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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] bltserv:
Go Here. ​http://www.w0lfdroid.com/2015/05/How-to-Remove-Replace-KingUser-KingRoot-with-SuperSU.html?m=1

Download ES File Explorer, Terminal Emulator, and the enclosed Patch on the link.

Follow the directions on the link.

You need to Unzip the Patch into the correct directory. /sdcard/mrw/

Run the emulator. Type SU to get to the root.

Then run the batch command. sh /sdcard/mrw/root.sh

That will clean up the KingrootSU and some of the garbage files it leaves behind.

The Super SU will work and you can de-install anything KingRoot still on your phone.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] wolfen1086:
You could understand what I wrote?

you either have kids, work with kids or are a kid

or smoke a little every now and then
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] chaotic_jose:
Hope that works...i just read the whole thread [emoji23]
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] wolfen1086:
I have a major problem downloading King root, every browser, and my av says it's malwarebytes and won't let me download or in stall it and wonders hare is expired, my phone did a factory reset today cause my Lockscreen was turned off and now I'm stuck ready to root. How can I get King root to work?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] bltserv:
Download the latest. Apk. Run from your phone. The one dated 2/3/16 is what to use. If it says no. Hit run anyway.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] jsp254:
Outstanding! I'll give it a go as soon as I get home! Thank you sir!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] wolfen1086:
(1) Where do I get the app from (2) its not gonna do to my phone what the King root site did to my computer will it, my computer is noe a paperweight till I completely reload it (3) can I uninstall King root after rooting,

The only reason I'm asking instead of reading is I'm on a burn phone right now and reading on a 10 year old slider ain't fun
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] bltserv:
That link is posted above. It's on that page. Take Kingroot after you change Super SU. Kingroot Apk won't hurt your phone. Used it many times on S4s now.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] wolfen1086:
OK is King root for the phone at least in English? Being from Arkansas I have a little tiny problem with Chinesse
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] klabit87:
Arkansas? What part? Lol I'm in the southwest corner.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] wolfen1086:
13 miles outside of Leslie on what is now St 254, Leslie is at the corner if 65 and 66 up in Searcy Co.

I hot more people on this side of my street than was in the entire County there

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Ok I kniw its early, but im up for two reasons,(1) my dog gad to pee (2) I got a stress test today at 1030est and im just a little nervous

So I fired up the S4 got kingroot on it and biw its rooted, apprently downloading the .apk directly from here is the way to goninstead of trying to get it from their site. According to my computer (which I fixed) the kingroot site is malware and it wont let me download it

Now that my phone is rooted, I can fix it
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] klabit87:
Oh ok cool. I was just wondering.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] di297:
is there any kitkat based rom for flashfire?

I tried this cause my battery life sucks and I read that it is a common problem with lollipop and s4 so I came here looking for a way to install kitkat in my verizon s4 but all the roms the op put in that little list are lollipop
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] wolfen1086:
ok king root worked, but I tried the terminal emulator and followed all the instructions but it didn't work, cause the instructions on the page said to put it on the phone, so I'm gonna try again here in a few, but I now have all my apk.s back and installed. Computer on the other hand is gonna take a wile longer, I run Vista on this one and downloading 10 years worth of updates takes a while
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] hackslikeus:
A world of hurt: Unfortunately System UI has stopped

Finally, I got out of this hole: The System UI would freeze for 5-10 seconds, and then, with less than a one second window to operate in, I was given a "chance" to clear the error message, and maybe get one tap in before the screen froze again. I knew what I had to do - flash the stock rom - however this entailed a tremendous amount of patience, with only being able to get one shot every 10 seconds to move forward. I had to start from the beginning, and over several weeks, managed to eventually install kingroot which left kinguser as the superuser. Since the superbowl was boring, I got pretty good at timing, removed kinguser with an app "Replace Kinguser with SuperSu" - which involved typing "sh /sdcard/mrw/root.sh" in a terminal emulator. This game of electronic "Whack-a-mole" proved more entertaining than the superbowl anyway, but once I ran the script, I was then on my way using FlashFilre, which installed the stock deodexed rom perfectly (so it seems).

All told, I got my phone back, but in the process I downloaded a virus on my windows pc (Odin) , and I fried my ethernet connection on my ubuntu desktop downloading some pretty massive files. Not going to do this again.

As a genuine lurker, I offer to all my lessons: 1. If you are going with a custom rom, don't make modifications, they're not your customizations. - 2. All those warnings: they're there for a reason - 3. If you don't have the time, don't flash the Rom... Doh!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] wolfen1086:
I tried six times with the replace King root app, and evert time it failed to replace King root with Su. So I simply used system Uninstaller and uninstalled k of and all the other bloatware myself, except backup assistant, I have found that removing that brings forth a gazillion warning boxes about it failing

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Oh..... Flashfire doesn't work with King root either, at least on my phone
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] di297:
you gotta do something with some archives and the android terminal, look for how to replace kingroot for su and youll find how to do it
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] bltserv:
You got to put that patch in the correct directory. sdcard/mrw using ES File. You need to type SU first. If your a raw NOOB with the Command line. SORRY.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] hackslikeus:
Having just been at this point myself: type "su -v" and hit enter. You may have to wait for a few seconds. You should see the superuser is kinguser. Hopefully, you see a #. If you receive $, you still don't have root access. Only at the # prompt can you type the command line in, and like #323 indicates, the files have to be located on sdcard/mrw/ or you will receive file not found.

Once it runs, and you will know, "su -v" again, and it should return the superuser is now supersu.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] caribbeanpanda2:
Su-v
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] bg260:
I used an app called Super Sume Pro from the Play Store. It was just updated to include our model. It worked! It eliminates Kinguser, installs Supersu and keeps the root open. I had tried the TE solution and a couple others that had all failed. There are detailed instructions in the app info page. I did notice my phone getting hot again after though. Please let me know if this works and if anyone has a similar "hot pocket" phone problem.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] wolfen1086:
I cant, I dont have 3.99 left outta my paycheck to buy it :( I make 24k a year after taxes and I live in a resort city, after work every day we go scrapping just to try to keep the house from going under
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] PalmCentro:
Use Google opinion rewards to get money for the play store.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Matthew M.:
Keep in mind this will take multiple weeks to get up to 4 dollars.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] PalmCentro:
My first week gave me 5 dollars, but then for months I didn't have any rewards. Lol
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Matthew M.:
I've been getting a survey a day for around two years now. only about .13~ cents each
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] PalmCentro:
Wow, My first few survey's gave me a a dollar each, but as I said I ran out of luck.

Not getting anymore survey's.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Matthew M.:
They dont just spoonfeed you, you have to be patient.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] PalmCentro:
Wasn't complaining.

I don't earn my money via opinions rewards ;):D
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] GiggleBunny:
Arrgh! Curse you Verizon. I have spent the last 2 days trying to root a S4 Verizon which I bought as an unlocked phone on eBay. I don't know what the vendor did in terms of updating the original phone. It currently seems to be the same as what most everyone else on this forum has happily rooted. It is build LRX22C.I545VRUGOF1 and Kernel version 3.4.0 dpi@SWDD6302 #1. I don't know what SE for Android status is (listed as Enforcing SEPF_SCH-I545_5.0.1_0009) or Secure boot status (listed as Type: Samsung). It also says it's configuration version is J12.SAM.SCHI545.0 if that means anything for rooting.

I've tried KingRoot (Android and PC versions), using MobileGo, the original way using Odin3 (v3.10.7), as well as using some program called KingoRoot (which I mistakenly took for KingRoot at one point late last night). I don't know if Odin changed the version from OF1 to OC1 - after running it nothing looked different in the System Settings. I've also looked on the internet at all sorts of other forums and websites, but most are for pre-OF1 configurations.

After having a Google Nexus S for around 8 years which I rooted with no problems at all a few years ago, I was super-excited to upgrade it to a Galaxy S4, but Verizon has sucked all my joy dry. I'd even put up with being unable to unlock the boot loader (at least until that is hacked). But no root? :(

Any help or direction will be appreciated.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] PalmCentro:
Just flash the full stock OF1 firmware, then perform a hard reset..

And then use the latest kingroot apk and you're rooted!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] GiggleBunny:
Thanks, I'll try it next week.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] wolfen1086:
How do I do that I never heard of that before
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] PalmCentro:
Download the app from the play store and start answering survey's!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Samsung love:
thanks but .....

hey thanks this metod helped me .. my phone is root everything fine but when i try flash fire it doesnt matter is it room or kernel it goes black i was even waiting about 20-25 min nothing happening i just pull out the battery and the flash fire did not do anything can someon pls help .. i stick with this problem i did big research but no help :( btw i have a question coult i flash via odin the ORC1 5.0 on my phone tho ? im afraid i break it thanks ....

oh forgot to mention in this forum are so low giving guide to the new users to this phone as i came from a s2 ... its so sad i cant even find any video that a deve did to show the new comers how to install something etc ... not even a singel completet guide srsly ... :/
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] PalmCentro:
A video guide how to use kingroot?

Are you kidding????

Flashfire will not work with kingroot, you need to change it to SuperSU.

You can do it with Super SuMe app on the play store.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] bltserv:
People think Rooting a phone should be Simple.. Like using a Computer at the Command Line should be simple too.

King Root is about as simple as its gonna get. And yes if you don't get the KingSU out of your phone it will be a Chinese drone too.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] suchbs:
I'm almost following this thread, a bit over my head in spots. I think my s4 won't work with CM, am i right? The version listed in my phone is 1545vrug0f1.

I didn't know a thing about cells when i bought this, it was the last S4 in the store, i was pretty ticked when i found out that they boobytraped these phones specifically to keep people from customizing them. They tout how these phones are android based so they're customizable just the way you like it, then they've got their team of engineers who've rig it up so you get screwed when you try to fix it. I gave up on cell phones in early 2000's- they wanted to nickle and dime everyone for everything they could get away with- would you like a new ringer sound? That'll be $4.95. Would you like a new this? A new that? We'll even bill you later. I threw my phone in the trash and figured i'd try again in a few years after all the lawsuits were over. 15 years later, nothing's changed. Two days working out how to get this crap/bloatware off, and to find out they did it on purpose.. Blegh. I'm not sure, what is a "guest quick reply" for if it waits til the next screen to tell you to make an account first... (Bah humbug seems in order)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Samsung love:
lol thats the same think that happen to me it was the last and best phone in the store and it was cheap ... but when i saw that i cant customize i was DEAAD like what the hek should i do now with this phone who drain battery for 1 hour ... had no idea i folowed researched every singel forum on the internet that exist to get more info is there any hope ... btw what got me pissed of is that those deve here are not giving the instruction well a understanded guide for the new comers they are like *put in FF flash bla bla before you need to root* without to give us a proper guide woah ... not i stock even with the kernel my wifi doesnt work because he just said just flash this with FF -_- the s2 had more and better guides (even videos in youtube) this is the way you can easy hard brick your device when they dont explain even we need this because of the bootloader ****t ... :|
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Brianp48093:
Wow. It never ceases to amaze me how society has become so helpless that people need their hand held for EVERYTHING. This forum is filled with extremely talented individuals who are more than helpful when someone runs into a problem. There's no reason for a snide remark like that.

That being said, modding phones can be risky and somewhat complicated....if you can't follow well written steps on something as simple as this, maybe you need to stop while you're ahead before you FUBAR the phone.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] stang5litre:
If you need a guide you don't need to be messing with flashing roms your gonna make it a brick. Are you paying any of the people making the roms? I assume not and the instructions for installing roms or any of this stuff is really easy . So time to learn how to use Google and actually read. Then you will be successful.

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No this is when you need to read. I make roms and my instructions are very good. But you shouldn't even be looking at a rom unless 1 your already rooted and 2 you have a recovery to flash with. The idea of putting how to root , how to install FF is stuff the user needs to do before hand. How its always been
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Bornwest:
I agree on all, but very frustrating.

QUOTE=stang5litre;65965908]If you need a guide you don't need to be messing with flashing roms your gonna make it a brick. Are you paying any of the people making the roms? I assume not and the instructions for installing roms or any of this stuff is really easy . So time to learn how to use Google and actually read. Then you will be successful.

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No this is when you need to read. I make roms and my instructions are very good. But you shouldn't even be looking at a rom unless 1 your already rooted and 2 you have a recovery to flash with. The idea of putting how to root , how to install FF is stuff the user needs to do before hand. How its always been[/QUOTE]
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] klabit87:
If you can do better than be my guest. The more the merrier.

I spend plenty of time making my instructions clear as possible.

Even more time working on things and testing to make sure they are ready for release.

If there is any clarity needed then ask in the thread. No need to go to other threads complaining.

I will answer when i can. We do have regular lives too
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] stang5litre:
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But I am always willing to help out so that's where not being a dousche will help you. Bashing is gonna get you no help. That being said [MENTION=7359811]Bornwest[/MENTION] if you need help. Let me know :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] GiggleBunny:
So I don't know what actually worked in the end, but I have root access. I flashed the OF1 firmware, then tried the desktop KingRoot several times with the red X appearing in the program screen each time (I assume that means failure although I didn't check for root status at that point). Then installed the latest Android APK for KingRoot and got some dire warning that I couldn't install the app because it was bypassing security features (there was an option in the end to allow me to install it anyways). Then I had root on the phone. No reboot or anything. Don't know what did it, but I'm very happy with KingRoot!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] suchbs:
I just found that millions of android phones have a bug that can give malicious programs permanent root access. Supposedly it's mostly nexus devices, but i couldn't find what other systems are affected, i wonder if that could be a route to rooting verizon S4's reliably with OF1?

Info: http://arstechnica.com/security/201...-nexus-phones-to-permanent-device-compromise/

Gigglebunny- I read several other people rooted, but later the system refused to boot OS and would only go to the bootloader. Is yours still functioning normally? Are you able to load other os, i.e. cyanogenmod?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] GiggleBunny:
Still seems to be working ok although coincidently I got a system message today about kingroot being an unsafe program and warning me it should be installed. I just told it to ignore the warning.

I haven't tried changing the ROM although if I understand correctly there are very limited number of ROMs you can use because the bootloader can't be unlocked.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] suchbs:
I installed cyanogenmod on a nexus 7, that wasn't a problem, but (obviously) not on the s4- i forgot there are two things if i have it right- you have to both root the phone and you have to unlock the bootloader. Thanks for the update.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] tst1212:
Is anyone else having problem getting SuperSu to update binaries? I have OC1 successfully rooted using Kingroot. Verified root with Root Checker, I didn't bother updating to OF1, as it was optional.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] bg260:
Kingroot installs it's own superuser and won't let go. There are possibilities. Supersu Me Pro, available in the Playstore is the easiest.... It'll cost you $4 though.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] QuadraticOne:
Muchos gracias Edgardo! Worked flawlessly following your instructions on OF1 once I stopped trying to open Odin in administrator mode and failing to flash the kernal. I used wondershare because Im suspicious of king root. I know WS is probably chinese too but at least it looks professional.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] casrocks:
Are there any other options available?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] casrocks:
Hey guys I need help please please please! I have the latest lolipop build, I rooted with kingroot, then just bought supersu me pro. I said it completed removing kingroot but the app was still there, so I tried to uninstall it like the app said, but it said that kingroot still had admin control. I thought maybe a reboot would help, I rebooted and now it is stuck on boot. On reboot it showed an unlocked padlock, and samsung custom, after pulling the battery, it no longer says that and gets stuck on the verizon logo. I need my phone, and I just got this one. Please please help me!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] yossijoe:
Reflash with odin.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Deathscythe_Ghost:
I've tried like a dozen times this kingroot app but even tho it says I'm rooted (checkroot confirms it...) I can't use Fireflash and the point of me trying it at all is to be able to active tethering and hotspot since I have an unlimited LTE sim card but this freaking phone blocks it... I hate Verizon, God...

So if I try the old method (the odin thingy, etc...) could I make it work somehow? I came here looking for answers but so far nothing works for me... so could you guys please show me the light? Thanks in advance :good:

I bought the phone, connected to the pc and it got updated to the band version ending in OF1... prior to this I neved rooted the phone (I didn't know Verizon blocks those options) and now I don't know what else to do T_T
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] EdgardoSchiffer:
Yes, the old method installs SuperSU (Flashfire needs SuperSU to work) instead KingUser
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Deathscythe_Ghost:
Ok, so I went and read the full tutorial someone did for your process and it actually worked. Now I'm just wondering something, can the usb tethering work with wifi? (On my previous LG Optimus G I could). Or should I do something else for it? Hotspot it's now working as it should but that's the last thing I'm thinking of...

BtW, thanks for your work and also quick reply :3
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] EdgardoSchiffer:
I'm not in stock rom so I cannot guarantee it will work for stock, but I use usb tethering and somethimes I forgot to turn off wifi (I use tethering when there is to much people is connected to my house network) and it works with wifi connection
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Deathscythe_Ghost:
So what rom are you currently using? I'll have to try it too, since the stock version I have right now won't let me... but hotspot is working great.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] jheide44:
Remove KingRoot, add SuperSU (for flashfire on OF1)

Thanks for the information aggregated in this OP/thread as it got me up to speed on a "new to me" device very quickly...

In addition to the information and links in this OP I found the following link to be very helpful. It appears to be up to date, and has a couple options for removing KingRoot and replacing with SuperUS (i followed the supersume option, FWIW support the dev & buy SuperSUme pro from the app store)

http://missingtricks.net/replace-kingroot-kinguser-with-supersu-superuser-android-guide/

FWIW, my path was...

Locked BL Stock OF1 > current Kingroot 4.9.3 > SuperSUme > Flashfire > stang5litre TW ROM v3

so I the "instance" of the rom that had kingroot and SuperSUme run on it was short lived, but it got SuperSU running so FlashFire would work for the next step

Note: "Super-Sume Pro" and "[root] FlashFire" came directly from the play store

PS. Also grabbed SuperSU install zip stable v2.65 from http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1538053 (and used it in place of the outdated beta suggested in the ROM install instructions for OF1)

Oh, and a big FU** YOU to Verizon for locking our bootloaders in the frist place!!!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] QuinnMallory:
I followed the same path as above and I recently updated from the Play Store SuperSU but the problem is after I did that it asked me about when it detected Knox and I don't know what I should do. I can't remember or find the instructions that I did before and so now I just keep pushing cancel about the Knox detection but it seems like my root is fine and intact.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] PalmCentro:
Just disable Knox. Nothing will happen.

It can sometimes affect root, but rarely.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] QuinnMallory:
I appreciate the input but I thought the instructions I read somewhere the first time told me to push Never but like I said I can't really remember.