Popular hacker geohot has reappeared on the Android scene where he released a root for the Samsung Galaxy S4 Active.
hit up geohot.com/activeroot on your device because I'm too new to post links supporting for the next hour in #xda-devs on freenode it's my first android root, be kind. feedback welcome.
For those of you with the S4 Active, you can find instructions on rooting your device here. Goehot's apk can be downloaded from the link below. Hopefully we will see him back on the iOS scene for the release of the iPhone 5S and iOS 7.
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me - July 4, 2013 at 3:57am
how do you open this file?
What do I need to download to open please help
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Mikael - July 3, 2013 at 3:00pm
Just loove when android (excuse me) retards use this forum to root their shitty plastic trashphones:)))
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Neebee - July 3, 2013 at 3:34pm
Hey mikael Are you gay?
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Newbee - July 3, 2013 at 6:53am
Can we use this root menthol on any android device or just only galaxy S4? Please help
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Me - July 3, 2013 at 12:29am
I downloaded this file,it says I cant open APK.
Using my mac with win7 parallel
Damn windows!
How to install it this.?
Thx
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Nico - July 2, 2013 at 11:59pm
I THINK I MIGHT JUST THROW MY PHONE AWAY! TIRED OF ALL THIS TECHNOLOGY!
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Jason - July 2, 2013 at 5:48pm
Can you please be so kind and tell us who all the "important people" are? Im dying to hear this ....
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Nuck Chorris - July 3, 2013 at 1:18am
I'm not sure if you read the header of this thread.. Although this is an apple forum he was commenting on an Android topic.
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Aj85 - July 2, 2013 at 3:56pm
I do believe there was a reward/bounty to be collected by the person who would first root this device! Kudos to Geohot.. And earning $450 in the process.
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