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Now I know why I rooted so quickly.

Lol, so I had to try the downgrade steps provided by jcase, and now I regret ever doing it. It worked no issues whatsoever, but wow I must have forgotten just how bad the bloatware was on this thing.
Question to anyone, have you had success getting alpharevx working in ubuntu? I have a backup computer running xp that works killer, but its just a pain trying to get to it. And I have a ubuntu live cd with adb already set up.
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When alpha rev first came out I used ubuntu to gain s off with alpha and it worked perfectly there's an of tutorial on here somewhere I followed it step by step and it worked perfectly
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How'd it work out?

Try using revolutionary instead of alpharevx. http://revolutionary.io
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Rooting

Going to be getting the Epic 4G Touch in a week or so and I have a problem. My laptop crapped out 2,000 miles from my home. Is there a way to root the phone with out pc access?
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radtranceman said:
Going to be getting the Epic 4G Touch in a week or so and I have a problem. My laptop crapped out 2,000 miles from my home. Is there a way to root the phone with out pc access?
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Yep borrow a computer from someone ....
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LoL all ready have a few messages out just thought I'd ask. thanks
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You might be able to do it with Mobil Odin but it's always risky downloading big tar files or roms on your phone.

I'd just wait to get to a PC so its done right and safely. I know how it feels man, running rooted stock, its like wanting to get laid but no females are at the party.

DataHawg said:
You might be able to do it with Mobil Odin but it's always risky downloading big tar files or roms on your phone.
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Don't u need root permission to use mobile Odin?
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Yup, mobile odin can inject root and install the ROM, assuming you already have root. If you don't you need one of the traditional methods.

Nobody better to clarify this than the master of root, sfhub

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Nobody better to clarify this than the master of root, sfhub
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LOL epic touch extrodinaire, the man, the legend, sfhub
Root like a BOSS!

Newbee...... Kinda... Not to Androidbut to this phone.

Well I just turned 28..... But my wife and father inlaw got me this phone. I haven't done anything to it yet and I more.than likley won't do it my wife will. Any way I just wanted to seebif any one had some good advise tor me or any suggestions on apps Etta.......
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sbkjuggalo said:
Well I just turned 28..... But my wife and father inlaw got me this phone. I haven't done anything to it yet and I more.than likley won't do it my wife will. Any way I just wanted to seebif any one had some good advise tor me or any suggestions on apps Etta.......
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Root it! Otherwise xda wont help you much

soham_sss said:
Root it! Otherwise xda wont help you much
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Seconded! root=more fun.

My old optimus v was rooted by my wife and she would do all the tech stuff I just ran it and messed around with other stuff but im wanting to do it now I just don't know a lot about this phone, I've been reading on here but it all is still a little confusing to me it makes me feel like a tard.
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sbkjuggalo said:
My old optimus v was rooted by my wife and she would do all the tech stuff I just ran it and messed around with other stuff but im wanting to do it now I just don't know a lot about this phone, I've been reading on here but it all is still a little confusing to me it makes me feel like a tard.
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Which tutorial did you read? Try the noob one. Flashing custom ROM and custom kernel will help you play games smoothly even without overclocking. Once you have successfuly unlock bootloader and install custom recovery, you can freely install custom ROM which is extremely fun
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Thanks I'll check it out
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sbkjuggalo said:
My old optimus v was rooted by my wife and she would do all the tech stuff I just ran it and messed around with other stuff but im wanting to do it now I just don't know a lot about this phone, I've been reading on here but it all is still a little confusing to me it makes me feel like a tard.
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Tell me about it! When i joined xda (early July) I did not know the r of rooting. And barely one month, my phone is rooted! Read and learn, and you will too, soon root your phone

Thanx all i am now rooted on my one v but still using my optimus as my little tester monkey before I do any thing. Any one with a one v wanting to root HTC. Com has a good method and they give u the code to unlock the boot loader page again thanx for the advice
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now that ur on xda u will learn everything .....

Mac user looking to root my SGSIII from ATT

I don't know where to start, I saw a video on how to root with US SGSIII root file but the file is not available, where can I download it and if anyone has used a Mac and can give me some tips I would really appreciate it. I also, checked the wiki and did search but couldn't find anything.

Your going to have a hard time rooting with a mac, no Odin support. Just try a windows computer. There not to hard to find
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Thanks a lot, I'll try Bootcamp and see how it goes. Basically I should start with Odin right?
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Yes. I believe there us an sgs3 toolkit in developer's section that can root it too. I have not used this method so I can't tell you how well it works
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I have not done this to my shiny new s3 yet, but on my Captivate i would just use Heimdal instead if Odin on my mac....just something to look into
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Caz666 said:
I have not done this to my shiny new s3 yet, but on my Captivate i would just use Heimdal instead if Odin on my mac....just something to look into
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Heimdal is not yesterday compatible with the s3
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Bro u will have hell, I have a MacBook pro and it won't even read the phone anymore... I have to use my old dusty laptop
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No need to use ODIN or Heimdal
Follow instructions on this post. It works perfectly
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1827518
Good luck

So wait - is there no other way at the moment to root a GS3 on a Mac? I usually don't mind experimenting with terminal, but damn that seems involved/risky.

alias3800 said:
So wait - is there no other way at the moment to root a GS3 on a Mac? I usually don't mind experimenting with terminal, but damn that seems involved/risky.
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to be honest, the easiest way is to just borrow a pc for the initial rooting using odin. afterwards, you can just use adb on your mac to copy files to and from your phone.

Just install a 30 day trial of Fusion or Parallels, load up Windows and you're on your way.

Just download everything you need onto a flash drive walk into a best buy Walmart or target and do it there. Takes 5 minutes
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pussyliquor said:
Just download everything you need onto a flash drive walk into a best buy Walmart or target and do it there. Takes 5 minutes
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hahah made my day, your gonna need drivers and odin!

HRodMusic said:
hahah made my day, your gonna need drivers and odin!
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Take those with you too. Lmao. I can compile it all in a zip for you if you want haha.
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Stock random reboots

Hello everyone. My wife has a newly purchased S4 from Tmobile. We rooted it right away and installed TWRP. Everything else is stock. Even kept the bloatware hanging around... She has had some random reboots from time to time not often but like 3-4 times since she has had the phone. Google searches turn up random bits of info so I thought I'd ask the experts here at good olé XDA. I've seen some advice to factory reset but wouldn't that lose root? Also some say it could be SD card related.. There is no common theme to it happening.. I guess we could return it. I was hoping to avoid that though... Any thoughts? Thanks for any help!
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Yes it will lose root but it's better than the phone rebooting itself alot so if it still does it then try to flash a rom and if it still does it it might be the phone then
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Factory reset won't actually loose root. Root stuff is stored in the system while factory resetting wipes the user's data. Factory reset through TWRP would be my first recommendation
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So as far as I know simply rooting doesn't cause this issue... My gut says no but this is a new phone to me...
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jcnbama said:
So as far as I know simply rooting doesn't cause this issue... My gut says no but this is a new phone to me...
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Simply rooting does not. Touching system stuff can so yeah simply rooting wouldn't cause that.
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What did she recently install? if anything. Some apps will cause random reboots. And the answers here are correct, you will not lose root doing a factory reset.

TheAxman said:
What did she recently install? if anything. Some apps will cause random reboots. And the answers here are correct, you will not lose root doing a factory reset.
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Well thanks we may try that. She hasn't installed anything new really. She's not the techie I'm more likely to have RR than her.. Lol. We just rooted used TB to restore basic apps like Go Launcher and such. No system restored apps at all. We may try factory reset and then if that doesn't work we may return it... Thanks for the help.! Feeling the XDA love today... :beer:
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jcnbama said:
Well thanks we may try that. She hasn't installed anything new really. She's not the techie I'm more likely to have RR than her.. Lol. We just rooted used TB to restore basic apps like Go Launcher and such. No system restored apps at all. We may try factory reset and then if that doesn't work we may return it... Thanks for the help.! Feeling the XDA love today... :beer:
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hehe I caught my wife installing stuff, she wouldn't admit it to me, but I can tell. Ouch, she just hit me. anyways, try factory reset, and test.
And if you do decide to return it, clean it up, don't need no surprises at the att store oops my bad, scuse me, T-Mobile store. Sorry, forgot where I was at, and the wife beatin on me.
Btw, thanks for supplying us with your device info here, it aides in the help. Others just do not get it.
The Ax says, very good post from the OP.

soccerswag said:
Why does your wife need a rooted device?
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Ad blocker... And Titanium Backup....
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jcnbama said:
Ad blocker... And Titanium Backup....
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Hey next time it reboots retrieve file /proc/last_kmsg and post it. I wanna see what's causing the reboots. Any file browser will work so long as you can browse the root level stuff.
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elesbb said:
Hey next time it reboots retrieve file /proc/last_kmsg and post it. I wanna see what's causing the reboots. Any file browser will work so long as you can browse the root level stuff.
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So I will if we don't reset it soon.... May wanna take it back... She said today she was watching a video she had recorded and it was buffering like a dang you tube video... Wonder if it's SD issues...
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soccerswag said:
Why does your wife need a rooted device?
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Why does it matter to you?? You remind of me of that ahole @androidsoccer. He got banned for being an ahole. Hmmmm androidsoccer and soccerswag??
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soccerswag said:
Just because there is a common word in both usernames doesn't mean they are related
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And the fact that both of you act like douches, plus the fact that he was a 14 year old boy and you're using the word "swag". And also the fact that you crested this account around the time he got banned. Hmmmm
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If I was you I would Odin back to stock.
Then gaining root again is only a tiny problem.
CF-Auto Root literally takes about 25 seconds to root.
Refer to this thread to odin back to stock.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2258628
Refer to this video to root again.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONzxfyTnWIY&feature=youtube_gdata_player
You're probably getting reboots because of the method you used to root.
I was getting tons of problems with my phone because the way I previously rooted the device.
I used this way and I get absolutely no more problems.
Now, after you root with the above method, you will have to install a custom recovery (I recommend TWRP).
Do that through goomanager.
(Search goomanager in app store, install, open, hit menu, then hit "install custom recovery.)
Hope this helps.
Damn, Eflip douche is on a roll today.
Someone hasn't got laid in a while ;o.
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devynbf said:
If I was you I would Odin back to stock.
Then gaining root again is only a tiny problem.
CF-Auto Root literally takes about 25 seconds to root.
Refer to this thread to odin back to stock.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2258628
Refer to this video to root again.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONzxfyTnWIY&feature=youtube_gdata_player
You're probably getting reboots because of the method you used to root.
I was getting tons of problems with my phone because the way I previously rooted the device.
I used this way and I get absolutely no more problems.
Now, after you root with the above method, you will have to install a custom recovery (I recommend TWRP).
Do that through goomanager.
(Search goomanager in app store, install, open, hit menu, then hit "install custom recovery.)
Hope this helps.
Damn, Eflip douche is on a roll today.
Someone hasn't got laid in a while ;o.
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Thanks for the info. She appears to be on an MDL baseband. Would it work with that? I forget exactly which thread I used to root it.. I used Odin and some zip files with TWRP and it seems like we had to do something with the bootloader... This was a few weeks ago.
And a follow up question. How would the rooting method effect the stability of the device, Causing RR added such?
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jcnbama said:
Thanks for the info. She appears to be on an MDL baseband. Would it work with that? I forget exactly which thread I used to root it.. I used Odin and some zip files with TWRP and it seems like we had to do something with the bootloader... This was a few weeks ago.
And a follow up question. How would the rooting method effect the stability of the device, Causing RR added such?
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Ah yes the TWRP root method.
That's the faulty method that is causing problems.
Once you odin to stock by following the steps in the thread above, everything will be taken off the phone, it will absolutely work with that baseband, yes.
Use the CF Autoroot method in the video I posted above and follow the steps i explained about goomanager.
You will love being rooted with TWRP from goomanager. You will then be able to flash custom roms which will make the phone a lot speedier and more responsive. In most cases, better battery life also.
(I am on the Darthstalker rom and it is super fast!)
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devynbf said:
Ah yes the TWRP root method.
That's the faulty method that is causing problems.
Once you odin to stock by following the steps in the thread above, everything will be taken off the phone, it will absolutely work with that baseband, yes.
Use the CF Autoroot method in the video I posted above and follow the steps i explained about goomanager.
You will love being rooted with TWRP from goomanager. You will then be able to flash custom roms which will make the phone a lot speedier and more responsive. In most cases, better battery life also.
(I am on the Darthstalker rom and it is super fast!)
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Well great thanks! I will do this. We will most likely not flash a custom rom for her purposes. If I root per the method above would it be necessary to install TWRP via Goo? If we're not going to be flashing mods and roms to her phone I'm not sure what we would use it for...
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jcnbama said:
Well great thanks! I will do this. We will most likely not flash a custom rom for her purposes. If I root per the method above would it be necessary to install TWRP via Goo? If we're not going to be flashing mods and roms to her phone I'm not sure what we would use it for...
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No, it is NOT necessary to install TWRP, you can have the rooted device with the stock recovery on it with no problems .