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What you'll need:
1: USB drivers---> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1500669
2: SuperOneClick v2.3.3.0 byshortfuse)
Connect your phone to your computer and run SuperOneClick. It should read "Successful" and then reboot your phone. I went straight to the appstore and downloaded BusyBox, SuperSU, ES File Explorer, and Titanium Backup but the SuperSU is your choice. If you do not grab the SuperSU then go ahead & update SuperUser. If you want to use SuperSU then give it SuperUser permission first. Open your ES file explorer and uninstall the SuperUser. This is a Sprint Kyocera Milano C5120 with 2.3.4 firmware loaded on it. So far I have not found a recovery that will work with this but it has one already there, you can find it by holding the volume down button and power before boot. These are just my findings that worked for me and I am not taking responsibility for your phone if anything happens to it, but mine was easy and painless. This will at least allow you to get rid of the preloaded apps on your phone.
If I've helped you in any way, please click thank you.
gimmeitorilltell said:
What you'll need:
1: USB drivers---> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1500669
2: SuperOneClick v2.3.3.0 byshortfuse)
Connect your phone to your computer and run SuperOneClick. It should read "Successful" and then reboot your phone. I went straight to the appstore and downloaded BusyBox, SuperSU, ES File Explorer, and Titanium Backup but the SuperSU is your choice. If you do not grab the SuperSU then go ahead & update SuperUser. If you want to use SuperSU then give it SuperUser permission first. Open your ES file explorer and uninstall the SuperUser. This is a Sprint Kyocera Milano C5120 with 2.3.4 firmware loaded on it. So far I have not found a recovery that will work with this but it has one already there, you can find it by holding the volume down button and power before boot. These are just my findings that worked for me and I am not taking responsibility for your phone if anything happens to it, but mine was easy and painless. This will at least allow you to get rid of the preloaded apps on your phone.
If I've helped you in any way, please click thank you.
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This does not work. In march of 2012 an update was sent OTA to the Milano preventing zergrush and the other method Superoneclick uses from working.
Not sure if you have a very old phone or what but on any Milano purchased or updated after march 2012 SuperOneClick WILL NOT work.
I have been scouring Google for hours and have yet to find any way to root a Kyocera Milano that has been updated to prevent rooting exploits.
I'm guessing my phone was purchased in April or May of 2012 from Krogers and it probably sat on their shelf for a few months. Whatever the case, I'm sorry that you cannot root your phone as of now and if I run across something, I will share it with you.
Root Milano patched 2.3.4 Gingerbread
gimmeitorilltell said:
I'm guessing my phone was purchased in April or May of 2012 from Krogers and it probably sat on their shelf for a few months. Whatever the case, I'm sorry that you cannot root your phone as of now and if I run across something, I will share it with you.
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I just got my phone from Ting a couple weeks ago and rooted it yesterday.
Unfortunately I can't directly post Outside links (Not at 10 posts yet, and have no idea what else to post about other than this at the moment, which requires a link (For Credit Due Purposes) and I know it will be helpful to people that were as desperate as me for something that was starting to seem rather impossible and no one was paying that much attention to it.), but this is important enough that I'll try to just chop it up - You'll just have to put it back together to go to that site.
This works:
androidforums
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-root/709963-no
-pc-root-method
.html
Not sure why the guide says "Enable usb debugging in Settings, Applications, Development" since you never use the PC, I enabled it anyway, and also enabled to install third party apps, or else Poot won't install, not sure why that isn't on the guide. (Maybe they got mixed up?)
A few things you might want to know:
After hours I finally found the solution. But the terminal still doesn't work for uninstalling ("pm uninstall com.google.android.books.apk" = Failure), you have to do everything though your phone (I'm using the app "RootAppDelete"). The phone roots itself with a third party app called "Poot" using libraries from "Ministro 2"
Before doing this you're gonna need something like 25MBs of storage or so (Can delete everything afterwards with the exception of SuperUser (Can't delete that) to get the space back (Also, you need a app to actually use root actions). - The "Ministro 2" packages are huge for this phone's tiny internal storage! 11MB around)
Make sure to install anything small first and anything big right before the phone gets over 15MB full, because at that time you can't install anything else, with low memory errors.
Another thing that might have helped me when I did this is - back when I couldn't root I made all apps default install to the phone with the android sdk platform-tools (I didn't want to risk anything so I moved Poot, Ministro 2 and SuperUser back to the phone before running Poot. since they default installed to the SD)
"adb shell"
"pm SetInstallLocation 2"
Know its been said elsewhere, but this works with the Milano. Wanted to say that in case you needed the space to use Poot.
And the last problem is after I did all this, now my headphone jack wants to think it has headphones plugged in all the time, If I move the phone around it starts playing on the phone's speaker. It seems like something is lose. Not sure if that was caused by the root (since it wasn't doing it before, and I've never used the headphone jack before) or because there was lose hardware, not sure. Still working on a solution to that, which I found
something similar here, almost looks like a common problem: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=817872
I would put my proof of doing this have a screen shot of root checker, but alas its an outside link. Understand though.
And as I've read a million times before this, here's a disclaimer: I'm not responsible and use at your own risk.
I tried rooting to chainfires root process but after doing this 6 times after it boots back i get the message that Unfortunately SuperSu has stopped working and on top of that i keep getting the notification Unauthorized access to a secured area has been blocked. Im not sure if i did something wrong cause i followed his instructions step by step exactly right am i missing something or what is the deal.. please help
update i realize i forgot to say what phone im rooting lol
i have samsung galaxy note 2 with 4.3
I am in the same situation. I was able to root my S4, but I can't get my wife's Note 2 to root. Every issue you have I am having also. Hopefully someone will be able to help us.
critter1332 said:
I tried rooting to chainfires root process but after doing this 6 times after it boots back i get the message that Unfortunately SuperSu has stopped working and on top of that i keep getting the notification Unauthorized access to a secured area has been blocked. Im not sure if i did something wrong cause i followed his instructions step by step exactly right am i missing something or what is the deal.. please help
update i realize i forgot to say what phone im rooting lol
i have samsung galaxy note 2 with 4.3
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+1.
Frustrated. :banghead:
Any help would be appreciated.
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chconser said:
+1.
Frustrated. :banghead:
Any help would be appreciated.
Sent from my SPH-L900 using Tapatalk
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I finally got mine rooted. Do everything in this post. I was able to remove KNOX and finally get my damn phone rooted! This was used to root my wife's Sprint Note 2 with the OTA 4.3 update. here
is the complete thread if you want to see it all. The link I posted first is the 3rd post from that thread.
Doing those steps WILL FIX your issues with not being able to root your Note 2.
I actually boot looped my wife's Note 2 in the process, so if you do brick/boot loop it, then follow these instructions. That put the phone back to the OTA 4.3 stock version. I had to put my wife's SD card into my phone and add the files to her SD card (provided in the link I just posted) to get it to work. Me being an idiot is how I boot looped her phone. This was the ONLY way I could get it to work... and I tried so many methods I found here, youtube, and online.
Good luck gentleman! Let me know if I can help you anymore!
baseband version
i was wondering if the baseband version could have anything to do with it (im still new to rooting) i have L900VPUBMK4 on my phone but when i looked around in other places i noticed people having L900VPAMK4 is there a difference an could this be why mine wont root
i will try your method above an thanks so much for posting this i will let you know of my outcome
oops miss spelled the baseband version i have LP900VPUBK4 but others have L900VPAMK4
tried
smashedixnay said:
I finally got mine rooted. Do everything in this post. I was able to remove KNOX and finally get my damn phone rooted! This was used to root my wife's Sprint Note 2 with the OTA 4.3 update. here
is the complete thread if you want to see it all. The link I posted first is the 3rd post from that thread.
Doing those steps WILL FIX your issues with not being able to root your Note 2.
I actually boot looped my wife's Note 2 in the process, so if you do brick/boot loop it, then follow these instructions. That put the phone back to the OTA 4.3 stock version. I had to put my wife's SD card into my phone and add the files to her SD card (provided in the link I just posted) to get it to work. Me being an idiot is how I boot looped her phone. This was the ONLY way I could get it to work... and I tried so many methods I found here, youtube, and online.
Good luck gentleman! Let me know if I can help you anymore!
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I tried this but when i did the kingo software it immediately asked me to grant supersu an had a button on bottom of kingo that said ok so i look at my phone but no supersu so i still kept going thru the process an then noticed in kingo where its suppose to say what phone type is connected it says samsung device an from seeing it on other sites of people connecting there devices it had there device names reconised so not sure if its not doing that correctly for my phone or what but after running the software which frozen for awhile when it came to the part that said checking root an then it said waiting for device for awhile an then stopped an said root failed
i cant even get passed step one
I finally rooted my note 2
i tried cf's method an im not sure what went wrong but something did an it wouldnt root so i then tried kingo but at first i noticed that when connecting my note to kingo it just said samsung device it didnt reconize it fully to it saying samsung sphl900 so i knew something wasnt right an then after trying to root it failed so i then noticed that in download mode it said it was customized so i downloaded USER_L900_SPT_MC2_to_MK4_Update_FWD an used odin an then opened the download again on my phone an it finally said samsung official so i then went back to kingo an it did reconize my phone an it did finally root it ,,, im new to rooting an not sure if this will actually help anyone but its what i went thru to get mine rooted an thanks to everyone that has helped me
I was able to fix the same issue...
chconser said:
+1.
Frustrated. :banghead:
Any help would be appreciated.
Sent from my SPH-L900 using Tapatalk
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I had the same issue and fixed it like this -
1. Installed ES File explorer and open it.
2. Press Menu on the phone and scroll down and turn ON Root Explorer and hit Back.
3. Choose Device from the top menu (dropdown)
4. From the bottom menu, choose search and search for super and you should see superuser.apk.
5. Choose that and install it.
From there you should be able to disable KNOX and open SuperSu
kkgiyer said:
I had the same issue and fixed it like this -
1. Installed ES File explorer and open it.
2. Press Menu on the phone and scroll down and turn ON Root Explorer and hit Back.
3. Choose Device from the top menu (dropdown)
4. From the bottom menu, choose search and search for super and you should see superuser.apk.
5. Choose that and install it.
From there you should be able to disable KNOX and open SuperSu
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I tried this to no avail, getting error message 'Application not installed'. The thing is, when I go into the Play Store it says SuperSU IS installed but I only have the option to open it. There is no 'update' option available like I keep reading everyone suggests to do to fix this problem. And when I attempt to open SuperSU, I get the error message 'Unfortunately, SuperSU has stopped' followed by the KNOX security notice 'Unauthorized access to a secured area has been blocked'.
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Ahh
I am having a similar issue
PhonezDoctor said:
I am having a similar issue
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Same.
Everyone I figured out a simple solution to this. I got my phone back on the 13 from replacement. On the 16 I tried to root for the first time. And KNOX led me into a panic. Reading all the forums and knox blocked every attempt I made, but I neat that ***** into the ground.
1. Get some kind of file Explorer and find the SuperSU apk.
2. ReInstall that bad boy.
3. Immediately after install a message will appear asking if SuperSU can try to disable KNOX.
4. Click it quickly, if you don't knox will try to block it again.
5. You should now have KNOX out of the way. You should now be free to delete that slut!
I chose system app safe remover and searched for all files with KNOX and deleted it. I feel you could probably kill it with any root explorer and know the files you are looking for.
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kkgiyer said:
I had the same issue and fixed it like this -
1. Installed ES File explorer and open it.
2. Press Menu on the phone and scroll down and turn ON Root Explorer and hit Back.
3. Choose Device from the top menu (dropdown)
4. From the bottom menu, choose search and search for super and you should see superuser.apk.
5. Choose that and install it.
From there you should be able to disable KNOX and open SuperSu
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For further clarification, simply clicking on it did not work for me. It gave me an "There is a problem parsing the package."
If you long press on the file then select More from the bottom menu then select Install, it will install properly.
Just wanted to clarify for anybody else who ended up with that issue.
It worked!
kkgiyer said:
I had the same issue and fixed it like this -
1. Installed ES File explorer and open it.
2. Press Menu on the phone and scroll down and turn ON Root Explorer and hit Back.
3. Choose Device from the top menu (dropdown)
4. From the bottom menu, choose search and search for super and you should see superuser.apk.
5. Choose that and install it.
From there you should be able to disable KNOX and open SuperSu
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This worked for me. Once I reinstalled the SuperUser APK, ES asked for access and everything else fell into place. Thanks!
use esfile to solve it
chconser said:
I tried this to no avail, getting error message 'Application not installed'. The thing is, when I go into the Play Store it says SuperSU IS installed but I only have the option to open it. There is no 'update' option available like I keep reading everyone suggests to do to fix this problem. And when I attempt to open SuperSU, I get the error message 'Unfortunately, SuperSU has stopped' followed by the KNOX security notice 'Unauthorized access to a secured area has been blocked'.
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I got this done by the following:
1. Do exactly as aforementioned instruction, untill you find superuser.apk
2. Hold your finger on that apk icon untill a little squre show up that you can mark it
3. Find "more"(my is at the right lower corner of the screen), choose it and find "install" on your right.
4. Then install.
I dont know why this apk can be installed through es file, basically it still needs to Android to run the installation, yet it works in this way.
have a try and good luck
I keep having to go back into the file explorer and installing it. It will work for a while then out of the blue it pops up and says it has quit. I am very skeptical to try and go through the flash process to install a different ROM. Currently bone stock 4.3 eff bomb. Any suggestions?
JD
Try and use ODIN to flash TWRP then flash @billard412 to get back to MC2 stock, it will remove KNOX and reset flash counters, if any. Then ODIN TWRP again since it will re-install the stock recovery you can then flash the MK4 kernel, WIFI Fix and MK4 ROM of your choice.
flynhawn2002 said:
Try and use ODIN to flash TWRP then flash @billard412 to get back to MC2 stock, it will remove KNOX and reset flash counters, if any. Then ODIN TWRP again since it will re-install the stock recovery you can then flash the MK4 kernel, WIFI Fix and MK4 ROM of your choice.
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I have warranty bit 1 showing.
JD
jdougs said:
I have warranty bit 1 showing.
JD
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Ok....since you tripped KNOX you cant get rid of that but its ok if you are not returning your phone (maybe out of warranty?) then just ignore it.
Flash away!
Ya the warranty didn't mean squat...I went ahead and tried the SGS3 JELLYBOMB VER 20.0.0.MD5 and it went with no problems. Haven't got the SuperSU has stopped since flashing. Thanks for the encouragement here. So far so good.
JD
Any chance of getting this phone rooted before it becomes completely obsolete?
ZTE Reef N810 has been rooted!
Tarrnation said:
Any chance of getting this phone rooted before it becomes completely obsolete?
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I just rooted my girlfriend's Reef in about 2 mins. I haven't yet messed with roms or recoveries yet, however, that will be a project for tomorrow. It's a pretty simple procedure, make sure your phone is set to allow apps from unknown sources, Google "Framaroot 1.4.1" from your phone's browser, then download the apk. Also make sure that if you have anti-virus on your phone, clear the defaults, as the apk will not install if you have it set to autoscan before install. Click the download in the notification bar when it is done, then install with "package installer". When done, open the program, install with "Superuser" (which is the default option at the top). My phone rooted with the "Gandalf" exploit. Reboot your device. Verify that "Superuser" shows in the app drawer, I also verify root with "Root Checker" by joeykrim.
Nightwolf769 said:
I just rooted my girlfriend's Reef in about 2 mins. I haven't yet messed with roms or recoveries yet, however, that will be a project for tomorrow. It's a pretty simple procedure, make sure your phone is set to allow apps from unknown sources, Google "Framaroot 1.4.1" from your phone's browser, then download the apk. Also make sure that if you have anti-virus on your phone, clear the defaults, as the apk will not install if you have it set to autoscan before install. Click the download in the notification bar when it is done, then install with "package installer". When done, open the program, install with "Superuser" (which is the default option at the top). My phone rooted with the "Gandalf" exploit. Reboot your device. Verify that "Superuser" shows in the app drawer, I also verify root with "Root Checker" by joeykrim.
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Awesome, thanks! Will give this a try soon. Any reason for not using the latest version of Framaroot?
No specific reason, you could try the latest version if you so desire, that is just the one that I used.
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Thanks!
Finally got around to playing with this device. Rooted successfully with framaroot 1.9.2 same method as you described.
Got any optimization tips?
created cwm recovery for it it works but when I go in to recovery it is destorted I can make selections but cant see what im selecting. any ideals? Display settings or anything. thanks
gpjavan said:
created cwm recovery for it it works but when I go in to recovery it is destorted I can make selections but cant see what im selecting. any ideals? Display settings or anything. thanks
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I have been trying a lot to find the stock recovery image but all the methods listed pretty much everywhere have failed. How did you manage to extract the recovery.img?
My Reef is rooted and I have spent more than a week trying to extract recovery.img but no luck
cwm recovery
gpjavan said:
created cwm recovery for it it works but when I go in to recovery it is destorted I can make selections but cant see what im selecting. any ideals? Display settings or anything. thanks
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Mind sending me the recovery? I recently bootlooped my phone and I'm trying to fix it.
I followed and used this thread ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1963790 ) to root my phone, and i have no troubles following the steps. I searched around the thread and found out that i can unroot my phone with the SuperSU app, so i went into the app and selected the unroot button. To my knowledge it worked, since when i went into my Root Check app it said that there wasn't any root found. But here is my problem, when i go into my phone settings and select the stock update for my phone it gives me a message of "Your device has been modified. Software updates are not available", so am I missing something? Is there another step i must do to be able to update my phone from 4.1.2. My phone is the Galaxy S3 SGH-I747M. Thanks for taking the time to read my post!
BAWTH said:
I followed and used this thread ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1963790 ) to root my phone, and i have no troubles following the steps. I searched around the thread and found out that i can unroot my phone with the SuperSU app, so i went into the app and selected the unroot button. To my knowledge it worked, since when i went into my Root Check app it said that there wasn't any root found. But here is my problem, when i go into my phone settings and select the stock update for my phone it gives me a message of "Your device has been modified. Software updates are not available", so am I missing something? Is there another step i must do to be able to update my phone from 4.1.2. My phone is the Galaxy S3 SGH-I747M. Thanks for taking the time to read my post!
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Try doing 2 things: First do a hard wipe/reset from settings (after backing up your data, of course). Then boot into download mode and see what your settings are especially if you have a custom or official binary. Sometimes though OTA update availability may take 24-48 hours to register. Finally, if you really want to update your phone to the latest OS, this could be done manually and I'd be glad to point you in the direction of this. Since you are still on 4.1.2, I would suggest you take the opportunity to free unlock your phone on 4.1.1 (if you haven't done this already).
Thanks for the reply,
Won't this method delete all my settings (in my phone settings and app settings)?
BAWTH said:
Thanks for the reply,
Won't this method delete all my settings (in my phone settings and app settings)?
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Yes, it may which is why you need to do a back-up. You could do a simple back with Kies and restore your apps and settings afterwards.
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I would use KingoRoot to unroot the phone, without losing anything! (It's free too just Google it)
Was looking through the forums and seeing all these complicated instructions on how to root your optimus v device and decided to post this for the not so tech savvy users. Note rooting has its dangers such as bricking and voiding warranties wich i am NOT responsible for. You proceed at your own risk. Please read COMPLETELY BEFORE ATTEMPTING ROOT.
Heres what youll need. An internet connection, your phone, and its web browser. Thats it, no computer, cables, etc, etc.
First go to settings > security and check unknown source. Then open the phones browser and search for stumproot.apk download and install it from a trusted source. (I believe theirs links floating around on here somewhere if your dead set on finding one thats trusted by others) once installed open the app and press the grind button. You will most likely get a popup saying your device isnt natively supported. Just press the force root button. Your phone should be restarted after its done.
Once your phone starts back up go to the playstore and download supersu by chainsfire. Open it and you will be prompted to update. Press the normal update button and wait for it to update, in the mean time go ahead and get some root tools from the playstore. I reccomend root browser, and a backup tool such as titanium backup. Also grab rootchecker as this is how we will verify root.
Once supersu updates restart the phone again. (Reccomended by supersu's distributer) then open your root checker. You should get a popup asking you to grant rootchecker root access. If you get the popup congratulations you have rooted your device.
After this delete stumproot from your device. (Again reccomended by apps distributer) and set up your back up.you can find several guides on this topic depending on your chosen backup manager. Remember some managers can flash roms and/or do other actions that could brick the phone if not done properly so make sure to read any/all instructions carefully.
This method has been personally tested and confirmed on my optimus. Lg ls720ZV8. this can be checked on your phones settings > phone information/about phone > software information > software version if your not sure what yours is.
Note tho my device runs on virgin mobile this method should work on a wide veriety of optimus devices and carriers.
All due credit to makers and distributers of aformentioned apps.
Wow 79 views in 5 days. I hope people are finding this helpful. Anyway any and all feedback is welcome.
Bumping. ^^