[Q] What is Chimera Tool and how does that play into root access?

So, I wasn't paying attention and it bit me. I was given an android phone of my choosing, and i had not done much research beforehand, nor was I told what carrier it was to be on. Since I liked the Note 2, I told the gifter "I'd like the Note 4" and I was given the AT&T Note 4. Not that I can really complain about such an awesome gift (though technically it's a trade, but whatevs), but it turns out there's no root access yet, though it seems the devs that are still working on it are pretty close, according to a thread in the dev forum:



http://ift.tt/1NjQbob



However, I found some interesting info on another forum while i was digging up info on the root status on the AT&T version of the Note 4. I found this thing called "Chimera Tool". I'm not sure what it's offering, it's something called a "factory unlock" and they charge for it. It seems a little shady, and the official replies are all polite, but in broken English and seem to be over-promising, so I figured I'd come here and see what info the XDA crowd knew about this.



I see on the other site that they report that the AT&T Note 4 has not only root access, but bootloader unlock access via their tool, if you pay them some money. It looks like they want about $20 - $50 to make it work too.



http://ift.tt/1Mdehnr



Here's the page that has the awesome claims that their tool can work wonders:

http://ift.tt/1kX7Jf5



What is this tool? Is it snake oil?

What is a "factory unlock"? How is that different from root? How is that different from an unlocked bootloader?

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