yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] mwebb34:
bricked

odin is failing in mid process it gets about a 1/4 of the way and fails. i had to wipe datra factory reset i had twrp installed but wasnt rooted. and i wiped data so there was no os installed when i was gonna reboot. so i tried to flash the stock 5.1.1 firmware again but it fails....

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nevermind i had to change sd cards...

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Well i thought it was to do with the sd card but iwas wrong, lol geeez odin failed for the 5th time...

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The problem was the usb cable
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] GMenefee:
Root

I do not see how anyone can root this phone. Mine is a Verizon Samsung note 4 I downloaded and install Kingroot and it doesn't work, it just continuously fails to root, So I can't even use ADB because it requires that I am rooted first or at least semi-root :/ Is this brand phone just not rootable? I know for one thing I am done with Verizon and will go to another brand one that you can root and not go through all this hassle.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] gadget!:
Try using kingoroot and follow the instructions found here...

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=3375527

I spent 5 hours trying to get this done then found the directions posted by dr-cool.

It worked first try for me.

kingoroot can be kind of flaky and a lot of times you will lose root before you finish typing the commands unless you are quick.

I would recommend opening a text editor an copy and paste each line of the adb commands so that you can copy and paste them as you go.

sent from a Galaxy far far away.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] mwebb34:
Hey guys if I converted my retail to a dev edition can I flash roms made for the dev edition?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] sorka95032:
Ugh. I've got myself into a jam. So I have 5.0.1. The phone was off for a year so it didn't get 5.1.1 but it did stage 6.0.1 but didn't install it. So I followed the process in this thread but KingRoot wouldn't allow me to attempt root. It would just come up with a keyhole image with no rooting option. I tried KingoRoot which failed after many attempts to get temporary root.

So I figured, maybe I need to upgrade to retail 5.1.1 first. So I tried to flash N910VVRU2BPA1_StockRestore.tar.md5 using the latest odin. It wrote the entire file and the progress bar showed full and then at the last moment it proclaimed "complete(write) operation failed".

So then I tried to flash the stock recovery for 5.0.1 N910VVRU2BOG5_StockRestore.tar.md5 and got the same error.

Clearly I'm doing something wrong but what it is I can't figure. I'm soft bricked. I can go into download mode and attempt to flash files. If I reboot the phone normally, it proclaims that the software update failed and to use some Verizon firmware recovery repair tool.

Can anyone help?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] staTrill:
Where can I find additional information about how this process works? I would love if something like this could FINALLY be used to unlock my vzw S4.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] rbeavers:
Some One a "Verizon employee" needs to leak the files, if there are any for you phone.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] Donontheroad:
This helped, but I had to tweak it some

I just bought a Verizon Galaxy Note 4, Developer Edition. It came loaded with TWRP and Super SU. Good right? Well, I can't leave well enough alone. I wanted to upgrade to the latest firmware so I could load some cool roms. I downloaded the latest firmware from http://xdaforums.com/note-4-verizon/development/firmware-firmware-kernel-modem-recovery-t2942937. Well, it locked my bootloader. Everything I saw said that I was screwed.

I started with downloading the full Firmware for version N910VVRU2BOG5. I also downloaded just the kernel file, and installed it on top of the full firmware. I don't know why, but it seemed to make a difference. I installed the firmware with Odin. Then I installed the kernel file alone with Odin.

I tried several times to run Kingoroot on my PC, but it would get to 99%, reboot my phone, then hang. Finally, I downloaded NewKingrootV4.85_C139_B255_en_release_2016_03_29_105203.apk, put it on an SD card and installed it on my phone. After a few attempts, it rooted my phone. I was then able to follow the ADB scripts that are detailed above and it worked!

It actually got stuck in a boot loop, but I took the battery out, booted to Odin mode and loaded TWRP. It worked as well! I booted into recovery mode. I had the SR3-SuperSU-v2.78-SR3-20161103171345.zip on my SD card and loaded that from TWPR. It installed and the phone booted fine. I am now running 5.0.1 with Super SU and TWRP.

I went from a "locked" bootloader to unlocked! It can be done. This was on a Developer Edition, but I got it done! Since I did it once, I know I can do it again. I want to get some of these Marshmallow roms on this phone. I will do it and probably post in a different thread. I hope this helps.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] fastjohnson:
Downgrade to 5.1.1 get that working, get king root 5.0 which is very fidgety and will boot out and lose root so you gotta act fast also get root checker j.rummy to verify root. Plug in the USB and open your folder where all the files are and open minimal adb but I just used my normal adb worked fine. This procedure needs to be done twice once it says in Odin mode ( developer ) power down and remove your SD card then power it back up it may boot a few times but it will go. Watch root junky video on YouTube. Mind you if you update you will lose your unlocked bootloader I just updated to the newest 6.0.1 and lost my unlock so be careful.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] dillpill32:
I keep getting

/system/bin/sh: su: not found

any help?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] glen5678:
are you using this method verbatim?

https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=66381707&postcount=342
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] abrarakram19:
Hi Sir, can I flash stock firmware from 910F European version (GSM) after just unlocking bootloader only on 910V (CDMA) without permanent root or TWRP. Because I just want to convert it to GSM phone. Please help
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] spjrc:
where to download samsung_unlock_n4-2 file? Thanks.

If you can provide a link to download samsung_unlock_n4-2 file, much appreciated. Thank you.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] glen5678:
https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=66381707&postcount=342
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] jck_p:
A little late to this thread but, can the instructions noted above in post 342 be used on the latest 6.0.1 Verizon Note 4? Any need to downgrade first? Yes, I still like my Note 4! Just ready to upgrade it a bit by converting to Developers Version. Then maybe I'll consider root. But, again, I'm about 2 years late to this thread...
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] wooddale:
Yes you can do it and yes you have to downgrade. Keep searching the threads you will find it.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] lantz1963:
not uncommon for experienced developers forget they were noobs once and begin thinking they are somehow superior. Could have typed a useful link just as easily and not come across as being an ass.

for that very reason, while I found the information on this thread quite useful, I elected to NOT click the thank you button. Just sayin'

Peace Out!
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] vIgGeN7:
Verified :::

Starts with -- 15

Why do you think I am getting the error over and over.

Thanks,
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] munchy_cool:
try disabling Reactivation Lock.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] Orange Offizier:
When you say this, I don't understand what you mean. Do you mean that the console should be set to my download directory, or that there is missing code for specifying a directory? Or even putting the file itself in a specific directory?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] munchy_cool:
put it in directory where adb is ...
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] Orange Offizier:
I have it in there and it gives me the dreaded "No such file or directory" error
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] munchy_cool:
on which command?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] Orange Offizier:
I input "adb push samsung_unlock_n4-2 /data/local/temp/" , and then the console responds with "cannot stat 'samsung_unlock_n4-2': No such file or directory"
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] vIgGeN7:
Reactivation Lock = UNCHECKED
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] munchy_cool:
the file in OP is a compressed file, you need to unzip it to the same folder. Or download binary file from link in this thread.

http://xdaforums.com/note-4-verizon/general/note-4-verizon-bootloader-unlock-t3358913
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] Orange Offizier:
Thank you very much, I'm sorry that I'm really not familiar with linux style compression files (or whatever you want to call them)
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] munchy_cool:
No probs sir.

[MENTION=2182127]chriskader[/MENTION] - please add instructions in OP to unzip the file. Better would be to remove the file from OP and link to [MENTION=766721]ryanbg[/MENTION] thread. In case he updates the binary file some people me still use the old version. It would be better to keep a single source of the file.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] EdrickMG:
Any way of make temp root less inestable, when i finally got root, it always restart on me before to type shell command i dont know if im the only one
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] JOSHSKORN:
Just a thought, but do you own a copy of SuperSU Me Pro from the Play Store? I'm just saying temproot with KingRoot, then use SuperSUMe Pro, which "attempts" to keep root but still doesn't totally work, in my experience.

Mind you, I haven't tried this brand new exploit, yet. I'm wondering if re-flashing your phone might be your only solution.

I'll try this whole thing sometime this weekend after reading about a few successes/failures, granted that I'm confident that I can actually do this, should it actually work.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] chriskader:
I did a full wipe and then manually installed the KingRoot APK. I noticed apps updating from the store kept slowing things down.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] chriskader:
OP has been updated.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] EdrickMG:
Ok so to calm things down, you suggest me do a full wipe of everything start fresh new with Kingroot 4.85 i belive... and temp root will remain as long as i could do shell commands without inestability of temp root... right now with all my apps, i gain root but something mess it up and restarts equipment so yes... i will stratch from 0 apps to try to change my CID after... i bet things will go smoother after that

Thanks alot
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] FMXP:
No. You now have an official Developer Edition device. The hardware between retail and Developer Note 4 was always 100% identical, the only difference was the Developer Edition shipped with the aboot you just flashed and matching CID which flagged it as unlocked.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] edjahman:
Hello all.

I got this to work after an initial hiccup which was my fault. A simple battery pull and SD card pull worked, as was suggested.

I simply followed the instructions at the beginning of the thread and it worked perfectly.

It's like a dream really. Whomever came up with this please take my money. I believe I saw a link in the OP.

Anyways, I just wanted to report my success. I have CM 13 installed and TWRP. Everything works wonderfully.

Thank you so much for this. I'll definitely keep my Note 4 for quite sometime now.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] stueycaster:
This is how I rooted my Dev Ed. Seems like yall should be able to do it since you have Developer Mode. That's an outdated version of TWRP though.

http://xdaforums.com/note-4-verizon/development/how-to-custom-recovery-root-t2923340

Here's the latest. You have to use the latest .tar version.

https://dl.twrp.me/trltevzw/

This is so cool. Now our phone will get the love it always deserved. TAKE THAT YOU VERIZON A**HOLES!!
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] whitetigerswt:
when I flash TWRP from odin I get a secure check fail, and on odin it says FAIL. What should I do? I cannot boot into the phone because it's in an infinite boot loop.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] stueycaster:
Did you disable Reactivation Lock before you tried it?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] JOSHSKORN:
Remove the battery for 10 seconds or so, reinsert and try again.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] thetrangdam:
I kept getting this.

I couldn't type Yes at all.

Could someone help me please?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] Jimmy8:
I am having the same problem my Cid does start with 15 please help me
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] sattech200:
I received the following error which I believe was the result of a failed microSD card, everything else is working AWESOME!

I am not real clear on what is being backed up to the sd card but I have two backups from twrp (Before and after root) and working on backing up the aboot now, would that cover it or is it safe to run the unlock script a third time or ?

[+] dev CID matching, proceeding to unlock

[+] backing up loaders, this will take a few minutes

[-] something went wrong backing up loaders

[-] figure it out

[-] do NOT patch this out of code!

[+] loaders successfully backed up

[+]success! powering off device, hopefully its not bricked!
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] ryanbg:
The MicroSD backs up the first 256MB of your eMMC to your MicroSD. In the event your device bricks during this process, the PBL on your device will boot from MicroSD. After you've successfully unlocked, you don't need to worry about it and can format your card back to normal. It's a failsafe.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] sattech200:
My brain is FRIED from successfully accomplishing this and perm root!! :D I have been searching for hours now trying to figure out if/what version of xposed will work. Bootlooped the phone once and was able to recover from it. Anyone give me a hand finding the correct version? I'm on 5.0.1 OG5
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] stueycaster:
In the first place 5.0.1 is laggy like crazy. You gotta get on 5.1.1. Then go here for Xposed. Just really read the op carefully and be extremely careful to get the correct version.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] sattech200:
Thank you VERY VERY much! I planned to update but wanted to wait for another day where I wouldn't be rushed, but I will make that my next step before messing with xposed.

THANK YOU AGAIN to everyone that helped make this possible. you guys and girls ROCK!!
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] Cauterized:
Unlocked the bootloader, installed TWRP everything was good. Went to reboot into system and TWRP prompted me to swipe if I wanted to maintain SuperSU and I accidentally swiped too fast (knowing I didn't have SuperSU flashed yet) and now i'm bootlooping at the VZW splash screen. Tried flashing SuperSU zip and clearing cache after the fact but still stuck in bootloop.

Easy to fix with the bootloader unlocked though, just had to download a ROM to microsd on my S5 and flash it in recovery.

Be careful with how quickly you swipe things. My excitement got the best of me and I just started swiping all willy nilly.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] thetrangdam:
Could someone please teach me how to do this?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] urgodfather:
Here is a copy to my TUT. It may be a little easier to follow
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] JOSHSKORN:
You forgot one piece of critical information that I'm personally looking for, and that is build number. I honestly do not know if that actually matters at this time or not I'm sitting on a 5.0.1 safe upgrade right now and I'm wondering if I need to flash back to 4.4.4 or not and stay there, OR if I can flash back to 4.4.4, take all OTAs and THEN begin this process. Knowing this piece of information, whether you know it or not, stating that, would help.

Long story short, assuming one has taken all OTAs up until this point and is on the latest build number, can this whole process still be completed? I just Googled the latest build number, and it is LMY47X.N910VVRU2BPA1.

Also, the latest version of Odin is 3.10.7. Does it have to be 3.09 as stated or can it be the latest?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] urgodfather:
From what I followed during the testing phase, the exploit is NOT build specific. I would assume that Odin 3.10 would be fine too but from the info I saw, I did not see a 3.10. I was on 5.0.1 BOAF fyi.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] JOSHSKORN:
Just to clarify, I followed these instructions and ended up on:

BOG5 - Safe Upgrade

BOAF Bootloaders (hsbadr)

This is where I'd been for a few months. Were you here when you started unlocking your phone or was it just the first OTA after 4.4.4 (the first OTA after 4.4.4 was 2 downloads if I remember correctly that put you on BOAF)?

Have you tried taking additional OTAs? If so, results?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] urgodfather:
I was on 5.0.1 out of the box BOAF. I have not done any upgrades. Follow the other thread which my post is in.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] JOSHSKORN:
OK what I might do is just Odin my phone back to 4.4.4, take the first OTA, use Debloater just to shut off OTAs and then do your steps. From my experience, the OTAs are incremental, in that I won't end up on 5.1.1 just running the first update. This will at least put me where you're at. the Kingroot 4.8.5 worked on BOAF I take it, yes? I thought it only worked on 4.4.4.

Another thing you (or anyone else for that matter) don't quite explain. At some point, are you removing KingRoot, considering there's talk (unconfirmed, but it's in Chinese and from China so who knows) about it potentially "stealing" information from your phone??
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] emtee_skull:
Pardon my ignorance. I did try to look around for the answers to this questions, my google was weak......:D

What are the ramifications of the CID warning here?

For what is the CID(if anything) used by Verizon or Samsung?

Will there be a bunch of phones on the network with the same CID?

Does this matter?

Or is the CID changed back after developer mode is enabled?

If not can this information be used for nefarious deeds, say by someone else that happens by later and discovers there are a lot of phones with the same CID and they now know it?

I want to do this. I want so bad to custom rom my note 4. But I don't want to just jump in head first without checking the water's depth.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] randyk2016:
just pull battery for couple mins and take out sd card. worked for me
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] Sizzlechest:
I cant get the samsung_unlock_n4-fix program to work. I have the device rooted and the file attributes are correct. However, when I run the program and answer yes, I get this:

[-] this is for (some) Samsung devices onlly

[-] it WILL kill other devices. go back to google

10|root@trltevzw:/data/local/tmp #

I'm still on 4.4.4. Do I need to upgrade first?

EDIT: I did also try the samsung_unlock_n4-2 version and got the same result. I verified my CID starts with 15.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] JOSHSKORN:
Sounds like you're exactly where I'm at. I WAS at a safe upgraded and just backported to ANJ5 a few hours ago.

For some reason, I can't seem to get the OTA to BOAF to download, it keeps getting this "Download Interrupted" message. I went ahead and downloaded everything that the Play Store was trying to download then tried again. No luck. I'm stuck on 4.4.4. I've upgraded from 4.4.4 to BOAF several times via OTA, so I don't understand why this doesn't work. I just want my phone unlocked/rooted. Can anyone confirm if it can be done from 4.4.4?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] maxpowers6:
I have the same problem and get the same messages.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] 666syco:
Has anyone found out yet what version our boot loader needs to be on? I got 3 note 4's on BPA1 am I able to perform this unlock or no go for us on BPA1? I read the hole thread but no one says what they need to be on. Sorry for asking I know a few other ask but no one replied yet.

Sent from my XPOSED V10
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] android-incredible:
you are good to go..
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] 666syco:
Thank you brother I'm working all weekend but Monday I'll be sure to knock out the 3 of the phones I got and I'll be more then happy to put up some doe for the dev wedding. Thank you again.

Sent from my XPOSED V10
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] caniswesley:
I was so excited by this that I was up till 5am this morning. I achieved root temporarily with Kingroot after clean resetting through phone. Using the temporary root i followed these instructions. It was ragged for a bit when root had to be reestablished when the phone rebooted. I did experience phone instability on the temp root and had to pull the battery a few times to reboot and reestablish temp root. But if you're struggling, follow the instructions in the first post of this thread to the letter, and it will work. I achieved an unlocked icon with "custom" upon completion of the steps.

Another note of interest:I couldn't get the custom TWRP backup to flash through Odin - - it would flash and Odin would claim it worked and that all was good. But upon resetting the phone it would boot (with holding down appropriate buttons) into factory , but in a stroke of genius used TWRP Manager (free for, download from the Play store) and was able flash TWRP using the manager. Once I got TWRP installed, I flashed CWM 13 rom as instructed in that thread, and I've never looked back. About the only thing I vaguely miss is Google Wallet, and not sure how to get multi window.

My most whole hearted gratitude to all of the folks who worked on this. It is amazing. :highfive:
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] JOSHSKORN:
You might have just confirmed a question that I just asked on the other thread. So, CM 13 from this thread now works on Retail? Can I ask what build number you were on before you began the process? I'm currently on KK 4.4.4 ANJ5 but can't seem to find an OTA anymore, it must've been pulled.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] caniswesley:
I was on THE LATEST UPDATE FROM. VERIZON on a RETAIL NOTE 4. Sorry for the caps but it blew my mind I was able to do this After taking all of the OTA updates. I'm still celebrating.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] JOSHSKORN:
So you were on

Android 5.1.1 LMY47X.N910VVRU2BPA1

??? No safe upgrades, just OTAs?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] caniswesley:
That's absolutely correct. I did not do any safe upgrades! I just kept doing OTAs unsafely. I figured we'd never get root. Hahaha. And even though I was wrong. It didn't matter. I was BPA1 and I'm now in Developer mode
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] JOSHSKORN:
OK thanks. Now I just need confirmation that the process works from KK 4.4.4 ANJ5 or if I have to upgrade, but again, I can't get the next incremental upgrade for some reason. I thought there was a thread to Odin your phone to that OTA with both files but I can't find it.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] nh97103:
Mannn... I was just about to thank you for your super clear instructions while rebooting for the last time, and now I'm stuck in a bootloop. I was on Safe BPA1, and I followed your instructions to a T until the very end. I installed Superuser immediately upon flashing TWRP instead of rebooting first and then going back for it. Stupid, in retrospect. Any ideas?

Edit: It says developer mode, I can get into TWRP every time, and I tried reflashing superuser/taking the reformatted SD card out. No luck yet.

Edit 2: Reflashed TWRP. No change.

Edit 3: It was the stock kernel giving me problems. I flashed the Sprint Emotion 5.1.1 r21 kernel and it booted right up. Now, to find the stock Sprint kernel...

THANK YOU AGAIN! Best instructions out there.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] phillipmckinnish:
Dude if you go to [MENTION=766721]ryanbg[/MENTION] post you will see that he set there yesterday for hours and hours helping people....If you cant find temp root yourself you sould not be trying to unlock your bootloader....