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I thought I might as well start this thread. The only root method I currently know of is http://www.androidpolice.com/2011/04/30/instructions-how-to-root-the-verizon-samsung-droid-charge/
I have read that z4root works as well, can anyone confirm this? I will be receiving my DROID Charge tomorrow and will try z4root.
jism31 said:
I thought I might as well start this thread. The only root method I currently know of is http://www.androidpolice.com/2011/04/30/instructions-how-to-root-the-verizon-samsung-droid-charge/
I have read that z4root works as well, can anyone confirm this? I will be receiving my DROID Charge tomorrow and will try z4root.
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use adb...z4root is lame
I am not too familiar with adb, how would i go about using it?
jism31 said:
I am not too familiar with adb, how would i go about using it?
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install the android sdk
jism31 said:
I am not too familiar with adb, how would i go about using it?
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Try this
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=how+do+i+use+adb
nitsuj17 said:
use adb...z4root is lame
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Root however you want to, keep us updated on how it works out.
The method in the first post works well. In step 5 after adb shell you will need to input chmod 755 /data/local/GingerBreak or you will get a permission denied error when trying to run gingerbreak.
Just got my Charge from work finally, will root today and keep you guys posted. I will try z4root first to see if it can be done easily.
jism31 said:
Just got my Charge from work finally, will root today and keep you guys posted. I will try z4root first to see if it can be done easily.
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So what happened ?
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jism31 said:
Just got my Charge from work finally, will root today and keep you guys posted. I will try z4root first to see if it can be done easily.
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What does that mean "just got from work"? Were you able to purchase one? I backed down on getting one from Best Buy at the last minute on the Sunday after the missed launch (they were willing to sell it to me), but when I tried to get one the other day, no sale!
Sorry for the delay, z4root does not work nor does superoneclick method. You need to use adb and add in step 5 that was previously posted. Worked for me. Also to clarify i work for verizon and I was able to get one early, I will not be paying for it until I get back from vacation so we do not get flagged in our commission system.
The adb method using Gingerbreak is broken by the OTA update that just came out as some of us more overeager updaters have learned. Here's hoping for a revised method soon!
I figured that ota did more then something usless. I will not be taking it, my phone has been running great rooted for almost 2 weeks.
Anyone know what I have to do to get rid of the ota notification? I'm rooted but the constant asking me to update now or later is annoying.
Well i did the OTA update because I did what I needed with the root. I will try to get a way to re root and get back to you guys.
when will the ota updated charge get a root?
I was screwed from the start. the guy at verizon updated my phone afer he activated in the back.
I ended up taking the ota after I had frozen all the bloat. I'm guessing the OTA fixed some serious battery issues because this morning at work I went from 100% to 60% in one hour with light usage. I don't know if this was a software issue or because my office is fringe 4g... my phone constantly goes back and forth from 3 to 4.
The rest of the day though after I let the ota install, battery life was much much better.
Found this over Droidpolice forum
At step 5 after adb shell you will need to input chmod 755 /data/local/GingerBreak before doing /data/local/GingerBreak this enables the permissions
Has anyone tries this?
Poloasis said:
Found this over Droidpolice forum
At step 5 after adb shell you will need to input chmod 755 /data/local/GingerBreak before doing /data/local/GingerBreak this enables the permissions
Has anyone tries this?
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Tried and failed with ED02. This was mentioned a few replies up.
Any chance we can get the OP edited?
If you are rooted then go to the build.prop and change all instances of E1 to E2 that should get rid of the notifications as you are tricking the updater into thinking its updated. If you already on E2 you are SOL until a new root method is posted. I got my charge yesterday and Verizon dude updated the phone before I had a chance to tell him not to. I figure I will wait. All I want is root for titanium backup. Ive been happy with this phone.
For some reason, I randomly lost root access. I'm not sure how or why, but I'm not sure how to get it back. I don't feel like wiping my phone and reflashing/rerooting. Any suggestions? Running CM7.1.0.
jasonlefever said:
For some reason, I randomly lost root access. I'm not sure how or why, but I'm not sure how to get it back. I don't feel like wiping my phone and reflashing/rerooting. Any suggestions? Running CM7.1.0.
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What makes you think you lost root access?
I got your 10 char right here
cwhitney24 said:
What makes you think you lost root access?
I got your 10 char right here
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Exactly, is superuser still installed?
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Well, it's not totally lost, just broken. Superuser still shows when apps try to get root, but it doesn't give it root. I can't use adblockers or root explorer. Adfree says "Unable to locate a partition to remount to write the hosts file to."
jasonlefever said:
Well, it's not totally lost, just broken. Superuser still shows when apps try to get root, but it doesn't give it root. I can't use adblockers or root explorer. Adfree says "Unable to locate a partition to remount to write the hosts file to."
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Is your superuser up to date? Can you still boot in to recovery and hboot?
I got your 10 char right here
Check your binary in Superuser and make sure it is not corrupt. I had that happen to me and I lost root.
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Nevermind, guys. I fixed it. Turns out all I had to do was reflash the rom. Fixed. Thanks anyways.
jasonlefever said:
Nevermind, guys. I fixed it. Turns out all I had to do was reflash the rom. Fixed. Thanks anyways.
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Glad you got it fixed. Thread closed
Hi. I believe I have unlocked my HBOOT, as it sais unlocked. And I have flashed the CWM as I now have super su installed.
I would like to root it and want to know what else i can do to it?
I have on android 4.0.3 1.27.0000
what else can i do? can someone help me please? thanks in advanced!
If you have SU installed your phone is rooted. CWM is a recovery, and doesn't have anything to do with SU other than you need root to get either one.
You are already rooted.
Just out of curiosity, why did you root your phone if you have no idea what it does? What are you trying to attain with root access?
Unlocking
orangekid said:
If you have SU installed your phone is rooted. CWM is a recovery, and doesn't have anything to do with SU other than you need root to get either one.
You are already rooted.
Just out of curiosity, why did you root your phone if you have no idea what it does? What are you trying to attain with root access?
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Well yes it is on there, when i flashed the zip and rebooted, it was on there.
And well, a friend of mine had a s2 and he had the hacked sky go app, and tbh that sounded amazing.
That is what i wanted. The main reason really. But someone said about having s-off on it. But it is still on s-on.
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Well yes it is on there, when i flashed the zip and rebooted, it was on there.
And well, a friend of mine had a s2 and he had the hacked sky go app, and tbh that sounded amazing.
That is what i wanted. The main reason really. But someone said about having s-off on it. But it is still on s-on.
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I see, I'm not sure what the hacked sky go app does, does it enable you to watch Sky Channel wherever you are?
You can still be rooted with S-On, you just cannot perform certain low level functions.
You currently are rooted with CWM installed, so go ahead and install the APK you are looking to and grant it root permissions when asked, but be careful what you install.
orangekid said:
I see, I'm not sure what the hacked sky go app does, does it enable you to watch Sky Channel wherever you are?
You can still be rooted with S-On, you just cannot perform certain low level functions.
You currently are rooted with CWM installed, so go ahead and install the APK you are looking to and grant it root permissions when asked, but be careful what you install.
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Yeah I have tried to install the apk, but it wont come up on super su for permission. I try and open the sky go apk and it says sky has stopped working. When I click on the super su, only lucky patcher is on there. No other apps are on there. Do I have to install the full verson of super su?
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Yeah I have tried to install the apk, but it wont come up on super su for permission. I try and open the sky go apk and it says sky has stopped working. When I click on the super su, only lucky patcher is on there. No other apps are on there. Do I have to install the full verson of super su?
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you have to successfully open the app in order for it to ask for SU permission and then for you to allow it, the fact that it force closes means it's not even getting a chance to ask for SU before it FCs.
Either the apk is bad or conflicting with your system.
Boot into CWM and go to Advanced, Fix Permissions and reboot, see if you can open it now. Otherwise try to find another hacked APK and let's see if that works.
I am kinda in a pickle here. I was rooting my phone using this Chinese .exe application and it had a big check Mark on the screen so I unplugged my phone. Mistake. It turns out that it kinda rooted my phone. No root apps work because the super su app that it downloaded with root was not working. I opened it up and it said I had to update my su binaries or something so I hit continue and it had an error that it couldn't download. I then tried installing titanium backup to try and uninstall it but sense I need super su to give it root, I can't uninstall it because of the super su problem. I tried installing superuser and it didn't work. Now I'm stuck because I can't fully root my phone with other ways which I have no idea why and i can't uninstall the bad super su app because I need it to work for me to be able to do it. I tried flashing my rom again but this stupid error saying I had to have internet to update software kept me from doing that and I DID have full internet access. I am stuck. Why can't their be just some extreme data reset that REALLY resets your phone. My phone still works fine but I have cod and having this problem is killing me, I almost can't even use my phone. PLEASE HELP I REALLY NEED IT!!!!
CaptainKirk2266 said:
I am kinda in a pickle here. I was rooting my phone using this Chinese .exe application and it had a big check Mark on the screen so I unplugged my phone. Mistake. It turns out that it kinda rooted my phone. No root apps work because the super su app that it downloaded with root was not working. I opened it up and it said I had to update my su binaries or something so I hit continue and it had an error that it couldn't download. I then tried installing titanium backup to try and uninstall it but sense I need super su to give it root, I can't uninstall it because of the super su problem. I tried installing superuser and it didn't work. Now I'm stuck because I can't fully root my phone with other ways which I have no idea why and i can't uninstall the bad super su app because I need it to work for me to be able to do it. I tried flashing my rom again but this stupid error saying I had to have internet to update software kept me from doing that and I DID have full internet access. I am stuck. Why can't their be just some extreme data reset that REALLY resets your phone. My phone still works fine but I have cod and having this problem is killing me, I almost can't even use my phone. PLEASE HELP I REALLY NEED IT!!!!
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Please Guys I realloy need help!!!!
CaptainKirk2266 said:
I am kinda in a pickle here. I was rooting my phone using this Chinese .exe application and it had a big check Mark on the screen so I unplugged my phone. Mistake. It turns out that it kinda rooted my phone. No root apps work because the super su app that it downloaded with root was not working. I opened it up and it said I had to update my su binaries or something so I hit continue and it had an error that it couldn't download. I then tried installing titanium backup to try and uninstall it but sense I need super su to give it root, I can't uninstall it because of the super su problem. I tried installing superuser and it didn't work. Now I'm stuck because I can't fully root my phone with other ways which I have no idea why and i can't uninstall the bad super su app because I need it to work for me to be able to do it. I tried flashing my rom again but this stupid error saying I had to have internet to update software kept me from doing that and I DID have full internet access. I am stuck. Why can't their be just some extreme data reset that REALLY resets your phone. My phone still works fine but I have cod and having this problem is killing me, I almost can't even use my phone. PLEASE HELP I REALLY NEED IT!!!!
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Go to chainfire's website and get the flashable supersu. Then flash it. You should have root. To unroot there's an option for that in the app
Nick_73 said:
Go to chainfire's website and get the flashable supersu. Then flash it. You should have root. To unroot there's an option for that in the app
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The problem is I can't flash things on my phone either. Some error always pop up saying "to do a software update, you must have an internet connection" and I did have one
CaptainKirk2266 said:
The problem is I can't flash things on my phone either. Some error always pop up saying "to do a software update, you must have an internet connection" and I did have one
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Do u have a custom recovery?
Nick_73 said:
Do u have a custom recovery?
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Stock rom, what is a recovery
CaptainKirk2266 said:
Stock rom, what is a recovery
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The menu that allows u to flash things. I'd say u have stock recovery if u don't know what it is.
What phone do u have??
Nick_73 said:
The menu that allows u to flash things. I'd say u have stock recovery if u don't know what it is.
What phone do u have??
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I have a lg g2 vs980 with android 4.4.2 and verizon
CaptainKirk2266 said:
I have a lg g2 vs980 with android 4.4.2 and verizon
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Did you follow these instructions? http://androidcentral.us/2013/09/root-lg-g2/
Nick_73 said:
Did you follow these instructions? http://androidcentral.us/2013/09/root-lg-g2/
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I did not use that exact website but it used the ioroot file. I opened it up and it gave me instructions on cmd. And I followed them and it said that device found: vzw! Then it said something about this exploit does not work with your phone's ota.
Nick_73 said:
Did you follow these instructions? http://androidcentral.us/2013/09/root-lg-g2/
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Are you you still there?
CaptainKirk2266 said:
Are you you still there?
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Hmmmm.... I don't have this phone but I'll see what I can do. Go to Play Store and get SuperSU. Try to update binaries with that
Nick_73 said:
Hmmmm.... I don't have this phone but I'll see what I can do. Go to Play Store and get SuperSU. Try to update binaries with that
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The root software I used installed supersu as a system app so I can't uninstall it.
CaptainKirk2266 said:
The root software I used installed supersu as a system app so I can't uninstall it.
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Make sure that the app is also updated with Play. You can check out the app Root Checker in Play store also. That'll tell you if you have root or not
Nick_73 said:
Make sure that the app is also updated with Play. You can check out the app Root Checker in Play store also. That'll tell you if you have root or not
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Supersu is updated to the latest version and the root checker app says I do not have root but that is because supersu does not work properly. I went into download mode and it said I have root. My apps just can't use it because supersu is messed up
CaptainKirk2266 said:
Supersu is updated to the latest version and the root checker app says I do not have root but that is because supersu does not work properly. I went into download mode and it said I have root. My apps just can't use it because supersu is messed up
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If you cannot update binaries, that usually means SuperSU cannot access root.
With a root browser (you shouldn't need root to do this though) look in /system/etc/init.d. Look for 99SuperSUDaemon. Also in /system/xbin look for daemonsu and su. Tell me if any of those are missing.
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If you cannot update binaries, that usually means SuperSU cannot access root.
With a root browser (you shouldn't need root to do this though) look in /system/etc/init.d. Look for 99SuperSUDaemon. Also in /system/xbin look for daemonsu and su. Tell me if any of those are missing.
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Daemonsu, not 99superdaemon, is there. Su is also there. But init.d. is not there
CaptainKirk2266 said:
Daemonsu, not 99superdaemon, is there. Su is also there. But init.d. is not there
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Ur kernel may not support init.d scripts. Hmmmm I'll look into that brb
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Go into settings and near the bottom try tapping "reinstall"
Nick_73 said:
Ur kernel may not support init.d scripts. Hmmmm I'll look into that brb
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Go into settings and near the bottom try tapping "reinstall"
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Have you found anything?
CaptainKirk2266 said:
Have you found anything?
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Go to settings in SuperSU and tap REINSTALL
Hi,
I am following this link to root my new note 5 using the following link:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/tmo.../t-mobile-sm-n920t-root-methods-info-t3183805
Everything is fine until from step 5, I realized that the kernel, and the rest of the files, when trying to browse them from the phone on recovery mode and flash them, the extension will not even be read by my phone. Therefore I dont know what to do. the post said the extension is supposed to be zip but there are in in only two img files, which when connected to the phone, won't even be recognize. so how can i flash the phone?
please help,
Yann
YannAlex said:
Hi,
I am following this link to root my new note 5 using the following link:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/tmo.../t-mobile-sm-n920t-root-methods-info-t3183805
Everything is fine until from step 5, I realized that the kernel, and the rest of the files, when trying to browse them from the phone on recovery mode and flash them, the extension will not even be read by my phone. Therefore I dont know what to do. the post said the extension is supposed to be zip but there are in in only two img files, which when connected to the phone, won't even be recognize. so how can i flash the phone?
please help,
Yann
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Following this thread and not the one you posted....http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3187422
southphillysean said:
Following this thread and not the one you posted....http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3187422
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ok thanks. By the way, is this one working for you?
Let me try that and get back to you later. thank you.
If you follow the instructions as they ate written, you will have zero issues.
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[QUOTE="YannAlex, post: 63793877, member: 7070885"]ok thanks. By the way, is this one working for you?
Let me try that and get back to you later. thank you.[/QUOTE]
Now I think I do have a clear idea o the issue: I followed all the steps this time
however, SuperSu would pop out at the end and when I check: root access denied: I think the previous root that I did not perform right, is the issue somehow. Is there any way to get rid of it or go around it?
Now I think I do have a clear idea o the issue: I followed all the steps this time
however, SuperSu would pop out at the end and when I check: root access denied: I think the previous root that I did not perform right, is the issue somehow. Is there any way to get rid of it or go around it?
YannAlex said:
Hi,
I am following this link to root my new note 5 using the following link:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/tmo.../t-mobile-sm-n920t-root-methods-info-t3183805
Everything is fine until from step 5, I realized that the kernel, and the rest of the files, when trying to browse them from the phone on recovery mode and flash them, the extension will not even be read by my phone. Therefore I dont know what to do. the post said the extension is supposed to be zip but there are in in only two img files, which when connected to the phone, won't even be recognize. so how can i flash the phone?
please help,
Yann
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Hi, I have done everything has said but at the end,the phone was not rooted and I am getting the following msg. Titanium backup when trying to look up if it was rooted correctly: Titanium Backup has been denied permission for an interactive shell.
Any idea what it means?
YannAlex said:
ok thanks. By the way, is this one working for you?
Let me try that and get back to you later. thank you.
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YannAlex said:
Hi, I have done everything has said but at the end,the phone was not rooted and I am getting the following msg. Titanium backup when trying to look up if it was rooted correctly: Titanium Backup has been denied permission for an interactive shell.
Any idea what it means?
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Did you flash a kernel? If you did then download super su from the market and try TiBu again. The error means that TiBu was not given super user permissions. So either you dont have a rooted kernel or you dont have SU installed to grant the requested permissions. OR you have both and just didnt grant SU permissions when asked.
pcriz said:
Did you flash a kernel? If you did then download super su from the market and try TiBu again. The error means that TiBu was not given super user permissions. So either you dont have a rooted kernel or you dont have SU installed to grant the requested permissions. OR you have both and just didnt grant SU permissions when asked.
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I did flash a kernel , and any other softwares provided under this link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/tmo...easy-steps-n920t-aoge-odin-twrp-root-t3187422
Next, what do you mean by Supersu from the market? What is TiBu also?
Thanks for your contribution.
YannAlex said:
I did flash a kernel , and any other softwares provided under this link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/tmo...easy-steps-n920t-aoge-odin-twrp-root-t3187422
Next, what do you mean by Supersu from the market? What is TiBu also?
Thanks for your contribution.
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The market has a super user app for managing SU permission requests, you may already have it. It will look like a pound sign "#" and say super user or SU. If you dont have that app you need to download it. The developer is named chainfire.
TiBu is short hand for Titanium Backup
Waouh I am learning a lot from you guys. O, I will be looking for that SU with the # sign. It is definitely not what I currently have.
by this sentence: "OR you have both and just didnt grant SU permissions when asked." : do you mean that the phone may have already been rooted? without SU telling me? because honestly, I dont know whats wrong.
YannAlex said:
Waouh I am learning a lot from you guys. O, I will be looking for that SU with the # sign. It is definitely not what I currently have.
by this sentence: "OR you have both and just didnt grant SU permissions when asked." : do you mean that the phone may have already been rooted? without SU telling me? because honestly, I dont know whats wrong.
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If you already have SU then you would have been prompted to grant super user permission by a pop up dialog. If you mistakenly select deny or wasn't paying attention (it has a time out that will select deny but only temporarily if no user input is selected). If you mistaken selected deny then you would need to open the SU app and remove the TiBu entry, restart TiBu and select allow.. That is only IF you have the Super User (SU) app installed..
OMG! YOU ARE GENIUS! THAT WAS THE ISSUE.no it says that I do have root access! finally. Hyper shell (FAST): YES. However Fast/Auto App Install: No. THANK YOU THANK YOU
YannAlex said:
OMG! YOU ARE GENIUS! THAT WAS THE ISSUE.no it says that I do have root access! finally. Hyper shell (FAST): YES. However Fast/Auto App Install: No. THANK YOU THANK YOU
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Glad to help
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Glad to help
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Hi, I just realized that I am not done yet. More new issue with the phone. It looks I did not do something right or one of the softwares is not correct: after we rooted the phone yesterday, IO had it unlocked with the help of stilfilz. However, ever since , when I make phone calls, the phone would go off by itself after a while.
Have you heard of previous similar mistakes? If yes, any ideas about how to fix it?
Hi, I just realized that I am not done yet. More new issue with the phone. It looks I did not do something right or one of the softwares is not correct: after we rooted the phone yesterday, IO had it unlocked with the help of stilfilz. However, ever since , when I make phone calls, the phone would go off by itself after a while.
Have you heard of previous similar mistakes? If yes, any ideas about how to fix it?
Hi, I just realized that I am not done yet. More new issue with the phone. It looks I did not do something right or one of the softwares is not correct: after we rooted the phone yesterday, IO had it unlocked with the help of stilfilz. However, ever since , when I make phone calls, the phone would go off by itself after a while.
Have you heard of previous similar mistakes? If yes, any ideas about how to fix it?
YannAlex said:
Hi, I just realized that I am not done yet. More new issue with the phone. It looks I did not do something right or one of the softwares is not correct: after we rooted the phone yesterday, IO had it unlocked with the help of stilfilz. However, ever since , when I make phone calls, the phone would go off by itself after a while.
Have you heard of previous similar mistakes? If yes, any ideas about how to fix it?
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You need a different kernel. You should give me the model number of your phone and I will point you to the most recent arter kernel. I am assuming you are rooted with noble which was known for kernel panic during phone calls which caused reboots
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pcriz said:
You need a different kernel. You should give me the model number of your phone and I will point you to the most recent arter kernel. I am assuming you are rooted with noble which was known for kernel panic during phone calls which caused reboots
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I sent a pm, no need to respond here
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Where do I get the latest kernel to flash? Thanks
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I'm using this kernel from the original android development section for this phone.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3217967