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[Q&A] [ROOT] [ROM] [LP] [5.0.1] Stock ROOTED Lollipop for Retail Edition [N910VVRU1B

Q&A for [ROOT] [ROM] [LP] [5.0.1] Stock ROOTED Lollipop for Retail Edition [N910VVRU1BOAF]

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[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ODSTZ3RO:
What has this method been tested on?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] toxict33n:
You seem to be all over the place asking this same question, I'll answer it with the answer I got just by reading the threads that you've posted this question on.

1. He is testing it on the Verizon Note 4 (Non-Dev Edition) FIRST

2. Once its successful ( which it isn't as of this post) he will Attempt to make it work For you AT&T Note 4 Users.

I'm sorry if this seems rude, but you've literally asked this 5 times to my knowledge and I've only been aware of this ROM being developed for 30 minutes as of this post, and I was able to answer your question.

[MENTION=5868929]hsbadr[/MENTION] has been very busy trying to get this work for us, I know that you're excited, but please have some more patience.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ODSTZ3RO:
I've only referred to this twice one in here and the other in the root progress thread. Also his initial post about this was sent 19 h ago ,I was kind of hoping he'd have all of this sorted out before posting anything. I'm glad he didnt give up like others did ,but even the Dev root thread was closed due to his post and other reasons. Thanks for answering though I actually wanted to know if anyone else was daring enough to test this on their own behalf using the at&t model ,I wasn't referring to him directly. I guess asking the simplest of questions annoys people very quickly ,I'll make sure to be specific and only post once next time.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] toxict33n:
Yeah, no hard feelings, next time more info would be better. Don't ever be afraid of writing a long post, If anyone comes to XDA, they know that the more INFO the better they can help you.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Flyin350z:
do you think he will be able to get the final touches on this method?

I've been following this thread since I first bought my note 4 in December I never posted because I don't have anything informative but I'm very phyced never had a device longer then a week without root; do you guys actually think root will be fully accomplished it seems like we keep hitting roadblock after roadblock? And what's up with this king root v4.0 who developed this and was it actually made for the note t or does it just happen to kind of work for vzw note ?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LegoFarmer:
Kingroot works for various devices and happened to give temporary root for the note 4. That added a huge filling of the root progress bar for the note 4. Temporary root can lead to good things. These devs work hard and I am sure it will be root-able soon. As for an ETA, "It'll happen when it happens". I'm being positive about it.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] m0j0j0j0:
I was gong to mention this earlier. Hopefully temp root could assist in removing security from the boot loader, from what I've read the boot loader is what is preventing full root. This would also allow us recovery and ability to flash roms/kernels hopefully unlocking the bootloader is easier now!
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LegoFarmer:
I wish it were that simple. Sadly, I don't think we will ever have a bootloader unlock. I am sure that we will have root, though. I am fine with just root. XDA devs have worked like crazy to get it and they are so very close.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ilpleasu:
Patience is the key to success trust me.....
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Flyin350z:
should I do this method

I'm not 100 percent sure should I not do this method yet I don't mind testing it but will I achieve root If done correctly on my Verizon note 4
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lexbian:
Temp root only on retail edition. Bootloader fsends a flag to kernel and it write protects cetrain partitions including system, the way I read it. And THAT (write protection) is keeping us from full root because we cant write superuser to system partition

(im dumb and may not have pieced it all together right, but thats how I understand it)
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Flyin350z:
YouTube video kingroot??

Theres a video on youtube posted a few hrs ago by droidmodderx the same guy whp did the april fools joke with note 4 root method: he is claiming the kingroot qorks for note 4 on lollipop with no issues and even roots it on camera with his verizon note 4, i cant tell though if he's running lollipop but it Def is a Verizon note 4; I can't post links cuz I'm a newbie the funny think is I've been using XDA for 2 years just never posted I'm sure if you search YouTube for Verizon note 4 root and change the search options for videos in last week it will pop up from Droidmodderx Root
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lexbian:
A DevEd Note4 can be done, Retail can not because of the write protection... Unless you can see if its dev or retail I wouldnt buy into the hype. Read what our devs here are saying about it in the root rom and multisystem threads

Comments on video are filled with people saying it doesnt work and that root is lost on reboot, and that this causes random reboots...
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] patt2k:
What video ? On lolipop ?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lexbian:
Yes, the video mentioned in OP... this one. You see no real info about the phone other than the word verizon on the backplate, and the fact that he ran Kingroot and Root Checker. But the comments are a mixed bag of claims. Lots say it doesnt work or stops halfway, or causes random reboots..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QicDqTKb_sU
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] patt2k:
Oh this video yea I saw this one. I thought that was from the LP thread here.

I see the instructions however I would prefer seeing video so I don't screw anything up :D
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lexbian:
[MENTION=5868929]hsbadr[/MENTION] has said to wait for final instructions and the accompanying video. Im twitchy... I wanna try it anyways, but I dont fancy the idea of a (possibly) compromised device. Ill wait til we get fixed up with the prerooted rom and multisystem. Hell... I've waited this long already. Ive almost forgotten what i wanted root for with some of the non-root replacements Ive found.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hsbadr:
The instructions have been already updated (works perfectly on unrooted Developer Edition), but Samsung implements write protection on the system partition for Retail Edition only (tripped by the locked bootloader) & so, all our changes get lost after a reboot (even if you deleted directories in /system, they'll come back after rebooting the device). We're working on a workaround...
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jacob11701:
Same never went this long without it. Lollipop got me a little further but I'm already getting twitchy

Verizon Wireless Technician and Samsung Galaxy Note Series Owner
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lexbian:
delete
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] patt2k:
Ah gotcha now kind of makes more sense.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] madeulook7:
Sorry for my noobiness

So this root isnt fully working on the note 4 (retail edition)?

and one more question. As my device is already on lollipop will i have to downgrade it to KK for root for the future?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] houch80:
Correct, the Note 4 retail version will only provide temporary root through kingroot. The locked bootloader sends a flag to the kernel to write protect partitions, including system. So on reboot it writes the original files back. This root is for KK. I believe when they have it permanent that there will be a way to get a root lollipop install, but time will tell. For now this is for KK.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Crazysauceben:
Cant Write to MultiSystem/img/system

Delete
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RaptureVeteran:
So someone clarify this because I'm a little lost. I still havent taken the update to Lollipop on my device, is this still only going to temp root if im on 4.4.4?

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Also have to admit seeing that the S6 already has root on reddit really pissed me off. How the hell does a phone that came out months after the Note 4 already have root while we are still sitting here twiddling our damn thumbs not sure how to actually go about achieving root on this god forsaken awful device that im about ready to trade in for a iphone6 because the battery life on this thing is awful
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] patt2k:
I was wondering this as well lol. I guess soo much more people have S6/EDGE instead of Notes so more people can bring on their skills and crack the phone :D

about 4.4.4 part this version is used for temp root, then you can upgrade to LP but I have no idea if root stays on at all times on LP (since it's pre-rooted image) I guess it should.

I am still waiting for that video don't want to mess up anything lol
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stealyourface1:
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[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Crazysauceben:
Bootloop After rebooting

I have followed every step to a T, but no matter what i do after rebooting through MultiSystem to download mode and flashing via PDA in odin for the RetailED it bootloops, I get no green led telling me that i can select a virtual rom or stock system rom...can anyone help with this?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bittrd:
This does not work on retail at the moment. You will have to flash original firmware to fix if it somehow won't boot.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] toxict33n:
The funny thing is, the video is up now, but someone correct me if I'm wrong it's still not completely done on our Phones yet (Note 4 retail). I was waiting for the video cause OP said wait for that before anything.

As for the root part on LP, the team has to do it this long complicated way so that we DO keep root all the time.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] patt2k:
Which vid you talking about ? There one made by rootjunky or somwthing not here on xda
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jlavallee25:
This might be a stupid question since I have not seen it asked........ If we have a fully rooted lollipop ROM why can't we root our note 4 on lollipop using the same method?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DrPhant0m:
I'll take this one... I believe it's because the full rooted LP rom was developed on the developer edition hardware, which does not write-protect itself like the retail edition 99.9% of us own.

Obtaining root is no longer the next hurdle... it's keeping root through a reboot. The write-protecting problem is inherent to having a locked bootloader, which only plagues the retail version (not the dev version)
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] doubledragon5:
Has anyone even thought about starting a petition? Hell if enough people sing one and send it to verizon or samsung, threatening to to ditch the device maybe the will unlock the boot loader LOL..
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] toxict33n:
[MENTION=5868929]hsbadr[/MENTION] said that when it was finished there would be a video on THIS post, but it is just the one by ROOT JUNKY, and maybe he meant his OWN video, or they were not planning on running into this read/write problem after the collaboration with ROOT JUNKY.

I got this one :D

There was a petition the problem being, Both Verizon and Samsung do not care about you ditching the device once you bought it, because that would just mean more money for either Verizon when we buy another phone, or Samsung when we buy a different Samsung phone.

If there was a petition BEFORE the phone came out, and BEFORE people bought it , that would be a different story seeing how that would affect sales, but People signing a petition MONTHS after the phones release would not affect them at all.

Maybe before the NOTE 5 is released someone should threaten to buy an I-Phone, maybe then Samsung would listen, But Verizon is the problem then again cause they get money either way.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dwertz:
Verizon and/or Samsung will tell you to buy the Dev Edition
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] doubledragon5:
I do not see why they have a retail version in the first place.? Why not just sell the dev edition at full price, and make everyone pay for it.. Kind of stupid, they would sell a device you can modify, but one you can't...
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jacob11701:
I'm going to look into getting a dev note 5 but do they usually come out before or after the retail? I like to have the phone asap when pre-ordering

Verizon Wireless Technician and Samsung Galaxy Note Series Owner
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dwertz:
Security, Apps Verizon gets paid to install that you cant remove, also if you notice the dev version has a different warranty. Custom Roms can create device failures.

Warranty: 30 Days or until the device has been altered by the installation of custom operating system software or other alterations to factory settings by the user, whichever period is shorter.

Anyways, we should stick on the subject.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] toxict33n:
I don't mean to ask if your'e really a technician, but You should know this answer if you truly are a Wireless Technician.

They come out AFTER the phone, Usually like a month or two after verizon has had alot of people buy the phone with a contract.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jacob11701:
I am. Been working with computers for 8 years and phones for 4 years now. Since we don't mess with developers editions and aren't able to really show our phone off if we have one (due to obvious reasons, we don't promote root access) I have never had one nor have the guys that I work with.

One way or another thanks for an answer..

Verizon Wireless Technician and Samsung Galaxy Note Series Owner
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] madchainsawer:
I thinl that this is a beta type root because in the notes it requires king root to be installed. For now i wouldnt take the chance of root until a reliable person like chainfire or geohot makes a root
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] madchainsawer:
Just get the international version when it comes out
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iratesubscriber:
Any updates on perm root?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] harrychimp:
There should be a one day ban when posing such a ridiculous question.

Maybe, then, it will force the poster to read, surf, scour the forums for the obvious answer. :rolleyes:
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] waco2hot33:
The DE version is available now on Samsungs website
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jacob11701:
Was talking about the note 5 de since I missed the train on the note 4. Still need root for this tho

Verizon Wireless Technician and Samsung Galaxy Note Series Owner
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nameless crowd face:
Sooo...what you're saying is...no update on permaroot, right?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thomasvanderhoof:
Possible Bootloader Solution

Thinking outside the box, why not create a shell wrapper that would ignore the bootloader's shell command that bricks the device via mounting all partitions as read only?

---------- Post added at 12:45 AM ---------- Previous post was at 12:40 AM ----------

Is it possible to create a shell wrapper that would ignore the brick-shell-commands?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] motiam4:
please,how to do the last step:

WRITE the IMG to stock system partition /dev/block/mmcblk0p24

?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] halffrozen:
Based on the progress made thus far, root will never be achieved on this device. Has root for the retail edition been abandoned yet?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tu3218:
It certainly feels like it's been abandoned. I wonder what devices everyone is fleeing to though instead.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wikked26:
I was hopeful about this device getting root being a flagship phone. Sadly this lack of root is enough to make sure for now on I get a Nexus.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jjayzx:
Any updates? Seems to have died like 2 months ago. Damn S6 got root? Still locked bootloader but wtf.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chevycam94:
Its so sad to see carriers lock down devices SO MUCH, then it drives people away from buying them. The mod community is larger then they think. The whole reason we buy these devices, is so we CAN play with them. The changes that ROM developers come up with, sometimes make it into the next iteration of Android. That's a PLUS! Carriers are just hurting themselves by locking things down so damn tight!

Im pretty sure hsbadr is still working on root, but he has his dissertation to do right now, so hes a little tied up.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mike_Disturbed_1992:
...

Its been 2 months almost since the last post.. Any luck yet? I've been following root for the Verizon note 4 since I got the phone last year lol. I should have looked more into it before buying the Verizon version. As I am on T-Mobile.. but the Verizon one was cheaper ?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AB__CD:
So recently I rooted my S4 with Kingo and went fine. After a few weeks, I decided to uproot to get the Lollipop OTA. Unrooted through SuperSU app then factory reset. Finished OTA download with no issueand then it failed after two attempts, saying error and I should try using Kies.

That's strange I thought. Then after looking through the phone again, I discovered GSam Root companion is now a system app that can't be uninstalled. Other than re rooting and re uprooting or flashing stock firmware, is there another option. My computer is currently under repair for a broken LCD, so any fix that doesn't need that would help. Thanks!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] theDman68:
Not much you can do without a pc
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AB__CD:
So I guess bring it in to Samsung to flash stock firmware?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lennyz1988:
Is your phone working or isn't it working? I can't figure it out based on your posts.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AB__CD:
It is working just with an annoying "system" app and can't upgrade. May have over exaggerated a bit...
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lennyz1988:
I then assume that you still run an old version of kitkat (because of the kingo root).

Why not reroot and delete the file? I think you can still use Towelroot because I think you are on an old version. That's an app that you need to install.

Do you have a custom recovery? And did you factory reset before trying to update ota?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AB__CD:
Can't use towelroot and don't have a custom recovery. I'll re root once I get the update on Kies(borrowed a friend's laptop) , which currently isn't available yet.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] theDman68:
What i don't understand is why you are so stuck on getting this OTA update... just borrow your friends laptop, and flash the Lollipop that you want through ODIN. Then factory reset, DONE...
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AB__CD:
Took it to Samsung and let them do that for me. Didn't lose any data either, and GSam Root let me Uninstall it afterward, which was something I didn't expect. Anyway, thanks for the effort guys!
[Galaxy S6 Accessories] Michael_P:
Obviously lack of SD slot is an issue so has anyone made an S6 case with SD reader and a flat USB cable so I don't need a bulky card reader stuck on and in the way when handling the phone?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] erikasnoske:
So I started as separate thread for AOSP based ROMS that still has this issue. I used camera fixer from google play, but it used to work only on KK, but not on Lollipop. Is it about reloading camera modules or something? Does anyone know any fix for this error? :confused:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Strephon Alkhalikoi:
The HDR mode is causing the crash, but it only happens with Google Camera set to that mode. Virtually every other camera "gracefully" generates a solid gray image in HDR mode.

Until the CyanogenMod team decides to fix the HDR error, don't use Google Camera, but another camera app.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GamingDevilsCC:
ok, so now my phone just goes to the AT&T logo and reboots

help?

ALSO, IM LOCKED TO ROGERS, NOT AT&T

what i tried: going into download or recovery mode in as many was as possible. not working
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dawgdoc:
Have you tried a USB jig? You can make one for a few dollars with capacitors.

Also, this page may have additional ways to reach download and recovery modes, see if there is something you have not tried: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1953930

EDIT: To make a USB jig: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=889128
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GamingDevilsCC:
already tried a usb jig and all the other methods

nothing
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dawgdoc:
Is there a de-brick image to place on an external sdcard for the i896?

That has worked for some devices.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GamingDevilsCC:
What do you mean?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dawgdoc:
For some devices devs have create a stock rom image intended to be loaded on an external sdcard. Devices with troubles booting fom a rom on the internal sdcard at times will boot from the external card.. When they do the user can then place a recovery flashable zip of the correct bootloader and modem on the device and flash such to restore the phone to working order. I think the i897 is one but I don't know that the i896 is.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GamingDevilsCC:
THANK!
[E 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xrock8:
I am liking everything about this device so far except the long charging times.. My Moto e usually takes about 4,5 hours to charge fully.

Is there any fix for that yet?

Should I use any other charger?
[E 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sumitps2:
The charger within the box is of 550mah which is way too low for a 2390 mah battery. That's simple useless. I packed it in the box.

Use another 1amp or 1.5amp charger or may be higher than that ( make sure it is of good quality )

I use a 1amp charger and it charges my phone in less than 2 hours 30 minutes. So if you use a 1.5amp or 2.1amp charger may be it will do the job more quickly..