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[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.

dcmtnbkr said:
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.
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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.

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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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?

HTC Offering Web Bootloader Unlock!

http://www.anandtech.com/show/4573/htc-announces-webbased-bootloader-unlock-tool-for-htc-sensation
Finally! A way to make the voided warranty and bootloader unlocking official. This way HTC can allow their phones to be unlocked without opening themselves up to the hordes of people bringing in their bricked phones for warranty work.

Awesome! Glad to see HTC coming through with their word.

...
...not really. you have to agree that you will loose the complete warranty. And i think your IMEI will be stored in a HTC Database so they can always identify that your phone is unlocked...
And as i remember they said that the new devices should already have an unlocked bootloader. ...have they?

A lot of the Sensation gang did not wait for HTC!

What is the difference between :
Official bootloader unlocker plus officially loosing warranty
Unofficial bootloader unlocker plus loosing warranty
Nothing!

Of course there is a difference
Official bootloader unlocker plus officially loosing warranty plus your device is branded as unlocked for lifetime
Unofficial bootloader unlocker plus loosing warranty plus the ability to revert this

I wonder how many "accounts" will be created in that "bootloader unlocking service". Seriously I would never use this way. Much simpler to use the xda methods to unlock,root and install custom roms (even if I have to wait couple of months) then any time revert and still keep waranty if once needed. (Hopefully never).
Just hope that because of this, developers won`t stop hacking future devices.

Whether or not some of us rather do it the "XDA way", this is a major development. The manufacturer agreed (with resrictions) to unlock it. I always said, it is my device, I paid for it and I ant full access to it.
Wih a but more pressure and time, I will bet you that som eof the warranty exceptions will disappear.
I have HTC devices, all rooted and running CM7 but I am glad to see this happening. It seems Motorola will do the same, eventually this may be the normal.
Besides, when the install software todo the unlock, they also open a door for rooting the "XDA way".

I think this is a great model. While it's always great to "get away" with rooting a phone and then still use the warranty if you're able to unroot it before you send it in.. its great to see a manufacturer take control of this process and give the option to use a phone to its fullest potential under the condition that you're on your own with your phone-play

Amazing... In the space of a week nobody gives a f&*k.
My Sensations running GB2.3.4 very nicely now. Thanks XDA. S-ON, S-OFF, F-OFF HTC

I wish they would offer a way to unlock the EVO 4G as well. I guess HTC has moved beyond that device

So can this be used to gain root on the stock rom? My girlfriend has the Evo3D, and she really likes the stock sense ui, but there are a couple things I need root for.

I'm going to laugh if these unlockers use the exact same method the ones here use xD. Maybe that's why HTC was saying August and September, to give the hackers here enough time to find an exploit to unlock it, steal the source code, and pretend it's an "official" unlocker.
edit: Oh, and get the database ready so whoever uses this method can be branded as "unclean" by the phone companies and get warranty claims rejected.

Finally, but what about the exploit that AlphaRev found. by patching that wont HTC be bricking our phone from the gitgo

considering people already are on GB with it, hmmmmm
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yeah....

Here's my take:
Let's say you register on the official site and they void your warranty and you get S-OFF, then 2 months later your mainboard fails due to manufacturer error, now you cannot get a valid RMA because you voided your warranty on file.
OR you can use the alpharev S-OFF/root and now your mainboard fails, you revert Stock then call HTC for RMA and they have to honor it!
I for one, won't be using official unlocking if they are tracking it by SN or IMEI because then you give up your right for legit RMA and that's stupid, unless they have a serious clause in there that you only void your warranty if you brick your device on a flash and not some bull**** hardware malfunction.

orangekid said:
Here's my take:
Let's say you register on the official site and they void your warranty and you get S-OFF, then 2 months later your mainboard fails due to manufacturer error, now you cannot get a valid RMA because you voided your warranty on file.
OR you can use the alpharev S-OFF/root and now your mainboard fails, you revert Stock then call HTC for RMA and they have to honor it!
I for one, won't be using official unlocking if they are tracking it by SN or IMEI because then you give up your right for legit RMA and that's stupid, unless they have a serious clause in there that you only void your warranty if you brick your device on a flash and not some bull**** hardware malfunction.
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i agree, this is downright stupid on HTC's part....and brilliant at the same time if you think about it. because if these people do it the "official" way, HTC knows they will have to fork up money for a full replacement because their warrenty is voided, it's win-win for HTC.
but, like all buisinesses HTC it out there to make money...funny thing is, when i first heard this announcement i even said "i call BS, they will just find a way to track it then use it aggainst you come time for a replacement, mark my words"

highcoder said:
Of course there is a difference
Official bootloader unlocker plus officially loosing warranty plus your device is branded as unlocked for lifetime
Unofficial bootloader unlocker plus loosing warranty plus the ability to revert this
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See this is exactly what I was wondering! But the brings me to my next question... How do you backup the stock incase of a FUBAR?

rosedog said:
See this is exactly what I was wondering! But the brings me to my next question... How do you backup the stock incase of a FUBAR?
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nandroid .

I´m a HD2 owner. I don´t know how about the new HTC Devices but in the past you didn´t need to do a backup via fubar
In the past you could download an original stock rom for every device version directly from HTC or from your provider if you had a branded device. And in my case (HD2) you have to flash the rom from SD card (not via USB) to overwrite the cracked bootloader with the stock one. Voilá... you have a clean stock device...
And i think this way will work in future too...

[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.

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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.
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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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I really hate this phone right now!!!!!!HELP

Hello,
I recently switched to my first android phone from an iphone and I hate it right now. I am currently trying to update it to 2.3.3 but it won't work for some reason. The phone shuts off randomly, and the wifi connects but does not send data to my phone so i can't use wifi. Above all of that, the phone is really plain, and is does not appeal. Can somebody PLEASE help me with any of the above problems, and maybe even show me some UI's that would be good for this phone, like a Sense for it. I know nothing about android and I am really frustrated, and do not want to sell this phone.

Root it. Download mui rom and use iphone theme. Works well and looks great.
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Do you have any fixes for the wifi, or the unexpected shut off? I'm trying to update it but having a hard time seeing as how my wifi wont work.

hoopking92 said:
Do you have any fixes for the wifi, or the unexpected shut off? I'm trying to update it but having a hard time seeing as how my wifi wont work.
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You shouldn't need wifi to update. Download all the files on your computer and flash them using nvflash.

The best thing to do is root, than download MIUI and youll love the phone, you can make it look exactly like an iphone 4s , or anything you ever wanted to

Yup, root it and you can do miracles with miui and even cm7....
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this phone is born for custom roms lol
you'll love g2x with miui, since you're from iphone XD

hoopking92 said:
Do you have any fixes for the wifi, or the unexpected shut off? I'm trying to update it but having a hard time seeing as how my wifi wont work.
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I too came from an iPhone, and I had the wifi problem on the g2x too, where it's connected, but it's stuck. I was extremely frustrated, and want to throw the phone against the wall.
I ended up rooting it (super easy to do), after you've done that, you'll be able to flash a new ROM on to it. I use Weapon, which is based on the stock LG gingerbread release. It's super stable, fast, and best of all, no WiFi problem, at all!
I don't get this, if the developers on XDA can crank out these nice ROMs that are more battery efficient, fast, and with less issue, what is wrong with LG? You'd think that they have more resources than the developers here!

In our family there's 3 G2x phones, none rooted since everyone likes the vanilla Android that came on them. All 3 have been rock-stable with no issues with wifi, etc. Not the greatest build quality, but so far trouble-free. No significant complaints or need to root for ordinary use.
From HTC G2 with xda premium.

You don't even need to root. Just nvflash ClockworkMod and flash a custom rom.
(This is the right way to do it)
G2x - 2.3.7 CM7
Transformer - 3.2 Revolver OC/UV

Wait a minute...did you buy this phone new? If you did, from where? My ex-wife and I both got this phone in early September and it came with 2.3.3 pre-installed. If you don't want to deal with ROMs, just take it to a t-mo store (and actual store, NOT a kiosk...all the idiots work in kiosks, lol). They should have no problems doing it for you.

Whoa not real sure why my original post was posted here. Could a mod delete this please?

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Wait a minute...did you buy this phone new? If you did, from where? My ex-wife and I both got this phone in early September and it came with 2.3.3 pre-installed. If you don't want to deal with ROMs, just take it to a t-mo store (and actual store, NOT a kiosk...all the idiots work in kiosks, lol). They should have no problems doing it for you.
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Exactly. The updater killed my phone too and I'm not a noob (am I? lol)
LG has a crappy updater. I ended up having Tmobile replace my dead one (THANKS LG!) with one that was pre-updated.
Probably what I would recommend doing if you don't feel like taking the 15% of successfully flashing GB on it the right way. Mine was stuck on the LG Updater Screen. Just call Tmobile and say it won't do anything. The LG updater app said it was already running the latest version and wouldn't continue.
It's a known problem. Then BAM... new phone with it pre-installed. The full update process takes HOURS. Transfers at super slow speeds. LG Updater also changes the version numbers on your phone FIRST, so if it fails, it's hosed.
Rule of thumb LG, never change version numbers until the phone was successfully flashed and verified.
The G2x is geared more for seasoned Android vets, so it isn't anyone's fault. It's a sweet phone though. I did successfully fix the "Update of Death Loop" aka UoDL by doing a FULL NVFLASH install of GB. The how-to is in this forum somewhere.

Phone came rooted, but no super su

Hey all, I am looking for some advice. I just bought this phone a couple days ago it's refurbished, when I boot my phone up, it gives me the "custom unlocked" indicator that tells me the phone is rooted, but I have no super su or any of the other tools needed to utilize root. It seems like they rooted it and upgraded it to nougat before giving it to me. While I enjoy nougat, there are many apps that won't work because it is rooted, and without supersu and root capabilitities, I cant hide the root from them, or do lots of other things I would like to do.
What is the procedure for flashing super su onto a phone that is already "unlocked"?
Experienced with rooting phones but having it halfway through the process like this has made me really nervous to try anything without some instructions.
Thanks in advance for any help you provide!

danielnogo said:
Hey all, I am looking for some advice. I just bought this phone a couple days ago it's refurbished, when I boot my phone up, it gives me the "custom unlocked" indicator that tells me the phone is rooted, but I have no super su or any of the other tools needed to utilize root. It seems like they rooted it and upgraded it to nougat before giving it to me. While I enjoy nougat, there are many apps that won't work because it is rooted, and without supersu and root capabilitities, I cant hide the root from them, or do lots of other things I would like to do.
What is the procedure for flashing super su onto a phone that is already "unlocked"?
Experienced with rooting phones but having it halfway through the process like this has made me really nervous to try anything without some instructions.
Thanks in advance for any help you provide!
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Are you sure you have Verizon Note 5 (e.g. N920V)? As far as anyone knows the Verizon model is unrootable and with a locked bootloader, so if you have a rooted Verizon Note 5 (which I highly doubt), some people might be interested in taking a look at it.

bladez said:
Are you sure you have Verizon Note 5 (e.g. N920V)? As far as anyone knows the Verizon model is unrootable and with a locked bootloader, so if you have a rooted Verizon Note 5 (which I highly doubt), some people might be interested in taking a look at it.
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I am 100% positive, it has the verizon logo on the back and it is the note 5. Keep in mind I dont have any root capabilities, but apps such as mario run, netflix,, and samsung fitness, either don't want to download through the normal channels, or won't run once i download them from places like aptoide. It sucks because i've paid for many of these apps and i cant use them because its saying im rooted. For instance samsung fitness gives me a message saying due to a new security policy they dont allow the app to run on rooted phones.
Honestly though I would love to downgrade to marshmallow, many apps have serious glitches with this nougat update on my phone. It's incredibly slick looking but apps like gta san andreas have major graphical glitches, and audio in apps like fl studio mobile can be really glitchy and testy at times.
I can upload some photos of my phone and the screens im talking about if youd like.

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After six months of anticipation this happens...

Ok, would you be able to take a picture of your bootloader screen?

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Ok, would you be able to take a picture of your bootloader screen?
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Will do when i get out of work

I know this thread is old but I'm new, to all of this so I'm sorry if I'm out of place.
Ok, so this guy has root on a retail Verizon note 5. Why isn't anyone else got root and sharing? I myself am wondering if the sprint note 5 will work on LTE Verizon. I would just buy a note 5 Verizon edition, this rooted Verizon note 5 has me scratching my head. So what's up with root has someone discovered root and to selfish to share it with others or what?

I'm curious as to what came of this.
Also wondering if maybe the internals got swapped?
Can I get pick of Verizon boot screen?