Inadvertently I found this thread, he will be able to get us to get ROOT?
http://www.zdnet.com/article/bootloader-flaws-discovered-in-huawei-qualcomm-nvidia-chipsets/
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I've read a few posts stating the bootloader exploit for the S4 would be relatively easy to patch by At&t and my concern is that they may do so before my upgrade on June 7. If at&t does patch it before then would it be possible to use Odin to downgrade the phone to an earlier firmware release that doesn't have the patch? If not I'll have to figure out a way to get the phone as soon as possible.
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I've read a few posts stating the bootloader exploit for the S4 would be relatively easy to patch by At&t and my concern is that they may do so before my upgrade on June 7. If at&t does patch it before then would it be possible to use Odin to downgrade the phone to an earlier firmware release that doesn't have the patch? If not I'll have to figure out a way to get the phone as soon as possible.
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I don't see how anyone could know that for sure at this point. However, if a patch is released (OTA) or if newer firmware is put on the phones that patches the vulnerability itself, then it seems realistic that ODIN probably will not be able to fix the issue. Once it is patched, you probably won't be able to go back. Of course, another exploit might be found or Adam's attempt at a more permanent bottloader unlocker might find a solution. OTA updates can be fixed by just not taking them until they are cleared as OK. Newer firmware on the phone would probably need another fix. But nobody knows how long it will be until AT&T / Samsung patches the vulnerability.
Hey, go ahead and take the OTA now, and do it NOW because another OTA is on the way that will definitely remove the root exploit which means unlocking your bootloader will be gone.
As SamuriHL and LifeAsDroid have mentioned in other threads, THIS IS A GIFT FROM THE MOTO GODS (an inadvertent gift that wasn't meant to be given to you, but it has been), so PLEASE take it NOW and use it, abuse it, whatever.
BTW, if you're worried about warranty, you already will void it once you root and they have a root checker built in, so they CAN tell if you rooted or not, so if you're going to root, you might as well unlock the bootloader too.
So, go here to root AND unlock your phone. SamuriHL has been keeping new findings up-to-date with this thread, so do it now:
http://www.droidrzr.com/index.php/topic/46155-rootunlock-razr-hdm-build-183-kitkat-towel-root/
Get Towelroot and the latest Motopocalypse files from SamuriHL and unlock your bootloader. Do this NOW because I just received an email today about another upcoming soak test, which means, root WILL be lost (Towelroot only works on kernels dated before June 3rd, 2014) which also means, once you lose root, you cannot use Motopocalypse to unlock your phone AND they'll probably re-patch the unlock exploit again.
So, do it now or forever hold your peace.
There already is a thread for this here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2783912
Thread closed.
So Nougat has been released for AT&T Users. I realize that Root for Nougat has not been achieved yet, but I want to get the ball rolling and start a discussion on the topic.
I'm assuming the engineering kernel root won't work on nougat, so we are once again without root. Has any development begun on root? I know there is pretty much no chance unlocking the bootloaders, but how long do you think it will be before we can get root? A month? maybe two? Do we know who is working on it?
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So Nougat has been released for AT&T Users. I realize that Root for Nougat has not been achieved yet, but I want to get the ball rolling and start a discussion on the topic.
I'm assuming the engineering kernel root won't work on nougat, so we are once again without root. Has any development begun on root? I know there is pretty much no chance unlocking the bootloaders, but how long do you think it will be before we can get root? A month? maybe two? Do we know who is working on it?
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It's doubtful that anyone is working on root. The engineering kernel was a lucky break for us on MM, but for Nougat we most likely won't see root unless someone unlocks the bootloader. Google has been increasing the security of Android with each update, so exploits are getting harder to find. Even if we do get the su binary in place, dm-verity will stop us from booting, and disabling dm-verity seems to require a kernel modification which the locked bootloader doesn't allow. I'm sure people are interested in unlocking the bootloader of our phone, but considering the history of Samsung devices and bootloaders, that chance doesn't look great. Maybe somebody ought to start searching for a new engineering kernel... it'd be a better leak than some blurry device pictures
Or if you got your hand on the international version, it seem that the international version is still rootable.
I really new to the Samsung dev scene so please forgive any ignorance.
Is this what you're looking for? It seems to claim root on the G930A on Nougat.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=71287574
Don't use it if your chipset is not Snapdragon.
THIS IS NOT FOR THE EXYNOS VERSION OF THE S7! <- this was the big fat warning for anybody not reading it. My phone is currently the Exynos version, so I won't be able to root it.
Hello XDA community,
This is my first post on here and I hope I'm not doing something wrong in terms of protocol, but I have a rough idea on finding a root for this phone that needs support and refining from you guys, the XDA community.
My idea is this: If we can find a way to downgrade the phone software back to before the December 2016 security patch, we can run a Dirty Cow root exploit (, which is ready to go on GitHub, ) to temp root this device (or any device, in theory). Once we have temp root, we could run a program like SunShine or whatever else to turn that temp root to perm root. (SunShine currently says that, to full root this device, it needs some kind of temp root.)
Now going back to the first part about downgrading the software to before the December 2016 security update, I initially thought we could achieve this through mfastboot or RSD Lite, since they allow flashing of officially signed Motorola firmwares. However, I read that when upgrading the Moto Z, and presumably all other variants, from Android MM to Android N, the (locked) bootloader is updated, too, and will not allow downgrading, resulting in a prevalidaton error. This is where I need your help.
The question is: How can we downgrade the firmware back to MM, or some other before-December firmware, to use Dirty Cow for root. Please leave ANY suggestions in the comments.
Thank you for your time and help. I have faith that we will be able to solve this together.
I don't think you can downgrade. But i've been running this for the past 9 or so months to prevent the forced updates: https://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-z-play/themes/app-moto-z-play-apps-stop-ota-motocare-t3538812
(no idea if that would work on the z force)
Well I know there are many videos on YouTube claiming to downgrade certain Moto devices through RSD Lite or mfastboot for different budget Moto devices, but I suspect they are all fake. Nonetheless, I hope there is a legitimate way to downgrade.
I forgot to mention that if you can get a replacement Moto Z Force from Verizon, which is very easy to do in my area, they ship you a refurbished replacement, which runs marshmallow and has no updates installed, but I don't have the opportunity to get another replacement, so for anyone else, that's one way you could "downgrade" and try Dirty Cow to root the device.
I'm just going by this topic https://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-z/how-to/dont-upgrade-to-nougat-ota-t3524456
but i don't really know for sure
Wow. Now I wish I'd known about this MUCH sooner. Its too late for me. Well, in that case, try to see if you can revert back to marshmallow if you unofficially upgraded to nougat and check what month of security patches you are on. If it's before the December 2016 security patch, then you can run Dirty Cow and get temporary root. With temp root you can most likely find a way to make it permanent root.
Hi guys, my questions would refer to root privileges with regard to OTA software update...
But firstly...
Do you think that KingoRoot apk constitutes a reliable root service? Do you think one can root his/her device just by installing the app via browser in the phone and launching the root process?
And now the initial question:
Do you think that OTA software update can remove root from the device? Or, does the fact that one can perform OTA software update indicate that there is acutally no root on the phone?
(Device: Samsung Galaxy J5 2016)
Thanks!
Help me I have a Sharp aquos shv32 who was sim locked tell me anyone about who I can use the Flashing tool for Sharp models
As like a Umt or cm2 tools etc
Yannikk said:
Hi guys, my questions would refer to root privileges with regard to OTA software update...
But firstly...
Do you think that KingoRoot apk constitutes a reliable root service? Do you think one can root his/her device just by installing the app via browser in the phone and launching the root process?
And now the initial question:
Do you think that OTA software update can remove root from the device? Or, does the fact that one can perform OTA software update indicate that there is acutally no root on the phone?
(Device: Samsung Galaxy J5 2016)
Thanks!
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Hello, never root your phone using king root and kingo root, it will get damaged
After that, always root your phone with Magisk because you can hide banking apps with it so that it doesn't know that the phone is rooted.
And I think it is possible to update the phone again with OTA by rooting Magisk
And you can always remove the root