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Is there a simple root only that doesnt change ANYTHING else?

Is there a simple Root for the AT&T S3 that ONLY roots the phone, changes not a damn thing, will not lose apps installed already, not lose ANY function at all, and I mean nothing what so ever? Too many things I see says, Root works fine, but you might lose this or that even if its an obscure function...I want to leave at least for now my phone fully stock but rooted with a 99.9% chance of nothing going wrong or changed , like a 1 click.... Heh am I asking for too much?

What you are looking for is out there, however its not exactly 1 click. Also, there is always a risk when rooting your phone so keep that in mind. I would suggest reading as much as you can before jumping into anything. There are a lot of very helpful threads here, you just have to invest the time. Trust me, its better to feel confident when working on our phones, rather than brick a $600 phone! Good luck to you!
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I would take a look at this if I were you,
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1746665
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Look for flash/non-trip

bravomail said:
Look for flash/non-trip
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You can easily root without deleting anything. mrRobinson put together a nice guide that will grant root access without tripping your flash counter. However, even if you do trip the counter, there is now a way to reset it.
here is the thread...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1739426

Ok thx, I was half joking with the 1 click, but would be nice , heh...
For a short bit I had a loaner Captivate so I put 2-3 different ROMs on there (Serenity was my fav) and messed with it a bit, but I had little fear as if I killed it , it was not a big deal, but this is the only Android experience I have, was rocking a iphone 3gs before the S3...
So do you think the mrrobinson method is the best/easiest or get the toolkit and use that for what Im trying to do right now? Im happy with how it is and Im sure I will mess with ROMs once the newness wears off, but for now just want to root to put Titanium on there and maybe get Google Wallet working as well.

wiz4769 said:
Ok thx, I was half joking with the 1 click, but would be nice , heh...
For a short bit I had a loaner Captivate so I put 2-3 different ROMs on there (Serenity was my fav) and messed with it a bit, but I had little fear as if I killed it , it was not a big deal, but this is the only Android experience I have, was rocking a iphone 3gs before the S3...
So do you think the mrrobinson method is the best/easiest or get the toolkit and use that for what Im trying to do right now? Im happy with how it is and Im sure I will mess with ROMs once the newness wears off, but for now just want to root to put Titanium on there and maybe get Google Wallet working as well.
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yes i think it'd be the easiest for you and won't touch anything you've setup. Just flash the file in ODIN and you're set.

wiz4769 said:
So do you think the mrrobinson method is the best/easiest....... but for now just want to root to put Titanium on there and maybe get Google Wallet working as well.
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I too, don't want custom ROM yet.Yeah, this how I got mine rooted, every thing STOCK. Then got Tibu and G_wallet. :good:
Thanks to mrRobinson who made this possible :highfive:

pakxelaos said:
I too, don't want custom ROM yet.Yeah, this how I got mine rooted, every thing STOCK. Then got Tibu and G_wallet. :good:
Thanks to mrRobinson who made this possible :highfive:
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I did this once I got home yesterday, worked like a charm with no issues, got titanium installed and working, now to mess with GW...Thx for the replies guys

Odin- / heimdall-free root
I just wanted to share that Noxious Ninja's Verizon Odin-Less method worked perfectly well on my AT&T phone. I have a Mac and Heimdall doesn't yet work on the SGS3, and I was having trouble getting my hands on a PC. This method required no flashing of any kind (although the first thing I did after getting root was flash CWM recovery and CyanogenMod.) Just needed to input the various shell commands by hand because obviously the .bat file didn't run on OS X.
Here is the thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1792342

[Q] Root imediately or wait?

Can anyone give me their opinions rooting right away vs waiting? I'm coming from a 2 generation ago HTC with root and unlocked bootloader, s-off. I'd hate to delay rooting but I'm wondering how things have gone lately in the Samsung world.
-If I wait, will there likely be another method of rooting that would somehow be better than Chainfire's current method? (Won't trip knox or void warranty or something along those lines)?
-Would I be better off taking any OTA's that are available upon getting the phone before rooting or could those OTA's prevent root if I take them?
Any other reason why someone might delay rooting?

I personally probably will root it if a method is available (haven't verified yet.)
Primary reason being is to make transferring from my previous phone a lot less painless with titanium backup.
Or maybe I won't, because it won't be long before I'd want to flash a custom debloated rom.
Decisions decisions...

the only reason to wait is you want to maintain your warranty. If you pretty good with figuring out issues, it may not be an issue.
Me, 99% I'm not waiting. If I have time, it''ll be one of the first things I do. If not, I'll do it following day.

I enjoy Samsung devices but they usually leave me no choice but to root to remove some of the bloat that I don't really want. So for me it will happen once a cf auto root occurs!

There is no root for sprint yet. Big freaking bummer.

I wouldn't worry about that at all. Chainfire has already released CF Root for like seven different models of the Note 4 - Exynos and Snapdragon models. I would give it a day or a few after official release of our Note 4 until we have root.
And anyways back to the OP - I will be rooting as soon as I get my phone and charge it to full haha. I'm going to need to erase like a million apk's from /system to get rid of plenty of the carrier and Samsung bloat.
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Bah to root, im going to be busy working on recovery, to me thats far more important

as much as im gonna hate moving to a new device not having root i think i am going to hold off on root till a method that does not trip knox is introduced. Or a way to use the samsung dongle with knox tripped is introduced. I don't care about warranty but the limit to use accessories is a game stopper for me. I mean with knox flag stop the VR glasses from working. to many unknowns right now.

shabbypenguin said:
Bah to root, im going to be busy working on recovery, to me thats far more important
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Does that mean we can expect some custom ROMs from you?
Not too shabby

filebug said:
... a way to use the samsung dongle with knox tripped is introduced. ... but the limit to use accessories is a ... with knox flag stop the VR glasses from working ...
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It that really true. If the knox is trigger using accessories such as the VR or Galaxy Gear watches won't work? What the heck? I thought knox was introduced by corporate people to have a more secure phone. Although the rooted use is a small portion of people, just seen short sighted to me.

I just rooted everything works good so far, used t-mobile's root with no issues.

shanda5303 said:
I just rooted everything works good so far, used t-mobile's root with no issues.
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anyone else?

lovekeiiy said:
It that really true. If the knox is trigger using accessories such as the VR or Galaxy Gear watches won't work? What the heck? I thought knox was introduced by corporate people to have a more secure phone. Although the rooted use is a small portion of people, just seen short sighted to me.
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It is for corporate security, not sure where he got all that "additional" info from.

Systom said:
anyone else?
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I second this. I used T Mobile's root From Chainfire with no problems. All root apps work great. Everything works as it should.

Systom said:
anyone else?
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Confirmed. The root located below seems to work on our Sprint phones.
http://download.chainfire.eu/571/CF-Root/CF-Auto-Root-trltetmo-trltetmo-smn910t.zip
I'm hoping I can download the full ROM before I start whacking up my system.

So I imagine this root method will trip knox right?

kosmo42o said:
So I imagine this root method will trip knox right?
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Yes

you dont say ???
shanda5303 said:
I just rooted everything works good so far, used t-mobile's root with no issues.
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And which model is your note ??

Successfully rooted on the sprint note 4 using the tmobile auto root!

shanda5303 said:
I just rooted everything works good so far, used t-mobile's root with no issues.
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Yep, works fine. TB is restoring my apps as I type this. Just choose "Normal" for SuperSU to update the binary. Don't forget to install the FixSD app to allow the correct writing permissions that they talk about in the T-Mobile forum.

[Q] chain fire auto root

Okay i know the answer is somewhere out there already but i looked and could not find.. has anyone tried chainfires auto root for verizon note 4.. there is a link to the verizon model and i have not seen any report on this. Please answer my stupid question lol. I know it has been talked about but simply cannot find anything on this..

IIRC it requires an unlocked bootloader. Thus, no dice.
They're is as yet no root, it'll show up in this forum when it happens. No reason to ask about xyz root method, none work.

WyoSi said:
IIRC it requires an unlocked bootloader. Thus, no dice.
They're is as yet no root, it'll show up in this forum when it happens. No reason to ask about xyz root method, none work.
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Yeah thats what i figured.. i know the boot is on lockdown but i didnt know why they would have a root method if it was still locked down... okay thank you.. i pray to the phone gods for a solution.. i used to have the g2 and that boot was locked down and i think it still is.. they had some loky patch file that walked around the boot.. is this not an option for the note.. i dont know much about this level of information lol. Im just a simple geek that has crack flashed phones into bricks and then saved them from pure persistence!

Wait had anyone actually tried it. LOL 15K bounty but it's been out there for weeks hahahaha.
That's because the is a DEV ed. Of the phone that has an unlocked bootloader that's why it's available if that wasn't the case I am pretty sure chain would have claimed the thousands of dollars just waiting there for him and if he didn't want it he would donate it.
Search before you post, think before you speak.

Note4 AT&T CF-Auto-Root
Wrong post

No dice with towelroot huh? Worked great on verizon S5

zounduser said:
No dice with towelroot huh? Worked great on verizon S5
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That exploit was closed up prenote 4 release.
Sent from my bandaid smelling s-pen

WyoSi said:
IIRC it requires an unlocked bootloader. Thus, no dice.
They're is as yet no root, it'll show up in this forum when it happens. No reason to ask about xyz root method, none work.
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this. it has been discussed over and over no root for retail and probably wont ever see it

This Is Just Bananas.. Like A Monkey Doing A football. Like a one man funeral. Like .... well you get the point.. I need root! Wish I would have investigated this a bit before I purchased it. My friend has the 3 and tons of roms for it so I didn't know. Ignorance is death

joewaz said:
This Is Just Bananas.. Like A Monkey Doing A football. Like a one man funeral. Like .... well you get the point.. I need root! Wish I would have investigated this a bit before I purchased it. My friend has the 3 and tons of roms for it so I didn't know. Ignorance is death
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Sell it and buy developer edition

Think I could get close to the new value?

what you mean? check swappa and see

Apps Able to Use ExtSD with KK4.4.4 Root

Brand new to the Note 4 - yesterday - and admittedly sick and brain dead atm. If I root will my apps and my extSD play nice or will I have the same issue? I'm used to root and it's driving a bit nuts not being able to use the SD properly. I want to wait a bit to root, but...
Thanks!

toenail_flicker said:
Brand new to the Note 4 - yesterday - and admittedly sick and brain dead atm. If I root will my apps and my extSD play nice or will I have the same issue? I'm used to root and it's driving a bit nuts not being able to use the SD properly. I want to wait a bit to root, but...
Thanks!
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The Note 4 has been discontinued. Not sure what youre holding back on root for. Theres nothing to lose and everything to gain.
Trial and error. Root and see.

xxSTARBUCKSxx said:
The Note 4 has been discontinued. Not sure what youre holding back on root for. Theres nothing to lose and everything to gain.
Trial and error. Root and see.
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:laugh: Yeah, I get that. Problem comes in because I just bought it yesterday. If I need to return it for some reason... you know the rest. Just want to know if root fixes it or not. If not, no worries and I'll stay unrooted for a while longer. If it does, then yay and I'll move up my root date. As it is I feel like it's hobbled.
Thanks!

toenail_flicker said:
:laugh: Yeah, I get that. Problem comes in because I just bought it yesterday. If I need to return it for some reason... you know the rest. Just want to know if root fixes it or not. If not, no worries and I'll stay unrooted for a while longer. If it does, then yay and I'll move up my root date. As it is I feel like it's hobbled.
Thanks!
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I get your reason for not rooting for now. lol Thought it was merely just not want to root thing.
Stick to your guns, hopefully someone who uses apps heavily can contribute to this Q.

xxSTARBUCKSxx said:
I get your reason for not rooting for now. lol Thought it was merely just not want to root thing.
Stick to your guns, hopefully someone who uses apps heavily can contribute to this Q.
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That's what I'm hoping. Once I'm sure I'm keeping it, and make sure I can keep it on KK with root until the LP bugs are worked out, then I'll do the dirty deed. Was hoping not to have to, but the garbage like the extSd thing and apps that can't be frozen are driving me nuts.
Thanks again, mate! :good:
Sorry, you are limited to 8 thanks per day
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I'll get you another time.

To root or not to root

I'm an old school always root crack flasher from years ago. The new security and customization options have made this less possible and less necessary, of course. I was happy to see someone had rooted the s4. I picked up the sm-t837v and I've been happy without root, but I'm beginning to wonder. Can someone spell out why root for this tab is a benefit and what it may cost me to do so?
Pie is expected to hit next month, so I can either root or update and be happy (assuming they won't be able to root pie)
Thanks

armus said:
I'm an old school always root crack flasher from years ago. The new security and customization options have made this less possible and less necessary, of course. I was happy to see someone had rooted the s4. I picked up the sm-t837v and I've been happy without root, but I'm beginning to wonder. Can someone spell out why root for this tab is a benefit and what it may cost me to do so?
Pie is expected to hit next month, so I can either root or update and be happy (assuming they won't be able to root pie)
Thanks
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I have the same model sm-t837v and as far as I know u can't root it. And as for rooting benefits i cant say other than my go to move getting rid of bloatware

Tybirdy9 said:
I have the same model sm-t837v and as far as I know u can't root it. And as for rooting benefits i cant say other than my go to move getting rid of bloatware
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Hmm I thought I'd read instructions for it on this board but if I'm mistaken, oh well. If blost is the issue I'll live. I've disabled what I could. Biggest thing I like is customization and Good Lock have is back a lot of it.

armus said:
I'm an old school always root crack flasher from years ago. The new security and customization options have made this less possible and less necessary, of course. I was happy to see someone had rooted the s4. I picked up the sm-t837v and I've been happy without root, but I'm beginning to wonder. Can someone spell out why root for this tab is a benefit and what it may cost me to do so?
Pie is expected to hit next month, so I can either root or update and be happy (assuming they won't be able to root pie)
Thanks
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I kind of regret rooting my Tab S4! Android has become so awesome, root is not really needed, unless you plan to run custom Roms or kernels.
I kind of rushed into rooting my Tab S4! Not really looking into what I usually root for! See the reason I would root for was YouTube background play back! But now we got YouTube Vanced for that! And if you want to block ads system wide Adhell 3 is awesome for that i found all this out after i rooted yeah i know lol
Plus now Samsung give us Good lock so there is some customization available themeing icons etc. see it all depends on your needs but I strongly advise you not to root! as secure folder dont work and it messes up Knox 0x1 so you cant really run Adhell 3! But i am guessing there as Adhell 3 does run on the Knox framework, but i have tripped Knox!

I've always rooted for a couple of specific things, but it's getting harder to get a decent device that you can root without breaking key things.
Things I need root for: Ad blocker, Titanium Backup, access to the Google Authenticator private keys so I can restore my 23 different 2FA configs without having to reset them all. And on my toy tablet, a memory editor.
On my phone I use tasker and some of the features I use are only available with root. I'm going to cry when I can't root my next device but I'm fully expecting rooting of a decent device to become a thing of the past. Samsung at one time was supportive of rooting, but not anymore. My S8 is rooted, and I gladly gave up 20% of the battery charge to do it, but I have a few other major glitches as a result.

N1NJATH3ORY said:
I kind of regret rooting my Tab S4! Android has become so awesome, root is not really needed, unless you plan to run custom Roms or kernels.
I kind of rushed into rooting my Tab S4! Not really looking into what I usually root for! See the reason I would root for was YouTube background play back! But now we got YouTube Vanced for that! And if you want to block ads system wide Adhell 3 is awesome for that i found all this out after i rooted yeah i know lol
Plus now Samsung give us Good lock so there is some customization available themeing icons etc. see it all depends on your needs but I strongly advise you not to root! as secure folder dont work and it messes up Knox 0x1 so you cant really run Adhell 3! But i am guessing there as Adhell 3 does run on the Knox framework, but i have tripped Knox!
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I appreciate this post. I have always rooted all devices and was ready to root my Tab S4 also until I read this and looked into Adhell 3. Did some research and was able to build my own apk and get Adhell running on my Tab S4. I have the rooted version of Vanced on my phone, havent tried the non root version on my Tab S4 yet though, that will be my next step. I still may end up rooting in the future but figured I'd check out some of these non root options before tripping knox with twrp.

armus said:
I'm an old school always root crack flasher from years ago. The new security and customization options have made this less possible and less necessary, of course. I was happy to see someone had rooted the s4. I picked up the sm-t837v and I've been happy without root, but I'm beginning to wonder. Can someone spell out why root for this tab is a benefit and what it may cost me to do so?
Pie is expected to hit next month, so I can either root or update and be happy (assuming they won't be able to root pie)
Thanks
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Your device cannot be rooted any way so its moot for you.

N1NJATH3ORY said:
I kind of regret rooting my Tab S4! Android has become so awesome, root is not really needed, unless you plan to run custom Roms or kernels.
... but i have tripped Knox!
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Am with you on this...and thus busy unrooting to go all Stock both on this device and my other device, Note 9...but I have tripped Knox too!