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So, is there a root method yet for Android 4.4 Sense 5.5 on the Verizon HTC One or do we have to wait for an exploit?
wellwhy said:
So, is there a root method yet for Android 4.4 Sense 5.5 on the Verizon HTC One or do we have to wait for an exploit?
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no method yet.
synisterwolf said:
no method yet.
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So, am I expecting 1 month until then, or 2+?
wellwhy said:
So, am I expecting 1 month until then, or 2+?
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dont know, sometimes it comes fast. Other times it takes a while. wish i had better info for ya. :/
wellwhy said:
So, am I expecting 1 month until then, or 2+?
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People have been asking almost everyday for an unlock method in the Galaxy S4 forums for about 9 months now with no luck so unfortunately asking doesn't seem to get any better results
I don't know why but after I upgraded (OTA) to 4.4 my phone is now unlocked and S-Off. My contract was up a week earlier and I called regarding an unlock token but was told I needed to have a third party do it. Totally contrary to the Agreement the 4 majors had with the gov't in December over unlocking phones when contracts were up. So I'm just hanging out waiting for one of the resident masters to figure out a root.
Dugoutdog said:
I don't know why but after I upgraded (OTA) to 4.4 my phone is now unlocked and S-Off. My contract was up a week earlier and I called regarding an unlock token but was told I needed to have a third party do it. Totally contrary to the Agreement the 4 majors had with the gov't in December over unlocking phones when contracts were up. So I'm just hanging out waiting for one of the resident masters to figure out a root.
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If you're unlocked and s-off all you need to do is flash a recovery like TWRP and then flash a prerooted rom (most are pre rooted). It's the getting S-off part that many are still waiting to get figured out. You're free to flash away.
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synisterwolf said:
no method yet.
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I think we should have a sticky thread to let people know if Verizon 4.4 is able to root now or not. I too was checking this topic everyday to see if a method tu root my 4.4 Verizon HTC One is available yet.
Antonntminh said:
I think we should have a sticky thread to let people know if Verizon 4.4 is able to root now or not. I too was checking this topic everyday to see if a method tu root my 4.4 Verizon HTC One is available yet.
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I'd be up for someone creating a general Q&A for this phone. It would have helped me quite a bit when I was just starting. I know enough to get one started but I'd feel better if I could get more experienced people contributing to it.
Can I just root without flashing for now
brholt6 said:
If you're unlocked and s-off all you need to do is flash a recovery like TWRP and then flash a prerooted rom (most are pre rooted). It's the getting S-off part that many are still waiting to get figured out. You're free to flash away.
Sent from my HTC6500LVW using Tapatalk
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BRHOLT6 : Little did I know. Is there a way that you know of that I can, for the time being, just root??
Dugoutdog said:
BRHOLT6 : Little did I know. Is there a way that you know of that I can, for the time being, just root??
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Ya, I think you can just flash a superuser.zip in recovery (you will need to flash a recovery first. Either TWRP or CWM...I prefer TWRP). It's been awhile, but I know it's not hard. There used to be a little tutorial in OP of the Rumrunner thread on how to gain root but I'm not sure if it's there anymore.
Sent from my HTC6500LVW using Tapatalk
So, I stupidly upgraded my tablet to KitKat a while back and now my SD card is rendered useless. I don't want to root because I don't want it to be a brick, so what should I do now?
I bought a 16GB tablet because my plan was to save everything on my SD card....
Hahahalalala said:
So, I stupidly upgraded my tablet to KitKat a while back and now my SD card is rendered useless. I don't want to root because I don't want it to be a brick, so what should I do now?
I bought a 16GB tablet because my plan was to save everything on my SD card....
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Hi,
You don't say which model you own ??
If it is a SM-P605 you can root it with TowelRoot without problem nor risk.
Once rooted you can install SDFix from Google Play to recover the use of your external SD.
Hahahalalala said:
So, I stupidly upgraded my tablet to KitKat a while back and now my SD card is rendered useless. I don't want to root because I don't want it to be a brick, so what should I do now?
I bought a 16GB tablet because my plan was to save everything on my SD card....
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I do not have mine yet. It comes in Monday but upgrading to Kit-Katie kills the SD slot? I Know I ordered the 600 and not the 605
Hope I didn't make a mistake with this tablet
randybellis said:
I do not have mine yet. It comes in Monday but upgrading to Kit-Katie kills the SD slot? I Know I ordered the 600 and not the 605
Hope I didn't make a mistake with this tablet
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Kit-Kat has restricted the access to the External SD to Read-Only for the external app's.
The system App's can still write on it.
This can changed with the above mentionned app but it needs root.
Tilagoon said:
Hi,
You don't say which model you own ??
If it is a SM-P605 you can root it with TowelRoot without problem nor risk.
Once rooted you can install SDFix from Google Play to recover the use of your external SD.
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It will be the 16GB White 10 inch one.
Really? I am afriad of messing up. May I havem ore info?
Thanks
Tilagoon said:
Kit-Kat has restricted the access to the External SD to Read-Only for the external app's.
The system App's can still write on it.
This can changed with the above mentionned app but it needs root.
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Do you know how can I move the systems apps to extsd w/o root then?
Hahahalalala said:
It will be the 16GB White 10 inch one.
Really? I am afriad of messing up. May I havem ore info?
Thanks
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Yes but we need to know which model: Wifi only (SM-P600) or Wifi + 3G (SM-P601) or Wifi +LTE (SM-P605)
Only the P605 can be rooted without tripping Knox.
If you dont want to root Just save your files to internal memory and move them to wherever you want on the external sd card using the stock my files app. Its not just the note. Every android tablet that runs KitKat has the same behavior.
Tilagoon said:
Yes but we need to know which model: Wifi only (SM-P600) or Wifi + 3G (SM-P601) or Wifi +LTE (SM-P605)
Only the P605 can be rooted without tripping Knox.
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Oh the WiFi only one! I got it off groupon a while back.
Thanks everyone!
Since the 4.4.4 OTA I have not been able to save pic to SD Card. Any ideas on how to fix?
tailgunner9 said:
Since the 4.4.4 OTA I have not been able to save pic to SD Card. Any ideas on how to fix?
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Google/Android decided they didn't want you to write there in the new versions. However, there is a work around.
Here is one of the free apps that will change settings to allow you to write to the SD card:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nextapp.sdfix
There are others. But, I think that all require you to be rooted.
rlichtefeld said:
Google/Android decided they didn't want you to write there in the new versions. However, there is a work around.
Here is one of the free apps that will change settings to allow you to write to the SD card:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nextapp.sdfix
There are others. But, I think that all require you to be rooted.
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Must just be T- Mobile. Have friend with AT&T S4 and 4.4.4 and his still saves it to SD card DCIM/Camera Folder.
tailgunner9 said:
Must just be T- Mobile. Have friend with AT&T S4 and 4.4.4 and his still saves it to SD card DCIM/Camera Folder.
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Just for a lark, try Googling: KitKat SD Card.
I think you will find the change happened in ALL stock versions of KitKat It was an intentional change. However, almost all custom/modified ROMs turned this "feature" off as soon as they could.
Rob
rlichtefeld said:
Just for a lark, try Googling: KitKat SD Card.
I think you will find the change happened in ALL stock versions of KitKat It was an intentional change. However, almost all custom/modified ROMs turned this "feature" off as soon as they could.
Rob
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Still saves them to Storage/extSdCard/DCMI/Camera on my SD card in my AT&T S4. So must be a T-Mobile thing.
tailgunner9 said:
Still saves them to Storage/extSdCard/DCMI/Camera on my SD card in my AT&T S4. So must be a T-Mobile thing.
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Interesting, since I just searched on the S4 AT&T forum, and there are plenty of posts about it. Here's one: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2687513
rlichtefeld said:
Interesting, since I just searched on the S4 AT&T forum, and there are plenty of posts about it. Here's one: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2687513
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I see that. They must not have it set in Camera settings SD Card.
Hello all.
Is there a way to fix this very annoying issue with dual SIM and SD card adapter for S9 on Snapdragon on Pie firmware?
As far know that on rooted phones it is possible to path some files and everything starts to work. I can root phone but I cant find any instructions how to do this patching system files on S9 Snapdragon.
Please advice.
d00m178 said:
Hello all.
Is there a way to fix this very annoying issue with dual SIM and SD card adapter for S9 on Snapdragon on Pie firmware?
As far know that on rooted phones it is possible to path some files and everything starts to work. I can root phone but I cant find any instructions how to do this patching system files on S9 Snapdragon.
Please advice.
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AFAIK, root isnt possible on snapdragon S9s
youdoofus said:
AFAIK, root isnt possible on snapdragon S9s
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https://forum.xda-developers.com/ga...velopment/sm-g9650-sm-g9600-pie-root-t3900816
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https://forum.xda-developers.com/ga...velopment/sm-g9650-sm-g9600-pie-root-t3900816
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my bad, i was assuming that you meant the US snapdragon versions.
any updates on it?
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any updates on it?
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in the OP it says that you are trying to fix a very annoying issue, but i didnt see what the issue was. I could be missing something obvious, but humor me whats the issue youre trying to fix?
youdoofus said:
in the OP it says that you are trying to fix a very annoying issue, but i didnt see what the issue was. I could be missing something obvious, but humor me whats the issue youre trying to fix?
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the issue is - on Pie FW not possible to use 2 SIM card adapter with SC card.
please take a look at this thread also:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s9/help/dual-sim-card-sd-card-problem-t3809073/page27
d00m178 said:
the issue is - on Pie FW not possible to use 2 SIM card adapter with SC card.
please take a look at this thread also:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s9/help/dual-sim-card-sd-card-problem-t3809073/page27
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youre trying to get both sim cards recognized with the stock sim tray etc etc on your phone?
youdoofus said:
youre trying to get both sim cards recognized with the stock sim tray etc etc on your phone?
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I want to use such adapter:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B076JBY2WT/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1
it worked on Oreo, but after updating to Pie - it doesn't work.
d00m178 said:
I want to use such adapter:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B076JBY2WT/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1
it worked on Oreo, but after updating to Pie - it doesn't work.
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ok. well, im out on this then. i hope somebody chimes in on this who knows what theyre doing. im always down to find new info out about these phones
still looking for updates about patch for SM-G9600 to work with 2SIM card+ SD card adapter
Hi you find a solution works in android 10?
Is there a solution for this on Android 10?
Thanks
Hey guys, so i own a galaxy s20+ SM-G986U BL LOCKED and i was curious, if we can tell the hardware to boot from sdcard couldnt we burn an image with root to the sdcard and just not use the eMMc memory on the board??
kar0l-bask1n said:
Hey guys, so i own a galaxy s20+ SM-G986U BL LOCKED and i was curious, if we can tell the hardware to boot from sdcard couldnt we burn an image with root to the sdcard and just not use the eMMc memory on the board??
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Wow very good question, honestly it doesn´t sound to easy.
That would be wonderful if possible, and then use the eMMC as SWAP.
Yeah, that'd be ideal! I already took apart an A21 SM-S205DL and am researching to see if there's any similar chipset this has been achieved on..
kar0l-bask1n said:
Yeah, that'd be ideal! I already took apart an A21 SM-S205DL and am researching to see if there's any similar chipset this has been achieved on..
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That's amazing! Heck yes. I was thinking about this for my Sprint Galaxy S3... so not quite on the same level, haha.
Most of my devices are elderly ones I want to breathe fresh life into!
The last SD-card-booting phone I had I think was the HTC HD2!!!!
EirikrHinnRauthi said:
That's amazing! Heck yes. I was thinking about this for my Sprint Galaxy S3... so not quite on the same level, haha.
Most of my devices are elderly ones I want to breathe fresh life into!
The last SD-card-booting phone I had I think was the HTC HD2!!!!
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Yeah I'll bet there a switch on the motherboards. From my research this has already been exploited in the past on even newer models than the S3, you should look further into it, let us know what you find!
kar0l-bask1n said:
Yeah I'll bet there a switch on the motherboards. From my research this has already been exploited in the past on even newer models than the S3, you should look further into it, let us know what you find!
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Unfortunately my 3 days off are over and I'm back to "front line work" at a hospital in Southern California... so my time going forward is going to be super limited
I wish I could though!!!!!
kar0l-bask1n said:
Hey guys, so i own a galaxy s20+ SM-G986U BL LOCKED and i was curious, if we can tell the hardware to boot from sdcard couldnt we burn an image with root to the sdcard and just not use the eMMc memory on the board??
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You will need some files to flash the bootloader of the device to let it possible, Just like HTC hd2, but need great dev work
EirikrHinnRauthi said:
Unfortunately my 3 days off are over and I'm back to "front line work" at a hospital in Southern California... so my time going forward is going to be super limited
I wish I could though!!!!!
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well thank you for your work!!
jjgvv said:
You will need some files to flash the bootloader of the device to let it possible, Just like HTC hd2, but need great dev work
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what files do you think i would need? firmware stuff?? binary data?? im really new to development at all, im going to school but id really like to hack this one...
also, do you think id have to get my hands on some firsthand knowledge? like how the motherboards are put together, which pins to reroute??
nope sorry, it is just A theory, i will try ask mods about this
So I haven't been able to find much relative documentation on the exynos chipset. Am going to start looking into snapdragon considering my s20 is a snapdragon model. My test subject is a exynos... I took some photos of what I believe may be relative pins and will attach the files on this post. Any input would be greatly appreciated! Sometimes, old methods and exploits will come back into relevance. This could be a Golden opportunity to skirt Samsung's bull**** BL! Concerning my photograph, this is the side of the board opposite the sim/SD card storage. Don't know what the pins are for. Let me know!!
maybe someone can have A file to flash A BIOS-look BL like HTC HD2 had done?
jjgvv said:
maybe someone can have A file to flash A BIOS-look BL like HTC HD2 had done?
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My main concern is finding out how to make the hardware recognize scary storage as the only storage..
[HOW TO] BOOT FROM SD CARD [SUCCESSFULLY] on QMobile Z8 with BRICKED/DEAD eMMC
I'm a mechanical engineer, not an IT guy. I can fix machines, perhaps, but not bricked phones. So try anything at your own extreme risk. This is NOT a step by step guide. DEVICE: QMobile Z8, same as Wikio Ridge 4G, (MSM8916). Running Android...
forum.xda-developers.com
↑see , it is possible.
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[HOW TO] BOOT FROM SD CARD [SUCCESSFULLY] on QMobile Z8 with BRICKED/DEAD eMMC
I'm a mechanical engineer, not an IT guy. I can fix machines, perhaps, but not bricked phones. So try anything at your own extreme risk. This is NOT a step by step guide. DEVICE: QMobile Z8, same as Wikio Ridge 4G, (MSM8916). Running Android...
forum.xda-developers.com
↑see , it is possible.
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Bookmarked that! Thank you for the link!
These guys were working on devices that already have bl unlocked even before they start to think about booting solely from micro SD. I'm working on a s20 model that's infamous for having a LOCKED bl. My main objective is to modify the motherboard to detect the SD CARD in place of eMMc. I'd like to see one of these have root without any firmware upgrade or flashing NAND, just like having a second SSD for a laptop. Just swap it out.