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PC broke so no odin now what?

My PC crashed on me and its so old I dont think I want to repair it. I have a powermac G4 so I cant even download heimdall because its only for intel based Macs. Ive quickly learned the ins and outs of flashing. I couldnt tell you the last time I bricked my cappy but now that I dont really have an option to recover I dont really want to take any chances. Is there a third option incase **** happens? I really dont want to get a new computer because my G4 is fast enough for the websurfing I do.

Phone a friend?
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curti.nogg said:
Phone a friend?
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10chars.

Smallsmx3 said:
My PC crashed on me and its so old I dont think I want to repair it. I have a powermac G4 so I cant even download heimdall because its only for intel based Macs. Ive quickly learned the ins and outs of flashing. I couldnt tell you the last time I bricked my cappy but now that I dont really have an option to recover I dont really want to take any chances. Is there a third option incase **** happens? I really dont want to get a new computer because my G4 is fast enough for the websurfing I do.
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I don't have access to a PPC Mac so I haven't had a chance to test this. However I did attempt to develop Heimdall with support for PPC Macs.
You'll have to download the source package and make the following modifications:
In OutboundPacket.h after line 22:
#define OUTBOUNDPACKET_H
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Add the line:
#define PPC
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In InboundPacket.h after line 22:
#define INBOUNDPACKET_H
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Add the same line:
#define PPC
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Then follow the instructions to compile (don't forget you need the libusb-1.0 SDK) and run Heimdall as usual you should hopefully be able to get Heimdall running on your G4.

Wow thanks! Unfortunately I have no experienc in programming but ill see what I can do
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Well I can add the lines to both files but have no idea how to compile everything. I know you left instructions but it looks like jibberish to me....lol

Smallsmx3 said:
Well I can add the lines to both files but have no idea how to compile everything. I know you left instructions but it looks like jibberish to me....lol
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Yeah. If you have no experience whatsoever compiling software then this might be a bit of a stretch.
First you need to install all the build tools. Whilst all of XCode technically isn't necessary, it's easiest if you just install the whole of XCode using the installer. XCode is probably included on your original OS X disk but if not you can download it for free from Apple's website.
Once you've installed XCode you need to install libusb 1.0.8 (http://www.libusb.org/). Then you need to get the Heimdall intel binaries and follow the instructions to install them. The intel binaries obviously won't work but it also makes some other changes which are required.
Then you need to use terminal to navigate (i.e cd) to the directory where you extracted the Heimdall source code. Once there you need to type:
config
make
sudo make install
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If it complains on the first step, then type the following and retry:
sudo chmod 755 config
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If you need more help it would be good if you could post in the Galaxy S Heimdall thread so other users can easily find and benefit from the answers I give.

Couldnt he setup a virtualbox with windows XP on it... and then Odin will start working again?

avgjoegeek said:
Couldnt he setup a virtualbox with windows XP on it... and then Odin will start working again?
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Assuming Smallsmx3 doesn't mind running a virtual machine, then that is indeed a very good point It might work out to be simpler in this particular circumstance.

I have tried to run virtualbox and im positive its for only intel macs. Guest pc is my only option but I think I would have to buy the software and Im not 100% sure that I could even get odin working through guest pc. I really appreciate the help.

One Click Root - Sil3ntKi11 - All US Variants

Hey guys,
About two years ago when the Droid X came out, I came out with a one click root app for it that was pretty popular. Since I have the Galaxy S3 now and wanted to root me phone, I decided to make it ridiculously easy for people.
Credit goes to this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1875914
I simply packaged it up into a Qt app. I will be releasing it on Linux tomorrow and if I can somehow get a Mac (or someone has one) that wants to compile the Qt app for Mac, we can have it working on all 3 main operating systems.
Here's the download: http://www.mediafire.com/?g4mfv432lzk2pj0
And some screenshots to go along with it: http://imgur.com/a/7Eq48
Enjoy!!! I will update with the Linux version tomorrow
- Sil3ntKi11

Very nice!
Sent from my SCH-I535 using xda premium

Shouldn't this be in the dev section?

jellydroid13 said:
Shouldn't this be in the dev section?
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It could be but here is the problem i see...
all current root methods that work for ics will no longer work for jellybean. so when the jb ota drops this will be kind of null and void. not saying you couldnt odin back to a ics build then root and upgrade back to jellybeans, but thats alot of extra steps. the best method imo is to odin mr.robinson's pre rooted stock j1 update.

droidstyle said:
It could be but here is the problem i see...
all current root methods that work for ics will no longer work for jellybean. so when the jb ota drops this will be kind of null and void. not saying you couldnt odin back to a ics build then root and upgrade back to jellybeans, but thats alot of extra steps. the best method imo is to odin mr.robinson's pre rooted stock j1 update.
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Yeah, I know that. But within a few days a new method will be up and I will update it! If someone finds it useful, then great! When the 4.1 root method (non-odin) is out, then I will put that up!
But yeah, most people after updating won't need this

Will this raise the flash counter?

I can compile the qt app on Mac if you get me the source.
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alquimista said:
I can compile the qt app on Mac if you get me the source.
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Here's the source attached. Also, if you could send me a link to a copy of adb for mac (just the executable) that would be awesome!

ahfu25 said:
Will this raise the flash counter?
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To be completely honest I am not sure. I have no triangle on my phone. If it does, you can use:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1494114
To reset your counter I believe. Does someone else want to weigh in on this?

sil3ntki11 said:
Here's the source attached. Also, if you could send me a link to a copy of adb for mac (just the executable) that would be awesome!
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Here are the most useful binaries from the Android SDK for Mac. Included in tarball:
aapt
adb
aidl
dexdump
dx
I'll try and get the Mac qt build up later tonight.
Ta,
ALQI

I'm having problems compiling on my laptop.
I keep getting the error that my version of OS X isn't supported. I'm on 10.7.4, should I be on 10.6 or something?
Anyway, I have an app built, but the bundle doesn't look right. It doesn't contain any of the root tools, and the main executable is way too small.
I don't want to post it here, cause I doubt its functional.
It looks nice though!

alquimista said:
I'm having problems compiling on my laptop.
I keep getting the error that my version of OS X isn't supported. I'm on 10.7.4, should I be on 10.6 or something?
Anyway, I have an app built, but the bundle doesn't look right. It doesn't contain any of the root tools, and the main executable is way too small.
I don't want to post it here, cause I doubt its functional.
It looks nice though!
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Hey! Thanks for trying! So I used Qt version 4.8.3, the open source SDK. You need three libraries to run the app, QtCore4, QtGui4, and QtWebKit4. They have to be in the same folder as the executable if Qt isn't in your Path. The root tools are in there, "debugfs", "debugfsinput" and "su" and "Superuser.apk". I didn't include the Mac adb tool, as I couldn't get it. That should be named adbmac and be put in the tools/ folder of where the executable lies.
I have changed the source to make this customizable for anyone's root methods, if you look here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2000988
Here is cleaner source attached, basically the same. So, in order to get this work:
Build the code
Find the folder it was built into (please use release, not debug)
In that folder, find the executable. This is the main folder
Copy the /root, /tools, /html, /device folders that are in the zip into the main directory where the executable is.
Copy your OSX's adb into /tools and rename it adbmac
Make sure Qt is in the PATH variable, if not you need
QtCore4, QtGui4, and QtWebKit4 in the same folder as the executable
For others to use it, they need those libraries in there, or else they will need to have Qt installed
You can statically link the libraries if you so desire but I didn't want to deal with that.

sil3ntki11 said:
Hey! Thanks for trying! So I used Qt version 4.8.3, the open source SDK. You need three libraries to run the app, QtCore4, QtGui4, and QtWebKit4. They have to be in the same folder as the executable if Qt isn't in your Path. The root tools are in there, "debugfs", "debugfsinput" and "su" and "Superuser.apk". I didn't include the Mac adb tool, as I couldn't get it. That should be named adbmac and be put in the tools/ folder of where the executable lies.
I have changed the source to make this customizable for anyone's root methods, if you look here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2000988
Here is cleaner source attached, basically the same. So, in order to get this work:
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Ah, that's my problem. I'm still on Qt 4.7 cause the QtADB tool requires the 4.7 libraries. I can update to 4.8 , but it will take a while cause Macs are dumber than Linux.
Question, can't we roll the libraries into the app itself? I know Avid MediaComposer 6 and up have Qt pretty much rolled into the app to run all of the GUI, they even use some python to run some of the GUI for them (its crap for code but its better than FCP X). I'll look into it while I'm waiting for Qt 4.8 to download and install.
I'll keep you updated.
Ta,
ALQI

tplawi then
alquimista said:
Ah, that's my problem. I'm still on Qt 4.7 cause the QtADB tool requires the 4.7 libraries. I can update to 4.8 , but it will take a while cause Macs are dumber than Linux.
Question, can't we roll the libraries into the app itself? I know Avid MediaComposer 6 and up have Qt pretty much rolled into the app to run all of the GUI, they even use some python to run some of the GUI for them (its crap for code but its better than FCP X). I'll look into it while I'm waiting for Qt 4.8 to download and install.
I'll keep you updated.
Ta,
ALQI
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Hey! Thanks for the effort. So I actually got a VMWare image of Mac OSX Lion going on my machine and got it to compile. What you are referring to is called static linking and can definitely be done, I just have to compile from source with the -static argument. I'm trying to decide if I should not use WebKit for my GUI as that is the only library that is quite large. I'm going to compile it statically and see how big it is. I might put this up on a private GitHub repo if you want to help work on it.
My idea is that this can be used by anyone to make other root packages. If you noticed in the other thread I sent you, I basically have a very simple custom batch language for them to create for the root method and the rest is taken care by the program. This way it won't discourage people and we can have a one click root truly. Let me know if you want to help me improve it!

[Issue]when using "repo init"

Good evening friends.
As the title says, I'm having an issue with using: repo init
My problem started here:
curl https://dl-ssl.google.com/dl/googlesource/git-repo/repo > ~/bin/repo
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I always get: Product Not Found / Access Denied in the repo file instead of the actual script. Later I was able to obtain the file manually, then got stuck here:
repo init -u git://github.com/CyanogenMod/android.git -b cm-10.1
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Output:
Get https://gerrit.googlesource.gom/git-repo/clone.bundle
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if I'm not mistaken my problem relies in the file: Repo, in line 6 it says: repo_url='https://gerrit.googlesouce.com/git-repo"
Google blocks access for my region, if any one would kindly suggest a way to go around it
So far I've tried the following steps but always failed:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7398982/fed-up-trying-to-install-android-source-behind-http-proxy
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/...nit-failed-when-trying-to-download-souce-code
I've also tried setting a proxy for terminal yet no success.
and of course I'm following this guid: http://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Build_for_i9300
Please note I'm asking for a VPN / proxy / way to download the source code and bypass Google restrictions to my region and not to teach me how to build from source (because I sometimes write in a way that make other understand the exact opposite of what I wanted )
Any help appreciated
Have a nice day

DeepUnknown said:
Good evening friends.
As the title says, I'm having an issue with using: repo init
My problem started here:
I always get: Product Not Found / Access Denied in the repo file instead of the actual script. Later I was able to obtain the file manually, then got stuck here:
Output:
if I'm not mistaken my problem relies in the file: Repo, in line 6 it says: repo_url='https://gerrit.googlesouce.com/git-repo"
Google blocks access for my region, if any one would kindly suggest a way to go around it
So far I've tried the following steps but always failed:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7398982/fed-up-trying-to-install-android-source-behind-http-proxy
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/...nit-failed-when-trying-to-download-souce-code
I've also tried setting a proxy for terminal yet no success.
and of course I'm following this guid: http://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Build_for_i9300
Please note I'm asking for a VPN / proxy / way to download the source code and bypass Google restrictions to my region and not to teach me how to build from source (because I sometimes write in a way that make other understand the exact opposite of what I wanted )
Any help appreciated
Have a nice day
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put this in bin

mithun46 said:
put this in bin
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Thanks I will try it out once I'm back home
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mithun46 said:
put this in bin
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It doesn't work, I still get the same error: Gets https://gerrit.googlesource.com/git-repo/create.bundle
I cannot access because my region is blocked, any other way around it !?

DeepUnknown said:
It doesn't work, I still get the same error: Gets https://gerrit.googlesource.com/git-repo/create.bundle
I cannot access because my region is blocked, any other way around it !?
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extract this and put it in the folder you want to sync the source then later rename the repo folder to .repo then
in terminal cd to that folder then do the repo init blablabla thing

mithun46 said:
extract this and put it in the folder you want to sync the source then later rename the repo folder to .repo then
in terminal cd to that folder then do the repo init blablabla thing
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Thanks a lot for your help, repo is being synced right now :highfive:

Repo syncing is still failing, I cannot fetch some items from the android.googlesource.com are failing because I cannot gain access :-/

Now my issue is in" <remot name="aosp" fetch="https://android.googlesource.com" /> in the cm manifest files :-/

Tried to use this to get over the issue but still no success, when I execute: Repo sync
nothing happens, it's like it's failing to connect to the proxy :-/

u r a rd right ?
use xda's build server man

mithun46 said:
u r a rd right ?
use xda's build server man
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Thanks, but I thought I'd try it my self and see if I'm really going to continue in ROM development, but I have signed up now let's see what I can do. Thanks for your help

DeepUnknown said:
Thanks, but I thought I'd try it my self and see if I'm really going to continue in ROM development, but I have signed up now let's see what I can do. Thanks for your help
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Bro use this http://216.185.105.35/vpnoneclick/howitworks/howtousemain/howtouselinux/index.html
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mithun46 said:
Bro use this http://216.185.105.35/vpnoneclick/howitworks/howtousemain/howtouselinux/index.html
Sent from my GT-P7300 using xda premium
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Thanks a lot my friend, I will try it tonight for sure, so far I'm waiting to be accepted for Xda-buildserver. Thanks for helping I really appreciate it

mithun46 said:
Bro use this http://216.185.105.35/vpnoneclick/howitworks/howtousemain/howtouselinux/index.html
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didn't work it turned out it's blocked in Syria :-/
Anyways I have tried several other methods and yet I fail, I suppose I will wait until I'm accepted for an account on Xda build server, I think it's the best solution since no matter what you and I try it always return in failure ...

I suggest you try using SpotFlux to make you appear in the USA ..... I can do whatever I want with it ..... It is compatible with both windows and Mac ..... Let me know what you think

Battery Status on computer

IGNORE THIS, NEWER VERSION(S) ARE HERE: http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/development/phone-s-battery-status-computer-screen-t3070549
I have made a program to display the percentage of your phone on your computer. Requirements:
Computer that can run bash
USB-to-phone cable
ADB enabled on phone
Has been tested on the following:
LG P716 Jelly bean stock- One Works the other doesn't
LG P716 KitKat - Works
LG P500 with CM11 and rooted- Works
Samsung S3 stock - Doesn't work
Your help is greatly appreciated to porting it to Windows/Mac and adding new devices.

wilk.gr76 said:
I have made a program to display the percentage of your phone on your computer. Requirements:
Computer that can run bash
USB-to-phone cable
ADB enabled on phone
Has been tested on the following:
LG P716 Jelly bean stock- One Works the other doesn't
LG P716 KitKat - Works
LG P500 with CM11 and rooted- Works
Samsung S3 stock - Doesn't work
Your help is greatly appreciated to porting it to Windows/Mac and adding new devices.
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Don't get me wrong but do you really have a use for it or is it just about improving your development skills ?

LS.xD said:
Don't get me wrong but do you really have a use for it or is it just about improving your development skills ?
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I do. If I plug my phone in, and then turn on the display to see how far it has charged, the battery percentage is DROPPING! So, I created this. If you want faster charging than your USB port, use ADB over WiFi. But this did help me hone my skills.

wilk.gr76 said:
I do. If I plug my phone in, and then turn on the display to see how far it has charged, the battery percentage is DROPPING! So, I created this. If you want faster charging than your USB port, use ADB over WiFi. But this did help me hone my skills.
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Pretty cool for that specific purpose I just downloaded the zip and was just about starting my laptop to test it BUT the archive is damaged and i can't extract it May you please check the archive's integrity and upload it again?!

Sure!
LS.xD said:
Pretty cool for that specific purpose I just downloaded the zip and was just about starting my laptop to test it BUT the archive is damaged and i can't extract it May you please check the archive's integrity and upload it again?!
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Did that! Just make sure you can run bash. Your computer'll need linux or mac os x (not sure about mac)
If it helps, please press thanks.

wilk.gr76 said:
Did that! Just make sure you can run bash. Your computer'll need linux or mac os x (not sure about mac)
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BASH?! Never heard about it...
Manjaro Linux should be fine for it

LS.xD said:
Pretty cool for that specific purpose I just downloaded the zip and was just about starting my laptop to test it BUT the archive is damaged and i can't extract it May you please check the archive's integrity and upload it again?!
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It is nice to get feedback so quicly! I expected to have no replies by Sunday, yet I get one in the first 5 mins! "Vielen Dank!" (I saw the german flag by your name...)

LS.xD said:
BASH?! Never heard about it...
Manjaro Linux should be fine for it
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Open the terminal, and its most likely your using bash. Bourne-Again SHell.
Just wondering, what is the orange "OP" rectangle next to "Junior Member", to the left of my post?

wilk.gr76 said:
Open the terminal, and its most likely your using bash. Bourne-Again SHell.
Just wondering, what is the orange "OP" rectangle next to "Junior Member", to the left of my post?
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OP = overpowered or may be "Original Poster"
Is it possible that your tool only runs on 32Bit systems? I use 64Bit OS with multilib and no chance to make it fly / run or whatever you like

LS.xD said:
OP = overpowered or may be "Original Poster"
Is it possible that your tool only runs on 32Bit systems? I use 64Bit OS with multilib and no chance to make it fly / run or whatever you like
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Yes it is built for 32bit systems but you should be able to run it on 64 bit as well. You need to unzip everything of course and make adb and dialog (in the same folder as the script) executable. The command is chmod +x adb && chmod +x dialog
To change it to 64-bit, you'll need to replace the adb and dialog files with the 64-bit versions.
You might need ia32-libs or somthing like that.
Also, OP I think it overpowering. You shall port it to Windows. You shall thank me. LOL, don't have to do it.

wilk.gr76 said:
Yes it is built for 32bit systems but you should be able to run it on 64 bit as well. You need to unzip everything of course and make adb and dialog (in the same folder as the script) executable. The command is chmod +x adb && chmod +x dialog
To change it to 64-bit, you'll need to replace the adb and dialog files with the 64-bit versions.
You might need ia32-libs or somthing like that.
Also, OP I think it overpowering. You shall port it to Windows. You shall thank me. LOL, don't have to do it.
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Im familiar with chmod Commandline version works well (see signature for phone's setups) while the guy version causes a never ending error output:
libgtk-3.so.0 shared libraries can't be found . All files are present in my Linux so I really have no clue, why i can't open it.

LS.xD said:
Im familiar with chmod Commandline version works well (see signature for phone's setups) while the guy version causes a never ending error output:
libgtk-3.so.0 shared libraries can't be found . All files are present in my Linux so I really have no clue, why i can't open it.
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Are you using GNOME? You might need to install libgtk. But, like the readme file says, this is bit is still alpha (it's more beta than beta.. If that makes sense).
But if it helped, please press the " Thanks" button

wilk.gr76 said:
Are you using GNOME? You might need to install libgtk. But, like the readme file says, this is bit is still alpha (it's more beta than beta.. If that makes sense).
But if it helped, please press the " Thanks" button
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Its really weird as the libs "missing" are all installed. I use KDE.

LS.xD said:
Its really weird as the libs "missing" are all installed. I use KDE.
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It's pretty strange that it used "can't" instead of "cannot". Maybe try using gnome. I dunno, it works on mine.
I'm moving this to a DevDB now.

Has been moved to http://forum.xda-developers.com/and...ter-screen-t3070549/post59841376#post59841376

Finally root for Verizon Note 5!! (Update: False Alarm)

https://youtu.be/g2w0Hvgmk7I

sorevilo said:
https://youtu.be/g2w0Hvgmk7I
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Sorry, I got excited but this doesn't include verizon .. disregard.

You are evil!
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lol the troll is strong with this one

Yeah you will really enjoy your rooted Note 5!!!! Mine kicks ass!!!!

They say the tether root AT&T has will work on Verizon. Provided you haven't taken the marshmallow ota...... Delete this damn thread so I'll quit coming back to it.
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tonybahr said:
They say the tether root AT&T has will work on Verizon. Provided you haven't taken the marshmallow ota...... Delete this damn thread so I'll quit coming back to it.
Sent from my SM-N920V using XDA-Developers mobile app
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It won't matter whether you've taken the update or not because I already proved it's possible to downgrade on Verizon from MM back to Lollipop..

So I have been actively trying to get the root for us on Verizon but I found a few things within our current kernel that I believe is what's causing the hard lock if you try to root it. These are some of the lines in the de-compiled VZW kernel.
CONFIG_LOCKUP_DETECTOR=y
CONFIG_BOOTPARAM_HARDLOCKUP_PANIC=y
There is also quite a few other things within it that I do not see in the other variants like T-Mobile for instance. At the moment it's a Little Caesars type of day while I sit here and go through thousands upon thousands of lines of code from different carriers just to see what's different and what can be accomplished.. And some people say it's easy? LOL..
Edit: I guess I'm the only dev working on the Verizon variant? Would be nice to have some help and someone to collaborate with. I'll just push on for now though.

In the defconfig, do you see Rooting Restrictions about 3/4 ways down?
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The Sickness said:
In the defconfig, do you see Rooting Restrictions about 3/4 ways down?
Sent from my SM-G920T using XDA-Developers mobile app
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Yes I seen that. In some other area's I'm seeing stuff like fake battery stats.. wtf?
fake some battery state
setprop status.battery.state Slow
setprop status.battery.level 5
setprop status.battery.level_raw 50
setprop status.battery.level_scale 9
Why would you want to 'fake' the battery stats?! I'm also seeing stuff that's making it seem like the entire system is running within a Virtual Machine or an Emulator of sorts because it keeps referencing it in the VZW kernel that I de compiled ... This is annoying..
# -Q is a special logcat option that forces the
# program to check wether it runs on the emulator
# if it does, it redirects its output to the device
# named by the androidboot.console kernel option
# if not, is simply exits immediately
service goldfish-logcat /system/bin/logcat -Q
oneshot
setprop ro.setupwizard.mode EMULATOR
# disable some daemons the emulator doesn't want
stop dund
stop akmd
.. I don't know.. I've rebuilt the kernel over and over with SELinux permissive and a lot of other changes and Odin just won't do it.
You were talking about this right?
#
# Samsung Rooting Restriction Feature
#
CONFIG_SEC_RESTRICT_ROOTING=y
CONFIG_SEC_RESTRICT_SETUID=y
CONFIG_SEC_RESTRICT_FORK=y
CONFIG_SEC_RESTRICT_ROOTING_LOG=y
#

MrMike2182 said:
Yes I seen that. In some other area's I'm seeing stuff like fake battery stats.. wtf?
fake some battery state
setprop status.battery.state Slow
setprop status.battery.level 5
setprop status.battery.level_raw 50
setprop status.battery.level_scale 9
Why would you want to 'fake' the battery stats?! I'm also seeing stuff that's making it seem like the entire system is running within a Virtual Machine or an Emulator of sorts because it keeps referencing it in the VZW kernel that I de compiled ... This is annoying..
# -Q is a special logcat option that forces the
# program to check wether it runs on the emulator
# if it does, it redirects its output to the device
# named by the androidboot.console kernel option
# if not, is simply exits immediately
service goldfish-logcat /system/bin/logcat -Q
oneshot
setprop ro.setupwizard.mode EMULATOR
# disable some daemons the emulator doesn't want
stop dund
stop akmd
.. I don't know.. I've rebuilt the kernel over and over with SELinux permissive and a lot of other changes and Odin just won't do it.
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Ok....first are you getting a Image from your kernel build that you are converting to a boot.img? Or are you using a script in your build that does it for you?

The Sickness said:
Ok....first are you getting a Image from your kernel build that you are converting to a boot.img? Or are you using a script in your build that does it for you?
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I'm getting a full boot.img yes.. Almost 26MB in size a little under.
I'm using the source code straight from Samsung. In the sources I downloaded in /home/mike/Downloads/SM-N920V_NA_MM_Opensource/Kernel/arch/arm64/configs the VZW source is in there .. exynos7420-nobleltevzw_defconfig
So I'm using the make ARCH=arm64 CROSS_COMPILE=arm-eabi- the_defconfig that I made.
Hmm.. I found more "rooting restrictions" within the kconfig itself and not the actual defconfig so does the kconfig override changes to the defconfig?
comment "Samsung Rooting Restriction Feature"
config SEC_RESTRICT_ROOTING
bool "Samsung Rooting Restriction Feature"
default n
help
Restrict unauthorized executions with root permission.

MrMike2182 said:
I'm getting a full boot.img yes.. Almost 26MB in size a little under.
I'm using the source code straight from Samsung. In the sources I downloaded in /home/mike/Downloads/SM-N920V_NA_MM_Opensource/Kernel/arch/arm64/configs the VZW source is in there .. exynos7420-nobleltevzw_defconfig
So I'm using the make ARCH=arm64 CROSS_COMPILE=arm-eabi- the_defconfig that I made.
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But my question is "how" are you making a boot.img? When you build from source you get a Image or zImage that must be converted.
Reason I'm saying this, is because on my kernels my script builds the boot.img too. BUT, for some reason its off a little. So I use
mkbootimg to convert it and its fine. I build kernels for the T-Mobile S6, Sprint N5, and N9208.....and its the method I use.
You may go that route to see it helps you.

The Sickness said:
But my question is "how" are you making a boot.img? When you build from source you get a Image or zImage that must be converted.
Reason I'm saying this, is because on my kernels my script builds the boot.img too. BUT, for some reason its off a little. So I use
mkbootimg to convert it and its fine. I build kernels for the T-Mobile S6, Sprint N5, and N9208.....and its the method I use.
You may go that route to see it helps you.
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Oh I get what you're saying now, it's a zimage.. I'll have to give that a try too!

MrMike2182 said:
Oh I get what you're saying now, it's a zimage.. I'll have to give that a try too!
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Here it is
https://github.com/xiaolu/mkbootimg_tools

The Sickness said:
Here it is
https://github.com/xiaolu/mkbootimg_tools
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I have those tools actually! I'll give that a shot too. In any case. I have 2 VZW 5's I'm willing to brick one in the process of trying to gain root so if you want to give it a shot I'll try it since I have nothing to lose really.
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Can I PM you for a sec?

MrMike2182 said:
I have those tools actually! I'll give that a shot too. In any case. I have 2 VZW 5's I'm willing to brick one in the process of trying to gain root so if you want to give it a shot I'll try it since I have nothing to lose really.
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Can I PM you for a sec?
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Yep

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Yep
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Did you know that if you download terminal emulator on the Play Store, and try to do su, or adb commands for root, when you reboot the phone later, you'll be stuck in a bootloop lol.. I found that out the hard way over a simple command. I wouldn't advise no one to do what I just said unless you want to re Odin your phone and lose everything. "Not kidding either"..

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Yep
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Ok I'm curious about something.. I was wondering how Odin connects to make it's changes when you're using it so I put the phone into Download mode and I decided to try and find how it is connected which I know is by usb so I did lsusb and it listed the phone like this...
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 04e8:685d Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd GT-I9100 Phone [Galaxy S II] (Download mode)
But why Samsung Galaxy S II ?! GT-I9100..\
With the phone on and in PTP mode I get..
Bus 001 Device 005: ID 04e8:6866 Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd GT-I9300 Phone [Galaxy S III] (debugging mode)
Software mode
Bus 001 Device 006: ID 04e8:685e Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd GT-I9100 / GT-C3350 Phones (USB Debugging mode)

MrMike2182 said:
Ok I'm curious about something.. I was wondering how Odin connects to make it's changes when you're using it so I put the phone into Download mode and I decided to try and find how it is connected which I know is by usb so I did lsusb and it listed the phone like this...
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 04e8:685d Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd GT-I9100 Phone [Galaxy S II] (Download mode)
But why Samsung Galaxy S II ?! GT-I9100..\
With the phone on and in PTP mode I get..
Bus 001 Device 005: ID 04e8:6866 Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd GT-I9300 Phone [Galaxy S III] (debugging mode)
Software mode
Bus 001 Device 006: ID 04e8:685e Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd GT-I9100 / GT-C3350 Phones (USB Debugging mode)
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Thats because its in the kernel source. It seems they believe if it aint broke, dont fix it.