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Recovery won't stick with new OTA update.

The CWM or Team Win recoveries will not stick after rebooting the phone with w OTA update. There is a way of making recovery stick on the rooted OTA update. Does anyone know the correct files to freeze or erase for the new recoveries to stick?????
Is there another way of these recoveries to stick besides flashing a custom Rom??
Vinny

vinnyjr said:
The CWM or Team Win recoveries will not stick after rebooting the phone with w OTA update. There is a way of making recovery stick on the rooted OTA update. Does anyone know the correct files to freeze or erase for the new recoveries to stick?????
Is there another way of these recoveries to stick besides flashing a custom Rom??
Vinny
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I definitely didn't have that problem. If you have root use google manager to install twrp
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mikeyinid said:
I definitely didn't have that problem. If you have root use google manager to install twrp
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I have root, I have Goo Manager, I'm on a completely stock rooted rom and every time you reboot the new OTA software over writes the custom recovery to the stock Android recovery. If you have a custom rom this will not happen, only on a stock, rooted OTA latest update rom. Others are having the same issue.
Vinny

What methods did you use to install the ota and root?
Have you tried flashing the stock rooted version wildchld released?
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I waited for the OTA update then used Odin to flash root, did not reboot after flashing with Odin, pulled battery, then went right to recovery and flashed super user.zip file. I rooted my phone the right way. This is my 2nd SGS3 and didn't have this problem with the 1st one because it had the older build. This is not a problem if you are on a custom build. Only stock, rooted with latest OTA build.
Vinny
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I honestly don't know if it would work but maybe try flashing the insecure stock kernel?
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Thanks for the input. (DocHoliday) is my favorite western character. Big western nut.
Vinny
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vinnyjr said:
I have root, I have Goo Manager, I'm on a completely stock rooted rom and every time you reboot the new OTA software over writes the custom recovery to the stock Android recovery. If you have a custom rom this will not happen, only on a stock, rooted OTA latest update rom. Others are having the same issue.
Vinny
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im stock, rooted on the latest ota and i dont have this issue. never had it on the other build either

vinnyjr said:
Thanks for the input. (DocHoliday) is my favorite western character. Big western nut.
Vinny
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I'm your huckleberry!
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mrmako777 said:
im stock, rooted on the latest ota and i dont have this issue. never had it on the other build either
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yes you do, you just don't know it yet.
Reboot your phone, then boot into recovery.
Sent from the current Heavy Weight Champ GALAXY SIII

Please try this, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1821681
Hopefully it works. Mine is fine after update

vinnyjr said:
I have root, I have Goo Manager, I'm on a completely stock rooted rom and every time you reboot the new OTA software over writes the custom recovery to the stock Android recovery. If you have a custom rom this will not happen, only on a stock, rooted OTA latest update rom. Others are having the same issue.
Vinny
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I'm on the stock rooted rom and this hasn't been a problem for me. I've installed recovery once since I got the phone. And flashed every stock and custom Rom.
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ingenious247 said:
yes you do, you just don't know it yet.
Reboot your phone, then boot into recovery.
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Lolol uh, I've done it a hundred times guy, no issues
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You're right. You're the only guy in the world who's official stock update doesn't overwrite the recovery upon reboot. They special coded yours to preserve custom recovery.
Please...
I swear sometimes..
Sent from the current Heavy Weight Champ GALAXY SIII

Guys, I have seen this on my GF's GSII (Sprint) as well as on my nexus 7. They are placing a file called recovery-from-boot.p in the /system/ directory that overwrites recovery on every boot. I put a guide a few post up that outlines the issue when I saw it on my GF's phone.
Personally my T-Mobile has been fine, but this scenario I have dealt with before. So don't flame that bad.

The bottom line is that without some custom modding, if you're running the official stock OTA update, stock kernel, etc, standard CWM recovery is not going to stick.
Plain and simple.
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cybrnook said:
Guys, I have seen this on my GF's GSII (Sprint) as well as on my nexus 7. They are placing a file called recovery-from-boot.p in the /system/ directory that overwrites recovery on every boot. I put a guide a few post up that outlines the issue when I saw it on my GF's phone.
Personally my T-Mobile has been fine, but this scenario I have dealt with before. So don't flame that bad.
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Yeah, I'm going to try using that guide and report back. thanks
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Ok, both files were present as described in your guide.
Renamed both to:
recovery-from-boot.bak
install recovery.sh.bak
Reflashed CWM through ROM Manager. Rebooting now, then will try power off & booting into recovery. Hang tight
*Edit: Worked like a charm. Gentlemen, we have the solution. Thanks due (and given) to cybrnook both here and in the guide
sweet.

ingenious247 said:
The bottom line is that without some custom modding, if you're running the official stock OTA update, stock kernel, etc, standard CWM recovery is not going to stick.
Plain and simple.
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Yeah, I'm going to try using that guide and report back. thanks
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I would argue, I have a stock rooted rom, stock kernel and I update to the new OTA update via Kies and TWRP has stuck every boot since then. I even tested it again when I saw this thread as it made me unsure.

cybrnook said:
I would argue, I have a stock rooted rom, stock kernel and I update to the new OTA update via Kies and TWRP has stuck every boot since then. I even tested it again when I saw this thread as it made me unsure.
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Maybe the Kies version is different than the OTA.
Maybe TWRP overwrites or renames/deletes the files causing it.
But you can't argue with my posts, because I said official OTA update, and CWM.

ingenious247 said:
Maybe the Kies version is different than the OTA.
Maybe TWRP overwrites or renames/deletes the files causing it.
But you can't argue with my posts, because I said official OTA update, and CWM.
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No worries, but for clarification to all the read this thread. The update from Kies is the exact same Official update as the OTA, so if you have not been prompted for the update yet from T-Mo, just install Kies on your PC and plus your phone in, it will prompt you for the update.
I have another guide I made for that:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1842142
For the recovery, installing twrp or CWM wont remove the two files I listed. This is done manually. I know on the sprint side, they made a root Super User package that swiped those off specific to the sprint phone. But I opted away from that for my GF as I Prefer SuperSU and am anal retentive about installing something I don't want and uninstalling it.
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ingenious247 said:
yes you do, you just don't know it yet.
Reboot your phone, then boot into recovery.
Sent from the current Heavy Weight Champ GALAXY SIII
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ingenious, it's not present on all phones. Like mine for example, I have been fine since day 1 of owning the phone. But my GF's sprint phone had the persistent install present.
It's strange, some phones don't have it at all, some only have the .p file, and some have both. I have not found the common denominator yet.

ingenious247 said:
You're right. You're the only guy in the world who's official stock update doesn't overwrite the recovery upon reboot. They special coded yours to preserve custom recovery.
Please...
I swear sometimes..
Sent from the current Heavy Weight Champ GALAXY SIII
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My bad man, I didn't get the memo that you knew everything I guess all the other guys that haven't had this same issue are nuts too...
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[Q] Help! Kernel Problem!

Hi, i flashed my frosty jellybean v5 rom with the UVLI8.v3 kernel and now my phone won't display anything (but i can hear) past the boot screen, i can still see Odin and CWM. I want to be able flash my old kernel back to fix this problem but i can't even access my internal drive! I tried installing Gs3 stock kernel with Odin by converting it into a .tar file but it's always failing with Odin. I think if i place the file onto the external sd card i can see it with CWM, but i don't have one. Please help!

Sounds like you have to Odin back to stock..
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joshnichols189 said:
Sounds like you have to Odin back to stock..
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How can this be done? And if i do install a new rom, Does my kernel turn back to default?

Do you have cwm installed?can you access recovery? If so just restore a nandroid. Hopefully you made one before you started doing something silly like experimenting with kernels you had no idea would work or not. Otherwise just wipe and reflash frosty. The same thing happens to me when I try experimenting with ktoonz on different roms. If its a nogo it will jist black screen and play boot sounds. Or you can download a rom place it on your external and flash from there in recovery. Don't think you really need to odin back.
sent via galaxy s3 in boss mode @ 2.1ghz
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And frost v5 is a li6/li7 hybrid so nothing you did wrong just li8 kernel is not compatible.
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tgamble160 said:
Do you have cwm installed?can you access recovery? If so just restore a nandroid. Hopefully you made one before you started doing something silly like experimenting with kernels you had no idea would work or not. Otherwise just wipe and reflash frosty. The same thing happens to me when I try experimenting with ktoonz on different roms. If its a nogo it will jist black screen and play boot sounds. Or you can download a rom place it on your external and flash from there in recovery. Don't think you really need to odin back.
sent via galaxy s3 in boss mode @ 2.1ghz
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And frost v5 is a li6/li7 hybrid so nothing you did wrong just li8 kernel is not compatible.
sent via galaxy s3 in boss mode @ 2.1ghz
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I do have CWM. I have a CWM-based backup on my pc, But like i said, i don't have an external card, and i also can't move files to my internal. I think Odin is my only option, but i can't find any .tar stock or frosty v5 roms,. I tried converting an .zip kernel into a .tar using "trollfactory" method but odin wouldn't pass it. Thanks for your reply by the way.

this is the stock image for ics
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1727120 from my SGH-T999 using xda premium

Easy guide to follow: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=31890391&postcount=2

theexel said:
Easy guide to follow: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=31890391&postcount=2
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Thanks! That actually worked! I was researching the whole day!

Glad it worked for you, bud.
No problem!

File System Messed Up! Need help!

I am sorry if this has been discussed before, and I do remember reading about it somewhere here on XDA, but it seems my entire file system is messed up. I was on Omega 10 before, then went to CM10.1 and back to Omega. Now, it seems I have a folder 0 inside my SD card which has duplicate folders as the ones in the SDCard folder itself.
I would think the only way to fix this would be a complete wipe of the system and reflashing a ROM? Is yes, then how do I go about doing it? Is there any other way? I am really getting frustrated with this
TIA

Back up, format the internal SD through twrp then install the omega ROM again.
Sent from the Rabbit Hole

Thanks for the help. Can it be done through CWM?
Oh, and would I need an external SD card too?

Alright, for those interested, heres what I did
1. Flashed TWRP through ODIN
2. Formatted Internal SD
3. Flashed Stock firmware through ODIN
4. Rerooted and all that good stuff from toolkit (thanks MSkip)
5. Finally flashed Omega v10
Woooo.. I think I am done with flashing for a few days now :silly:

anirudh412 said:
Alright, for those interested, heres what I did
1. Flashed TWRP through ODIN
2. Formatted Internal SD
3. Flashed Stock firmware through ODIN
4. Rerooted and all that good stuff from toolkit (thanks MSkip)
5. Finally flashed Omega v10
Woooo.. I think I am done with flashing for a few days now :silly:
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Here is a way to do this with CWM my friend... Check my thread here... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2092485 and remember... Search is your friend...

yiannisthegreek said:
Here is a way to do this with CWM my friend... Check my thread here... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2092485 and remember... Search is your friend...
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As I VERY CLEARLY mentioned in my first post, I did remember reading about it on XDA some days ago, but wasnt able to find it. I am not new to XDA you know But thanks for pointing out the thread. Bookmarking it for now, even though I think I am done with AOSP ROMS on the Note 2. Just dont see the point what with all the added features on Sammy based ROMS.

anirudh412 said:
As I VERY CLEARLY mentioned in my first post, I did remember reading about it on XDA some days ago, but wasnt able to find it. I am not new to XDA you know But thanks for pointing out the thread. Bookmarking it for now, even though I think I am done with AOSP ROMS on the Note 2. Just dont see the point what with all the added features on Sammy based ROMS.
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Yea I was in the same boat too...on the S3 the aosp ROMs seemed good because you didn't have to worry about the spen features and such plus it suited the screen size. However after trying aosp on the note 2 it just made the phone less than what its meant to be. So I went back to using custom stock ROMs. so far omega is the way.
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bushako said:
Yea I was in the same boat too...on the S3 the aosp ROMs seemed good because you didn't have to worry about the spen features and such plus it suited the screen size. However after trying aosp on the note 2 it just made the phone less than what its meant to be. So I went back to using custom stock ROMs. so far omega is the way.
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Or something like the RR Pitch Black Edition
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2005675
The concept is perfect. An AOSP themed Sammy custom ROM. Gonna try it out and see how it performs.

Would I be able to do this if I am stuck at boot screen? I'm at work at the moment so will have to try when I finish. I can still get to download mode or recovery mode but after boot it just hangs at the loading screen. Initially had cf auto root and a version of aroma on N7105T

dalemissen said:
Would I be able to do this if I am stuck at boot screen? I'm at work at the moment so will have to try when I finish. I can still get to download mode or recovery mode but after boot it just hangs at the loading screen. Initially had cf auto root and a version of aroma on N7105T
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Do what?

N7105t wont boot

Hi, new here and new to Android. My mate convinced me to jump ship from iPhone and get a Note II and I love it. The best phone I have ever had. But now I am way above my head here. I gained root with Chainfires CF Auto Root and installed mobile Odin. Installed a version of Aroma Rom found here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2093080
I installed everything and worked perfect but I didn't like the moto theme i installed within it so went back to mobile Odin to go through the process again but this time it is stuck at the loading screen. Gets passed the GT-N7105T screen and goes to the ANDROID load screen, but does nothing else.
I initially backed up my EFS but forgot to do the Nandroid. Really need help... Thanks in advance.

Is there any way I can do a restore or anything? I can get to the Vol Up, home, power and vol down, home, power menus. Go to work in about 1 hour so fingers crossed I can get some ideas at the end of my shift.

Try a factory reset/wipe data. See if it helps. Phone will be fresh with no data if it works
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hayabusa08 said:
Try a factory reset/wipe data. See if it helps. Phone will be fresh with no data if it works
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Thanks, tried that before but will do it again. ... Ok, so completed factory reset (through recovery mode) and then reboot. Wont go any further than the android load screen.

Is it possible to gain root access with cwm and flash another rom? Can't seem to do it from recovery mode with cf auto root.

There is a thread which have pre rooted stock roms but flashable via odin only. Correct me if im wrong. Try downloadbany of the chefs rom for yur model. Usually it comes rooted. Try n see if that helps. Other than that try repartition yur phone using pit file
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Hi,
My guess is the ROM got stuffed somehow.
If you can get in to cwm recovery, try doing a full wipe and flashing a new ROM.
If u can't get in to cwn, download a stock rom for your model, from WWW.sammobile.com
Install Odin on your PC (it should come in the zip that the ROM came in)
Then boot your phone in to download mode (home button + volume down + power button )
Plug your phone in to PC
Open Odin, you should see a blue box showing your phones connected.
Now depending upon if the ROM is single or 3 file, u will need to do one of the following:
If its single file, select the PDA tab in Odin, and select the ROM u downloaded. Then click start.
If its 3 file, click on the tabs PDA, PHONE, CSC, and select the corresponding files with the same name.
Then click start.
The may also be a pit file in the ROM tar file, don't flash that. As it can cause a hard brick.
If what I said doesn't work, let me know, and the is a few other things u can try.
Cheers
Corey
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Ah thanks so much guys. This is the exact info I have been searching for. I know its all been asked before, but trying to sift through the thousands of threads with thousands of posts is so frustrating when you can't find the answers. I have spent the last week researching and finally flashing a rom, then this happens. I thought my phone was a gonner!
Will give this a shot now. Fingers crossed.

Cant believe i didn't try this earlier. doing a firmware recovery through KIES and seems to be working so far.

Good to hear that. Just do a nandroid back up nxt time u flash anything just incase things like this goes wrong
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Hi just wondering if someone could kindly shed some light on how to make a Full Nandroid backup of Samsung Galaxy Note II (N7105T) using Vodafone Australia Mobile Service. I have already rooted my phone using exynosabuse method from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2032849 and I'm thinking of flashing the #hashcheck# rom from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2093080. Thanks in advance for your response...

To make nandroid backup you First need to flash advanced recovery (cwm/TWRP)
After this you will have option to backup in recovery menu.
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dr.ketan said:
To make nandroid backup you First need to flash advanced recovery (cwm/TWRP)
After this you will have option to backup in recovery menu.
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I am currently reading about how to flash via cwm/TWRP as I am very new to this. Thanks for your response.
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I am currently reading about how to flash via cwm/TWRP as I am very new to this. Thanks for your response.
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I have just installed ROM Manager v5.5.1.7 but when I try to flash ClockworkMod Recovery it says Unsupported device (Galaxy Note N7105T android base 4.1.1 DVALK3). However there is support for Galaxy Note N7105 but i just don't know whether this will work on my phone model (N7105T). Are there any other alternative methods available or has anyone here been able to backup the above phone model? Thanks in advance for your response

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I am currently reading about how to flash via cwm/TWRP as I am very new to this. Thanks for your response.
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I have just installed ROM Manager v5.5.1.7 but when I try to flash ClockworkMod Recovery it says Unsupported device (Galaxy Note N7105T android base 4.1.1 DVALK3). However there is support for Galaxy Note N7105 but i just don't know whether this will work on my phone model (N7105T). Are there any other alternative methods available or has anyone here been able to backup the above phone model? Thanks in advance for your response
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Hi,
I am pretty sure the n7105t and n7105 are the same, but just have different SARS values (work on different networks and need different rils and modems).
If that is the case, you could just download build prop editor from the android market, or just use a text editor, and change the device ID to n7105.
Then you could flash the recovery from ROM manager.
I used to have a galaxy s2 that was the T variant, and the only difference on that from the standard model was the sar values.
Alternatively you can just download a .tar recovery, and flash it thru Odin.
Cheers
Corey
Cheers
Corey.
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Fishingfon, thanks a lot for your response. I will surely look into the what you've suggested

How did you go BossMafia with loading a custom ROM?

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Thanks man ! I'll try it out

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Thanks man ! I'll try it out
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Let me know how it works for you. Let me know if any errors pop up so I can fix them

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Let me know how it works for you. Let me know if any errors pop up so I can fix them
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Root works fine I'll try installing TWRP now
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TWRP installation works too !
Good job man

Rooted on my Rogers S4 Did not install recovery, chickened out

Lol all reports ive gotten so far are fully functional

Also did the root successfully, and tested fine.
Waiting on at least 1 successful report before I try the recovery
Anyone have preferences re: CWM vs TWRP?

coreyinoz said:
Also did the root successfully, and tested fine.
Waiting on at least 1 successful report before I try the recovery
Anyone have preferences re: CWM vs TWRP?
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Dommage reported above.

TWRP seems to be more functional over cwm from me using both in the last year.
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Dommage reported above.
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Right - I missed the edited part above.
Pulled the trigger, and 2nd that. Works fine on my Rogers phone. Haven't tried flashing any ROMs yet, but it appears to behave as expected.
Ready for that "Nexus experience" ROM that hopefully shows up on/around June 25th...

Holy sh..., I can read now found the AT&T version
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Worked like a charm Galaxy s4 i337m fido
Rooted and Got Recovery by your tool thanks man

works fine with Telcel Mexico galaxy s4, recovery works fine
thanks

Confirmed working for all I337m variants

Nice write up
http://www.andromods.com/root-unloc...s-telus-virgin-one-click-rooted-twrp-cwm.html

thanks! worked on my Fido GS4

Which method is preferable, Motochopper or CF-Auto-Root. I'm not concerned which is easier or faster, just wondering if they gain ROOT in different ways and if one method has pro's compared to the other.
I know CF-Auto-Root doesn't flash a custom recovery, but that is easy enough with GooManager.

I would recommend to use this method that work fine on my bell s4 and didn't trip the counter and keep mine status official.
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Worked awesome .. first day with fido s4.. was kinda nervous but now im stoked I went through with it. .. thanks for the help!
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