has anyone rooted telecom s4 4.3 or installed app ops on 4.2.2?

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#139059 26-Jan-2014 12:35

I'm planning to flash that rom but only if there is a reliable way of rooting it.

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#974596 26-Jan-2014 13:01

Have you read up at xda? That's generally the source of truth for this sort of stuff.

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#974606 26-Jan-2014 13:15

I have tried, my Google skills are very poor. Never gets me an answer. Just wondering if any locals have done it

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#974607 26-Jan-2014 13:15

From your reply I'm guessing no?

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#974612 26-Jan-2014 13:28

I'm still on 4.2.2. I didn't want to risk getting Knox and it works fine. I'm waiting for official 4.4.2, then I'll wait for someone to remove Knox, then I'll upgrade.

Read here, it links to rooting method and XDA threads.

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#974622 26-Jan-2014 14:19

Sigh I need app ops ... let me see if I can force app ops on 4.2.2

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#974635 26-Jan-2014 14:57

joker97: Sigh I need app ops ... let me see if I can force app ops on 4.2.2

I have no idea what this means.

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#974637 26-Jan-2014 15:07

Joker you are most of teh way to putting another rom on that will give you access why not just flash one, nothing to lose you are already rooted on custom recovery so counter is tripped regardless. Remember you can always restore your backup but why would you go back to 4.2.

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#974646 26-Jan-2014 15:33

timmmay:
joker97: Sigh I need app ops ... let me see if I can force app ops on 4.2.2

I have no idea what this means.

app opps allows you to control exactly which permissions you allow your apps to access.

for example if you don't want your facebook app to read your contacts and sms you can deny it access

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#974862 26-Jan-2014 22:29

Mine has been rooted since day 1. I've since flagged the warranty and am running 4.4.2.
Simply locate the correct Philz kernel on XDA and odin flash it. Mine has been rooted for long enough that I no longer have any idea which version you'd need to root the Telecom 4.3 rom.

If you're planning on going straight to 4.4.2 then odin flash the stock rom (modems etc otherwise your wifi will not work), then the latest rooted kernel, then you can enter recovery and flash whatever rom you like.

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#974924 27-Jan-2014 08:49

I have been running 4.4.2 on my rooted phone for a while now on my SII. I have NEATROM AOSP on it with Team Win Kitkat kernel on it.

Goto XDA Developers website and have a read.

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#976040 28-Jan-2014 16:33

hah i can say that rooting a 4.3 rom is as easy as a b c.

odin cf-auto-root, let it do its thing

odin a custom recovery

done.

less than 1 minute