I flashed the 4.4.2 stock firmware on my phone to install our company's mailing client. This client is strict on rooted device so I don't want to root my phone. I want to replace platform.xml in my phone, would that be possible without the root access? Can it be done using Odin? I'm not sure if there's a way to change a specific file without rooting it.
Any reply would be appreciated. Thanks!
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Hi, I'm really tired of all the custom software installed on my xplay that I don't use and would like to root my phone so I can get rid of it. My only fear is that I will have trouble updating to ICS once it is released.
I know I would be able to flash the ROM manually once it's posted here but I don't like relying on that, I'd prefer to do it the "official" way.
Is there a way to unroot your phone so you can use the vendor provided update method? If not, can someone explain to me the process of applying an official update to a rooted phone?
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Rooting the phone only adds a few files to the phone giving it root permissions.
I got my phone as 2.3.3 from rogers, rooted it. Then I updated it the official way to 2.3.4. It removed the root permissions, but it updated fine, then I just rooted it again.
You shouldn't have a problem.
And if all else fails, reflash back to the stock rom, then update.
Masters2150 said:
Rooting the phone only adds a few files to the phone giving it root permissions.
I got my phone as 2.3.3 from rogers, rooted it. Then I updated it the official way to 2.3.4. It removed the root permissions, but it updated fine, then I just rooted it again.
You shouldn't have a problem.
And if all else fails, reflash back to the stock rom, then update.
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Thanks! I'll give it a go
I just got myself a Note 2, but I have this question that I want to clarify about rooting. I've read about rooting the N7105 in the thread and I'm not looking at swapping custom roms or changing kernels of any sort. I just simply want root access to use Titanium, Cerberus and other root apps. However I'm also concerned about OTA. I want to receive these OTA updates.
The key question I want to know is, will rooting break OTA? This is asked in reference to using apps such as Titanium Backup, Adfree Android, Cerberus, Six Axis and other root apps. I'm not looking at changing any other system files. Can I simply unroot and will be allowed can OTA even though I have other root apps installed? Also how much do I need to be concerned with regarding the flash counter? Does triangle away work even with the updates? I definitely want to keep my flash counter down so that I can unroot and send my device back for servicing in the case of any hardware problems.
Its pretty obvious that OTA will break root although it doesn't seem too hard to root the device again after OTA.
TL;DR Summary of qns:
1) Does OTA break root?
2) If yes, can I unroot (while keeping root apps) and OTA?
3) If no, what extent can I go before I can't OTA? (e.g. are there root apps that modify the system files and prevent OTA?)
4) Does triangle away work with the new updates to reset the flash counter?
Thanks in advance, am hoping to clear up all my doubts before rooting my device.
EDIT: For background's sake, I have some basic experience with rooting my previous phone (HTC Desire HD) but wasn't concerned about OTA because it went EOL at Gingerbread.
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Hi there,
I have recently rooted my phone Samsung SIII, rooted using CF Auto Root, it is on Android 4.3. Also I have SuperSU from ChainFire. I use one email application called GOOD for work related emails. It seems like now that I have rooted my phone, it has blocked me from accessing my work emails. I was reading about temporary unroot option, can someone help me please with this. Also, I do not see temp unroot option in SuperSU AFAIK.
Thanks,
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So i have a Galaxy s4 mini with sprint as my carrier. I'm currently trying to root it via Kingo root app but the problem is that everytime i try, the end result is NeedRoot. I checked my phone and apparently the problem is that everytime I try to root, i get a little shield on my phone saying "Security notice" once it's clicked it states " An attempt to access a secure area on your phone without authorization has been blocked. Make sure your phone is protected by updating the security policy to the latest version from samsung". So how do I remove this policy problem? I just want to root my S4 Mini. Any help/advice is great help, thank you!
No one has an answer?
irvinavitia said:
No one has an answer?
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If you took all the updates and are on NA7, no. As far as I know we need ODIN/Kies to root now. Ideally, we wouldn't have have taken the update that made Knox an issue. Someone would have dumped update, broken it apart and gave us a zip to flash everything but the bootloader so we wouldn't have these issues.
I believe you will find the answer to your question here ...
Rooting SPH-L520 Under KNOX?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2676255
mdawdy said:
I believe you will find the answer to your question here ...
Rooting SPH-L520 Under KNOX?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2676255
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Did you notice who posted last on there?
Hi i have a s4 mini gti9195i with knox rooted by kingo root apk
how can i change from kingo's superuser to supersu from chainfire? The update of the binary fails.
Not fast but 100% good way:
1. Flash stock firmware with odin (remove kingoroot and all it's trash).
2. Use CF-Auto-root or (if you plan to use custom roms) flash custom recovery.
Notice:
CF-Auto-root probably will trip knox flag when trying to disable knox security.
Hello,
I rooted my Xperia Z1 Compact on KitKat and changed the HOSTS file to block ads.
After the update to lollipop the root acces disappeared. So it's impossible to change the HOSTS files now.
I'd like to re-root my device, but haven't found an easy solution yet.
The only option is using KingRoot, but it looks a bit shifty.
Is there another easy way to acces my hosts file and/or re-root my device?
I'm no android expert, so a very detailed tutorial or an easy app would be welcome
Best regards
Johan
Johanh91 said:
Hello,
I rooted my Xperia Z1 Compact on KitKat and changed the HOSTS file to block ads.
After the update to lollipop the root acces disappeared. So it's impossible to change the HOSTS files now.
I'd like to re-root my device, but haven't found an easy solution yet.
The only option is using KingRoot, but it looks a bit shifty.
Is there another easy way to acces my hosts file and/or re-root my device?
I'm no android expert, so a very detailed tutorial or an easy app would be welcome
Best regards
Johan
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Follow this - http://forum.xda-developers.com/son...al/lollipop-rooted-xperia-z1-compact-t3177659 - I did it this week and it works great. It only takes a few minutes, and you can do most of it right on the phone. You just need to connect to PC for recovery install. Make sure you have adb, etc.