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I cam from the evo 4g and rooted and ran several roms, my concern in rooting the epic is that Samsung updates wont be coming as quickly to fix problems. I love running custom roms. Can you unroot this phone if need be? What way would you recommend rooting this phone? Any advice would be much appreciated. Thank you in advance

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SRT300 said:
I cam from the evo 4g and rooted and ran several roms, my concern in rooting the epic is that Samsung updates wont be coming as quickly to fix problems. I love running custom roms. Can you unroot this phone if need be? What way would you recommend rooting this phone? Any advice would be much appreciated. Thank you in advance
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hi compared to eve , the process is simple you will find a guide here, but in a nutshell you will use Odin tool.
best way to root will be to download a recovery in .tar form and flash it with odin, then download and save calkulin's or anyone's rom you want, modem, and flash it by following instruction...read instruction for using odin carefully else u will need more help...

Samsung phones are easy to root. Especially if you're coming from an Evo. There is a ton of support here on the forums, just check out the development section and do some homework. It's all there. You can root this phone with confidence.

asteetva said:
hi compared to eve , the process is simple you will find a guide here, but in a nutshell you will use Odin tool.
best way to root will be to download a recovery in .tar form and flash it with odin, then download and save calkulin's or anyone's rom you want, modem, and flash it by following instruction...read instruction for using odin carefully else u will need more help...
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That was a great way to root over a month ago
The easy fail safe way to root & flash cwm-Kernel can be found in link
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1342728

If you install a custom rom thru CWM or Odin, can you unroot?

SRT300 said:
If you install a custom rom thru CWM or Odin, can you unroot?
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No need install custom rom through Odin.....no need to root using odin.
Link I provided in previous post takes care of that.
Unroot is pretty simple
Flash EG30 stock tar though Odin , you will out of the box stock with no root.
Also:
Buy yourself a $2.00 jig its always good to have around if things go bad - brick or if Odin flash count clear is needed for Sprint store service visit.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Samsung-i91...A%2BFICS%2BUFI&otn=21&pmod=250855152132&ps=54

[Q&A] Rooting

Hi all, I've rooted a few verizon s3's with the following methods.. First time from ICS using rootdebugfs tool from one of the great guys here. Then my second phone took the JB update. So I had to ODIN to a stock VZW image and then run debugfs tool. The last few I've just used ODIN and flashed a sweet root injected stock JB image then ran EZ-Unlock and EZ-Recovery and put what I want on there.
So here lies the question. I'm doing my Grandpa's phone i747. Can I just Odin CWMrecovery to the phone and flash root.zip from clockworkmod? He is on stock JB? Am I doing the long method?
Any input is appreciated thankyou

halfaddict said:
Hi all, I've rooted a few verizon s3's with the following methods.. First time from ICS using rootdebugfs tool from one of the great guys here. Then my second phone took the JB update. So I had to ODIN to a stock VZW image and then run debugfs tool. The last few I've just used ODIN and flashed a sweet root injected stock JB image then ran EZ-Unlock and EZ-Recovery and put what I want on there.
So here lies the question. I'm doing my Grandpa's phone i747. Can I just Odin CWMrecovery to the phone and flash root.zip from clockworkmod? He is on stock JB? Am I doing the long method?
Any input is appreciated thankyou
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you've got the right method. here's a link to same way. i attached it because inside it includes the .tar and all that for download. cheers
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2042775
also, once it's rooted, i'd download rom manager and update his cwm version (6.0.2.3 is current)

help needed! Trying to root and install OmniROM 4.4 on my i747

hey guys. lurker turned new poster here at XDA. a friend of mine turned me on to this a while back when he introduced me to the world of rooting. I've recently bought a Galaxy S III (SGH-i747), and I've been trying to root it using mskip's unified toolkit (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1979290). I got it rooted once, but eventually bricked it when trying to get 4.4 on it, and had to reinstall the stock 4.1.1 rom on it and lost the root in the process.
I'm completely new to all this, and I'm still trying to figure it out. I've been searching as much as I can and reading a lot, but I'm not sure if there's something I'm missing here. when I try to root it lately using the toolkit, it gets stuck in the process after I exit Odin, and will never progress.
before when the root was actually in place, I tried to install a custom OS after doing a full wipe of the system, and it never would install. I tried it with TWRP and CWM, and there was no success with either of them. the one peculiar thing, however, is that I could never get it to install with the "ALLINONE" option. when I got it to work that once, I had to install it each individually.
is there some sort of guide out there that would make this easier for me to get 4.4 on the phone? or will someone be able to help me through the process?
thank you for your time!

I just rebooted my comp, reinstalled the drivers for the phone through the toolkit, and gave it one more shot at rooting it (option 1 in the program), and this is what the process looked like.
*see attached image*
I *always* get stuck at the "pushing superuser.apk and su binary.." part.
any thoughts?

hachikid said:
I just rebooted my comp, reinstalled the drivers for the phone through the toolkit, and gave it one more shot at rooting it (option 1 in the program), and this is what the process looked like.
*see attached image*
I *always* get stuck at the "pushing superuser.apk and su binary.." part.
any thoughts?
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I used this when I first rooted my I747. http://galaxys3root.com/galaxy-s3-root/how-to-root-att-galaxy-s3-sgh-i747/
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My Bell s3 was on 4.1.2. I rooted by installing a rooted rom from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1739426
Do not flash a 4.1.1 or 4.1.2 rom if you have a bootloader from 4.3.

when I got the phone, it had 4.1.2 on it. when I bricked it, I flashed a stock 4.1.1 ROM on it, and that's what I've been using as my base ROM.
Boomer1605: I'll try that when I get home.
anyone else know what is up with the place I get stuck at during the toolkit way?

My Bell s3 was on 4.1.2 when I got it. SInce I needed to unlock it and didn't want to pay, I installed the stock Bell 4.1.1 firmware from here: http://www.sammobile.com/.
After using the menu option to unlock the phone and confirm that it was unlocked, I flashed the pre-rooted Bell s3 4.1.2 rom.
Everything worked perfectly, no errors or issues at all.

Cool! Can I find a pre-rooted 4.1.1 AT&T rom on that site? I can't really look at that link cause I'm currently at work.

Pre-rooted roms are here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1739426
I was able to install Root Explorer on my pre-rooted ROM and delete a tonne of Samsung apps.

I was able to install a pre-rooted version of 4.1.1, and I did a system/data/cache/dalvik wipe from the TWRP screen, but when I tried to install both Liquid Smooth and Omni Rom, it failed. I even restarted and didn't wipe, and it still failed. not sure where to go from here... :/

tativle coast
totally got it to work! I skipped using the toolkit to install TWRP, and used GooManager to use the latest TWRP. worked like a charm! currently running on Liquid Smooth 4.4.2!
thanks for the rooted copy of 4.1.1!

hachikid said:
totally got it to work! I skipped using the toolkit to install TWRP, and used GooManager to use the latest TWRP. worked like a charm! currently running on Liquid Smooth 4.4.2!
thanks for the rooted copy of 4.1.1!
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Awesome! Congratulations. For future reference, TWRP also had tar images for use with Odin.

[Q] I Hate 4.4

Hello Everyone,
im new here but ive been on this forum before for help searching similar problems.
now the problem i have today is driving me crazy since 4pm, i tried everything and no hope.
i have Galaxy note 3 tmobile it was rooted working great but i wanted more out of my rom so i decided to go with jedi elite, but it was recommended to flash it with TWRP so i thought i could flash it over CWM. but it didnt work and i couldnt reboot in recovery anymore. no problem backed up my apps and unrooted the phone back to normal with 4.3, then i found out that 4.4 is out so i went ahead and downloaded it thinking i can root with 4.4 kitkat. well after i updated the phone i rooted and tried to use TWRP but it wouldnt work and the phone didnt wanna boot in recovery i tried CWM and no luck either.
now the phone for some reason is not rooted, it wont load in recovery mode and i tried to downgrade back to 4.3 with odin but it keeps failing.
heres what i need help with. Downgrade back to 4.3, be able to root and boot in recovery mode with TWRP...
help pleaseeee.

If you flashed the full 4.4 update your not going to be able to go back but you can have your root and recovery. Just no 4.3 roms, sorry. Easiest thing for me to tell you is there are some good tuts, if you can follow directions you can get straightened out. I was feeling generous and searched for you.
Good tut here for getting going on 4.4:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2672393
If you want twrp instead of phill's touch, the latest version is compatible:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2467001

Dawii85 said:
Hello Everyone,
im new here but ive been on this forum before for help searching similar problems.
now the problem i have today is driving me crazy since 4pm, i tried everything and no hope.
i have Galaxy note 3 tmobile it was rooted working great but i wanted more out of my rom so i decided to go with jedi elite, but it was recommended to flash it with TWRP so i thought i could flash it over CWM. but it didnt work and i couldnt reboot in recovery anymore. no problem backed up my apps and unrooted the phone back to normal with 4.3, then i found out that 4.4 is out so i went ahead and downloaded it thinking i can root with 4.4 kitkat. well after i updated the phone i rooted and tried to use TWRP but it wouldnt work and the phone didnt wanna boot in recovery i tried CWM and no luck either.
now the phone for some reason is not rooted, it wont load in recovery mode and i tried to downgrade back to 4.3 with odin but it keeps failing.
heres what i need help with. Downgrade back to 4.3, be able to root and boot in recovery mode with TWRP...
help pleaseeee.
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Once you went up u here. No looking back. I disagree with you cause kit Kat is great. It has speed and great battery life. No more WiFi headaches. U need to search the threads for the how to root video and follow it. The last 10 or so people who hated kit Kat was all them doing wrong. Can't blame something when u doing it wrong. What recovery you got what root method. Where did you get Odin file from. Did md5 check out. I tell you that you my friend did something wrong. Read the threads not just the op. A few guys posted a step by step and it worked for 98% of the people. The other 2 did it wrong
TWEAKED N3

b.huss2 said:
If you flashed the full 4.4 update your not going to be able to go back but you can have your root and recovery. Just no 4.3 roms, sorry. Easiest thing for me to tell you is there are some good tuts, if you can follow directions you can get straightened out. I was feeling generous and searched for you.
Good tut here for getting going on 4.4:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2672393
If you want twrp instead of phill's touch, the latest version is compatible:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2467001
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i will try it out and hopefully the root goes through.
thank you so much

b.huss2 said:
If you flashed the full 4.4 update your not going to be able to go back but you can have your root and recovery. Just no 4.3 roms, sorry. Easiest thing for me to tell you is there are some good tuts, if you can follow directions you can get straightened out. I was feeling generous and searched for you.
Good tut here for getting going on 4.4:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2672393
If you want twrp instead of phill's touch, the latest version is compatible:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2467001
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It worked but the rom maxes at 2.4 kitkat and jedi are 2.7mhz. is there any method to root tmobile 4.4 at least with 4.4??

[Q] I bricked my note 2 sph-l900 please help

I think i Have bricked my phone I was on the new 4.4 I flashed back to [ROM][RESTORE][5-12-13]Back to UNROOTED Stock with Auto Flash Count Reset .. And then was taking the OTA back to 4.3. When it rebooted it gets stuck on the Samsung note2 screen and sits there. I can't get intoo any kind of recovery it brings up the connect to kies screen that says Firmware Upgrade encountered an issue connect to kies. I have tried flashing recovery again with odin to no avail I have also tried flashing the unbrick.tar file that is floating aroung here. I cant get anything to flash everything fails. I can get into download mode.. PLEASE HELP!!!!

jyerly said:
I think i Have bricked my phone I was on the new 4.4 I flashed back to [ROM][RESTORE][5-12-13]Back to UNROOTED Stock with Auto Flash Count Reset .. And then was taking the OTA back to 4.3. When it rebooted it gets stuck on the Samsung note2 screen and sits there. I can't get intoo any kind of recovery it brings up the connect to kies screen that says Firmware Upgrade encountered an issue connect to kies. I have tried flashing recovery again with odin to no avail I have also tried flashing the unbrick.tar file that is floating aroung here. I cant get anything to flash everything fails. I can get into download mode.. PLEASE HELP!!!!
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Looks like your having the same issue I was having. Check the 4.4 update thread about rwilco's modified restore. The one with the sboot or boot.ini in it works. Trust me It works I just got my phone back to 4.3 then back up to 4.4. If u have any questions pm me.

puffyjello said:
Looks like your having the same issue I was having. Check the 4.4 update thread about rwilco's modified restore. The one with the sboot or boot.ini in it works. Trust me It works I just got my phone back to 4.3 then back up to 4.4. If u have any questions pm me.
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puffyjello,
what version of Odin did you use? reboot checked/unchecked?
ive used three different versions and have been unsuccessful in getting out of the samsung logo screen.
im having the same problems as the OP.
thanks for the help!!!

arichter35 said:
puffyjello,
what version of Odin did you use? reboot checked/unchecked?
ive used three different versions and have been unsuccessful in getting out of the samsung logo screen.
im having the same problems as the OP.
thanks for the help!!!
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If it's the Samsung screen u need to go into factory recovery and do a factory reset. If u stuck at the note 2 screen u need to use odin and use the modified restore that was posted on the 4.4 update discussion thread. i think i used odin 3.4 or something. Ill turn my computer on to see.
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arichter35 said:
puffyjello,
what version of Odin did you use? reboot checked/unchecked?
ive used three different versions and have been unsuccessful in getting out of the samsung logo screen.
im having the same problems as the OP.
thanks for the help!!!
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ok to make things short as possible. i dont want this discussion to get out of hand and i will be as helpful as possible. I was stuck on the samsung note 2 screen. i couldnt get past it. tried everything for like 2 days and then rwilco12 posted his modified 4.3 restore on page 50 of the Note II - the 4.4.2 update - discussion thread. all i did was flash that through Odin3 v3.04. just reboot checked on PDA. nothing else. when it rebooted it took a while but it booted to the samsung screen that changes colors. it stuck there so what i did was reboot into recovery mode and did a factory reset. after that it booted into 4.3 no problems.
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arichter35 said:
puffyjello,
what version of Odin did you use? reboot checked/unchecked?
ive used three different versions and have been unsuccessful in getting out of the samsung logo screen.
im having the same problems as the OP.
thanks for the help!!!
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Any progress?

puffyjello said:
Looks like your having the same issue I was having. Check the 4.4 update thread about rwilco's modified restore. The one with the sboot or boot.ini in it works. Trust me It works I just got my phone back to 4.3 then back up to 4.4. If u have any questions pm me.
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Up and running thank you!

jyerly said:
Up and running thank you!
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Your welcome. Glad i could help. what about you arichter35??

It worked!
Thank you!!
If I go back to mc2 through billards file to get all the ota's in order will go through the same bs? If so, I will use the other method that was posted using the ota 4.4.2 file on XDA...
I appreciate all the help!
Sent from my SPH-L900 using XDA Free mobile app

arichter35 said:
It worked!
Thank you!!
If I go back to mc2 through billards file to get all the ota's in order will go through the same bs? If so, I will use the other method that was posted using the ota 4.4.2 file on XDA...
I appreciate all the help!
Sent from my SPH-L900 using XDA Free mobile app
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Honestly I'm not quite sure. What u could do is use billards mc2 then ota to 4.3 and when u reboot if u soft brick again just use the modified restore again. If u want to try it go ahead no harm in trying. i might try it later but chances are its going to fail anyways. Since downgrading from 4.4 is what caused the problem in the first place.

puffyjello said:
Honestly I'm not quite sure. What u could do is use billards mc2 then ota to 4.3 and when u reboot if u soft brick again just use the modified restore again. If u want to try it go ahead no harm in trying. i might try it later but chances are its going to fail anyways. Since downgrading from 4.4 is what caused the problem in the first place.
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Puffyjello,
I simply flashed the OTA 4.4.2 in stock recovery and rebooted to the update no problem. No new Odin's of MK4 or anything, just flashed the OTA after i used your method to unbrick.
I then Odin'd Philz, flashed SuperSu and now im rooted and on 4.4.2, no problems.
Again, thanks for the help with the 'unbricking'!

arichter35 said:
Puffyjello,
I simply flashed the OTA 4.4.2 in stock recovery and rebooted to the update no problem. No new Odin's of MK4 or anything, just flashed the OTA after i used your method to unbrick.
I then Odin'd Philz, flashed SuperSu and now im rooted and on 4deeded problems.
Again, thanks for the help with the 'unbricking'!
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Np. And what I thought u meant was going back to mc2 from 4.4 then ota to 4.3 and see if it bricks again. I wasnt sure if it would. Ne ways I'm glad everything's fixed. And I hope anybody that has this problem follows what fixed our phones. you guys take care. Running stock deodexed ne2 and loving it. Can't wait to try out their s5feat rom when they release it.

Does the LJC_Stock_With_Count_Reset[FINAL].zip still work after ota 4.4.2 ?
This to me is the best back to unrooted stock. It resores the LJC PIT, kernel, and modem. Compared to all the other stock roms; I find this one read and writes easier with QPST & CDMA-ws.
Im currently running stock rooted MC2 with stock LJ1 baseband.
In my opinion so far this is the recipe for this phone. Oldest basebands seem to have better battery life. I'm not really sure if the newer modems are actually faster causing the battery to drain faster, or generate more compression and share more detailed information with big brother which would also cause it to slow down.
I have this theory the manufacturers purposely slow peoples equipment down with the OTA after the first couple years to motivate them to buy the newer model flagships that supports the same software more efficiently. maybe I'm just crazy but can someone please try the back to LJC stock unrooted. and let me know if it works better than the back to stock MC2.
plus it could possibly be better doing all the OTA to 4.4.2 from an older stock rom.