Verizon Galaxy S4 mini (sch-I435) rooted and using Wanam

[jonno95]

I just wanted to post that i was able to use a popular program (starts with a k ends with an o) that may or may not be sending your imei to china. A phone isn't worth having without root.

(I did try adding recovery from this thread, but it failed, so the 2 possibly unsafe methods are the only options as of right now)

Please explore all the risks before copying and possibly blaming me for any harm done to your phone. As far as i know we don't have a stock odin file to go back to if you mess it up.

I used a fresh install of xp with no user data and i didn't have my sim installed on the phone and no user accounts setup on the phone. Once i was done to be safe, i wiped that install of xp.

Wanam also works great.

Yes!! hundreds of mods work with Wanam Xposed (root required)

install xposed framwork found HERE

open the app then install the framwork

install Wanam Xposed found HERE

then enabe the module in Xposed

make your changes in Wanam Xposed

reboot and see the magic!


Things i've changed so far:

Notification panel: remove AP/PM, clock centered, enable circle battery, hide alarm clock, quick settings tiles changed to 6, hide indicator bars, remove gaps between tiles, disable airplane toggle popup, hide wifi notification, hide carrier label,

With Hidden Note 2 settings.
get it from the play store, here is a link
In the camera settings i enabled the shutter sound on off menu.

With Titanium Backup.
I froze SDM to block any updates.
I froze com.android.providers.partnerBookmars to get rid of the samsung bookbarks

With Root Explorer.
I forced chrome to always give desktop view
basically you download the file.
remove the ".txt" from the end
copy it to /data/local/
set permissions
reboot.

 

[kc6wke]

Root

I just wanted to post that i was able to use a popular program (starts with a k ends with an o) that may or may not be sending your imei to china. A phone isn't work having without root.

(I did try adding recovery from this thread, but it failed, so the 2 possibly unsafe methods are the only options as of right now)

Please explore all the risks before copying and possibly blaming me for any harm done to your phone. As far as i know we don't have a stock odin file to go back to if you mess it up.

I used a fresh install of xp with no user data and i didn't have my sim installed on the phone and no user accounts setup on the phone. Once i was done to be safe, i wiped that install of xp.

Wanam also works great.

Yes!! hundreds of mods work with Wanam Xposed (root required)

install xposed framwork found HERE

open the app then install the framwork

install Wanam Xposed found HERE

then enabe the module in Xposed

make your changes in Wanam Xposed

reboot and see the magic!


Things i've changed so far:

Notification panel: remove AP/PM, clock centered, enable circle battery, hide alarm clock, quick settings tiles changed to 6, hide indicator bars, remove gaps between tiles, disable airplane toggle popup, hide wifi notification, hide carrier label,

With Titanium Backup.
I froze SDM to block any updates.

With Root Explorer.
I forced chrome to always give desktop view
basically you download the file.
remove the ".txt" from the end
copy it to /data/local/
set permissions
reboot.

I'm getting mine tomorrow
How did you root
any links?

 

[jonno95]

I'm getting mine tomorrow
How did you root
any links?

kingo, no hickups at all. I can't give a link, because it is currently under review by xda because it sends your imei like to china or something. You should defiantly look into the security risks... I ultimately decided that root was more important. And possibly, i don't fully understand what they could do with my imei. I understand that for the Note 3, you use the imei to get a $50 play store credit, so maybe if there is ever something like that for the s4 mini, we better be quick. I also took other precautions by using a fresh install of xp (i've heard of others using sandbox) with no personal info whatsoever on it, i didn't have my sim card installed on the phone, and i didn't have any accounts set up on the phone. Their website looks pretty clean, is registered in the US, they say they are from Canada, but don't have a complete grasp on english (but then neither do i), and it is impressive the number of phones that their program works on.

 

[jonno95]

When on wifi, does anyone else have the 3g/4g/1x icon on? Mine always stays on. I know it's not using cellular data because the arrows are gone, i'm just wondering if it is something i've done to make it do this.

 

[kc6wke]

When on wifi, does anyone else have the 3g/4g/1x icon on? Mine always stays on. I know it's not using cellular data because the arrows are gone, i'm just wondering if it is something i've done to make it do this.

Same thing here, even if wifi and mobile data is turned off, 4g Icon remains. Same thing without Xposed installed.

Any luck with a recovery?

 

[jonno95]

Same thing here, even if wifi and mobile data is turned off, 4g Icon remains. Same thing without Xposed installed.

Any luck with a recovery?

I for sure don't know enough. I only assume that it would be locked down like the Verizon Note 3 and Verizon Galaxy S4. The recovery for those is safe strap which i'm sure could be done, but i think there might be only one guy that could do it. I'm afraid that this device won't have enough support to talk him into creating it for us. It seems like it takes him more than a week of solid coding to do it.

 

[phositadc]

Could someone post a screenshot of icon not going away?

Sent from my XT1053

 

[kc6wke]

data icon

Could someone post a screenshot of icon not going away?

Sent from my XT1053

here is one with Xposed installed and one stock.

 

[phositadc]

here is one with Xposed installed and one stock.

View attachment 2442180

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edit
Sorry pics wont show, will try later must xda issue

see here for now
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/qld2w37raavz3gp/7LnMQcSS0l

Thanks. Did you root with ringo or something else?

Sent from my XT1053

 

[kc6wke]

Thanks. Did you root with ringo or something else?

Sent from my XT1053

With kingo. Only option at this time as I know of (thanks Jonno95).
Working on trying to get a recovery going, but may be Sol.

 

[phositadc]

With kingo. Only option at this time as I know of (thanks Jonno95).
Working on trying to get a recovery going, but may be Sol.

I'd like to get someone to mod the systemui to remove am/pm and better yet to get rid of the mobile indicator when WiFi is connected. Why have manufacturers started keeping that visible on WiFi lately? It's ugly and a waste of space.

Sent from my XT1053

 

[kc6wke]

I'd like to get someone to mod the systemui to remove am/pm and better yet to get rid of the mobile indicator when WiFi is connected. Why have manufacturers started keeping that visible on WiFi lately? It's ugly and a waste of space.

Sent from my XT1053

Remove am/pm in Wanam, Notifications panel, Am PM Style choose Hide

 

[phositadc]

Remove am/pm in Wanam, Notifications panel, Am PM Style choose Hide

I can't run Xposed. My corporate email program detects it and shuts down. I usually root, freeze bloat, and then unroot, and then install corporate email. I could mod systemui while rooted and that would stick after unrooting.

Sent from my XT1053

 

[kc6wke]

I can't run Xposed. My corporate email program detects it and shuts down. I usually root, freeze bloat, and then unroot, and then install corporate email. I could mod systemui while rooted and that would stick after unrooting.

Sent from my XT1053

The Icon can be removed from the systemUI but your left with a blank space. Im new to samsung but if its anything like htc, its a smali edit to remove the space





Edit
After screenlock and unlock, space is gone

 

[Chris-M.]

I just wanted to post that i was able to use a popular program (starts with a k ends with an o) that may or may not be sending your imei to china. A phone isn't worth having without root.

(I did try adding recovery from this thread, but it failed, so the 2 possibly unsafe methods are the only options as of right now)

Please explore all the risks before copying and possibly blaming me for any harm done to your phone. As far as i know we don't have a stock odin file to go back to if you mess it up.

I used a fresh install of xp with no user data and i didn't have my sim installed on the phone and no user accounts setup on the phone. Once i was done to be safe, i wiped that install of xp.

Wanam also works great.

Yes!! hundreds of mods work with Wanam Xposed (root required)

install xposed framwork found HERE

open the app then install the framwork

install Wanam Xposed found HERE

then enabe the module in Xposed

make your changes in Wanam Xposed

reboot and see the magic!


Things i've changed so far:

Notification panel: remove AP/PM, clock centered, enable circle battery, hide alarm clock, quick settings tiles changed to 6, hide indicator bars, remove gaps between tiles, disable airplane toggle popup, hide wifi notification, hide carrier label,

With Hidden Note 2 settings.
get it from the play store, here is a link
In the camera settings i enabled the shutter sound on off menu.

With Titanium Backup.
I froze SDM to block any updates.
I froze com.android.providers.partnerBookmars to get rid of the samsung bookbarks

With Root Explorer.
I forced chrome to always give desktop view
basically you download the file.
remove the ".txt" from the end
copy it to /data/local/
set permissions
reboot.

If I'm not mistaking any time you need to go back to stock you can always use the Verizon software to repair and set to factory defaults. I always did with my original s4 went from root back to stock and didn't have to use Odin. But I could be wrong on the s4 mini. Maybe something to look into I guess.

Sent from my SCH-I435 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app

 

[Wolftickets]

If I'm not mistaking any time you need to go back to stock you can always use the Verizon software to repair and set to factory defaults. I always did with my original s4 went from root back to stock and didn't have to use Odin. But I could be wrong on the s4 mini. Maybe something to look into I guess.

Sent from my SCH-I435 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app

Good point, but is there a way to do it if your phone is boot looping or otherwise keeping you out of the settings menu?

Regardless, I can't stand waiting any longer. I'm going to try the steps in the op and hopefully report back from my still functioning Verizon s4mini

 

[kc6wke]

If I'm not mistaking any time you need to go back to stock you can always use the Verizon software to repair and set to factory defaults. I always did with my original s4 went from root back to stock and didn't have to use Odin. But I could be wrong on the s4 mini. Maybe something to look into I guess.

Sent from my SCH-I435 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app

Big Thanks to you Chris-M.
Fixed my soft bricked phone using VZW software.

 

[fhem]

Any New News

I want to root my daughters 4mini sch-i435 but I have not seen enough positive feedback. Does anyone know if there are other sites reporting on the s4mini progress?

 

[kc6wke]

I want to root my daughters 4mini sch-i435 but I have not seen enough positive feedback. Does anyone know if there are other sites reporting on the s4mini progress?

Not really any other sites on this
Kingo root works perfect

 

[joetrizeo]

For those looking to root WITHOUT kingo look here.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2565758