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KFHD 8.3.0 update broke root! Now what?

I turned on my kids KFHD today and saw a lock screen ad, which I had eliminated when I rooted the device. I went to titanium backup and, sure enough, no root anymore. Voodoo didnt keep it. I used a method on XDA to root in the first place but IDK if it will still work on 8.3.0 (doubt it) and I dont feel like doing a data wipe right now to find out. Does anyone know to regain root on this version? Its only a few hours old and I havent seen anything about it yet.

ecopunk said:
I turned on my kids KFHD today and saw a lock screen ad, which I had eliminated when I rooted the device. I went to titanium backup and, sure enough, no root anymore. Voodoo didnt keep it. I used a method on XDA to root in the first place but IDK if it will still work on 8.3.0 (doubt it) and I dont feel like doing a data wipe right now to find out. Does anyone know to regain root on this version? Its only a few hours old and I havent seen anything about it yet.
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I was able to get it re-rooted, but it took two tries before it finally worked.

You can reflash 8.1.4, and then run Chris/Prokennexusa's OTA-Update-Defeat script to kill the update services. My 8.9 survived Amazon's OTA update and remained on 8.1.4, rooted, with Hashcode's bootloader intact. Chris's defeat script works!
Hashcode reviewed the update the and major change was to plug the security hole that allows us to use an alternate bootloader and flash new operating systems.

Nestaron said:
I was able to get it re-rooted, but it took two tries before it finally worked.
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Using what method? Same as 8.1.4 or something else?
Slimepuppy said:
You can reflash 8.1.4, and then run Chris/Prokennexusa's OTA-Update-Defeat script to kill the update services. My 8.9 survived Amazon's OTA update and remained on 8.1.4, rooted, with Hashcode's bootloader intact. Chris's defeat script works!
Hashcode reviewed the update the and major change was to plug the security hole that allows us to use an alternate bootloader and flash new operating systems.
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Thanks, might have to do that.

I rooted 8.3.0 with the same method I rooted 8.14 with.
It still works, because it's a bug in ICS that hasn't been patched.

Just saw this. I didn't check the version on mine until now. It's on 8.3, and has been rooted since I brought it home on Wednesday. I did it Wednesday night and if it updates overnight it kept root.
If not, it was on 8.3 the whole time.

gunnyman said:
I rooted 8.3.0 with the same method I rooted 8.14 with.
It still works, because it's a bug in ICS that hasn't been patched.
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gsu_golfer said:
Just saw this. I didn't check the version on mine until now. It's on 8.3, and has been rooted since I brought it home on Wednesday. I did it Wednesday night and if it updates overnight it kept root.
If not, it was on 8.3 the whole time.
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Thank you all! I will backup and go again tomorrow or the next dayand post the results

gunnyman said:
I rooted 8.3.0 with the same method I rooted 8.14 with.
It still works, because it's a bug in ICS that hasn't been patched.
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+1 same here

bighead2k said:
+1 same here
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Mine has not worked - I am using bin4ry tool v26. What did you use?

gooseacre said:
Mine has not worked - I am using bin4ry tool v26. What did you use?
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I used bin4ry tool v25, It wasn't rooted, but I can install playstore, go laucher!

Went out of town and forgot to post back here. I did re-root with the original method and it DID work! I backed it up but I was surprised to find that all my data, apps, even passwords, etc were all still there after re-rooting (even after the supposed data restore) and were all working but I had regained root! The only thing missing were the kindle Books selections. Not a bad tradeoff!

gooseacre said:
Mine has not worked - I am using bin4ry tool v26. What did you use?
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haovpi said:
I used bin4ry tool v25, It wasn't rooted, but I can install playstore, go laucher!
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This is what I used on both firmware versions
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1886460

no such thing as a root keeper
Not f'realz anyways. I'm on 8.3.1; gotten used to rooting the same way, THAT is nice. I initially had to fiddle w/ADB, windows 8 doesn't initially allow unsigned drivers. There's a proceedure for that. After that was fixed, the b1nary root works like a boss ...
The kindle fire first aid works well for market installation (make sure to install busy box first, b1nary root didn't, and that's easy). OTA blocking works well, I forget what I used. My update to 8.3.1 was intentional
Seems a more stable update. In fact, all the updates seem worth-while: google maps didn't gps track w/1st version, with silk installed couldn't watch amazon vod. A lot of quirks seem to be fixed, google play store and amazon app store seem to be playing well together.
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ecopunk said:
Went out of town and forgot to post back here. I did re-root with the original method and it DID work! I backed it up but I was surprised to find that all my data, apps, even passwords, etc were all still there after re-rooting (even after the supposed data restore) and were all working but I had regained root! The only thing missing were the kindle Books selections. Not a bad tradeoff!
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Hey, fyi when you reroot, go into app settings after and clear data on the Amazon apps like Kindle, Silk, or VOD. My stuff doesn't show up even on the "cloud" if I don't do that. You'll have to redownload media, so that might stink. Not really, imo.

[Q] how do i back up apps and data (unrooted) to pc?

hi guys. new here.
alright, so I'm trying to root my HTC ONE V, and all root guides say to back everything up to my pc before I unlock the bootloader well, I've rooted 4 droids, but never an HTC, so I've never had to backup without root.
Can someone explain to me how to do it? couldn't find anything that helped me, soo...
Any help would be highly appreciated. thanks.

kaboomeow said:
hi guys. new here.
alright, so I'm trying to root my HTC ONE V, and all root guides say to back everything up to my pc before I unlock the bootloader well, I've rooted 4 droids, but never an HTC, so I've never had to backup without root.
Can someone explain to me how to do it? couldn't find anything that helped me, soo...
Any help would be highly appreciated. thanks.
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You can try this method. Haven't tested it yet, hope it works.
Thank you.

You can use My Backup to back up your system and app data to the cloud without root.

You can try Helium

tried mybackup. backed up my apps, but when i try to back data up, it stays at 0%... um.

kaboomeow said:
tried mybackup. backed up my apps, but when i try to back data up, it stays at 0%... um.
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try Mobile GO by Wondershare
Sent from my Katana

[Q] Need help rooting Lg G3 Vs985

So Friday i went to verizon and bought me a new LG G3 phone, 32G memory 3G RAM, you know the good **** LOL. Well when i got home i wanted to root the phone but when i looked it up there was many options, IOROOT, TowelRoot, and Stump Root. So i tried towel root on the phone but when i clicked the button towel root said my device isnt compatible and my phones build is the VS98510B. So at that point i decided to try IOROOT. When i launched the batch file i made sure i made myself a developer, got the proper drivers, made it connect via usb and set the phone connection to Ethernet. Well in the batch file it said everything was good and that i just needed to click any button to continue well i did that but when i clicked a button it simply closed the batch file. All i clicked was the space bar and it closed. Stump root isnt compatible and im afraid to use bruteforce mode. Any one got any help with this? Andriod Kitkat 4.4.2

Use the brut force method in stump. Takes about 5 minutes.

TonikJDK said:
Use the brut force method in stump. Takes about 5 minutes.
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But i mean is it safe? Im kinda new to the whole android rooting scene i use to use iphones and **** so i dont wanna break this phone since i just got it

Worked for me and I have not seen a single report of any problems.

TonikJDK said:
Worked for me and I have not seen a single report of any problems.
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So when i root it do i need to back up anything? Ive heard of whats called TWRP but idk what that is

I used stump root. My phones still works. You can't install twrp because bootloader is still locked, have to wait for a way to unlock it.

ToF_Itachi said:
So when i root it do i need to back up anything? Ive heard of whats called TWRP but idk what that is
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Read a bit here TWRP is a recovery and backup software for when you flash a custom ROM.. You're not flashing any custom ROMs just yet.. So... I don't think you need to backup anything just yet. After you root the phone you can use TWRP to backup your current stock ROM .. Good luck ..
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I used ioroot with no problems. Check out this vid, pretty straight fwd on what you need to do.
sent from my VZW VS985 aka LG G3

Showtek1980 said:
Read a bit here TWRP is a recovery and backup software for when you flash a custom ROM.. You're not flashing any custom ROMs just yet.. So... I don't think you need to backup anything just yet. After you root the phone you can use TWRP to backup your current stock ROM .. Good luck ..
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Oh okay thanks! Well i guess im off to use the stump root and use brute force

R0ck.em 5ock.em said:
I used ioroot with no problems. Check out this vid, pretty straight fwd on what you need to do.
sent from my VZW VS985 aka LG G3
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how were you able to use ioroot with yours? Like when i tried to use it it would just close the batch file and wouldnt even work when i tried it.

ToF_Itachi said:
Oh okay thanks! Well i guess im off to use the stump root and use brute force
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My pleasure Hope you can find root using the desired software.. I'm in Korea..using the F400k but the latest update (v10l) couldn't find root using any of the available tools.. so.. I had to downgrade to the previous (v10g) and got root again. :victory:

Showtek1980 said:
My pleasure Hope you can find root using the desired software.. I'm in Korea..using the F400k but the latest update (v10l) couldn't find root using any of the available tools.. so.. I had to downgrade to the previous (v10g) and got root again. :victory:
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Yeah im using the Verizon Vs985 v with the 10B version. so for me idk which way to go when it comes to rooting software

After you clicked to continue in the batch file, did yout phone boot into recovery?
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ToF_Itachi said:
Yeah im using the Verizon Vs985 v with the 10B version. so for me idk which way to go when it comes to rooting software
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This has ALWAYS worked well for me (Besides with the latest version update)... But I don't know if it would work on your device.. Try what you have. If all fails then give this a shot

R0ck.em 5ock.em said:
After you clicked to continue in the batch file, did yout phone boot into recovery?
sent from my VZW VS985 aka LG G3
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no the batch file simply closed on me while my phone sat there still on the home screen

Looking for an App for recovering deleted videos/data?

using a T-Mobile LG G4 running lollipop 5.1 software.
Accidentally deleted three videos from my phone a few days ago.
I've been scouring the web for applications that can recover the deleted videos from the internal disk. Does anybody? know please help?

This has worked for me in the past
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.defianttech.diskdigger

g_ding84 said:
This has worked for me in the past
IT says for "diskdigger" the phone has to be rooted first & I heard if you root your phone it will wipe it. Plus I believe each time you add softwear to your phone it rewrites over the deleted files. I could be wrong. Just posting this for clarification.
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dgash said:
g_ding84 said:
This has worked for me in the past
IT says for "diskdigger" the phone has to be rooted first & I heard if you root your phone it will wipe it. Plus I believe each time you add softwear to your phone it rewrites over the deleted files. I could be wrong. Just posting this for clarification.
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My apologies. I thought you were rooted already.
I haven't found a un-delete tool that doesn't require root.
Rooting however for me, I didn't lose any data. Plus you're reflashing the system partition, which shouldn't overwrite any of you internal storage (for pics and videos) as its a separate partition.
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Can you suggest an app that will root my phone?
I'm running android 5.1 lollipop.
T-Mobile LG G4.
Software version H81110n.
Build number LMY47D

Here's one thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3164765

Flashfire supporting Pixel (XL)?

Hi
Does anyone know anything a out the current status of Flashfire on the Pixel (XL)?
I've tried to backup data and the screen turned black, afterwards I hard to hard reset the phone to get it working again.

niko26 said:
Hi
Does anyone know anything a out the current status of Flashfire on the Pixel (XL)?
I've tried to backup data and the screen turned black, afterwards I hard to hard reset the phone to get it working again.
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Good place to start https://plus.google.com/+Chainfire

danw_oz said:
Good place to start https://plus.google.com/+Chainfire
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I've tried to contact him already, plus asked him in one of his threads/posts. No response.

niko26 said:
I've tried to contact him already, plus asked him in one of his threads/posts. No response.
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It's probably because he got sick of being asked the same question over and over again.
If I read the XDA forums http://forum.xda-developers.com/general/paid-software/flashfire-t3075433 searching for the word PIXEL. This app appears that people have this working on Pixel XL, but not since the November release

danw_oz said:
It's probably because he got sick of being asked the same question over and over again.
If I read the XDA forums http://forum.xda-developers.com/general/paid-software/flashfire-t3075433 searching for the word PIXEL. This app appears that people have this working on Pixel XL, but not since the November release
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Thanks for your comment.
I was not asking why he was not replying to my questions - I've got total sympathy for that because the number of messages he might get must be insane.
My question still stands: Obviously Flashfire is not yet aware of the different layout of partitions on the Pixel phones. Does it still work correctly? If not, did Chainfire say anything about Flashfire being fixed to work with the pixels? I couldn't find anything, that's why I'm asking here.

I assume any announcement on it working on the Pixel will be made when it works on the Pixel. Much like superSU. (hope that doesnt sound like an ass thing to say) it's just the way things have been. unless someone else works on something and it looks like they are going to beat another dev to the punch, you don't usually see any info, much like boot-loader unlocks, rooting of a certain phone etc.. i.e when there is a bounty and team blahblah looks like they gonna take the glory, BANG! suddenly there's a solution that said dev was already working on secretly but wasn't planing on releasing any time soon but since there's competition, kinda thing. Know what I mean?

SuperSU is going to be a much higher priority for him to get going reliably with twrp and the new partition layout.

larsdennert said:
SuperSU is going to be a much higher priority for him to get going reliably with twrp and the new partition layout.
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Hey just curious what you mean by this. I know that TWRP has some bugs but I thought everything with SuperSU was worked out

I'm thinking they are still working on having them coexist without one wiping the other

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I'm thinking they are still working on having them coexist without one wiping the other
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No they work fine, especially SuperSU. TWRP is in alpha but works for installing and most other things but backup and restore does not yet.

larsdennert said:
I'm thinking they are still working on having them coexist without one wiping the other
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Wow, that was like week number one.
You're waaaaaay behind on updates.

Lol then we should get on chain fires case

larsdennert said:
SuperSU is going to be a much higher priority for him to get going reliably with twrp and the new partition layout.
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What? SuperSU working perfectly with twrp. As others said twrp still in alpha and some features are iffy, but SuperSU is solid.

Without Flashfire, how do we install a new OTA update if we are rooted? What's the proper/safe procedure?

s1dest3pnate said:
Without Flashfire, how do we install a new OTA update if we are rooted? What's the proper/safe procedure?
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Are you verizon?
Because if you're verizon then add Verizon to your profile so people can appropriately address your questions.
And add your freaking state/country while you're at it. :good:

CZ Eddie said:
Are you verizon?
Because if you're verizon then add Verizon to your profile so people can appropriately address your questions.
And add your freaking state/country while you're at it. :good:
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My apologies. T-Mobile, US - added to profile. Thanks for the suggestion!

s1dest3pnate said:
Without Flashfire, how do we install a new OTA update if we are rooted? What's the proper/safe procedure?
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You can sideload the update via ADB supposedly.
I've never used that method though.
I just flash the entire update on top of my old OS using flashboot and my guide here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/pixel-xl/how-to/info-how-restored-to-stock-soft-t3494478
Make sure to remove the -w from the script if you don't want your old data/apps wiped.
Then re-root your phone afterwards.
Nothing to worry about there if it's not a Verizon phone.

s1dest3pnate said:
Without Flashfire, how do we install a new OTA update if we are rooted? What's the proper/safe procedure?
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I do it like in this guide http://www.droid-life.com/2013/02/1...date-a-nexus-without-root-or-custom-recovery/

Very helpful, thanks guys. I did it and it worked - ran flash-all with -w removed. I wonder though if there's any downside to doing this that may not have been identified yet, such as extra space being taken up or diminished performance (even if negligible) possibly due to some duplication of data or something like that.

s1dest3pnate said:
Very helpful, thanks guys. I did it and it worked - ran flash-all with -w removed. I wonder though if there's any downside to doing this that may not have been identified yet, such as extra space being taken up or diminished performance (even if negligible) possibly due to some duplication of data or something like that.
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No, no downside at all. Flash all without the -w is how most people do it. It could even be argued that it is better.
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