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[Q] Forced eL30 update Can i still root?

So my FF cam wasnt working along with a few other things on my phone so i took it to sprint and paid 30$ some odd dollars to fix.... When i get my phone back i realized they upgraded my software.... [email protected]#K.
I am now on GB EL30 2.3.6 and am searching for a root method... So far i have read that there is no solid root for this version yet and may not be for some time??
Here is where i need help... Am i wrong here? Is there a root for 2.3.6 GB out there?
Does the Gingerbreak work for this version... I have a feeling that it wont.... Can anyone confirm?
IF there is no way to root this version, will i be able to go back to an older version and root my phone ? like 2.3.whatever?
Thanks for the Help guys!!

Gingerbreak doesn't work....You have to odin in a recovery to flash su and it won't stick afterwards so make sure you have a su.zip flash the recovery make sure auto reboot isn't checked and 3 finger salute and flash su and reboot you'll be stock with su permissions.. I do think some kernels will actually work on it though I've read tw.bml samurai kernel works fine.
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Let me know if im getting this right,
Step 1. Get my phone connected to odin (uncheck auto reboot)
2. Flash a recovery (do you know where i can get one)
3. boot pressing power volume up and camera button and Flash su.zip?
I have a feeling im doing something wrong here please let me know, and THANKS for the help!!!

Gagstr said:
Let me know if im getting this right,
Step 1. Get my phone connected to odin (uncheck auto reboot)
2. Flash a recovery (do you know where i can get one)
3. boot pressing power volume up and camera button and Flash su.zip?
I have a feeling im doing something wrong here please let me know, and THANKS for the help!!!
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That is correct, for a recovery look for cwm5 in the development stickies, make sure its a .tar file extension and not a .zip
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Gagstr said:
Let me know if im getting this right,
Step 1. Get my phone connected to odin (uncheck auto reboot)
2. Flash a recovery (do you know where i can get one)
3. boot pressing power volume up and camera button and Flash su.zip?
I have a feeling im doing something wrong here please let me know, and THANKS for the help!!!
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It's volume down. And make sure you add the power button last.
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Okay wait let me update there is now a custom el30 kernel so do this.
Make sure you have the custom kernel .zip before going step by step sorry wrote this up in a hurry.
1. Get your su.zip and your recovery.tar(which ever recovery) and get odin to recognise and so forth.
2. Odin in the recovery.tar and make sure auto reboot isn't checked.
3. Hold power button, camera button, and volume down to boot into recovery and Flash this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1460540 scroll to find the .zip link. Once this is flashed flash su.zip
4. Boot up and you'll be rooted with with a custom recovery
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I cant get Odin to work on the computers at work, im assuming they don’t let users have the privileges that it takes to run this program and complete this operation so I will have to wait till im home to use Odin but I will report back later.

Yes this will be stock rooted... and there isn't an exploit for our stock kernels anymore samsung got smart I guess.... root calls for a modded kernel now anyways yes this will be just what you need for tethering
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One more thing, will this recovery work?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1357655
Thanks again guys, been very helpfull.

Here's the steps I used, but, I understand that toadlife now has a clean Kernel EL30 that takes the place of deleting the recovery script (that overwrites your CWM on reboot):
1. Attach phone to PC and mount...then copy the su zip file to the root of your SD card. Then unmount and unhook phone from pc.
2. Open Odin and uncheck everything. Put the CWM5.2.0.7 tar under PDA
3. Power off phone and then hold the Keyboard "1" key and Power at same time until phone gets the yellow triangle and says "Download Mode"
4. Attach the usb cable to PC and wait for a Yellow box to illuminate on Odin.
5. Now hit start and wait until it turns green and says "Pass"and the script has stopped running (the last line is something like 1 Pass 0 fail)
6. Unplug phone and remove battery (to get out of download mode without booting)
7. Now reinsert battery and 3 finger salute to CWM...from there, choose and install the su zip (now you are rooted).
8. Reboot and use your Root Explorer or other root explorer to go to system/etc and find the installer-recovery.sh file and delete it (you have to click Mount in Root Explorer to allow it to delete a system file).
9. Now power off and go back to download mode again and go into Odin with the CWM tar again, but make sure you check Autoreboot this time.
10. Now reinstall CWM with Odin like you did above.
If you use the kernel flash we mentioned above you can save yourself steps 8-10.
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Gagstr said:
One more thing, will this recovery work?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1357655
Thanks again guys, been very helpfull.
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yes, but I think you have to delete the .md5 extension off the .tar file. Mine just has .tar at the end.

Gagstr said:
One more thing, will this recovery work?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1357655
Thanks again guys, been very helpfull.
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Yep that's the recovery you want...
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Instructions copied from the general forum.
1. Odin flash cwm 5.0.27 with reboot checked off (nothing checked), put file in pda.
2. when its done, unplug data cable and pull out battery.
without rebooting system.
3. vol down, camera, power, to get into cwm recovery
4. install su.zip and reboot the phone (now you have root)
http://downloads.androidsu.com/super...fgh-signed.zip
5. install es explorer from market
5a. under menu/setting, check the box root explorer and mount file system
5b. browse into phone /system/etc/install-recovery.sh
delete "install-recovery.sh" script
(long press into that file and delete option will come out)
6. shut off your phone
7. odin cwm 5.0.27 again with reboot checked
8. restart, cwm and root will be stick forever.

Also Toadlife has a prerooted EL30 kernel over in the Development section.
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Ok so i was able to get all of this done and it seemed to have worked but before i did it correctly i managed to screw this up.....
I accidently flashed the cwm recovery to the damn phone in odin and now my baseband version and harware version are unknown... Can anyone help me flash the correct Baseband version and hardware files back to the phone so i can start making phone calls hahaha....

Basic Odin questions

Hi,
I have been rooting for a while with my evo 4g which is basically just recoveries & zip files.
Currently I have updated to Calk's ICS Beta 3 rom with modem FC05. I have read some stuff here & there that talk about having issues going from a ICS rom back to a GB nandroid.
I have installed Kies opened Odin, looked at the Wiki here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1274337
I just dont quite get in terms of flashing zips through odin. I keep reading people say to odin back to stock & then flash from there.
How do I do that? I looked at QB777's video on youtube, but it seems like PIT files arent used much at this point.
Any advice would be great.
Thanks,
Rich

Ok, basically when you Odin back to stock, it involves flashing a .tar ROM from the pda slot in desktop Odin and not zip file like you would in CWM. Once you restore back to stock, you can find a .tar recovery, I personally use rogue which will allow you to have cwm-based recovery for flashing zips. All the links should be in development. Let me know if you still need help
Edit-what Odin does is it allows you to flash Roms, kernels, moderns, etc even if you don't have a custom recovery, provided that they are in the correct format, like .tar extension
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so when i flash a tar, I go into download mode, open odin, point it to a stock rooted tar file that has CWR & I am back to stock ready to flash to something else?
Can you help me find those files? A stock rooted, CWR should do the trick.

RichTJ99 said:
so when i flash a tar, I go into download mode, open odin, point it to a stock rooted tar file that has CWR & I am back to stock ready to flash to something else?
Can you help me find those files? A stock rooted, CWR should do the trick.
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Ok, so you go into a download mode on your phone, open Odin, plug in your USB cord, ODIN should recognize your phone provided you installed the right drivers. You're good if you get the yellow box that says 0 com, something something. The only box that should be checked is Auto Reboot in Odin.
The easiest way that I've been going back and forth between GB and ICS is to install the rooted EL29 .tar version here
http://little-melon.com/sfhub/SPH-D710.EL29_CL852097_ROOTED-sfx.exe
You would need to extract the file until you get a folder with tar.md5 name. Example of the file I provided would be SPH-D710.EL29_CL852097_ROOTED_PDA.tar.md5 once you unzip it. This is the file you would put on the PDA slot of your desktop Odin.
Once you do this, Odin will start flashing and be done in like 1-2 minutes and auto reboot. Do not do anything to shut down, unplug, or mess with the device while Odin is flashing or you may end up bricking it. Once your phone reboots you will be rooted and stock based with EL 29 modem and kernel, which is the latest official Sprint OTA. If you want to get a recovery after this,you would need to go back into Odin and flash a kernel that has a recovery baked in. Like I said I use Rogue and the link would be here for Rogue Stock EL29-
http://goo-inside.me/kernels/TeamRo.../rogue_ET-recoveryonly-1.1.4-rc0-odin.tar.md5
Flashing this in Odin you will get CWM-based recovery and can start backing up, flashing different ROMS.
Hope this helps.

This is very helpful. I am stuck at the SGS2 boot screen after flashing MIJJs Goodness 1.8, can't boot in to recovery, only download mode. How do I fix this?

thefoss said:
This is very helpful. I am stuck at the SGS2 boot screen after flashing MIJJs Goodness 1.8, can't boot in to recovery, only download mode. How do I fix this?
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Flash a recovery in download mode that I linked. It's rogue recovery
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Just to confirm, using the files you had here, I open odin in download mode, choose PDA (check the check box) point it to the tar.md5 file, hit start & wait a few minutes until it auto reboots?
How do I flash the recovery? Is it also the PDA?
I have been flashing modems in CWR, not odin & I just want to make sure that recovery or rom itself, just PDA & nothing else checked (but PDA)?
stargaterules said:
Ok, so you go into a download mode on your phone, open Odin, plug in your USB cord, ODIN should recognize your phone provided you installed the right drivers. You're good if you get the yellow box that says 0 com, something something. The only box that should be checked is Auto Reboot in Odin.
The easiest way that I've been going back and forth between GB and ICS is to install the rooted EL29 .tar version here
http://little-melon.com/sfhub/SPH-D710.EL29_CL852097_ROOTED-sfx.exe
You would need to extract the file until you get a folder with tar.md5 name. Example of the file I provided would be SPH-D710.EL29_CL852097_ROOTED_PDA.tar.md5 once you unzip it. This is the file you would put on the PDA slot of your desktop Odin.
Once you do this, Odin will start flashing and be done in like 1-2 minutes and auto reboot. Do not do anything to shut down, unplug, or mess with the device while Odin is flashing or you may end up bricking it. Once your phone reboots you will be rooted and stock based with EL 29 modem and kernel, which is the latest official Sprint OTA. If you want to get a recovery after this,you would need to go back into Odin and flash a kernel that has a recovery baked in. Like I said I use Rogue and the link would be here for Rogue Stock EL29-
http://goo-inside.me/kernels/TeamRo.../rogue_ET-recoveryonly-1.1.4-rc0-odin.tar.md5
Flashing this in Odin you will get CWM-based recovery and can start backing up, flashing different ROMS.
Hope this helps.
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Reverting back to GB ROM
I recently switched back from ICS to GB and did not have any problems with the change back. I simply went into my SD card manually took everything off except my chaulkins format all and my wifi tether hack. I then went into recovery mode and did a wipe all. Then went to zip files, ran the format all, then did an install of the new ROM and it works great!

Stuck on yellow triangle screen.

I'm stuck I can't mount usb storage in cwm recovery and my phone won't boot into ROM. I used heimdall method to root my phone via mac. How can I flash another ROM? Would I be able to adb push a ROM to internal memory? Any help is greatly appreciated.
Or how's about how can i just brick it then return to sprint? I have the Sprint warranty.
sent from America...F__k Yeah!

Can you boot into download mode?
Sent from Team KC's founding member.

I'm not sure what is heimdall method and how it works but the best way would be going to download mode (vol down + power at the same time) like kc said. If it works then you need to flash the rom again from there.

I can get into download mode. How do I flash from there?
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Did you try and remove battery then restart phone into download mode?

Jabawockee said:
I can get into download mode. How do I flash from there?
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You aren't bricked (at least what you described so far doesn't indicate a brick).
What did you flash initially?
Assuming you are familiar with Heimdall (cross-platform equivalent of ODIN), since you flashed something earlier, you can look in the appropriate ODIN thread, in my signature, to get the modem/kernel/ROM to flash. The individual components are in the 2nd posts of each respective thread.

if you've got a rom or a backup on your phones sd card, then just use the same method in heimdall that you used to root; you'll get a kernel with recovery to load, and then flash a rom or restore your backup from there..
Easy Peasy, I;ve had to do that a few times so far..

mobile odin pro

k so i just bought pro odin it did the file dl... i got el26 tar..... i want the new hydra table 4.04 k this is where im lost so i put it in on mobile odin just the kernel el26 let odin do its thing once it reboots i hold power and up? for cwm recovery then from w in there flash my new rom??? so lost lol. plz help thx all.

madscienist2 said:
k so i just bought pro odin it did the file dl... i got el26 tar..... i want the new hydra table 4.04 k this is where im lost so i put it in on mobile odin just the kernel el26 let odin do its thing once it reboots i hold power and up? for cwm recovery then from w in there flash my new rom??? so lost lol. plz help thx all.
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Put it in kernel scroll down and flash. The phone will not boot using this kernel unless your on Gingerbread, but you dont need it to boot. If you get stuck at any point just pull the battery and proceed to the next step after its back in.
But the moment the capacitive lights turn off or from a full off hold the power + vol up until you see recovery.
Scroll down a couple until you get Install zip from sd (off the top of my head) in that menu the first option is the sd card and the bottom of the list also has the internal sd. go to the rom and any other files you want to flash, upon reboot, and a long reboot it will be you will have the rom you flashed.
Be sure to follow any additional instructions from that roms thread.

buildru woods,
what if im on mijj 7.1 4.0.3 os ics fd02 kernel w fd26 base as of now beforeim trying mobile odin... im just experimenting i use odin on my computer not this mobile stuff im just trying to learn more about it.

madscienist2 said:
what if im on mijj 7.1 4.0.3 os ics fd02 kernel w fd26 base as of now beforeim trying mobile odin... im just experimenting i use odin on my computer not this mobile stuff im just trying to learn more about it.
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You have 2 choices, flash the kernel with mobile odin and profit. Flash it with ODIN get a yellow triangle and profit. There is a third option that involves potentially perma bricking the phone.
One the Kernel is flashed boot to recovery, install zip from sd card, pick which one, find the file.

[Q] Rooting results in wrong recovery mode

I am in the middle of rooting my TMO GS3 with 4.1.2 and I am getting Android System Recovery instead of CWM recovery. What did I do wrong?

cybrguy1 said:
I am in the middle of rooting my TMO GS3 with 4.1.2 and I am getting Android System Recovery instead of CWM recovery. What did I do wrong?
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What process did you try?
T-Mobile SGS III

re: sure way to root - success everytime
cybrguy1 said:
I am in the middle of rooting my TMO GS3 with 4.1.2 and I am getting Android System Recovery instead of CWM recovery. What did I do wrong?
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There are dozens of ways to root your phone, some methods work better than others and some don't work at all.
Here is the way to root your phone with the T999 Jellybean 4.1.2 rom.
This method works all the time and every time, no more trial and errors.
Easy and sure way to have a fully rooted T999 Galaxy S3 - Here is s step by step guide:
Download the newest pre-rooted Samsung Galaxy S3 T999 Jellybean v4.1.2 rom: T999_UVDMD5
After downloading make a folder on your computer's desktop and unzip the
file using Winzip or 7zip so the .TAR file is in the new folder you just made.
Download and extract Odin into the same folder you made containing the TAR file
Here is the link for Odin: http://d-h.st/Q14
Download ODIN which is required for flashing the stock rooted firmware (a windows app)
Download the Odin Flash firmware for T999 Tmobile then copy it to the same folder as Odin
Run Odin by double clicking the Odin.exe within the same folder as the TAR file you extracted
Turn off your phone and boot into DOWNLOAD MODE (Volume Down + Home + Power Hold until phone powers up, then release and press Volume Up to enter Download Mode)
Once in Download Mode, connect the USB/Charger cable to the phone and plug into the USB port on your computer.
You should now see a COM** port listed toward the top-left of Odin (under ID:COM)
Click on the PDA button in the middle-right area of Odin.
Browse to and select the Firmware you downloaded (TAR file)
Make sure Auto-Reboot and F. Reset Time are the only options checked and that PDA is the only other thing checked.
TRIPLE CHECK your settings and that you have selected the correct firmware for your model phone and are using the correct options.
If you are using a laptop, make absolutely sure you are plugged in, or if on battery, that it is charged enough and will not go into sleep mode during flash.
Click Start to begin the flash. This will take a while, so be patient!
Once complete, in the top-left box in Odin, it will say PASS and the phone should have automatically rebooted.
You may unplug the phone and close Odin if you wish.
Wait at least 5-10 minutes for the system to boot the first time and then build its cache!
(It may seem to hang during boot, this is normal and you must be patient!!!)
Once it's rooted be sure to make a nandroid backup of the rom using cwm or twrp recovery.
Good Luck!

The above advice is irrelevant to the problem, way to read the OP. When you flash CWM with Odin, when you reboot your device, you need to drop to recovery before the device is allowed to boot. Do you understand? Flash CWM > boot straight into recovery. Once there you can exit. You will be prompted to disable some recovery crap. Do that.

mt3g said:
What process did you try?
T-Mobile SGS III
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I've been following Max's galaxys3root.com video instructions. Used Odin 1.85, got the yellow COM indicator, ran the clockworkmod.tar, got the pass indicator and rebooted. Copied the CWM file to the phone. Can't seem to get into CWM recovery mode. Gives me Samsungs...

cybrguy1 said:
I've been following Max's galaxys3root.com video instructions. Used Odin 1.85, got the yellow COM indicator, ran the clockworkmod.tar, got the pass indicator and rebooted. Copied the CWM file to the phone. Can't seem to get into CWM recovery mode. Gives me Samsungs...
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See my signature, too. Stop using files that are older than I am.

cybrguy1 said:
I've been following Max's galaxys3root.com video instructions. Used Odin 1.85, got the yellow COM indicator, ran the clockworkmod.tar, got the pass indicator and rebooted. Copied the CWM file to the phone. Can't seem to get into CWM recovery mode. Gives me Samsungs...
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Do what aerowinder said.
T-Mobile SGS III

Aerowinder said:
See my signature, too. Stop using files that are older than I am.
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OK, took your advice to heart and reflashed the newer (6.0.3.1) CWM, and I can now boot to it. Did an image.
Now, one of the main reasons I rooted the phone is so that I can add other programs to the MultiView feature. I most want Dolphin and my (stock) contact tool. Just dragging them to the tray doesn't get them there. I can imagine Dolphin may need to be reinstalled, but what would I need to do to get the built in contact tool to work with it?
Somehow I got the impression that rooting the phone would make everything available to MultiView...

You have to install the firmware with your recovery. Then it'll be available. Look in to the development section for the mod.
T-Mobile SGS III

mt3g said:
You have to install the firmware with your recovery. Then it'll be available. Look in to the development section for the mod.
T-Mobile SGS III
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Sorry to be thick, but I don't know what you mean. I'm not sure what firmware you mean for me to install.

Rooting your device grants you permission to be able to do things. Not grant you things. You still need to flash a superuser root access .zip, a recovery doesn't grant root. I'm not on a PC so I'm not sure if what Aero pointed you towards also has the .zip you need included. Look in your app drawer and look for a superuser app. If its there then download this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2278022, And search how to flash a .zip in recovery. Make sure you read up a little more, and then ask questions before messing your phone up.
T-Mobile SGS III

Thanks, I do understand that rooting doesn't do anything but enable. I thought, though, that superuser was all I needed to enable most apps for multiview. I did flash SU when I rooted but mistakenly thought that would be enough for this feature.

There is an app that will grant the feature also, I don't use it but its out there. "multi window manager" that requires root so install it open it and follow instructions.

mt3g said:
There is an app that will grant the feature also, I don't use it but its out there. "multi window manager" that requires root so install it open it and follow instructions.
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Thank You! That was exactly what I was looking for, and it works just fine.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bjbinc.multiwindowmanager&hl=en

No worries. Forgot about the app for a few minutes glad I remembered lol.
T-Mobile SGS III