yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] graydiggy:
That's crap in my opinion. It wasn't deemed achieved in the S4 forums when SS came out. Don't get me wrong here. Hashcode is amazing and deserves something for what he has done for us. But a bootloader unlock/workaround allows flashing of custom kernels, AOSP, AOKP, CM, and MIUI. Not stock TW based ROMs that are loaded with xposed mods.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] sp73smith:
$20 for unlocked bootloader
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] Stryke_the_Orc:
Thread cleaned, stay on topic.

Slithering from the nether regions of a twisted mind and tarnished soul
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] graydiggy:
Will be updating the list shortly. Thanks to everyone for pledging.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] TheDriller:
Don't forget to add me for 75 to the workaround

Everyone should read this
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] brauckmiller:
Put me down for $25 in each category.

PayPal works best for me...but I'm sure we can figure it out.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] Nopcodex90:
Put me down for $50 on the boot loader unlock, I almost went back to my Note 2 for some CM11 action..
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] BR7fan:
$20 for root.

$50 for full unlock including bl.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] graydiggy:
Sorry I haven't updated yet... Going to start now. Been somewhat sick today and moving about in other threads.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] graydiggy:
Are you wanting to pledge? I understand your post but I'm confused.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] graydiggy:
Updated 3rd post with names.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] JVogler:
Reading it again I see I should have worded it better. I didn't feel SS met my pledge, and wanted the thread to remain open for us awaiting a Bootloader unlock. So the $150 wasn't paid, but my pledge still stands and it sounds like it belongs to this thread now.

So YES pledging $150 for FULL BOOTLOADER UNLOCK

Note 3 -- Tapatalk
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] graydiggy:
Thank you for the clarification. Will add your name and pledge.

I did understand that it didn't meet your pledge and agree with that. I was just wondering if you still wanted to pledge because I didn't specifically know if you had paid out.

Again, thank you.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] graydiggy:
Updated
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] Stryke_the_Orc:
Thread cleaned of OT/Trolling. See the OP.

Stay on topic, I am watching this thread closely.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] jasonstackhouse:
im a tad confused cause i never seen money involved in anything on xda, does some one know how to root 4.4 and if you pay them they will teach u how? or is this just a financial incentive for some really smart guys to take time out of their busy day and work on breaking this root method open? reason im asking is because if i can just pay someone to give me the method i will gladly, even though its not in traditional forum taste, but if its a pledge thing that is incentivizing developers to spend time on this I would prob be game as well cause i fell like were in a ship with no sails right now.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] Gearshift:
Incentive for someone to get to work on or speed up a solution to our locked bootloader.

That's why its a bounty thread. Like if you put a bounty on someone, the first person to capture them gets the reward. same idea.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] dligon:
So how is the money getting divided up one persons gets root and another unlocks bootloader then what?
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] LanceM:
Im in for $25 for root and $50 for unlocked...

I need root, I want unlocked...

And I dont care about the knox counter and all its damnnesstohell

Good luck...
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] metro-beats:
Put me in for $50 for Unlocked Bootloader
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] Face_Plant:
I'm waiting for a step by step or one click method that successfully roots my phone before I follow through with my pledge.

I don't think anyone is jumping the gun. They're just excited because light can finally be seen at the end of this horrible dark tunnel we've been in for the last three months.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] Walter.White:
Nah. That dude is for real for many reasons.

If he is gonna release or not is another story.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] Face_Plant:
If you look at the picture closely you'll see that root checker says "current device is SM-G900A" or something like that, which is the AT&T S5.

The words "AT&T" on the notification bar go away on my phone when I have an ongoing a notification that I haven't cleared or have Beautiful Widgets display the current temperature on the status bar. If you look at the picture closely again he has an ongoing notification. I would assume this same vanishing act happens on the S5.

I was skeptical at first too, but after studying the picture closely and looking for signs that it was actually an AT&T S5 I became a true believer.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] Walter.White:
Also that dude hasn't been the same since he got sued by Sony for hacking/jailbreaking PS3
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] jcase:
I can vouch for it being legit.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] K-alz:
Then why in the world isn't he releasing for people? I'm not used to this here on xda. At least say what you want if that's the case.

from my locked note 3!
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] PeteSeiler2010:
+1
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] jcase:
I can't speak for him on that, it is none of my (nor your) business as to what he does with his things
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] K-alz:
Guess that's true. At least I'd just keep it to myself if I were him instead of getting peoples' hopes up then shoot them down.

from my locked note 3!
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] PeteSeiler2010:
+1

Sent from my locked down Note 3...
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] ecs87:
First and foremost, companies can hunt you down and harass you/sue you for hacking their products. Secondly, I doubt there will be enough bounty to justify potential legal costs (unless it gets up to 6 or 7 figures). Third, has anyone even read that post? It's from geohot. AFAIK he developed the first root for the ATT S4 Active (probably amongst many other things as mentioned by Walter previously). Last, we should be thanking him for letting us know it's possible. Sometimes all it takes is a small hint for someone else to figure it out and make it public.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] guyHalestorm:
I am adding $25 of my own to the bounty. Loving that this is looking possible. Kudos to those who are hopefully going to break this open and give us our devices back!
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] Cod3L1ne:
If geohot says he did it it's 100% official I've been following his work since he made the first iPhone jailbreak remember apple paid him 1 million bucks and gave him a job to prove he did it for iPhone and he did so if he says it raining **** guess what bring a umbrella lmao
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] 1Zero3forlife:
She loves her Appel

Just a tension breaker, let's all hope something happens before I throw my wife's phone onto ebay.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] Face_Plant:
I feel like I can love my phone again now that a root method has been discovered.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] eastbayarb:
I would love my phone again more if the root method was released...
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] Face_Plant:
Hopefully something will be released before the end of this month.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] YoungDev:
That would be great.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] Face_Plant:
Hopefully [MENTION=2348906]designgears[/MENTION] or [MENTION=4243514]Hashcode[/MENTION] will step in and create a step by step.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] eortizr:
I will not get my hopes on this root been released anytime soon. as jcase stated the vulnerability used is a very hard one to exploit and why it took geohot 4 days to achieve root. I think is the same vuln jcase used for the motox but it is extremely hard to implement on the S5. GeoHot is not releasing because there is no step by step on how to achieve the root is just trial, error, timing and luck.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] Face_Plant:
I don't mind spending 4 days rooting my phone. Ignoring my personal life to get my phone rooted is worth it to me.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] spinedoc:
Hopefully this will create something for the devs to work off of. Otherwise did he just do it to deflate the hopes of some forum users? I would think he has better uses of his time with his intelligence.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] eortizr:
yes, but you are note Geohot. lol.. it will take the average Joe probably months to accomplish the same.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] ecs87:
Deflate hopes? On the contrary. He gave us hope by proving that there ARE still vulnerabilities.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] Face_Plant:
There will always be vulnerabilities. nothing is perfect. It's just a matter of finding them.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] mrkhigh:
I'm just thrilled to see geohot active.

This is two devices. If we don't get root on them oh well. (Though we will )

The problem is we have very very few devs capable of doing what our handful do (which is why jcase said he's no longer alone). We have an amazing group of devs who feed off of these guys though. So big picture huge victory.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] note crazy:
My question is now that the door has been opened a crack are there any dev's working on breaking it wide open? This is a huge hope for people and like myself that got my phone already on 4.4.2 and im going crazy to get a root this site has always been my go to for anything starting with my s3 to my note 2 and now my note 3 I just want to thank all the dev's for always being there for us.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] lildoggs:
This site has been my go to site since SGH-I897 aka Samsung captivate. Man those were simpler times. :p
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] note crazy:
I hear that man its sad that the company's these days what to have there cake and eat it too. The money we pay for these phones but they are never truly are phones...makes me sick lol the note 3 could be such a beast on so many levels if it only could be rooted. I have faith in the xda dev's I know they can do it ...they always do
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] lildoggs:
I think if we pay top dollar for something we have the right to do whatever we want with it not what the manufacturer wants us to do with it. It's like buying a Ferrari with a lock on the transmission that only allows you to go a top speed of 65 miles an hour. Lol what's the use.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] K-alz:
I kinda got used to my phone not rooted. Plus, I'm leaving AT&T (for sure) and heading to Tmobile and samsung (90%) and heading to LG.

from my locked note 3!
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] lildoggs:
Yeah so am I as soon as I'm done paying my phone off. I was thinking the lg g3 on tmobile.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] K-alz:
I'm a little worried about the g3's battery life. 5.5' 4K display on a 3000 mah battery? but LG is known. They have good battery life anyway.

from my locked note 3!
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] lildoggs:
I've seen many reviews about the g3 but like you said still haven't heard anything about the battery life myself. After getting 6 hours of screen time I got a bit spoiled. The screen is awesome though.:D
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] njdave684:
Screw at&t
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] webran61:
I wish I hadn't signed up for AT&T, but I don't know where else to go.

Verizon's pricing is a no.

Sprint's speeds is a no.

T-Mobile's network is a no (in my area).

What I will probably be able to do is just stop buying AT&T phones and use T-Mobile phones on AT&T's network.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] YoungDev:
Okay, so somebody is already trying to exploit the S5 as I saw on this thread:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2780718

Hopefully somebody steps it up for the Note 3 :D
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] Hashbang173:
It's for the S4. [MENTION=3940199]k1mu[/MENTION] says it should work for many devices
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] YoungDev:
Yup. Hopefully on the Note 3 as well.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] 1Zero3forlife:
Or go SmartTalk...AT&T network, unlimited everything for $45 a month.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] DARKCHYLDX101:
Read that devs who discover vulnerabilities make more money selling the exploit to security firms than trying to collect on bounties. Could this be true?
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] YoungDev:
Its possible..
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] spartan07:
Awesome I did not know that. Don't like Verizon so att was next best in queen creek. Thanks for this
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] Cod3L1ne:
Att owns straight talk
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] optimusv45:
I thought tracfone owns ST and ST runs on att network
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] Cod3L1ne:
That's what I meant runs on straight talk typing fast typo lol
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] 1Zero3forlife:
AT&T does not own StraightTalk or AiO Wireless for that matter, they both rent the network from AT&T.

It is a TracPhone Company, read at the bottom.

Just so you know for the future.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] Cod3L1ne:
Simmer down it was a typo I meant to say straight talk runs on att
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] zhable:
Actually AT&T inc. does own both Cricket Wireless and Aio Wireless if you have paid attention to the recent news, they merged both companies. So you can stop being such an *** to people over minor technicalities.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] zhable:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2780718 i think it was mentioned earlier.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] rmiles7721:
Now that we have all that butthurt out of the way, any possibility we can get back on topic?
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] carl1961:
yes back on topic or we will be like http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=53051969&postcount=762

:eek:
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] K-alz:
He's releasing tomorrow. [MENTION=5575828]Walter.White[/MENTION] [MENTION=2376614]jcase[/MENTION] http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2783157

from my locked note 3!
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] Face_Plant:
YAY!!!!!!!!!
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] PeteSeiler2010:
Excellent Father's Day gift.

Sent from my locked down Note 3...
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] eastbayarb:
I concur. But Father's Day will never compare to Mother's day, or any of the female "holidays".
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] K-alz:
We are not included yet. But hopefully he'll come our way after.

from my locked note 3!
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] Cod3L1ne:
Android devs loss to a iPhone dev lmao are you serious lol wonder if Samsung will off him a million like apple did lol
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] Skizzy034:
Looks like we are but may have trouble getting in the door lol.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] lildoggs:
Damn geohot is the man. Thanks a bunch. You just made my night. Woo-hoo
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] K-alz:
yeah, because we are fat just like our phone. LMAO

from my locked note 3!
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] DARKCHYLDX101:
I haven't pledged on root but I'll definitely throw some money his way if it works on our Note 3.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] Walter.White:
I'm pretty sure it will work with our phone.. Right out the gate.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] K-alz:
what??!! how are you so sure. he didn't even mention our phone. also our kernel date us March 15 and he mentioned something about all kernels that's date June 3. I mean I'd love to get root. don't get me wrong.

from my locked note 3!
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] posersk8r:
im still rooted but ill still throw some if he gets you guys rooted. and for you kalz dont do that again haha.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] Walter.White:
Because I've looked at our Kernel and that exploit is definitely present.

Any kernel that was complied prior to June 3 should be vulnerable.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] K-alz:
that's awesome dude. fingers crossed. keep us updated on the good news if you notice something. I don't know anything about these things.

LOL. yeah dude. I'm glad I did it, though. I got rid of my alcoholism. now i can have only one rom and chill.

from my locked note 3!
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] Stryke_the_Orc:
Thread cleaned
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] Face_Plant:
Towelroot is an interesting name for it. I wonder where he got that from.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] Cod3L1ne:
I'm not going to sleep lol
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] Skizzy034:
He did mention our devices and the Verizon Note 3 also.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] K-alz:
what time will it be in the Eastern time zone? I live in Cleveland. when will the "party" sart?

from my locked note 3!
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] YoungDev:
That would be 1 pm I think..
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] K-alz:
thank you. I don't know how I'm going to sleep. LOL

from my locked note 3!
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] carl1961:
you got time to go to church and then eat tomorrow, before the excitement
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] K-alz:
LOL. problem is I don't believe in anything.

from my locked note 3!
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] YoungDev:
Believe that root is near! Lol
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] Face_Plant:
Catch up on your beauty rest. That's what I'm planning to do. I have my alarm set for 12:30PM (I live on the east coast) so by the time I'm done my morning routine and eat some lunch it'll be roughly 1PM and the fun can begin! The timing should work out perfectly.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] K-alz:
funny thing is I was just uploading this

from my locked note 3!
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] Face_Plant:
Great minds think alike.

I'm surprised that Geo released it. The S5 forums are filled with whiney posts demanding root. That would have deturred (spelling?) me from even announcing that I had root.

I think I'll donate a bit more than I pledged. I have no job right now, but a measly $10 doesn't seem like enough for what this man accomplished.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] K-alz:
"deterred" is what you're looking for.

I honestly knew he was going to release it. something like that can not be kept by a person like him (with all the history of jailbreaking/hacking he's got). I knew he was going to release it in no time. he's a human, too. he knows thousands of people are patiently waiting for it to happen.

from my locked note 3!
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] Face_Plant:
Close enough. I was only off by one letter.

I've never heard of this guy until now, so I don't know his history of sharing or hiding exploits. I feel like I've been living under a rock because he seems to be pretty well known. I was never into iPhones or the PS3, so that may be why.

I have a quick n00b off topic question: once my device is rooted will I be able to flash JB ROMs, or am I stuck with KitKat ROMs? I've always wanted to try Firenote, but I never got around to it :(
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] K-alz:
I think that you won't be able to since you have the A3 bootloader. I'm not sure, but as around bro.

from my locked note 3!
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] posersk8r:
for the blessings and for root.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] Face_Plant:
It's no big deal if I can't. I'll be good with stock rooted for a while. It's sort of a trade off between removing all the crap and doing the tweaks myself, or flashing a ROM that already has that done for me but I have to set everything up all over again. These things aren't hard to do and will take about the same amount of time no matter which path I choose.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] K-alz:
you'll still be able to use SS 3.72 and flash KK ROMs. you got dynamic kat and alliance are two amazing roms man.

from my locked note 3!
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] devinalonzo:
How about cyanogenmod?
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] YoungDev:
It should be fine, as [MENTION=5300329]K-Alzwayed[/MENTION] said that KK roms are fine
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] K-alz:
that's a no no until the bootloader is unlocked. different kernels.

from my locked note 3!

---------- Post added at 10:14 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:11 PM ----------

no, sir. cyanogenmod is another world. with our locked bootloader, we can't get any of the AOSP development. we all have to use TW until someone cracks the bootloader or modifies a cyanogenmod ROM to work with the TW stock kernel.

from my locked note 3!
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] YoungDev:
Oh dang, sorry for the misunderstanding. For a second I thought he had an unloked bootloader! Lol
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] Face_Plant:
Yeah I've heard they're pretty good. Maybe I'll give them a shot.

The bootloader on this phone is locked, so we can't use AOSP ROMs like Cyanogenmod, AOKP, etc.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] devinalonzo:
If it makes a difference I the nc2 bootloader I thought I read something about ss and nc2? God I hate AT&T!!! for this bs. We should start an Obama petition on whitehouse.gov
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] YoungDev:
You should hate AT&T for the locked bootloaders... They're horrible!
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] Skizzy034:
Flash my S5 port. I have a big update coming tomorrow =)

On another note, don't get your hopes up too high. From everything I've heard, geo can be shady. He started this hacking when he was young and seems like he has quite the ego. I'll give credit where credit is due if he does indeed release it. I'm willing to bet, though, that it's just for the bounties and nothing more. Knowing how smart he is, he could have, most likely, done this months ago. The bounty wasn't as high as it is now.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] Cod3L1ne:
Geohot is shady how? The kids rich with or without the bounty. Look apple gave that kid 1 million bucks at what 14 years old lol and a job so why would you think a what 18k bounty would mean somethings shady. Please elaborate why

---------- Post added at 11:21 AM ---------- Previous post was at 11:12 AM ----------

I think what's shady is how these android devs mislead us to believe it couldn't be done or no time soon. When they really meant we have become money hungry since the bounty and which is in my opinion what's holding other devs from releasing their root tool. It took a apple dev to prove skeptical minds deadass wrong. All the butt kissing that goes on in these threads and here comes apple to the android rescue. So much for the we will never see root posters. Now watch a lot of android devs come on and claim they had this and that and could have released this and that lol after 10 am that is lol
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] Hashbang173:
Can someone please mirror towelroot when it gets released incase it gets taken down for whatever reason?
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] gregko1980:
Yes, but take into account, that locked bootloaders are also "horrible" for thieves. Consider that you have your phone protected with a password (better) or pin (weaker, worse), and it gets lost or stolen. Right now the hacker/thieve has no means of rooting your phone and stealing all your secrets from it (e.g. passwords to banks, other sensitive sites, work and private life secrets). Once the bootloader gets cracked, they can do this, you lose this security.

Nevertheless, I want my phone rooted too...
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] zhable:
I have a feeling he will probably have mirrors already, but if not just pm me then. Ill be waiting for the download at 1PM (EST) and will try on my Note 3 ASAP. I have been waiting for this day :D

---------- Post added at 03:25 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:19 PM ----------

Hey I don't know if anyone has checked recently, but it looks like this doesnt trip KNOX! This looks very promising and hopefully we all will be able to be on NC2 with root!
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] torreon901:
wow.... hope it work on ours!!!!! :good:
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] lildoggs:
Geohot said when the note 3's arrive at the door they might have some troubles. Not sure if he was referring to our big ass phones lol, or us rooting our phones. I guess time will tell.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] Yenupuri:
A few more hours to go boys and girls . Everything that was pledged here may not be a whole lot for geohot or any of the devs.... But it sure will buy them a whole Lotta beer! Looking forward to this fine day! Woohoo!
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] holleywood25:
1 hr left. Quick question: if we get rooted and attempt to flash a TW-based ROM, will that trip Knox? Geohot claims his root method won't trip but I assume anything that has an unsigned signature will trip it...

I don't have a warranty anyway but was just curious.