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Interesting - Vibrant ROM on Captivate

Day 1 - Rooted my phone successfully .
Day 2 - Hosed it up royally with a bad metamorph attempt at changing the fremework-res items (endless stream of FC's at startup, no icons, no menus, no adb access)
Since I couldn't find an original ROM for the Captivate, I started messing with the Vibrant ROM files from MS_Guru's post on the Vibrant forums
http...forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=728698
Using Odin and the combination of the Vibrant .pit file and the T959-PDA.tar file (Didn't flash the CSC or Phone tar's figuring they were tied to the hardware and not the ROM) I got it running again!
I haven't played with it to see just how much functionality is missing using a T-Mobile ROM on AT&T, but the phone (3G even), wifi, and standard stuff seems to work just fine.
I definately don't suggest doing this as a ROM replacement, but as my phone was useless prior to I figured what the heck!

Very interesting...thanks for sharing. That to me is just more proof that Vibrant ROMs won't be too big of a pain to port.

Congrats on getting your phone working again. This good news because it shows that the vibrant and all other galaxy s roms can be interchanged without much modification
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Thanks for sharing.
Let us know how it works after you played with it for a bit.

clubtech said:
Thanks for sharing.
Let us know how it works after you played with it for a bit.
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This is a little off topic, but damn you have had a lot of recent phones I thought I was crazy having iPhone 3G, iPhone 3Gs, ATT Nexus One, and now the Samsung Captivate in a little over a year. Mine all came from one provider you must have accounts with Sprint too. How does the EVO compare to the Captivate and N1 in your opinion?

angermeans said:
This is a little off topic, but damn you have had a lot of recent phones I thought I was crazy having iPhone 3G, iPhone 3Gs, ATT Nexus One, and now the Samsung Captivate in a little over a year. Mine all came from one provider you must have accounts with Sprint too. How does the EVO compare to the Captivate and N1 in your opinion?
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Yea...I'm a phone whore
The EVO was the slowest HTC android I had, and this is why I don't have it anymore. And sprint network is really slow .
For now, I am done with htc.

Snaffles said:
Day 1 - Rooted my phone successfully .
Day 2 - Hosed it up royally with a bad metamorph attempt at changing the fremework-res items (endless stream of FC's at startup, no icons, no menus, no adb access)
Since I couldn't find an original ROM for the Captivate, I started messing with the Vibrant ROM files from MS_Guru's post on the Vibrant forums
http...forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=728698
Using Odin and the combination of the Vibrant .pit file and the T959-PDA.tar file (Didn't flash the CSC or Phone tar's figuring they were tied to the hardware and not the ROM) I got it running again!
I haven't played with it to see just how much functionality is missing using a T-Mobile ROM on AT&T, but the phone (3G even), wifi, and standard stuff seems to work just fine.
I definately don't suggest doing this as a ROM replacement, but as my phone was useless prior to I figured what the heck!
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hey this is almost my exact same story! messed up some stuff but flashed on the vibrant to my captivate and it's working well.
the only things are the volume keys are backwards, and the home button is swapped with the back button :/ does anyone know a fix for this? or if the stock captivate firmware is coming anytime soon?

Well word on the street is we got a developer working on a recovery method so probably soon. Hang in there.
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bricked!
hey guys i flashed the kernel from mimocans lag fix but my captivate would not boot up correctly so i tried reflashing it. in the middle of the process my laptop died and now my phone is stuck on a screen with an exclamation point between a phone and a computer

Unplug the USB cable.
Remove the battery, put it back in.
Hold down the volume down button then press power. You should see the android with the shovel right away. Try the flash again.
If that doesn't work, remove and replace battery again, then try holding the up volume button and then power.
Volume Down + Power is the way it's supposed to work, but if you have pushed Vibrant firmware, those buttons get reversed.

neither of these seem to be working they both just keep me at a screen with a slowly blinking phone ! computer

I was able to get it up and running but alot of things are broken. The orientation in the settings isnt working. It only stays on landscape. Also, the market doesnt work, nor the reset phone option.
I was going to try to use the system dump from the other thread after I flashed this but I get multi-csc errors and assert failed :getprop. Then if you try to flash it you get an error something along the lines of its not the right hardware version.
I was going to try to root the phone then push over the folders from the system dump one at a time. I dont even know if that will work even after I have root. We really need a Stock ROM or RUU because this is ridiculous.
Any ideas?

spyz88 said:
I was able to get it up and running but alot of things are broken. The orientation in the settings isnt working. It only stays on landscape. Also, the market doesnt work, nor the reset phone option.
I was going to try to use the system dump from the other thread after I flashed this but I get multi-csc errors and assert failed :getprop. Then if you try to flash it you get an error something along the lines of its not the right hardware version.
I was going to try to root the phone then push over the folders from the system dump one at a time. I dont even know if that will work even after I have root. We really need a Stock ROM or RUU because this is ridiculous.
Any ideas?
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go to the "[Download] Stock Firmware" topic! there's a one-click odin flasher that'll flash your captivate back to its stock firmware

vibrant rom
Im running the vibrant rom with setirons kernal and the jpp modem, my phone is running beautifully....battery could always be better.....the only thing i dont like is the lack of being able to talk through my headset....otherwise the overclock from the kernal and the rom make my phone fast.....

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lol yea.. this got bumped.. from like 988924 months ago

T-Mobile 3G on Captivate with Vibrant Rom
Did T-mobile 3G work on the Captivate with the Vibrant rom?
mcvert said:
hey this is almost my exact same story! messed up some stuff but flashed on the vibrant to my captivate and it's working well.
the only things are the volume keys are backwards, and the home button is swapped with the back button :/ does anyone know a fix for this? or if the stock captivate firmware is coming anytime soon?
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Necroed again. Holy crap. And the rom doesn't really matter, its the modem. The reason he had 3G was because he didn't flash the "Phone" which is the modem. Now stop necroing this thread...

moved to proper forum.

[Fake-Unrooted-ROM] Why unroot? Flash this! Stock Froyo.

Returning your Evo anytime soon? Why unroot when you can just flash a completely plain Jane looking stock Froyo ROM that's lacking the Superuser apk? The geniuses over at Sprint or Best Buy will never be able to tell the difference.​This is netarchy's HTC OTA Froyo 2.2, *FINAL*, build 3.36.651.6 (Rooted) Odexed ROM, the -only- thing that has been changed is the removal of the Superuser Permissions apk.​
Wipe data, cache, and dalvik cache, then flash.
http://www.4shared.com/file/0XGojjon/StockROM.html
If you use this, feel free to gloat in this thread about how you just returned a rooted Evo to Sprint or Best Buy. ​

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Are you trying to get over on the man?
If so, where's the" like' button?

It goes further than just the rom...truth be told, there's a system they can actually look in to see what rom the phone is running...(I worked for Sprint), but I don't think they're smart enough to look at it...I'll post shots of what it looks like...sometime this week...I've been meaning to give a shout to all the Devs to add something that allows a person to make the Rom look stock...

RavenII said:
It goes further than just the rom...truth be told, there's a system they can actually look in to see what rom the phone is running...(I worked for Sprint), but I don't think they're smart enough to look at it...I'll post shots of what it looks like...sometime this week...I've been meaning to give a shout to all the Devs to add something that allows a person to make the Rom look stock...
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Yeah, this ROM totally preys on the not so clever reps that work at stores like Sprint and Best Buy. No offense, of course. I actually returned my last Evo with a stock ROM that was still sporting the Superuser Permissions apk. They didn't catch that.10 times out of 9 they're not going to even know about rooting or what to look for to spot a rooted device.

Anyone working for them that wouldnt catch this, wouldnt catch a non stock rom no matter what it is. Anybody actually looking to tell if a phone is rooted will look for a custom recovery.

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Anyone working for them that wouldnt catch this, wouldnt catch a non stock rom no matter what it is. Anybody actually looking to tell if a phone is rooted will look for a custom recovery.
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I highly doubt any rep is looking for a custom recovery, although that would be the thing to look for. But seeing the Superuser Permissions app might cause a rep to grow a brain and do some investigating, which could potentially lead to some problems returning your Evo, if you are in fact, returning it rooted. I'm just trying to circumvent some hassle by eliminating that possible hitch.

Sheer genius.
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neckface said:
10 times out of 9 they're not going to even know about rooting or what to look for to spot a rooted device.
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Lmao!!!!! That's funny. 10 out of nine.
Sent from my PC36100 using XDA App

can i flash this on top of a 1.47 rooted rom?

jebus27 said:
can i flash this on top of a 1.47 rooted rom?
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yes, of coarse

LOL even with a custom rom and boot screen Sprint took my phone back. Who cares? rooting doesn't effect your hardware so why would they even care? Flashing an official RUU undoes rooting for the most part anyway (minus unrevoked forever)

Thanks you saved me a hour before trading in my sons evo

Thx for that, you saved me from unrooting (again) and rooting my phone (again).
I have to take it to the service to fix my camera.

No-No
neckface said:
Yeah, this ROM totally preys on the not so clever reps that work at stores like Sprint and Best Buy. No offense, of course. I actually returned my last Evo with a stock ROM that was still sporting the Superuser Permissions apk. They didn't catch that.10 times out of 9 they're not going to even know about rooting or what to look for to spot a rooted device.
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1st of all EVERYONE I worked with at Sprint and half of the upper management have rooted Evos, even rooted Epics. We know, we're not idiots you idiot
The reps aren't really going to care because the account that device was active on can get charged up to full retail for the new device if the Evo is discovered to be rooted. Most of the time these phones get recycled as refurbished replacement phones, and there's a simple check (a couple actually) to determine root, with or without Superuser. Got an e-mail about this from our service technicians about going into the About Phone section and how the phone betrays itself.
That and the bootloader screen shows S-Off at the top for most rooted Evo's which takes all of 60 seconds to check.
On a side note, it really is unlikely Sprint is wasting man-power checking every single evo coming in, especially with everyone trading up to the 3D. Just throwing it out there, YOU REALLY SHOULD JUST UNROOT the damn thing it's easy and could (possibly) spare you north of $450. I mean really, even if it takes an hour you theoretically made almost $500 an hour.

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1st of all EVERYONE I worked with at Sprint and half of the upper management have rooted Evos, even rooted Epics. We know, we're not idiots you idiot
The reps aren't really going to care because the account that device was active on can get charged up to full retail for the new device if the Evo is discovered to be rooted. Most of the time these phones get recycled as refurbished replacement phones, and there's a simple check (a couple actually) to determine root, with or without Superuser. Got an e-mail about this from our service technicians about going into the About Phone section and how the phone betrays itself.
That and the bootloader screen shows S-Off at the top for most rooted Evo's which takes all of 60 seconds to check.
On a side note, it really is unlikely Sprint is wasting man-power checking every single evo coming in, especially with everyone trading up to the 3D. Just throwing it out there, YOU REALLY SHOULD JUST UNROOT the damn thing it's easy and could (possibly) spare you north of $450. I mean really, even if it takes an hour you theoretically made almost $500 an hour.
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I'm pretty sure this method is intended primarily for those taking their phones in for service.
When actually sending the phone back to Sprint (to take advantage of their insurance, for example), a full unroot should always be done. That's where the technicians will be more likely to poke and prod.

neckface said:
Returning your Evo anytime soon? Why unroot when you can just flash a completely plain Jane looking stock Froyo ROM that's lacking the Superuser apk? The geniuses over at Sprint or Best Buy will never be able to tell the difference.​This is netarchy's HTC OTA Froyo 2.2, *FINAL*, build 3.36.651.6 (Rooted) Odexed ROM, the -only- thing that has been changed is the removal of the Superuser Permissions apk.​
Wipe data, cache, and dalvik cache, then flash.
http://www.4shared.com/file/0XGojjon/StockROM.html
If you use this, feel free to gloat in this thread about how you just returned a rooted Evo to Sprint or Best Buy. ​
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awesome idea... I likey

skatrwannabe3 said:
1st of all EVERYONE I worked with at Sprint and half of the upper management have rooted Evos, even rooted Epics. We know, we're not idiots you idiot
The reps aren't really going to care because the account that device was active on can get charged up to full retail for the new device if the Evo is discovered to be rooted. Most of the time these phones get recycled as refurbished replacement phones, and there's a simple check (a couple actually) to determine root, with or without Superuser. Got an e-mail about this from our service technicians about going into the About Phone section and how the phone betrays itself.
That and the bootloader screen shows S-Off at the top for most rooted Evo's which takes all of 60 seconds to check.
On a side note, it really is unlikely Sprint is wasting man-power checking every single evo coming in, especially with everyone trading up to the 3D. Just throwing it out there, YOU REALLY SHOULD JUST UNROOT the damn thing it's easy and could (possibly) spare you north of $450. I mean really, even if it takes an hour you theoretically made almost $500 an hour.
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....................so

Netarchy uses a custom kernal...not hard to figure out.
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Why didn't I think of this?

Anyone got a busted phone?

I'd like to do some research on an Infuse 4g. If anyone has a busted phone, I'd like to do some reverse engineering on it. The work I do will benefeit the community and it will help out greatly with porting other OSs and working with alternate bootloaders. In order to get the information about the OM pins, I must remove the processor. I do not have the ability to replace the processor afterwards. The board will give it's life to help others.
It does not matter about condition.... won't turn on, water damaged, screen cracked, case broken.. I'd like to destructively examine the mainboard for component identification and location.

AdamOutler said:
I'd like to do some research on an Infuse 4g. If anyone has a busted phone, I'd like to do some reverse engineering on it. The work I do will benefeit the community and it will help out greatly with porting other OSs and working with alternate bootloaders. In order to get the information about the OM pins, I must remove the processor. I do not have the ability to replace the processor afterwards. The board will give it's life to help others.
It does not matter about condition.... won't turn on, water damaged, screen cracked, case broken.. I'd like to destructively examine the mainboard for component identification and location.
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If I had an extra $125 lying around to pay the insurance deductible (soon to be $199...), I would gladly 'lose' my phone for the cause.
Otherwise, I've seen a couple on craigslist, but the cheapest was $75 due to "toilet damage".

I purchased my phone outright for $600. It has no insurance and a few months of warranty. I would not recommend anyone participate if their phone is under warranty or warrantable.
If you have an extra device around, I'd like to document it and make something for everyone to use as a reference for hacking their devices.

AdamOutler said:
I purchased my phone outright for $600. It has no insurance and a few months of warranty. I would not recommend anyone participate if their phone is under warranty or warrantable.
If you have an extra device around, I'd like to document it and make something for everyone to use as a reference for hacking their devices.
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That would be awesome! I will keep an eye on eBay and craigslist for any dirt-cheap non-functional Infuses. I'd probably be willing to pay up to $25 for a cadaver.

Bump, we've got a bootloader hello world running on the Captivate. I'd like to get this up and running on an infuse. It won't be long until we have a download mode for our processor.
Once we get download mode, we will be able to run a tethered boot of just about any ARM compatible operating system.

Bump. This means unlocking the actual bootloaders.

AdamOutler said:
Bump, we've got a bootloader hello world running on the Captivate. I'd like to get this up and running on an infuse. It won't be long until we have a download mode for our processor.
Once we get download mode, we will be able to run a tethered boot of just about any ARM compatible operating system.
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This mod work.and works well. Bump for my wife's infuse.
Sent from my unBrickablE captivate.

This is a reality, we just need a broken board to find out the mod.
it's one of the resistors near point B which needs to be removed and jumpered to another resistor.
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I do have an infuse that has been in a pool but it works well enough to use
Just curious as to what other OS's would actually be ported to the infuse and what the actual bootloader unlock could do
Edit: WP7 and MeeGo would be really cool!

halfnelson117 said:
I do have an infuse that has been in a pool but it works well enough to use
Just curious as to what other OS's would actually be ported to the infuse and what the actual bootloader unlock could do
Edit: WP7 and MeeGo would be really cool!
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For now I'm playing it safe and trying something about my level.. check this out. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1247962
We could get Nexus running on our devices too. For those who don't know, Nexus is the official Google Dev platform which they release the latest, greatest android versions.

Good luck adam that be great
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I currently don't have debit card or Id totally get this.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Samsung-Inf...0569291862?pt=Cell_Phones&hash=item1e66894856 its only $29 right now with less than a day remaining,
Ill keep looking for cheap ones when I get my new debit card ill get one if I can get it for under $50 bucks.
maybe we should start a donation thread to get a broken one for Adam?

Bump! Still need an Infuse4G mainboard. Anyone got one with water damage, a broken screen, or anything? I need it to pull the processor off for analysis.

AdamOutler said:
Bump! Still need an Infuse4G mainboard. Anyone got one with water damage, a broken screen, or anything? I need it to pull the processor off for analysis.
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I'm going to look for another broken infuse to buy to give to you, and if the worst comes, ill try to get some money and report mine as lost, and get another one.
Just a question, if you get this mod working, what exactly does it do?
Sent from my phone. :3

Longcat14 said:
I'm going to look for another broken infuse to buy to give to you, and if the worst comes, ill try to get some money and report mine as lost, and get another one.
Just a question, if you get this mod working, what exactly does it do?
Sent from my phone. :3
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It works like this, you do the hardware modification once, and you can unbrick your phone under ANY circumstances like this:
It enables uploading of the Hummingbird Interceptor Bootloader (HIBL). The HIBL enables uploading of unsecured code. You can upload bootloaders or kernels, or just about anything with the HIBL.

AdamOutler said:
It works like this, you do the hardware modification once, and you can unbrick your phone under ANY circumstances like this:
It enables uploading of the Hummingbird Interceptor Bootloader (HIBL). The HIBL enables uploading of unsecured code. You can upload bootloaders or kernels, or just about anything with the HIBL.
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So.. your telling me (watched that video), that you HARD bricked your phone, did a little hardware, and brought it back from the dead thanks to the HIBL? You sir, are a god amongst tech folk.
Sent from my phone. :3

Longcat14 said:
So.. your telling me (watched that video), that you HARD bricked your phone, did a little hardware, and brought it back from the dead thanks to the HIBL?
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Yes. I DELETED the Primitive and Secondary bootloaders totally from that device, used Ultimate UnBrick Resurrector to upload Download Mode to the device, then used Heimdall One-Click to reload firmware.

I have an infuse with a busted sim card reader and it wont turn on pm me if its good for you
Sent from my SGH-I997 using XDA App

pumasmedina7 said:
I have an infuse with a busted sim card reader and it wont turn on pm me if its good for you
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Dude, that would be SO helpful.
If you can, do it, the Infuse will be useless after that though (Processor removed, from what he's said), but I think you can just warranty replace it for another after that.

So this is what we need to get other OS'es on the Infuse?
By other OS'es, you mean like the HD2 that has WP7, Android and everything?
OR does this mean better ROM's?

[Q] Not Complaning, just curious: 1 touch root?

Maybe it's just me, but it seems like the Evo Shift doesn't have it as easy as a lot of other phones. I have NEVER had succesful root (temp or perm) on this phone using a "One Touch" solution like Visionary+, Ginger Break, or z4 Root.
Can anyone explain why that is? What did they do SO differently on this phone, that makes us the ones that have to jump through all of the hoops?
NuAngel

Because you didn't code it.

Or vicodan, he's on gingerbread and didnt bother to read that none of them work or that you need to be in airplane mode on froyo for z4 and visionary to work.

Does this mean there are now 1 touch root apps that WORK for the Shift?! I've been away fro a few weeks...

stormchaser404 said:
Does this mean there are now 1 touch root apps that WORK for the Shift?! I've been away fro a few weeks...
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No, it means you should READ.

Actually, I'd say neither of you two bothered to read. As he said, he's mainly just curious what makes the Shift different than other, more easily rooted phones. Stop being dicks.
I myself don't have a good answer to the question but I'm tired of seeing so many people harrassed just for asking questions. If you don't want to answer the question, then say nothing.

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No, it means you should READ.
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Wow dude, nice attitude. Might wanna lay off the pills, one of the first signs of opiate addiction is aggression.
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Actually, I'd say neither of you two bothered to read. As he said, he's mainly just curious what makes the Shift different than other, more easily rooted phones. Stop being dicks.
I myself don't have a good answer to the question but I'm tired of seeing so many people harrassed just for asking questions. If you don't want to answer the question, then say nothing.
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I'm glad we don't have one touch root. I used it on the droid and felt stupid for using it.
Not trying to be a ****, people need to develop a tougher skin.

Yeah. I don't know why people jumped to conclusions about me. I AM, in fact, on Gingerbread NOW - but even back on FroYo, it never worked for me. I got my phone from Best Buy 3 days before you could buy it at Sprint, I've had a SHIFT since the MINUTE I could have a Shift.
I know you need to be in airplane mode, etc, etc, etc... but I've NEVER achieved even a temp root - it just sat there and saying it was trying, and that it might take a few minutes, for 45+ minutes, once, until I power cycle the phone.
And even the gingerbread "perm root" guide says to temp root with Visonary or z4 first. I've never been able to do that. Was just wondering if anyone knew why?

NuAngel said:
Yeah. I don't know why people jumped to conclusions about me. I AM, in fact, on Gingerbread NOW - but even back on FroYo, it never worked for me. I got my phone from Best Buy 3 days before you could buy it at Sprint, I've had a SHIFT since the MINUTE I could have a Shift.
I know you need to be in airplane mode, etc, etc, etc... but I've NEVER achieved even a temp root - it just sat there and saying it was trying, and that it might take a few minutes, for 45+ minutes, once, until I power cycle the phone.
And even the gingerbread "perm root" guide says to temp root with Visonary or z4 first. I've never been able to do that. Was just wondering if anyone knew why?
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I don't know anything about an airplane mode trick, read the wiki and the stickies in the general forum for root instructions.

VICODAN said:
I don't know anything about an airplane mode trick, read the wiki and the stickies in the general forum for root instructions.
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Scratches head and wonders how you even got root seems how one of the instructions to perm root your phone was to put it into airplane mode after you checked the hboot and before temp rooting a second time and then perm rooting, but
Sent from a MikSupremed Shift

strapped365 said:
Scratches head and wonders how you even got root seems how one of the instructions to perm root your phone was to put it into airplane mode after you checked the hboot and before temp rooting a second time and then perm rooting, but
Sent from a MikSupremed Shift
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Ahh. It's been so long. I rooted back in April or May with the help of some people in the irc channel.

NuAngel said:
Maybe it's just me, but it seems like the Evo Shift doesn't have it as easy as a lot of other phones. I have NEVER had succesful root (temp or perm) on this phone using a "One Touch" solution like Visionary+, Ginger Break, or z4 Root.
Can anyone explain why that is? What did they do SO differently on this phone, that makes us the ones that have to jump through all of the hoops?
NuAngel
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to try to answer your question lol.
Its basically a pain in the ass. Im right there with you.
my reasoning is its because that companys lock their low-end devices the same way for each device because they don't care to much about them and those low-end phones are the main selling point of the company their locked the sameway they therefore have a very easy known,developed method to rooting and nand unlocking
For high-end POPULAR (key word in CAPS) devices tend to have all the attention and developer focus on them so they get more worked in, focused methods to provide an easier user expierence.
The shift is niether popular or low-end so we don't get much focus from devs (compared to others) and we do have a high end device so HTC took the time to lock our phone up good
I went through the same thing
My BEST advice (which many know is not very good)
Is first (yes put in airplane mode)
Run the temp root and perm root with VISONary i have always had problems with z4
Now run the temp root, if it fails to work and doesnt reboot thats fine
now reboot manually
and try it again
and keep rebooting and trying
I eventually got it to take lol
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Good answer.
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Help:Is Verizon samsung s7 g930v rootable?

Hi
i have a spare phone that i decided to use.its a Verizon Samsung S7 7.0 version sm-g930v with build # nrd90m.g930vvru4bqh4.
Question is i would like to root this phone,anyone know the correct way to do for this version and bypass knox and debloating?thanks.

https://forum.xda-developers.com/verizon-galaxy-s7/development/easyroot-unroot-t3859755 is how I did it.

spheady said:
I used this page and tool/firmware and got better results for my g930vl than the verizon page.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/tmobile-galaxy-s7/development/easyroot-unroot-t3859760
Second I was able to flash this supercool Oreo rom ,L s7, after using S7_S7E_ROOT_UNROOT_ADB_TOOLS.7z
to get twrp up,
https://forum.xda-developers.com/tmobile-galaxy-s7/development/project-l-s7-google-samsung-oreo-rom-t3837509
So I used twrp
wiped/formated
Sent the root.zip S7_S7E_ROOT_UNROOT_ADB_TOOLS's has and also the L S7 rom file to my phone while in TWRP.
Installed progect L S7' Rom and root.zip together in one function (I have no sdcard and wanted a clean install of L-s7.)
tHE FACK IS i INSTALLED THE ROOT.ZIP IN "systemless mode"
I installed https://androidfilehost.com/?w=search&s=Safestrap-4.09-B01-GREATQLTE.apk (about the closest build to my s7,; it's actually 4 s8.)
and installed recovery from safestrap app.
used the safestrap app to reboot to "safestrap"
S7_S7E_ROOT_UNROOT_ADB_TOOLS is the most collest little app and made by ,jrkruse, https://forum.xda-developers.com/member.php?u=1949695
L-s7 prodject is A nice Splices Oreo/PIE OS, but now since THE bootloader has been Rooted, I get sail my Pirates's Phone with a boot.img and it's not glitchy as of now.
Until My little girl rapes me, lol.
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Hmm... A lot of that is going over my head right now...
I have a G930V that I am trying to breathe new life into. Can I use the above info. to root it and at least get rid of the Verizon bloat that is on the phone? I am not opposed to going with a different ROM, but I never had a problem with stock except for all the Verizon stuff that I can't get rid of...
Considerations:
This phone is now being used on Cricket. Not sure if that will have any impact, but wanted to mention it... Maybe a custom ROM would fix the problem of every incoming call has "+" on the front of the number making the phone think it is an international call...
I don't believe that I am using Knox, or have used it in the past. I would know if I was using it right?
I use the Samsung Pay option to emulate credit card swipes. As far as I know, that only works with Samsung Pay? I would like that to continue to work.
Please dumb down things as much as possible for me! I haven't really done much with rooting and custom ROMs since I had a few Galaxy Nexus phones that I was playing with...
Thank you very much in advance for your assistance!

MrAreCool said:
Hmm... A lot of that is going over my head right now...
I have a G930V that I am trying to breathe new life into. Can I use the above info. to root it and at least get rid of the Verizon bloat that is on the phone? I am not opposed to going with a different ROM, but I never had a problem with stock except for all the Verizon stuff that I can't get rid of...
Considerations:
This phone is now being used on Cricket. Not sure if that will have any impact, but wanted to mention it... Maybe a custom ROM would fix the problem of every incoming call has "+" on the front of the number making the phone think it is an international call...
I don't believe that I am using Knox, or have used it in the past. I would know if I was using it right?
I use the Samsung Pay option to emulate credit card swipes. As far as I know, that only works with Samsung Pay? I would like that to continue to work.
Please dumb down things as much as possible for me! I haven't really done much with rooting and custom ROMs since I had a few Galaxy Nexus phones that I was playing with...
Thank you very much in advance for your assistance!
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If you still need help I'll walk you through some stuff. I gave my mom the S7 but now I gotta her in a s9 so I can grab back the S7 to help out. Anyways I got a OnePlus 7pro that does it all and can decide my 256gb storage into three giving me two OSs. Cost a bit. If you can use my knowleges say hi

spheady said:
If you still need help I'll walk you through some stuff. I gave my mom the S7 but now I gotta her in a s9 so I can grab back the S7 to help out. Anyways I got a OnePlus 7pro that does it all and can decide my 256gb storage into three giving me two OSs. Cost a bit. If you can use my knowleges say hi
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Your reply is not that recent, but...
I have been continuing to use this Verizon S7 on Cricket for a little over 2 years now. It has been sluggish since I never got around to doing what I mentioned above, but it worked. The phone still looks flawless as I have been good with screen protectors etc.
I was using the phone today and had just clicked on a video embedded on m.facebook.com (I refuse to load their app...) and my phone rebooted. And kept on rebooting, only getting as far as the Verizon screen a couple of times. Lots of Googleing today has taught me how to:
Get into Maintenance Boot Mode
Normal boot keeps me in the boot loop
Factory Reset takes me to a black screen that says "Recovery Booting...." in blue letters at the top and most of the time goes no further.
Sometimes it will now show a blue screen that says Erasing or Installing Update (or something to that effect) now that I have been using Odin to flash factory ROMs.
Safe Mode will usually get me to the Galaxy S7 splash screen with "Recovery Booting...." in blue letters at the top, but not always. The phone with usually sit on that screen for a number of seconds with the Blue LED on constantly and then reboot.
Power Down will shut down the screen, but the Blue LED stays lit constantly.
I have only been able to get into the recovery menu twice. Now when I use Home+Up+Power I see "Recovery Booting...." in blue letters at the top. It will hang there for a number of seconds, then reboot to the same screen repeatedly.
I have been trying to get to that menu to clear the cache after flashing the factory firmware.
I have learned how to use Odin
Although I am not sure if it is best to use the most recent version that I found (3.13.1) or a "patched" older version that I found included with one of the factory firmware options that I have tried.
I have flashed factory firmware
I have tried to flash the most recent Verizon firmware from here (https://www.sammobile.com/samsung/galaxy-s7/firmware/SM-G930V/#SM-G930V), and most of the time the transfer says it is successful, but the boot looping continues.
I also tried the Cricket firmware that I found here (https://tinyurl.com/5nhsmeam). It was also mentioned here in this forum, but I have lost that page at this point. Again, most of the time the transfer is successful, but the phone will not boot completely.
I tried to instal TWRP recovery (from here - https://dl.twrp.me/herolte/), but it fails every time that I have tried to install it from Odin.
I am at a loss of what to do next... At this point I can look at installing another ROM if that would get this thing running. I just need it to run on Cricket (even though it is a Verizon phone).
I appreciate all help and suggestions and would ask that you "dumb it down" as much as possible for me please! I have not done anything with custom ROMS since playing a lot on my Droid X, Droid X2, and a number of Galaxy Nexus phones. A lot has changed since then!!