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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] EinGlo:
Root Achieved GS4 Verizon OC1

I can confirm that Root Status can be achieved on the Galaxy S4 running Android Lollipop 5.0.1 w/ build OC1.

The method that everybody is clamoring about is known as KingRoot (not to be confused with Kingo Root [that didn't work])

KingRoot originates from China. There are two versions of it that seems to produce mixed results. The android apk (latest version currently 4.5) and the windows application.

The android app didn't work for me (and based on the comments left around the internet lately, neither has it worked for most others).

The windows app is the way to go. For the record, I am running windows 10. I'm sure it'll work for Windows 7 and 8.1 users.

Go to Kingroot.net and you'll see right away that the website is in Chinese. Just hit the Windows icon to download. The desktop version is currently 3.0. I tried an earlier version I found online (2.2.2) and it didn't work.

Once you've managed to get through the installation screens (super confusing btw) the app will install and launch. Connect your phone with USB debugging turned on to your PC. Go through the steps on screen, and there you go! I achieved root status within 2-3 minutes :cool:

With root status finally achieved for the Galaxy S4, we may have a chance to unlock the bootloader and install custom recovery like TWRP or CWM. Somebody message Surge1223 !
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Fadtydawg:
FYI..

I updated via OTA from NG6 to OC1.

Rooted via kingroot app.

It Worked.

Tried to flash deodexed stock rom via flashfire.

Bricked. ..

So I Odin the I545 firmware OC1...

Worked perfectly.

Now kingroot won't root via app...but did work on the pc version. Just incase anyone runs into any issues with kingroot. If device won't root either way via app or pc.. Download the OC1 firmware via sammobile.com then Odin flash...

Then try king root again. :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] djnzlab1:
Never mind
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Sir_Eagle:
I might have had to much alcohol tonight.................................. but......................................... WTH are you talking about djnzlab1
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] oraixearl:
Not sure anybody knows, including djnzlab1. It's not the alcohol.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] phil0sophic:
Yikes...I thought the I545 root nightmare was over....?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] LockdownInc:
Worked just like this for me too yesterday, using a Windows 7 computer.

My S4 was already rooted on 5.0.1 through a custom ROM (using Odin and a ROM from one of the original 5.0.1 rooted threads here), but I kept running into the exact same problem; my phone would automatically switch from data to WiFi, but if I left my office/house/known WiFi point, auto switched to 4G/3G while out and about, then returned home, it would hook into the WiFi, but the internet "stream" wouldn't actual make it to any internet-dependent apps/browsers.

I unrooted my phone then tried the apk KingRoot from the phone; no luck at all. I downloaded a copy of the OTA 5.0.1 Verizon Lollipop (I545VRUGOC1), flashed it via Odin 3.09, and I was back to stock phone, no updated required. From there I downloaded the Windows desktop version of Kingroot (as described above). BTW, although everything there is in Chinese, you'll see the Windows icon. To install, double click the file once downloaded, and select the buttons that have the ">" in them, not the "E".

Once installed, again, although everything is in Chinese, there are pictures to help us English-only folks! Took about 3 minutes and I was rooted again, confirmed by Titanium Backup, Kingroot, and many other apps.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Fadtydawg:
Don't 4 get to replace kingroot files and kingroot with su (chainfire)

http://zidroid.com/how-to-get-ride-and-replace-kinguser-with-supersu-app/
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] LockdownInc:
I see others doing that, but am curious what's the exact benefit?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Fadtydawg:
Supersu is the best, plus you get rid of all the extras that kingroot installs..3 different apps. I trust chainfire..supersu. I don't exactly trust kingroot.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Fadtydawg:
These 3 will go away and supersu will install instead.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] PalmCentro:
These methods won't work anymore....

Only [MENTION=3178012]gatesjunior[/MENTION] 's app will work! Super SuMe
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Fadtydawg:
It does work. I just did it yesterday.

Don't confuse other users. Know the facts first.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] PalmCentro:
Make sure your wifi router doesn't block malware... Cuz iv'e seen already one time that KR didn't work cuz the router was filtered

---------- Post added at 01:51 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:51 PM ----------

I tried it on a few different models, at first it worked but lately it didn't work and it just lost root.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] incessantjunk:
I did it yesterday as well and it worked fine. In addition to the linked script, I removed / reverted a couple other changes that KingRoot had made and didn't lose root.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] phil0sophic:
Verizon I545 with OC1 kingroot changes

Please tell what "other changes" you discovered Kingroot made. Thanks.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] dbell525:
Kingroot fails

I cannot get Kingroot to work for anything. I flashed an OC1 package via ODIN. Everything is working fine except Kingroot. I've tried two different versions of the APK the latest being 4.5 both without success. Also tried the PC version 2.2. It sees the phone but will just end with a Red X. Any advice please?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Fadtydawg:
I would try to do a factory reset via the device then try pc version again. Kingroot.net

Power down device.

Hold in home button,power button,and volume up until it vibrates. Then let off power button. Then let off other 2 buttons. Once screen menu appears,

Factory reset from there.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Nick3193:
Did you ever get a good answer on this? I'm also on 4.3 MK2, rooted, xposed, etc. I'm assuming I just need to take the 5.01 rom (the non ODEX one mentioned elsewhere in the thread), flash that with Odin (Heimdall actually since I'm running Linux), then do the Kingroot, super-su, etc., and then reinstall apps, restore data, and so on. Sound about right?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] PalmCentro:
Should be a way to update with Flashfire

Like on the S5
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Nick3193:
Yeah, I just installed that and I'm looking at the ROMs now. I'd much rather do it with just Flashfire and not have to worry about Kingroot. As for Xposed, I'll have to do a bit more reading and decide if it's going to be worth the extra hassle. Thanks!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] incessantjunk:
This is just from memory, but the two that stand out (aside from removing a kroot_{date}.txt file that probably doesn't matter at all, I can't remember where it was) were to remove /system/xbin/krdem and replace /system/bin/debuggerd with /system/bin/debuggerd_real (the former is a KingRoot shell script which you can verify by running cat /system/bin/debuggerd and looking at the source, and the latter is the actual file it replaced).
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] 9supratt4:
I rooted with KingRoot and wiped KingRoot out with Super-sume.

How can I activate the mobile hotspot feature? Also how do I uninstall all the bloatware? It is not giving me the option to uninstall and the hotspot checks for subscription.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] oraixearl:
You're going to have to do some searching/reading. Rooting is only the first step. You can run a debloating script or install an app like titanium backup to get rid of bloat. You can flash a ROM/mod to activate hotspot. Google is your friend.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] 9supratt4:
I've been searching here and Google for an hour. Either I am missing it or am just stupid :)

I'd rather not flash a Custom ROM. When I rooted my Galaxy S3 I remember this being much easier to do.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] phil0sophic:
debuggered

Hahaessantjunk;62231138]I did it yesterday as well and it worked fine. In addition to the linked script, I removed / reverted a couple other changes that KingRoot had made and didn't lose root.[/QUOTE]

Haha debuggered?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] oraixearl:
Use titanium backup to get rid of bloat. This way you can freeze the app first to make sure it won't cause problems, then delete it. Or somewhere in this thread there is a link to a debloat script you can run. As far as hotspot, I've installed a ROM to activate, not sure how to activate without.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] PalmCentro:
If you are on OC1 build you can flash TetherAddon with flashfire

You can download it here, it's by optional.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] incessantjunk:
I believe it stands for debugger daemon, heh.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] 9supratt4:
I am running titanium and removing all the crap. Thanks!

Still trying to figure out the hotspot. I may just have to suck it up and go with FoxFi as I really don't want to change the ROM. When I did that with my S3 it was fine for 2 months and then the phone went nuts.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] incessantjunk:
The thing you'd be flashing, that the other poster linked to, isn't actually a ROM. You're just flashing a file that removes the subscription check from Wi-fi hotspot functionality.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Joebob101:
finally worked!

hey guys just wanted to share what i went through to get kingroot to work for me. i took the ota to oc1 about a month ago and discovered this thread about two weeks ago. i tried over and over and over and... you get the picture. i seriously tried like 100 times with kingroot 4.1 and 4.5 with no good results, it would always get to bout 52% then reboot and say it failed. i verified the fail each time with root checker. then i decided to try the desktop version 3.0 and it went all the way to 100% in less than 5 min, rebooted and all seemed great. but root checker still says no root?! i rebooted a few more times and it STILL wouldn't ask for su permission when i ran root checker. so after all that i was pretty frustrated and ran kingroot 4.5 on my phone one more time and BOOM went the dynamite! i'm finally rooted running 5.0.1 thanks to kingroot and all you guys so thanks a bunch. i tried my hardest to replace kinguser and everything through the term app but couldn't get it to work after about 20 tries so i broke down and spent the dollar on super-sume which worked like a charm. i also installed the zip for tethering mentioned earlier in this thread and it works great, typing this reply on my pc using the hotspot on my s4. thanks again to everyone here for the info
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] dbell525:
No dice on the factory reset, although it boots back to OC1 after the wipe so this isn't really a factory reset.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] aznemesis:
Desktop version

First, I want to thank everyone who found this, tried it and posted. I've been so bummed about being unable to root this damned phone. I can't tell you how thrilled I am to finally succeed. Now I can get all the garbage off this thing that's keeping me from even updating apps anymore.

Like a few others, I was unable to root using the apk version. I tried three times. It would get to 52%, reboot, and tell me that the root failed. After three attempts, it wouldn't let me try again; it told me to try the desktop version. So, I downloaded and ran the program. Easy and successful. However, I did find at least three programs installed on my computer that weren't there prior to installing the desktop version. Sophos did not alert on the exe, so I don't think there's anything in it that compromises security (although, I am running a full scan with Sophos to be safe). It does bundle a bunch of garbage in the installer, though.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] kmanuel74:
I saw that add on in Muniz_RI's thread, but was not sure if it would work with stock rooted OC1. I'm not sure what he did to the the ROM he made, so I am hesitant to upgrade to oc1 until I know it will work.

Anyone have success with the tether add on?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Joebob101:
I've used it as stated before and it works just fine for me. Ota oc1 rooted, flashed the tether zip with flashfire
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] tshelby73:
I used Muniz method. I feel if you haven't upgraded ota his method is better as you can go back to kitkat if you want. If you take Ota you are stuck on lollipop.

Sent from S4 using the better than it was then they jacked it again Tapatalk
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] dbell525:
Muniz, any chance you could put your OC1 files back up for flashfire method? Not being rooted is driving me nuts.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] PalmCentro:
Trying now the S4 on OC1 update with the kingroot desktop version, doesn't seem to work.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] kmanuel74:
I struggled with this all day yesterday. I tried Kingroot 4.1 and 4.5 too many times to count. I downloaded the desktop and could not get it to work. I don't know why, but I downloaded the desktop version from here onto my phone, then transfered it to my laptop (Windows 8.1) and installed that version. Plugged phone in, hit the button and it went to 100% and then confirmed it was rooted.

I don't know it there was something with my IP that was doing something funky with the file or my virus protection, but it did not work until I downloaded to phone then moved it to my laptop. King root 3.0 worked first time.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] PalmCentro:
Might be, will report back.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Joebob101:
Read my post, #163 in this thread. Might help
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] PalmCentro:
That was a few days ago and i then managed to root it too, seems that something is bad with the server...

I ran the desktop twice then the app and still didn't work.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Fadtydawg:
Is your developer options on? Debugging selected? (Checked)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] PalmCentro:
Oh my, Sure!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Fadtydawg:
Try other USB ports on pc?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] PalmCentro:
Tried everything.

Kingroot even installed a KR pc helper apk, that means everything was working but the rooting itself didn't work.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Fadtydawg:
Only thing I can think of is to do a factory reset of the device and try kingroot again. I Odin /factory flashed OC1 then did king root..Worked fine here.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] PalmCentro:
How logo ago?

I also used king about a week ago and it worked fine..
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] jpeti:
Newbie here.

My SGH-T989 was getting stuck at Samsung logo during bootup [tried everything else before odin] so I used Odin (both ver 1.85 and ver 3.09) to flash the phone using stock ROM (4.1.2 from sammobile.com). However it never gets out of the stuck mode so I tried even the older ICS version. The phone still remained stuck so I went back to 4.1.2 version. Again, no change. Tried all these few times and everytime the ROM flashing succeeds but the phone doesn't bootup.

I DON'T want to do a factory reset yet because I want to retrieve the contacts and pictures. So I did research and got contradictory info hence simple newbie questions.

1. By flashing it with stock ROM using odin, did I loose my contacts, pictures etc? I believe the answer is NO. Please confirm.

2. If I root my phone is there a chance that I may be able to recover the phone. It is likely that my stock ROM was just fine from the beginning but something else like an app is causing a problem. In that case even rooting the phone may not change anything. Is this likely or am I missing something?

3. If I attempt to do a custom recovery using CWM or TWRP, is there a chance that I may be able to retrieve my contacts and pictures? Or have I already lost them?

Thanks in advance.

Jay
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] ShaDisNX255:
You will not loose your pictures, they are stored in your phone's Internal SD and WILL NOT be deleted with a factory reset. I do believe, however, that by returning to stock with ODIN, you have lost all of your contacts unless you synched them with google.

The only way to loose your pictures is by formatting (not factory resetting) your phone

I think that's what's causing your problem, you need to do a FULL WIPE and then install a ROM for it to work properly. I do think all your contacts are lost though, so might as well go for it.

Again, your pictures are all safe, you can even enter recovery mode and mount as USB to recover them if you have any doubt.
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo ROM Development] jmdrizen:
As the title..? :-)

I've seen a T-Mobile WM6 ROM on here, but comments hinted it was for a T-Mobile DE device, not UK, is there any English ones that will work on a locked T-Mobile UK device as yet?

Cheers!
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo ROM Development] Abram:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=314672
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo ROM Development] jmdrizen:
....DELETED,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo ROM Development] fards:
Read all of the thread and you will see that several of us, mself included have run this on a locked t-mob uk ameo..

works great!
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo ROM Development] xmen06:
i can confirm it works with tmobile ameo uk cid locked ;)
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo ROM Development] jmdrizen:
Cheers matey!

I flicked through the post before, but stopped at the DE point.. you're right should have kept going :-D Got WM6 running now :-D

Cheers Xmen06 aswell!
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo ROM Development] coolish:
the links there are unavailable now...could anyone provide with new ones?
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo ROM Development] csw43:
they seem to ok for me, downloading t mob wm6 rom as we speak
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo ROM Development] firedup:
OK.... sorry I'm confused...too many theads!...before I go ahead, for a t-mob UK ameo NOT CID or SIM unlocked... is it the 1st file on the page

ROM ver 2.20

or the bottom one....

T-MOB005 - version with spl,ipl and etc

and can someone please point me to a thread where there are install nstructions....

Thanks for your help guys
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo ROM Development] leoni1980:
Use the t-mob 005 ROM.

You don't need to unlock if it's a T-Mobile UK AMEO it'll just upgrade without a hitch. Just click on the ROM upgrade utility icon once you've connected your AMEO via activesync and wait for it to do its thing.

It's really very easy.
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo ROM Development] Superdawie:
I have a T-Mobile UK Ameo and had to CID unlock before upgrading. I wonder if there aren't different batches or slightly different OEM ROM's? When reading through the threads it seems that some guys had to unlock whilst others could upgrade without any fuss. Well mine is unlocked now anyway and WM6 is running without any glitches so far ;)
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo ROM Development] firedup:
thanks matey, much appreciated
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo ROM Development] kadhumia_flo:
Can you backup the current version with everything on?? i dont want to lose the t-mobile stuff on the phone (internet sharing etc).

I pay monthly to allow my computer to use the 3g internet from the phone and i dont want to lose that

thanks in advance
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo ROM Development] jmdrizen:
The T-Mobile settings will be there... They were with me :-)

Use the TMOB005 one

Regards
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gsm city:
i want to root this cell. after reading a lot of thread i agree to root with cf-root. but after flash recovery cell restarted and power on in black display and after that only take power on power supply but is not entering in boot manu. also not going to download mode.

Chenglu_cwm_recovery_6.0.3.7(0905)-fix-exSdcard

i used this recovery file

and cell s/w history is

AP: I9506XXUCNJ1

CP: I9506XXUCNF3

CSC: I9506VFJBNJ1

Now what is solution.....any expert.......?:(
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zadehmoradian10:
Hi

فرستاده شده از SM-G355Hِ من با Tapatalk
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Bren123:
I just rooted my galaxy s4 on lollipop 5.01 with kingroot

Thank you for sharing .......... THREAD CLOSED .......... ~~~ oka1
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gastozz:
Hi , I gave my Galaxy S3 to my syster. I m using Galaxy S2 now. I want install CM12 on it. Are steps for installing custom ROM the same as steps for Galaxy S3 (backing up EFS or something, rooting with CF-Auto-Root, install Philz recovery and install ROM). Any help appreciated. Thanks
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] noppy22:
Reboot into recovery(from off, vol up,home,power) flash philz from HERE, reboot back to recovery, backups/wipes, flash CM12 &gapps etc
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gastozz:
I'm not able to install it:
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] noppy22:
[MENTION=4753639]Gastozz[/MENTION]

What is your device model? Under "about phone"?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gastozz:
GT-I9100
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] noppy22:
OK not sure why that didn't work. Try first flashing the kernel from THIS POST, then rebooting to recovery, flash that newer philz you just tried, then flash CM12 from there
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zile995:
That's the right link ;) PhilZ kernel is only flashable zip for stock recovery.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gastozz:
I flashed kernel but when I try to update recovery I m getting installation aborted error (status 7). What should I do now?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] noppy22:
I don't know why that won't work. I've used it heaps of times. The only thing I can think of is a bad download, but you can use any "kitkat compatible" recovery. I'll link you some different ones. As before once you flash it, reboot straight to the newer recovery and flash CM12 from there

Apolo kernel (Latest one)

Gustavo_s kernel
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BenjyTec:
May this helps:

highonandroid.com/android-roms/how-to-fix-status-7-error-with-cwm-recovery-on-rooted-android/

Gesendet von meinem GT-I9100 mit Hilfe von XDA Forums Pro.
[General Topics] B3A5T_76:
I am thinking about buying a yesteryear flagship, help me ?????.
[General Topics] Magnum_Enforcer:
Feel free to look at a couple of threads at the top of this forum where there is already a discussion going.

Thread closed.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 69ingchipmunkzz:
hi XDA

When playing music using google music. , the phone crashes after a random amount of time, usually mid way trough song.

The type of file doesn't matter, CD rips, play downloads,all cause random phone reboots .

I'm running CM12.1, build no. 20150531-unofficial-i9300

I'm going to try and change rom to see if this helps

I guess this is just the kind of hing that happens when running unofficial roms

I've tried disabling the cm music plugin and clearing Bluetooth data to no avail .
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Liko2k:
I have the same problem! I have used CM12.1 unofficial on my i9300. Then I have updated to other rom and the problem started to occur. The phone reboots after 30-50s of streaming while connected to my car media system via the bluetooth. I have tried both Archis and now arter97 kernels but the problem seems to be kernel-independent. What connects the roms is that it's android 5.1.1 in both of them. In the case of Android 5.1 the BT connection worked fine. Any help?? How can I troubleshoot it?
[G4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slime340:
Hello Developers, again I need assistance. I have decided to put a T-Mobile SIM into the LG H815 that I got from LG, but ran into an issue trying to get the Unlock Bootloader from LG. The site says I cannot get the .bin because I am in the US but I have heard you can root the phone to access the bands that are inaccessible, ie. band 12. Can anyone help be figure a work around for this? Thanks in advance.
[G4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tabp0le:
The bootloader unlock doesn't go by your physical location. It goes by your IMEI and specific model. Not all the H815s can be unlocked. Which do you have?
[G4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slime340:
It is the LG H815 with VX10b-EUR-XX software. It is the testers LG gave away a few moths ago.
[G4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] grneyez:
The EU version should be able to have the bootloader unlocked. It say so on LG's developer site..