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[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Soy_Filipo:
I'm actually using KitKat on my GN, all bugs have been fixed but they can't compile 3.4 kernels because of the TI OMAP dropped support issue, I think this will be an issue in the long run with future versions of android, I know they'll try to work around it to fix the issues. I'm running kitkat with a 3.0.10 kernel and its running beautiful but I'm not sure if we are taking all the advantages of the 3.4 kernel.

Oh I would love to buy an N5 [MENTION=4224503]Lt.Win[/MENTION] but I can only buy through amazon and the price there is ridiculously expensive, around 500$ when in the google play store is only 350$ and in my country we can't buy phones on the google store, not even through proxys or VPN, and I wouldn't ever use my CC on a VPN or a proxy. So, since the N4 its 350$ on amazon it will have to do, It's still a great phone I think.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Soy_Filipo:
I want to delete this reply but i dont know how
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lt.Win:
Yes, the N4 is a great device. Sad to hear you can only buy from amazon. Isn't there an eBay of your country? If not, have you tried checking eBay.com? I've seen quite a few sellers who ship internationally, and usually around the same price as Play Store. Do check there and try your luck. If not, then yes, you can always buy an N4.

Oh, and I think it is quite possible to back-port important / useful features of the 3.4 Kernel to 3.0.x, since it is 3.x.x, and not some old GB Kernel. So in that way you may be able to hold on to it for a year or so, maybe. Anyways, good luck on finding the phone(s)!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] JGAGNON10:
OK so after installing a 4.4 Rom I was having signal issues and was advised to update to the new mk6,so I did. But now I'm getting extremely low data speeds. I attempted to go back to the old radio (MDJ) which worked well on my old Rom data wise but it fails every time I try to flash it through Odin on the computer. Any help is greatly appreciated
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NewbieDroidMan:
Hi guys,i have rooted my GalaxyS2 and remove some apk's from /data/app wich where the following:

com,infraware.polarisoffice

com.samsung.swinft.app.kiesair

com.sec.android.im

com.sec.android.image.photo

com.swipe.amdroid.imputmethod

com.vlingo.client.samsung

they appear in the applications menu with 0.00B,all of them and a gray icon with a little android and SD logo on it at the bottom of the icon

I have search the entire phone for related folders and hace not found anything,so i can delete and resolve this matter on my own.

How to remove them ?
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] ioioio79:
Hi,

can anyone help me?

I'm searching for the last official rom in Italian and the best cooked rom in Italian, to try if it's best the official or the cooked one.

Thanks a lot.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] alexxxio:
Build number?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] k1mu:
Other devices?

There is really nothing specific to the I545 or MJ7 in this root tool. There's a good chance it'll work on anything currently running 4.3.

If you have success with other devices, please reply to let us know.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Surge1223:
Im glad I could help and good work! Im sure this will work with MK2 too.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] k1mu:
Yup. I'd say that it's almost certain.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Oozura:
Script did not work for me. I think there is a problem with the script or the zip.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] sharkie405:
Suppose there is something actually malware-ish about vroot or kingoroot, would that be something that could be "undone" so to speak by unrooting? As in, I've already rooted via both of those other methods at different times. Should I unroot to stop whatever they "may" be doing and then try and root via your method? Or is there really no point now that I'm already rooted?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] k1mu:
Which of the two scripts? What error did you get?

I'll be happy to fix if you'll provide some details!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Surge1223:
I can confirm this works on ME7 just in case anyone is wondering, Im pretty sure it can easily work on any build we have so far. Might require minor modification but for the most part, this is solid.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] k1mu:
As far as lingering malware on the phone, the only thing you could do would be to flash a full-wipe factory image then root it when done.

I don't know if it's worth the hassle or no. If it was me, I'd be wiping, but I put the effort in to make this happen since I couldn't accept the closed-source risk with vroot.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] oldwolf613:
Sharkie, I'm new to S4, but I've been reading for decades & decades & saw a reference to a youtube video by Sgt tom (not sure of the name, but…) you can search for titles there relating to rooting S4, & it shows how you can install kingo root to obtain the exploit, do some stuff (don't recall, it may just be deleting that)… & installing Super SU in it's place or over that.

So do a little searching on root & s4 in youtube & invest some time… sorry, not sure if that was all meant for a diff version of the firmware; but it is worth looking into to use the kingo's exploit & then immediately replace it.

Don't know about the issue w/kingo is malware, or 'just' that it harvests your meid &/or other personal info, but there is a way to use it & replace it if you are OK with that approach…

Sorry I don't have specific references, but I just got into this since 'Grey Thursday' sale @ Staples, early start on Black Friday sales… hth,

oldwolf
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Craleb:
First off... THANK YOU SO MUCH!

I did this method by putting it on my sd card... and it went through and told me to reboot. but upon reboot i have no custom splash screen and no su. i will try again tho.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Craleb:
I think I'm doing it wrong? Can someone help my dumb ass. Lol or I can just to adb. Either way haha.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Surge1223:
Try the adb method first then if you get a failure message try the install.sh method from terminal again. After the script is done type "su". See if that works
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Cdubzz20:
I am having the same results as the poster before you. I tried using adb method, and the prompt said adb couldn't be found.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] fivedezs:
Anybody want to confirm this works? I just updated to MK2 right now and want to try but would like another confirmation first.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Craleb:
Ugh I have adb setup and everything... but my freaking phone will not go into debug mode. Even after restart. I have debugging checked in dev options. It just "connected as an installer" then MTP
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Jiggity Janx:
Thanks for working on this. Copy of errors running script run in terminal emulator attached.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] tyson10:
on MK2 and got the same output as Jiggity
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] portscan:
Tried updating to MK2 using survival mode with SuperSU, but the install failed. Unfroze all apps with no luck. Factory flashed the MJ7 tar with Odin and lost root with survival on. Took the OTA to MK2 and used this method to root. All was flawless. Thanks for an easy method!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] neil7398:
this works.....Thanks!

Hello all,

I have a G4 on AT&T running 4.3. This program works perfectly to root your phone...Thanks a million for this!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] kkryter:
Having some trouble getting this to work. I'm running Windows 7, x64. Here's pretty much what I did :

- Updated phone to MK2 to hopefully address the Knox oddities that I've noticed lately.

- Installed Kies 3. It saw the phone fine.

- Verified that USB debugging was enabled on the phone.

- Turned off all security software, AV and Firewall.

- Opened a command prompt as Administrator.

- Ran the install.bat file. It hangs after saying that it successfully started the first daemon process.

- Tried different USB connection modes, MTP and PTP. After changing between if I ran the script again it would hang at waiting for device. A reboot would allow it to connect again, but still hangs after the first message about successfully starting the daemon process.

Any ideas on what I might be doing wrong? Thanks in advance for your help.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Swimboy46163:
Is the USB debugging on?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] k1mu:
There's a prompt from the adb daemon on the phone that asks you to give permission for the connection. If you don't OK that, the script will hang waiting for permission to access the phone. Check for any notification messages on your phone that you need to open up to approve the access.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] kkryter:
Thanks for your quick reply OP, and for your hard work developing this of course.

I just tried again and still no luck...nothing pops up on the phone's screen or within the notification dropdown. I did do one thing differently this time, I disabled the HTC sync software that is on my laptop as my primary is an HTC One, the GS4 is my wife's. I thought it could perhaps be interfering, but alas no luck. Odd too that after initially connecting, finding the device and then hanging on the first daemon that if I try again it will never make it past the 'waiting for device' unless I reboot both my laptop and the phone. I may just try this on another PC.

Any further suggestions are greatly appreciated!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] MOS95B:
Someone mentioned setting the USB connection as "Camera". If I don't do this, the script won't talk to my phone
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] azuziel:
*#0808# opens menu to change usb modes in my dialer, at least on rogers it does. Some carriers use dif codes tho.

Sent from my SGH-I337M
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Sniper_5:
For some reason it won't find my phone without Kies running. I finally got it to go through. I had downloaded the zip again right before posting that.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Whizzpopper:
Thanks! The script works a treat on Mac OSX (10.9). Done in 5 mins. If anyone needs help using this on OSX, feel free to PM me. A word of advice for mac users: if you've installed Kies, remove it

completely

(residual kernel extensions, containers, etc) and restart your computer or you may have trouble reaching your device.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] lilg754367:
i tried doing this on windows 8 and when i double click on the install.bat command prompt comes up and says the system cannot find the patch specified
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Nick3193:
I just used the Busybox Free app to install it. Didn't give me any errors, but I haven't validated it to be sure all the symbolic links are set correctly.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Swimboy46163:
For some odd reason I can't get Knox to show up in titanium backup. It's kinda weird.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Nick3193:
Check your filters perhaps? It definitely shows up for me. There's a post earlier in the thread where someone posted screenshots of what specifically he froze for Knox. That's what I used as a guide.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Sir_Eagle:
How do you do this, I don't see any option for it?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Craleb:
When you first open SuperSU and Install binaries it should ask "knox has been detected it may limit root function. Would you like to disable it now"
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Nick3193:
Not a problem. And again, thank you! After running your script last night, I've been using the phone all day and it's been working without any issues or problems at all. Can't overstate how happy I am to have root again!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] lilg754367:
someone please help me when i click install.bat just a black command box comes up saying system cannot find the specified file and i dont have tools file in the folder
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Sir_Eagle:
Maybe I froze all the Knox apps before I opened the actual SuperSU app. Or I'm old and just don't remember getting the message.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] lilg754367:
im clicking on install.bat and its saying the system cannot find the specified file i have usb debugging check and all windows 8 64 bit
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] lisannia:
I can't download the zip??????
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Ibuprophen:
I had no problem downloading the attached zip file I just grabbed from the OP...

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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] gluons:
How long does this rooting take? I clicked Yes on the busybox notification, but then nothing happened for a long time...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] sd_shadow:
Not long.

may need usb drivers for your device.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Az Biker:
Please comment in English. if a second language is required, place it below the English comment as I have done here. Thank you.

Hãy bình luận bằng tiếng Anh. nếu cần một ngôn ngữ thứ hai, hãy đặt nó bên dưới bình luận tiếng Anh như tôi đã làm ở đây. Cảm ơn bạn.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] IrieOne1:
Trojan or

Edit: nvm false positive I guess.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] quattr0:
The instal.bat and install.sh should be the same directory/level with the "files" directory. Sounds like you clicked on install.bat within the files directory
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] lilg754367:
huh? when i open the folder there is install.bat and install.sh and i double click the bat one

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if someone can help me i will donate this is getting me mad
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] quattr0:
Using this without Kies

I installed Kies per instruction and for whatever reason, adb could not find my device. I then un-installed Kies and just let Windows install its drivers. I then go to Device Manager and found the device SCH-i5...right click on it and select Update driver and let Windows update driver. Once updating is done, you should have the ADB interface as seen below. Then this root method will work. Duh!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] lilg754367:
still not working for me this is weird

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i dont think this will work on windows 8 but then i tried it on windows 7 and still got the same thing
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] gamedic12112:
I am running MK2 and ran as posted in first post on thread and it worked. Thank you and great work
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] lilg754367:
how i keep getting a command prompt that says the system cannot find the specifed path when i double click on install.bat

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do i need any type of program on my phone or something why is this keep coming up someone help me please i will donate
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] TemporalShadows:
It sounds like you're running the file from within the ZIP file. Be sure to right click on the file you downloaded and click Extract All, pick a folder to extract the files to, then after that run the install.bat.

If that doesn't work, please post the exact steps you took. More details will help.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] jball:
May I ask what this root will do as opposed to using Supersu pro.should I unroot and use this method I guess is my main question.

ROOTED ATT MK2 using Tapatalk
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] lilg754367:
ok i clicked install then said dameon sucessfully installed waiting for device and just keeps there

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i exit out of it then clicked again and now all it says it waiting for device
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Swimboy46163:
Debugging on? Mtp or Photo?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] TemporalShadows:
If it gets stuck there, it's waiting for your phone to be connected (it's not detecting the phone).

Make sure you've turned on USB debugging on the phone and that you have the Samsung drivers installed your computer. Also watch for a pop-up on your phone asking permission.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] lilg754367:
it couldnt install 2 drivers which were named cdc serial and samsung_android the other two installed fine

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debugging is on and its on mtp
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Swimboy46163:
I know this is crazy but try photo. It worked for me.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] lilg754367:
i got it to work i didnt extract the file in the first place then i ran install as administrator and never even thought of looking at my phone to grant permission thank you so much guys i have supersu now!!!

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should i disable knox
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] k1mu:
That permission prompt is why the script says "unlock your phone and give permission for the install to run". :)

Perhaps that needs to move to the TOP of the script so it's more obvious.

Yes, you should disable Knox. It'll pop warnings on your device if you don't.

I just ran this on my phone tonight since I had to flash the no-wipe to recover from trying to get Wallet to run. Installing the 4.3 Wallet files broke wifi. It might be surprising, but that's the first time I've used the script to do this. All of the changes to that script have been done "blind". I'm glad that the busybox install changes worked. :victory:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] thehoz:
Rooted my MK2 very quickly and easily on first run. Thank you k1mu and all of you developers for this, your past and future work!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] jco897j:
Is there a benefit to this? For example I rooted prior to you making this change. Should I then need to make any changes to my device?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] jball:
I asked a similar question and would love to know as well.i kept root with Supersu survival mode and want to jump on board.

Need to know if I have to Un root to re root using this method?

ROOTED ATT MK2 using Tapatalk
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] lilg754367:
how do you unroot
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] k1mu:
There's no benefit - the recent changes enabled busybox, but there's no reason to do that using my tool as there's other ways to enable busybox. I use "Busybox Pro" from Google Play but there's free ways to do that.

Updating won't be "better" in any way. If you've got root, you're done.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] lilg754367:
damn i cant get the stock bootloader back up i did a factory reset by accident and now it says samsung custom when it loads up how can i get it back to normal recovery and bootloader
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] k1mu:
Start up SuperSU. Tap on the "Settings" tab, and scroll down to the "Cleanup" area. Tap on "Full unroot". Reboot, and you're unrooted.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] lilg754367:
how do you restore the bootloader and all if i want it back to stock still says samsung custom when it reboots
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Swimboy46163:
Do you have to delete root programs and unfreeze programs in titanium backup?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] lilg754367:
how do i get stock bootloader back up i didnt unroot i did factory reset
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] k1mu:
This rooting technique does not touch the bootloader, so if it's suddenly not stock that's pretty surprising.

Does your phone boot normally other than just displaying a "Custom" icon for a while during boot?

If that's the only problem, then you're fine. If that Custom message bothers you, then use Wanam Xposed to disable it.

Your phone is rooted. Therefore it's custom. What the heck did you expect? :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] lilg754367:
yea but if i did a factory reset and didnt unroot it shouldnt it be unrooted automatically and that samsung custom should go away and the stock one should appear because i might need to bring it to store
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Swimboy46163:
My guess if you root using his method and then unroot in SuperSU.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] lilg754367:
so root it again and then unroot in supersu and should go back to normal yea that custom then a lock is there
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] k1mu:
If you want to revert to unrooted, factory stock, then you need to unfreeze, undo any changes you've made, restore any files you've deleted, and revert any other changes you made. This also includes applications that you've installed that make changes to system files like the Xposed Framework.

My root installer does not modify any system files, so as long as you keep track of anything else you modify, you should be able to take OTAs, etc. without issues.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Swimboy46163:
Yeah that's my guess. Don't see why it wouldn't work.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Craleb:
Just a side note. Anyone that rooted on mj7 and wants to take the update if you buy supersu pro and trn on survival mode in settings make sure you unfreeze sdm.apk and fwupgrade in titanium backup then you can rake the ota for mk2 and keep root.

Source: I just did it
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] lilg754367:
i didnt delete any files or freeze any thats the weird thing and i didnt unroot through supersu just did a factory reset and that custom thing came up when restarting but i dont see supersu when i did the factory reset
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] k1mu:
Answered already.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] k1mu:
The "Custom" message is caused by the fact that you are running CUSTOM SOFTWARE. A factory stock device does not have SuperSU installed, so your device is custom. Is there some problem with understanding that? Custom means "not stock".

To clear the "Custom" flag, you can use Wanam. I explained how earlier. Please read that; I can't see that there's any point in repeating myself further.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] lilg754367:
ok but when i go into superusr and unroot then do a facotry reset i shouldnt be on anything custom anymore

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what is wanam
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] k1mu:
As has been posted repeatedly here - flash the no-wipe factory image if you want to ensure that everything custom is removed.

I've done that twice tonight alone.

To avoid that hassle, use Wanam. My rooted phone doesn't say "Custom".
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] lilg754367:
can you please explain to me how to do that so i can get the factory loader back instead of this samsung custom with a lock
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] jball:
Why did you go through all this just to unroot .

ROOTED ATT MK2 using Tapatalk
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] lilg754367:
im trying to get the stock loader back thats all and i cant
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] k1mu:
***HEAD EXPLODES***

I'm done here. You can't be bothered to read. I won't bother to write.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Swimboy46163:
Why not try my suggestion?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] lilg754367:
i tried yours swimboy it doesnt work
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] jball:
You rooted man, you haven't touched the bootloader. Use what you've been told to use already

ROOTED ATT MK2 using Tapatalk
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Swimboy46163:
Ok. Try this. Root. Install Xposed. Install winam. Fake system status. Unroot using supersu.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] lilg754367:
it does mess with bootloader thats why it says samsung custom with a lock what if we wanted to go back to factory to take to store for warranty then they see that
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] RockRatt:
It does NOT touch your bootloader. Since you are rooted the phone will say CUSTOM on the splash screen. It is ONLY because you rooted. If you follow all the directions you got here you can get rid of that CUSTOM splash screen and then see the normal Samsung Splash screen in its place.

The custom screen has always been there on the S4 once you root or have some root apps installed. Your bootloader is STILL locked down as it has always been.

Sent From My Spiderman,Ironman,Red,Dark Blue,Green, GreyedOut BadAss Themed I337