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To root or not to root

That is the question
I wasnt going to root my phone but while playing with phone and seeing Ads come up and cant install adfree worth rooting for this alone .Ok back to the pc hope I find a good roooting method
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I have decided to hold back on root at the moment due to the flash counter and OTA break issue.
Its killing me though to have to live with such high lcd density atm
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i'm holding off as well...
waiting to see what sort of custom roms appear in the coming weeks before i decide what to do with it...
aside from Titanium Backup, i don't really use a lot of root packages... changing the DPI would be nice, but i can live with it for the moment until the devs get coding
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I'm holding off for now too, I really like having this phone stock at the moment but if Google wallet comes out for root then I will.

One idea if you afraid from raising flash counter.
Flash pre rooted rom
Use mobile odin to flash stock rom.
This won't raise flash counter.
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dr.ketan said:
One idea if you afraid from raising flash counter.
Flash pre rooted rom
Use mobile odin to flash stock rom.
This won't raise flash counter.
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What happens when the flash counter rises?
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Warranty will be voids.
Though soon triangle away application will get support for note2, then it can be reset.
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Just looked your sign
PS : any special reason for asking? As you have already used sgs3,note and difficult to believe you don't know it.
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dr.ketan said:
Warranty will be voids.
Though soon triangle away application will get support for note2, then it can be reset.
Edit
Just looked your sign
PS : any special reason for asking? As you have already used sgs3,note and difficult to believe you don't know it.
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I really do not. I buy unlocked phone and import it in the US where the warranty isnt valid anyway.....
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Ok.
Then you have never need to worry about that. I can say you are lucky, flash anything with pc odin.
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dr.ketan said:
Warranty will be voids.
Though soon triangle away application will get support for note2, then it can be reset.
Edit
Just looked your sign
PS : any special reason for asking? As you have already used sgs3,note and difficult to believe you don't know it.
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Any ideas if the break OTA problems can be fixed that comes with rooting?
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I don't think it can be fixed as recovery is custom.
But let's hope it can get fixed.
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dr.ketan said:
Ok.
Then you have never need to worry about that. I can say you are lucky, flash anything with pc odin.
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Awesome thanks for the info!
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DMax99 said:
Any ideas if the break OTA problems can be fixed that comes with rooting?
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You need to choose what you want:
1. Have root and forget about OTA`s and Kies and use CWM and PC/Mobile Odin or
2. Stay on stock firmware and forget about root all together.
You can`t have it both ways mate
You will never be able to install OTA`s if you are rooted as you have a custom recovery.

ok still some what a new bee im looking to get note 2 unlock and run it on att..i have a gs3 on att..
i like rooting to get rid of my crap ware on att..but unlock is nice pure TW and i like it..so if i root and theres a update do i just flash the new update ? coming from a rooted stock TW?
thanks

ROOT!
Then u can clean bloatware, like gmaps, g+, ChatOn etc.

Hi Ketan, i have a question for you, i want to install the rooted rom but before doing that i would want to take the nandroid backup of the stock rom. Can you please give me step by step guide as to how i should go ahead wih it . Thanks and await your reply.

Without root you can't do nandroid backup.

Is there still away to root or install custo m rom without raising counter and without doing full wipe as I have good set up now thx Dr
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stesteste said:
Is there still away to root or install custo m rom without raising counter and without doing full wipe as I have good set up now thx Dr
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Here you can download a pre-rooted stock rom`s without raising the binary counter http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1915386. Read the OP well as there are different rom`s to download.

Will it do full wipe or not thx
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[odin][rom] [stock] n900tuvubmi7 | 4.3

[ODIN] [ROM] [STOCK] N900TUVUBMI7 | 4.3
ODIN only fully stock the way it is out of the box.
Just in case something gets fudge up while your rooting
http://www.filefactory.com/file/5u0ud54hxu3l/N900TUVUBMI7_N900TTMBBMI7_TMB.zip

Thanks for this. ..
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Is this the exact same version as this one which was posted earlier?http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2465764
Just curious if there is something different between these two???

mocsab said:
Is this the exact same version as this one which was posted earlier?http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2465764
Just curious if there is something different between these two???
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It wasn't there when I post mine. I believe it was move from the General or Q & A. Anyways back to your question, they are both the same.
Mods if you want to delete this one please do.

Just wanted to be sure. Thanks
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Will this revert everything back to stock? I mean will root be lost, and Knox reset? I've been reading some posts that just rooting the phone makes you lose the ability to get OTA updates. I actually can confirm as all I did was root, and now checking for updates says my device has been modified, and I can't get them.

bobbyphoenix said:
Will this revert everything back to stock? I mean will root be lost, and Knox reset? I've been reading some posts that just rooting the phone makes you lose the ability to get OTA updates. I actually can confirm as all I did was root, and now checking for updates says my device has been modified, and I can't get them.
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It will bring you back to and unrooted, but knox will stay.

zoth said:
It will bring you back to and unrooted, but knox will stay.
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Hmm. I know this is so far in the future I'm sure, but I wonder if just having Knox changed will prevent OTAs. Just curious really, so no need to rush to a fix for Knox. LOL

bobbyphoenix said:
Hmm. I know this is so far in the future I'm sure, but I wonder if just having Knox changed will prevent OTAs. Just curious really, so no need to rush to a fix for Knox. LOL
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Who needs OTA's. This is XDA
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Tiffany84 said:
Who needs OTA's. This is XDA
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Latch on to a good developer and buy him a beverage every now and then and Official OTAs will lag behind what is released here in these forums.

Will this fix the bootloop?
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iwasblown said:
Will this fix the bootloop?
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It should boot loop from what? .... factory reset before the Odin flash. That will help your chances.
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just downloaded and restoring as I type this.
bad rooting. this should fix it
---------- Post added at 11:45 AM ---------- Previous post was at 11:45 AM ----------
just downloaded and restoring as I type this.
bad rooting. this should fix it :good::good::highfive:

Any other link to download this file
deeznutz1977 said:
It should boot loop from what? .... factory reset before the Odin flash. That will help your chances.
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Hey thanks for the file saved my ass after a botched recovery install. I hope someone can post this file up on another website because last night i tried to download using the slow (NONE PAY) method at http://www.filefactory.com/file/5u0ud54hxu3l/N900TUVUBMI7_N900TTMBBMI7_TMB.zip
and waited four hrs (at 3am) for the download to fail with a server error after 4.5 hrs. So i felt better to pay the website for their unlimited speed downloads. Well that was a crock of S*** because i still had to wait for over an hour to complete the download. I hope someone will post this somewhere where it can be easier to get so you don't suffer my grief.
I do want to thank deeznutz1977 for the file because without it I would still be stuck in a bootlopp at startup after installing twrp recovery that apparently has some real issues. Thanks for saving my bacon deeznutz1977.

when you apply via odin is this PDA or PHONE?

Put the tar in PDA alohas Rob
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How do I root a new Note 2 already on MK4?

Hello,
I have a new Sprint Note 2, that has never been rooted before on MK4. What is the best way to get this rooted?
Thanks

How to root Sprint 4.3
ZuneNinja! said:
Hello,
I have a new Sprint Note 2, that has never been rooted before on MK4. What is the best way to get this rooted?
Thanks
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Some people use a Windows based app called kingoroot or king root...but there's an article on xda explaining the concerns with using it (I'll let you Google that if you're curious). So I went ahead and googled "how to root Sprint 4.3" and came up with this article:
http://honai-android.blogspot.com/2013/11/how-to-root-galaxy-note-2-sprint-sph.html?m=1
Had no issues...and was rooted in a matter of minutes.
Just to cover my ass, this is not mine, I did not create this root method, credit goes to chainfire, and I'm not responsible for anything that happens to your phone.
GL

mad1111 said:
Some people use a Windows based app called kingoroot or king root...but there's an article on xda explaining the concerns with using it (I'll let you Google that if you're curious). So I went ahead and googled "how to root Sprint 4.3" and came up with this article:
http://honai-android.blogspot.com/2013/11/how-to-root-galaxy-note-2-sprint-sph.html?m=1
Had no issues...and was rooted in a matter of minutes.
Just to cover my ass, this is not mine, I did not create this root method, credit goes to chainfire, and I'm not responsible for anything that happens to your phone.
GL
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Hey thanks

Ya but doing it that way won't it trip knox warranty. I'm looking for a way to root my galaxy note 2 with the update.
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RTHFURDOG said:
Ya but doing it that way won't it trip knox warranty. I'm looking for a way to root my galaxy note 2 with the update.
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Can't we reset knox trip with triangle away?

No unfortunately we can't
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RTHFURDOG said:
Ya but doing it that way won't it trip knox warranty. I'm looking for a way to root my galaxy note 2 with the update.
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Any root method will trip Knox (if it's installed) That's why you have to root, and remove the Knox files then flash the MK4 ROM so you're still on the MC2 bootloader (no KNOX), but will have the MK4 update.
Better instructions can be found in the Development section...just search for Lorjay's thread. He has it all written out...

The way I did it I downloaded the cm installer I install cm and then I reinstall a custom rom cynergyrom
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[root] samsung galaxy s3/s4 (qualcomm)

I have heavily modified the MotoChopper exploit by XDA member drjbliss to handle the new changes to file permissions in JellyBean 4.3+. Because this tool is based on MotoChopper it will likely support the same device list that MotoChopper supports however i have only tested it on the T-mobile T999 & T999L and the i337 .​
If you would like to test it on other devices it should be fairly safe to try as it should either work or fail, of course testing anything like this is always at your own risk and i am not liable for any damage to your device, self esteem and so on. If you do test it on your device, please report your results here so that I can try to fine tune it if need be.​
For this current version you will have to have TWRP installed on your device.
if it works for you don't forget to hit the thanks button! enjoy.
all instructions on how to use are inside the tool. this is for windows users only.
https://www.cubby.com/pl/AOSP-RT.zip/_8993b27f32b9447996c3611b3af19cd8

Does this set off the KNOX flasher for the m919 on 4 3
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roote223 said:
Does this set off the KNOX flasher for the m919 on 4 3
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I do not know but I will ask my friend who used it on his to test, I believe he was using a custom ROM but I will ask and get back to you as soon as I hear from him.
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MotoDefier said:
I do not know but I will ask my friend who used it on his to test, I believe he was using a custom ROM but I will ask and get back to you as soon as I hear from him.
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Aight thanks.
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roote223 said:
Aight thanks.
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So sorry I need to edit the main post, I have been working on so many different projects, we did not test it on the M919 it was actually tested on the i337. If you are talking about the flash counter though this will not trip the flash counter, however flashing twrp will trip the binary status, and possibly the Knox counter, I need someone to test it, but I can't tell you how to correct it if it does trip it.
i guess what i should say is that while i have not had a confirmed success of fail on the m919 i have provided the tool to a few who have not been kind enough to report its status
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MotoDefier said:
So sorry I need to edit the main post, I have been working on so many different projects, we did not test it on the M919 it was actually tested on the i337. If you are talking about the flash counter though this will not trip the flash counter, however flashing twrp will trip the binary status, and possibly the Knox counter, I need someone to test it, but I can't tell you how to correct it if it does trip it.
i guess what i should say is that while i have not had a confirmed success of fail on the m919 i have provided the tool to a few who have not been kind enough to report its status
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No worries. I'm just worried about the KNOX counter.
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roote223 said:
No worries. I'm just worried about the KNOX counter.
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So now Sammy has a flash counter a Knox counter and a binary status? Next thing you know their entire kernel is going to be some kind of counter.
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The funny thing is when they switch to that tizen bs they are probably going to require the phones to root in order to switch like Ubuntu for the phones.
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roote223 said:
No worries. I'm just worried about the KNOX counter.
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I will put it this way, since I did not take into account Knox being an issue , I will say that yes it will probably trip the Knox counter, but we won't know for sure until someone is willing to try it.
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Please help me out
how would i go about rooting my new at&t galaxy s4
its i337
android 4.3
baseband: mk2
would this method erase all my data on my phone?
Will this really work because i been searching with no luck lately
need step by step instructions please

juniorAG said:
Please help me out
how would i go about rooting my new at&t galaxy s4
its i337
android 4.3
baseband: mk2
would this method erase all my data on my phone?
Will this really work because i been searching with no luck lately
need step by step instructions please
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No it will not erase the data on your phone.
The step by step instructions are inside the tool, if you need instructions on how to flash TWRP to your device via Odin you can find them in the forums. I would include them but it is really outside of the scope of the tool, while the tool requires TWRP to work TWRP is not related in any way to the tool, the tool is simply TWRP dependent.
It has worked on the i337 already, whether or not it works on mk2 has yet to be determined, however the tool is designed in such a way it will either work or fail, if it fails it will not harm your device.
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For People Who Bricked Their Phones Trying to Downgrade from 4.3

if you tried to downgrade your phone back to an earlier version and soft bricked it after having upgraded your phone to the new OTA, Use the odin tar from here http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/3/?download=22379
flash that with odin 3.09 and you should be good. i messed up a customers phone because i didnt know about this stupid knox bootloader crap but luckily after tons of searching and bad tars, i remembered sammobile's site and used their tar image and boom its alive!

does your bootload still have knox or has it tripped it with this tar?

Still had Knox unfortunately but at least i got the phone back alive lol it wasn't my phone and i didn't need another brick on my hands
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for sure. I wish this knox thing wasnt an issue. I wonder how knox affects best buys protection plan.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2500823
Seems like they found a way to remove knox or I could be wrong.
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Any suggestions if Odin gets stuck at Initialization? I've tried reinstalling drivers, different cables & different USB ports.

Idk what to tell you :-\ try a different computer maybe?
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Bloodykiller86 said:
if you tried to downgrade your phone back to an earlier version and soft bricked it after having upgraded your phone to the new OTA, Use the odin tar from here http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/3/?download=22379
flash that with odin 3.09 and you should be good. i messed up a customers phone because i didnt know about this stupid knox bootloader crap but luckily after tons of searching and bad tars, i remembered sammobile's site and used their tar image and boom its alive!
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the link is dead for the rom? any place we can download it. terafile link says its deleted
thanks
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peterson65 said:
the link is dead for the rom? any place we can download it. terafile link says its deleted
thanks
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Idk :-\ i have it on my work computer so I'll try and upload it
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Bloodykiller86 said:
Idk :-\ i have it on my work computer so I'll try and upload it
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Did you ever get a chance to upload load it and post a download link?

Frostacious said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2500823
Seems like they found a way to remove knox or I could be wrong.
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Yes, looks as if they found a way to remove Knox but, that link is for the International Note II. So, hopefully someone will make a fix for the US versions and phones.

Razorwindmo46 said:
Yes, looks as if they found a way to remove Knox but, that link is for the International Note II. So, hopefully someone will make a fix for the US versions and phones.
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Aw man, same goes here. My Phone now is in soft-bricked state. :crying:
The speaker not working, the baseband is unknown.. After some attempt to inject my local operator here (I'm not in US).
Hope you guys will soon find the way to do the tricks for this knox crap..

Imma do it today at night when i get home. Sorry completely slipped my mind guys
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