I just rooted my GS3, now what? I see other "just rooted" thread out there, but it's not for the Att version. Does it still apply? What I really want to know is how to delete built-in apps, att apps.
Use titanium backup for delete/freeze those built in apps.
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Um apply nunhuggers rooms duh lol
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Do some searching for must have root apps. Once you are feeling more adventurous try out some themes, Kernals, roms. Make sure you read thoroughly before flashing things and definitely back up your imei and learn how to unbrick your phone. having this knowledge will save you a lot of problems.
Also make sure to search and do research before asking questions in threads. People will flame you a lot if you don't search first
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Do some searching for must have root apps. Once you are feeling more adventurous try out some themes, Kernals, roms. Make sure you read thoroughly before flashing things and definitely back up your imei and learn how to unbrick your phone. having this knowledge will save you a lot of problems.
Also make sure to search and do research before asking questions in threads. People will flame you a lot if you don't search first
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Appreciate your advise. I actually did search google and youtube, but I see a lot of non-sense video. So i thought I would ask directly to a bunch of pros up here to get an idea of what to search for. Now i will look up back up imei.
thank you
Debloat, download free tethering app, search forum for root only apps to use, start reading about ROMS, find more ways to optimize performance, additional customization.
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Obviously google is your friend, but as far as ROMs go, make sure to read the forums and don't flash anything without making sure it will work on your specific device, that is very important.
Most ROMs will take care of the debloating, deodexing, optimizing for you. From there you can move on to kernels for further fun like overclocking and undervolting. As far as removing built in ATT apps... You can try removing them with a file explorer, but thats really no fun to do at all, and requires far too much work, and doesnt do all the extra background work... Easiest option is finding a debloated ROM that has them all removed.
So, I flashed it with the wrong ROM, turned my phone to a hard brick. had to send it out to mobiletechvideos to get it fix. I got my phone back yesterday, working again. thanks to MobileTechVideos. well worth the $80. Now I don't know if I should root it again.
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So, I flashed it with the wrong ROM, turned my phone to a hard brick. had to send it out to mobiletechvideos to get it fix. I got my phone back yesterday, working again. thanks to MobileTechVideos. well worth the $80. Now I don't know if I should root it again.
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Shouldn't have had to send it out. Odin should have fixed your issue by flashing phone back to stock. Rooting is worth it, just make sure to do your research first
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may i ask what a rooted epic will do? & how does it compare to an original epic?
Honestly if you don't know then you probably shouldn't be rooting or even considering rooting in the first place
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Honestly if you don't know then you probably shouldn't be rooting or even considering rooting in the first place
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seconded. this entire forum is basically about rooting and what it does/what you can do. you shouldnt have any trouble figuring it out
Thirded.
If you don't know what it is, you haven't read enough.
If after reading you don't know what it is, you still haven't read enough.
If after reading more, you still don't know what it is, you probably have some reading comprehension issues, but also search and read some more.
Starting a new post as your FIRST post on XDA asking people to explain to you what it is, UGH.
shouldn't this be in General?...But for starters, I would recommend beginning at the one-click root forum, and whatever you do, don't be scared to brick your phone, I have yet to brick mine and I am constantly flashing my phone! Good luck!
Come on guys. Really? Is this the kind of community we want to be? Everyone's gotta start somewhere. Just suggest reading up first, and point him to where he's gotta go. Remember, there was a point where you didn't know what rooting was either.
Well since no one wants to be nice...
Rooting is basically giving you root access to the phones operating system. The reason for doing this is to allow you to customize and optimize your phone for your specific needs. The two biggest reasons for rooting are the ability to remove bloatware and for flashing custom roms/kernels. Rooting also gives you access to programs in the market that require superuser permissions (root).
The difference between an unrooted epic 4g and a rooted one, unrooted is a handicaped device that is little more than a fancy toy that can browse the web and make phone calls. A rooted one is really what ever you want it to be. A cool toy or an amazing tool or both.
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Well since no one wants to be nice...
Rooting is basically giving you root access to the phones operating system. The reason for doing this is to allow you to customize and optimize your phone for your specific needs. The two biggest reasons for rooting are the ability to remove bloatware and for flashing custom roms/kernels. Rooting also gives you access to programs in the market that require superuser permissions (root).
The difference between an unrooted epic 4g and a rooted one, unrooted is a handicaped device that is little more than a fancy toy that can browse the web and make phone calls. A rooted one is really what ever you want it to be. A cool toy or an amazing tool or both.
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Thank you, holy crap so many evil people in the world why are slipping into XDA? Just answer the question, did we not all start at 1 post?
To add to that, Rooting gives you Access to tether your internet connection from your epic to a laptop wirelessly, This is the only reason i'd root the Epic.
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Honestly if you don't know then you probably shouldn't be rooting or even considering rooting in the first place
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At one point in time everyone "didn't know", you have to start somewhere.
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Perhaps the OP's question would have been well received if it was posted in the correct forum.
Edit: just noticed the OP's username is "loser504". Troll account?
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Perhaps the OP's question would have been well received if it was posted in the correct forum.
Edit: just noticed the OP's username is "loser504". Troll account?
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LOL..im a noob with the android os. but thank you to those who helped me..
Okay I've been a little nervous to ask this in spite of the answers I may get, but I'm going to ask anyway. What exactly would I need to know to make my own ROM, tweaks, themes, hacks, and what not? I've taken 2 C++ courses although that was high school and 1 java course. I'm really interested in this, and if anyone who knows what there doing would take me under there wing to teach me. I thank anyone for any answer in advance.
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Okay I've been a little nervous to ask this in spite of the answers I may get, but I'm going to ask anyway. What exactly would I need to know to make my own ROM, tweaks, themes, hacks, and what not? I've taken 2 C++ courses although that was high school and 1 java course. I'm really interested in this, and if anyone who knows what there doing would take me under there wing to teach me. I thank anyone for any answer in advance.
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Well if you want to get started I would say the easiest way would be to get an aio like mine here (There are others as well). Get your PC setup so you can decompile and compile apks and jars. Once you have that setup, I would start by looking around in the folders that it decompiles. This will help you learn where things are and how the apks work.
If you want to do theming you would need to know xml, how to edit images, and knowing java is always a plus.
Once you know where things are and feel comfortable editing apks, Then I would start learning the other stuff. ROM making, mod making, and tweaking will all get easier if you understand how the phone works.
Hope that helps get you started. Let me know if I can help you out with anything.
Shoot me questions if they pop up, can't always get back right away but I'll always try to help. Its been said before and sounds cliche, but read up. And I mean ALL over the net. The amount you learn troubleshooting your own problems as they arise(error messages etc) are invaluable and unfortunately can't be taught.
But for the other stuff, hit most of us up and you'll find help. Think I can speak for he majority of us on that one.
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This is what I love about the xda community.... everyone so helpful I wish to build my own ROM someday too! I wanna take an android programming class but current college I'm attending doesn't offer it and I tried learning on my own but never could get android SDK or eclipse to install my old laptop.... gots me a way better Asus now and I always help with anything I know but that's simple stuff like making bootanimations, where stuff goes in the ROMs ( but I don't know how to make my own), I'm always experimenting with my build.prop and other tweaks til I soft brick and have to dirty flash my phone, I flash to different carriers, different prls, etc.... just simple stuff I'll gladly help. If asked I'll be a tester.... but I can't quit build my own rom
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Wish I could say the same I have reached out to many any never got a single response.
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Wish I could say the same I have reached out to many any never got a single response.
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U haven't found the right onea
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Wish I could say the same I have reached out to many any never got a single response.
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Google search will always be there for you when most needed
Ya googling only can take you so far. Not the same as an actual Mentor. If that were the case we wouldnt even have schools anymore we would just tell our kids. "Hey google it!" And educational systems would be pointless....
Thanks for all the advice! I really appreciate it, so when I do have questions I can't find the answers to I am happy to have people I can go to. Although I have to put off until I get my own laptop around Christmas... soo you won't be getting anything from me for a while lol
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If you need any help you can ask me. I'm always down to help someone out.
Hi I am new here and I would like to root my device to make it my own and get rid of all the apps that came with it, but I have a few questions.
1, Once I am rooted which rom is the best for my AT&T GN2?
2, Will I still be able to update my GN2?
3, What happens if I messed up during the rooting process?
4, And how often do I need to change roms?
5, Is rooting the way to go?
I am going to be dead honest here, I am a girl and some of the steps of rooting I dont quite understand, if someone can help me explain things I will be so happy.
MissyKoneko said:
Hi I am new here and I would like to root my device to make it my own and get rid of all the apps that came with it, but I have a few questions.
1, Once I am rooted which rom is the best for my AT&T GN2?
2, Will I still be able to update my GN2?
3, What happens if I messed up during the rooting process?
4, And how often do I need to change roms?
5, Is rooting the way to go?
I am going to be dead honest here, I am a girl and some of the steps of rooting I dont quite understand, if someone can help me explain things I will be so happy.
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1. Try each rom out and find out what YOU like. I personally use CleanRom 4.0.5 with no problems.
2. Why update when custom roms are better than stock roms?
3. If you mess up thats on you. But its not to hard root. I rooted and installed a custom rom before leaving the att store.
4. If you find a rom that you like you will most likely flash a new rim once its updated.
5. Yes rooting has many advantages. Ex. Wifi tethering, removing bloatware, custom roms, etc.....
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1. Try each rom out and find out what YOU like. I personally use CleanRom 4.0.5 with no problems.
2. Why update when custom roms are better than stock roms?
3. If you mess up thats on you. But its not to hard root. I rooted and installed a custom rom before leaving the att store.
4. If you find a rom that you like you will most likely flash a new rim once its updated.
5. Yes rooting has many advantages. Ex. Wifi tethering, removing bloatware, custom roms, etc.....
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Thanks for the info, I have one more question, can you change the status bar colour with CleanRom 4.0.5?
I'm running jedix8 with the perseus kernel, I learned how to do this watching Max at www.galaxynote2root.com a picture is with a thousand words, really helpful for me. Good luck
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Thanks for the info, I have one more question, can you change the status bar colour with CleanRom 4.0.5?
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Yup....theres plenty of themes for clean rom
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Thank you guys for your help, I am going to check and learn how to root my GN2, and tell you the results lol hope I do good, btw right now I am using TSF Shell, its okay but I want pink colour on my status bar.
Yeah rooting is easy as 1 2 3. Back in the day it was much more tedious. You can root in less than 10 mins now
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Yeah rooting is easy as 1 2 3. Back in the day it was much more tedious. You can root in less than 10 mins now
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I know it might be easy for you guys that are experts, but for me who is a newbie might not be that easy, I dont even know how to start lol.
Honestly im a noobie still haha.
Clean rom is the best imo.
Go to the android development section and read the stickies at the top and it will tell you everything you need to know involving the rooting process .
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2051455
Try this method. No crazy odin computer stuff involved. All from the phone
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Jooosty said:
Honestly im a noobie still haha.
Clean rom is the best imo.
Go to the android development section and read the stickies at the top and it will tell you everything you need to know involving the rooting process .
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I am reading how to root and can you please tell me the differences?
1,Root with Exynos Abuse Apk, is there a difference between rooting like this and the other way?
To my experience this way allows me to remove bloatware aka att apps. And also install custom roms.
Installing the exploit fix may crash camera. Just a warning
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By using the app called titanium backup you may disable or delete a lot of apps.
And also back up apps
Theres a lot to read but you will understand in time
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I am reading how to root and can you please tell me the differences?
1,Root with Exynos Abuse Apk, is there a difference between rooting like this and the other way?
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Another question, if I root it with Exynos Abuse Apk do I need to install a rom aswell? sorry to ask too many questions
No. You can be rooted using the "stock" rom you are using now out of the box. You will have the ability to delete apps using the app mentioned before.
If and when you do decide to install new roms. You will have to install a recovery. Which that exynos abuse apk does not include.
A recovery is a whole other thing.
For recovery I use twrp.
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Another question, if I root it with Exynos Abuse Apk do I need to install a rom aswell? sorry to ask too many questions
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No, you can stay stock, but you're gonna want to flash something because you know it's better. Clean rom is the way to go.
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No, you can stay stock, but you're gonna want to flash something because you know it's better. Clean rom is the way to go.
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See? now thats the problem, I dont know how to flash stuff, or install roms, I think I am way too scare to mess things up on my phone, sooooo... LittleRedDot, can you come to my house and root my phone for me lol j/k. I will think about it and read more and maybe tomorrow root my phone.
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See? now thats the problem, I dont know how to flash stuff, or install roms, I think I am way too scare to mess things up on my phone, sooooo... LittleRedDot, can you come to my house and root my phone for me lol j/k. I will think about it and read more and maybe tomorrow root my phone.
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Search "flach cleanrom on att galaxy note 2" on youtube. If I remember corrwctly there is a guide on that
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See? now thats the problem, I dont know how to flash stuff, or install roms, I think I am way too scare to mess things up on my phone, sooooo... LittleRedDot, can you come to my house and root my phone for me lol j/k. I will think about it and read more and maybe tomorrow root my phone.
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I'll be honest, this smells of a "phone won't turn on" thread in the near future. You're not ready to root your phone and go playing around in recovery. You might be ready to root once you'd studied up on exanose abuse and the rooting concept in general. But right now I would hold off if I were you. TBO the Gn2 runs so well out of the box that you're almost there anyway. Make sure you are confident that you will know how to do each step BEFORE you attempt to root, and are sure you have another web-enabled device so that you can come here for questions while your Gn2 is down.
Let's us know what you decide...
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I'll be honest, this smells of a "phone won't turn on" thread in the near future. You're not ready to root your phone and go playing around in recovery. You might be ready to root once you'd studied up on exanose abuse and the rooting concept in general. But right now I would hold off if I were you. TBO the Gn2 runs so well out of the box that you're almost there anyway. Make sure you are confident that you will know how to do each step BEFORE you attempt to root, and are sure you have another web-enabled device so that you can come here for questions while your Gn2 is down.
Let's us know what you decide...
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I know I think I am still a bit retared t do all this, I am going to read more and when I feel like I am ready I will do it, but mean while stay the way it is.
Everyone can learn.
Just read more . 2 years ago I didnt know jack about android and rooting. I was a iphone user.
Today, I know enough to flash roms and such.
If you need help the whole community is here for advice and tips
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Everyone can learn.
Just read more . 2 years ago I didnt know jack about android and rooting. I was a iphone user.
Today, I know enough to flash roms and such.
If you need help the whole community is here for advice and tips
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Thak you, you guys are so nice and helpful, and yes I will read more and more, btw Apple sucks lol
Ok so I have a AT&T Galaxy note and I want to root it so I can get faster speeds. I have T-mobile service... Can I still root using AT&T stuff even though I have T-Mobile? It is also unlocked. Can someone guide me on what to do. I know how to do it just want to make sure Im doing the right thing though.
Thanks in advance
Herr is the easiest way to root without tripping you counter. Find the latest for your provider then flash it using Odin. Then you decide from there if you wanna flash any custom rom after.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2004650
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Whoah! First off dont send the guy off to root his phone first thing! He doesnt have clue!
First off you can NOT flash tmobile roms onto att phone or wind mobile on rogers etc.
Secondly root does not give you faster speeds!
Rooting is great but do your self a favor and read first or your gonna end up like this guy
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2229965
I guess he finally realized he had flashed the wrong rom...amoung other things.
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For now im telling ya, read up before you use odin and go flash crazy or youll be crying that kies ain't working. (When youre doing it wrong it never does)
Yes you can get your note2 to work on tmobile but dontvexpectvit to work like a note2 from tmobile.
My advice if your on tmo, sell it and by the tmo n2.
Rooting is great but trust me if it made your phone faster the phone companies would not be happy.
Now... there are tricks to TRY to get fastest speeds and you do need root for this.
But you need to apply these hacks in addition to rooting.
Check out the stickies and also click the thread I linked its got a link to a gn2
Its a great tool not just for noobs
Edit: Nm here ya go
Galaxy note 2 toolbox
Android is like carpentry. ..you know ...measure twice cut once?
Read twice flash once...or twice....or
You get the idea.
Welcome btw
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Well, just for clarification, rooting can make your phone faster. It can make your phone faster by removing unnecessary apps that could be running in the background. It also allows you to tweak settings and config files, though not recommended for a newbie. You may also use custom roms that could provide serious performance improvements.
So it is inaccurate to say rooting cannot increase the speed of your device. There have even been some cases of gaining networking speed improvements by changing settings in the build.prop file on some AT&T devices.
Rooting is the typical gateway to these other options.
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Well, just for clarification, rooting can make your phone faster. It can make your phone faster by removing unnecessary apps that could be running in the background. It also allows you to tweak settings and config files, though not recommended for a newbie. You may also use custom roms that could provide serious performance improvements.
So it is inaccurate to say rooting cannot increase the speed of your device. There have even been some cases of gaining networking speed improvements by changing settings in the build.prop file on some AT&T devices.
Rooting is the typical gateway to these other options.
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Rooting DOES NOT make you phone faster!!!!
Did ya even read my post?
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Please dontbpost noob comments.
Rooting ONLY gives you su access.
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freakboy13 said:
Rooting DOES NOT make you phone faster!!!!
Did ya even read my post?
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Please dontbpost noob comments.
Rooting ONLY gives you su access.
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Did you read mine? You cant do any of the things to increase your devices performance without root. So, this means rooting is part of the process. This also means rooting is part of speeding up your device. We can play tit for tat and mince words all day. The point is the original post wanting root for the purpose od speeding up a device is valid.
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Rooting DOES NOT make you phone faster!!!!
Did ya even read my post?
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Please dontbpost noob comments.
Rooting ONLY gives you su access.
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Rooting will give me the moar geebees though, right?
Just kidding.
OP you need to lurk, read, read, read, consider lurking, read and then read about lurking to enhance your lurking skills so that you can read more whilst you lurk.
Root gives us access not enhancement. Think of it like Scarface:
-First you get the root
-Then you get the power
-Sorry no women
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OP you need to lurk, read, read, read, consider lurking, read and then read about lurking to enhance your lurking skills so that you can read more whilst you lurk.
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that is all.
I recently purchased an s3 and I'm a bit confused about the different methods I've seen for rooting.
Is one method preferred to another?
I'm learning how different this phone is from the evo 4g I've been using for the past 2.5 years.
This thread has a lot of answers to almost everything you may want to know
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=38172219
The second and third posts list roms, kernels and mods
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fitz420 said:
I recently purchased an s3 and I'm a bit confused about the different methods I've seen for rooting.
Is one method preferred to another?
I'm learning how different this phone is from the evo 4g I've been using for the past 2.5 years.
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Easiest way to root is to use Odin and install your custom recovery and then the team epic root zip. Just make sure you install all the drivers for your phone first
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Not sure if ur a techy or not... I am not. I purchased a program called one click root. I may be made fun of because I paid money but that's what I was comfortable with.
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bigpappags3 said:
Not sure if ur a techy or not... I am not. I purchased a program called one click root. I may be made fun of because I paid money but that's what I was comfortable with.
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Being made fun of is better than having a "brick"! When I got mine I didn't want to take time to study up (coming from HTC) so I did the same....
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Thanks. Those one click programs usually scare me more than the step by step methods.
I'm not worried about which is easier, just if there is a preffered method. I believe I have found my answer after reading FAQ again and watching the videos linked from it.
Thanks again.
fitz420 said:
Thanks. Those one click programs usually scare me more than the step by step methods.
Thanks again.
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Qbking has a bunch of videos. Very easy and I've done it a bunch of times. Just familiarize yourself with Odin and you will be fine.
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alaman68 said:
Qbking has a bunch of videos. Very easy and I've done it a bunch of times. Just familiarize yourself with Odin and you will be fine.
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Hahaha. Just finished rooting via his videos. U were right, alaman, didn't even last a week without rooting. I forgot what an ad looked like.....no more of that crap
fitz420 said:
Hahaha. Just finished rooting via his videos. U were right, alaman, didn't even last a week without rooting. I forgot what an ad looked like.....no more of that crap
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I know I'm late to the party, but here's my two cents:
As far as I'm aware, all of the various guides (and toolkits) actually use the same method (although, the toolkit does have a tendency to bork the wifi). It's just really the packaging they come in. Whenever I recommend a guide to people, I always link this guide by Skunk Ape. It's intuitive and explains each step quite well, with pictures and clear instructions. I've never had someone come back to me asking for clarification after reading that guide.
Hope you enjoy your rooted phone!
Gotta say.....so far these s3 forums seem really friendly. Thanks for all the advice guys.....really digging this phone and forum so far
If this was the evo 4g forum and I started a thread like this some dude with 20 posts would have already flamed me and called me a noob......hahaha
fitz420 said:
Gotta say.....so far these s3 forums seem really friendly. Thanks for all the advice guys.....really digging this phone and forum so far
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Welcome to the Sprint forums! We're generally nice people. The only time you really see the ugly side is if you flash an international Rom to your phone (which bricks it, btw). That's when the sarcasm comes out.
Just stick to Roms made for our phones (d2spr, not i9300) and you'll be fine!
So after researching roms and reading/.watching reviews, it seems that blazer is closest to stock minus all the bloat/samsung stuff that is loaded by default. Is this correct, or would u guys recommend a different rom for a STOCK experience +tweaks/-bloat.
I swear if I bought an htc phone I wouldn't be quite as clueless.
fitz420 said:
So after researching roms and reading/.watching reviews, it seems that blazer is closest to stock minus all the bloat/samsung stuff that is loaded by default. Is this correct, or would u guys recommend a different rom for a STOCK experience +tweaks/-bloat.
I swear if I bought an htc phone I wouldn't be quite as clueless.
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Everyone on here would probably recommend a different rom. I'm currently running msg&chubbz rom. It's pretty stock, does have a lot of features from gs4. Does have "minit settings" which allow you to change battery icon/color, clock color/location, and some others, but besides these changes its pretty stock. I was clueless to s-offing my brothers evo lte, but I got it eventually. HTC phones are a little more confusing to most people.
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I recommend trying the ones you like, all at least a weeks time then deciding for yourself. But since you asked TPR 'cough' 'cough'.....
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I recommend trying the ones you like, all at least a weeks time then deciding for yourself. But since you asked TPR 'cough' 'cough'.....
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Haha, I'm an AOSP guy myself, but yes, The People's Rom has quite a vibrant (and vocal!) community, most of which are kind and like to help others out.
fitz420 said:
So after researching roms and reading/.watching reviews, it seems that blazer is closest to stock minus all the bloat/samsung stuff that is loaded by default. Is this correct, or would u guys recommend a different rom for a STOCK experience +tweaks/-bloat.
I swear if I bought an htc phone I wouldn't be quite as clueless.
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For a truly stock ROM you can check out freezas thread. He has all the latest Sprint updates and so forth. You can't get any closer to stock than that. I also recommend TPR. They are really great over there.
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fitz420 said:
If this was the evo 4g forum and I started a thread like this some dude with 20 posts would have already flamed me and called me a noob......hahaha
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Tpr and morphology is fantastic.
If want to see the ugly side the sgs3 forum, flash an international rom and ask why your phone is bricked.
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What? No one brought up M.O.A.R? my fav. TW and I can customize all day long.
Seems you're already rooted, but I have to give a shout-out for topherk pushing skunk ape's rooting guide. The guide is so well-written and gave me just what I needed (custom recovery and root). For someone new to rooting, it was the best IMO...
:thumbup: topherk
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So this isn't the Evo 4g forums?
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