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[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] Thunder Droid:
Temp root achieved on 5.1.1

Hey guys, I take no credit on this but have achieved temp root on 5.1.1 using kingroot 4.8.1, it's really buggy right now, and doesn't work every time but it's something. Can anyone else confirm this?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] BnuX:
I confirm with 5.1.1, this is how I achieved root also and then granted my adb shell from my laptop root. Just need to figure out more reliable root and the bootloader if possible and then its smooth sailing!
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] Thunder Droid:
But there still be the issue of dm verity and breaking the bootloader, until someone figures that out, we'll be stuck with only temp root
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] Kukunin:
Just tried kingroot 4.8.1 on my android 5.0.1 BOG5 - it fails to root.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] slovenly:
4.8.1 works on BOG5 just fine.

Step one is to ensure that you've downloaded and selected an alternate keyboard. I use Swiftkey. Do this before you run 4.8.1. Step two is to run 4.8.1, when it says it has no root method simply select the blue bar at the bottom and let it proceed. You will see a circle with a percentage. If the screen goes blank while the percentage increases simply turn the screen back on. At some point after 50-60% it will quickly move to 100% and will be successfully, but temporarily rooted.

For me this is a godsend because I rely heavily on the LED notification light. Neither lightflow nor light manager work with 5.1+. Both work with 5.0.1. I was able to figure out how to stop OTAs permanently even after a reboot and loss of temp root. I was very close to changing to a nexus 6p but no need to do that now. Now by device will forever be on 5.0.1 and my LED will work as I need it to.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] judthro:
i'm in for at least 20 maybe more
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] judthro:
Nice. I am thinking more of 50 either way. If someone can Crack this nut It may be more
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] defvayne:
Please remove my pledge.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] tonycstech:
Somebody need to get that bootloader cracked soon. More and more people sell their phones or find alternatives.

I think the "smart guy" waiting for the bounty to go higher but not realizing that its more then likely to just go down to 0 once Note 5 goes into the price range of Note 3. Then everyone will go ebay buying Note 5's
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] mode_ss:
I managed to change my N910v for a N910P ... The girl I changed the phone with, didnt understand why I was asking her to switch phones if they were "exactly the same"... that's why they say Ignorance is a bliss... I think that is the only possible way to aquire root with a note 4 from verizon, unfortunatelly.

Please remove my pledge. Thanks to all of you for your effort and time.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] Chuckleb0ne:
I'll probably just wait until the Nexus 6 comes out and then trade my phone on swappa.com. That's if this version doesnt see root.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] :
You may already know this... the Nexus 6 will be available through carriers as well and independent agents (Best Buy, Costco, etc.), also a plus over the Note 4 DE, which is only available through Samsung at full MSRP of around $667 (as of a few days ago, though now the price has been removed). VZW will never price a device over $300, although the Note Edge may be the one exception, so the 64GB NX6 should cost you the same as you paid for the Note 4.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] Chuckleb0ne:
I don't have a backup phone. So I'm not trying to turn in my phone for a refund and then wait for the N6.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] :
You can't use your old phone?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] wolfeyes30:
Same here. Ordering a NX6 on pre-order and selling my Note 4 on swappa or CL after I have the NX6 in my hands. I'll make a little extra money selling it vs returning it at BB.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] deathshead:
Back on topic if we can folks!, this isnt a comparison thread. We all have our reasons why sticking with the Note 4 vs other devices.

Lets stick to the #ROOT# of this thread, ;)
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] Jsyme222:
I think a lot of people are willing to bypass Android 5 for a while in order gain root on 4 and unleash the full potential of this monster device.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] amstaffdoggy:
Im In

$25 - really miss my titanium backup!! Can use wifi tether with FoxFi but really missing my other root advantages
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] StakFallT:
I second what Jsyme222 wrote...

That's pretty much what I'm thinking. Wait for the root, root it, then like normal install RootKeeper update to Android 5 then rerun RootKeeper; I'm just crossing fingers that RootKeeper will work with these updated Android versions... My VZW 4G-LTE Note 10.1 Tablet (Non-2014 ed.) was on JB, and I never had to attempt RK because Samsung basically slapped us in the face by coming out with the 2014 ed. not long after and focused their attention on the 2014 leaving us non-2014 ed. consumers that bought into the 1st-gen of a flagship prod. out in the cold -- even though on other forums posters have said Samsung promised us KitKat). If there's one thing I learned with devices, whether it be the PS3 or my Note 10.1 or w/e, it's: If you think you're going to want su access over your device, never update until you've either a) Have gotten that access and have a way to get it back once you update or b) There exists no rooting method for your version and thus you don't have su access,the update is likely the last update, and things definitely don't look promising at all for a new root method on current (This was the situation I was in with my Note 10.1 tab. Had to resort to Kinguser, not overly happy about it, but because I was irresponsible with constantly updating and it doesn't look good for a new rooting method, it's the price of admission -- that and some XDA mods have talked to the guy already and they said they were satisfied with the answers)...

Sorry I digress; was just kinda seconding what Jsyme222 said and implying the importance of it.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] jeydax:
Count me in for $10 ($15 if it doesn't trip Knox)
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] shpotik:
[MENTION=3361029]jmonroe[/MENTION]

Dude this bounty is for non developer Verizon note 4 with Android 4.4.4. Stop trolling and stay on topic! Besides, there's a more appropriate thread "let's talk root" for this.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] :
So you prefer for incorrect information to not be corrected?

There's a very big difference between trolling and responding to an issue someone else posted. If you had read my posts every one is in response to the subject of a previous reply. If you have an issue with "staying on topic" it would make more sense to apply that the original posts I was responding to. But hey, ignorance is king in this thread lol
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] lazer9:
Warning: Thread has been severely derailed!

I've been trying hard to hold back from posting in this thread any further than my simple "contribution" note towards the bounty as I thought that was the intention of this thread but this is getting ridiculous.

What are you actually trying to tell us?

That all of us with a non-Dev Note 4 are **** out of luck and forget ever having root even on KitKat if we so chose to stick the current version out and offer up towards the bounty to exploit that for at least root so we have to dig up $700+ for a DEV edition as our only choice?

I think by now and ANYONE interested in root on the non-DEV Note 4 with Verizon clearly knows if they've read any root related discussion that upgrading to lollipop or whatever is a no no. We've all been down this road before on various devices and the warnings from the Devs have been more than clear - DO NOT ACCEPT AN OTA UPDATE IF YOU DESIRE TO RETAIN ROOT until or IF an exploit were to become available.

At this point, this thread is way out of control and definitely derailed. :mad:
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] skrubol:
jmonroe, could you summarize your point in one sentence? From your posts I've bothered to read, it seems like you are saying root exists for VZW Note 4, then you back it up with a reference that says something else.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] :
You obviously didn't read well enough and are simply looking for an argument. As I've stated numerous times, the root exploit for the note 4 was discovered a full 17 days before the VZW variant and a full 10 days prior to the worldwide launch by ChainFire.

As ChainFire has posted, all he needs to upload root for the VZW note 4 is the recovery.img from the VZW variant. This goes back to my original post in this thread, which is what's the purpose of a root bounty when root already exists for the Note 4? So if you have a note 4 and want root, send ChainFire the recovery.img.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] shpotik:
Thank you for clearing that up. And guys are working on that in "let's talk root" thread. Apparently its not as easy to get the files. Not sure what the deal is.

Off topic: I'd like to keep my non developer note because I like the white version much better than the black. The Dev don't come in white. I'll take root over the color tho. If root isn't achieved soon I'll have to go for the Dev option.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] :
It's not about me being right and someone else wrong... it's about users having the correct, factual information so they can make an informed decision.

Every time someone posts an opinion they didn't bother to fact check, it creates a larger problem by supplying misinformation to millions. How many people will read this thread over the life of the thread? How many of those will then post the misinformation found within on other forums? How many of those forum readers will go on to post the same misinformation? See where I'm going... and that doesn't even take into account Google search results, which are based on popularity.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] skrubol:


How much of Chainfire's thread did you read? Did you get past the OP? According to several posts, root on VZW and ATT is not as simple as Chainfire implied.

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=56233753&postcount=380

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=56234222&postcount=381

Google is not always your friend.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] :
I apologize then, as I didn't bother reading past because ChainFire posted numerous times all he needed was the recovery.img. Since it was from the person who's exploit it was, I naturally assumed he would have updated his OPs with any new information.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] SirVilhelm:
I will pledge $50
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] chrish9309:
Or the N910V Develper Edition
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] judthro:
Yes it does do a temp root. I can get it but it doesn't take to long before the phone reboots itself and then root is lost. It is very buggy though.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] thunderblaster88:
So does this mean possible root soon then? Cause I'm looking at getting the Dev edition for 600 this week but if I could save myself a few dollars and just get the retail I'd much rather do that. What did the temp root due? If any system apps are removed, are they restored after the reboot?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] judthro:
I would like to think so. I mean it's definitely a start. I an not sure how kingroot is able to get it but it does work for temp root. Although buggy and the system knows and eventually reboots the phone. I used the kingroot apk to use lucky patcher for one of my kids games and what I did to the game stuck.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] thunderblaster88:
Cause I would be happy if I could remove bloat and that stuck. I use xposed for some things but could live without it. My first 3 phones it wasn't even around yet
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] flegma3124:
Not sure if I ever said to remove my pledge, but please do. Moved onto the 6p few months ago. Good luck guys.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] Thunder Droid:
You can remove bloat and it will stick even after a reboot, I removed much of the vzw crap and the games, Amazon too, and they havent returned. The root is in the native keyboard, and somewhere attached in the settings. If you used another keyboard its not so buggy, and can get root rw, system rw, for a while, until the kernal notices you messing around and says haha caught you...reboot!
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] Droidatar:
Honestly, If I had the money I'd get the dev or a diff phone. The temp root only works enough for me anyway to make some backups or like the other poster said, make some changes with lucky patcher which do "stick".

The temp root process is so buggy on my phone it could take hours to get it to work. To only stay rooted a couple of hours.

Get the Dev and save yourself some headaches.

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Sweet, I didn't do enough homework to know before I ordered from Costco.

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[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] astonmartin214:
How did u do it I rooted on 5.0.1 & couldn't get TBackup to recognize the root so want get rid of all this bloat
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] chrish9309:
They have had temp root for over a year now it's a pretty safe bet that it will never happen, Dev Ed is really your only option
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] thunderblaster88:
Anyone seen this? I guess team Yemen or something for root for the note 3 and note 4. Theirs a video also and it has a script
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] Droidatar:
I hate tapatalk, I can not do a search. Can you provide link to the thread?

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[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] dhplap:
Could you post the link for this?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] rrjskj:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=3329389
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] thunderblaster88:
Yes sir that's the link
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] dhplap:
I wonder when we will see the root method for verizon note 4 from this guy
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] thunderblaster88:
It says he did root yesterday for the note 4, a script root idk. Question: would the note 4 root work for the note edge?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] DrSeussFreak:
In theory it should
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] thunderblaster88:
That's what I thought, I just was not 100% sure. Same phone pretty much. Do they run the same firmware? If you know
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] EdrickMG:
Awesome news it seems bounty goes to Yemen if it proves it's stable... And permanent

I'm so f****excited
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] DrSeussFreak:
I'll monitor for proof, and then work on a way to get news distributed about who to pay
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] thunderblaster88:
Also as of now just root but also working on the bootloader for both notes I'm another forum I found out about Yemen and the Yemen team was talking about it
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] EdrickMG:
Release March 15

They said it will be available to download on March 15 there is a YouTube video of how they root a Verizon note 3 on lollipop

They assure note 4 too and they will obtain bounty for note 3, note 4 and edge .... Jeez those guys are awesome
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] thunderblaster88:
They deserve it.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] Kukunin:
Does that method contain ODIN flashing? It's the most hard part: we have locked bootloader, and it prevents us from flashing any custom packages. Second thing, if it would allow, it trips Knox flag anyway. So there are two opportunities:

- he has made bootloader to flash custom firmwares and we'll get not only permanent root but something like unlocked bootloader

- method will not be working on N910V
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] tonycstech:
Correct me if am wrong, but its been too long already so it does not matter. No one has their phones under warranty anymore anyway.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] dhplap:
I was just reading on another xda thread where android yemen states it WILL root sm-n910v. Here's the link

http://xdaforums.com/verizon-galaxy-note-3/general/proof-galaxy-note-3-n900v-verizon-t3317083

Don't know if it is just for kit kat though. I asked and am waiting for response
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] EdrickMG:
They did it in lollipop note 3, kitkat has already been rooted the problem was if you update bootloader to lollipop you loose root, with this new method you obtain root regardless bootloader of lollipop great news for those like us who are in lollipop bootloader in note 4, several people confirm is working in note 3 they even installing flashfire so we need to wait until they spread to our device, but hey we have waited 2 years what is few days
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] dhplap:
Oh yeah!! Can't wait. So are you also on BPA1?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] EdrickMG:
Yes I'm On BPA1 but Verizon didn't patch bootloader to downgrade we can easily to go to the first bootloader of lollipop that I belive it's OAF or OF1, great news because with root... We could use xposed framework and ports of roms with flashfire, not cyanogenmod because of bootloader, very important this is root we don't know progress for unlock bootloader, we'll excited what can I say this guy's made my weekend month maybe year... But I need to see it working in note 4, I have read only people of note 3 not a single one in note 4, but Yemen guys say one already did it with note 4 and Edge once... I doubt there is a bounty in note 3 but sure they will have Note 4
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] dhplap:
i'm on BPA1 but dont know if I patched bootloader. If I flashed the whole bpa1 firmware am I out of luck then?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] EdrickMG:
No, you can download the OF1 and flash it over BPA1 it will allow you do it, but don't anything yet until it's confirm,

Patience my friend, patience the only thing patched it's if you are in lollipop downgrade to kitkat but why you would want that.. If exploit was discover in lollipop lol ? just have patience.. On time they will release it
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] dhplap:
Awesome. That's great to hear. Thank you. So it is OF1 and not OAF that I need to flash when the time comes?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] EdrickMG:
If it needed yes but I assume if it's working in OF1 will work also in BPA1 but in the case it works only in OF1 you can Odin to OF1 with no problem
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] dhplap:
OK great. Thanks again for your help EdrickMG. Feel alot better and can't wait to get started
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] EdrickMG:
Yes me too!!! I really hope they translate that to note 4, I'm so jealous because the people in that forum of note 3 they are installing everything already... And we are just waiting... And waiting.... And I would love to have xposed framework I missed so much ad away and several stuff... Like layers and Port Roms... We could have the one for note 5 in our beloved note 4
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] dhplap:
Could you point me the right direction on how to install xposed framework and what kind of roms we can install afterwards? Still sorta new to all of this but I'm learning and I really do appreciate the help.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] EdrickMG:
Well to make a huge history short... There are two types of Verizon note 4 retail and developer... Most of the things were only for developer edition... Retail was locked and unrootable, now with this new method most of the things only for developer will be able to retail edition... The only thing we don't know for sure it's things like cyanogenmod because it require a unlock bootloader... Again the method it's only for root not bootloader... Most of the things that doesn't involved bootloader will be available to retail and developer ones.. You can read a lot I mean... It's for your safe.. To not end with a brick or worse.. And it's interesting
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] thunderblaster88:
If you read the forum there it dose not trip Knox
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] dhplap:
Hey EdrickMG. Did you see over on the note 3 thread for this that the yemen team made a one click root method? That's awesome.

http://xdaforums.com/verizon-galaxy-note-3/general/root-n900v-5-0-of1-one-click-t3330098
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] EdrickMG:
Yeah they confirm.... Not working on unlock bootloader but confirmed they are working in other models.... Hopefully soon in Verizon note 4!!!!awesome!!! Those guys are amazing I really hope everybody that promised to donate to them if a root stable was found pay them, now I wondering the way to jump from OF1 to BG5 to BPA1.... It's a long journey from 5.0.1 to 5.1.1 without loose root people that make safe updates will be working to update without loose root but well the hardest part to find exploit to root was achieve hopefully in some days
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] thunderblaster88:
I'm the one post one of them state they are trying to work on the bootloader..
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] EdrickMG:
Well if they do it.... That would be..... Out of this planet Ive been in several forums... Like samsung s4, note 3 and note 4 and problem was always unlock bootloader... Root has been achieved with kingroot and other tools... In those models but according with some developers it's been years and not a single one was able to achieve it.... If they do it even bounty of s4 and edge could donate to Yemen team according to several good developers... It's almost like imposible the only bootloader that has been unlock it's samsung s5 as far as I know, hopefully they make it
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] thunderblaster88:
Well apparently this team is amazing cause everyone thought root was impossible for the note 3, i had the n3 I got could root then about a year before that I rooted my friends he was planning on trading for the note 5 so I asked if we could trade phones so I could have root and he could turn in my mom rooted/rootable one, he said yeah I had it from July til the end of last year when I was flashing and got stuck in boitloop lost root. I found an lg g3 for cheap grabbed it and sold my n3 now I wish I hadn't and I hates the g3 after about a month...battey blows the screen does not look as good just for me all around I don't care for it at all. I love the rom flashing but I miss my note, I going for the note 4 and prolly going to get a n3 again also just to alway have 2 phone plus my g3 as well as a back up for something rooted
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] EdrickMG:
I got my Samsung s4 rooted with towel Root and I have to say I missed all the features I had on it... Note 4 have... Finger print reader, note s with s-pen SD card and removable battery, update to marshmallow ... I would trade a galaxy note 5 with note 4..any day... The only downgrade was... Root.... Bootloader... I could live with bootloader but root... Was something like I get use too... And having this phone... Without its like a waste a huge waste note 4 it's by far the best phone.... If they achieve it... I would say many phones will come but will be really hard beat this one to me note 4 rooted it's like legendary galaxy s2... That even today developers support to marshmallow
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] PapaDocta:
Given the fact that Yemen is under war by Saudis, it's amazing that they could achieve root under those circumstances.

Salute to them
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] Droidatar:
Well mine is, but who frikkin cares:)

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[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] outcasted2003:
There are many note 4s under warranty. They are still selling them brand new.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] mroberte:
Actually just bought mine in December.