[HOW TO] [VIDEO]Root the Galaxy S4

[shizkoff777]

Works perfectly thanks

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[travisw0204]

Works perfectly thanks

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+1. Thanks qbking. That was by far the easiet root I've done to date and I've rooted a fair amount of devices. Thanks button hit of course

 

[shabbypenguin]

+1. Thanks qbking. That was by far the easiet root I've done to date and I've rooted a fair amount of devices. Thanks button hit of course

you go thank the guy who made the root and made it so easy?

 

[travisw0204]

you go thank the guy who made the root and made it so easy?

I'm not sure what you mean. I hit the thanks button for qbking. That's why I said thanks button hit of course after I thanked him for making the root so easy. I just used the quote shizkoff777 wrote because it did work perfectly. Am I missing something?

 

[shabbypenguin]

I'm not sure what you mean. I hit the thanks button for qbking. That's why I said thanks button hit of course after I thanked him for making the root so easy. I just used the quote shizkoff777 wrote because it did work perfectly. Am I missing something?

i figured as much, anyways dan rosenberg wrote the exploit and the script called motochopper. he published it a few weeks ago after he did that whole big bootloader unlock for the new razr's.

qbking made a video showing how to use dan's software, i was just wondering if you had gone and thanked him for making the software possible (otherwise you would have had to fire up odin and use cwm/ chainfire stuff and bump your flash counter) http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2252248

 

[travisw0204]

i figured as much, anyways dan rosenberg wrote the exploit and the script called motochopper. he published it a few weeks ago after he did that whole big bootloader unlock for the new razr's.

qbking made a video showing how to use dan's software, i was just wondering if you had gone and thanked him for making the software possible (otherwise you would have had to fire up odin and use cwm/ chainfire stuff and bump your flash counter) http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2252248

Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, my apologies. I didn't know that but I will definitely hit the thanks button for Dan and you as well. Thanks for letting me know where this method came from. It really was the easiest root method to date for me. So this method doesn't bump the flash counter? That's even better. Sweet. Thanks again shabby

 

[shabbypenguin]

Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, my apologies. I didn't know that but I will definitely hit the thanks button for Dan and you as well. Thanks for letting me know where this method came from. It really was the easiest root method to date for me. So this method doesn't bump the flash counter? That's even better. Sweet. Thanks again shabby

no worries dan is a good friend of mine, when he is in a godo mood and happy he showers us (the android community) with amazing presents. so i always try to make sure he gets his thanks etc.

perhaps @qbking77 could add a link to the video and OP to let people know where it came from?

 

[cheddaface]

Can someone fill me in on if there is a reason to root now as there is not a solid recovery out??? or is there? also if i root is there and easy way to unlock teather i really need it for switching ips

 

[MoHoGalore]

Can someone fill me in on if there is a reason to root now as there is not a solid recovery out??? or is there? also if i root is there and easy way to unlock teather i really need it for switching ips

While your question doesn't belong in this thread and should have been posted in Q&A, I'm going to go ahead and Answer.

Yes, there are solid recoveries. I use Garwynn's CWM. Only thing I know left to hammer out is exFAT.

shabbypenguin and Dees_Troy have recoveries provided as well. I highly recommend to check them out. Look in the Development and Original Development sections.

Crawrj has a hotspot mod available.

With any of these threads, please look for the Discussion threads before you post in the Development threads.

And please, next time look in the proper sections as you would have found these...

 

[Shiftlock]

Glad to see so many names I recognize for the OG epic forum. Tbh I was a little worried about development for this phone when I finally retired my my epic bought the s4 but not anymore. Thanks for your awesome vids qbking.

 

[cheddaface]

Im sorry but i did read the other threads just did not think that they were stable

 

[pixelsblur]

Thanks for the video, phone rooted within hours of its possession

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[tkgadgetman]

Just a video I put together showing how to root the Galaxy S4! I will be adding more videos to this thread in the near future!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBZ6ydFHLX4



I used motochopper. If anyone has issues with an app gaining root access, just install busybox from the play store.


Mods feel free to move this wherever you see fit.

Tim, Are going to do any other video's on this phone? Hotspot / getting MSL#, Installing custom recovery? Thank-you:good:

 

[oohaylima]

For those who are on Windows 8 Pro like me, run the drivers in Compatibility Mode Windows 7. The installation should pop up. If that doesn't work, you should be able to unzip the installation file, then select the drivers under its designated folder.

Thanks for this. My goodness had rooting become easy over the years!

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lol That it has brother! Which is a good thing. As much as I like breaking out the command lines to execute an exploit, it's rather nice now to just plug and chug.

 

[qbking77]

Tim, Are going to do any other video's on this phone? Hotspot / getting MSL#, Installing custom recovery? Thank-you:good:

Yep will get those going soon!

 

[tygger]

Rooted yesterday and just noticed today that I'm getting a error message, "warning, camera fail," when attempting to use the camera. Coincidence or not?

 

[Delakit]

Rooted yesterday and just noticed today that I'm getting a error message, "warning, camera fail," when attempting to use the camera. Coincidence or not?

Odd. Mine works just fine. Rooted a few hours ago using this method.

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[MoHoGalore]

Rooted yesterday and just noticed today that I'm getting a error message, "warning, camera fail," when attempting to use the camera. Coincidence or not?

Coincidence. Nothing about this or the other method should break the camera function. Sounds like a possible hardware failure if anything.

Only suggestion I can come up with is either a factory reset, which probably won't correct the issue, or flash the full no root mdc tar and test.

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[tygger]

Will the full factory reset effect the root in any way? Looks like I'll have to unroot anyways to take it back to the store.

 

[MoHoGalore]

Will the full factory reset effect the root in any way? Looks like I'll have to unroot anyways to take it back to the store.

While rooted? Negative.

If you're planning to take it back for them to look at, then you should use the full restore no root tar. It will set everything back to official.

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