I've been waiting for ages for a root for A5CN701, yet no one has even tried to figure it out
I've also found a lot of posts showing how to downgrade to 5.0 but no one has made a detailed instruction and confirmed that it works!
Seriously, i've been dying for a method to root!
Anyone has any idea, please share at this topic! Much appreciated!
I'm in the same situation as you. I have been waiting for root too or the instructions how to downgrade to previous version.
This is by far the best Android tablet that I have ever used (previosly had Nexus 7 2013) and when you take it to hand and start use it you immediately feel what the quality means.
Anybody facing heating issue on the right side of the tablet screen?
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Anybody facing heating issue on the right side of the tablet screen?
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I haven't noticed any heating issues.
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Anybody facing heating issue on the right side of the tablet screen?
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Yea, mine does too.
Kingroot?
You might want to see if Kingroot can root it. (It's here on xda.) It worked on my lockdown Tracfone.
PMikeP said:
You might want to see if Kingroot can root it. (It's here on xda.) It worked on my lockdown Tracfone.
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Thanks! I will try and contact the Kingroot team
intercontinental said:
Thanks! I will try and contact the Kingroot team
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Nothing to contact - just download their .apk and run it. You need a wi-fi connection while it's trying to root.
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Nothing to contact - just download their .apk and run it. You need a wi-fi connection while it's trying to root.
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I tested and only did get a "can't open file" when trying to run downloaded APK
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I tested and only did get a "can't open file" when trying to run downloaded APK
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Assuming your downloaded .apk isn't corrupted (try downloading it again), you need to install the .apk (as opposed to "running" it). I assume you tried to install it, but I'm just covering the bases. Perhaps Lolipop has a security feature that prevents Kingroot from installing? (Although Kingroot says it works w/ 5.0.) And I presume you have allowed "unknown sources" to install under Settings > Security?
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You might want to see if Kingroot can root it. (It's here on xda.) It worked on my lockdown Tracfone.
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I tried everything at my disposal including automatic-rooting programs like KingRoot, no results!
Thanks for the suggestion anyway
colorado48 said:
I tried everything at my disposal including automatic-rooting programs like KingRoot, no results!
Thanks for the suggestion anyway
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Sorry to hear it didn't work. That, and the lack of ext SD, have convinced me to buy an Asus Zenpad S 8 instead. Cheaper too!
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Hi,
To preface, I am new to Samsung devices. I have been using Huawei devices until recently when my work started paying for my cellphone.
I've seen a few discussions about rooting the SGH-i257 that inevitable lead to the instructions for the SGH-i257m or some other variation of the S4 mini. What I've noticed is that it inevitably falls to some issue with Knox. I'm wondering if anyone has had success specifically rooting this phone using one of the straightforward utilities (like oneclickroot) or some sort of convoluted process.
I'm completely aware that I can disable apps. However, I want to root my phone and have more control. It's similar to the idea of why drive a manual instead of an automatic. You interact more with the car.
Anyway, any input would be great.
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I've stumbled upon SRSroot a few times. Is this a legit rooting tool?
ivtdroid said:
Hi,
To preface, I am new to Samsung devices. I have been using Huawei devices until recently when my work started paying for my cellphone.
I've seen a few discussions about rooting the SGH-i257 that inevitable lead to the instructions for the SGH-i257m or some other variation of the S4 mini. What I've noticed is that it inevitably falls to some issue with Knox. I'm wondering if anyone has had success specifically rooting this phone using one of the straightforward utilities (like oneclickroot) or some sort of convoluted process.
I'm completely aware that I can disable apps. However, I want to root my phone and have more control. It's similar to the idea of why drive a manual instead of an automatic. You interact more with the car.
Anyway, any input would be great.
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I've stumbled upon SRSroot a few times. Is this a legit rooting tool?
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try www.towelroot.com (click the logo to download) it's legit and it doesn't trip knox, if it works...
I tried that a couple of times. I am assuming it has failed (though I could be wrong). I ran the application and it rebooted my phone.
ivtdroid said:
I tried that a couple of times. I am assuming it has failed (though I could be wrong). I ran the application and it rebooted my phone.
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I have the same phone and I have tried all the one click methods, programs, SRSroot, towelroot, saferoot, you name it I've tried it without success. I've been searching the same threads that lead to the same conclusion...there is a way to root (flash) the SGH-i257M (Canadian) but from what I've found is that no one knows if you'll lose any services or anything else if you root the U.S. AT&T phone with that method and there isn't a stock rom out for it yet, so if you flash it to a Canadian (m) model and don't like it or it doesn't have everything working right you're not able to revert back.
I'm am not an expert by no means, thats just my thoughts from what I've read.
Good luck on your quest - you can search my other posts for what I've learned - -
I have the same phone and I have tried all the one click methods, programs, SRSroot, towelroot, saferoot, you name it I've tried it without success. I've been searching the same threads that lead to the same conclusion...there is a way to root (flash) the SGH-i257M (Canadian) but from what I've found is that no one knows if you'll lose any services or anything else if you root the U.S. AT&T phone with that method and there isn't a stock rom out for it yet, so if you flash it to a Canadian (m) model and don't like it or it doesn't have everything working right you're not able to revert back.
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I followed the steps to root the SGH-i257. This process was not successful.
I will occasionally poke around here to see if something new manifests itself. Otherwise, I am probably going to wait a few months. I'm sure someone will figure out how to root the phone by then.
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I have the same phone and I have tried all the one click methods, programs, SRSroot, towelroot, saferoot, you name it I've tried it without success. I've been searching the same threads that lead to the same conclusion...there is a way to root (flash) the SGH-i257M (Canadian) but from what I've found is that no one knows if you'll lose any services or anything else if you root the U.S. AT&T phone with that method and there isn't a stock rom out for it yet, so if you flash it to a Canadian (m) model and don't like it or it doesn't have everything working right you're not able to revert back.
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I'm in the same boat. Seems to be this void of information around rooting this phone...
Have you tried Kingo , make sure debugging on and dial *#0808# reselect mtp+adb and reboot.
kev23m said:
Have you tried Kingo , make sure debugging on and dial *#0808# reselect mtp+adb and reboot.
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Just tried this, ran towelroot, this time it did take longer for it to reboot but still unsuccessful.
Neffy27 said:
Just tried this, ran towelroot, this time it did take longer for it to reboot but still unsuccessful.
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This worked for my device. Reboots into recovery and once done , you have a rooted phone. Towelroot someone mentioned works for 4.4.2, not for our jb 4.2.2.
Did you try Kingo or just selected mtp + adb and tried towelroot.
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This worked for my device. Reboots into recovery and once done , you have a rooted phone. Towelroot someone mentioned works for 4.4.2, not for our jb 4.2.2.
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Sorry no input on your rooting issues, but
Could one of you fine folks post the build.prop from your AT&T stock Rom?
It would really help out trying to fix some cm10.2 connection issues. Thanks.
jamus28 said:
Sorry no input on your rooting issues, but
Could one of you fine folks post the build.prop from your AT&T stock Rom?
It would really help out trying to fix some cm10.2 connection issues. Thanks.
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Okay here's a zipped attachment of the build.prop from my AT&T stock Rom - hope this helps and thank you for your efforts
Let me know if I can help in any other ways.
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Okay here's a zipped attachment of the build.prop from my AT&T stock Rom - hope this helps and thank you for your efforts
Let me know if I can help in any other ways.
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Come on is there anyone out there willing to take this on. I have the i9195 (rooted and love the phone) and i257. I want to get the i257 rooted so I can have lte and a bit more storage than the other.
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Come on is there anyone out there willing to take this on. I have the i9195 (rooted and love the phone) and i257. I want to get the i257 rooted so I can have lte and a bit more storage than the other.
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Still no one able to crack the SGH-I257 AT&T phone? Just for fun I bought an identical used phone with a cracked screen off ebay for a few bucks, still works but will make an excellent gunny pig! Any serious devs interested in it??
Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini SGH-i257
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Still no one able to crack the SGH-I257 AT&T phone? Just for fun I bought an identical used phone with a cracked screen off ebay for a few bucks, still works but will make an excellent gunny pig! Any serious devs interested in it??
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Seems as though things have come to a screeching halt since dev GeoHot was hired by Google which is a total bummer!
keyleroy said:
Seems as though things have come to a screeching halt since dev GeoHot was hired by Google which is a total bummer!
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I didn't know that, well good for him I hope he lives long and prospers But there has to be others out there hat can contribute to rooting this model phone, right?
At least we can hope!
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I didn't know that, well good for him I hope he lives long and prospers But there has to be others out there hat can contribute to rooting this model phone, right?
At least we can hope!
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I truly hope so! There are a lot of smart people on this forum that will eventually pick up the baton and roll with it. It's just a matter of when! Until then, I guess we'll just have to practice patience.
kev23m said:
This worked for my device. Reboots into recovery and once done , you have a rooted phone. Towelroot someone mentioned works for 4.4.2, not for our jb 4.2.2.
Did you try Kingo or just selected mtp + adb and tried towelroot.
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Can you clarify what worked for your device, Kingo or towelroot and edetail what you did? Very confused. Thank you.
rfb813 said:
Can you clarify what worked for your device, Kingo or towelroot and edetail what you did? Very confused. Thank you.
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Kingo worked for me when on 4.2.2 and did not trip knox. MAke sure usb debugging selected and dial *#0808#* and reselect mtp + adb and reboot.
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Kingo worked for me when on 4.2.2 and did not trip knox. MAke sure usb debugging selected and dial *#0808#* and reselect mtp + adb and reboot.
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I just tried Kingo a couple of times and I get "Root Failed" each time.
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I just tried Kingo a couple of times and I get "Root Failed" each time.
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sane for me didnt work says root failed
There are a couple of apps I want to use which require the fire tv to be unrooted. Is there a way I can run clean firmware without losing the future option to root the device again? I'm currently running one of the latest pre-rooted firmwares, so I've installed clockworkmod recovery.
I'm assuming I can install one of the old firmware versions that is still rootable? Not sure what functionality I'd lose?
What apps require you to be unrooted? Isn't there an Xposed module that will hide root from the app?
Sky Go and Virgin Anywhere. Wasn't aware of a module?
Checked the module and it doesn't work with those apps.
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Checked the module and it doesn't work with those apps.
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Did you try it, or just read about it? Rootcloak?
On the devs page it tells you it doesn't work with them.
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On the devs page it tells you it doesn't work with them.
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Again, did you actually try it in case it does? It's not going to bootloop. And was it rootcloak?
Yes, root cloak. It specifically says on the page that it doesn't work, so is it really worth trying? Sky are notoriously strict with iOS and Android platforms.
tonton82 said:
Yes, root cloak. It specifically says on the page that it doesn't work, so is it really worth trying? Sky are notoriously strict with iOS and Android platforms.
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Fine, I'm done begging you to do it. You're on your own, good luck...
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Fine, I'm done begging you to do it. You're on your own, good luck...
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Are you always so stroppy? I've explained that the dev says it doesn't work. The thread on xda also says it doesn't work. I'm not going to waste my time checking something that everyone says doesn't work.
Could anyone help with my original question please?
Title pretty much says it all. Does using KingRoot on Z1 Compact 14A.5.0.270 delete the DRM keys ? Note that it roots without Unlocking the Bootloader.
Thank you.
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Title pretty much says it all. Does using KingRoot on Z1 Compact 14A.5.0.270 delete the DRM keys ? Note that it roots without Unlocking the Bootloader.
Thank you.
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No. It doesn't. At least my keys weren't affected. But immediately after rooting with Kingroot I used the replace Kingroot with SU program and everything went fine.
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No. It doesn't. At least my keys weren't affected. But immediately after rooting with Kingroot I used the replace Kingroot with SU program and everything went fine.
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Thanks but one last thing I am sorry. I tried using it and it gave me an error of not being able to connect to the internet to get the root strategy something. Yes, I made sure that my internet is connected of course !
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Thanks but one last thing I am sorry. I tried using it and it gave me an error of not being able to connect to the internet to get the root strategy something. Yes, I made sure that my internet is connected of course !
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Kingroot is currently not working on 5.1.1. The requests have been made. Check out the Kingroot XDA thread recent entries. There are other rooting options in this forum.
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Kingroot is currently not working on 5.1.1. The requests have been made. Check out the Kingroot XDA thread recent entries. There are other rooting options in this forum.
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OK done, thank you.
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OK done, thank you.
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Hi mate,
what method did you use to root 5.1.1?
I spent hours last night clearing 5gb of space on c:\ so I could update my z1 to 5.1 using pc companion.
Finally got it updated and now I realise kingroot doesnt work on 5.1 yet.
Any pointers would be much appreciated,
Cheers
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Hi mate,
what method did you use to root 5.1.1?
I spent hours last night clearing 5gb of space on c:\ so I could update my z1 to 5.1 using pc companion.
Finally got it updated and now I realise kingroot doesnt work on 5.1 yet.
Any pointers would be much appreciated,
Cheers
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One user in Kingroot thread says they rooted using an older version, (I think he said 4.1). I haven't looked into it more than that, but maybe worth a look. Besides that, probably a PRF is your only option with locked BL for now.
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One user in Kingroot thread says they rooted using an older version, (I think he said 4.1). I haven't looked into it more than that, but maybe worth a look. Besides that, probably a PRF is your only option with locked BL for now.
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Cheers mate, I'll look into that older version of kingroot, failing that I'll wait (and hope) for them to update kingroot as I'm too chicken to go the PRF route... yet.
Thanks for the tip
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One user in Kingroot thread says they rooted using an older version, (I think he said 4.1). I haven't looked into it more than that, but maybe worth a look. Besides that, probably a PRF is your only option with locked BL for now.
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well... couldnt find the post you mentioned, but tried kingroot 4.1 anyway... no joy. says root method/solution unavailable
Cheers anyway.
If anyone finds a way to (one click) root lollipop 5.1.1 on a z1, let me know please, cheers.
Ive searched and found 2 solutions, first being use rootcloak, second being disable supersu in supersu settings. Unfourtunatly none of those work for me and i still get the "unable to verify android verson" error. Anyone have any success with another method? Im running viper 3.5.0
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Ive searched and found 2 solutions, first being use rootcloak, second being disable supersu in supersu settings. Unfourtunatly none of those works for me and i still get the "unable to verify android verson" error. Anyone have any success with another method? Im running viper 3.5.0
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I was able to temp unroot using SuperSU and then add cards to the app.
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I was able to temp unroot using SuperSU and then add cards to the app.
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as said in my original post, that didnt work
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as said in my original post, that didnt work
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You might not be able to use Android Pay with a custom ROM.
I think that's the deal. I do use it , before google wallet work just fine .
@dratsablive is your phone on a custom ROM??
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as said in my original post, that didnt work
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That's not true , after taking root off , then the app worked , after it work , enable root again and still work , both the root and the Android pay,
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I was able to temp unroot using SuperSU and then add cards to the app.
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It did work for me too, is annoying now , now the phone has to have a lock screen set up. Google Wallet had better . It does look better to the eye though
For now, there is no guaranteed way to maintain both root & use Android Pay. XDA featured an explanation on the portal that was offered by one of Google's security engineers. It's fairly straightforward, if disappointing for anyone who wants both.
Mine stop working after a day ,
I just uninstall it , I was happy cuz it was annoying having the screen lock with a pin or pattern
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I think that's the deal. I do use it , before google wallet work just fine .
@dratsablive is your phone on a custom ROM??
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I am on the Developer Edition, no custom ROM.
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I am on the Developer Edition, no custom ROM.
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Yes , for now the phone is on ARHD. I've read an article the apps looks for the build number , and cloak doesn't work at all. Not even with xpose,
I do use it too . Ohh well
I like the new UI looked way more polished than wallet lol
no info/answer on this i have not tried android pay before but good to know all issues for when needed.
has anyone tried dirty flashing a stock rom setting up android pay then dirty flashing back to the wanted rom?
Hello
any 6.0 versions out there with integreated Android PAY ?
I get it to add cards by:
chmod 751 /su/bin
then
renaming xbin_bind folder
As far as working haven't tried it yet
what do you rename to the xbin_bind folder to? doesn't seem to be working for me
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what do you rename to the xbin_bind folder to? doesn't seem to be working for me
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Anything but xbin_bind.
I'm wondering about this too. I guess in the meantime I could always get a contactless credit card and superglue it to the back of the phone. To emulate the NFC effect, I could just turn on the torch.
Let me start by saying I APOLOGIZE, As I know this may not be the right section but I've asked there as well and couldn't find help. I feel as though I've exhausted all my resources and still can't get my Gpad to root. I've tried the one click method, kingroot, towelroot, various ADB scripts. You name it I tried them all out there. Is there anyone out there that knows how I can get this device rooted? For the past 3 weeks alone my mission had been to simply very this tablet rooted.
Sorry but I think we are lost no Root for this tablet with lollipop 5.0.2 and the bad part no exist a KDZ or TOT to back to stock.
Damn that's what I was fearing. I may just have to return it as, being NON ROOTED is not an option for me. I'll probably get a Nexus.
Have you tried the new root method for LG devices? It "should" still work
http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/development/guide-root-method-lg-devices-t3049772
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Have you tried the new root method for LG devices? It "should" still work
http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/development/guide-root-method-lg-devices-t3049772
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Even tried that one with no luck. Tried 4 times.
I've tried literally every type of root method that I could find including Stump, King, Towel, Kingo, "new LG root method", PurpleDrake, and several others. No luck whatsoever.
fatbas202 said:
I've tried literally every type of root method that I could find including Stump, King, Towel, Kingo, "new LG root method", PurpleDrake, and several others. No luck whatsoever.
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It's never taken me this long to root a device.
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Full tutorial here.
I just king root on my lg pad 7 lollipop with no problem. No need to downgrade.
stagius24 said:
I just king root on my lg pad 7 lollipop with no problem. No need to downgrade.
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this not work too not sure why people say that
Mervingio said:
this not work too not sure why people say that
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Mine is Sprint LTE LG G pad 7 with Lolillop. I downloaded the Kingroot apk and tried on the tablet. No superSU but something similar from Kingroot to manage root permission.
Damn is Rooted can't believe it I use LATEST King Root I tried like 20 times and now works
Mervingio said:
Damn is Rooted can't believe it I use LATEST King Root I tried like 20 times and now works
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Not saying that I don't believe you, but would you mind posting screenshots? I'm terribly curious.
And if you are cool with it, I'd like to work with you to get a dump of the 5.0.2 ROM. Maybe we can package it in to a zip for others.
Thanks!
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Not saying that I don't believe you, but would you mind posting screenshots? I'm terribly curious.
And if you are cool with it, I'd like to work with you to get a dump of the 5.0.2 ROM. Maybe we can package it in to a zip for others.
Thanks!
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I Removed every Att and Google crap bloatware apps from system them download from PS
Mervingio said:
I Removed every Att and Google crap bloatware apps from system them download from PS
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Excellent. Thank you!
This tablet came to me as 5.0.2 and I rooted it with LG One Click Root. Then while trying to fully enable tethering and half drunk I partially-bricked it (it would boot to a black screen and after a moment start adbd) so I flashed the 4.4.2 test-keys image and successfully rooted again with One Click Root (obviously). The trick is to change the COM port of the download mode driver from COM21 to COM17, as One Click Root expects the device to use COM17. Before starting, boot into download mode with the button combo (powered off, hold volume up while plugging in USB cord) and use Device Manager to change the port of the "LGE Mobile USB Serial Port" to COM17. It may take a few moments for the tablet to show up in Device Manager. Reboot the tablet. Now One Click Root will run through smoothly in one shot.
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Full tutorial here.
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If you follow that tutorial exactly, you will get some love.
You have to downgrade to root your lg g pad 7.0 v410
TeChjEEpers... said:
You have to downgrade to root your lg g pad 7.0 v410
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Been waiting for someone else to answer you.... but my $.02 say yes. I've downgraded so I'm not on stock so there's no way for me to test. Good luck.