Please be easy on me. I'm new to this whole rooting thing and have been browsing here for the past couple of days trying to learn as much as I can.
I have a Sprint E4GT and as many may be aware, ICS is being pushed out. I've already tried the manual update and ran with it for a couple of days, long enough to know I was NOT happy with it.
My plans are to root my phone with the ODIN SPH-D710.EL29_CL852097 (EL29 Modem/Kernel/ROM - Full Restore - Rooted) available elsewhere on this forum.
If I understand correctly, this is a completely stock ROM with the only addition of root / superuser access. Should I assume that means fotakill.apk is not installed and I will still receive OTA notifications?
Is installing the fotakill.apk application as simple as clicking on the file I have downloaded on my SD card or do I need to follow the procedures outlined in the fotakill threads available here on the forum?
Thanks in advance.
Bump for the noob.
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Could someone recreate the basic how-to-root for our latest iteration of Official software release?
I flashed back to stock, upgraded via Kies, and now I want SU back for TiBackup.
But I had a tough time putting the pieces together for a how-to together from all the loose threads. I've rooted and flashed a fair number of ROMs, surely I'm not the only one struggling.
I eventually managed, mostly with the help of this post:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=27307687&postcount=59
But ... I think he was wrong about the CWM version, as it appears to be 5.0.26
1)
[REF] Your One-Stop-Shop for rooting, roms, kernels and themes! only points to an outdated thread for how-to:
[HOWTO] ROOT T-Mobile SGSII via ODIN -- Updated Recovery
2)
(ODIN)(ICS)(LE1) SGH-T989_TMB_1_20120608172207_ugy1nehf4g
Has some files linked like su-3.0.7-efghi-signed.zip what didn't work, reading further you get some direction/sidetracked around post 50 where it points over to Galaxy S II I9100G Android Development . Or 56 where most of the files you'll need are uploaded.
3)
[HOWTO] ROOT, Install ClockworkMod Touch Recovery & get into Download Mode for newbie
sends you to here if you just want Root w/o clockwork touch:
[REF] ROOT via Superoneclick ->
which sends you to here
[HOWTO] ROOT T-Mobile SGSII via ODIN -- Updated Recovery
etc etc.
It's all very confusing especially as we move from version to version; alot of the older methods become less useful or perhaps replaced with better tools.
Anyway, just a request for someone with some repute to handle. Good luck.
Thank you for posting this. I was gonna request but no time to look for all those download that i did trying to root the ics for tmobile s2... All im waiting is for a better way to root this phone since all the crap tmobilw loaded on this... Thanks once again
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I'm sure this has been asked somewhere, and I tried to find out for myself but I haven't been able to get a definitive answer and I'm rather careful with my phone so that is why I am asking here. I have the Sprint GNote 2 with Android version 4.1.1 and I rooted using CF Auto Root. I have installed a bunch of root programs (Busy Box, Triangle Away, etc.) and made some system modifications and simple sound file changes... now my device wants me to update to a new version of Android. So before I do that, I am assuming that I just go ahead and do the update and then go through the CF Auto Root process again... is that going to affect any of the mods I have made, do I need to keep track of what I've done so I can make the changes after each system update? I'm still learning, so any help is appreciate and sorry for the n00bish question.
Thanks.
~ Sorcerer Merlin.
Normally, if I do a search with creative enough verbage, I can find the answer here however right now that's not the case.
I have a 2 part question, but first, my device info:
- Currently I am stock rooted with TWRP recovery
- Model: SPH-L900
- Android Version: 4.1.2 on MC2 (both baseband and build)
- I was rooted when I first got the device, and had to unroot, update and reroot (using toolkit I believe)
#1. I have been seeing mixed information out there about this update (MK4) and was wondering if someone can just advise if KNOX is actually a part of the update (either OTA or LORJAY589's)? I would actually like to be able to have KNOX as it would be handy to use my device more for work.
#2. I am a fan of having my device rooted, personally I just like the ability to actually back it up fully, but there are other things that are nice too. The actual question is, if one of the updates does have KNOX in it, and its useable, is it still possible to have the device rooted?
If these could be answered, relatively simply, it would be greatly appreciated. I'm a bit of a n00b, but I have absolutely no issues with flashing my device using any of the standard methods, but a brief walkthrough would be appreciated (if only for the methods used).
Thanks!
Edit:
So here are the steps that I want to take, if someone can advise me if I'm being stupid based on my questions that would be great:
download:
MK4 4.3 SPH-L900 Odex Full Rom Rooted (thanks again LORJAY589),
Follow the following steps (Thanks cullenmq1):
1. Download full rom rooted (either deodex or odex)
2. Download wifi fix .rar
3. Go to recovery (doesnt matter both twrp and cwm work)
4. Make a rom backup just in case
5. Full wipe (not necessary but recommended, we dont need people bricking notes)
6. Flash full rom
7. Flash wifi fix through odin (must unpack rar first and mobile odin does not work with this)
8. MAKE SURE TO THANK LORJAY589 FOR HIS AWESOME WORK!
Then basically recover all my goodies with titanium backup / re-downloading... and from there I should have NO issues with WiFi or anything else as far as anyone here is concerned (if samsung screwed something up, I'm not about to blame a XDA Dev).
Sound reasonable?
umm... no
I'm not a super pro dev. but when I first read lorjays post. he was very specific about what to do. he said not to listen to anyone else's instructions but his own. that included flashing through cwm. not twrp. he said it doesn't work. and I saw for myself how many people where writing and asking questions about how to fix their phones because something went wrong. they forced him to post another comment saying do not listen to anyone elses instructions. follow mine and everything will work fine. so if I were you that's what I'd do. I know cause I did. and unlike a lot of dummy's who where asking for help. I had no problems after installing
I had rooted my SGS3 while on 4.0.4 using the stock Samsung rom and Odin without issue no custom ROMS were installed just root access. Early August of 2013 the OTA for 4.1.2 was rolled out and I had accepted the update which was installed without issue, which apparently should not have been the case (everything I can find says OTAs will fail if you have root access, but this was not the case). I now want to either return to a full stock to get the 4.3.3 update at which point I may remain unrooted, or gain root again and update to 4.3.3 with root. I'm cautious about how to proceed here since I've read about a lot of people bricking their phones while attempting to root after 4.3.3. My primary concern is that my flash counter is tripped at 1, but I don't have root access and am not sure how to proceed with out potentially damaging my phone. So I'm essentially getting the worst of both worlds (unable to receive stock updates from carrier, no root access to update otherwise.) and don't want to be stuck on 4.1.2 for the life of this phone. I still have SuperSU installed, but when I open it it says "There is no SuperSU Binary installed and Super SU cannot install it. This is a problem!"
I have searched these forums and a few related to it, and from what I can gather I should just reroot the phone following instructions for 4.1.2, but if I want to make the jump to 4.3.3 I wasn't clear if this would be needed or not, but none of the threads I could find directly addressed the issue for the ATT SGS3 i747. The closest I found was a thread posted last month where the OP was directed to the CF Root procedures, but there was no followup after that. I'm just a little leery about what might happen if I reroot with another method and end up with duplicate files/.apks etc related to the root process on my phone.
I also wanted to be sure that rerooting using a different method wouldn't somehow damage my phone.
Can someone with some experience please advise of the safest best practice for me to either recover root and update, or remove root and update so I can start fresh later? From what I can gather this should be an easy fix, but I would prefer to rely on the expertise of someone more knowledgable as opposed to winging it on a gut feeling I will be ok.
So I rooted my phone using the method outlined in this thread here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1771687
I used odin to flash the 4.1.2 T-Mobile image and I stopped at the part that said "If you just want a stock, rooted phone with no custom recovery, no plans to flash custom roms, etc. then you can stop HERE" because I only wanted root so I could fix the keyboard bug (keyboard would revert to stock one after resets).
So my question is, can I update to 4.3 via the OTA update that is in the About Device > Software Update section in the phone? Looking elsewhere the official instructions say that the phone should not be rooted before updating. If so, can I get rid of the root in order to update? (As far as I know, the keyboard bug doesn't exist in 4.3 anyway so I don't think I need the root anymore). If not, how can I update to 4.3?
Lastly, and somewhat unrelated, can I use the factory data reset in the Back up and reset section of the settings? Previously in my experience with roms, this would lead to a boot loop but I'm not sure if that is the case with this so-called rooted stock rom.
Thanks in advance.
You can use OTA RootKeeper to temporarily disable Root so that you will receive the update. Or you could also visit the Root66 thread you have linked. There you will see Rooted version of the 4.3 update.
Having said that, You will want to Research the consequences of the 4.3 Stock update. In particular you wish to research the consequences of CIQ, KNOX and the new EFuse Bootloader.
I am by no means an expert but I figure I just did this so it may help you out. I updated my phone to 4.3 accidentally on purpose and then I decided to root my phone like the next day. I used Mr Robinson's method and then used his third method to download the ROM manager and install CWM Recovery and then I put Cyanogen on it. I have not had any issues except the app Trailer Addict doesn't work with it but that is not a big issue. I have everything else that I wanted and more. I don't care about the flash counter since I am not under warranty. Oh and you can use Titanium Backup to back up your apps. I didn't do this the first time so I had to back up from Kies 3 by dragging files onto my SD card and not all worked. I hope I helped a little.