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?
graymonkey44 said:
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....
asuhoops8628 said:
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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graymonkey44 said:
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.
rajuabju said:
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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rajuabju said:
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...
jerbear44 said:
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
mech_supernova said:
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.
mech_supernova said:
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
jlemons44 said:
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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Go to dial:
3845#*930#
Connectivity Test - uncheck Entitelment
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Reboot for sure and that's it - mobile hotspot will work
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Go to dial:
Reboot for sure and that's it - mobile hotspot will work
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Thankyou so much. it worked. you made my day.:good:
what does this option actually do? Can't seem to find many info out there.. as well as for the other many options of the hidden menu.
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Go to dial:
Reboot for sure and that's it - mobile hotspot will work
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Will this sign me up for the expensive data plan?
DO NOT ENABLE TETHERING UNLESS YOU WANT TO BE SWITCHED TO THE 50 DOLLAR 5 GIG PLAN + really piss at&t off--------they busted me yesterday; called me up and informed me they had somehow detected I bypassed their hotspot blocking and was tethering and that was to be my one and only warning.
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Hutch89 said:
DO NOT ENABLE TETHERING UNLESS YOU WANT TO BE SWITCHED TO THE 50 DOLLAR 5 GIG PLAN + really piss at&t off--------they busted me yesterday; called me up and informed me they had somehow detected I bypassed their hotspot blocking and was tethering and that was to be my one and only warning.
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Yep, that's what I suspected would happen with this option.
Hutch89 said:
DO NOT ENABLE TETHERING UNLESS YOU WANT TO BE SWITCHED TO THE 50 DOLLAR 5 GIG PLAN + really piss at&t off--------they busted me yesterday; called me up and informed me they had somehow detected I bypassed their hotspot blocking and was tethering and that was to be my one and only warning.
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Did you use another program such as FOXfi? Or did you just use what was built in? If you use a third party program I don't think at&t can detect?? Maybe? I have been using a third party program and they haven't said boo. But then again I haven't really been accessive with my data. Your thoughts on this? Thanks.
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I was using cm9 built in hotspot and they detected that, so that make me believe they can detect it regardless of how your doing it.
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Hutch89 said:
I was using cm9 built in hotspot and they detected that, so that make me believe they can detect it regardless of how your doing it.
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Android's built-in tethering can't avoid detection, but some alternative methods can. Here is one that can avoid detection (USB tethering only though): https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.koushikdutta.tether
It won't show up on your phone's Play Store because AT&T blocked the app for all their devices, but you can sideload it.
drumist said:
Android's built-in tethering can't avoid detection, but some alternative methods can. Here is one that can avoid detection (USB tethering only though): <<<Noobie link restriction>>>
It won't show up on your phone's Play Store because AT&T blocked the app for all their devices, but you can sideload it.
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I always kind of suspected this. Guess I'll stick with my current habit of popping my SIM card into my HP Veer if I need to tether. At least WebOS is still good for something! :silly:
yes yes, work for mee thanks.
it's great ....work
thanks brot.
Mmm tethering. I've always found it ridiculous that carriers charge so much for it, when it is a capability inherent to the phone you paid for.
nvincent said:
Mmm tethering. I've always found it ridiculous that carriers charge so much for it, when it is a capability inherent to the phone you paid for.
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Yes you can bypass the carriers restrictions or use a ROM that doesn't have restrictions but sure enough the carriers have a way of finding out. So be cautious. AT&T, for example may send you a warning but if they don't or you don't heed the warning they can slap on the tether plan or worse yet cancel your service. So again be careful.
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nvincent said:
Mmm tethering. I've always found it ridiculous that carriers charge so much for it, when it is a capability inherent to the phone you paid for.
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Voice calling is a capability inherent to the phone but we all gladly pay anywhere from $20 to $200 every month for it.
mattman86 said:
Voice calling is a capability inherent to the phone but we all gladly pay anywhere from $20 to $200 every month for it.
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You have a point there. My gripe though is that if I am paying for unlimited data, should they be able to tell me how I use that data?
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Swetnes said:
Yes you can bypass the carriers restrictions or use a ROM that doesn't have restrictions but sure enough the carriers have a way of finding out. So be cautious. AT&T, for example may send you a warning but if they don't or you don't heed the warning they can slap on the tether plan or worse yet cancel your service. So again be careful.
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So I have heard. I have sprint at the moment with unlimited data. The problem is, it is 3g... which is abominably slow in my area. Tethering really doesn't do me any good anyways haha. Thanks for the advice though
nvincent said:
You have a point there. My gripe though is that if I am paying for unlimited data, should they be able to tell me how I use that data?
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Also a good point. I actually had a good conversation with a coworker about this yesterday and he made the same point.
mattman86 said:
Also a good point. I actually had a good conversation with a coworker about this yesterday and he made the same point.
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The reason why the phone companies behave this way is because all the profits made by them come from the data plans. Not a single one makes money on voice plans so they get a little jealous when one does something that takes money out of their pocket. We as consumers do have a say, its called going to a competitor if one doesn't like a provider, control how much you spend till your contract is up then leave.
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fyi, blocked by play store, as not allowed on my device!
New update will supposedly check for root access.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2917024
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DigitalChris602 said:
New update will supposedly check for root access.
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Doesn't it already do that?
mgbotoe said:
Doesn't it already do that?
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It does already, but I guess the T-Mobile app reports to them if your phone is rooted. If it is I guess T-Mobile can terminate your phone warranty and your insurance. At least that's what the thread says. I'm not to worried because I uninstalled that stuff. Dunno if this is legit though.
aclegg2011 said:
It does already, but I guess the T-Mobile app reports to them if your phone is rooted. If it is I guess T-Mobile can terminate your phone warranty and your insurance. At least that's what the thread says. I'm not to worried because I uninstalled that stuff. Dunno if this is legit though.
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Some who had their phone send of the information about root been denied service for sure
digitalchris602 said:
new update will supposedly check for root access.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2917024
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aclegg2011 said:
It does already, but I guess the T-Mobile app reports to them if your phone is rooted. If it is I guess T-Mobile can terminate your phone warranty and your insurance. At least that's what the thread says. I'm not to worried because I uninstalled that stuff. Dunno if this is legit though.
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tmobile could give 2 ****s if your rooted .. i handed my note 3 in with custom rom and the guy said OH cool your rooted and running the same rom and me we talked about about 30 mins
Not exaxtly. The old app just ran a diagnostic that happened to tell you if you're rooted. The new app will actually request root access and report findings to T-Mobile.
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DigitalChris602 said:
Not exaxtly. The old app just ran a diagnostic that happened to tell you if you're rooted. The new app will actually request root access and report findings to T-Mobile.
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thats strange i updated mine and its not asking for root permission
I've never had an issue with tmobile carrying about a phone being rooted I've traded in rooted phones and gone through insurance to replace rooted phones. I doubt they care. Store manager by me is running a custom rom on his own phone
Use Xposed RootCloak and it will hide root from T-Mobile App. When I hit diagnose it says my phone is not rooted. That is if you guys care to use the app, of course.
If you're rooted, why not just remove the app completely? Freezing it is fine too, but if you know it's 100% safe to remove...
Also, this "technology" is and has already been in use... It's called Carrier IQ or Caller IQ. Typically, this is only used to report you if you are searching for bad things on the interwebz... IE, how to make a bomb, kiddy porn, etc.
Additionally, you are protected under the "Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act", and cannot be denied a warranty claim, regardless of Root, within reason of course... Please see this post for reference and further info:
http://www.xda-developers.com/xda-tv-2/your-warranty-is-not-void-xda-tv/
I like the retail note 4. The screen is fabulous and its fast. However I cannot get by being inundated by the advertisments. Some are full page when I open aps and others flash at the top or bottom of the screen. Very distracting.
Is there an ap or a way to eliminate or at least remove most of the ads. Please be specific. I have gone back to my rooted, unlocked note 2. Will return the 4 if I cannot resolve this issue on the retail 4.
Unfortunitly I do not want to spend 700 for a DE note4. Thanks
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2931785
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jr_718 said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2931785
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Thanks. I read thru this excellent thread and tried adblock plus. I had the same problem other vzw owners had. You cant add a new apn on the vzw varrient. I was hoping someone had another solution.
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GaryAlpusa1 said:
Thanks. I read thru this excellent thread and tried adblock plus. I had the same problem other vzw owners had. You cant add a new apn on the vzw varrient. I was hoping someone had another solution.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/apps-games/adguard-ad-blocker-doesnt-require-root-t2958895#post57198968
I have a 180 day free trial code for the Pro version that I haven't activated yet so if someone wants it let me know.
until there is Root, there's not much you can do about it. Adblock Plus works if you're on wifi, but I noticed that it sucks more battery power and makes the phone run hotter than usual.
My solution was to sell my Retail note 4 (since with all the rebates, I only paid $100 for it), and buy a DE Note 4.
oilfighter said:
until there is Root, there's not much you can do about it. Adblock Plus works if you're on wifi, but I noticed that it sucks more battery power and makes the phone run hotter than usual.
My solution was to sell my Retail note 4 (since with all the rebates, I only paid $100 for it), and buy a DE Note 4.
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The app I posted a link to is for non-rooted devices and works nicely.
oilfighter said:
until there is Root, there's not much you can do about it. Adblock Plus works if you're on wifi, but I noticed that it sucks more battery power and makes the phone run hotter than usual.
My solution was to sell my Retail note 4 (since with all the rebates, I only paid $100 for it), and buy a DE Note 4.
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A cheaper (temporary) solution would be to use your apps in 'Airplane Mode,' assuming it is not too much of an inconvenience :good:
I usually do this when there is no paid version for an app/game :3
In hindsight I guess that it's pretty obvious lol but I'm going to leave it here anyways
JippleStar said:
A cheaper (temporary) solution would be to use your apps in 'Airplane Mode,' assuming it is not too much of an inconvenience :good:
I usually do this when there is no paid version for an app/game :3
In hindsight I guess that it's pretty obvious lol but I'm going to leave it here anyways
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If only I can browse the web in airplane mode, LOL
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airmaxx23 said:
The app I posted a link to is for non-rooted devices and works nicely.
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I read through the thread, seems like there are some battery penalties for using the app, so I dont know...
oilfighter said:
If only I can browse the web in airplane mode, LOL
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Technically you could... Just activate WiFi after activating Airplane mode.. but that probably wasn't your point
Has anyone tried Adguard, it works through VPN, similar to avast vpn but it blocks ads
Matttrix said:
Has anyone tried Adguard, it works through VPN, similar to avast vpn but it blocks ads
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I posted a link to it up a few posts, I was using it before I got my DE and it works, I did not notice any increase in battery usage either.
I still have a 180 day trial code for the Pro version if someone wants it.
I made thread covering adguard and works great. Developer even jumped in thread to explain. It creates it's own vpn.Only way to block ads on a unrooted device. Adblock will only work on WiFi without root. AdGuard works on both WiFi & Cellular!
I'm liking the free version so far. If you don't mind passing along the key for the pro version, I'd happily take it. I've been impressed with it so far.
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I'll user that code of you still have it.
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Got to admit it, Adgaurd is working awesome. I activated the the pro trial version and it's blocking everything MOAAB or Jrummys ad blocker did. Ads and themes are the main reasons I root. No I just need a dark them and I'm set. I'll probably end up getting the one year license if we don't get root soon.
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cgalyon said:
I'm liking the free version so far. If you don't mind passing along the key for the pro version, I'd happily take it. I've been impressed with it so far.
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I have always rooted my phones. I've walked out of the Sprint store and rooted my last phone after getting a refurbed phone from insurance. This time with my new note 4, it seems different. I am half afraid to because of the Knox tripping. What happens if say in 1 year my phone has some sort of issue and I need to turn it back in for insurance? Before I just un-rooted and took it back in. Now there is no reverse for the knox. I could really care less for the knox and have no need for it.
Any suggestions for calming my fear?
jeepers128 said:
I have always rooted my phones. I've walked out of the Sprint store and rooted my last phone after getting a refurbed phone from insurance. This time with my new note 4, it seems different. I am half afraid to because of the Knox tripping. What happens if say in 1 year my phone has some sort of issue and I need to turn it back in for insurance? Before I just un-rooted and took it back in. Now there is no reverse for the knox. I could really care less for the knox and have no need for it.
Any suggestions for calming my fear?
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I'm in the same boat as you man. This is the 1st device I haven't rooted in many years. The main reason that I'm not is I'm on the easy pay plan so in one years time I walk in to sprint, hand them this, pay the taxes which are next to nothing, and walk out with the note 5. So long as I don't mess with it. Which btw so far if you do root you will trip Knox and currently there is no way to reverse it. I'm kinda ok with it with this device though as I had the Note 2 before this running cm11 and while it was good something always went wrong somewhere. I'd take a pic and the phone would freeze or something and never ended up getting the pic/vid so it's kinda nice having a device as good as this and everything actually works.
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I'm in the same boat as you man. This is the 1st device I haven't rooted in many years. The main reason that I'm not is I'm on the easy pay plan so in one years time I walk in to sprint, hand them this, pay the taxes which are next to nothing, and walk out with the note 5. So long as I don't mess with it. Which btw so far if you do root you will trip Knox and currently there is no way to reverse it. I'm kinda ok with it with this device though as I had the Note 2 before this running cm11 and while it was good something always went wrong somewhere. I'd take a pic and the phone would freeze or something and never ended up getting the pic/vid so it's kinda nice having a device as good as this and everything actually works.
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I didn't or haven't yet added $10.00 early upgrade option to my account. Frankly I forgot about it until you mentioned it.
t4d73 said:
I'm in the same boat as you man. This is the 1st device I haven't rooted in many years. The main reason that I'm not is I'm on the easy pay plan so in one years time I walk in to sprint, hand them this, pay the taxes which are next to nothing, and walk out with the note 5. So long as I don't mess with it. Which btw so far if you do root you will trip Knox and currently there is no way to reverse it. I'm kinda ok with it with this device though as I had the Note 2 before this running cm11 and while it was good something always went wrong somewhere. I'd take a pic and the phone would freeze or something and never ended up getting the pic/vid so it's kinda nice having a device as good as this and everything actually works.
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To my knowledge tripping KNOX does not affect your upgrade eligibility. The policy simply says the phone must still be in good condition. That is all. They just want to be able to sell it a refurb and they can actually have it sent to Samsung and have KNOX reset. It can be done with JTAG equipment and knowing which bit needs to be flipped.
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To my knowledge tripping KNOX does not affect your upgrade eligibility. The policy simply says the phone must still be in good condition. That is all. They just want to be able to sell it a refurb and they can actually have it sent to Samsung and have KNOX reset. It can be done with JTAG equipment and knowing which bit needs to be flipped.
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Maybe. But they did say they cannot accept a rooted device. Whether or not they actually knew what they were talking about I don't really know. But there are ways to bring it back to stock though.
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t4d73 said:
I'm in the same boat as you man. This is the 1st device I haven't rooted in many years. The main reason that I'm not is I'm on the easy pay plan so in one years time I walk in to sprint, hand them this, pay the taxes which are next to nothing, and walk out with the note 5. So long as I don't mess with it. Which btw so far if you do root you will trip Knox and currently there is no way to reverse it. I'm kinda ok with it with this device though as I had the Note 2 before this running cm11 and while it was good something always went wrong somewhere. I'd take a pic and the phone would freeze or something and never ended up getting the pic/vid so it's kinda nice having a device as good as this and everything actually works.
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I'm on the easy pay plan
I rooted the same day i got it
Nothing to be afraid of sprint doesn't check if you're rooted or not
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I'm a technician for Sprint and it isn't that big of a deal since we can just flash it all back to stock. And for upgrade purposes the reps in my store don't even know what rooting is so it shouldn't be a huge issue for that either.
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tjward5489 said:
I'm a technician for Sprint and it isn't that big of a deal since we can just flash it all back to stock. And for upgrade purposes the reps in my store don't even know what rooting is so it shouldn't be a huge issue for that either.
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Thanks. That's good to know. I've rooted and flashed many custom roms for years but never really knew that end of it. What about the KNOX tripping thing? I thought I heard before here on xda of people all of a sudden getting whacked with a $400 or so hit on their bills because they messed with their devices. Any insight on that? Or is that a non issue these days?
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I've not heard that charge before.
jeepers128 said:
I've not heard that charge before.
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Yeah I'm not even sure how true that is. I think I'm gonna root tonight. If anything I'll at least be able to get rid of all the damn ads on this thing. That's one of the most annoying things about not being rooted. Lol.
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t4d73 said:
Yeah I'm not even sure how true that is. I think I'm gonna root tonight. If anything I'll at least be able to get rid of all the damn ads on this thing. That's one of the most annoying things about not being rooted. Lol.
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I think I am going to root it too!
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I think I am going to root it too!
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Just make sure you know how to fix/solve issues should they arise.
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t4d73 said:
Just make sure you know how to fix/solve issues should they arise.
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What problems are you talking about? I've rooted a lot of phones over the years. Just wasn't sure about knox. Otherwise it was a go!
jeepers128 said:
What problems are you talking about? I've rooted a lot of phones over the years. Just wasn't sure about knox. Otherwise it was a go!
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rooting itself causes no problems. -_- Problems arise when you start using titanium backup or removing apks manually, and you don't know EXACTLY what they do. Many resources out there will tell you, and sometimes a friendly question in a thread may solve your problems quickly. One good lol for you is : If you use xposed thats typically going to get blamed first for your issues xD
jeepers128 said:
What problems are you talking about? I've rooted a lot of phones over the years. Just wasn't sure about knox. Otherwise it was a go!
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What he said. ^^
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Im a sales rep at a sprint store and I can say with certainty that we do not check to see if a phone is rooted when we do a giveback on them. honestly the only thing we check is if it turns on and if the screen is broken. most of us wouldn't care regardless, ive even given advice on rooting to a few customers ive helped.
SkyeTheGuy said:
Im a sales rep at a sprint store and I can say with certainty that we do not check to see if a phone is rooted when we do a giveback on them. honestly the only thing we check is if it turns on and if the screen is broken. most of us wouldn't care regardless, ive even given advice on rooting to a few customers ive helped.
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I learned about rooting long time ago from a service tech
Just be ready to pay the premium.
jeepers128 said:
I have always rooted my phones. I've walked out of the Sprint store and rooted my last phone after getting a refurbed phone from insurance. This time with my new note 4, it seems different. I am half afraid to because of the Knox tripping. What happens if say in 1 year my phone has some sort of issue and I need to turn it back in for insurance? Before I just un-rooted and took it back in. Now there is no reverse for the knox. I could really care less for the knox and have no need for it.
Any suggestions for calming my fear?
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I see it this way - you have to by insurance anyways. I could buy a house with what I have given Asurion over the years. If my phone goes down it costs $200 to get another. If I have to trade it in the claim will be for broken hardware. They will get enough pieces to identify what it was.
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t4d73 said:
What he said. ^^
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The only problem I'm worried about is that I won't get my copy of 5.0 if I root before I get it. Is there a way around that?
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t4d73 said:
Maybe. But they did say they cannot accept a rooted device. Whether or not they actually knew what they were talking about I don't really know. But there are ways to bring it back to stock though.
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I think you are fine on a trade because the only reason you would need to trade is if it is not working. If it is for a repair it is going to be the hardware anyways. I've taken rotted phones in for repair and they didn't even know.
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planb234 said:
I see it this way - you have to by insurance anyways. I could buy a house with what I have given Asurion over the years. If my phone goes down it costs $200 to get another. If I have to trade it in the claim will be for broken hardware. They will get enough pieces to identify what it was.
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The only problem I'm worried about is that I won't get my copy of 5.0 if I root before I get it. Is there a way around that?
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I think you are fine on a trade because the only reason you would need to trade is if it is not working. If it is for a repair it is going to be the hardware anyways. I've taken rotted phones in for repair and they didn't even know.
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Is there a way to bring it back to stock right now. I've never owned a phone this close to it's release date. I haven't had a chance to look in to what's out there yet. I want to root with just ADB and not use a recovery but I can't get the USB through with out superuser and if I did get him in there I think he would be dead before I could tell him about the Knox.
question... Just to be sure...
I have been waiting to see the lollipop update before rooting my note 4.
But... if I were to root the phone (and add TWRP)... but did not install a new rom, would I still be able to get the OTA update from Sprint without issue? Will the OTA break root? Could the update brick my phone?
Alright Im also in the same boat as you guys. I been rooting phone since htc hero loll. Slow piece of **** lol. Anyway im scared of tripping knox and having a fear if anything happen to my phone like crack screen water damage etc. I have a best buy insurance and not sure if i do root it and best buy can still find out if my phone is rooted and my warranty is voided after that so waste of $12 a month. So what should I do?
Since I have rooted my S6 this (com.tmobile.pr.adapt) has asked for root access? Anybody know what it is? I have denied it for now till know more.
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The Kid Cassidy said:
Since I have rooted my S6 this (com.tmobile.pr.adapt) has asked for root access? Anybody know what it is? I have denied it for now till know more.
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Here is your answer.
koolboyztn said:
Here is your answer.
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Ha, I had a feeling it was something along those lines.....pricks.
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The Kid Cassidy said:
Ha, I had a feeling it was something along those lines.....pricks.
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The app does a security check. Technically being Rooted can breach security so they check for it and notify you about it. How does that make them "pricks" ? If you don't like it, then disable the app.
knitler said:
The app does a security check. Technically being Rooted can breach security so they check for it and notify you about it. How does that make them "pricks" ? If you don't like it, then disable the app.
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Uhhhh, cause I should be able to do what I want with my phone....I paid for it. Am I monitoring what they do in the privacy of their home?
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The Kid Cassidy said:
Uhhhh, cause I should be able to do what I want with my phone....I paid for it. Am I monitoring what they do in the privacy of their home?
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you can do anything you want with your phone, when you buy it outright..
they just dont want you doing anything you want with YOUR phone when you are on THEIR network..
not saying I agree with them, as I have also denied it access and frozen it in titanium, but I understand why they want to know what is accessing their network from our phones, I just dont like the sneaky way in which the carriers do this without informing customers up front..
and rooting has NEVER caused me any issues when needing service or warranty from Tmobile...
wase4711 said:
you can do anything you want with your phone, when you buy it outright..
they just dont want you doing anything you want with YOUR phone when you are on THEIR network..
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I did buy it.....outright. I'm not doing anything wrong to effect their network.
Like I said.....pricks.
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The Kid Cassidy said:
I did buy it.....outright. I'm not doing anything wrong to effect their network.
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unfortunately, they dont know that..
EVERY public network in the world is subject to endless attacks, hacks, and attempts to bring it down, so the carriers, just like the banks, the feds, the military, and every other public institution feel its their right to know what people are doing on their networks, and i tend to agree with this.
If you dont like them watching what goes on on their network, then go back to the days of coffee cans and string to communicate with others, because every carrier and every network provider watches and monitiors everything possible on their networks; there is no getting around that in this day and age..
wase4711 said:
unfortunately, they dont know that..
EVERY public network in the world is subject to endless attacks, hacks, and attempts to bring it down, so the carriers, just like the banks, the feds, the military, and every other public institution feel its their right to know what people are doing on their networks, and i tend to agree with this.
If you dont like them watching what goes on on their network, then go back to the days of coffee cans and string to communicate with others, because every carrier and every network provider watches and monitiors everything possible on their networks; there is no getting around that in this day and age..
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Lmao! The new Samsung Foldgers S6!
String is now 2 miles long!
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The Kid Cassidy said:
Lmao! The new Samsung Foldgers S6!
String is now 2 miles long!
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Is this some kind of new coffee?
The new Samsung FOLDGERS S6.
Pp.
PanchoPlanet said:
Is this some kind of new coffee?
The new Samsung FOLDGERS S6.
Pp.
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No...the guy Wase above my comment said go back to the days when they used coffee cans and string to communicate. I was picturing Samsungs 's newest model back then.
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