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[APP][I9500]Working version of Cydia Substrate for Galaxy S4 I9500

So people who have in the past had jailbroken iPhones would definitely know about Cydia and Winterboard.
The good news is its arrived for Android. Bad news, it's still in the beta stages and knowing the fragmentation on Android, it doesn't work on stock Samsung based ROMs for I9500. But that's changed now.
So with with the help of the developer of the app @saurik , here's a version of the app that works for the I9500. I have tested it with DocRambone's ROM. It should work for all ROMs XXUAME1 onwards.
Link to the main website: http://www.cydiasubstrate.com/
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DOWNLOAD LINKS:
Link to the apk that works on I9500. Download APK here
Prerequisites: You need to be rooted. I haven't tested with other versions of Galaxy S4. but you may test and I shall update the OP accordingly.
Failsafe Boot option: After rebooting, if the phone gets stuck on recovery or doesn't boot, You could either try booting with the Volume up pressed, or simply delete /system/vendor/lib/liblog.so to deactivate Cydia.
You need to install Winterboard after you have Cydia Substrate installed. Here's the link to the app on Play Store. DOWNLOAD HERE
Please test the apk on various versions and phones so I can update if it works for other iterations of the S4 too.

Reserved. Just in case.

Are you sure this works? Because I've tried using the apk from the market, it didn't work.
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Nasty_z said:
Are you sure this works? Because I've tried using the apk from the market, it didn't work.
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Yaa. The market apk doesnt have the fix. I sent saurix the liblog.so from our phone and he's patched the apk to work with it. And the link here is for the new apk.
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may i know the purpose of this app?

bala_gamer said:
may i know the purpose of this app?
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It basically allows you to run themes that otherwise won't work... More like a theme chooser for CM but for all ROMs.. The only problem I see is the fragmentation that exists. Those phones which are close to stock like Sony ones, would benefit way more than phones like ours, where possibly nothing is like Stock Android..

Hey ! i m user of IOS and Android for years. i got devices like i4,i4s,i5 and S2-s3 and now a S4 LTE when i download cydia-winterboard for google store i got bootloop and now my device wont back up even with back from recovery this is still crap i think we must wait ! winterboard is an awesome programm! when they perfect port it to android world i ll pleased

stupid you call it cydia? its ****ed up my phone he not boot!! what the ff helpppppp

I don't have the phone but I got the 9505 version. but is this just for themes?
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dont install this crap its ****ed up my phone i cant boot helpppppp!!! help me

hold volume up while boot
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LastStandingDroid said:
hold volume up while boot
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not work its go back to recovrey and not boot ..had to reinstall rom
stop id cydia bull****

piniz1 said:
not work its go back to recovrey and not boot ..had to reinstall rom
stop id cydia bull****
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wow you couldn't follow the instructions i had no problems except it doesn't apply anything lol

LastStandingDroid said:
wow you couldn't follow the instructions i had no problems except it doesn't apply anything lol
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happens the same with the version from the Store. i have it install it tho. waiting for a working update.
i have an i5 and winterboard is the best and easiest way to theme it!! really want this works in android too.

piniz1 said:
not work its go back to recovrey and not boot ..had to reinstall rom
stop id cydia bull****
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The app works for me on my I9500. The app store app didnt which is why the dev fixed it here. Why device did you try it on???
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I believe the issue here is that the version tested by adyscorpius was 0.9.4003. I quickly found a regression in 0.9.4003, and followed it up with a version 0.9.4004. However, it turns out (I did not realize this at the time) that the regression was actually part of the fix for the S4: Samsung mixed some symbols that are normally only in libcutils.so into liblog.so; as the fix for the S4 involved a number of extra symbols, it seemed like these would likely not be required.
I then got word that it no longer worked correctly on the S4, and I came up with a solution that works on any device (I forward symbols to either liblog.so or libcutils.so as a fallback), and this was released as 0.9.4005. It is highly likely that as 0.9.4004 came fairly quickly after 0.9.4003 (due to the large number of people testing on non-S4 devices, including myself: I caught it before I even published 0.9.4003 to the Play Store) many people here tried 0.9.4004.
FWIW, I would have guessed that while some background daemons on the S4 were affected (I pulled a stock ROM and did some static analysis to figure out what would have been broken) adb and USB would still have worked, allowing Substrate to be easily uninstalled. If this was not the case, and you were operating with a locked bootloader (and thereby were unable to just pull the resulting files via custom recovery), then I'm really (really) terribly sorry .
In order to keep issues like this from ever happening again, in 0.9.4005 I also developed a system that would be able to detect symbol conflicts: the setup application now would have detected the issue, both the original pre-0.9.4003 conflict, as well as the 0.9.4004 conflict, and would present a message to the user telling them that Substrate is unlikely to work. With this change, I'm pretty certain that Substrate is now able to detect all possible harmful conflicts.
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Oh, another detail: a few days ago, I ran into a friend of mine at a meetup thing that had just gotten an S4; I took the opportunity to root it, and verify that things worked on it: it did (tested at the time 0.9.4006, I believe). However, Samsung seems to have some one-off (Samsung-specific) programs on their devices that I currently beleving are using unitialized memory. I saw this both in reports of people testing 0.9.400[34] as well as myself when I had a chance to work with the device.
In 0.9.4005 I took the solution of blacklisting one of the processes (/system/bin/ks) and in 0.9.4008 (probably coming out tomorrow) I'm going to be blacklisting another one (/system/bin/mcDriverDaemon). The latter process doesn't seem to have any side effects when it fails, but the former causes the radio to not work (in case anyone saw that symptom with 0.9.4003, so that's fixed in 0.9.4005 and later). Neither of these failures keep the device from bringing up USB, adb, and su access.
I apparently am not going to be able to test personally on an S4 again until Thursday (six days from now), but when I do I hope to be able to remove the couple blacklists and allow modifications to those apps. (As these issues aren't fatal, the latter doesn't seem to even have a symptom, and in both cases was trivially fixed by blacklisting, I'm having a difficult time justifying going out and purchasing an S4 for this test--which I'd normally do, but Thursday isn't that long from now.)

I would love that on my s4 Im running latest omega on my s4(i9505) but it go to bootloop... Any news about update come in on?
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I got winterboard working finaly, but no themes inside, any idea how to get them there?
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Cydia Substrate looks very interesting. Just wondering under what license it is released? Open or closed source?
Open source and it could be a nice competitor to Xposed. Closed source and I will always go with Xposed instead.

Neuer_User said:
Cydia Substrate looks very interesting. Just wondering under what license it is released? Open or closed source?
Open source and it could be a nice competitor to Xposed. Closed source and I will always go with Xposed instead.
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Exactly.

[APP] Next Launcher 3D FREE today only 6/7/2013 [EXPIRED]

mrmako777 said:
ok guys, as you can see by my sig, i flip back and forth between a few devices. yesterday when this deal went live, i installed next launcher on both my s3 and my xoom and successfully activated the full version. i intentionally did not install the launcher on my htc amaze.
today, i went ahead and sent my tb backup from my s3 to my amaze to see if my backup would activate the full version on a device that did not have next launcher installed. it seems as tho the code is authenticated when the app is launched and so i got a failed activation. i turned off my data connection, cleared the apps data and restored my tb data and it showed the full version UNTIL i turned my data connection back on and the app was reloaded. so, if you have another device you did not install and activate the full version on, your backup is useless.
next, i uninstalled the launcher from my xoom that had a previously confirmed full version. i reinstalled next launcher and restored my tb data to see if i would retain the full version. guess what...it worked fine!
it seems as tho the activation is tied in with the device ID, so if you uninstall it and use your backup it will only work on the device it was originally activated on. keep this in mind when you upgrade or flash roms that change the device ID. TB has a feature to restore the previous device ID after flashing, so this may be helpful for those ppl that want to continue using next launcher full version even after theyve flashed a new rom or upgraded.
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Just passing this along. enjoy! :good:
Download the trial version of Next Launcher 3D to get started, and choose Get Free when the splash screen comes up. To unlock it, open the menu and go into preferences. Since this interface is going to take some getting used to, I'll just let you know the menu button is in the far right dock position. In preferences, scroll all the way down and tap on About Full Version. Choose the Activate option, and put in "nextlauncher3d" as the account, and "appoftheday" as the code (both without the quotes). The app should be unlocked and you can play around without worrying about the trial period expiring.
This unlock code is only valid today, and it won't tie the upgrade to your Google account permanently. So think about backing up the app using Helium or Titanium Backup if you want to be safe. Next Launcher also overrides the background image in all launchers when it's installed. You can change it back, but still a small annoyance. All the Go widget packs are installed separately, but they appear to all be free.
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grab it here: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gtp.nextlauncher.trial
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That's a lite version
But thanks anyway

shaharofir said:
That's a lite version
But thanks anyway
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Please read the description
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mrmako777 said:
Please read the description
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Lol reading is just a foreign concept to ppl sometimes
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"it won't tie the upgrade to your Google account permanently" <--- does this mean I won't be able to get updates for it?

mrmako777 said:
Please read the description
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thank bro :good:

shaharofir said:
That's a lite version
But thanks anyway
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Its a bit confusing at first but following OP's instructions seems to have activated full successfully for me.
Thanks for this
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Thanks a lot.... It worked....

Updates?
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"it won't tie the upgrade to your Google account permanently" <--- does this mean I won't be able to get updates for it?
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I am curious about this as well. If I remember correctly, this is app is still kind of young and I would definitely want some updates.

lideweister said:
"it won't tie the upgrade to your Google account permanently" <--- does this mean I won't be able to get updates for it?
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You will still be able to receive updates. This just means that if you uninstall it, you will lose the paid features unless you have a backup
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thanks dude
If I helped then press thanks

Thanks for the info!

Thanks man :thumbup:
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Though it gets activated , the version still says next launcher lite
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thanks man. but today means 8/6? or 7/6 ?
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mrmako777 said:
You will still be able to receive updates. This just means that if you uninstall it, you will lose the paid features unless you have a backup
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:good::good::good::good:thanks very much

mrmako777 said:
just passing this along. enjoy! :good:
grab it here: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gtp.nextlauncher.trial
source: http://www.androidpolice.com/2013/0...cher-3d-free-today-with-this-code-usually-16/
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What happens if I uninstall and reinstall later? Is it linked to my Google Play account?

mrmako777 said:
You will still be able to receive updates. This just means that if you uninstall it, you will lose the paid features unless you have a backup
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Great, thank you for posting this! :laugh:

iamtimmah said:
What happens if I uninstall and reinstall later? Is it linked to my Google Play account?
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No make sure you make a backup of the app and its data. It only links to the lite version.

Thanks for posting. Worked for me. Though it says lite version it is actually not. You can verify this by pressing menu button on your phone and you wont see "trial" (after activating) which will be the case if you dont activate
I am not sure about the upgrade though as there is already a upgraded version of paid app in the play store

Why you should root your Note 3

To know: You'll lost your warranty if you Root your device. Take that in account before Rooting, because Your KNOX WARRANTY VOID will be set to 0x1!! Think TWICE before rooting.
There are several reasons.
1st, because is a 5 minutes step and you're not gonna lose any data on your Phone rooting.
You can find a great guide on how to root the Note 3 in GalaxyNote3Root.com
2nd, because you'll be able to install great apps like:
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Titanium Backup
Greenify
GMD GestureControl
3rd, because you'll be able to remove all the bloatware that comes via Samsung and remove the apps you're not gonna use or services that are replaceable by your favorite apps (like Flipboard to Press, or Files to Root Explorer...).
And doing this you'll have a snappy device with more RAM available for you and less background services.
This is a great guide that shows what apps are safe to uninstall or freeze via Titanium Backup.
Nearly everything is freezable, I recommend you to make before anything a Nandroid Backup via CMW and then freeze the services and apps you think you're not gonna use, after a few days if everything is ok, you may uninstall all the services and apps without risk.
4th, because in a short future you're gonna be able to install amazing ROM's as paranoidAndroid and others..
Disclaimer: You're gonna lose your warranty following the present rooting method.​

how about OTA update after root, will I still get that?

+1

Adipatus said:
how about OTA update after root, will I still get that?
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In other devices you should update without problems, only losing root.
Don't know for sure if Samsung will limit the updates in devices rooted or with the knox not in 0x0..

4th reason is irrelevant.

1st point is also incorrect.
On the note 3 you'll lose knox and the warranty, unless you know of a way ti reset the efuse?
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and how can i determine my model number? still i don't know is it the number that i see at download mode?

Will you be able to un-root and reset the flash counter to 0 if you have to send your phone back to Samsung under warranty?

fz9999 said:
Will you be able to un-root and reset the flash counter to 0 if you have to send your phone back to Samsung under warranty?
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no un rooting will not reset efuse.....
but android means rooting imo warranty or not i will root for sure.

senectus said:
1st point is also incorrect.
On the note 3 you'll lose knox and the warranty, unless you know of a way ti reset the efuse?
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I wanted to point that any data was lost in the process, it's changed now.

I have my Note 2 rooted and use the apps you mention. However I am considering not rooting my Note 3 to allow ISIS to work and keep KNOX.

SrTapir said:
I wanted to point that any data was lost in the process, it's changed now.
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first of all thank you for your work i appreciate. just kidding when saying 4th reason is irrelevant, i understood what you mean there. but in your guide i think there should be a warning. yes in a short or long time developers may find a way about efuse thing but it may not be resetable. samsung may have designed it that it only can be set to 1 by hardware. so there maybe a solution like: developers may find a way to prevent efuse to be setted to 1 but can not reset it so devices already with efuse set to 1 may not be recoverable.

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I wanted to point that any data was lost in the process, it's changed now.
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you really should point out the two items i have pointed out. its dishonest and a deliberately misleading not listing it.
You're setting people up to fail.

kromosto said:
first of all thank you for your work i appreciate. just kidding when saying 4th reason is irrelevant, i understood what you mean there. but in your guide i think there should be a warning. yes in a short or long time developers may find a way about efuse thing but it may not be resetable. samsung may have designed it that it only can be set to 1 by hardware. so there maybe a solution like: developers may find a way to prevent efuse to be setted to 1 but can not reset it so devices already with efuse set to 1 may not be recoverable.
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you really should point out the two items i have pointed out. its dishonest and a deliberately misleading not listing it.
You're setting people up to fail.
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Done.

Will root once they bypass the knox thing. I like root but I just got this bad boy and would hate to have it malfunction and have no warranty to replace what went wrong
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jetbruceli said:
Will root once they bypass the knox thing. I like root but I just got this bad boy and would hate to have it malfunction and have no warranty to replace what went wrong
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This is extremely unlikely...
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danieljamie said:
This is extremely unlikely...
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I think they can do it and who knows by the time I actually need to root my warranty will be outdated anyways
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To change the arabic pooor font

Adipatus said:
how about OTA update after root, will I still get that?
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If you root and subsequently mess around with your /system partition, you may no longer be able to receive OTAs.
More specifically, you might receive them, but they may fail because they are usually patches and if they want to patch something that you've removed or altered, it's likely it would fail validation checks and abort the process.
Regards,
Dave

I just want to be able to run stock while getting rid of all the att and samsung bloatware. For the most part, I like touchwiz. If I read correctly, titanium backup can delete apps but they come back on reboot? How do I accomplish permanent delete of gay att apps?
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[ROOT] Kingo Android Root Method

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Kingo Android Root is a well-designed, aesthetically pleasing application for Windows based computers that forgoes the device specific route, and offers rooting for a lot of Android devices from a variety of manufacturers. Supported phones include the likes of Google Nexus lineup, several HTC devices including HTC One, One X, One V, Droid Eris, Motorola Defy, a number of Samsung phones, popular LG devices and some smartphones from Sony. It offers a true one-click root experience, where you have to just download the application, install it, connect your device and click Root.
There are a few things that you need to be mindful of. When connecting your device, you need to have USB Debugging enabled in Android settings. There’s no requirement for pre-installed device drivers, as the software will take care of that for you. In fact, it will give you the Root option only after the drivers have been properly configured. Past that, all you have to do is hit the Root button, and let the application work its magic.
The app pushes SuperSU binaries which are slightly outdated, but get instantly updated to the new version thanks to Google Play. However, it won’t install a custom recovery, so that part you’ll have to take care of manually. Kingo Android Root supports Android versions up to 4.3.
Homepage: http://www.kingoapp.com/index.htm http://www.kingoapp.com/android-root.htm​

How to Use the Kingo Android Root One-Click Tool
Step 1. Download the Kingo Android Root windows application and install it on your Windows desktop.
Step 2. Once the installation is finished, run the application and connect the device to the computer with USB cable to start the process. Now the application will install the latest drivers on your PC.
Step 3. This will take some time to install the drivers. Once the drivers are installed on your PC, you will see a new screen on your desktop with your device name and "ROOT" button. See the screenshot below:
Step 4. Hit the ROOT Button from the app screen to begin the root process on your device.
Step 5. Be patient. It will take some time to finish the process. Once the operation is completed, you will see the “Root Succeeded” message on your screen.
Your device should now be rooted. With the help of this application you can unroot your device as well. All you have to do is select the Unroot button and follow the onscreen instructions. For more help, check the application FAQ section Mod Edit here too..
**None of this is my material. This is the work of the Kingo team.**

A good and needed write up. Thanks beerdroid!

Awesome. I'm happy I won't need to deal with that terminal stuff
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Finally someone titled this correctly.

humblehyper said:
Finally someone titled this correctly. Give credit to the original poster
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Credit is given in the op

I rooted my Rogers G4 with this.
A+
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I rooted my Rogers G4 with this.
A+

So it works with MF3 can this developer crack the bootloader to.that would be awesome
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Im all rooted!

Everything is taking forever.. It's still Connecting from when it told me to Grant Super User permissions when the screen pops up on my phone. Any ideas why?

ccsoccer23 said:
Everything is taking forever.. It's still Connecting from when it told me to Grant Super User permissions when the screen pops up on my phone. Any ideas why?
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did you end getting this resolved? reroot, reboot? keep us posted. if we iron out early problems and errors, future users will have better/quicker fixes. cheers.

Awesome! I got a brand new GS4 most likely on MF3 coming in today! Gonna download this and get it prep'd!

xBeerdroiDx said:
did you end getting this resolved? reroot, reboot? keep us posted. if we iron out early problems and errors, future users will have better/quicker fixes. cheers.
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It's unclear what was causing the slowness, but after a while it finally all went through and my phone is now rooted. Thanks!
I did have to restart the App several times while it was downloading the update. That also seemed to be going very slowly. My download speeds wouldn't go above 100kb/s (consistently) and after a while the download will stop at a certain percentage. I would then have to restart the app, and then it would continue from the percentage but then stop at another percentage.
I have 25+ MBps connection, so I don't think it was my internet. It could have been the laptop though for slowness on both ends, downloading and communicating with the phone. I would have to look into it further though.
Anyways, thanks for responding to me!

Did you use any other devices via USB port? I know when I did mine I had to delete my USB drivers that way it would go faster and not unmount my gs4 all the time.
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Does Kingo work on MG1 firmware ?
Rogers S4 here

salutcemoi said:
Does Kingo work on MG1 firmware ?
Rogers S4 here
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Don't know until you try.
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salutcemoi said:
Does Kingo work on MG1 firmware ?
Rogers S4 here
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over in the original question thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=46268786&postcount=58
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=46150347&postcount=40
build version not listed but rogers s4's all the same. cheers

[email protected] said:
Don't know until you try.
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xBeerdroiDx said:
over in the original question thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=46268786&postcount=58
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=46150347&postcount=40
build version not listed but rogers s4's all the same. cheers
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thanks
but they dont mention if it's MG1 firmware

easiest root ever!! AT&T MF3 rooted and ready to do safestrap

salutcemoi said:
thanks
but they dont mention if it's MG1 firmware
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i know. that's why i said "build version not listed" in my post.

Don't Install 5.1.1 YET!!! Understand it first

CAUTION with 5.1.1 Update​G925PVPU2B0F7​I've been spending some time reading T-mobiles issues with the update. This isn't a super new conversation, but is probably new to many Sprint users. The update appears have rollback protection, which effects both kernel and bootloader from what they are saying... Which I find slightly confusing since I didn't think that their was a locked bootloader on the US versions (maybe someone can assist with that)
Figured we could start the conversation early for Custom Root/Recovery/etc. users, so that we may save some of us some trouble with Soft/Hard brinks in the next week or so.​
This is the thread I've been looking at.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/tmobile-galaxy-s6-edge/general/psa-odin-5-1-1-t3136151
EDIT:
NO, the bootloader is not locked with the 5.1.1 update.
Rather, "Factory Reset Protection" (an Android thing - not a Samsung thing!) is now an option, which allows you to lock the bootloader yourself, protecting your device from someone installing a custom recovery, wiping your device and making it their own. It makes the device somewhat less valuable, and therefore (supposedly) less likely to be stolen.
The 5.1.1 upgrade looks to be a "permanent" upgrade, meaning we're not able to revert back to 5.0.2 kernels and recoveries.
So, I would suggest to sit tight with your current set up. In order to customize our devices we will need to wait for:
A) Root for 5.1.1
-Root has been achived: http://forum.xda-developers.com/spr...elopment/5-1-1-stock-of7-kernel-root-t3153396
B) Samsung to post the source code for the new kernel.
C) Custom Recovery
-Recovery has been achived:
Once we have the above, we can get back to modding our devices.
If I'm wrong, someone please correct me.

Interesting article, I remember several other older Samsung devices where you could not downgrade bootloaders and modems. IE Galaxy S3, note 3, s5. But there was still root, Roms and the ability to flash kernels. Hopefully there's no need to go back anyway. The kernel thing is something new so I may hold off on upgrading. Thanks for the info

Soooperstar said:
Interesting article, I remember several other older Samsung devices where you could not downgrade bootloaders and modems. IE Galaxy S3, note 3, s5. But there was still root, Roms and the ability to flash kernels. Hopefully there's no need to go back anyway. The kernel thing is something new so I may hold off on upgrading. Thanks for the info
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This is my first Samsung, so the whole root recovery process was almost too smooth since I've been on the HTC side for 5 years. Unlocking bootloaders, S-off and requesting tokens to push.. Ugh, as must as I likes HTC and Sense, that sucked.
I think I'm holding off as well, untill Sac23/ Ram9200 might have spare time to look over the update first and make sense of it all and could at least get it to where V.2 is right now. But it sounds like the Kernel could be our hold up, without Hybridmax's current support.

wildjeep said:
This is my first Samsung, so the whole root recovery process was almost too smooth since I've been on the HTC side for 5 years. Unlocking bootloaders, S-off and requesting tokens to push.. Ugh, as must as I likes HTC and Sense, that sucked.
I think I'm holding off as well, untill Sac23/ Ram9200 might have spare time to look over the update first and make sense of it all and could at least get it to where V.2 is right now. But it sounds like the Kernel could be our hold up, without Hybridmax's current support.
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Yea but based off of my years of experience and having Samsung devices, I'm pretty sure that someone will find a way moving forward, but going back probably won't happen. I too had an HTC evo years back lol and I couldn't stand the root process. I feel your pain. But yea it may be wise just to wait for a while on the update

Root added

wildjeep said:
Root added
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I've been keeping up with the thread. Looks like T-Mobile got it worked out and looks like it didn't affect the international variant. US cellular just got it. Let's see what happens with them

Soooperstar said:
I've been keeping up with the thread. Looks like T-Mobile got it worked out and looks like it didn't affect the international variant. US cellular just got it. Let's see what happens with them
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I agree. Definitely a step in the right direction.

Any Sprint rep on here that can tell us when the update is going live?? Someone has to know something ..

just heard 6/30.
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Got it today
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Poxie said:
Got it todayView attachment 3384936
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Thank you for the update. Were you rooted before updating?

wildjeep said:
Thank you for the update. Were you rooted before updating?
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No
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Poxie said:
No
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That makes sense. Thank you for the confirmation. 5.1.1 is only a stock update for the time being

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3083442
International got twrp working for their phones. We will see if someone gets something working for us
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xadidas4lifex said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3083442
International got twrp working for their phones. We will see if someone gets something working for us
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Thanks for the update, I'll add that Link to the OP