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.
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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.
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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.
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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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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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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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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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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 .
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Friends,
My dumb (backside) updated my root rom, but I cannot remember whose thread it was. I am not having any sort of issues, in fact this is the best rom I have used so far, but I would like to keep up with this version and all updates. Here is a screen shot of my device software info, please help. I promise not to let this happen again.
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Friends,
My dumb (backside) updated my root rom, but I cannot remember whose thread it was. I am not having any sort of issues, in fact this is the best rom I have used so far, but I would like to keep up with this version and all updates. Here is a screen shot of my device software info, please help. I promise not to let this happen again.
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hmmm no ss i cked my ph and pc hmmm
I was having isues with shoot me, it is there now.
michaellashawnbrown said:
I was having isues with shoot me, it is there now.
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What exactly do you want to know. I don't understand?
Whose rom am I using, so that I can keep up with their thread, just in case they make changes.
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Its just a rooted stock ROM you are using.
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Friends,
My dumb (backside) updated my root rom, but I cannot remember whose thread it was. I am not having any sort of issues, in fact this is the best rom I have used so far, but I would like to keep up with this version and all updates. Here is a screen shot of my device software info, please help. I promise not to let this happen again.
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I may be wrong but it looks to me like you are on the official update. Do you still have root? Is your phone still s-off?
I do. I am still using all of my root only apps. Wifi tether, root explorer, etc. In fact I changed roms yesterday and did not like it so I used my nandroid to recover the rom.
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I do. I am still using all of my root only apps. Wifi tether, root explorer, etc. In fact I changed roms yesterday and did not like it so I used my nandroid to recover the rom.
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LOL, looks to me like you are on a rooted stock ROM. All the Dev's put their mark on that screen somewhere unless its a stock rooted ROM.
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I do. I am still using all of my root only apps. Wifi tether, root explorer, etc. In fact I changed roms yesterday and did not like it so I used my nandroid to recover the rom.
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Everything looks like stock to me.
So it is a stock rom rooted? Ok. Doesn't bother me at all. Thanks. I am updated and still rooted.
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Back to my question, does anyone know who posted this?
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There are more than one dev who posted a rooted stock ROM so its hard to tell. When a new OTA comes out, a rooted stock ROM would be available soon after.
Thank you for all of the responses, I am enlightened. I am simply going to hold on this nandroid file and give the GB beta that is burning a hole in my pocket a try.
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My wife is going to be pissed if this does not get resolved.
I wanted to backup her phone. I already flashed Mr X's telus stock rom a week or so ago. I realized I hadn't done a nandroid backup so I though i'd install rom manager to quickly backup that rom. When I selected it it said clockworkmod recovery wasn't installed so I started the process to flash it (i thought it was strange). It went slow and I thought that I'd flash it again for good measure.
I selected the backup option expecting it to reboot into recovery and back up but nothing happens. I tried to pull the battery and boot into recovery but nothing but black, same with a regular pull and try to boot. I get the boot screen for a second and nothing but black. It will go into download mode.
My guess is it did not flash cwm successfully and this is the cause of problems. How can I fix this without having to wipe even if I can get recovery flashed properly? Can I flash cwm onto it from my pc and possiblly have it boot properly?? I would like to not have to set her phone up again and wipe her sms and things.
Thanks
Flash CWM from ODIN.
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hompsar said:
Flash CWM from ODIN.
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+1
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hompsar said:
Flash CWM from ODIN.
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+1 if it doesn't boot up after that might try flashing darkside cachewipe. If that don't work she's gonna be mad at you for flashing rom again and wiping her stuff, might try a dirty flash to save her data.
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Thank you all for the quick advice. I flashed CWM and it rebooted right into my wife's glorious setup! I had the prompt to assign Apex launcher as default but that was it at a glance.
XDA rox.
jets76 said:
Thank you all for the quick advice. I flashed CWM and it rebooted right into my wife's glorious setup! I had the prompt to assign Apex launcher as default but that was it at a glance.
XDA rox.
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Not that i had anything to do with helping you but glad your still alive. I know from experience messing with the wife's phone can result in couch time.
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Not that i had anything to do with helping you but glad your still alive. I know from experience messing with the wife's phone can result in couch time.
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Or just a cold shoulder and no dinner for a week!!
That's the truth! I found it ironic that this happened because I wanted to back it up lol
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Also don't forget how we have to tip toe around our wives when it comes to flashing! "Why are you messing with your phone again?! " Geez
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^^I have found this to be the issue with anything that does not revolve around my wife or child.. It used to be the phone she complained about, until I got a car.. then I started getting complaints about "I really don't see the purpose of brighter lights" or something of that nature.
My wife doesn't let me touch her phone anymore....
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Mine complains, but also won't take my advice on what phone to get. The truth she'll never admit: her G2 running ILWT CM7 is the best any phone has treated her yet, and if she'd just try to learn what a problem means when I've occurs, she could solve it in 10 secs.
My wife doesnt like me wiping her data at all when im flashing a rom...even if her rom is full of bugs and needs a serious update lol stubborn
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Google Wallet Installer for Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile, and US Cellular Samsung Galaxy S3.
Requires ROOT, an UNLOCKED BOOTLOADER, and BUSYBOX!(A deodexed ROM is just recommended)
My newest project, RemoteFlash, was just released! Take a look and give it a try!
Wallet Installer Is Now Available For Free To All Supported Carrier Models On XDA! (Donations Appreciated)
My application, "Wallet Installer", will install Google Wallet on almost any US based Samsung Galaxy S3. It simply edits your build.prop and then places the correct modifications into your system. It downloads all the files from my personal server, which is pretty quick. Just select the appropriate Rom type: AOSP, JB Touchwiz, or ICS TouchWiz, and then your carrier: Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile, or US Cellular. I also added a restore option for your build.prop, so you can restore it after you setup Google Wallet. Hopefully this helps you out and makes the process easier!
Wallet Installer has been updated on the server side. The credit goes to Paul Obrien for the new version! To install it, simply reset Google Wallet, delete it, and then rerun Wallet Installer! Make sure to also have BusyBox installed/updated!
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And as always: I take no responsibility for bricked devices, whether a soft brick or a full on brand new coffee coaster.
It does re-write your recovery, but it appears to have worked perfectly. The install part was actually pretty seamless. But I would suggest some clarification on the play store about everything with the recovery. Well worth $2. Thanks.
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What if you already have a recovery, say CWM? Does it still flash a new recovery over the old one?
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It does. Backing up the current recovery is a very possible future update though. I just got the other carriers supported, so that wasn't my main concern at the time. You can simply flash back over it with whatever recovery you prefer.
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It does re-write your recovery, but it appears to have worked perfectly. The install part was actually pretty seamless. But I would suggest some clarification on the play store about everything with the recovery. Well worth $2. Thanks.
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Glad to have helped! If you have any questions feel free to post them or pm me. I now have 3 threads and Google Play comments to watch, but I always try to reply as much as possible!
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Forgive my ignorance, but once you root your GS3, doesn't that automatically unlock your bootloader? If not, then how do you unlock it on a Tmous Gs3?
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Eudeferrer said:
Forgive my ignorance, but once you root your GS3, doesn't that automatically unlock your bootloader? If not, then how do you unlock it on a Tmous Gs3?
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I use a Verizon S3, so I don't know the specifics of your methods to root/unlock. The VZW S3 had a locked bootloader at first, but the dev community managed to unlock it. You'll have to ask around your device forums for an answer.
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Eudeferrer said:
Forgive my ignorance, but once you root your GS3, doesn't that automatically unlock your bootloader? If not, then how do you unlock it on a Tmous Gs3?
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You don't need to do anything other than root on tmo s3.
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You don't need to do anything other than root on tmo s3.
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Thanks for the input seshaz.
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Thanks for the input seshaz.
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Np
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I pressed install, it turned my phone off went to clockwork recovery, and soft-bricked my gs3.
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I pressed install, it turned my phone off went to clockwork recovery, and soft-bricked my gs3.
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You had to have done something wrong. Install twrp
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Marshall2017 said:
I pressed install, it turned my phone off went to clockwork recovery, and soft-bricked my gs3.
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Did you have a good connection and have busy box installed? It sounds like I'm going to have to pre-package busybox in a new release.
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Just a note on this app. Google Play now recognizes my phone as a Galaxy Nexus. May not be a huge deal, but things like TeamViewer quick support won't work because the build.prop is telling it I have a nexus.
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Just a note on this app. Google Play now recognizes my phone as a Galaxy Nexus. May not be a huge deal, but things like TeamViewer quick support won't work because the build.prop is telling it I have a nexus.
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Do restore build prop in the app
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Just a note on this app. Google Play now recognizes my phone as a Galaxy Nexus. May not be a huge deal, but things like TeamViewer quick support won't work because the build.prop is telling it I have a nexus.
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That's the point of the restore build.prop option. As long as you have your cards already setup in wallet, you can restore it and your device will be registered as an S3, and Wallet will still work.
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Hi I'm about to buy this app and use it to install wallets. I understand that it will flash a new recovery an that I can just flash my old one back. I also understand that I need to restore my build prop afterwards. My question is that once I hopefully get this working what if I wanted to flash another mod or rom? Could I still do that? I remember reading about the secure element breaking and not being able to?
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Hi I'm about to buy this app and use it to install wallets. I understand that it will flash a new recovery an that I can just flash my old one back. I also understand that I need to restore my build prop afterwards. My question is that once I hopefully get this working what if I wanted to flash another mod or rom? Could I still do that? I remember reading about the secure element breaking and not being able to?
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Yup! You can still flash other mods. I would just not recommend flashing another wallet mod on top of the wallet my app installed. Also, before flashing a ROM, reset Google Wallet.
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What does it rewrite in recovery? I am running CWM touch.
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What does it rewrite in recovery? I am running CWM touch.
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It just flashes twrp
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Why? Doesn't work in cwm?
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Hello ive asked this already. But who has a note 2 under warranty and rooted with a custom rom. I have a galaxy s2 rooted custom rom but idk why im scared on rooting this one -.-
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I have one and lost imei, but Tmobile is sending me an exchange. I agree it is scary rooting this device
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Wouldn't it be fine if you just unroot before going through warranty?
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I have one and lost imei, but Tmobile is sending me an exchange. I agree it is scary rooting this device
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You just scared me more -_- lol
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Wouldn't it be fine if you just unroot before going through warranty?
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But ive read that theres problems when doing that?
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Its not hard to root or unroot, although its normal to hesitate on potentially bricking anything as expensive as the GNII.
Just remember, you only have to unroot if you have to take the phone back. 70 bucks on an otterbox has me covered for the occasional slip. As far as flashing concerns, theres generally a way to unbrick everything but lets say the modem (which apparently already has a fix) or system is corrupt, the stock roms and triangle away app are available for flashing and reseting counters respectively.
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Its not hard to root or unroot, although its normal to hesitate on potentially bricking anything as expensive as the GNII.
Just remember, you only have to unroot if you have to take the phone back. 70 bucks on an otterbox has me covered for the occasional slip. As far as flashing concerns, theres generally a way to unbrick everything but lets say the modem (which apparently already has a fix) or system is corrupt, the stock roms and triangle away app are available for flashing and reseting counters respectively.
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Yes I am hesitate by rooting >.> since I had never paid a lot for a phone like this >.> so your rooted? And with warranty? I think I did the latest ota that gave me multi-window.?
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I am rooted, used cf auto root and gained superSU... then installed CWM (had a chat with my in law and he said to give twarp a try, so decided to go with that (2.3.3.2), then saw Jedi X9 and flashed that... currently waiting for CM10.1 to stabilize so im also looking into the perseus and bullet kernals...
So far today with jedi x and saber_7 kernal my battery went down to 10% off an amazing 8h+ screentime
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PhxDroid86 said:
I am rooted, used cf auto root and gained superSU... then installed CWM (had a chat with my in law and he said to give twarp a try, so decided to go with that (2.3.3.2), then saw Jedi X9 and flashed that... currently waiting for CM10.1 to stabilize so im also looking into the perseus and bullet kernals...
So far today with jedi x and saber_7 kernal my battery went down to 10% off an amazing 8h+ screentime
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I want to root but scared of bricking it. Ive used twrp in the past and I like it a lot. And I want to try that jedi roms from ptmr. But I just hesitate when I start thinking I might brick it -__- and lose warranty -__-.
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I've never went through for warranty for a phone I bought outright but for the last company (virgin mobile) when I went for the warranty, I just unrooted the phone and locked the bootloader and it was fine. I don't think they would go all out to check if you rooted the phone. I forgot if they could check or not, but most of the time (IMHO) they wont. Unless they really don't want you to fulfill the warranty.
Well im willing to root lol stock is slow and it lags -_- and I hear some echo. When im on the phone.
Is this rootable?
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That's rootable. I just re-rooted after the update to LL4 two days ago.
I bought my phone in November, which means it's still under warranty - I've rooted and unrooted and rerooted the phone about 3 times now just to make sure I've got the process down and nothing weird happens to it.
The way I rooted that worked for me was to root using CF auto root through ODIN. Then to unroot, I ran Triangle Away, then unrooted through SuperSU full unroot, and for good measure, I ODIN'd the T-mo stock firmware back on the phone. At the end of that process, I was factory reset back to a clean phone with 0 flash counter and status was normal.
So now I'm rocking an unlocked, rooted, stock rom phone, and I love it.
Galaxysm said:
Hello ive asked this already. But who has a note 2 under warranty and rooted with a custom rom. I have a galaxy s2 rooted custom rom but idk why im scared on rooting this one -.-
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I've sent phone back that were still rooted. Nothing came of it,honestly it will be fine. Ask you have to do is Odin Beck the stock image if you ever do need to return your phone. Hers the link http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1969551
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Okay...I wanna try #2...but I dont see any CWM or can I just download it from play store. The twrp...I like that one more since I would use it on my s2.
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Option 2 doesn't load a custom recovery (CWM or TWRP). It just roots the phone, but you'll still have stock recovery. If you want a custom recovery, you'll need option 1.Or, flash the custom recovery separately after you do Option 2.
What about option num.3?
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Option 3 only works if you're not on baseband LL4. Once you've updated to LL4, the exynos exploit was closed, so if you're still stock uprooted by LL4, then you'll need to do option 2.
If you're still on valk8, then yeah, you can use option 3.
nmw407 said:
Option 3 only works if you're not on baseband LL4. Once you've updated to LL4, the exynos exploit was closed, so if you're still stock uprooted by LL4, then you'll need to do option 2.
If you're still on valk8, then yeah, you can use option 3.
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Yeah..im screwed I updated to LL4. Lol might give a try to opt.2 since in stock you cant have xda and more apps for multi-window -_-
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Option 2 is really simple to do and only takes a few minutes.
I wont have problems? Ive been reading and ppl are having problems. Like not having a imei and things like that...
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Can I just relock with Freegee accept ota and reroot? Or, is it more involved? After all the issues I've had on both of my phones, I don't want to have to LGPNST again.
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You should be able to. As long as you don't have ANY mods at all. Apps should be fine.
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engine95 said:
You should be able to. As long as you don't have ANY mods at all. Apps should be fine.
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No mods. Does the restore and backup button on Freegee take you to the stock bootloader and original locked state? Lots of trouble with TWRP on this phone. On the evo it worked perfect every time.
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MikeDroid said:
No mods. Does the restore and backup button on Freegee take you to the stock bootloader and original locked state? Lots of trouble with TWRP on this phone. On the evo it worked perfect every time.
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Yes. It should anyway. But if TWRP has been giving you issues, I'm not so sure I'd trust doing the ota. TWRP is our best recovery for now. You might want to update manually.
engine95 said:
Yes. It should anyway. But if TWRP has been giving you issues, I'm not so sure I'd trust doing the ota. TWRP is our best recovery for now. You might want to update manually.
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Yeah. I was noticing everyone doing the manual with radios etc. I guess I can always do LGPNST again. This phone is awesome and a pain in the ass at the same time
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Sent you a PM.
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I'd love to know how this goes. I think I want to do the same thing. I'd rather just use freegee to re-lock it, then re-root after doing the JB update. However, if flashing the radios and then the stock rooted JB update is better then I'd do that. In fact I think that is the same steps as going with lifeless from ZV9 and if that is the case I may do that. Still, I'd love to know if this works while I try and figure out to go with Lifeless or Rooted Stock JB.
bruiserman said:
I'd love to know how this goes. I think I want to do the same thing. I'd rather just use freegee to re-lock it, then re-root after doing the JB update. However, if flashing the radios and then the stock rooted JB update is better then I'd do that. In fact I think that is the same steps as going with lifeless from ZV9 and if that is the case I may do that. Still, I'd love to know if this works while I try and figure out to go with Lifeless or Rooted Stock JB.
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I will let you know. So far everything about this phone and my wife's has been dicey
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bruiserman said:
I'd love to know how this goes. I think I want to do the same thing. I'd rather just use freegee to re-lock it, then re-root after doing the JB update. However, if flashing the radios and then the stock rooted JB update is better then I'd do that. In fact I think that is the same steps as going with lifeless from ZV9 and if that is the case I may do that. Still, I'd love to know if this works while I try and figure out to go with Lifeless or Rooted Stock JB.
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MikeDroid said:
I will let you know. So far everything about this phone and my wife's has been dicey
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If you follow this, it should work. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=35520144&postcount=1
The ota section. I just ran thru doing all of this, this morning. With and without Freegee. No issues.
engine95 said:
If you follow this, it should work. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=35520144&postcount=1
The ota section. I just ran thru doing all of this, this morning. With and without Freegee. No issues.
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I would think you do #2a first then accept update. Thank you for the first test run. As soon as I understand accepting update before relocking I'm going to give it a try.
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Engine disregard I see what you mean.
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OK. So....all zvb'd now?
Weird... It said zvb update, I installed it.. took about a minute and rebooted. Still on zv9 and now there are no updates available. Still rooted though. Getting tired of dealing with this phone.
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Very strange. Well, there's still a few options.
1. See if Sprint will swap it out. :/
2. Manually push the update.
3. autoprime and Shelnutt2 just put out a zvb.bin. You can get it from the irc for now. And make sure to follow the directions in the last post of my guide. It had to be modified to get it unlocked.
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Yeah this is phone has had its issues. I appreciate your help. Not sure why it's saying update not available now. I'll wait and decide how to move forward.
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Here's what's happening... I was able to force the OTA by going to apps settings and choosing Google services from All clearing data then force close reboot setting updates lg software update. Accepted, process begins then red triangle and upon reboot, still on zv9. Just in case this helps us understand what's happening. Not eager to do anything with TWRP.
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