So I just rooted my M8 and one of the main reasons I rooted was for Freedom, which is the free In-App purchase app (I'm sure you knew that). Anyways, I can't get it to work and I really think it's a HTC One (M8) issue, because in YouTube comments and everything, I've seen a lot of people say they have a problem with using it on this phone. I've tried several Google Play Store unlockers, I've done the little trick where you change the time zone to Moscow and no matter what I try, It won't work Now, I either one of two scenarios each time. It either crashes my phone and forces a reboot, or it'll lose connection to the Google Play store. I don't know if this has anything to do with it, but the root didn't come with Busybox (I can't get that to install, flashed or apk, either) and I don't have S-OFF. But if anyone has any idea whats going on, or has a M8 that has Freedom working on it, I'd love anyone's help and input. Thanks!!
On the website it specifically says you need root and S-off for HTC devices.
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jonathan413 said:
On the website it specifically says you need root and S-off for HTC devices.
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Well... That's what I get for not paying attention. But I tried obtaining S-OFF with Firewater, and it didn't work.. I kept getting the "welp" text after the first bottle or whatever
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Well... That's what I get for not paying attention. But I tried obtaining S-OFF with Firewater, and it didn't work.. I kept getting the "welp" text after the first bottle or whatever
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Yeah it sucks. Looks like firewater is outdated. The only way to achieve s-off is by downloading an application called SUNSHINE. It unlocks your boot loader and gives you s-off. But the catch is that it costs $25. Its the only method at the moment unfortunately.
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Yeah it sucks. Looks like firewater is outdated. The only way to achieve s-off is by downloading an application called SUNSHINE. It unlocks your boot loader and gives you s-off. But the catch is that it costs $25. Its the only method at the moment unfortunately.
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What the hell. I remember rooting my HTC Inspire, and the root came with everything. Even busybox. Now they're making you pay $25 for S-OFF?? Gaw. Well... maybe something else will come up. I'm sure it's worth the money somehow, but I'm not gunna drop $25 dollars for it.
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What the hell. I remember rooting my HTC Inspire, and the root came with everything. Even busybox. Now they're making you pay $25 for S-OFF?? Gaw. Well... maybe something else will come up. I'm sure it's worth the money somehow, but I'm not gunna drop $25 dollars for it.
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Yeah I know what you mean. I've never seen that before but I mean from what I hear it's worth the money but still to me it's a high price tag. Something like $10 is more reasonable to me but that's just my opinion. I've been dying for s-off but can't justify $25 lol
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Yeah I know what you mean. I've never seen that before but I mean from what I hear it's worth the money but still to me it's a high price tag. Something like $10 is more reasonable to me but that's just my opinion. I've been dying for s-off but can't justify $25 lol
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Maybe Firewater devs will step up and update or something, because I'm sure a lot of people are thinking the same thing you just said. $25 is a little much
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Maybe Firewater devs will step up and update or something, because I'm sure a lot of people are thinking the same thing you just said. $25 is a little much
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Maybe who knows. I know there are still a bunch of people paying for it so it might be awhile.
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Maybe who knows. I know there are still a bunch of people paying for it so it might be awhile.
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I have another question if you could answer this.. All of these people are flashing Roms and then obtaining S-OFF, I just unlocked boot loader and rooted stock ROM. And I really, really don't want to flash another ROM because I've literally spent all day redownloading apps and setting everything back up to how it was. Do I have to flash a new ROM for S-OFF? Or can I just do it how it is now? Like I said, it's a rooted stock ROM. CWM installed, too.
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Basically, made an idiot move by unlocking early and then exchanging my phone for reasons too complicated and boring to explain. Now, no more unlock. I guess my unlock.bin file from first phone is useless?
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Basically, made an idiot move by unlocking early and then exchanging my phone for reasons too complicated and boring to explain. Now, no more unlock. I guess my unlock.bin file from first phone is useless?
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Yes, basically. You are now, unfortunately, locked until someone finds us a way to unlock. Or you could pay to have your phone s-off, via Sonic's thread. He purchased a javacard and is charging a fee, which I find to be very decently priced, to s-off peoples phone. You will have to send your phone to him, though, so unless you have a backup phone, you'll be without a phone for a few days.
Wow. Hope you had a good reason to lose an unlocked device.
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let me guess, OCD and that little gap up top was too much, or that one little scratch in the trim, or 1 dead pixel...
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I had to make an exchange due to bad radios and lost my unlock also. A functional phone comes before unlock.
If your unlock token worked on your new phone it would work for all phones.
sorry you lost unlock.
And... Nrfitchett nails it. OCD resulting from crack flashing over years. Then Karma catches up.
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Wait.... I'll just call 1800 Verizon, explain I want my unlocked phone back and they will probably just go get it out of the warehouse for me. Should have thought of that sooner.
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Wait.... I'll just call 1800 Verizon, explain I want my unlocked phone back and they will probably just go get it out of the warehouse for me. Should have thought of that sooner.
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doesn't that kind of make it look like fraud? idk since you never said why you exchanged it.
what did you say was originally wrong with your first phone
and I HIGHLY doubt this will happen
unless I'm missing the sarcasm.
It was sarcasm.
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Something tells me he was joking lol
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Buy the S-Off for $30 and call it a day. Drive your car around a little less this month, or eat out a little less and it'll be like nothing ever happened.
Hey guys I just came from HTC one sprint to Verizon because the service sucks . My question is is there a way you can root this phone or no
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scotthall1515 said:
Hey guys I just came from HTC one sprint to Verizon because the service sucks . My question is is there a way you can root this phone or no
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Not without unlock currently. Which, if you were unlocked i would assume you'd have already rooted. Sad to say there isn't anything for those that didn't get the unlock while it was available on day 1.
Not at the moment unfortunately.
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Hey guys I just came from HTC one sprint to Verizon because the service sucks . My question is is there a way you can root this phone or no
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as of right now, no. but you can send it to sonic to have it s-off for 20 to 30 bucks. root for this phone will come soon i have faith in the community
What will s-off do if it's not unlocked I just miss my viper 4 android mod and my inverted roms,just my luck reminds me of my nook tablet days man this sucks
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What will s-off do if it's not unlocked I just miss my viper 4 android mod and my inverted roms,just my luck reminds me of my nook tablet days man this sucks
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maybe you can trade it for a note 2. Note 2 has plenty of modding going on.
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What will s-off do if it's not unlocked I just miss my viper 4 android mod and my inverted roms,just my luck reminds me of my nook tablet days man this sucks
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dont buy a phone you wouldnt want to run stock. Most people see that as a difficult idea to grasp, but whatever. if you ABSOLUTELY NEED ROOT TO FUNCTION, this is not the phone for you right now
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dont buy a phone you wouldnt want to run stock. Most people see that as a difficult idea to grasp, but whatever. if you ABSOLUTELY NEED ROOT TO FUNCTION, this is not the phone for you right now
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I say the same thing all the time.
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dont buy a phone you wouldnt want to run stock. Most people see that as a difficult idea to grasp, but whatever. if you ABSOLUTELY NEED ROOT TO FUNCTION, this is not the phone for you right now
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No don't get me wrong I love the phone because if I didnt I wouldn't went from sprint to Verizon and got the same phone . Even people at the Verizon store said you must love that phone ,but if you haven't tried viper4android on these it's truely a treat
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No don't get me wrong I love the phone because if I didnt I wouldn't went from sprint to Verizon and got the same phone . Even people at the Verizon store said you must love that phone ,but if you haven't tried viper4android on these it's truely a treat
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and I totally understand. But there are like 8 threads about root, and they all have the same answer right now, and theres even a donations thread and someone who you can pay to s-off your phone.
It's getting a little nuts with these new root threads when the answer is - no, you can't root (well, bootloader unlock) right now. I mean it's literally on the front pages of the forum for this device.
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Sorry.
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and I totally understand. But there are like 8 threads about root, and they all have the same answer right now, and theres even a donations thread and someone who you can pay to s-off your phone.
It's getting a little nuts with these new root threads when the answer is - no, you can't root (well, bootloader unlock) right now. I mean it's literally on the front pages of the forum for this device.
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Sorry.
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It's cool the one is a great device I think it's the best phone out just not marketed right so that being said thanks for all your help I'll just be patient and like my device
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It's cool the one is a great device I think it's the best phone out just not marketed right so that being said thanks for all your help I'll just be patient and like my device
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ugh i just hope we get root soon ... i want/need to hotspot :/
asimoalex said:
ugh i just hope we get root soon ... i want/need to hotspot :/
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Just torrent the FoxFi app full version. You need to install a certificate which means you have to enable the lockscreen on your phone...but whatevs. Works for me.
Idk how i did it....but i use foxfi hotspot without lock screen pattern...which i remember it required me to have 0_o
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Just torrent the FoxFi app full version. You need to install a certificate which means you have to enable the lockscreen on your phone...but whatevs. Works for me.
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If you can live without your phone for a few days, send it to Sonic and he'll give you s-off... costs about $30. I did it, worth the money.
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If you can live without your phone for a few days, send it to Sonic and he'll give you s-off... costs about $30. I did it, worth the money.
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What can you do with s-off with a locked bootloader
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scotthall1515 said:
What can you do with s-off with a locked bootloader
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Once you have s-off, you can unlock your bootloader and also get root.
Check out the thread, it's well worth the time.
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With a view like that, CyanogenMod wouldn't exist Nor would any type of custom ROM/Kernel/Recovery
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With a view like that, CyanogenMod wouldn't exist Nor would any type of custom ROM/Kernel/Recovery
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no, with a view like this, I'm happy using a phone that doesnt have root yet, instead of mindlessly saying 'durrrr I hate sense, but I bought this phone anyway'
The APK name Sunshine and work perfectly. I use in my HTC M8 from T-Mobile. (Important) Use in a Stock (original rom only)
Search in google i can't post url : Sunshine S-OFF, by theroot ninja
fyi to other readers, it's a paid ($25) app. you can try to find an apk yourself, but if firewater is still valid, then just run that. works on most variants.
What is "soff"?
link
Here is the link its a lil crazy to charge 25 bucks for this though i didnt do it i can live with s-on for now
http://theroot.ninja/
What is "s-on"?
Why do I want "S" to be off?
s-on and s-off are lock states, you want s-off to change your bootloader etc.
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Here is the link its a lil crazy to charge 25 bucks for this though i didnt do it i can live with s-on for now
http://theroot.ninja/
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25 bucks isn't too steep if you like to tinker, its well spent.
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25 bucks isn't too steep if you like to tinker, its well spent.
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Never said it was steep just said i thought it was to much they even say its high on their site
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Never said it was steep just said i thought it was to much they even say its high on their site
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Problem is people commit to making a bounty and they never get paid...trust me it's need eventually..should it be free...??not saying u are complaining...price is fair enough
15 is fair 25 is a bit too much in my opinion at least for me it is i switch phones out every few weeks to a month so
At lest you can use it again if u needed with out the extra cost... That's cool
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At lest you can use it again if u needed with out the extra cost... That's cool
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Only on the same device its 25 per device so if you get an insurance claim and get a new phone you have to buy it again
I'm just waiting for a 'coupon' day.
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Only on the same device its 25 per device so if you get an insurance claim and get a new phone you have to buy it again
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^^ This is a very good point.
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^^ This is a very good point.
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Which is why I feel like it is a rip off I hope no other people start doing this for other phones, profiting from people wanting to unlock their device is bs
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Which is why I feel like it is a rip off I hope no other people start doing this for other phones, profiting from people wanting to unlock their device is bs
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While i agree with you, they seem to be the only ones who found how to soff so they can charge what they want... Hopefully someone else figures out how to do it and charges less as it is too steep for me (i would only use it to remove the red text which is not worth 25 buck for me)
I relocked the bootloader then took the ota and now I can't get the bootloader unlocked. How do I get it unlocked again? When I try to use the sunshine all again it say it can't gain root from supersu. What do I do?
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treIII said:
I relocked the bootloader then took the ota and now I can't get the bootloader unlocked. How do I get it unlocked again? When I try to use the sunshine all again it say it can't gain root from supersu. What do I do?
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Unlock it through www.htcdev.com if nothing else works
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suggest people complaining about $25 read this... (S-off sunshine)
just another perspective and background...
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I have an AT&T M8 that I just unlocked the bootloader and rooted. I tried doing S-OFF but the firewater method doesn't work now and I'm not wanting to pay for it.
What else needs to be done in order to flash T-Mobile roms or the GPE rom for this phone?
Stop being a cheapo. 25 is well worth it
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Stop being a cheapo. 25 is well worth it
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Has nothing to do with being cheap. I'm doing this as a favor for a friend so I'm not investing anything else besides my time for him.
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Has nothing to do with being cheap. I'm doing this as a favor for a friend so I'm not investing anything else besides my time for him.
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I guess he ain't that good of a friend... Lol. It is worth it, just have him pay u $40 so u can handle it for him...
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It's still early and I have a feeling it will take a while until we have some form of root (if at all), but where should we start? I personally do not know the first place to start, but if anyone out there has any ideas, feel free to discuss them here.
I would like to make a bounty, but it seems like the trend has been a purchase is required to get root.
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lol, I was wondering when one of these threads would start up.
Do we even know if any of the normal parties will be working on root for the dt2?
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It's still early and I have a feeling it will take a while until we have some form of root (if at all), but where should we start? I personally do not know the first place to start, but if anyone out there has any ideas, feel free to discuss them here.
I would like to make a bounty, but it seems like the trend has been a purchase is required to get root.
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I expect to have mine new dt2 in the morning. Anyway the KINGROOT will root the device? they claim lollipop root....
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lol, I was wondering when one of these threads would start up.
Do we even know if any of the normal parties will be working on root for the dt2?
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I figured I would pave the way for a discussion, lol. I wish I knew anything about this stuff, otherwise I'd take a shot at it.
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King root doesn't work tried that day 1
anyone try sunshine?
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I figured I would pave the way for a discussion, lol. I wish I knew anything about this stuff, otherwise I'd take a shot at it.
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I was tinkering with the Moto BL unlock site yesterday. Actually got it to the point where I could get the "request unlock key" to show, but would fail upon clicking that to actually getting the emailed key
I hate to be Debbie Downer. But yea.... dont buy this phone is you're expecting root or an unlocked bootloader to happen any time soon.
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I hate to be Debbie Downer. But yea.... dont buy this phone is you're expecting root or an unlocked bootloader to happen any time soon.
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I know, its a shame. I absolutely LOVE moto devices, but have to seriously rethink since they seem to have stopped releasing dev devices
Nevermind. Deleted.
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I hate to be Debbie Downer. But yea.... dont buy this phone is you're expecting root or an unlocked bootloader to happen any time soon.
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most likely as true as your avatar is pink.
i will root it up if it happens but not likely anymore and only recently began to agree with what i just posted above and always knew it would come eventually but not anymore
https://motorola-global-portal.custhelp.com/app/standalone/bootloader/unlock-your-device-a
Motorola provided me with this...
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https://motorola-global-portal.custhelp.com/app/standalone/bootloader/unlock-your-device-a
Motorola provided me with this...
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That most likely doesn't work because Verizon has to lock down everything. I hope it does though. Let us know what happens
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https://motorola-global-portal.custhelp.com/app/standalone/bootloader/unlock-your-device-a
Motorola provided me with this...
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We are not on this list or the turbo before us so that's not gonna happen
Anyone know if Wondershare will root it? I've rooted my tablets with that one click root process before, but not with my DT2 yet. I have my DT2, but not sure why I'd root when there is no development for it yet. btw my DT1 with LP wouldn't root with Wondershare.
dead batteries said:
Anyone know if Wondershare will root it? I've rooted my tablets with that one click root process before, but not with my DT2 yet. I have my DT2, but not sure why I'd root when there is no development for it yet. btw my DT1 with LP wouldn't root with Wondershare.
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The only reason I want root is for mobile hotspot.
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The only reason I want root is for mobile hotspot.
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mine does that right out of the box, I want root for autohide soft keys
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mine does that right out of the box, I want root for autohide soft keys
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The Link is useless as are the Moto chat employees.
They left me realizing the unlock and root may be WAAAY down the road.
I root for the good apps as Verizon talked me out of my unlimited data. where is titanium????
The hotspot app of theirs (V's) does work out of the box. it just eats Data.... Ive been mad for a year over my decision. I MAY refuse the box in the morning just over Moto's shenanigans on not letting me unlock a $700 phone I paid for direct. FOOLS...
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The only reason I want root is for mobile hotspot.
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+1 to that. Hotspot would be priceless.
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mine does that right out of the box, I want root for autohide soft keys
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So you either don't have unlimited data or are paying the extra $30 a month for the feature.
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But
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The Link is useless as are the Moto chat employees.
They left me realizing the unlock and root may be WAAAY down the road.
I root for the good apps as Verizon talked me out of my unlimited data. where is titanium????
The hotspot app of theirs (V's) does work out of the box. it just eats Data.... Ive been mad for a year over my decision. I MAY refuse the box in the morning just over Moto's shenanigans on not letting me unlock a $700 phone I paid for direct. FOOLS...
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Again, mobile hotspot doesn't work if you have unlimited data. Since it took about 6 months for the original Turbo to get mofo root, I have a feeling it's gonna take just as long, if ever. They still haven't found a way to write to the system within an image.
It's a shame, they got you good with getting you on a tiered line, and of course they're gonna give free mobile hotspot to tiered users for that exact reason that it eats up data. It gives you a greater chance of going over your data cap, therefore, putting more money into Verizon's greedy little pockets.
I usually average around 75GB a month, so there's no way I will EVER voluntarily give up my unlimited data. They're gonna have to pry it from my cold, dead hands before I ever give up my unlimited data.
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