hey guys. I'm on metropcs and the flasher left me with an older prl that I would like to update. on my HTC phones would do this by accessing the prl menu through the dialer...but I cant seem to-do it on this phone. how do i get to that menu?
thanks
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Max_Pain said:
hey guys. I'm on metropcs and the flasher left me with an older prl that I would like to update. on my HTC phones would do this by accessing the prl menu through the dialer...but I cant seem to-do it on this phone. how do i get to that menu?
thanks
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I am on a version of stock LG8 and from searching yesterday, I ended up with the easiest for me was:
First you need whichever PRL you want to be in the internal SD root directory and renamed test.prl
Then dial ##data# select view then PRL Write. This reboots your phone with the new PRL.
I am not sure the exact thread with all the Sprint PRL's, but if you search for the one you want you can find it easy enough
Other than that an app called Anycut (no longer on app store) tries to do the same thing, but it was it or miss if it worked or not
notmyepic said:
I am on a version of stock LG8 and from searching yesterday, I ended up with the easiest for me was:
First you need whichever PRL you want to be in the internal SD root directory and renamed test.prl
Then dial ##data# select view then PRL Write. This reboots your phone with the new PRL.
I am not sure the exact thread with all the Sprint PRL's, but if you search for the one you want you can find it easy enough
Other than that an app called Anycut (no longer on app store) tries to do the same thing, but it was it or miss if it worked or not
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To get To the ##data# menu on anycut. Add a new activity and create a shortcut To IOTHiddenMenu from there you have access To all kinds of hidden menus including there data and debug menus. Heres a link To anycut from my drppbox if needed
http://db.tt/lfo4OSGy and for some prl's http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1267893
thanks for the tip.
both of you missed the fact that I'm on metropcs so the sprint prl is useless
to me. using the data menu it let me write the new prl in view mode. now im on the latest prl. thanks!
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I want to try to add a modified PRL to my phone. I tried going into my PRL settings via ##775# and ##775 + ##778 (none of them worked.)
Does anyone know how to do it without using the advanced method posted in developement?
Thanks!
P.S. I'm on Syndicate ROM with the removed Carrier ID. Could this be a problem with accessing my PRL settings?
Overstew said:
I want to try to add a modified PRL to my phone. I tried going into my PRL settings via ##775# and ##775 + ##778 (none of them worked.)
Does anyone know how to do it without using the advanced method posted in developement?
Thanks!
P.S. I'm on Syndicate ROM with the removed Carrier ID. Could this be a problem with accessing my PRL settings?
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Imho I would think you would need to be on a stock rom in order to access the dialer code screens. but before flashing try going into your dialer and opening your qwerty keyboard and try entering it that way. I had an issue with ##data# and it opens almost every time when using the keyboard. hope this helps ya, if it does leave me a thanks
Triketra said:
Imho I would think you would need to be on a stock rom in order to access the dialer code screens. but before flashing try going into your dialer and opening your qwerty keyboard and try entering it that way. I had an issue with ##data# and it opens almost every time when using the keyboard. hope this helps ya, if it does leave me a thanks
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I tried the hard keyboard, no dice. I'll flash,over to stock for awhile.
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can someone point me i'm the direction of this thread? i've seen it b4 but haven't been able to find it now. Thanks in advance.
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Let it install it will fail pop out the battery and it will boot into cwm then just reboot
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What Biggie said. The threads you are looking for are in General. As long as you are not fully stock it will fail and probably boot into CWM after popping battery and rebooting. Just hit reboot system.
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I have allowed it to fail, let it boot to CWM, but it just keeps coming back. It is quite annoying. Does anybody have a way to stop it?
mikebarr said:
I have allowed it to fail, let it boot to CWM, but it just keeps coming back. It is quite annoying. Does anybody have a way to stop it?
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Google Fotakill. It is an app you have to put in your system\app directory.
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kennyglass123 said:
Google Fotakill. It is an app you have to put in your system\app directory.
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I tried FOTAKILL, it worked when I was on EC05 to stop the OTA prompt.
But it's not working for me this time. The only thing that stops it for a while is doing like you said. Accepting the update & letting it fail. It came back again one time since then & I did the same thing, this has fixed it for now. But I do still have foatakill installed if that matters.
At least I have a way to stop the prompt for a week or so. I'm just waiting for CleanGB MTD to be updated.
Not sure if it's any help, but according to the Sprint Rep I spoke with, all security updates come from Samsung. If that is true, its very disturbing. I have used the superfreeze and am running a gingerbread based rom already that does NOT have Carrier IQ. I did find the update zip in the system cache and deleted it, but no luck. The update pops up less often though, but still annoying. With that said, Samsung still has access to download files without consent, dispite a root command to freeze updates. Again very disturbing. []
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Not sure if it's any help, but according to the Sprint Rep I spoke with, all security updates come from Samsung. If that is true, its very disturbing. I have used the superfreeze and am running a gingerbread based rom already that does NOT have Carrier IQ. I did find the update zip in the system cache and deleted it, but no luck. The update pops up less often though, but still annoying. With that said, Samsung still has access to download files without consent, dispite a root command to freeze updates. Again very disturbing. []
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Check the op of my thread in general on how to stop the update message for a PERMANENT fix to the update message...
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I copied this from a thread in development. This works great. Open up an adb shell. Copy/paste this and run it. It modifies the build.prop file to identify your system as 2.3.6, which will stop the update prompts.
Code:
su
remount rw
sed -i 's/SPH-D700-user 2.3.5 GINGERBREAD EI22 release-keys/SPH-D700-user 2.3.6 GINGERBREAD EL30 release-keys/g' /system/build.prop
sed -i 's/sprint\/SPH-D700\/SPH-D700:2.3.5\/GINGERBREAD\/EI22:user\/release-keys/sprint\/SPH-D700\/SPH-D700:2.3.6\/GINGERBREAD\/EL30:user\/release-keys/g' /system/build.prop
remount ro
DaggettBeaver said:
I copied this from a thread in development. This works great. Open up an adb shell. Copy/paste this and run it. It modifies the build.prop file to identify your system as 2.3.6, which will stop the update prompts.
Code:
su
remount rw
sed -i 's/SPH-D700-user 2.3.5 GINGERBREAD EI22 release-keys/SPH-D700-user 2.3.6 GINGERBREAD EL30 release-keys/g' /system/build.prop
sed -i 's/sprint\/SPH-D700\/SPH-D700:2.3.5\/GINGERBREAD\/EI22:user\/release-keys/sprint\/SPH-D700\/SPH-D700:2.3.6\/GINGERBREAD\/EL30:user\/release-keys/g' /system/build.prop
remount ro
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Yep same method in my thread in general
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Noooo...your method was in General so it must not be right...only the one from Development should work...LOL.
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DeviceManagement.apk
I have an epic 4g on rooted with cwm and cleangb. I have been irritated with the frequent system update messages I have been rec'ing lately. Yes, letting it install and then pulling the battery works fine. But I have also been looking for a way to stop the update service from running in my phone. Here's what I did:
I checked Titanium Backup ( free version ) and found "System Updates" in the list of apps under the backup/restore tab. The list wasn't sorted so I had to scroll and carefully scan each app-name to find it. Then I started to uninstall it, but I cancelled when I was prompted whether or not to uninstall DeviceManagement.apk. Now that I know the apk, I don't need to uninstall, I can rename, right? Then I went to root-explorer and browsed to /system/app. Then I hit the button to mount r/w; then I renamed DeviceManagement.apk to DeviceManagement.apk.bak. Rebooted and checked menu -> settings -> Applications to see if System Updates was running. And it's not.
Hopefully this means no more firmware updates... time will tell
hope this helps someone else out there
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Why not just edit the build.prop as suggested? Can you still update PRL? I think you will get a network error.
Just a quick update, I'm still getting update notices. So renaming the .apk def did not work.
Re: build.props
I'm totally ignorant on how to do this. Ill re-read this post from the beginning. I must have missed it.
Thanks to all,
Disc
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discodan7700 said:
Just a quick update, I'm still getting update notices. So renaming the .apk def did not work.
Re: build.props
I'm totally ignorant on how to do this. Ill re-read this post from the beginning. I must have missed it.
Thanks to all,
Disc
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With something like root explorer you just long press on build.prop , choose edit text, change all EI22 instances to EL30 and all 2.3.5 to 2.3.6, save and exit then reboot.
Why the hell would this annoying pop-up repeatedly come up in the first place... so much for the "users" right to custom ROMS. They always have to sneak some b.s. in to annoy the XDA community. Theres a conspiracy going on at Samsung {-_-}
RealTic said:
Why the hell would this annoying pop-up repeatedly come up in the first place... so much for the "users" right to custom ROMS. They always have to sneak some b.s. in to annoy the XDA community. Theres a conspiracy going on at Samsung {-_-}
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I think it is because they consider it a security update to remove CIQ.
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Hi,
I finally got back to this. As previously stated, renaming devicemanagement.apk didn't do anything regarding the autoupdate notification. I was indeed nolonger able to do a prl or profile update via home-screen -> menu -> settings -> about phone -> updates. Not only that, but, I got a little foolhardy renaming stuff in /system/app when I started getting the update notices. Long story short, I've gone back thru, re-renamed everything back from .bak to .apk with rootexplorer, and I'm still not getting my vmail downloaded to my phone.
Back on track now... as suggested, I used rootexplorer to edit /system/build.prop. only 2 instances needed to be updated. 1 from EI22 to EL30, and one more a few lines down from that, updating 2.3.5 to 2.3.6. Hopefully this will quiet the autoupdate gremlins.
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Update: rebooted phone, and I still had the update to el30 in my notifications. I suspect that since the update was auto-downloaded pre-updating build.prop that I would continue to get update nags till I did the "go ahead and install update / pull battery" trick one last time.
So I did that one last time hoping that the update will nolonger auto-download since build.prop references the current versions.
Thanks for everyone's help. Hope someone else finds it useful.
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Uh-oh, rebooted my phone today and was greeted with an auto-update nastygram. Ill recheck my build.prop. to see if I missed anything. If not, I think there's an adb method described earlier in this thread. Ill try that and report back.
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Hi all,
I know I will probably get flamed for this question, as I have seen it somewhere, but I am unable to find the answer using the search. Does anyone know the number to do whatever update this is? It's ##something## to update "IdontKNOWwhat".
Don't know off the top of my head, but check the MD4 thread in GD. There's a five digit code that starts ##75... maybe that's what you're talking about? There's also ##3282# (DATA), but you need your MSL to get past that menu I think.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1097554
I believe it's this one: *#*#2432546#*#*
There you go, all it took was a google search and I found it
sevenpioverthree said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1097554
I believe it's this one: *#*#2432546#*#*
There you go, all it took was a google search and I found it
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Doesn't work
CNexus said:
Doesn't work
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Oh, well, dang
I think this is what he's looking for:
Naddict said:
Uninstall KT tweaker with titanium backup...boot into Aroma MOAR installer, install stock kernel. Reboot and uninstall any other governor control apps you may have.
I would also do a ##72786# to reset data and resync with the network (a reboot will occur)...Just to cover all bases update profile and prl too.
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OK, so this may not even be the result of running a custom rom because it hasn't worked with any of them. When I click on Voicemail which isn't setup yet by the way, all it does is send me to my messaging app. It gives me no options to set it up, or check voicemail.
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tygray6 said:
OK, so this may not even be the result of running a custom rom because it hasn't worked with any of them. When I click on Voicemail which isn't setup yet by the way, all it does is send me to my messaging app. It gives me no options to set it up, or check voicemail.
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Running bonestock 1.0a
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I removed the Visual Voicemail application. It can be added back.
The icon for Visual Voice mail is tied to the Messaging app.
I need to edit the messaging app to rid that icon. for now just use the feature to "hide" it in the app drawer.
of it you want the app, pull it outta the bloat.zip
Okay, thanks
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OK, so I downloaded the bloat zip and extracted the vvm.apk it gives me the install option but says install failed every time. Any ideas?
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tygray6 said:
OK, so I downloaded the bloat zip and extracted the vvm.apk it gives me the install option but says install failed every time. Any ideas?
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are you using my empty flashable.zip..?
just pull vvm.apk and put in system/app
Once I get my phone back, and or you have S-OFF this won't be an issue.
Aroma will solve a lot of these types of issues as well.
Okay, I put it in place of the null file in the app folder in your flashable zip and after re zipping it it failed when flashing
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Don't unzip then rezip. Use a tool like 7zip and drop it into the zip. It failed because by unzipping, you broke the signature
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tylerlawhon said:
Don't unzip then rezip. Use a tool like 7zip and drop it into the zip. It failed because by unzipping, you broke the signature
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exactly what Ty said.
I am expecting my phone back today, and my first project is Aroma..
so bare with me.. (not you Ty)
I will be getting the ROM to where I am comfortable with calling it a full non beta release.
Only reason it's beta is because I don't have Aroma set up yet, once that is set up, it's game on.
you will be able to re-flash the ROM.zip pick "MOD only" and then select JUST the .apk you want (NO you can't remove apps, use root explorer for that, I think S-OFF takes away write protection but I have no idea yet, if not, then, well, we will need to get used to that .zip that deletes files (it's quite easy, once you try it out and everything)
andybones said:
exactly what Ty said.
I am expecting my phone back today, and my first project is Aroma..
so bare with me.. (not you Ty)
I will be getting the ROM to where I am comfortable with calling it a full non beta release.
Only reason it's beta is because I don't have Aroma set up yet, once that is set up, it's game on.
you will be able to re-flash the ROM.zip pick "MOD only" and then select JUST the .apk you want (NO you can't remove apps, use root explorer for that, I think S-OFF takes away write protection but I have no idea yet, if not, then, well, we will need to get used to that .zip that deletes files (it's quite easy, once you try it out and everything)
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I forgot to come back and post a thank you, it worked great after I placed the apk into the zip and flashed. By the way, I've run every rom available now for the phone and keep coming back to yours, I appreciate your work.
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tygray6 said:
I forgot to come back and post a thank you, it worked great after I placed the apk into the zip and flashed. By the way, I've run every rom available now for the phone and keep coming back to yours, I appreciate your work.
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Hey man thank you very much, it really does mean a lot to me!
and you're very welcome
andybones said:
I removed the Visual Voicemail application. It can be added back.
The icon for Visual Voice mail is tied to the Messaging app.
I need to edit the messaging app to rid that icon. for now just use the feature to "hide" it in the app drawer.
of it you want the app, pull it outta the bloat.zip
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Have you had any luck ridding the VVM icon and whatever else from the messaging app yet. I had a nasty issue related to the new VVM.
I will spell it out here in case anyone else has this issue.
So i like always update my phone when updates come out.
The new VVM has some addition network elements tied to it on the back-end.
Long story short this 443 update has created randomly dropping my mobile connection. I tried re flashing the radios, the stock rom, going back one radio version, etc. I mentioned this in a post in this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/verizon-htc-one/help/wifi-bluetooth-mobile-data-wont-off-t2883253
I don't believe it is anything we have done in here, but the issue was with exclusively mobile data where it would disconnect but still show 4g, anyways back to the VVM
I had to revert to 442 stock rom as it didn't have the disconnecting issue
Since i already ran the newest 443 VVM app with those additional features, the 442 VVM fails with error code 2004 when on a 442 ROM
So i had to be coy when calling VZW to get them to reset this. Lucky they didn't ask SW/HW versions, so basically they had ' reset the network elements ' associated with the newest version. WORKED!
So if this happens to you , all i said was it came down as an update, i didn't like it, and reverted back and now it does not work, etc.... I tried to find the newest update again but cant find it.
I was wondering how the VVM icon still there after removing the APK, that answers that. I tried to load the newest VVM on 442, and epic fail lolz
Just providing some info for everyone
carm01 said:
Have you had any luck ridding the VVM icon and whatever else from the messaging app yet. I had a nasty issue related to the new VVM.
I will spell it out here in case anyone else has this issue.
So i like always update my phone when updates come out.
The new VVM has some addition network elements tied to it on the back-end.
Long story short this 443 update has created randomly dropping my mobile connection. I tried re flashing the radios, the stock rom, going back one radio version, etc. I mentioned this in a post in this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/verizon-htc-one/help/wifi-bluetooth-mobile-data-wont-off-t2883253
I don't believe it is anything we have done in here, but the issue was with exclusively mobile data where it would disconnect but still show 4g, anyways back to the VVM
I had to revert to 442 stock rom as it didn't have the disconnecting issue
Since i already ran the newest 443 VVM app with those additional features, the 442 VVM fails with error code 2004 when on a 442 ROM
So i had to be coy when calling VZW to get them to reset this. Lucky they didn't ask SW/HW versions, so basically they had ' reset the network elements ' associated with the newest version. WORKED!
So if this happens to you , all i said was it came down as an update, i didn't like it, and reverted back and now it does not work, etc.... I tried to find the newest update again but cant find it.
I was wondering how the VVM icon still there after removing the APK, that answers that. I tried to load the newest VVM on 442, and epic fail lolz
Just providing some info for everyone
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Foolish me, this is so very simple, I just forgot that you have to do it on a 100% clean flash, you can't use a flashable.zip as it is an .xml system edit.
system/customize/resource/allapplication.xml
basically you edit this .xml just search for "voicemail"
you will find this line of code
Code:
<item type="application" packageName="com.htc.sense.mms" className="com.htc.sense.mms.ui.VoiceMailTabActivity" display_order="200" display_hide="[B][COLOR="Red"]0[/COLOR][/B]" />
change it to
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<item type="application" packageName="com.htc.sense.mms" className="com.htc.sense.mms.ui.VoiceMailTabActivity" display_order="200" display_hide="[B][COLOR="Red"]1[/COLOR][/B]" />
to be quite honest though to save yourself A LOT of time, just hit the menu button in app drawer click hide apps and hide it, that is what this MOD does anyway...
andybones said:
Foolish me, this is so very simple, I just forgot that you have to do it on a 100% clean flash, you can't use a flashable.zip as it is an .xml system edit.
system/customize/resource/allapplication.xml
basically you edit this .xml just search for "voicemail"
you will find this line of code
Code:
<item type="application" packageName="com.htc.sense.mms" className="com.htc.sense.mms.ui.VoiceMailTabActivity" display_order="200" display_hide="[B][COLOR="Red"]0[/COLOR][/B]" />
change it to
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<item type="application" packageName="com.htc.sense.mms" className="com.htc.sense.mms.ui.VoiceMailTabActivity" display_order="200" display_hide="[B][COLOR="Red"]1[/COLOR][/B]" />
to be quite honest though to save yourself A LOT of time, just hit the menu button in app drawer click hide apps and hide it, that is what this MOD does anyway...
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I will give this a try sometime; kudos
Just switched to Sprint Note 4 and OTA to lollipop the the next day. I am completely stock and would like direction on wi-fi tether and a way to get rid of all the bloteware. Thank in advance.
akaimana said:
Just switched to Sprint Note 4 and OTA to lollipop the the next day. I am completely stock and would like direction on wi-fi tether and a way to get rid of all the bloteware. Thank in advance.
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From what ive found from another thread:
"Originally Posted by MasterTentacles
The only think you need ahead of time is your MSL. This isn't too hard to get from Sprint customer service. I got mine via an app called MSL Utility, which it seems now crashes every time I try to use it on Lollipop.
The steps:
Go to Dialer and enter ##DATA# (##3282#)
Press "Edit" then enter your MSL.
Click on APN Settings
For both "APN2 EHRPD internet" and "APN2 LTE internet" change APN Type from "default,mms" to "default,mms,dun"
After you enter the change, hit Menu -> Save before going to the next APN."
However seems like they changed it with the new lollipop update so that you cant go in and find your msl number, I even tried to find it with terminal emulator after being rooted and couldnt find it. Should be noted though that you can supposedly find your msl on a lower android. If you by chance call in to get this number write it down and keep it safe as doing a prl update will put it back to normal and lose this function
However If you are rooted download Galaxy tools and it will work perfect. Plus you will have the option to get all of your quick notification toggles like wifi hotspot and data if you so wish with the .apk
Galaxy Tools
For your debloating you can just uninstall the apps you dont want and disable the others that wont go away so that they wont update or show up in your app drawer.
If you are rooted you can use this System app remover (ROOT)
good luck
I guess next question would be what is the safest way to root and what is needed.
akaimana said:
I guess next question would be what is the safest way to root and what is needed.
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For me the safest and easiest way was to use skipsofts' Unified Android Toolkit. I personally choose this as it finds and downloads all the latest files and drivers and just prompts you with options as well as clear instructions on what to do next. You also have an option to inject a custom recovery and backup too. Im lazy and let it organize my files for me
If you feel pretty confident you can do search the interwebs for the latest odin and chainfire tar Put your phone into download mode (power down and boot back up holding down the volume ↓ + pwr + menu button) make sure auto reboot is ticked along with f. reset in odin plug in your phone then go to the pda/ap spot and locate that tar file. Hit start and let it run. It should take only like 30 seconds or so. Aftwards power your phone go to supersu and update the binaries. Later flash a custom recovery like twrp or clockwork if you care to flash more things later.
Thats a pretty quick run down of how to do it. If you want more details you can always google it
EDIT: It should be noted that rooting will trip KNOX