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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] matt1733:
yea you want to freeze sdm 1.0 in titanium that should stop any future updates until we know what works to keep root through ota's
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] KePTeiN:
Thanks!!! All work ok, bye bye Vroot :laugh:

in S4 GT-i9505
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] bjoostema:
Simply cannot update supsersu

I have followed every instruction to the t, and no matter what, SuperSU always fails at updating binaries. I am not new to modding my phone and these instructions are amazingly simple...I can't figure out why this is working for most but not all. I would really like to get the vroot su off and go with something I'm more comfortable with. Any suggestions as to something else to try?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] fortinbrasa:
I was having issues at first but I thought it was related to using the latest version of vroot so I found a slightly older version than the one that was updated a few days ago, used Odin to go back to unroot and stock. I then followed the steps to vroot and the awesome steps to freeze vroot and get supersu working.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] JohnnyBBWalton:
This worked beautifully! Thanks!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] bjoostema:
That did the trick! :highfive: Thank you for the suggestion buddy, it was beginning to drive me crazy haha
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] paperchaser757:
thanks for all the hard work that everyone has put into this
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Fourty8:
Agreed, thank you all so very much! Now rooted with 4.3 MJ7 and SuperSU on my SCH-I545! Now to debloat this sucker! :D
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] larue05:
A way to unroot?

I have a question posted here about unrooting from Vroot, as core functionality of my wife's phone still isn't working like I thought.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=47533884#post47533884

Trying to give this some double exposure to see if unrooting is possible at this point.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] jamiecwarner:
Lost VRoot

I have a I545 running mj7 and I got root through Vroot. I tried to use the terminal emulator entries from post #241 to switch to Super SU after the Vroot cleanup tool did not work. Now I have lost root and i cant get it back. When I rerun VRoot it says I was successful (blue check mark) but all my root apps wont recognize that I am rooted. At start up the phone shows Custom with an unlock. What steps should I try to get VRoot back on my phone.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] kdo23:
Do you have superSU or any other root permissions manager installed. You may have the binaries but not the application.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] jamiecwarner:
I have Super SU loaded as an app but when I try to run it to update binaries, it fails and tells me to reboot. Titanium says I dont have root and the attempt was made using /system/xbin/su.

When I ran term emu i had to get the files on my phone from an earlier post without the root folder. They were in the root of the phone and it appeared to run but after reboot I lost root. Do I need to flash with Odin back to stock and retry? Thanks for the help.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Chris-M.:
I can't seem to get this to work... little confusing as I am new to doing all of this ... from step 4 down ... where exactly do I need to put these files? I know the root but the exaxt directory in my phone.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Mr.W0lf:
I have made a script to remove Vroot and install SuperSU

- Send "mrw" folder to phone storage after extracting the downloaded file

- In terminal type : su

- Type : sh /sdcard/mrw/root.sh

File : http://www.mediafire.com/?ky9845gisnn3824

Video : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crLvs8ec0FE

It works on my galaxy S4 GT-I9505 and i should be working on other models

Please if you have time, just post which device does/dosen't work

Confirmed working on :

GT-I9505

SCH-I545

SGH-I337

...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Kchitown1977:
Once done will binaries update properly?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] fattyjian:
Remove Chinese SU

Do I Need to freeze knox 1st before following your steps?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] twolasrnames:
Worked for me on i545. Thanks a lot.

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It did for me, go to his site, check the video out.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Kchitown1977:
OK thanks
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Mr.W0lf:
No, I already disabled it in the script for you :)

You don't need to do anyting ;)

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Yes

After removing Vroot, go to Google play to update SuperSU
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] fattyjian:
WORKS!

its working flawlessly! Thanks!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Mr.W0lf:
Model please
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Chris-M.:
worked on Verizon galaxy s4 MJ7 4.3 llike a charm thanks no more Chinese and now supers is installed

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It also updates superSU binarys in the app as well. Thanks that Chinese crap was annoying lol sch-i545 works perfect.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] hovax615@hotmail.com:
This worked great for me I'm on the AT&T gs4.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Quentin.Sheley:
Success! Man after multiple re-roots via Vroot and then trying multiple techniques i can say this one was successful for me.

Mod Edit: links to vRoot or Kingo are currently not allowed on XDA. Here are serious concerns to IMEI and Serial number collected during the root process which is not necessary. Until this has been addressed no links that take you to such exploits will be allowed. Sorry for the inconvenience, if you are willing to take the risk we suggest you find the source elsewhere.

Prefer the manual method myself. It was two simple commands in Terminal of:

SU

sh /sdcard/mrw/root.sh

It showed a couple things on the screen that it did with Knox then FC'd a few things then rebooted.

Once it rebooted I immediately went in SuperSU and it said it needed to update binary so I assumed yet another fail but once I went into TB it asked SU via SuperSU and I granted. Once I did that I went back into SuperSU and it was updated.

Hopefully I keep this root this time and I can confirm that the VRoot method plus the manual removal of the Chinese SuperUser putting on SuperSU worked like a charm.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Painman1963:
Gt-i9505 flawless change of SuperSU but although [MENTION=631273]Chainfire[/MENTION] 's Version is installed and working it hasn't wanted to update binaries. Play shows latest version installed. very strange
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] jamiecwarner:
Lost Vroot

Do I need to flash with Odin back to stock 4.3 and retry to root with Vroot? Thanks for the help.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] kdo23:
I haven't done this process myself. If you are working from xbin yhen it seems the terminal commands you executed didn't remove the binaries from there. If those are loaded you may not be able to use those with supersu rather than the chinese superuser.

I kept root after upgrade so i am just thinking here rather than talking from experience.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] jamiecwarner:
I seemed to be locked up. Vroot wont provide root access on my phone, Super SU wont load binaries and no root application will work. I found a site on XDA that had a firmware that matches my baseband VRUEMJ7 with Odin 3.09. I just want to make sure if I run it I wont brick my phone trying to get back to 4.3 stock so I can try to reroot again. Any recommendations from the forum?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] muniz_ri:
Does this script only remove the Chinese superuser apk? Or does it also remove any other files that vroot may have installed on the phone? Thanks
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] jamiecwarner:
Lost Vroot

It was the script from post #241 and it was suppose to remove Vroot superuser and replace it with Super SU.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] tsquared_903:
For any looking for a video guide to this method: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2337590

Last link in the OP
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Mr.W0lf:
It also remove any other files that vroot may have installed + disable knox notification
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] papazaf:
I have emailed the Vroot site about the IMEI

the respond:

信一合作

4:12 AM (5 hours ago)

to me

Hi, i only need your phone model and imei data to match the root-engine scheme,for example ,samsung s4 has many models,like 9500,9502,and each model needs different root-engine。we don't need your other data, the data we needed only for the rooting。

于 13-11-17 上午10:00

That makes me think that first of all the manage to take my data.....

and second that maybe the PC aplications send the data not the Chinese SU

When i use the script i get ADB denied.....
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] spc_hicks09:
Lol no.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] fattyjian:
Model

i95O5. ^^
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] -Lawless:
fyi, I did a factory reset and did not lose root.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Timebomb606:
Worked for me, prior versions of these steps didnt allow me to update binaries. This worked perfectly.

p.s. In case anyone was wondering, i already got rid of Vroot SU app and had SuperSU installed. Just ran the steps in terminal and then updated binaries. Success.

Thanks for your work.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] nujackk:
Thank You !! finally one that worked , I feel so much better about using my root access now :D:cool::highfive:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] paradisewasted:
Great work guys!! Used the codes in terminal emulator and the de la vega files after vroot. All is good. Thanks guys!!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Kchitown1977:


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Has anyone unrooted via vroot. If so did it remove unlocked icon when booting up. Can't seem to get rid of icon
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] -Lawless:
Will always be there unless you return to stock I believe.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] rolltide78:
Can you install a custom rom on this now after following this method?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] spc_hicks09:
-_-
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] SynysterX:
Hey now, he's got 6 posts. I don't know too much about development either, but I do appreciate good positive feedback when I ask questions.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] dimitry1:
I am having the same exact problem as as jamiecwarner. I was able to successfully root via vroot om MJ7 and got the Chinese suoeruser.I verified I had root via Root Checker Basic. When I opened terminal emulator and entered the two line codes, the phone rebooted and I lost root. I did not get SuperSU installed and every time I try to root again via Chinese Vroot the program states I rooting was successful with a blue check mark but the phone it not rooted. I downloaded Supersu manually but it is missing binaries. What am I doing wrong? I deleted user data and factory reset the phone from boot menu many times but still I get the same result. Hope one of you has a solution.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] -Lawless:
Did you try Wolf's method?

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=47549086&postcount=402
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Kchitown1977:
When flashing emergency recovery did it remove the unlocked icon upon boot up?

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Oops sorry think I posted multiple times with same question my bad
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] jamiecwarner:
Lost Vroot

When I open terminal emulator and type SU, it maintains the $ sign instead of giving me the # sign.

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Would it work to flash back to stock 4.3 MJ7 with Odin 3.09 and try to re-install Vroot? I have a SCH I545.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] -Lawless:
Have you tried wolf's method?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Surge1223:
So one thing that's strange about the Chinese superuser I've found that at least two people have confirmed to me that the tether unlock mod I posted in development doesn't work with the Chinese superuser but does with super su. Has anyone else found any other inconsistencies with vroot's superuser?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] paradisewasted:
When I did all that I didn't get # in terminal emulator unless SU was lower case. su
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] paradisewasted:
Weird, but it works.

Btw anyway I get a mod to remove the restrictions on my account. Trying to post to help people and gotta wait 5 minutes between postings. Very annoying.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] paradisewasted:
I couldn't get it to work with chinese SU but it worked like a charm with superSU. Thanks for the mod!! Made my unlimited plan even better!!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] jamiecwarner:
Lost Vroot

I wont be able to use the Wolf method because I cant get super user access on Terminal Emulator.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] paradisewasted:
Why not??? Do you have root? ? I couldn't either until I entered su in lowercase.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] dtronx:
Unroot question

Why even after I unroot I keep getting it saying the system is "custom"? Wiped cache, and factory reset and still says custon & have the unlock showing when booting up
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Kchitown1977:
+1
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] dtronx:
Remove the unlock icon when I reflashed with the ODIN and the STOCK MJ7 firmware
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] beez1717:
Not only am I wary of the root method but I'm on a mac so I still have to wait for a root method until further notice as things require pc only programs and I don't want to pay for Windows and dual boot or emulate windows. Perhaps someone can prove me wrong!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] jamiecwarner:
Got root

I flashed my SCH-545 back to firmware and reloaded vroot 1.7.2.4 and obtained root. I then used the Wolf method to switch from superuser to Super SU. Many thanks to Timebomb606 and -Lawless who kept providing options to get my problem solved.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] qudwis:
Sorry, but I'm new to samsung phone. So I have two questions.

Wheere can I get the odin and mj7 firmware file?

and how to I flash these files? a link of how to might be great. Thanks.

-----------------------------

nvm. just found it. I think.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] k1mu:
You flashed custom software when vroot did it's thing. So your phone is now custom.

The safe way to clear that flag is to flash a stock (no-wipe) ROM. That will clear the flag and remove root.

When you re-root, it'll re-set the custom flag, of course.

You could try using Triangle Away to remove the custom flag. I don't know what that'll do to the Knox Warranty Void flag, though. If that gets triggered, it can not be reset, so it's pretty risky. But since you were willing to use vroot, perhaps Triangle Away is worth trying.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Surge1223:
Honestly I don't even know if its worth it to try to get rid of the "custom" screen. I've quoted Ralekdev below, he's refering to removing the "custom" screen on the S3, but I'm sure the removal process is just as involved on the S4 as it is on the S3
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] fillyo:
I was on MI1 rooted with De la Vega. I reflashed the no wipe MI1 image via Odin, rerooted, and took the update. I am now rooted on MJ7. My screen shows Custom with an unlocked symbol when I boot up. I never installed safestrap or flashed any ROM, just debloated.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] -Lawless:
That is normal
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] infamous215:
Triangle away does remove unlock screen I currently have installed but status still reads custom and does not trigger Knox.

Sent from my SCH-I545
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Craleb:
I really want to root. But... I'm kinda scared... I've done it a thousand times before but with different devices. (Note 2 most recently) . I hate that there is a flash counter and Knox and the unlock screen to worry about... .. plus I love my s4 so much I don't want to mess it up lol... Although I do have insurance. ...

Should I just man up and do it?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] dtronx:
Tried triangle away and it doesn't work. On my SCH-i337 I have it rooted and it says original not custom since the problem from what I was reading was the superuser program and deleting it. I wonder if the Chinese SU has a different effect with it

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Did you use vroot or what to root since when I tried triangle away with vroot it would remove the lock screen
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] infamous215:
I used vroot n removed Chinese su just like in here n triangle away does work. The official one one purchased. Currently working now.

Sent from my SCH-I545
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Surge1223:
I don't know if you guys noticed my post or not. But it makes sense
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] xxxtncxxx:
The method of Vroot ING then running script to replace cn su with SuperSU works just fine. If for some reason you want to go back you can just flash mj7 Odin image to return to stock.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] udg21:
thanks worked great
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] dtronx:
Thanks will try it again. I have the purchased version of triangle away too.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Sczar:
There you go

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2507253

:D
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] TheCelt:
I have looked everywhere for the MI1 "no-wipe" image... can someone post a link? I have the MJ7 "no-wipe"..... just can't find MI1.

TIA
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] fillyo:
Here you go!

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2301259

Also, this thread may help!

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2504408
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] TheCelt:
Thanks much fillyo!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] jhom52:
I'm curious if anyone knows if the recent versions of vroot have gotten rid of the unwanted data collection that was troublesome with the earlier vroot versions? I believe the developers stated that they would remove the unwanted parts in future versions.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Craleb:
+1^^^

I understand it works. But also weary of the malicious rumors.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] TheCelt:
so I got too excited and did not read in full what you did. I came from rooted ME7, updated via the no wipe MI7, and the Root De La Vega is not working for me. Is the trick that you have to take the OTA for RDLV to work correctly?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] super_f:
MK* working?

Does anybody know if the method with VRoot will work on the new releases like MK8 or MK9? Has anybody tried?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] k1mu:
Can someone that's used vroot or kingo to root their MJ7 device and who has shell access to their device please try a couple of commands for me? Ideally this would be using adb as that's the easiest for you, otherwise it'll require saving a file on the sdcard then pulling it off the phone.

PM me if you're willing to collect some info for me.

Thanks!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] fillyo:
Nope, I got my device on MI7, I rooted it. Because I debloated, the update failed. So, I flashed the no wipe MI7, rerooted via RDLV, then, I did the SuperSu Survival mode, took the update, and that's it.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] TheCelt:
Thx.... RDLV method would not work for me at all to root MI1. Tried numerous times. Ended up using vroot and all available methods to remove the "sketchy" Chinese stuff. Worked just fine.

One thing though, the apps on my SD card are grayed out. I can use them, but the icons are the generic gray android w/ the SD card symbol. I have to research how to fix that one.... before I root MJ7.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] jwendt79:
Restart your phone...that should take care of the dark sd card icon on apps...worked for me once
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] TheCelt:
That didn't fix it. it's really odd. I've uninstalled all the apps, formatted the card (Fat32) and reinstalled the apps. They hold until my first reboot, then they gray out (android with the sd card symbol)... I can still access them, but the app icon is gone.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] elgaby:
My phone comes with MJ7 I need to unrrot to MJ3 for use the region lock away, any guide of how can change the firmware?

Kind Regards
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] keith843:
If your on the latest firmware, there is no way to downgrade. Theres one guy that has achieved it, but has been mia for a little while. Theres a few more guys working on it, but its in regards to downgrading from me7 to mdk for loki.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] svantine:
Here goes nothing.

OK. So I know that I am new, so HELLO ALL. Probably only 1 post. But after purchasing a brand new Galaxy S4 and taking it out of the box, it connected to my WiFi and updated automatically... I had a feeling I was screwed. After finding this site, and more specifically, this thread, I finally combed through all 48 pages to tell you all that it works. Being new to rooting and trying the steps that were posted about 12 or 20 pages back (whatever it was) it didn't work the first time. So I factory reset my phone but only after installing all of these other apps I had no idea about like the SuperSU, Terminal Emulator, Root Checker, and Busy Box Pro whilst I was still in the process of trying to get it to work. Come to find out. It didn't work the first time because I did not have any of these. I didn't read until maybe 5 pages ago that Busy Box was required... and some of these apps require you to pay in order to do some of those original steps listed, for instance: Titanium Backup... if you don't pay for it you cannot freeze any processes. All of this said I hope that if some newbies like myself skip to the end of this thread or go a few pages back and read this, that it can shed some light on what is really involved here. For a first time rooter, this is not an easy process, especially with a f#c!3% version of Android OS that locks boot-loader. Also, a lot of people (mostly noobs like me) were asking where to copy the files too, and it took a good 15 minutes on Google search results to learn that it's just the main phone drive (in my case E:\)... Hope that can help too.

Anyway, So after I finally achieved root without losing it after every reboot (the first time I attempted and failed because I didn't have half or know half of what I needed to) I was on the final step where you're in Terminal Emulator and doing the de_la_vega.sh step and all it kept saying was that the text file was in use... I thought I had failed once again and was doomed to unroot at every restart, however, this time was not the case. My phone is still rooted, I froze the Superuser app went into SuperSU after granting it permission in terminal and everything and it updated binaries no problem. I don't know if this is a fluke, and I don't really care because I have root that doesn't disappear after every reboot.

Now on to my couple questions:

1) Does it matter that it said the Text file was in use even though I was disconnected from my computer and I have achieved root?

2) Does it matter that SuperSU is not listed as an app in Titanium Backup?

3) Will the GOOManager app that was on some thread I read as a link through this one work to achieve custom recovery through Loki hack on MJ7? More specifically build SCH-I545 Android 4.3?

4) Are their any known devs working on a way to fix this if there is not? (I.E whoever made Smartstrap or whatever its called)

5) Was this post even comprehensible?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] xxxtncxxx:
1. ?

2. Don't think SuperSU normally shows up in TB. Is it installed and in your apps? Open it, did it update binary successfully? If so your fine.

3. No, there is no custom recovery for MJ7

4. That's a ridiculous question.

5. Barely

The instructions can not get any better for rooting MJ7 if you follow them it works.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] hovax615@hotmail.com:
Why'd you have to quote his long post?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Sir_Eagle:
1) No idea

2) SuperSU shows in TiB for me, I do have SuperSU Pro though.

3) You can't use any custom recoveries on 4.3 yet

4) It's Safestrap that you're thinking of. The dev that does it is Hashcode, I've seen others say he is working on it for 4.3 but never saw anything from Hashcode himself.

5) yes
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Bradh024:
Hashcode just mentioned on his twitter that he's still working on it.