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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Developme] hamzer11:
I got rid of the icon when I first rooted. Then I stupidly went into recovery and even though I didn't install anything it still starting showing the custom icon. I just unrooted and rebooted TWICE and the icon is gone. I will re-root when I get home and hopefully after following the instructions the icon won't come back. I have given up on the update. I don't feel like finding everything and restoring it back to stock. I will wait for the unlocked bootloader and the root injected stock files that can be loaded via Odin.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Developme] nakedninja42:
I think it has to do with recovery (speculation). I went into recovery to clear cache and it started after that (didn't put the two together till now). I thought it was weird that I got an error when clearing the cache... the custom thing is not a big deal knowing that it will go away flashing back to stock. I'm use to seeing the "unlock" from my Nexus 7 so it is kinda comforting since I know for a fact its custom... I wouldn't be on this site if I cared and didn't want custom right? lol

Update: Weird... after a few more reboots this morning it went away without doing anything.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Developme] TriC_101:
Works Great on the Rogers Samsung S4 :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Developme] Baldilocks:
I updated. Re-rooted. Installed SuperSU and did my typical de-bloat. No custom logo all day and then on my last reboot the CUSTOM image came back. Oh well.

As long as I can keep flashing official firmware to get updates, I'll be fine.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Developme] Mr_Q:
With respect to djrbliss, I hereby present you a slightly modified version of the original exploit:

- It includes the 'su'-binary from supersu

- Superuser.apk removed:

- Instead of installing the 'SuperUser'-app directly using ADB, it shows a message when you have to manually install it from the market.

With this new ZIP, you will not see the 'custom'-icon at all as it is done 'the first time right', or in fact, directly with SuperSU instead of SuperUser which is noticed by the software.

Hopefully it is OK to djrbliss if I post this, if not, please let me know and I'll remove it.

Enjoy!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Developme] SysAdmNj:
How would you install this zip for people that are already rooted?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Developme] Mr_Q:
Well, you do not have to install the ZIP, but instead, do the following:

- Install SuperSU from the market

- Grant SuperSU root access

- When asked to update su-binary, please do

- Remove SuperUser from your device

- Reboot (I read two reboots are needed to make the icon disappear again.)

This will give you the same effect as the modified zip I provided, except that it did not install SuperUser at first but directly installs SuperSU binary (with manual SuperSU installation).
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Developme] spectrumfox:
But don't we want SuperUser instead of SuperSU because it's updated?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Developme] Mr_Q:
Please define 'updated'.

Looking at the Google Play pages:

SuperUser by ChainsDD - Updated 1 July 2012

SuperSU by - Updated 3 March 2013

So SuperSU is newer, I do know there is a different version of SuperUser from Koush (ClockWorkMod) but I haven't tested it. I will try this later and if people are interested I can create a similar ZIP with the su-binary from Koush/ClockWorkMod. At this moment I do not know if it will show the 'custom'-icon with this root application/binary.

[EDIT] rogersa2k below is right; the original package contains the SuperUser from Koush/ClockWorkMod already, so that's not going to be of any help... :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Developme] rogersa2k:
Isn't it this SuperUser.apk, or am I confused?

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.koushikdutta.superuser

- Aaron
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Developme] spectrumfox:
The version of SuperUser included in Motochopper seems to be the updated one by ClockworkMod. That's what is currently installed on my phone. So does that mean we can't get rid of the "lock" icon on bootup without removing it in favor of SuperSU?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Developme] daledenton:
So, I am attempting to root, and it keeps saying:

device found

pushing exploit.

It does not do anything else, it will stay on that until I close out of the program, what am I doing wrong?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Developme] ZephCr:
Mine keeps saying adb server is out of date, any suggestions?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Developme] nakedninja42:
Have you update your android sdk?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Developme] Baldilocks:
I don't even have Android SDK on my computer. Had no problems with this root method. Just plug in the phone, wait for it to find and install hardware. Good to go.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Developme] ZephCr:
What would be the best method to do this?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Developme] nakedninja42:
Assuming your on Windows, go to the folder where you installed the sdk and open SDK_Manager. When it loads you will see Android SDK Tools under "Tools" and it should say Installed or Update to the right.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Developme] stevehkim:
Did you hit ok on your phone? I was waiting as well and didnt know i had a toast msg

ATT S4 Rooted. Beastin.

4.2.2
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Developme] nakedninja42:
Zip package comes with ADB. It depends if you have SDK on your machine. Lot of users install it but don't use it and have outdated packages. So, first things first troubleshooting... update the SDK.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Developme] djmouse:
for anyone curious i upgraded to s4 today from att,there was no update available for me so i rooted using this method worked perfectly, then a few hours ago i recieved the ota update it updated to the latest firmware with root and my root privileges stayed, just for anyone who was worried or wondering.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Developme] skflinch:
Root Gone

So my phone just updated ( did not do it on purpose) and I no longer have root I was wondering how you are still able to be rooted? also does anyone know if mototchopper still works and also does anyone know if I can return to stock via odin and re root
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Developme] djmouse:
im not sure all i know is i rooted it earlier today then i saw the update and installed it,and when it rebooted it was still rooted, the boot screen shows a samsung logo and a unlock icon under it and it says custom
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Developme] Ericnfla:
Worked great on my Tmobile S4. Kept stopping at "daemon successfully started" I went to the drop down menu on the home screen clicked on connected as media device, then unchecked connected on Media device (MTP) then checked Camera (PTP). Windows automatically downloaded additional drivers. I tried again and it worked perfectly. Thanks!!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Developme] djmouse:
wow actually i did lose root,it still said it was custom but root was gone i re ran the .bat file and it re rooted all good
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Developme] Mr_Q:
At this moment I do not think there is a solution to have it removed with the SuperUser from ClockWorkMod/Koush which is included in the original zip. I have updated my earlier post.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Developme] skflinch:
I can confirm that if you did update and lose root you can just simply follow the instructions in the OP and you can gain root access again
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Developme] Rickala:
Odd behavior since rooting, anyone?

Has anyone had any odd behavior since rooting? I have noticed that the screen rotation while texting and such, has a long delay now since rooting.. Additionally, I have had several instances where swiping the phone to answer the call does nothing until several rings..Almost like the phone is locked up..

Is there a way to completely remove the root if desired, or does the whole phone need to reflashed with Odin?

Thanks

Rick
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Developme] TL24:
How are you guys removing the AT&T bloatware? Titanium Backup? :confused:

I've been out of the Android game for far too long LOL
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Developme] Br0ken:
You guys that are saying you can confirm that you lose root after new update BUT regain root just by redoing the root steps again......

Well that is not the case here.. I lost root and can not get it back. Only reason i did the update was that the few confirming it was ok to update and could get root back by following the steps over again.. :(

Hopefully there will be another way to root again soon.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Developme] fresh_TD:
Try going through the steps again you should be good
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Developme] Br0ken:
Tried several times fresh_TD

It goes thru it all excpet fails on pushing the superuser.apk

The after it reboots it is still locked. :(
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Developme] fresh_TD:
Check your pm
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Developme] nakedninja42:
Can you confirm if su is pushed to /system/xbin? If it is, then you can install SuperSU from the play store.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Developme] Br0ken:
Yes its there.. When I try to install it from the play store it fails on the install.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Developme] nakedninja42:
Can you install anything from the Play store? I am wondering if that is the issue... not able to install to your /data partition. That is where the superuser from the script is going.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Developme] ViciousLSD:
Tried Mr_Q modified zip and it works great with no issues!!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Developme] Br0ken:
Yes i just grabbed a game off there to test.

I ended up reseting the phone back to factory settings and redid the root steps and this time Superuser went but also seen the line failed on finishing steps..

Just ran it again and here is what im getting.

[*] Waiting for device...

* daemon not running. starting it now on port 5037 *

* daemon started successfully *

[*] Device found.

[*] Pushing exploit...

6084 KB/s (1283460 bytes in 0.206s)

[*] Pushing root tools...

6178 KB/s (366952 bytes in 0.058s)

6203 KB/s (1867568 bytes in 0.294s)

6673 KB/s (1578585 bytes in 0.231s)

pkg: /data/local/tmp/Superuser.apk

Failure [INSTALL_FAILED_ALREADY_EXISTS]

[*] Rooting phone...

[+] This may take a few minutes.

[-] Failure.

[*] Cleaning up...

[*] Exploit complete. Press enter to reboot and exit.

Press any key to continue . . .
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Developme] b33p_:
This worked for me! UK Vodafone i9505

http://i.imgur.com/0YVLWIe.png
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Developme] ducksauce88:
Got my phone today, rooted it, happy man!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Developme] cnewsgrp:
Thanks.

1) Can folks confirm this works? I want to root today.

2) Can this be installed on AT&T phone (locked bootloader)? Please confirm.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Developme] alacrify:
Reading is good. Posting without reading at all is bad.;)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Developme] ViciousLSD:
Wow you can't go up a few posts and see that I said it worked? Some people are freaking lazy!!!!! Lol

I'm on att btw....
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Developme] fresh_TD:
Lmao!!!!!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Developme] howlingmoon12:
Ran both scripts, apparently it wont let me go into /data, would run it as admin work?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Developme] cnewsgrp:
Got it. Question was silly. However I would like to point out that

I am trying to root a device that is new and bootloader is locked. This is a new device Dev is just starting so lot of unknowns.

VisiousLSD: You are the only one who has posted success, there are many who have asked follow up questions or are having issues.

There are folks with Euro/Rogers/TMO variants lurking here and I would really hate to brick my phone because I tried something on ATT hardware that was reported successful on other varient

Just saying a little patience, politeness goes a long way. I have used several android devices and the reason I asked the question is I am being extra careful.

Have a nice day.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Developme] hamzer11:
Did you check to see if you have root access after this?

---------- Post added at 09:18 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:14 PM ----------

I can confirm that this works on the AT&T S4. I did this when I got the phone. The part that is not working for some is getting rid of the "Custom" icon. For me, I don't care. You're going to unroot the device anyway if you need to deal with warranty. At that point it's easier to clear the icon. Anyway, I used the guide below. It uses this same motochoppoer mod.

http://androidtechy.com/index.php/2013-04-28-19-55-53/how-to-diy/48
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Developme] cnewsgrp:
Thanks. Works great on AT&T with locked bootloader.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Developme] fresh_TD:
Bottom line is, you FAILED to read..if you would of read at least the OP you could of answered your own question..
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Developme] lmt125:
I'm getting the S4 next week. When I'm transferring the memory card from my current phone to the s4 what folders should I delete before rooting the s4? I was thinking the system and data folders?

Thanks.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Developme] cnewsgrp:
From where I am looking at this, I explained and you still don't follow. You FAIL.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Developme] Joeviocoe:
I am failing to get root with either motochopper or motochopper_modified_supersu

on T-Mobile SGS4

The run.bat completes and reboots the phone.

But neither SuperUser nor SuperSU can install binaries.

Root Checker and Titanium are not detecting root.

Could this be because I accepted an OTA yesterday??

Is there a way to wipe off that OTA?

Thanks.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Developme] cnewsgrp:
Thanks. I followed guide from here and I did not get custom icon. Basically you have custom icon because the original process modified /system/app by adding superuser.apk there. If you remove that file, it should go away.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Developme] Joeviocoe:
I guess I'm going to have to follow this root method

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2268880
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Developme] ViciousLSD:
Ota has nothing to do with it. Follow the instructions and take it step by step. Which zip are you using? I used Mr_Q with no issues. ....
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Developme] vianney3:
I am having trouble too to get root too.

I'm on mac os, this is the output :

[*] Waiting for device...
* daemon not running. starting it now on port 5037 *
* daemon started successfully *
[*] Device found.
[*] Pushing exploit...
4439 KB/s (1283460 bytes in 0.282s)
[*] Pushing root tools...
4758 KB/s (366952 bytes in 0.075s)
3837 KB/s (1867568 bytes in 0.475s)
2829 KB/s (1578585 bytes in 0.544s)
pkg: /data/local/tmp/Superuser.apk
Failure [INSTALL_FAILED_ALREADY_EXISTS]
[*] Rooting phone...
[+] This may take a few minutes.
[-] Failure.
[*] Cleaning up...
[*] Exploit complete. Press enter to reboot and exit.

I checked with root checker and it says i'm not rooted.

i attached the strace of

adb shell /data/local/tmp/pwn

which fail and

adb shell /data/local/tmp/pwn-new

which fail too

if somenone can help, thx
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Developme] djmouse:
i have a mac also but i dual boot with parralles,i read somewhere that one of the files for osx was outdated,could be your problem i would try it on windows very easy u dont need to do anything but click on a file no running terminal,that is if all the drivers are installed
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Developme] pj1000:
Was hanging at "Daemon started successfully." Everything set according to OP. Then I noticed "Verify apps via USB" in developer options (which was checked as the default). I unchecked it and tried again. All went perfectly after that. Perhaps this instruction should be added in the OP?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Developme] sikalb:
ive searched this whole thread and googled everything to this problem im having in the attached picture.

ive installed the latest samsung drivers, have usb debugging active but nothing seems to work!

any help would be great! :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Developme] Dean1650:
Couldn't keep my hands off a 32gb model. I took the upgrade first, had some of the "already exists" failures listed above (su did not like the binaries). After disabling my virus protection on my pc, and a factory reset on the S4, worked perfectly. Installed SuperSU, no funky "lock" icon. Not sure if it was virus protection or factory reset. Root explorer and tibu working.

sent from my SGH-i317
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Developme] Joeviocoe:
According to this page:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2268880

Yes, the May 7th OTA for T-Mobile's M919 SGS4.... DOES PREVENT ROOTING via this Motochopper method.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Developme] Dean1650:
Try factory reset and disable any virus protection.

sent from my SGH-i317
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Developme] pj1000:
For what it's worth, I have the OTA and Moto rooted my phone just fine. Of course, it comes with the unlocked padlock icon on the boot (for the time being).
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Developme] djmouse:
anyone wondering,i just unrooted by removing busybox and superuser with root explorer,the custom screen returned to samsung galaxy s4 and i was able to get into recovery mode and did a factory reset and wiped user data and everything worked perfect phone is back to saying official,im gonna root again, i was messing with google wallet trying to get it to work and failed and just wanted it clean again and gonna use the modified motochopper see if the custom screen disappears ill report
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Developme] Rickala:
You are correct!

I followed the same method and no custom unlocked icon... This is after the update btw... Very nice:good:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Developme] funkdoobi:
Easiest root I've ever done for a phone. Wow.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Developme] djmouse:
all went perfect no icon anymore,question tho everytime i reboot it says android updating and starting apps? everyone else have that happing ?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Developme] djmouse:
idk why but after re rooting after the update the phone looks different,the blacks are blacker it seems crisper idk
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Developme] QuickSkope:
I ran the run.bat, but it stops at Daemon started successfully. All my drivers are up to date, USB debugging is on. Im not sure what I'm doing wrong. Any help?

Also, ADB refuses to open, it just runs through the prompt, and shuts down.

EDIT: Fixed, Had older drivers.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Developme] jfmoen:
Root failure

Just attempted to root my tmobile galaxy S4 sgh-m919. Debug is on, usb drivers good. Here is result

[*] Press enter to root your phone...

Press any key to continue . . .

[*]

[*] Waiting for device...

* daemon not running. starting it now on port 5037 *

* daemon started successfully *

[*] Device found.

[*] Pushing exploit...

3263 KB/s (1283460 bytes in 0.384s)

[*] Pushing root tools...

4423 KB/s (366952 bytes in 0.081s)

3632 KB/s (1867568 bytes in 0.502s)

3815 KB/s (1578585 bytes in 0.404s)

pkg: /data/local/tmp/Superuser.apk

[*] Rooting phone...

[+] This may take a few minutes.

[-] Failure.

[*] Cleaning up...

[*] Exploit complete. Press enter to reboot and exit.

It is when it runs pwn it fails looks like..... any suggestions

THANKS

John
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Developme] holmesm:
No root

I also did the OTA for US Cellular and cannot get root again. The device says it is modified, but it will not give root access. Voodoo says it has a protected su copy available, gets granted rights and says ru restored, but still no root. The motochopper or modified motochopper both fail when getting to the rooting portion. I do not want to try the odin method as it is for the M919 & mine is the sch-970. I have deleted all the supersu and superusers and tried again, but have the same result. Anybody else have the same or any suggestions?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Developme] Orionsax7:
ATT user here. Just updated my S4 I337. Lost root. Re-ran the motochopper and root came back without a hitch. Thanks!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Developme] fresh_TD:
I guess I'm the only one who did not lose root after updating...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Developme] Baldilocks:
If you didn't lose root, then it didn't update....
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Developme] djmouse:
i thought the same thing because superuser was still installed and my apps that require root were already given permissions and i could still acess them,but when i checked with root checker it was not rooted after the update

---------- Post added at 01:54 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:52 PM ----------

did you follow the un root thread you dont just go into system apps and delete you have to go into the xbin i bet you didnt do that,anyone thats having trouble with any of this has to be very bad at following directions this is the easiest phone ive ever rooted and unrooted and factory reset
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Developme] holmesm:
I did try to do that, but I no longer have root so I can't get to the xbin folder. I didn't unroot before updating because others had success. I did the temp unroot in voodoo. the only reason I uninstalled the supersu is that motochopper said it already existed.

---------- Post added at 01:28 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:15 PM ----------

did you follow the un root thread you dont just go into system apps and delete you have to go into the xbin i bet you didnt do that,anyone thats having trouble with any of this has to be very bad at following directions this is the easiest phone ive ever rooted and unrooted and factory reset[/QUOTE]

I did not follow the unroot thread because others had success with the OTA. I did not have success. You must not have read it. I had no trouble following the directions to root and remove lock icon. I have not had any problems since I started rooting and custom flashing way back with the HTC touch pro. Now that I don't have root, I can't do anything that requires root, which includes unrooting. And the root procedures I follow fail like others in this thread. Just because it works for you now, don't assume that everyone else is stupid!

Now, I'm hoping that someone else has some helpful tips please.