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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] KHDaze:
Confirmed working

I had this same exact issue, and found that although I swapped out to the original USB cable, it wouldn't work until I put the MobileGo program on my girlfriend's computer and ran it. We're both on Windows 10. She's on Home and I'm on Pro, but I don't believe that makes a difference.

After installing the program on her computer and running the OneClickRoot, the "Reading data, it may take a few minutes..." only showed up for less than a second, and then progressed to Rooting.

Thanks OP!!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Jaaxx:
Thanks OP! One of the smoother root experiences I've had. Brilliant.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] tanocu:
can you please explain me how to use Odin to flash the kernel?

I'm new at this, please help

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I'm new at this, please help i dont hknow how to use Odin :(
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] EdgardoSchiffer:
Well, at first connect your phone in download mode to your pc (get download mode, turning on your device then press Power button + Vol - button + Home button). Then, after you got Odin3_v3.10.7.zip or some similar name file, extract it with 7-zip, Win rar or any other file compression software, then you open Odin3 v3.10.7.exe and the important thing here is searching the button tittled "AP", once you find it, click it, a new window to choose a file will open, in that window search for the kernel you want to flash OC1_kernel.tar.md5 or OF1_kernel.tar.md5, double click on the kernel and next to AP you will see the file location, then just press Start button located at bottom and it will flash the kernel.

Anyway, there is also another guide with the same proccess but its more specific, it should help you!

[FULL TUTORIAL] How to Root OF1
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Jcarlosm:
Help

Hello I would like to install the indtalador Xposed for my verizon samsung s4 lollipop anyone know how I can install? Now my phone is rooted hize root with the methods mentioned here in the post but now WANT to know how to install Xposed :confused:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] EdgardoSchiffer:
On stock you can't, Xposed in samsung lollipop requires a deodexed rom, stock is odexed, so your options are:

- Install any deodexed

- Find a method to deodex stock rom
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Jcarlosm:
Ok and you have the Xposed installed. I could help with the steps that must be taken to install the rom deodoxed in s4 verizon as I am root
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] yossijoe:
Still need to downgrade to oc1. Just tried

Was only able to use kingroot on oc1 kernel
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] cheers1234:
I never normally sign up to forums but just wanted to take the time while step 3 was completing to say THANKS! This is literally the answer to all my nightmares of the last 5 hours.

:highfive:

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Well it seems this was premature because Wondershare won't go past 0%. This problem was reported already both in this thread and on the Wondershare help forums with the solution in both cases to "download from the official website". Unfortunately that doesn't help. I'm running Windows 7 and tried it in compatibility mode for a couple of earlier versions with no luck. Hopefully King Root works.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] cheers1234:
BLOODY HELL! I can barely contain my joy! Been at this since my last post and finally got something to take root! (ahem, sorry). Yes the Wondergo installer refuses to work and Root King (or was it Mr Root?) was no better, but I torrented an older version of Mobilego just to get it on my computer and then from there updated it to the latest version from within the application itself. Root achieved, OP you are a beautiful person, I love this forum, couldn't have done it without you. Bye! :victory:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] recoome777:
It did not work. There was a message in gray letters in the upper L/hand corner of the screen that said "Write enable: Locked" or something to that effect.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] imboutthat:
so exactly which version of MobileGo did u download via torrent?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] wolfen1086:
My most important question is where can I find a touchwiz room that looks and acts like CM 10 that I used to have on my T mobile S4

or is it possible somehow to put any cm roms on a Verizon phone rooted with this method?

the stock detroxed rom I have now is ok I removed all the verizon bloatware manually but I'm not a big fan of sock roms
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] whowatchlist:
The best you can do is a cm like launcher but actual cm requires a custom kernel which requires a recovery which requires a bootloader unlock. I guess we can hope Verizon gives us an unlock like the Moto x 2014.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] cheers1234:
Are you having the same problem with their installer? I probably shouldn't link to the booty but the site I searched rhymes with blirateshmay... You'll find it. Piracy is bad but ignoring the crack and just installing the standard (outdated) software is a workaround to getting it on your PC before you update from within the software itself.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] hackslikeus:
using Stag5 custom ROM, on rooted CFI - tried to remove some unnecessary apps that were on the ROM using application manager. now I have "Unfortunately, System UI has stopped". With no recovery, can't reset to factory settings. Any suggestions?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] EdgardoSchiffer:
Hey guys!

Too many of you have some problems with Wondershare Mobile Go (when the trial expires) so I was trying some things and maybe I've got a solution, to "reset" the trial:

I went to C:\ProgramData\ and looked for wondershare folder, I deleted the folder, then opened Wondershare Mobile Go and the 15 days of trial were back!

I'm not sure if that was the solution because I cleaned my PC with CCleaner before trying this, I'm almost sure it will reset the trial, but I wanna be sure it will work for you too guys! Please somebody test it and give some feedback, I will be so thankful! :D
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] bltserv:
Trying to Root the PP version.

So got a new PP S4. Love no contract. I545PPVRUAOH7. Can anybody confirm a root by loading the non PP OC1 kernel and running King root? Would love the Original Firmware file just as a backup too. Deeper in the thread a user asked the same question on page 16 but I didn't see a response. Going to give it a try tomorrow. I used King root on my last S4 that was a Sprint. Once you get all of its garbage removed it was a fine way of getting in your phone. King Root didn't like OH7.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] LoudKilla18:
Help!

Every time I try to open the page for either the oc1 or of1 kernels it is a bad gateway or connection timed out. plzz help
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] klabit87:
Afh may have had some problems. Everything is fine and working now.

Just checked.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] bltserv:
OK. It works. Just need to rip out Kingroot and put super Su in. That's easy enough.

Now to fix the Secuity alerts. Or find the Original OH7 Kernel. But it's rooted and everything is working normally. Kingroot didn't see it right away. But told it to run anyway. Ver 4.8. Looks OK. Security Log Agent needs to get frozen. He senses the wrong checksum on boot file. The patch/batch to install SuperSU and rip out KingSU works well. Emulator and a little command line at presto. It's all rooted and clean.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] jwhistler:
Odin back to stock and start over from scratch?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] digriz60:
Well, I have to say this is a surprising and great turn of events. I had pretty much given up on rooting my Verizon S4, and I happened to google around yesterday out of curiosity, and here it is. I was able to Odin OC1, run KingRoot, uninstall it in lieu of SU, and reinstalling OF1 got rid of that pesky "Something nefarious is trying to run, reboot" every five minutes.

But of course, like everyone else, I'm not propelled to write something JUST for praise and altruistic congratulations. No, like every other selfish weasel, I want to know what is out there that makes the re-root still a valuable process. Yes, I've scoured around, but there are discussions with hundreds of pages, I'm incredibly lazy, and I've just been buried at work.

I understand the biggest benefit, custom ROMS, are still limited, as are recovery bootloaders because of, well, Verizon is run by Nazis. They're doing their best to make Android as limiting and agonizing as an iPhone. In conjunction with Samsung's move to emulate a closed and tightly controlled ecosystem.

I'm exaggerating, of course, but if there is anything particularly exciting and useful in the world of custom ROMs or Root-required-apps, it would help me out, and enable my continual habit of not doing anything for myself. And also because the S4 is getting older now, so most discussions are about newer models.

Thanks!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] bltserv:
I rooted mine to move apps and keep it fast and clean. S4 a good cheap device now. $200. New outright. Verizon PrePay. $45 A month unlimited phone and text. Just got to be easy on the Data. The 4Lte can go so fast you can use a Gig in minutes. All my big apps now on SD card. Bloat ware gone. Root is simple and quick. Having the latest greatest wore off when I got older.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] bltserv:
Something Curious happened. Suddenly my almost new phone that I rooted. When you Charge it. When its OFF. The Charging Icon comes on. The Green Bubbles are gone. Then the bad thing.

When you take it off the Charger. The Charging Icon stays on ? And it wont boot without a Battery Pull first. Then its fine again. The Charging port looks fine. Its new.

I did put Busy Box on it while I did some Partition work to the SD Card. Ran some Link2SD stuff. Pulled Busy Box back off. Hate to start all over again. Was just getting ready to load the rest of my stuff on it too.

Tried Different Chargers/Cables and batteries. For sure its the Phone itself. Question is could Software do this or do I have a Hardware Glitch. Like the charging port or internal cable ?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] bltserv:
So on my S4 PP OH7. The OC1 boot loader kills off my Camera and Charger. I reloaded the phone with the Verizon Diagnostic Tools. Then tried OC1 again. Same issues. May try OF1. If anyone has the OH7 boot file please advise.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] hackslikeus:
wish i could in ubuntu 14.04

I can load stock recovery, boot, modem etc. but when I get to system.img.ext4 file, hairballs start flying. Not sure if it is a size issue or the extension ( I verified I have root access). but heimdall don't like the System file. I keep working...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] bltserv:
Guess I will do some more testing on Monday and see if I can get the root to take without losing my Camera. I could live without the Charger working right. But Camera a deal breaker. Curious another user in the Android Forum got his still at OC1 without the symptoms I am seeing. But others have my symptoms exactly the same. The Verizon Upgrade/Repair Tool seems to be able to keep the recovery pretty simple. I figure the Kingroot coders will figure it out in time too.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Emo.rocker3:
Listen guys I think this could be the only chance of rooting s4 i545 0f1 I have tried every single root king/towel root etc etc on pc and phone too but all failed because the main reason is that when ever u try to root it verifies the build/kernel number and when it sees that it's 0f1 It stops working because the new most stable update of lollipop with the build number 0f1 doesn't comes with a unlocked boot loader so that u can install other stuffs just like. I phone specially in version and some other verient it would be a waste of time to try any other methos except this let me explain it did u know a while ago after the release of lollipop some apps were only supported by the 5.0 lollipop or higher when people lowere then lollipop like jelly bean and kitkat tried to download it from play store it said that this vision is not compatible with your devise because the play store decetected the 4.0 version just like king root does with build and kernel and stops but some geeks found the way to solve that by changing the build and krnel to latest version like 5.0 without even effecting system what if we could do the same with the build and kernel member to the previous working one like c1 then I think king root and other apps might get to working the reference how to change the kernel and build with out effecting the system is just go to YouTube and type ( fix "your device isn't compatible with this version" ) this will give u the reference for that location and app to change the build and kernel number I haven't tried it yet but if u r on that please reply me but hurry I think this can really work just need some one to test that but hurry... and please do inform back if it really works...c: thanks

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Or the other last and only option left would be to downgrade your version s4 i545 kernel = ..... 0F1 to c1 kitkat Which is now posible with Oden and then root it then turn it back to lollipop 5.0.1 kernel = .... 0f1 the most stable kernel version out there hope that helped u all .... c:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Windchyme:
Some help for a rooting newbie

Ok, I got all the files, did exactly what was said....phone in debug mode....I tried Odin and the file under the BL and AP setting...says write failed. Obviously I am doing something wrong and the Kingroot is in japanese so not sure how I'll navigate that. Help anyone? I need to get to my messaging settings.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] bltserv:
Make sure you load the Samsung USB drivers. Make sure your in Debug USB mode.

Kingroot is Chinese. You need to hit try anyway once Odin loads your file. You need a real USB Cable. If you see the files in your phone with your windows file explorer you should be good for Odin.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Windchyme:
Rooting newbie needs a touch of help

Nevermind on this one, the issue is above...

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Ok Samsung drivers were already loaded, CHECK. In Debug mode, CHECK. There is not try anyway. Odin seems to recognize the file and gets ready to do the deed, I hit start...then is goes for a good while then it says some stuff that includes write failed. Here is a screen shot. And it doesn't seem to matter which button I use to try to write it to the phone....

[IMG="Screenshot"]https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BxuKtC6InSj3dGtSZUllMHdiWG8/view?usp=sharing[/IMG]

I know I must be being dense (usually I am very technology literate), I must be doing something wrong.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] bltserv:
Can you see your files in your phone with windows file Explorer?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] EdgardoSchiffer:
Kernel goes on AP dude, try it again, it will work for sure
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] bltserv:
Hey Edgardo. I so want to root my PP OH7. It Roots on OC1. Just charger and Camera go south. Anyway to get the OH7 file? Think if we just reload that kernel it would work?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Windchyme:
OMG it says it WORKED! Ok the issue on the Odin is I needed to extract and run as admin, then I had to put the phone into download mode. That worked for Odin peachy, then I put the apk (on the phone) version of Kingroot on the phone, ran it, and it said it was successful...now I have to figure out how to verify it....
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] EdgardoSchiffer:
Do you got any odin file with whole stock rom? Odin files can be decompressed, you can get the stock kernel from any odin package, after getting the kernel you just need to compress the kernel.img with 7-zip to kernel.tar and flash it via odin
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] bltserv:
I thought so. Thanks for the confirm. The entire file not around yet. The sammy site sould have it soon.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] dcwayne:
Hello, I followed your guide to the letter and rooted my gs4 i545 and installed the of1 update thank you so much xD

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Is there any way to install recovery and or a rom like cyanogenmod? Any and all help would be greatly appreciated
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Windchyme:
Just to check in, all is well...phone verified rooted, I changed it to SuperSu from Kingroot, got another program or two to adjust settings here and there, backup and freeze programs (I can't STAND that Activation Agent program). I always hate the learning curve on stuff like this that can screw up your device. I'm glad to have gotten through it. Thanks to those that lent advice. :)

It didn't totally solve the texting problem on the phone. Apparently the phone can't/won't send text over 4G period- correct messaging number or not (that's stupid). But hey if you have root there is a program for that. I just force it to run in HSPA as I don't use it to access the net all that often...if I want to run on 4G, I can just pop into the program and enable 4G for the duration of my internet needs. It's not perfect but it works in a pinch. And I froze the heck out of Activation Agent....no more bothering me with info I already know.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] EdgardoSchiffer:
No way, sorry but our phone have a locked bootloader, that means, no recovery, no kernels, no cm :rolleyes:

But you can still install some roms like stang5litre Ediition 5.0, Albe95 S6 FULL PORT 4.7 [S6/Edge Plus/N5 FEATURE PORT], and other you can find on Android Development subforum
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] dcwayne:
Any particular rom you would recommend?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] wolfen1086:
Yea any rom yall recommend? I'm still? on stock rom, and I'd like to go to something like the wicked series
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] EdgardoSchiffer:
On OF1 bootloader there aren't to many roms to install, btw I'm ussing Albe S6 port, mostly because of S6 theme store and the beauty appearence of it.

I added the link to OF1 compatible roms in 1st post, check it out
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] chaotic_jose:
In this thread: https://tapatalk.com/shareLink?url=...hp?t=3309877&share_tid=3309877&share_fid=3793

Official OF1 Root You can see that there is official Root for OF1 without changing Kernels. ??
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] EdgardoSchiffer:
It's cool that KingRoot now supports OF1 :D will add it to 1st post now, thanks for the info!

Btw that doesn't mean our bootloader has been unlocked, just that KingRoot now have a method to root OF1
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] chaotic_jose:
Welcome...but like if they rooted OF1...they wont have the need to unlock the bootloader? Or are they working on it?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] bltserv:
Can you tell me Build on Kingroot you used? I last tried with 4.8 build 105203 on Jan 31. That still was a fail for me. But I am on OH7 on my I545.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] PalmCentro:
OH7 on i545?

Which android version?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] bltserv:
Trying to Root the PP version.

I have the PP version on Verizon. I545PPVRUAOH7. I just tried the latest Kingroot. Same build 4.8 10523. It's dated 2/4/2016. At first it sez not available for root. Then hit the try anyway. I can confirm. It's Rooted on Root checker. Now bug check time. And get the SuperSU installed. So looks like Kingroot cracked the Lollipop. :o
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] wolfen1086:
thanks I'll do that now
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] chaotic_jose:
Yeah they cracked it, but we actually need aside of Root we mostly need an unlocked bootloader for Custom Recovery and Custom ROMs...so i'd be nice if we get an unlocked bootloader cause we already had root....what we need is the BL, i think they firstly need to go through root to achieve the unlocked BL
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] wolfen1086:
Had a MAJOR wifi issue here at my end half way through downloading the rom LOL, doing it on my phone right now, will flashfire it soon

Asl for a unlocked bootloader, if anybody ever does it PLEASE email me, message me facebook me or otherwise contact me !

My email is wolfen1086@outlook.com

facebook -ken Hummell

Text 252-457-5075

I still have several TWRP recoveries on the computer that I'd LOVE to odin into the phone

And no I am not scared to pace any personal info on here, I have way more dangerous people to deal with on a daily basis that phone hackers, that help me on a regular basis

I remember the very first time I had a pone that needed to be rooted, I had no clue what to do, some guy on here hacked my phone rooted it for me installed a custom recovery and rom and I wish I still had that old Epic, because it was the best phone I ever had
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] wolfen1086:
Ok serious question I downloaded the Bon mdk rom used flashfire to install, thd rom is flawless do far, way faster than the stock rom BUT I DID notice it's on OC1 instead of OF1, dies that mean thd bootloader is an unlocked bootloader, or is if still locked like it as on OF1?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] EdgardoSchiffer:
No, you don't need to have an unlocked bootloader to root your phone, just need the right method to break android policies, the reason why root was so difficult on some devices including our S4, it's mostly because this 2 reasons:

1. Lollipop is still a new android system, considering that a lot of devices still runs Jelly bean 4.2 or lower

2. Samsung (and other vendors) modifies a lot of things, like kernel, runtime, etc, aside that samsung includes their knox, that gives extra security to the whole system

So keeping that reasons in mind, if Lollipop is still "new", and samsung modifies it, it's harder to root our stock rom that an AOSP rom, so the devs need to found a lot of methods to root a lot of devices :rolleyes: , and they (for usual) will prioritize newer devices like Galaxy S6

Now talking a little more about the bootloader, it will not allow you to flash custom kernels or recoveries, why? i don't really know, but that's not the real problem, the thing is, our bootloader it's locked by something called qfuse, its something physical and hardly ever (or never) can be returned to a previous state, maybe our only hope it's that verizon roll out a new update with a new bootloader, an unlocked bootloader. Probably won't happen, it's better for them to sell new devices, so... :(
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] EdgardoSchiffer:
That doesn't mean the bootloader was unlocked, if I'm not wrong that's a line in build.prop (the build version), and aside that, a rom won't flash a new bootloader, just will flash the rom (system) and sometimes a kernel
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] chaotic_jose:
So basically we wont expect unlocked bootloader right? Cause the only thing i want is to downgrade to KitaKat to install CM13 Custom ROM
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] EdgardoSchiffer:
Kinda, I'm also dissapointed, I get an S4 because I "knew" there was CM and active development, then I found that my phone wasn't able to get CM and I just give up :(

It's not impossible to unlock the bootloader, but just to try it it's to risky and can really hard brick this model, so...

Btw, if youre interested I would suggest to check it out this thread http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s4/devs-only/s975l-tricking-knox-flash-t3279741, doesn't seems to actually be moving forward but can give you some hope lol
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] jsp254:
Anyone else having problems installing the binary with SuperSU after using the new King root app? It fails for me every time. I uninstalled King to see if it would help, no go. Joey Krim's root checker confirms root.

A little history. I originally rooted this device using the old method with the wonder program. Unfortunately during debloating I uninstalled something that would not allow me to get beyond the activation screen after a factory reset to clear my Google account from the device. So, I Odined it back to stock. Ran king, got root, busyboxed it, installed SuperSU. Open SuperSU, want to update binary, fails.

Any ideas?