Ok i have an app called Bradford that wont work if your phone is rooted. Well suggestions was to use Voodoo OTA, unfortunately the app doesn't work for 4.3 android (Galaxy Nexus Custom Rom). Other apps have bad reviews cause A) it deletes the root and have to redo it. B) Bricks your phone C) causes root to deny access all the time. (..cough cough.... HIDE MY ROOT APP) Is there a way for me to hide SU BINARY SAFELY, or an app like xprivacy to deny Bradford to scan for rooted phone. PLLLLLLLZZZ HELP.
milojoseph said:
Ok i have an app called Bradford that wont work if your phone is rooted. Well suggestions was to use Voodoo OTA, unfortunately the app doesn't work for 4.3 android (Galaxy Nexus Custom Rom). Other apps have bad reviews cause A) it deletes the root and have to redo it. B) Bricks your phone C) causes root to deny access all the time. (..cough cough.... HIDE MY ROOT APP) Is there a way for me to hide SU BINARY SAFELY, or an app like xprivacy to deny Bradford to scan for rooted phone. PLLLLLLLZZZ HELP.
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I suggest not
I tried temp unroot a lot of times, most of the times it ends up messing up my root and 1 time it even soft bricked my phone -_-
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I suggest not
I tried temp unroot a lot of times, most of the times it ends up messing up my root and 1 time it even soft bricked my phone -_-
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Yup i agree. But we are XDA someone needs to find an answer. We have codes to stop people from hogging the wifi and ban their IP. ANd no one cant create a successful app to temp unroot. Well i know i cant.
Hi everyone,
So I had rooted my phone using the Casual method, and mistakenly took the 4.3 OTA update (which locked my bootloader). Now, I'm on the KitKat OTA update (as of yesterday). In the sticky thread about the 4.3 update, I'm seeing a couple of things that make me hopeful. To be clear, all I want to do is root the phone--not install custom ROM's.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=52904692&postcount=11 says that you can use "Survival Mode" in Super SU, and http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=53484457&postcount=19 talks about Towelroot working.
My question is, since I got the KNOX bootloader, are these still options for me? And if the Survival mode is, how do I enable it?
Some more information. When I try to open SuperSU, it says that it's missing and can't be installed. And I'm on the May 20 build of the kernel, so I'm assuming that I can use Towelroot to root my phone--but I'd like confirmation.
Have a great day, and thanks.
Patrick.
I used towelroot. I then installed busy box and supersu. I then checked root. I happen to stumble on your question so pm and let me know how well it worked. I posted a comment in the towelroot thread.
Towelroot works fine. Once super su is installed, close and re-open it. It will ask if you want to disable Knox. Say yes. This isn't the boot loader, it stops it from checking for root. You will start getting notifications to update security on the phone. Do not accept. It states on the disclaimer that comes up that it will remove programs and files IT deems are harmful to your device... Which means it will unroot you and delete anything that may be part of rooting...
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Towelroot works fine. Once super su is installed, close and re-open it. It will ask if you want to disable Knox. Say yes. This isn't the boot loader, it stops it from checking for root. You will start getting notifications to update security on the phone. Do not accept. It states on the disclaimer that comes up that it will remove programs and files IT deems are harmful to your device... Which means it will unroot you and delete anything that may be part of rooting...
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That might be a problem then too. I got the thing about automatic updates from Samsung (SE for Android) and accepted it. I can always disable it, if necessary. I'll see if it will still root, and will disable the automatic updates if not. UPDATE: I was able to run Towelroot, and root the phone. Then I was able to reinstall SuperSU. When it updated and found KNOX, I clicked OK to disable that. After a bit, SuperSU stopped. According to SuperSU, I have SuperUser enabled.
Have a great day.
Patrick,
Got my phone on Wednesday and haven't unlocked my bootloader or flashed anything yet. Today, I was fiddling with my settings and turned off Developer Options. When I turned it back on I noticed that a new #SuperUser option appeared.
i.imgur.com/I6mCxaX.jpg - doesn't let me post links
Now, I tried root checker and it says I don't have root access. So I guess the Superuser option in the menu doesn't actually do anything. I'm not sure if I maybe download Superuser from play store if that'll work. Haven't tried.
I read on another forum that a user had their phone rooted when they received it but after the latest OTA update it broke it. The first thing I did when I turned on my phone was update it so I don't know if that is true.
Do you have Superuser in your settings? If not, does turning off/on Developer Options make it appear for you too?
With this setting available is it possible to activate root without adb/custom recovery?
UnsakreD said:
Got my phone on Wednesday and haven't unlocked my bootloader or flashed anything yet. Today, I was fiddling with my settings and turned off Developer Options. When I turned it back on I noticed that a new #SuperUser option appeared.
i.imgur.com/I6mCxaX.jpg - doesn't let me post links
Now, I tried root checker and it says I don't have root access. So I guess the Superuser option in the menu doesn't actually do anything. I'm not sure if I maybe download Superuser from play store if that'll work. Haven't tried.
I read on another forum that a user had their phone rooted when they received it but after the latest OTA update it broke it. The first thing I did when I turned on my phone was update it so I don't know if that is true.
Do you have Superuser in your settings? If not, does turning off/on Developer Options make it appear for you too?
With this setting available is it possible to activate root without adb/custom recovery?
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This all boils down to your final question, and the answer is no. In order to properly install Superuser you must have a custom recovery installed.
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This all boils down to your final question, and the answer is no. In order to properly install Superuser you must have a custom recovery installed.
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No you don't. Root has nothing to do work the recovery. The current popular method to get the root binary into the system partition is to use a custom recovery to write to it but you don't need to install the custom recovery, just boot it. There's also the towel root method which I believe doesn't use recovery at all. He talking about having the cyanogenmod superuser app in settings. He might have one of the Chinese phones that have been flashed with the cm11 nightly which comes with the cyanogenmod superuser app, I don't know.
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No you don't. Root has nothing to do work the recovery. The current popular method to get the root binary into the system partition is to use a custom recovery to write to it but you don't need to install the custom recovery, just boot it. There's also the towel root method which I believe doesn't use recovery at all. He talking about having the cyanogenmod superuser app in settings. He might have one of the Chinese phones that have been flashed with the cm11 nightly which comes with the cyanogenmod superuser app, I don't know.
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Nope, it's the global version I bought from oneplus with an invite. Can you try doing what I did if you haven't already rooted? (turning off Developer Options and then on again) and seeing if it appears for you too.
Just seen this by droid modder x on YouTube will this work on our device I don't wanna screw my device up that's why I'm asking here's the link too
http://droidmodderx.com/how-to-root-any-and-all-android-devices-with-one-click-root-app
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I would follow this guide:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-one/general/guides-bacon-timmaaas-how-to-guides-t2839471
^this will help you do the unlock, root, flash for our amazing phone. Also there are rootkits and some people say to not use them but that is a personal preference.
But would that screw up the device if I did use the king root app ?
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But would that screw up the device if I did use the king root app ?
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The question is why would you even use that app when you don't need to? Exploits and hacks aren't needed on this phone, all you need to do is go to my guide that you've been linked to above and follow the instructions to unlock your bootloader and root your device.
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Yes sir!!!
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Rooted now thanks Heisenberg!
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Good Morning, just a little information, there is no way to install super SU zip file with the stock cyanogen recovery? I need root to change timestamp of some video files that I copied into my OPO (MTP chaged all of them to the date of when i copied these files) and a rooted phone is the only option.
Thanks.
kingnappa said:
Good Morning, just a little information, there is no way to install super SU zip file with the stock cyanogen recovery? I need root to change timestamp of some video files that I copied into my OPO (MTP chaged all of them to the date of when i copied these files) and a rooted phone is the only option.
Thanks.
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No, you can't flash SuperSU with the stock recovery. You need to unlock your bootloader and install TWRP.
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No, you can't flash SuperSU with the stock recovery. You need to unlock your bootloader and install TWRP.
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That's what I thought, thanks.
BTW has anyone used thik Kingroot app? Does it work? Because I don't want to unlock bootloader and lose everything again just for my videos-
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That's what I thought, thanks.
BTW has anyone used thik Kingroot app? Does it work? Because I don't want to unlock bootloader and lose everything again just for my videos-
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You don't have to lose everything, just back it up first. Of course you probably wouldn't be in this position if you had properly researched the phone when you decided to buy it.
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Kingroot does not root opo. Have tested several times. Maybe I was unlucky
I don't get why it is preferable to root by unlocking the bootloader and losing all apps+settings in the process when the kingroot method would provide root without losing apps+settings...
galmok said:
I don't get why it is preferable to root by unlocking the bootloader and losing all apps+settings in the process when the kingroot method would provide root without losing apps+settings...
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Because Kingroot is an exploit, it's a hack. It's like smashing a window to get inside your house when all you need to do is open the front door (unlock bootloader, root). On top of that, unlocking the bootloader is how it was designed to be done. Also, I don't get why people even lose any data or apps by unlocking the bootloader in the first place. Anyone with any sense researches their phone properly before jumping in and knows to unlock the bootloader before committing any data to it. The fact that unlocking wipes the device isn't even specific to this phone, it's a standard across all Android devices, so anyone who's modifying their device should know this anyway.
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Because Kingroot is an exploit, it's a hack. It's like smashing a window to get inside your house when all you need to do is open the front door (unlock bootloader, root). Also, I don't get why people even lose any data or apps by unlocking the bootloader in the first place. Anyone with any sense researches their phone properly before jumping in and knows to unlock the bootloader before committing any data to it. The fact that unlocking wipes the device isn't even specific to this phone, it's a standard across all Android devices, so anyone who's modifying their device should know this anyway.
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Actually, with my Samsung Galaxy S2 (previous phone), all I had to do was install an update via builtin bootloader and I was rooted without having unlocked the bootloader. Worked great. I assumed the OnePlus (my current Android) would offer the same. Too late did I learn that unlocking the bootloader would erase everything. It wasn't even possible to make a backup of everything, locking me in the non-root position. So, if KingRoot can root my phone, this is clearly a great option as it would allow me to make a full backup of the phone (and restore should it be necessary, e.g. after unlocking bootloader). Exploits/hacks are not bad. Often they offer features not available otherwise, like KingRoot's non-destructive rooting.
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Actually, with my Samsung Galaxy S2 (previous phone), all I had to do was install an update via builtin bootloader and I was rooted without having unlocked the bootloader. Worked great. I assumed the OnePlus (my current Android) would offer the same. Too late did I learn that unlocking the bootloader would erase everything. It wasn't even possible to make a backup of everything, locking me in the non-root position. So, if KingRoot can root my phone, this is clearly a great option as it would allow me to make a full backup of the phone (and restore should it be necessary, e.g. after unlocking bootloader). Exploits/hacks are not bad. Often they offer features not available otherwise, like KingRoot's non-destructive rooting.
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Actually, the entire reason you had to root that way with your Samsung is because they've locked the bootloader down so that it cannot be unlocked. That's actually why exploits like Kingroot exist in the first place, in order to root devices that cannot be rooted in the normal way. As I said, if you had done the proper research in the first place you wouldn't be in the position you're in now. Exploits aren't bad, they have a place, they have a reason to exist, but it isn't to root devices like this which are open and able to be rooted in the way that was always intended.
I see a lot of ex Samsung users complaining that they have to go through the process of unlocking the bootloader and all that to root the phone, and complaining that their usual exploit doesn't work, not realising the whole time that they've got it completely backwards; the exploit is the round-about way of doing things, unlocking the bootloader is the intended way of doing things.
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Having the bootloader unlocked is essential for insurance purposes too. If you have trouble with your phone in future and need to flash the stock images because it won't boot you'll be forced to unlock the bootloader to do so. You won't be able to salvage any data from the phone. It's better to do it now when you actually have some control over the situation.
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Actually, the entire reason you had to root that way with your Samsung is because they've locked the bootloader down so that it cannot be unlocked. That's actually why exploits like Kingroot exist in the first place, in order to root devices that cannot be rooted in the normal way. As I said, if you had done the proper research in the first place you wouldn't be in the position you're in now. Exploits aren't bad, they have a place, they have a reason to exist, but it isn't to root devices like this which are open and able to be rooted in the way that was always intended.
I see a lot of ex Samsung users complaining that they have to go through the process of unlocking the bootloader and all that to root the phone, and complaining that their usual exploit doesn't work, not realising the whole time that they've got it completely backwards; the exploit is the round-about way of doing things, unlocking the bootloader is the intended way of doing things.
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Well, at least my OnePlus (11s) could be rooted without having the bootloader unlocked. This is perfect for me, as I should still be able to get OTA firmware upgrades (not possible as far as I have read about unlocking the bootloader and installing a custom bootloader to root). Of course, this method relies on vulnerabilities, and are not always going to be there. So I have to make a choice:
1) Hope rooting via hacks is enough and always available, but also get OTA.
2) Unlock bootloader etc., lose all files and settings (start from scratch), not get OTA, use lots of time to get apps/contacts/photos/settings back.
I don't have time for #2 which is why I am (was) still unrooted. #1 took 2 minutes (1 minut of waiting) with kingroot and for now is good enough. I will begin using a decent backup program (instead of adb backup) so I can make a hopefully smooth transition to the unlocked/replaced bootloader case.
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Oh, and the only reason I rooted was to get more details about unwanted battery usage (BetterBatteryStats).
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Well, at least my OnePlus (11s) could be rooted without having the bootloader unlocked. This is perfect for me, as I should still be able to get OTA firmware upgrades (not possible as far as I have read about unlocking the bootloader and installing a custom bootloader to root). Of course, this method relies on vulnerabilities, and are not always going to be there. So I have to make a choice:
1) Hope rooting via hacks is enough and always available, but also get OTA.
2) Unlock bootloader etc., lose all files and settings (start from scratch), not get OTA, use lots of time to get apps/contacts/photos/settings back.
I don't have time for #2 which is why I am (was) still unrooted. #1 took 2 minutes (1 minut of waiting) with kingroot and for now is good enough. I will begin using a decent backup program (instead of adb backup) so I can make a hopefully smooth transition to the unlocked/replaced bootloader case.
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Oh, and the only reason I rooted was to get more details about unwanted battery usage (BetterBatteryStats).
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You can still get OTA updates with an unlocked bootloader and root, where did you read otherwise? Whoever said that is dead wrong. You might wanna read the edit I made to my post above too.
Heya, this was already asked in op6 forum but i was kinda messy and, well another phone so ill ask it here, long story short important app that does not work with developer options, can i disable OEM Unlocking without bricking my phone, don't wanna get my bootloader relocked.
Edit: Running stock oos and magisk installed.
Dickersson said:
Heya, this was already asked in op6 forum but i was kinda messy and, well another phone so ill ask it here, long story short important app that does not work with developer options, can i disable OEM Unlocking without bricking my phone, don't wanna get my bootloader relocked.
Edit: Running stock oos and magisk installed.
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If you do any amount of rom flashing there will come a time you will have to use the MSM tool to get back to normal, which relocks it, plus it's easy to unlock, 3 words ,,
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If you do any amount of rom flashing there will come a time you will have to use the MSM tool to get back to normal, which relocks it, plus it's easy to unlock, 3 words ,,
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I know, i have already been there but that wasn't my question, my question goes "does disabling OEM Unlocks after unlocking bootloader relock it or is ther any way to hide dev options from other apps?"
Use Magisk hide! If your app is especially paranoid and is checking for OEM Unlock and USB Debugging flags you can use following method:
Uninstall the App
Installl Shelter from Play Store (this will create a work profile, just follow the instructions upon launch)
You should now be able to swipe right when opening the app drawer and it should be marked with "work profile" or something like that. Also you should see a new PlayStore tied to that working profile and some other default apps. The apps from your working profile have a small blue suitcase in the app icon.
Login to the new PlayStore in the work profile
Download the app to the work profile
Open Magisk
Hide Magisk from the app (MagiskHide --> Select the App)
Done
Hope this helps.