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ROMS?

Has a ROM been made for the device yet?

As soon as one is made I will be one happy user as this tab has soooo much potential to be great
BEST DAMN PHONE BECAUSE WE HAVE THE BEST DAMN DEVELOPERS!

Yeah i know i need one now lol

bkundert21 said:
Yeah i know i need one now lol
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Why? What would you like a replacement firmware to do? Remove bloat? Do that with titanium backup (or anything else that can 'freeze' pre-installed crud.) Change the launcher? You can already do that (but it seems most of the replacement launchers are designed more for phones.)
What do you want different that you can't already change?

garyd9 said:
Why? What would you like a replacement firmware to do? Remove bloat? Do that with titanium backup (or anything else that can 'freeze' pre-installed crud.) Change the launcher? You can already do that (but it seems most of the replacement launchers are designed more for phones.)
What do you want different that you can't already change?
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I gotta say I agree with Gary. Now that we have root and CWM (thanks to Gary) there's not much more I feel compelled to change I can already with root. Perhaps a custom kernel we can OC but this danged this flies now. Perhaps someone can come up with something that'll amaze us all (and that would be very cool!) and I'll be all over it. Right now with ICS looming it might be a better allocation of dev resources to just lay back and wait/see what that brings?
Now custom themes.....THAT would right now peek my interest. Learned a few things from hatman41 on the TF. This might be an excuse to dig back in.
Just an opinion.

skeeterpro said:
I gotta say I agree with Gary. Now that we have root and CWM (thanks to Gary) there's not much more I feel compelled to change I can already with root. Perhaps a custom kernel we can OC but this danged this flies now. Perhaps someone can come up with something that'll amaze us all (and that would be very cool!) and I'll be all over it. Right now with ICS looming it might be a better allocation of dev resources to just lay back and wait/see what that brings?
Now custom themes.....THAT would right now peek my interest. Learned a few things from hatman41 on the TF. This might be an excuse to dig back in.
Just an opinion.
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I'd like to see a r/w external sd card. Having it be read-only is forcing me to change my process of working. But I do agree with the others, with root and cwm the tab is very very good.

otamctech said:
I'd like to see a r/w external sd card. Having it be read-only is forcing me to change my process of working. But I do agree with the others, with root and cwm the tab is very very good.
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Really? I can change r/o to r/w and back again with Root Explorer in extStorages

skeeterpro said:
Really? I can change r/o to r/w and back again with Root Explorer in extStorages
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yes i can do that also, but even when it is in r/w, i cant say, save an excel file to the card using quickoffice or any other app for that matter. It will only let me save to the built in storage

otamctech said:
yes i can do that also, but even when it is in r/w, i cant say, save an excel file to the card using quickoffice or any other app for that matter. It will only let me save to the built in storage
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Interesting. I was just able to copy/paste from root to a folder on the exStorages and copy a file from the internal to the exStorages (an apk and an ePub)
Just re-read your post. From an app to exStorages. Hmmm...will try that.
Don't have quickoffice but polaris has very few options. Almost too few.

otamctech said:
I'd like to see a r/w external sd card.
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I'd like to see that as well, but it'd probably be a kernel change, not what people here call a ROM change. Let's see, here's how it's currently mounted:
Code:
/dev/block/vold/179:17 /mnt/sdcard/extStorages/SdCard vfat rw,dirsync,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,uid=1000,gid=1023,fmask=0002,dmask=0002,allow_utime=0020,codepage=cp437,iocharset=iso8859-1,shortname=mixed,utf8,errors=remount-ro 0 0
It's already mounted as read-write. The thing that's preventing normal user write access is the uid/gid combo with the fmask/dmask (not sure why samsung didn't just use a umask instead of both of the other masks.) Essentially, what that is doing is say that all the files and directories (including the root of the mount) are readable by anyone, but only writable to the "system" user, or a user in the "media_rw" group. I'm going to take a wild guess that the "camera" application, the "my files" application, and other samsung apps are in that "media_rw" group. (not sure how to check that...)
Interesting... I'm trying to remount it manually (mount -o remount,...) and while it's not giving any error, it's not working either.
I'm not sure how these "vold" mounts work, what options are valid for them, etc. It's an interesting issue, though...

All I want is a deodexed rom. Might have to break out android for dummies and learn how to.
Once we get that then let the theming begin.
Sent from my Insanity powered SGS2

Not to difficult i may give it a try soon.

deodex'ing honeycomb stuff isn't as easy as gingerbread and prior...

garyd9 said:
deodex'ing honeycomb stuff isn't as easy as gingerbread and prior...
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I know, thats why I havent learned it yet lol.
However I am slowly figuring out theming while the rom is odexed. Got a few things going now

This device is powerful and awesome. Id love to be able to change themes and icons. The bloat ware doesn't get into the way and slow performance down. This devise will do me good for about 1 year to 1 1/2 years than ill upgrade to a new more powerful device.

this may help..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1373131
I will likely wait for a clockwork recovery to start ripping stuff apart.
this is my first sammy product, wife has a cappy that I flash. nota huge fan of touchwiz but its easy on the eyes compared to my past 2 devices, dell streak 7 & 5.

Moving this to a proper forum.

chrisrotolo said:
I will likely wait for a clockwork recovery to start ripping stuff apart.
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Which model do you have? GT-P6210 (wifi only), GT-P6200 (international 3G) or SGH-T869 (USA/TMobile 3G)?
There's no CWMR for the p6200 (yet), but I've already done them for the other two.

P6200 3G from malaysia. no rush, patiently waiting. Im more than willing to help with any info needed. Thank so much.

chrisrotolo said:
P6200 3G from malaysia. no rush, patiently waiting. Im more than willing to help with any info needed. Thank so much.
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Are you fluent with a shell prompt? If so, in order to attempt a CWM recovery (based on what I've already done for the p6210 and t869), please run the following two commands as root via adb shell... (and copy the resulting information)
mount
cat /proc/partitions
.. that will give me a hint as to which partition is probably your recovery partition. Send me that info IN A PM. I'll respond via PM with some more commands (based on the info you send me, I'll need you to dump a partition or two and get the images to me.)
Once I have the proper information and images, I can PROBABLY make a successful CWM recovery image (but please understand that I'll have to recompile a kernel BLIND with no possible way to test myself.)
Take care
Gary
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I should also mention that I'm going to be VERY busy over the next 3 days, so even if I get the images and all works okay, the earliest I'd be able to have a recovery would be Thursday or so.

Root without Superuser.apk

Modded the version my buddy dodgejcr put out for the shift to work with the g2x, tested and working on cm7 & miui. Just go into recovery and flash f-su.zip.
I know some people will disagree with me on this, but I think superuser.apk is unnecessary and a nuisance. Any app that can really do damage with root permissions probably has it's own root method built into it anyway, after all, how many rogue apps have only affected rooted phones? So I choose to grant root to every app I download, if I didn't want it to have access to my phone, I wouldn't have downloaded it.
Download f-su.zip here

How do you flash an apk in Recovery?
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vn00914361 said:
How do you flash an apk in Recovery?
Sent from my LG-P999 using xda premium
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Typo, fixed.

Joeseph Mother said:
Typo, fixed.
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I still read "Just go into recovery and flash f-su.apk." ???

timmyjoe42 said:
I still read "Just go into recovery and flash f-su.apk." ???
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It's still a zip file your downloading
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timmyjoe42 said:
I still read "Just go into recovery and flash f-su.apk." ???
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Corrected. I should only be allowed to post after drinking.

You're right. I do disagree. You may understand the implications behind granting root access like it's an open door but for anyone who does not here goes. Root access to the file system means you can do anything to it. If granted root access, a renegade application can delete important system files and steal personal information. For instance, take Windows. Windows essentially runs the user at root level, not taking into account UAC in Vista on up. This is why it's so much easier to have viruses steal personal information, disable anti virus applications and delete system files. Superuser limits this access on Android to applications you specifically grant this access to. Is it necessary? No. Can renegade applications still attained root access even with it? Yes. However it just adds a layer of security that I find very useful indeed. Again though this is personal preference. I just wanted to make sure people who didn't know were educated before they do something like this. Carry on

chuckhriczko said:
You're right. I do disagree. You may understand the implications behind granting root access like it's an open door but for anyone who does not here goes. Root access to the file system means you can do anything to it. If granted root access, a renegade application can delete important system files and steal personal information. For instance, take Windows. Windows essentially runs the user at root level, not taking into account UAC in Vista on up. This is why it's so much easier to have viruses steal personal information, disable anti virus applications and delete system files. Superuser limits this access on Android to applications you specifically grant this access to. Is it necessary? No. Can renegade applications still attained root access even with it? Yes. However it just adds a layer of security that I find very useful indeed. Again though this is personal preference. I just wanted to make sure people who didn't know were educated before they do something like this. Carry on
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Well thank you for stating your opinion in a respectful, thought out manner, seems to be rare these days.

Huge thanks man! I'm using this in my ROM (check sig ) to skip the SuperUser dialogs so the process doesn't get interrupted, then I revert it back to the normal SuperUser. Thanks a lot! =)

Joeseph Mother said:
Corrected. I should only be allowed to post after drinking.
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Before drinking you meant, Mama? Joke
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What I wanted to do was to have the su binary in a non-default path so that I can be root only when I access my device over USB, I do not want other apps to use it.
I guess this file works only for G2x right?

link not working

does someone still have f-su.zip?

Looking for that SuperUser.apk-less su binary once again, so...
*bump* :angel:
Anyone still have that f-su.zip? :/

Bump ! I remeber how great was this file, i integrated it into one of my old phone roms, but now that link for the rom is also down. DOES SOMEONE HAVE THIS FILE??
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Joeseph Mother said:
Modded the version my buddy dodgejcr put out for the shift to work with the g2x, tested and working on cm7 & miui. Just go into recovery and flash f-su.zip.
I know some people will disagree with me on this, but I think superuser.apk is unnecessary and a nuisance. Any app that can really do damage with root permissions probably has it's own root method built into it anyway, after all, how many rogue apps have only affected rooted phones? So I choose to grant root to every app I download, if I didn't want it to have access to my phone, I wouldn't have downloaded it.
Download f-su.zip here
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Reupload?

Carrier IQ

I just got my HTC One S via T-Mobile and I was curious to see if Carrier IQ was installed. If so, are there any measures I can take to disable/remove it while I await the development of some Custom ROMs? Ever since I read the article on Carrier IQ, I feel really uncomfortable using a stock ROM so though I've had my phone for a few days, I've yet to do anything except root it.

Yes carrier IQ is there as an option. You can either choose to allow T-Mobile to have the info or not. You should see the agreement accepting or denying the service as you set up your device.
Sent back in time to find Marty.

that option isn't good enough for me... i want it GONE...
are there apps, like what truecrypt does for pc to encrypt the whole file system and there is a password at boot? i can't find anything like that, that does just that

Might want to throw this out to one of the devs in the Q&A section. Not sure if this has been addressed yet with the One S.
Sent back in time to find Marty.

well surely, if im right, that carrier IQ will be an apk installed on the phone, to collect info ??
if thats the case, install titanium backup or a root exploerer (needs root) and hunt that bad boy down and remove it..
might as well remove all the bloatware too. get your self a nice clean stock ROM without having to flash anything........except recovery and root zip lol

TrueGenome said:
I just got my HTC One S via T-Mobile and I was curious to see if Carrier IQ was installed. If so, are there any measures I can take to disable/remove it while I await the development of some Custom ROMs? Ever since I read the article on Carrier IQ, I feel really uncomfortable using a stock ROM so though I've had my phone for a few days, I've yet to do anything except root it.
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Thanks for reminding me about this. After looking into it the damn thing is installed on the phone =(. It's installed as a rootkit though so you can't see it in titanium backup to remove it.
It exists in /data/data/com.carrieriq.tmobile and also /system/lib something something. It's late here so forgive my lack of effort.
my attempts failed at removing it. It keeps rebuilding itself in data/data even after I delete it but not in /system/lib.
Although a pretty awesome thing is that after deleting **** it no longer has that red text warning about my boot loader being unlocked when my phone boots up.
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Ok, looks like it's removed completely. Again it's late so I'll give a better answer tomorrow. There was some entry for it in TB the icon for it is pink and looks like a cog.

azzledazzle said:
well surely, if im right, that carrier IQ will be an apk installed on the phone, to collect info ??
if thats the case, install titanium backup or a root exploerer (needs root) and hunt that bad boy down and remove it..
might as well remove all the bloatware too. get your self a nice clean stock ROM without having to flash anything........except recovery and root zip lol
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This is what I did.
Sent back in time to find Marty.

killa cam said:
that option isn't good enough for me... i want it GONE...
are there apps, like what truecrypt does for pc to encrypt the whole file system and there is a password at boot? i can't find anything like that, that does just that
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ICS has this option built in, at least in the EU ROMs of the HOS it is available. You can encrypt the system/data area or everything (sys/data and the sd storage partition).
However, just like TC this will not help you with any malware that is already on the system at the point of encryption. And unlike TC you can't just "decrypt" and retain the data. Removing the encryption means going back to total factory reset and a full wipe of data.

dc211 said:
Thanks for reminding me about this. After looking into it the damn thing is installed on the phone =(. It's installed as a rootkit though so you can't see it in titanium backup to remove it.
It exists in /data/data/com.carrieriq.tmobile and also /system/lib something something. It's late here so forgive my lack of effort.
my attempts failed at removing it. It keeps rebuilding itself in data/data even after I delete it but not in /system/lib.
Although a pretty awesome thing is that after deleting **** it no longer has that red text warning about my boot loader being unlocked when my phone boots up.
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Ok, looks like it's removed completely. Again it's late so I'll give a better answer tomorrow. There was some entry for it in TB the icon for it is pink and looks like a cog.
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So you no longer have the ''this is for development purposes bla bla bla'' on boot ??
can you remember the exact location / name of this file that removed it ?? would also like it gone

IQ-tmobile-release-signed.apk
IQToggle.signed.apk
I found these in "/system/app" using Root Explorer. Going to look into the other locations mentioned in the earlier post. Will report back.
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[/COLOR]Ok, looks like it's removed completely. Again it's late so I'll give a better answer tomorrow. There was some entry for it in TB the icon for it is pink and looks like a cog.[/QUOTE]
Is called system manager application? Can you just deplete those files and you're good?

/system/app
IQ-tmobile-release-signed.apk
IQToggle.signed.apk
/data/data
com.carrieriq.tmobile
com.carrieriq.tmobile.IQToggle
I deleted all .apk's and .odex files in the /system/app and both of the directories in /data/data, rebooted phone and none of it repopulated... So far so good.
If I helped please click the "thanks" button.
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Thanks removed it all using this and then ran the detection software from the store. Now it is gone!!
Sent from my One S.

xflatlinex said:
Thanks removed it all using this and then ran the detection software from the store. Now it is gone!!
Sent from my One S.
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Your welcome...
Sent from my rooted and debloated T Mobile HTC One S

O0cynix0o said:
/system/app
IQ-tmobile-release-signed.apk
IQToggle.signed.apk
/data/data
com.carrieriq.tmobile
com.carrieriq.tmobile.IQToggle
I deleted all .apk's and .odex files in the /system/app and both of the directories in /data/data, rebooted phone and none of it repopulated... So far so good.
If I helped please click the "thanks" button.
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removing it was easy because of this. thanks

dc211 said:
Thanks for reminding me about this. After looking into it the damn thing is installed on the phone =(. It's installed as a rootkit though so you can't see it in titanium backup to remove it.
It exists in /data/data/com.carrieriq.tmobile and also /system/lib something something. It's late here so forgive my lack of effort.
my attempts failed at removing it. It keeps rebuilding itself in data/data even after I delete it but not in /system/lib.
Although a pretty awesome thing is that after deleting **** it no longer has that red text warning about my boot loader being unlocked when my phone boots up.
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Ok, looks like it's removed completely. Again it's late so I'll give a better answer tomorrow. There was some entry for it in TB the icon for it is pink and looks like a cog.
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What u deleted to get rid of the this is for development blabla stuff??

figured that out first day glad some one else posted how to it saves me from having to write a tutorial

Actually i couldn't really think of a possible explanation why the red warning text on the first splash is generated by any file within the android system as it is loaded before any android component. the first splash has its own dedicated area on the and from what i know from the HD2 it can only be altered by a flasher that is capable to write to that adress range. That again is only possible if security is disabled (S-OFF).
If this theory is wrong please correct me but i am fairly sure the red warning cannot be undone by removing carrier IQ related files.

So what exactly does this record/report?
Well google pointed me at A LOT of info about this, I had no idea about it till now. Was surprised to see how many people have open suites going on with the company. I used the voodoo scanner and it's on my phone but it says it's not running. I am going to rip it out anyway, can't trust companies these days.
Well followed the steps and it's down to 170 now.

Lol
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[ROOT] Nexus 7 Root

I have the IO version of Nexus 7 for the next 12 hours.
Anyways, I've tried most of Nexus 7 root scripts including latest Transformer Prime, Amazon Kindle, etc...etc...
The main problem with jellybeans is that root cannot be attained through /data/local as you cannot move /data/local/tmp directory as most ICS root scripts can do.
Fastest way would be to build a ClockworkMod Recovery then flash supersu zip files. But I do not have the skills to do that, but I do have the device.
If anyone needs adb pull, let me know and also let me know how to do it.

reserved
reserved for root tomorrow hopefully, i will post some funny lol photos here.

Nexus7 root
Hi, long time no write this forum.
I uploaded root kit for Jelly beans.
you can download shell script and archives to do it.
twitter
@goroh_kun
JellyBeanGetroot.zip
https://t.co/c732G7CM
This is only for developers who can read shell script, and understand
what the script doing. It's not so difficult to understand ;-) .
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If anyone joinig the Google I/O 2012, I can help you to get root with your Nexus7 / GalaxyNexus(JB ver.). I'm in SF now. ( I don't need donation, but wanna be friend in same hobby !)

Thanks bud, trying this now!!! YOU ROCK!!!
goroh_kun said:
Hi, long time no write this forum.
I uploaded root kit for Jelly beans.
you can download shell script and archives to do it.
twitter
@goroh_kun
JellyBeanGetroot.zip
https://t.co/c732G7CM
This is only for developers who can read shell script, and understand
what the script doing. It's not so difficult to understand ;-) .
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If anyone joinig the Google I/O 2012, I can help you to get root with your Nexus7 / GalaxyNexus(JB ver.). I'm in SF now. ( I don't need donation, but wanna be friend in same hobby !)
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(神)　what is called GOD　　:good:

script
The script didn't work so I am looking into Saurik's exploit:
https://github.com/saurik/mempodroid
If someone can just figure out how to find the offset for exit() and sysresuid() we pretty much have ROOT!
Can anyone tell me how I can find this?

Unn? I tried with newest firmware(JRN84D). and I can see # prompt in command line,
when I use "adb shell".
here is the log of the tool.
http://pastebin.com/Fka5h427
the exploit which used by mempodroid is already fixed. you can't use this tool.
thanks

Looks like somebody may have a solution over at RootzWiki... I can't post a link yet, but look for "pain in the root-n7 root" in the N7 development section.
I have no way to verify if it works... Hope this helps.

Here you go:
http://rootzwiki.com/topic/28585-cwmeasyroot-nexus-7/

jcracken said:
Here you go:
Thanks for the help! And glad you found their updated post. I noticed after I posted the name of the RootzWiki post it was already old news...
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THANK YOU!
This is awesome, works great.
EDIT: The linked method on RootzWiki, that is. Didn't try anything else before.
DOUBLE EDIT: I can confirm that it also works on Jelly Bean on my Galaxy Nexus.

Attempted while at I/O
Download: goo.im/devs/birdman/CWM-grouper-recovery.img
After oem unlocking and rebooting....
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fastboot flash recovery CWM-grouper-recovery.img
reboot immediately to recovery
to keep cwm perm:
- mount system
- adb shell
- cd /system
- mv recovery-from-boot.p recovery-from-boot.bak
for root, flash this - static.clockworkmod.com/developer/3654/3095/JB-SuperSU.zip​
I'm here at I/O on the 2nd floor trying to root both of my mobile devices. IU followed these instructions (but doing a "fastboot oem unlock" first) but after I do the flash the CWM-grouper-recovery, I volume over to "Recovery mode" on my Galaxy Nexus and select it, it reboots to a "Google" screen and just sits there forever. I've tried a few variations on the loose instructions but never with any success. Sorry if I'm missing some n00b step.
Update:
It helps if you do a "fastboot erase recovery" before flashing.
CWM-grouper-recovery.img works well for the Nexus 7 once you understand that it is touch driven. I was silly and kept using the volume rocker and power key like the old-school CWMs.
On the Galaxy Nexus S, cwm_touch_alpha2_maguro.img is the go to CWM after you've rooted. On both the "JB-SuperSU.zip" works perfectly.

zedomax said:
The script didn't work so I am looking into Saurik's exploit:
https://github.com/saurik/mempodroid
If someone can just figure out how to find the offset for exit() and sysresuid() we pretty much have ROOT!
Can anyone tell me how I can find this?
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Now that we have the kernel source from here https://github.com/drewis/android_kernel_grouper
it looks like they have a patch in place to block zx2c4's exploit (Saurik implemented it for us, but I would still attribute it to zx2c4). It appears to be the same quick fix that was implemented on the Transformer Prime.
You can read about the original exploit here http://blog.zx2c4.com/749

sparkym3 said:
Now that we have the kernel source from here https://github.com/drewis/android_kernel_grouper
it looks like they have a patch in place to block zx2c4's exploit (Saurik implemented it for us, but I would still attribute it to zx2c4). It appears to be the same quick fix that was implemented on the Transformer Prime.
You can read about the original exploit here http://blog.zx2c4.com/749
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So this is a security patch?

sparksco said:
So this is a security patch?
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I'm not sure what your question is exactly, but I will still try and answer. In the new kernel that is being used on the Nexus 7, it includes a patch to block the exploit that we being referred to in that post.

I've made a guide on the forum that has worked for others. I do not see why you are all trying to find an exploit and such. It was pretty straight forward. Did it to mine, all three of my friends the third day of the conference.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1741395

FadedLite said:
I've made a guide on the forum that has worked for others. I do not see why you are all trying to find an exploit and such. It was pretty straight forward. Did it to mine, all three of my friends the third day of the conference.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1741395
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The post about mempodroid was prior to anyone rooting by unlocking and flashing. I just wanted the knowledge out there that the exploit he was referring to had been patched.
Also, for some of us it is the fun of looking for those types of things and it will ultimately help secure the system in the future, as the found exploits are fixed.

When rooted can you still get OTA updates from google? Someone on here mentioned an app that let's u switch between rooting and unrooting to allow updates is that right?
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[Q] Why is there no dev's working on samsung galaxy discover sch-r740c roms

Hey all im just curious why nobody is working on roms and such for samsung discover sch-r740c? seems like it should get a little love for our cricket brothers. a couple roms and such would be sweet.

darkskywalker said:
Hey all im just curious why nobody is working on roms and such for samsung discover sch-r740c? seems like it should get a little love for our cricket brothers. a couple roms and such would be sweet.
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Currently attempting a cw-9/10 port to this device, however; we're still needing a stock rom for it, if you happen to have the phone I would be more than willing to help walk you trough data dumps of the systems primary partitions recovery/modem/system/boot.
This is important to have a 'default return to' unfortunately I'm unable to use my phone as a stock image as I heavily modified the system partition shortly after rooting the device thinking there would be roms forthcoming soon..
Note to self: in the future always always always get a stock restore FIRST!
CowboyEnvy

cowboyenvy said:
Currently attempting a cw-9/10 port to this device, however; we're still needing a stock rom for it, if you happen to have the phone I would be more than willing to help walk you trough data dumps of the systems primary partitions recovery/modem/system/boot.
This is important to have a 'default return to' unfortunately I'm unable to use my phone as a stock image as I heavily modified the system partition shortly after rooting the device thinking there would be roms forthcoming soon..
Note to self: in the future always always always get a stock restore FIRST!
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yes i actually do have one although im not a dev if you write some instructions i will try to get you the info you need maybe ill learn some new stuff and have some fun helping. thank you for quick response.

Samsung r740c img dump - Howto
- Check samsung settings > about phone - baseband version and build number should end in r740CVV???? and should match, also check for kernel version 4.1.2
- Enabled USB debugging on the phone (system settings > developer options)
- Install Samsung USB driver pack(http://downloadcenter.samsung.com/content/SW/201211/20121129051929115/Samsung_USB_Driver_for_Mobile_Phones_v1.5.14.0.exe)
- Install UnlockRoot Pro (free version - http://downloadcdn.betterinstaller.com/installers/9/9/UnlockRoot_downloader_by_UnlockRoot.exe)
(read everthing and and 'skip' the unwanted software)
- Plug phone into PC and get past lock screen if enabled
- Open UnlockRoot and click "Root"
(skip unwanted software(apps) again)
- download ADB create a directory either on the desktop or c:\ for easy access I suggest c:\sch-r740c
- extract the files of sch-r740.zip into the folder
- click start and search for cmd
- right click cmd.exe run as administrator
- at the command window execute the following commands.
cd c:\sch-r740c
adb shell
su
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p12 of=/mnt/extSdCard/recovery.img bs=4096
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p8 of=/mnt/extSdCard/boot.img bs=4096
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p3 of=/mnt/extSdCard/modem.img bs=4096
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p16 of=/mnt/extSdCard/system.img bs=4096
exit
exit
adb pull /mnt/extSdCard/recovery.img ./recovery.img
adb pull /mnt/extSdCard/boot.img ./boot.img
adb pull /mnt/extSdCard/modem.img ./modem.img
adb pull /mnt/extSdCard/system.img ./system.img
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note these commands may take a while to process
when your done, you can zip and upload the files to an upload service, or Google drive and share them.
I'll create an odin recovery

Hello no need for you to pull flash files from your device, I've finally been able to restore my phone to stock 4.1.2 through a somewhat convoluted process so I'll now be able to create a stock restore
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thank you
cowboyenvy said:
Hello no need for you to pull flash files from your device, I've finally been able to restore my phone to stock 4.1.2 through a somewhat convoluted process so I'll now be able to create a stock restore
Sent from my SCH-R740C using xda app-developers app
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Thank you sorry I had some family issues or I would have been quick on it plus couldn't log in for a day hmm anyway last night there was an ota update seemed the size of whole os is there somewhere in root files or elsewhere we can extract this? And if so would it help us in anyway I would like to start working on learning more and helping teams build custom ROMs and seems like this might help.

darkskywalker said:
Thank you sorry I had some family issues or I would have been quick on it plus couldn't log in for a day hmm anyway last night there was an ota update seemed the size of whole os is there somewhere in root files or elsewhere we can extract this? And if so would it help us in anyway I would like to start working on learning more and helping teams build custom ROMs and seems like this might help.
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No worries, first off check your build number if it end in I1 or F1 we have that update already saved and uploaded to shared services, if you are VVBNA5 you have a new update we have not seen yet.
In any case, install OTA rootkeeper available on market or you will loose root, and have to odin flash (custom) to re-root.
Also, updates can be found at /cache/FOTA/update.zip
local caches up updates can help developers fiddle with multiple versions of the OS without relying on updates via OTA updates. or backups etc.
So far, all the patches that have come out for this device are 'patch based' only IE not much help other than to allow people to download the update manually, or for devs to check out potential 'mods' against multiple versions.

cowboyenvy said:
No worries, first off check your build number if it end in I1 or F1 we have that update already saved and uploaded to shared services, if you are VVBNA5 you have a new update we have not seen yet.
In any case, install OTA rootkeeper available on market or you will loose root, and have to odin flash (custom) to re-root.
Also, updates can be found at /cache/FOTA/update.zip
local caches up updates can help developers fiddle with multiple versions of the OS without relying on updates via OTA updates. or backups etc.
So far, all the patches that have come out for this device are 'patch based' only IE not much help other than to allow people to download the update manually, or for devs to check out potential 'mods' against multiple versions.
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Got a new one I'll post pic

Here is pic I been trying to post all day my app acting stupid
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using XDA Premium 4 mobile app

K that is your current rom and you have a large update file?
Sent from my SCH-R740C using xda app-developers app

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Here is pic I been trying to post all day my app acting stupid
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
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current build pre-update or current-build post-update?
---------- Post added at 05:34 PM ---------- Previous post was at 05:30 PM ----------
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2617484

cowboyenvy said:
current build pre-update or current-build post-update?
---------- Post added at 05:34 PM ---------- Previous post was at 05:30 PM ----------
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2617484
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Did this move to a new thread or something?

No never got a response from this and I have moved to a Samsung Galaxy s4 on Verizon

cowboyenvy said:
No never got a response from this and I have moved to a Samsung Galaxy s4 on Verizon
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i have this phone i rooted it via cwm even tho its a temp. recovery