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[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] Robots_Never_Die:
The kernel is included. See comment below from the guy who said I didn't include it.

I heard kingroot sends data to China. So I don't want it on my phone longer than needed.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] mta1981:
isnt kingroot deleted once you do a full wipe before installing a custom rom via twrp?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] Robots_Never_Die:
Correct. Though this is a guide for staying on stock rom with root and the option to change roms at a later point easily.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] djquestt:
Just wanted to say thank you for compiling everything you rock
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] ProjectAlly:
Thanks to the OP for the effort!

This should be stickied!

:)
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] homephysician:
Hey thanks to all devs for all that is being done to make our n4 more lovable. I have everything set up per op. ADB sees my phone and I am able to get root. I enter all the lines of the code and get positive response on all till I get to chmod 777 samsung_unlock_n4-fix. It is in my minimal adb and fastboot folder. It is also unzipped. It all works up to there. Also have drivers installed. Thanks
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] MrMeek:
having an issue after the command lines, saying this is for some samsung devices only?.....anyone know the fix for this ?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] felixtaf:
What android version are you on? If you are on 4.4.4, update to lollipop and try! Also verify that your emmc starts with 15!
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] felixtaf:
Good one mate...

You can also flash MultiSystem-Kernel_LP-5.1.1 by [MENTION=5868929]hsbadr[/MENTION] instead of emotion kernel!

Its SE Permissive and wont show, "Seandroid is not selinux enforcing" error during boot and very snappy!

https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24415232478676428
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] stajam:
Yes this is a very good write-up of instructions. But I too, think the flashing the kernel is worth mentioning, considering I went through all this and ended up boot looping because I did not have the kernel, ended up doing it all over again, but a lot smarter the second time around.

?If someone helps you, plz thank them?

Sent from my Tab S SM-T700
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] thewalrusking:
My Super-Sume Pro is stuck on the beginning of Step 2. Is this necessary to run or can I skip out on it.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] dominick_7:
I followed the directions so I installed it when it said to. Nit syre I understand what youre saying. Some guides say SuperSU gets rid of Kingroot. If so I guess its gone but there was a folder still there I deleted.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] spy9000:
My phone keeps freezing before superSU Me-Pro can finish. This is becoming very annoying.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] foreverinpanama:
Hopefully someone can help me, I try and search first but I am not having any luck. So I was able to get through step 7 with no issues. I took out my 8GB sd card which shows 59MB total size now, I formatted it FAT on my computer and put it back in my phone. Now on step 8 I am having issues.

When running Super-Sume Pro. it simply gets stuck preping super-su (sorry forget the actual message as I was doing this last night). Every time this happens I have to reboot the phone, reinstall kingroot, re-root, and try again. But it always fails. Any ideas?

I started with factory 5.0.1 and verified the CID changed to number ending in 1200.

Step 8: Temp Root A Third Time

If it isn’t already installed go ahead and install Super-Sume Pro.

Close all apps.

Open Super-Sume Pro, click the home button, and open Kingroot.

In Kingroot apply temp root. Click the multi tasking button and switch over to Super-Sume Pro. When it asks for Root grant it. Click the big blue button and follow the instructions. It may take a minute or two. Shut the phone down after it’s done.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] will4958:
You can also use Helium which is free from the Play Store. You have to install a Windows version on your computer and connect the phone to it at least once when opening the app on your phone, but it'll let you back up your apps and their data. As an alternative, you can use Samsung Kies, but I think that only backs up the apps, but I could be wrong. It's been a while since I last used it
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] bobloblaw1:
I knkw thus process worked for OP, but it's a bit convoluted and redundant in some points. A few tips:

1. If (when) you bootloop after second time running the unlock commands, take out the SD card.

2. There is no need to run King root a third time or supersume. In fact, due to questions about king root, I'd recommend that once you verify bootloader unlock and developer mode you flash TWRP and fully wipe the device through TWRP. After wipe, just flash Supersu through TWRP since that package will root bootloader unlocked devices anyway.

Bonus hint: use two sd cards. Save the one that gets formatted in a safe place. Copy the supersu package, kernel, and/or rom you wish to use to the non-formatted card ahead of time.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] rjbauer89:
im stuck in boot load. when i try to attempt step 10 i get this message in adb

cannot read 'BETA-SuperSU-v2.71-20160331103524.zip'

i have everything i need in minimal adb and fastboot folder. someone please help!!!!
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] homephysician:
If there is any extra numbers or letters or symbols, it wont recognize the file. If you downloaded more than once then it will list it as (1) and (2). This I know from personal experience. Everything has to be perfect, letters and numbers exactly.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] spy9000:
Unfortunately, I had the same issue. The only way I got passed it is by running Super-Sume Pro as quickly as possible. There might be a chance that what the app needed to do was done just in time. That's how it worked for me. I never actually seen Super-Sume finish becuase my phone would always freeze before hand.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] spankynuts:
I tried everything to get Super-Sume Pro 9.3.8 to work... it always get stuck on Processing, please wait... what's the deal? I don't want to continue with the rest of the steps because I want to stay on stock and really want to figure this out.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] foreverinpanama:
Take a look at this video by rootjunky.com . He goes through all the steps we did, but goes around that step and finishes the install through twrp. It was much simpler and now I'm running Jasmine Rom 4.3 and it's like silk.

https://youtu.be/OoxWDDEFJxQ
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] DigitalTitan:
Here's what I did. I did not do step 10! Well, I did, but I couldn't boot past the Verizon Logo so I started completely over. Loaded stock retail 5.1.1 firmware, unlocked bootloader, AGAIN!, DID A NANDROID BACKUP (rookie move not backing up before LOL). After I did step 9, I went to Chainfire's site, and threw caution to the wind.

After you get TWRP on and verified you are "Developer" in Download Mode, goto search for Chainfire Autoroot and download the autoroot for the SM-N910V, trltevzw, for 4.4.4. I know, I know, it's for 4.4.4 but it worked for 5.1.1. Do the normal thing as autoroot has always done by flashing CF-Auto-Root through ODIN. Now I have a Rooted Stock 5.1.1. No other kernel or SuperSU to load.

I wish I could verify this, but it would have to be a video and I only have my phone at this point. I have nandroid backups after step 9, so maybe I'll record later if is someone doesn't believe me. :) Now I will remove all the bloatware and customize! (PS: I can't post links because I'm a noob and haven't posted enough but I thought I would share)

EDIT: You'll have to reflash TWRP after running CF-Auto-Root. No big deal IMO.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] Mibuix0r:
I got all this to work but I want to go back to 4.4.4 not sure how to do that? Can I just Odin the dev edition N910VVRU1ANJ5_StockRestore.tar.md5? I broke my dev edition, got a retail, did all these steps and got twrp back on there but not sure if it will stick if I AP flash back.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] johnboysdeals:
Hi all, just a quick update, I got sorted with my problems in that I wasn't able to flash any rom after getting root and wiping my device, so had no rom and stuck in bootloop. My solution was to switch out the sd card and flashed my rom then and it worked no issues. So now I have the N5 Kyubi rom and I have to say it's great, little or no bugs and it has all the N5 features plus S6 Edge feature. I really recommend it for any one just after getting root. Now I would like to know if there is/will be a port of the N5 Marshmello rom with S7 edge features? That would be fantastic!! Also just wanted to say thanks for all the help in getting through the root process : )
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] Gareee:
Can you revise the instruction list so it can be updated? I know several people have asked for this, and had concerns about having to use supersume pro anyway.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] roxalt:
twrp

What is the process for updating twrp? Thanks!

nevermind
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] bobloblaw1:
I'm not OP but maybe [MENTION=7417499]Robots_Never_Die[/MENTION] can update.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] Gareee:
I know, but he would need your complete instructions in order to make sure there are no mistakes with him second guessing what he thought you did differently.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] n2imagination:
I am about to pull my hair out with this damn microsd problem. I got it all rooted and twrp on but cannot get the damn su to sideload or copy the rom to sd because it never recognizes the microsd properly. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] DigitalTitan:
Put the SD card in an adapter and do the following on your computer:

Diskpart

List disk

Select disk X

Clean

X is your SD card. These commands will return your SD card to a raw unformatted SD card.

As far as sideloading anything, what I did was installed the CF Auto root that is available on Chainfire site for the developer edition of the note 4. It says it's only for 4.4.4, but it works for 5.1.1. You will then have a fully rooted stock version.

I can't post links because I'm too new. If 10 people would like to hit thank on this post and I can start posting links and pictures. LOL
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] wallratt:
Hi all, first off a thank you to the OP and all who contributed , i am now unlocked and rooted, very happy camper here, and that nice bright red verizon boot animation is goooonne. lol just my 2 cents-- it took a few attempts to get it all right. no problems until the end. i was not able to side load super su and the kernel through adb. TWRP installed just fine. I tried to flash from the sd and i was able to get super su with no issue, but like others here when i flashed the kernel it would instantly reboot into TWRP. I ended up formatting the sd card on the phone with TWRP, moving it to my PC, re-copied the kernel to the sd card and this time it flashed with no issue. :good: all is good in the universe. lol ...Thanks again
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] fadingfastsd:
Thanks so much for this and all the help. Just got my Note 4 rooted!

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After a few reboots and using Root Checker to confirm root (it is confirmed rooted, no problem there), I notice I get a popup a few seconds after each reboot saying that Knox has stopped. I hit OK, and it doesn't seem to cause any issues. Any idea why this is happening? Did some searching, I don't see this issue mentioned anywhere.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] mg_net55:
Now i'm using lollipop 5.0.1 BOAF .

should i do fully upgrade to 5.1.1 or just upgrade firmware with BOAF bootloader ?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] DigitalTitan:
The instructions say 5.1.1 BPA1. I OTA updated to 5.1.1 or you can safe upgrade. Your call.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] molotovtommy:
To get this method to work you need to make sure you have the google dev driver for adb to recognize your phone. Once I added my phone's hardware id to the driver and installed it, I was able to use the sideload to push the Kernel? (is it called a kernel or is that just the stock ROM?).

After getting this to work I played around with CM13, someone above mentioned they were interested so I thought I would bring this to the discussion. I was able to get it installed by flashing it thorough TWRP, but doing so resulted in me losing root. When it boots I also don't see the sandroid is not enforcing red text that it previously displayed when I followed this guide and everything worked. So do I need to take special steps to reroot with CM13 and why would I lose that? I mean how did I even install the ROM if I didn't have root? I must be missing something here.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] chrish9309:
Mobile Hotspot

So now that we have root what is the best way to unlock the mobile hotspot?edit: I would still like to know how for "stock" / root but in the mean time I flash Jasmine 4.3 for my DE and everything works great
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] reggie cheeks:
I've read through so forgive me if this as been asked but..

- if I don't want to stay stock [flash rom immediately after twrp is installed] what steps can I skip?

Thanks in advance.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] DigitalTitan:
You can look at some custom ROMs or the Unofficial Cyanogenmod release. I'm trying out this one:

http://xdaforums.com/note-4-verizon/development/rom-paulpizz-rom-t3360469

It's pretty nice! Development is just now starting to pick up so stay tuned.

You can skip the root part in step 10. You must have TWRP and Unlocked Bootloader then install the ROM you want which will most likely be rooted.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] DigitalTitan:
Fadingfastsd,

I had the same problem with Knox giving me errors on startup after unlocking. I ended freezing everything pertaining to Knox using Titanium Backup.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] fadingfastsd:
Thanks for the heads up. I ended up installing JasmineROM and everything is working perfectly now. Appreciate the help though!
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] JTProuhet:
Alright I made it to getting TWRP installed on my device. but i am trying to sideload on ADB. my problem is my device isnt showing as being attached. Should i find another sd card, load the kernel onto the sd and flash it via TWRP? have hit no other road blocks until now. I did not do Step 8 as everything i had read showed it did not need to be done unless you flashed a kernel before rebooting. Device does bootloop but i am able to get into download mode and recovery mode. but now im stuck.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] Str8Pryd:
It might be a silly question, but did you enable ADB in TWRP? (Advanced > ADB Sideload)
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] JTProuhet:
Scratch that last comment. I formatted the sd card on my pc. moved the Super SU and the kernel onto the SD card. Flashed via TWRP. Wiped cache/dalvik.

BOOM ROOTED!!!! Suck it Verizon!

Thank you to the Devs that put a lot of time and effort into making this happen. You guys rock! I was just about to give up on the ole Note 4 and jump ship to the LG G5. But i think ill stick around with the N4 for the time being.

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Yes I did. was in the ADB sideload screen on my device and ADB on the pc would not recognize the device. IDK if it had anything to do with me skipping Step 8?

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Man its been awhile since ive messed with a rooted device.. being as i want to start completely clean. I actually just got this device out of the box due to my old device's screen was seperating from the rest of the phone. But now that i am rooted and back up and running full steam, can i do a FDR via the Setting>Backup and Reset>Factory Data Reset? Or will i lose root, or go into bootloop?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] DigitalTitan:
After factory reset, you shouldn't go into a bootloop. I didn't anyway. In fact, a factory reset solved a bootloop situation when I first unlocked the bootloader. Also, when I did the factory reset, I didn't lose root.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] dpoverlord:
Will do this method,

Back when I had my Note 3 there was a thread on how to go back to stock as well just in case you needed to send your phone into Verizon. Is there still a way to do this, is important since my Note 4 still has another 7 months on its warranty. It's always great to be able to go back to it and get a "free" replacement when needed

Asking, since I may just get a warranty replacement and do this method.

Also, on my Rooted Note 3 I had the Alliance ROM last year, has anyone figured out similar roms for this phone? Would be great to have the ease of use again! I just started "Finally" getting used to not being able to do as much lol.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] JTProuhet:
Also interested in a stock rom, locked bootloader to fall back on if something were to ever happen.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] craigschroeder:
Rooted, but can't flash any ROMs because TWRP shows 0mb for SD Card. It's 64Gb. If I use a file explorer it sees the files on the card. I didn't have to use sideload if that makes any difference. Formatted on PC. Used SDFormatter. Diskpart. I didn't format card after I put in back in the phone. Do I do this through Explorer, TWRP, or some other way. Any other suggestions?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] craigschroeder:
Nevermind. Finally got it to work.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] glen5678:
Thanks for your post and drive share. It really clears up much about the SM-N910V boot-loader exploit. ;)

Now if I can just figure out why my X,Y axis is all jacked up and how to fix it, I'd be content... :mad:
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] Futtermax:
EDIT/Clear:

I completed all the steps 'successfully.'

On boot, the animations are very choppy and slow. After that, things are normal mostly normal except that KNOX crashes right after loading the OS.

The device is still claiming that there is no root from RootChecker.

What should I do here friend?

UPDATE 4091:

The SU PRO app just asked me to allow root to certain apps that want it. Afterwards, Root Checker is claiming that root worked.

Total of 3 hours invested so far, which I guess isn't bad.

The stress of almost bricking my phone has taken years off my life, however. (>'.')>

Thank you very much big homie!
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] shady79:
so ive tried a bunch of times, but when i get to the last command in adb (./samsung_unlock_n4-fix) i keep getting "not found"
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] Futtermax:
SD Card in the device?

Absofruitly sure that you are typing all the prior commands correctly and not receiving errors?

The only error I got on the ./samsung operation was that I needed an SD Card in the phone.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] shady79:
yes i have an sd card in and no errors that i can tell. after each command i dont see anything that says error? its driving me insane, im sure im doing something stupid.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] glen5678:
Also, try turning OFF both Windows firewall and Windows Defender.

AND try another USB cable; I was using a POS cable and found out it was screwing up the connection every so often.

After you run all the commands:

adb push samsung_unlock_n4-fix /data/local/tmp/

adb shell

su

cd /data/local/tmp/

chmod 777 samsung_unlock_n4-fix

chown root.root samsung_unlock_n4-fix

Make sure the "samsung_unlock_n4-fix" file is actually in the / data/local/tmp directory by typing ls -la to get a directory listing.

Then execute the "fix"

./samsung_unlock_n4-fix
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] shady79:
Thanks, got it fixed. It was either a typo or a full sd card.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] tagala2:
easy way out

anyone wants to root my phone for me ...$$$$$.

ill just send you my phone

anyone ??
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] MissionImprobable:
Where are you? I finish finals early next week so I'd be done by the time you could get it to me no doubt. You can keep me in mind anyway, though feel free to grab someone who's done multiple roots on the phone if you like.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] tagala2:
missionimprobable ...have you successfully rooted note 4 verizon 5.1.1

if so email me at tagala2@msn.com
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] JTProuhet:
This is actually a fairly easy root. Follow directions to a T and you'll be fine. I did skip step 8. Instead moved the super su and kernel to sd card after format. Then once getting twrp installed, used it to flash super su and the kernel via the device and is smooth sailing since
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] greatdaneduke:
After reading through this thread it appears that that this process will provide permanent root and unlock the bootloader. Is this correct? If so, we can flash a custom recovery and rom?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] tagala2:
..got far as the 4th command

chmod 777 samsung unlock_n4-fix

files are in the adb folders

u wanna give it a shot ??
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] JTProuhet:
Are you typing the commands or copying and paste the commands? I had it split screen when i was doing mine. Double clicked on the command, right click - copy, right click on adb screen then paste.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] MissionImprobable:
Hadn't done this one, but this is the first phone in a while that I haven't actually rooted/reflashed.

If you've gotten to the point that you mentioned above I think you can finish it out. I'd recommend it anyway so that if you have issues down the road you'll have a better understanding of the system as a whole.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] tagala2:
Did both.....says no such file

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Did both typed and paste

Unlock file is in the adb folder
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] buhohitr:
OP, you provided the link to the EMMC bugcheck, you should mention to check EMMC CID first before proceeding...

BTW, anyone knows how many version of EMMC CID Verizon note 4 has?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] homephysician:
You have miss typed something. In the first line the is a space that doesn't show up clearly. It's between fix and the /. Should be n4-fix(1space)/..... and also the unlock has to be exactly as written in op. If you downloaded more than once or copied it, it may have an extra (1) or letter. Delete those. Youll want to kick yourself when you see how simple it is. Good luck.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] glen5678:
When you run "adb devices" what is the output?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] JTProuhet:
It really is that simple lol i think the only device thats been any easier was a LG G2 that i rooted. I downloaded one program, hit on button and it was done. but that phone sucked... really debating about abondoning the N4 and going with the G5 tho.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] buhohitr:
Deleted, miss read!!
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] reggie cheeks:
I hope to find time today to follow the op instructions and achieve root but one more question before I do

Is a sim card required?

I use the note 4 as a WiFi device.

Thanks.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] datstudandre:
This was highly difficult for me. I found a method on YouTube and substituted the correct files and got root on the first try....maybe this method can be slimmed down a bit

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https://youtu.be/nDCTQtCaUig
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] homephysician:
The phone in the video is a SM-N910F. Did you get root and unlock with this method? Different build number too.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] tagala2:
jtprouhet...email me at tagala2@msn.com if you want to root my note 4 please
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] buhohitr:
The guy who used this method and worked because he has a 910F model, this method will not work for our 910V model. The F model is very easy to do a permanent root (it used Snapdragon processor) while the V model only can do temp root before unlock the bootloader.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] homephysician:
Exactly