking out for. Any help would be great Thanks
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So I got the 900W8 canadian version and go tit rooted, now my questions are why do we not have our own forum or do we need it. What can I flash? It's been a while since i've been on samsung. Can I flash other rom but just need my baseband or are there other thing sI should be looking out for. Any help would be great Thanks
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bump, ideas anyone
Glad I found this post, I too am curious. I wonder if it will be like when I had the canadian s3 and could just flash the AT&T rooms just fine. Gonna hold of rooting the s5 until this is cleared up
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Glad I found this post, I too am curious. I wonder if it will be like when I had the canadian s3 and could just flash the AT&T rooms just fine. Gonna hold of rooting the s5 until this is cleared up
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Rooting was no issues I used chainfires method and he has a file for our W8 model. It's more the roms I curious about.
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bodson66 said:
Rooting was no issues I used chainfires method and he has a file for our W8 model. It's more the roms I curious about.
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Yeah, thats what I meant. Gonna wait in general until the rom variants are sorted, who knows maybe there will even be a way to root without trip.
Hey guys. I got a notification about a software update for my Rogers G900W8.
Was wondering if I should apply this update and would it affect root?
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I made a post about this the next day the S5 was lunch. Rooting wasn't an issue for me as for flashing ROMS, some are compatible here, just need to ask them first. I'm wondering if we'll get our forum as well.
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Hey guys. I got a notification about a software update for my Rogers G900W8.
Was wondering if I should apply this update and would it affect root?
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I got my phone 5 days ago had the same update notification, I did the update and then used chainfires root file and AL worked well no issues with that.
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I made a post about this the next day the S5 was lunch. Rooting wasn't an issue for me as for flashing ROMS, some are compatible here, just need to ask them first. I'm wondering if we'll get our forum as well.
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I would think most roms would work, I'm just wondering about our modem and baseband. Is it just a matter of flashing our modems to ensure lte function.
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I would think most roms would work, I'm just wondering about our modem and baseband. Is it just a matter of flashing our modems to ensure lte function.
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Meh, I didn't think about that =/. I guess you get no signals if modem/baseball aren't compatible. Is there a link to get our modem/baseband?
On the Note 3 N900w8 users got lucky, they could downgrade to JellyBean and back to Kitkat without issues, could root (on JB) without tripping KNOX and can pretty much flash ANY international ROM on their device (in this case the N9005 ROMs, N900T ROMs etc) -- IT is possible, now I use this term very very loosely that you *may* be able to flash a whole lot more than w8 only ROMs.
https://twrp.me/devices/samsunggalaxynote4edgevzw.html
No I haven't tried it yet
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https://twrp.me/devices/samsunggalaxynote4edgevzw.html
No I haven't tried it yet
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I would bet it's for the dev edition only as the locked bootloader and write protection would overwrite anything including recovery partition. The only other thing would be it fails to install even with temp root because of locked bootloader.
Would it still do that even flashing with odin
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https://twrp.me/devices/samsunggalaxynote4edgevzw.html
No I haven't tried it yet
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You can't use that with a lock bootloader... Just because they officially supported means nothing.This is for the dev version. If you attempt to flash this you will trip Knox and soft brick your phone
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I'm sure this has been answered but I can't find it so I've got to ask. Do we KNOW or How do we KNOW that the Verizon Note Edge is write protected? I know there are several dev's working on the Verizon and AT&T Note 4 and they have done whatever it is that they do to KNOW it is protected. I know the Note 4 and the Edge are very similar and it's likely that if the Note 4 is write protected that the Note Edge is as well but since I don't know of a dev that's working specifically on the Verizon Note Edge I'm wondering if it's been checked out. I'm asking this because of the fact that the S6 wasn't protected, so as far as I can tell only the Note 4 (and likely the Edge) have fallen prey to this practice. If the Verizon Note Edge has a locked bootloader but is not write protected, could we use King root to gain temp root and then follow the instructions in the OP to get a custom recovery? Just making sure we are not missing something easy.
This method is for the chinse version of our phones... but i figured they are snapdragon so there components are their same? I know tmobile and sprint have the same parts and everything so maybe this will work. Its a recovery file and i will be trying it as soon as possible.
Password: 9b7e
https://d5fbba.lt.yunpan.cn/lk/cq9YjYdUduFEh
P.s (supposedly it has a lot of problems, beware)
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This method is for the chinse version of our phones... but i figured they are snapdragon so there components are their same? I know tmobile and sprint have the same parts and everything so maybe this will work. Its a recovery file and i will be trying it as soon as possible.
Password: 9b7e
https://d5fbba.lt.yunpan.cn/lk/cq9YjYdUduFEh
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Yea I remember with the S6 the Chinese twrp worked on Sprint devices
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Soooperstar said:
Yea I remember with the S6 the Chinese twrp worked on Sprint devices
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Yeah thats part of what made me post this, unfortunately im not home to test this... i will update in a few hours
Fourtuber said:
Yeah thats part of what made me post this, unfortunately im not home to test this... i will update in a few hours
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Unfortunately the problem with the S7 is the root method.
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Soooperstar said:
Unfortunately the problem with the S7 is the root method.
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Exactly the phone is great! And I'll try any method just for root
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This method is for the chinse version of our phones... but i figured they are snapdragon so there components are their same? I know tmobile and sprint have the same parts and everything so maybe this will work. Its a recovery file and i will be trying it as soon as possible.
Password: 9b7e
https://d5fbba.lt.yunpan.cn/lk/cq9YjYdUduFEh
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Anything?
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Anything?
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No luck. I will continue to research for a foreign root if possible. I can confirm this doesnt work. Im not a dev i just do research