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unable to alrer htclockscreen.apk in the systems folder.

I am completely unable to edit or even change the htclocksctern apk in the systems folder. I've tried just about everything from renaming it with root explorer to violently force uninstalling it with titanium. Nothing works. I've even tried this on fifteenth roms and they still seem to fail. Can someone please lend.me assistance. I can't flash any sops lockscreens because if this and I cant stand it plaza help!

Did you set root explorer to read/write permissions?
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JoeLithium said:
Did you set root explorer to read/write permissions?
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Yes. And after it changes to a bak file like how I want it to. But then I leave the app, do a reset, or even delete it completely and its back! As an apk file as if I never touched it? WTF

What are u trying to do with it. Get apktool if u want to decompile an apk
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why is this here ?

wrong section, but anyways there is a zip floating around here that you flash thru recovery and it install the aosp lockscreen for you if no other methods are working. Ill see if i can find it and point you to it

pzvv said:
I am completely unable to edit or even change the htclocksctern apk in the systems folder. I've tried just about everything from renaming it with root explorer to violently force uninstalling it with titanium. Nothing works. I've even tried this on fifteenth roms and they still seem to fail. Can someone please lend.me assistance. I can't flash any sops lockscreens because if this and I cant stand it plaza help!
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Sounds like you don't have s-off in hboot. Without security being off editing the system is troublesome.
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lithid-cm said:
Sounds like you don't have s-off in hboot. Without security being off editing the system is troublesome.
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How to I get it off? That sounds like the issue because I can change other system apk files but not the lockscreen. I havent tried anything else like it though so I dont know.

pzvv said:
How to I get it off? That sounds like the issue because I can change other system apk files but not the lockscreen. I havent tried anything else like it though so I dont know.
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go into recovery and see if it says S-ON or S-OFF at the top. If it says S-ON then your not fully rooted, and you need to find what software version you have and find the appropriate rooting instruction thread. Thats one thing that can definately be holding you up

Success100 said:
go into recovery and see if it says S-ON or S-OFF at the top. If it says S-ON then your not fully rooted, and you need to find what software version you have and find the appropriate rooting instruction thread. Thats one thing that can definately be holding you up
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Im doing that now. Just letting you guys know my root method is unrevoked 2.2. And I apologize for the placing of this thread. I was getting pretty frustrated.
EDIT: Yep, S is ON.

pzvv said:
Im doing that now. Just letting you guys know my root method is unrevoked 2.2. And I apologize for the placing of this thread. I was getting pretty frustrated.
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Personally I would just redo all the steps to root your phone. If your having an issue removing an apk then the rooting of the phone somehow along the way went wonkers. If you can open a terminal app type "su" and superuser.apk asks to accept it and you have S-OFF. Something is a muck and I would re-root the thing. if you have 2.02/2.10 then unrevoked won't work for you.
Go here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=829045

lithid-cm said:
Personally I would just redo all the steps to root your phone. If your having an issue removing an apk then the rooting of the phone somehow along the way went wonkers. If you can open a terminal app type "su" and superuser.apk asks to accept it and you have S-OFF. Something is a muck and I would re-root the thing. if you have 2.02/2.10 then unrevoked won't work for you.
Go here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=829045
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Dude I got the whole thing taken care of in like 5 minutes no joke. I checked the HBoot and it said S-On so I googled how to turn it off in the evo. Google took me back to the unrevoked website and I read up on the unrevoked forever page and it literally answered all of my questions and solved them with a simple zip flash. I checked the HBoot just now and it said S-Off. I just tried to change the name of the Htclockscreen apk file to a bak file and see if it changes back. Still a bak file after the hot restart and I got the Aops lockscreen now.
I gotta hand it to not just the Unrevoked team but the entire android community as well. These guys are the best ive seen when it comes to supporting the end user and making sure that everyone has a good time. Their the best community ive ever come across online.
And thanks man, for the help.

I second unrevoked forever. Just a simple flash turns s-off.
Edit: didn't notice op said he got it all worked out. Thought It was a suggestion.

pzvv said:
Dude I got the whole thing taken care of in like 5 minutes no joke. I checked the HBoot and it said S-On so I googled how to turn it off in the evo. Google took me back to the unrevoked website and I read up on the unrevoked forever page and it literally answered all of my questions and solved them with a simple zip flash. I checked the HBoot just now and it said S-Off. I just tried to change the name of the Htclockscreen apk file to a bak file and see if it changes back. Still a bak file after the hot restart and I got the Aops lockscreen now.
I gotta hand it to not just the Unrevoked team but the entire android community as well. These guys are the best ive seen when it comes to supporting the end user and making sure that everyone has a good time. Their the best community ive ever come across online.
And thanks man, for the help.
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And another one bites the dust! take care!

pzvv said:
Dude I got the whole thing taken care of in like 5 minutes no joke. I checked the HBoot and it said S-On so I googled how to turn it off in the evo. Google took me back to the unrevoked website and I read up on the unrevoked forever page and it literally answered all of my questions and solved them with a simple zip flash. I checked the HBoot just now and it said S-Off. I just tried to change the name of the Htclockscreen apk file to a bak file and see if it changes back. Still a bak file after the hot restart and I got the Aops lockscreen now.
I gotta hand it to not just the Unrevoked team but the entire android community as well. These guys are the best ive seen when it comes to supporting the end user and making sure that everyone has a good time. Their the best community ive ever come across online.
And thanks man, for the help.
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glad we could help, next time post in the right thread tho lol. take it easy!!

[rom] basic stock rom

Here's a basic stock rom in case you need it sometime
the only modifications made are the su and flash_image binaries are included and ro.secure has been turned to 0 so you can adb remount.
How to flash download the rom from here
Place rom on sdcard
wipe data and all else
then flash rom
reboot and do what you need to do

Cool, you never know when you might need this.

Thank you! Appreciated.
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Asadullah said:
Here's a basic stock rom in case you need it sometime
the only modifications made are the su and flash_image binaries are included and ro.secure has been turned to 0 so you can adb remount.
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How is this comparable to the rom listed here?
bit ly backslash fBEJnU
I want to have a known working recovery before I make any more changes to my phone. I am not exactly a newbie to this stuff (I have a Pandigital Novel that has been rooted and hacked into a nice tablet) but this is taking things to a whole new level for me and I need my phone. So I'm a bit nervous.
Of course I really wish I'd asked around some before I got to work on removing some of the stuff on it already (mostly known junkware from Virgin Mobile and stupid stuff like weblinks pretending to be native apps) after rooting it with superoneclick and installing root explorer. I need to know if your rom or the one I linked to will be able to allow me to roll back to a default installation that I can revert to if there are any issues down the road. Can you help me?
I apologize if this isn't the right place for this question. Thank you for the many mods I have seen you do already. I look forward to trying them once I have a fallback plan.
--bornagainpenguin
PS: I am a new user here so not allowed to post links. I hope you got the idea of where I was trying to point you to.

bornagainpenguin said:
How is this comparable to the rom listed here?
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PS: I am a new user here so not allowed to post links. I hope you got the idea of where I was trying to point you to.
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I'm not actually sure what your talking about but I've posted this on three different sites so far. I do that for the guys that don't go to other forums. There probably isn't any difference in the roms.

Asadullah said:
I'm not actually sure what your talking about but I've posted this on three different sites so far. I do that for the guys that don't go to other forums. There probably isn't any difference in the roms.
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I'm talking about the one by takehull posted on sdx-developers here.
Yours is not exactly stock since you added su and flash_image binaries--or does that really not matter?
Thanks for the reply.
--bornagainpenguin
PS: I appreciate that you try to post your work as far and wide as possible, it made it easier for me to find it.
PPS: Which forum is best to follw for work relating to the LG Optimus V?

For the record, I like it as is.
Saves me the trouble of having to root all over again.
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I'm not sure exactly how his is different since I didn't build it. I'm gonna guess and say his probably doesn't have the binaries in it, I'm not sure exactly how his is different since I didn't build it. I'm gonna guess and say that his doesn't have the binaries in it. I don't know. Honestly the only way to know for sure that it's stock rom is to get someone that hasn't rooted yet flash the recovery and get a backup of system. I've been waiting for someone like that to come along but ... It hasn't happened yet.
I won't tell you which forums to watch but I'm partial to xda cuz I been on here since my first android phone and it doesn't have those flash ads that pop up cover your entire screen until you click the x.

Asadullah said:
I'm not sure exactly how his is different since I didn't build it. I'm gonna guess and say that his doesn't have the binaries in it. I don't know.
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Well upon further re-reading the other thread I saw this posted:
takehull said:
The only modifications this has are the two binaries that you put into /system/bin when you root. You can remove them by using Superoneclick Root and selecting "unroot."
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My only excuse is that it was late when I found the thread and I wasn't reading clearly. Going by that statement his rom and your rom basically seem to be the same things.
Asadullah said:
Honestly the only way to know for sure that it's stock rom is to get someone that hasn't rooted yet flash the recovery and get a backup of system. I've been waiting for someone like that to come along but ... It hasn't happened yet.
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Forgive my ignorance, but isn't rooting actually a requirement of obtaining the backup? Or did I misread the instructions somewhere? It'd be nice if someone at Virgin Mobile were to leak the complete rom somewhere so people had a fall back option besides trying to return the phone as bricked. (If that's even possible?)
Asadullah said:
I won't tell you which forums to watch but I'm partial to xda cuz I been on here since my first android phone and it doesn't have those flash ads that pop up cover your entire screen until you click the x.
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Sounds like a good reason to pick a forum. Not sure if I'm a member of any places that do that since I run with adblock and noscript enabled most of the time.
Any chance you could link me to written instructions on how to flash the rom you have here? I know you have video tutorials but those are harder to follow for me because I am hard of hearing. Music I can do because it is "beautiful noise" and I can usually find some lyrics to get the words of. Your video HOWTOs are not good for me because I have to strain to hear what is being said.
Thanks again for your time and patience in replying to me.
--bornagainpenguin

Thanks. Dude above me, there is a rom flashing tutorial at prepaidandroids.net. We will help you out there. Its a site that specializes in on the Optimus v itself.
(Optimus V - Contracts Suck)

Thanks for posting this. It just came in handy when I was changing my virgin phone number. Part of the process is dialing ##841446# to bring up the activation menu, but the ## prefix on CM7 does not work, apparently only a stock ROM can do that.

Any way to put it on a phone friendly site? No matter what browser I use on my phone it will not download from google docs.
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THANKS, this worked perfectly.
It's pretty much as described, a stock Opt V rom, with Super User already set up and installed.
Titanium worked on it no problem as well.

thanks a ton man! i needed to flash back to stock to get my 3G working again. if you flash a custom rom while youre between payments, you know, during down time, you may need to flash back to stock and run the activation app next time you put service on your phone.
worked like a charm. i thought my 3G was broken. im doing a happy dance now!

Anyway I can get a link to the stock rom with all the bloatware removed but not rooted?

DarkLG said:
Anyway I can get a link to the stock rom with all the bloatware removed but not rooted?
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Tell me what you consider bloatware and ill make it for you.

tvall said:
Tell me what you consider bloatware and ill make it for you.
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Well those apps that come preinstalled like the virgin radio and such .If you could add in the newest market,g+,music I would greatly appreciate it

DarkLG said:
Well those apps that come preinstalled like the virgin radio and such .If you could add in the newest market,g+,music I would greatly appreciate it
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Zipping, will flash and test then upload.
Its just de-bloated. Nothing added (yet)
http://db.tt/fsvq1JB6
Haven't tested yet. I'm lazy

tvall said:
Zipping, will flash and test then upload.
Its just de-bloated. Nothing added (yet)
http://db.tt/fsvq1JB6
Haven't tested yet. I'm lazy
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haha let me know normally I would do it myself the whole making and adding but everything java and android based don't woprk o my pc :/

ES file explorer is a great way to remove bloat from your phone

Root ZTE Concord

Need some help or a link to instructions on rooting this phone, This is a T-mobile no contract phone, made by ZTE Phone is running Gingerbread 2.3.7 Since this phone is new on the market is their a similar phone I can look at as an example of how to root it?
Thanks in advance

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Okay here is what I have tried so far, Superoneclick gets to step 7 waiting on device and hangs up. Have tried the Zurg rush tool, when it attempts to do an adb remount it fails with a msg operation not permitted. So I'm stuck now, so anyone with some ideas or insight please chime in, thanks

Just another update the UniversalAdroot apk does not work, anyone with any ideas?

Still looking for help, since this phone is relatively inexpensive, there is going to be a lot of them out there. And a lot of people looking to root them. Just hoping someone will give me assistance as this will also be solution for others as well.

cnjax said:
Still looking for help, since this phone is relatively inexpensive, there is going to be a lot of them out there. And a lot of people looking to root them. Just hoping someone will give me assistance as this will also be solution for others as well.
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Well at least your thread pulls up when running a Google search for rooting this phone. Did you try the CyanogenMod instructions for the ZTE Blade? Thats the only other suggestion I have since I don't own one yet.
Post back here if you have any luck. I might just get one as a spare.

FireRaider said:
Well at least your thread pulls up when running a Google search for rooting this phone. Did you try the CyanogenMod instructions for the ZTE Blade? Thats the only other suggestion I have since I don't own one yet.
Post back here if you have any luck. I might just get one as a spare.
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will give that a try and will post back with the results

FireRaider said:
Well at least your thread pulls up when running a Google search for rooting this phone. Did you try the CyanogenMod instructions for the ZTE Blade? Thats the only other suggestion I have since I don't own one yet.
Post back here if you have any luck. I might just get one as a spare.
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Question the cyanogenmod instructions say to use terminal on your computer is this the same as using cmd.exe?

cnjax said:
Question the cyanogenmod instructions say to use terminal on your computer is this the same as using cmd.exe?
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Yes. Please refrain from continuing to bump your own thread. Thanks.

TeeJay3800 said:
Yes. Please refrain from continuing to bump your own thread. Thanks.
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I apologize was just trying to get some help and sis not know what the wiki was referring to Terminal as I could not find it in win 7

Just an update to save peeps time the CyanogenMod root for the ZTE Blade does not work on this phone.

Hi
So far, anyone found a way to root the ZTE V768 (Concord) ?
Anyway to upgrade to 3.0?
Thanks
Michel

I too would like to see this rooted. Then maybe I can delete some of those factory installed apps I would never use.
ZTE lists a way to manually upgrade the firmware for a Concord (V768) with a PC running Windows. Maybe it can be used somehow to root this device?
I can't post the link because I'm a new user, but just search for the Concord on the ZTE USA website.

ryanflucas said:
I too would like to see this rooted. Then maybe I can delete some of those factory installed apps I would never use.
ZTE lists a way to manually upgrade the firmware for a Concord (V768) with a PC running Windows. Maybe it can be used somehow to root this device?
I can't post the link because I'm a new user, but just search for the Concord on the ZTE USA website.
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I got the link you're referring to
http://www.zteusa.com/device/201207/t20120728_13066.html
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, but this does not look like a OS upgrade, only a PC Driver update
I will try it and see if it affects the phone.
I have asked T-mobile to get the Concord unlocked, they couldn't but required an answer from ZTE directly...I should get something next week only!

So did anyone figure out how to get this phone unlocked?
BTW I'm surprised how little support there is for this phone considering it's the cheapest tmobile android option by far.

ROOTED!!
For those looking to root their ZTE Concord I have successfully rooted it using the ZTE Score option! Working on installing the Clockwork mod now and I think I'm going to tinker with the JellyBlast ROM for the Galaxy Y considering these phones are fairly similar

nvm on last post its installed su but did not install the binaries

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nvm on last post its installed su but did not install the binaries
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Ah dang, I thought someone had figured it out! Any more luck? I'm going to be getting a hold of one of these soon and I'd really like to know what kind of options there are for rooting.

sagef0ur said:
Ah dang, I thought someone had figured it out! Any more luck? I'm going to be getting a hold of one of these soon and I'd really like to know what kind of options there are for rooting.
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Yeah im sorry i thought i got it too! But the system is read write protected and its a pain in the a$$. I figured out how to get it in Stock Recovery and tired installing JellyBlast via update.zip but didnt work cause it requires root and CWM go figure huh? SOMEONE HELP US!

Alright I tried rooting with update.zip for the Galaxy Pocket considering these phones have similar hardware but still no go! :crying: Has anyone had any luck?

[Q] Help with rooting

I tried to root my LG G3 5.0.1 using this method lg-phones.org/guide-to-root-lg-g3-with-android-5-0-1-lollipop.htm
Root checker is telling me that root is not properly installed.
Before I try anything else, I wanted to check with you guys to make sure I do not screw anything up.

ikarihiokami said:
I tried to root my LG G3 5.0.1 using this method lg-phones.org/guide-to-root-lg-g3-with-android-5-0-1-lollipop.htm
Root checker is telling me that root is not properly installed.
Before I try anything else, I wanted to check with you guys to make sure I do not screw anything up.
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*update*
On a side note, I ran an app called "root check" and it is stating I am rooted.
Anything I should do?

ikarihiokami said:
*update*
On a side note, I ran an app called "root check" and it is stating I am rooted.
Anything I should do?
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Well what do you wanna do ?
If the root is done, this thread is done ?
But if you ask what next, it's installing a recovery so you can change ROM ..., I can let you search in the general topic there are a few methods to install recovery, I did it last week, only one worked for me, the app Autorec on GooglePlayStore.
Good luck

Liell said:
Well what do you wanna do ?
If the root is done, this thread is done ?
But if you ask what next, it's installing a recovery so you can change ROM ..., I can let you search in the general topic there are a few methods to install recovery, I did it last week, only one worked for me, the app Autorec on GooglePlayStore.
Good luck
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I'm a computer savvy person, but this was my first experience with rooting. I just wanted to be sure I did it right. Turning my LG G3 from T-mobile and debranding it. I did get a belly up icon of the little green android, with the word error under him when I tried to remove some bloatware, but a battery pull seems to have fixed that.

Flash prerooted ROM without having recovery?

Hi there,
A while back I updated my already rooted Z1C to the newest firmware 14.6.A.1..236 via PC Companion. I thought it was just a minor update so I did not think of losing my root access
As far as I know all I can do now in order to get back my lovely root privileges is by going back to Kitkat, install Dualboot Recovery, put my pre rooted Android on my phone and flash it.
So here is my question:
Is there any fancy way of doing this more directly? I would much prefer not having to fiddling around with backups, which may or may not restore all my data...
I would also be interested in why I can't just flash the flashable.zip directly onto my phone using Flashtool or similar. As an IT student I would really like to learn this kind of stuff
Thanks in advance!

Znert said:
So here is my question:
Is there any fancy way of doing this more directly? I would much prefer not having to fiddling around with backups, which may or may not restore all my data...
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You can get root with KingRoot app and then you can change it to SuperSu with this guide:
Code:
www.w0lfdroid.com/2015/05/How-to-Remove-Replace-KingUser-KingRoot-with-SuperSU.html
(I know that the guide is somewhere in XDA, but can't find it.) I have tested the procedure and for me it worked.

foguh said:
You can get root with KingRoot app and then you can change it to SuperSu with this guide:
Code:
www.w0lfdroid.com/2015/05/How-to-Remove-Replace-KingUser-KingRoot-with-SuperSU.html
(I know that the guide is somewhere in XDA, but can't find it.) I have tested the procedure and for me it worked.
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Thanks for your fast reply. However, after googling the App while the download was still going I found several articles which found the App not trustworthy. Trying to download the App from their site directly even gave my a very clear warning. So I'd rather use something else :/
I think the best reasons against the App can be found here:
https://www.quora.com/Is-KingRoot-the-one-tap-Chinese-rooting-app-legit-and-safe
If, however, a more experienced and credible user (sorry foguh, this is nothing personal ) can recommend the App as well, I might give it a shot...

Znert said:
If, however, a more experienced and credible user (sorry foguh, this is nothing personal ) can recommend the App as well, I might give it a shot...
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/apps-games/one-click-root-tool-android-2-x-5-0-t3107461
There are 381 pages about KingRoot, I am not entirely sure is it only about people begging for specific root methods, but I believe there could be some convincing posts about it. And I don't trust KingRoot that much myself, that is why I included the post how to replace KingRoot with SuperSu.
Nothing taken personally though, just trying to provide solution for you, which worked for me

I am still unsure of the App but as it seems to be the easiest option I installed it and rooted my phone with it.
Everything went quite smoothly. One thing I really didn't like however is the required internet connection during rooting. Normally this tells me immediately that its fetching some malware and I get my hands off...
Of course I also immediately replaced their App with SuperSU but I am still worried it might placed more on my phone than it claims.... Let's hope for the best
Anyhow, thanks a lot to you foguh! It's really nice to get so quick and helpful responses and I appreciate the effort
Have a nice day/evening/morning/night/...

Znert said:
One thing I really didn't like however is the required internet connection during rooting. Normally this tells me immediately that its fetching some malware and I get my hands off...
but I am still worried it might placed more on my phone than it claims....
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Glad I could help!
As far as I am aware, the internet connection during rooting process is for fetching the correct root method for the phone (and that damn Purify app.)
But if you are worried that there could be some other leftovers, you can monitor the network traffic of your phone to be 100% sure. And of course go through the files manually. (Personally, I haven't bothered to do it, I trust people too much)
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