[wplug] OT cell phone help -- other more on-topic cellphone question

[Rob]

Along the lines of cellphones, I have a moe applicable question.  Does anyone have a safe, (sourcecode available) root hack for the Verizon version of the Galaxy S4 running the kitkat 4.4.2 android release?

I got my Galaxy S4 expecting that it would be unlocked and that I could swap the sim card and use it on competitors networks.  I find that Verizon has locked down the bootloader and I'm not able to find any legitimate root exploits for the latest android OS release.

This crap of not being able to have root access on android phones is unnacceptable.  I need to be able to selectively manage permissions of installed apps, and to rip the guts out of the bloatware that verizon installs on the phones.  All owners of these phones SHOULD have that right!

Since android uses the linux kernel it's somewhat on-topic.


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On Fri, 5/16/14, Janos Dohanics <web at 3dresearch.com> wrote:

 Subject: Re: [wplug] OT cell phone help
 To: "General user list" <wplug at wplug.org>
 Date: Friday, May 16, 2014, 7:33 PM
 
 On 5/16/2014 5:01 PM, Pat
 Barron wrote:
 > Agreed, easiest way to
 transfer contacts is probably to make sure
 > they're on the SIM card.
 >
 > Phone has USB, but it
 looks like you need Sony's "Media Manager"
 > software (which only runs on Windows, of
 course...) to use USB to move
 > data
 (photos and music) to/from a computer.
 >
 > I had to pull some
 photos off of a low-end flip phone phone like this a
 > while back, and what I found is that I was
 able to use Bluetooth to pair
 > the phone
 with my laptop (which also has Bluetooth) and copy the
 files
 > over that way.  According to the
 user guide, this phone also supports
 >
 this type of file transfer via Bluetooth.  It's very
 slow, but may be
 > the path of least
 resistance for recovering whatever music and photos
 > are on the phone. Assuming, of course, you
 can keep the phone running
 > for long
 enough to do the transfer before it shuts down randomly. 
 The
 > biggest advantage is that this way
 doesn't require you to install any
 >
 additional software - as long as the computer you're
 sending the data to
 > has Bluetooth, and
 can transfer files over Bluetooth, you're all set.
 >
 > User guide for this
 phone is here, if that helps you:
 >
 > http://www-support-downloads.sonymobile.com/tm506/userguide_AE_TM506_1208-0969.1.pdf
 >
 > --Pat.
 
 Lazy me, never looked at
 this... thanks for the hint.
 
 -- 
 Janos Dohanics
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