Recent content by slick4747

Yeah I keep checking back on this forum and any others I can find, there just isn't root available for this SGH-i257 AT&T model phone, I received the 4.4.2 update hoping that would change the root availability but to no avail. Oh well, I'm stuck with the phone for now so I'll live with it. Never...

Yeah I even offered up a SGH-i257 AT&T model as a guinea pig to any dev that was interested in trying to root it, not one reply, I even spoke on the phone to a dev that runs the One-Click-Root website and he said that the SGH-i257 is excessively stubborn and as of that time (3 weeks ago) there...

I didn't know that, well good for him I hope he lives long and prospers :) But there has to be others out there hat can contribute to rooting this model phone, right? At least we can hope!

I have a Galaxy S4 Mini SGH-i257 U.S. AT&T model that I pickup off ebay with a broken touch screen for cheap, I have replaced the screen myself and done a factory restore and it works like brand new. What I'd like to do is offer to try any approach that any interested Dev out there has to try to...

Still no one able to crack the SGH-I257 AT&T phone? Just for fun I bought an identical used phone with a cracked screen off ebay for a few bucks, still works but will make an excellent gunny pig! Any serious devs interested in it??

Okay here's a zipped attachment of the build.prop from my AT&T stock Rom - hope this helps and thank you for your efforts :) Let me know if I can help in any other ways.

geohot thanks for v3 but you can keep Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini SGH-i257 (U.S. AT&T) on the "does not root" list - Dog gone it man! I really thought I was gonna get some love this time but still no root :( Waiting patiently - thanks again....

I have the same phone and I have tried all the one click methods, programs, SRSroot, towelroot, saferoot, you name it I've tried it without success. I've been searching the same threads that lead to the same conclusion...there is a way to root (flash) the SGH-i257M (Canadian) but from what I've...

doomfrawen How were you able to get root?? I have this phone and have been unable to gain root no matter what I try - can you please provide the process you used?? Let me know and thank you -

It's just a little smaller and I prefer smaller than larger -

Actually it reboots itself everytime I run the towelroot app - I dont know what the diff is between this model mini and some of the others but some models root and 3 models don't - I'm not that smart to know why?

Thanks for the link - I did try v2 still no love - tried probably 10 times each :(

yep S4 Mini SGH-i257 (U.S. AT&T)

Okay - I PM'd geohot and sent him the specs on my phone so we'll see if that gets a solution - I know I can't be the only one with this model phone that can't get root - I started a thread in the Q&A here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2786017 and its gotten over 171 views in...

I'll give a shot at the PM - - right now anythings worth a try - thank you for your reply :)