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[Q] Gonna be getting this when my plan is up, few questions.

I'm gonna be getting one as soon as my plan is up. I have a few questions though.
1. (Disregard this one. Didn't realize this was a Verizon exclusive.)
2. When I first get it should I OTA it, so it doesn't disable the possibility of unlocking it?
3. Is this phone supported by many developers?
If I think of any more, I'll post them. Thanks guys!

DubleJayJ said:
I'm gonna be getting one as soon as my plan is up. I have a few questions though.
1. (Disregard this one. Didn't realize this was a Verizon exclusive.)
2. When I first get it should I OTA it, so it doesn't disable the possibility of unlocking it?
3. Is this phone supported by many developers?
If I think of any more, I'll post them. Thanks guys!
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I think SOL. Used? I do not think you can get the non 98.18.78 anymore.

aviwdoowks said:
I think SOL. Used? I do not think you can get the non 98.18.78 anymore.
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So when I get it I won't be able to unlock it. Verizon..WHY DO YOU DO THIS...
What version did they patch the BL Unlock method? Cause when I get it I won't be OTA'ing. I will unlock this phone.

DubleJayJ said:
So when I get it I won't be able to unlock it. Verizon..WHY DO YOU DO THIS...
What version did they patch the BL Unlock method? Cause when I get it I won't be OTA'ing. I will unlock this phone.
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You will most certainly be able to unlock the phone with the latest update using either cellzealots method or mine, but the bootloader will remain locked disabling the ability to use custom roms. If you get one on the 98.17.66 (?) Software your good to use Matt's Droid RAZR M Utility to unlock the bootloader yet so dont take the update, unlock the bl and do what youd like

DubleJayJ said:
I'm gonna be getting one as soon as my plan is up. I have a few questions though.
1. (Disregard this one. Didn't realize this was a Verizon exclusive.)
2. When I first get it should I OTA it, so it doesn't disable the possibility of unlocking it?
3. Is this phone supported by many developers?
If I think of any more, I'll post them. Thanks guys!
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stock, this phone is great (not sure about the latest release - although, I think it was just to enable a security patch to prevent folks from unlocking the device). so, essentially, if your version is prior to May 2013, then you'll be able to unlock with current methods - otherwise, you'll have to HOPE for someone to create a new method for unlocking or for the devs to make their ROMs flashable via safestrap.
I'm pretty sure you can still root though.
developer support is great (both kernels and ROMs).

jco23 said:
stock, this phone is great (not sure about the latest release - although, I think it was just to enable a security patch to prevent folks from unlocking the device). so, essentially, if your version is prior to May 2013, then you'll be able to unlock with current methods - otherwise, you'll have to HOPE for someone to create a new method for unlocking or for the devs to make their ROMs flashable via safestrap.
I'm pretty sure you can still root though.
developer support is great (both kernels and ROMs).
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Root works fine still using the RAZR M Utility

jco23 said:
stock, this phone is great (not sure about the latest release - although, I think it was just to enable a security patch to prevent folks from unlocking the device). so, essentially, if your version is prior to May 2013, then you'll be able to unlock with current methods - otherwise, you'll have to HOPE for someone to create a new method for unlocking or for the devs to make their ROMs flashable via safestrap.
I'm pretty sure you can still root though.
developer support is great (both kernels and ROMs).
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So if I do get this don't OTA it when it first arrives? I'm down to this phone or the HD

DubleJayJ said:
So if I do get this don't OTA it when it first arrives? I'm down to this phone or the HD
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right - do not accept the OTA if your baseband is prior to May 2013. if it reads May 2013, then you've already got the latest, and you're locked until someone really smart decides to crack it.
if you wanted to, go into the store, have them break out the device, and check the baseband.

jco23 said:
right - do not accept the OTA if your baseband is prior to May 2013. if it reads May 2013, then you've already got the latest, and you're locked until someone really smart decides to crack it.
if you wanted to, go into the store, have them break out the device, and check the baseband.
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Closest one to me I think is down in Pittsburgh. Only a 30 minute drive, not too bad. I guess I could do that, if I decide to go with this. I'm either going with this, or the Razr HD.

DubleJayJ said:
Closest one to me I think is down in Pittsburgh. Only a 30 minute drive, not too bad. I guess I could do that, if I decide to go with this. I'm either going with this, or the Razr HD.
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Too bad you aren't closer to Reading, I could really use the business at my shop lol
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DubleJayJ said:
Closest one to me I think is down in Pittsburgh. Only a 30 minute drive, not too bad. I guess I could do that, if I decide to go with this. I'm either going with this, or the Razr HD.
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I have both to play with and I have to say I like the feel and size of the RAZR M moreso over the bulk of the HD. won over my Galaxy Nexus which hates me now lol

jco23 said:
stock, this phone is great (not sure about the latest release - although, I think it was just to enable a security patch to prevent folks from unlocking the device). so, essentially, if your version is prior to May 2013, then you'll be able to unlock with current methods - otherwise, you'll have to HOPE for someone to create a new method for unlocking or for the devs to make their ROMs flashable via safestrap.
I'm pretty sure you can still root though.
developer support is great (both kernels and ROMs).
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Ok, as long as I can root. I think I can live without the custom ROMs... maybe. I plan to get one used, hopefully no OTA but whatever.

braveally said:
Ok, as long as I can root. I think I can live without the custom ROMs... maybe. I plan to get one used, hopefully no OTA but whatever.
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Its a great little thing, I have people playing with them in my office all the time even my boss and hes an iFart lover

[Q] What do you guys think about this phone?

i received an invite for this phone, total cost for me is going to be like 450 canadian dollars. how are your impressions? i want to know so i make sure i don't waste my money also how hard is it to root? thanks in advance guys

Not hard to root at all. If you're familiar with Nexus phones, then its pretty much.
1. install drivers
2. fastboot oem unlock
3. fastboot flash recovery <recovery>.img
4. put supersu.zip on ur phone
5. flash
6. u have root.
in terms of impressions, just read reviews.. theres a bunch of them online that you can read and see pretty pictures.

no_username_available said:
i received an invite for this phone, total cost for me is going to be like 450 canadian dollars. how are your impressions? i want to know so i make sure i don't waste my money also how hard is it to root? thanks in advance guys
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Despite having a slightly yellow band, I love this device. See sig for the devices I have, the 1+1 is my favorite.
As for root it's just as easy as a Nexus, flash custom recovery then flash SuperSU.zip in recovery.

no_username_available said:
how are your impressions?
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You get a very nice phone for a decent price. Other than this TLDR; read the reviews by tech sites as I fully agree with them on nearly everything.
In other words; I am not sure you can get a half as decent (specs and software) phone for double the price from another brand.
no_username_available said:
how hard is it to root? thanks in advance guys
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No offense but that should have been easier to google than even type the question. It is very easy to root, you just need to unlock the bootloader and flash another recovery. Please note that unlocking the bootloader will factory-reset your device for security reasons.

d4fseeker said:
No offense but that should have been easier to google than even type the question. It is very easy to root, you just need to unlock the bootloader and flash another recovery. Please note that unlocking the bootloader will factory-reset your device for security reasons.
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First thing I recommend for anyone to do on their phone regardless whether or not they plan on rooting or not is to unlock their bootloader.
This is because you will have the opportunity to backup your phone's data / text messages etc; whereas, if the bootloader is not unlocked you will lose all your data.
Having the bootloader unlocked does not compromise any security/protection/etc

Please go here and do some of your own reading http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2685348
As XDA is not a support site, members are expected to read a little and form their own opinion.

Pretend I'm an idiot. What is the easiest way to root my Note 3, and what...

....are the risks?
There's just SO much info out there....Google search gives you a ton of fake sites. I just want to root my Note 3 so I can get rid of some of the bloatware.
What is the EASIEST way to do this, and what are the risks?

Major General said:
....are the risks?
There's just SO much info out there....Google search gives you a ton of fake sites. I just want to root my Note 3 so I can get rid of some of the bloatware.
What is the EASIEST way to do this, and what are the risks?
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Easy, Don's search in other sites.
http://en.lmgtfy.com/?q=xda+how+root+ note+3
about the risks:
http://en.lmgtfy.com/?q=xda+note+3+ root+risks
to better understand my answer:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-note-3/general/off-topic-note-3-forums-t2910923
If this answer help you, say thanks to @biggary

No risk for me yet. Some might be worried about kn0x. I dont have a multimillion business with data to protect - to worry about it.
Root - Easiest way for me is
Phillztouch via Odin
SuperSU via CWM

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2481255

Major General said:
....are the risks?
There's just SO much info out there....Google search gives you a ton of fake sites. I just want to root my Note 3 so I can get rid of some of the bloatware.
What is the EASIEST way to do this, and what are the risks?
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Pretending you're an idiot, I'd tell you to buy some soil and a pot in home depot. Then plant your phone into the soil. Wait a few days. Rooted.

If you where an idiot I would advise you against rooting and tell you that you could brick your phone by attempting any kind of root.
Sent from my SM-N900T using XDA Free mobile app

Just flash with the right CWM or TWRP and you are good to go.. make sure to unlock your bootloader

[Q] SM-T530NU not full root help

It's the 10.1 inch
I just rooted my tablet today and gained su.
I can give apps su. I get the give su prompt box.
I used the Odin method from this site by chainfire.
Now I managed to kill knox. I closed and un-installed all 6 knox stuff with titanium backup. I did create a back up file for all of them but I don't think you can restore them.
I need busy box for some of my root apps to function because I need the killall.
For some reason busy box gets error message saying there might be a problem with my root.
Anyone have any suggestions?

§e7enth§in said:
It's the 10.1 inch
I just rooted my tablet today and gained su.
I can give apps su. I get the give su prompt box.
I used the Odin method from this site by chainfire.
Now I managed to kill knox. I closed and un-installed all 6 knox stuff with titanium backup. I did create a back up file for all of them but I don't think you can restore them.
I need busy box for some of my root apps to function because I need the killall.
For some reason busy box gets error message saying there might be a problem with my root.
Anyone have any suggestions?
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I had the same issue on the SM-T530NU rooted using the Odin/chainfire method (I assume you're referring to the Play Store busybox app). The problem went away for me when I installed and ran Root Browser, which installs components of busybox on its own. After installing and running root browser once (follow the setup prompts), and then rebooting the tablet, I was able to run the original busybox installer app with no issues. No idea if this'll work for you but since it was the exact same set of circumstances, hopefully it will.

With custom recoveries available, cf autorooot isn't really needed.
At some point you are going to trip knox. But if you have successfully disabled knox, go ahead and flash
a custom recovery. Then flash chainfire's latest supersu update zip. Then find your busybkox install via market
or a custom binary.
If custom binary, push it to /system/xbin, then open terminal and su, then
mount -o remount,rw /system
chmod 755 /system/xbin/busybox
busybox --install -s /system/xbin
reboot

i am unable to root my Tab too, is there anyway to pre-check if it can be rooted or not. and what is the tool for it ?

Internetwork said:
i am unable to root my Tab too, is there anyway to pre-check if it can be rooted or not. and what is the tool for it ?
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Settings > General > About Device tell me your Model number (e.g. mine is SM-T530NU) and I can tell you if it can be rooted. IF AND ONLY IF you have the same model number as mine, SM-T530NU (and by extension the one in the OP, the one in the title) this method will root your tablet BUT it will also trip knox, thereby voiding your warranty. If your model number is at all different do not use that link it could very well brick your device. Just tell me your model number, good chance there's a way to root it

Will someone please help me with this? Why can't I install busybox?

§e7enth§in said:
Will someone please help me with this? Why can't I install busybox?
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Install custom recovery and then this firmware http://forum.xda-developers.com/tab-4/development/rom-customrom-t530-t531-t535-t3006180 .
And enjoy!

thisisapoorusernamechoice said:
Settings > General > About Device tell me your Model number (e.g. mine is SM-T530NU) and I can tell you if it can be rooted. IF AND ONLY IF you have the same model number as mine, SM-T530NU (and by extension the one in the OP, the one in the title) 0nu"]this method[/URL] will root your tablet BUT it will also trip knox, thereby voiding your warranty. If your model number is at all different do not use that link it could very well brick your device. Just tell me your model number, good chance there's a way to root it
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SM-T530NU is mine. That's what you needed right?
Now will I be able to unroot my device to play a game that won't run if I'm rooted?
Or is there a way I can run it and still keep my root?
I used the chainfires way of rooting and I just did the superuser unroot.
I went to the Samsung website and got the stock file for my device which is like 1.2 or so gb.
Can I put that back on my device and then wouldn't I be completely unrooted?
Also I used titanium backup to remove all the knox files while I had root.
Will this be a problem when I flash over my Samsung file I downloaded from the Samsung site?
I want to have full root but still be able to play this game ragnarok. Can it be done? Oh and using that lame hide my root from the Google play store didn't work. I hide the su binary and removed the suapp and it didn't work.

thisisapoorusernamechoice said:
Settings > General > About Device tell me your Model number (e.g. mine is SM-T530NU) and I can tell you if it can be rooted. IF AND ONLY IF you have the same model number as mine, SM-T530NU (and by extension the one in the OP, the one in the title) this method will root your tablet BUT it will also trip knox, thereby voiding your warranty. If your model number is at all different do not use that link it could very well brick your device. Just tell me your model number, good chance there's a way to root it
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its SM-531

Internetwork said:
its SM-531
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This will root your tablet BUT it will ALSO VOID YOUR WARRANTY

And what about my other questions? Can I hide the fact I have root? How?
What about if I want to unroot it? Will it be fully unrooted? How?
What if after I root it and then unroot it, can I root it another time? How and will it cause problems?
Is there a program like macro touch that I can use without root?
I feel that my questions are very simple and straightforward could someone answer them?
Someone that had actually done it and not just someone that thinks they know what their talking about.
Thank you.
He needs to make his own topic. I just put the picture of my device its freaking SM-T530NU can you not read?!

thisisapoorusernamechoice said:
This will root your tablet BUT it will ALSO VOID YOUR WARRANTY
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Dude I'll have you banned for trying to set me up for failure by telling me I can root my device with the wrong way!
Why are you trying to get me to brick my device man?

§e7enth§in said:
Dude I'll have you banned for trying to set me up for failure by telling me I can root my device with the wrong way!
Why are you trying to get me to brick my device man?
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What are you here shouted? Honor your first forum and find the answer to your question. And then create a separate topic on the problem, and he did not understand what you want and what you do.

§e7enth§in said:
Dude I'll have you banned for trying to set me up for failure by telling me I can root my device with the wrong way!
Why are you trying to get me to brick my device man?
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Jesus Christ dude are you illiterate I was providing a link to the other guy to root his tablet. But yes please, get me banned. Sic the internet police on me for all I care. You want your answers questioned? There are two invaluable tools just waiting to help you find your answers. They're called the xda search button, and google. You're a human being living in an age where we have the most immediate access to just about any information imaginable. I have around a dozen devices all rooted using a variety of methods and I am able to install and run any program on any one that I darn well please. If you're really going to tool around and hem and haw about a bunch of apps I don't know that I can help you.
You have the SM-T530NU? Fine, this is a surefire way to root your tablet. HOWEVER, in doing so you will trip knox, thereby voiding your warranty. If you don't understand that sentence, I revisit my earlier point of READ. Learn on your own, that's what I've done. But stop coming at me with your confrontational language, especially coming from a position of such a persistent insufficiency in knowledge and a lack of the motivation to rectify that shortcoming on your own.
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§e7enth§in said:
And what about my other questions? Can I hide the fact I have root? How?
What about if I want to unroot it? Will it be fully unrooted? How?
What if after I root it and then unroot it, can I root it another time? How and will it cause problems?
Is there a program like macro touch that I can use without root?
I feel that my questions are very simple and straightforward could someone answer them?
Someone that had actually done it and not just someone that thinks they know what their talking about.
Thank you.
He needs to make his own topic. I just put the picture of my device its freaking SM-T530NU can you not read?!
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You can unroot in SuperSU. It's an option called "unroot"
Yes it will be unrooted. Or you can just reflash system firmware.
I don't foresee any problems with rooting, unrooting, and then even re-rooting your tablet but even so if problems arose (which they probably wouldn't) there are ways to wipe/reset the tablet.
I don't know what macro touch is. Use google, the play store, xda, etc. to search for apps.
Yes maybe he shouldn't've asked his question here. Don't jump down my throat for answering it. I can read perfectly fine, I do it more than most and have been blessed with 20-15 vision.

§e7enth§in said:
Dude I'll have you banned for trying to set me up for failure by telling me I can root my device with the wrong way!
Why are you trying to get me to brick my device man?
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Here are your instructions,
1 check this video first https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmvCpR45LKA
2 You're not getting anyone banned. This question has been asked and answered numerous times.
3 Read search read.
4 XDA is NOT a tech support site or a customer service desk.
5 You want to mod your device? Cool. You pay the price.
6 Now this POV isn't particularly popular but, I believe Samsung has every right to protect it's warranty. You mod your device, you void your warranty. Fair is fair.
7 There have been numerous responses to your question in this thread which have been far kinder than this one. Try saying thank you.
8 Just because i like the number eight ! :silly:
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1 I hadn't seen that one in forever, I forgot how funny it was, added to my bookmarks.
2-5 Thank you. Amen
6 Very valid point that people tend to ignore since they disagree with it. I also agree with you
7 Kindness is at a premium on this site since there's no shortage of ignorance or vitriol
8 Good thing I didn't make that post since my favorite number is 25 :silly:

Samsung Galaxy S8 SG-950F Root?

Hi, I am planning on buying a samsung s8 from my service provider, however I would like to remove some carrier apps that come with the phone and have no way to remove them without root. Is there anyway to root this device?

Never mind I've answered my own question
https://www.xda-developers.com/uninstall-carrier-oem-bloatware-without-root-access/
Edit: I thought that was going to remove the apps including cache and storage spaces, didn't read enough before replying, so my question still stands, is there any root for 950f? in all honesty it does not have to be permanent as long as I'm able to remove the apps.

lluna_polanco said:
Never mind I've answered my own question
https://www.xda-developers.com/uninstall-carrier-oem-bloatware-without-root-access/
Edit: I thought that was going to remove the apps including cache and storage spaces, didn't read enough before replying, so my question still stands, is there any root for 950f? in all honesty it does not have to be permanent as long as I'm able to remove the apps.
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G950f has unlockable boot loader and access to root/roms/kernels

sofir786 said:
G950f has unlockable boot loader and access to root/roms/kernels
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Thanks! I'll do some research when I'm not at work to find all the necessary tools and steps.

lluna_polanco said:
Hi, I am planning on buying a samsung s8 from my service provider, however I would like to remove some carrier apps that come with the phone and have no way to remove them without root. Is there anyway to root this device?
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https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s8/how-to/how-to-remove-oem-bloatware-s8-s8-t3654687

inningsdefeat500 said:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s8/how-to/how-to-remove-oem-bloatware-s8-s8-t3654687
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Thanks, i saw that ill probably look into that when i get the phone, if for some reason the apps are still consuming battery i will have tl root and remove them