So I've ran into a huge problem or what seems like a huge problem to me. I just got a new Galaxy S3 16 GB from T-Mobile last Friday. Three days later, I rooted it. I used the instructions from this guy who I now think doesn't know what he's talking about.
Can't upload the link because I'm new but it's called "How to Root T-Mobile Galaxy S3 SGH-T999" by High On Android and it's on YouTube.
Now there's me all happy getting ready to have some fun with my new root. I try downloading a game in which I need to use Titanium Backup. It tells me that I'm not rooted. I go to Superuser and it says I'm not rooted. So now I go to Root Checker and you already know what it says.... NOT ROOTED! Now I'm thinking I should do that new software update that adds Google Wallet but it want allow it probably because it's sort of rooted. So I thought to myself maybe I should just unroot it and restart all over again so I go to some unrooting instructions. It tells me to download an app called TriangleAway which also tells me that I'm not rooted. So now I can't update software, use Kies, and at the same time, can't get any benefits from being rooted. What is the problem here and what do I do?
You don't need triangle away to Odon to stock
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You don't need triangle away to Odon to stock
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I needed Triangle Away to remove root and I'm a noob to andoid so everything you said after triangle away flew past my mind.
Do you have a custom recovery?
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Do you have a custom recovery?
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I have no idea. I followed all instructions in this video if that helps you: Youtube Title: "How to Root T-Mobile Galaxy S3 SGH T999" by High On Android.
Try the toolkit.
It's simpler
Odin can be confusing at first
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Watch the video in my signature. Impossible to mess it up.
Did you root it? We are here if you still need help.
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I've only used Odin once and found it very simple. Look for the guide that says no trip root method. All you do is simply download a stock rom that already has root injected in it. Unzip the file and you should now have some file called "root666....something".tar
Place phone in download mode. Connect usb to pc and launch Odin. Make sure the phone shows up in com window and there's 2 settings you need to select auto reboot and one other setting, its in the guide. The use pda and select the tar file and flash and the phone will automatically reboot when everything's done and you're good to go
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I followed the video and no problem. After doing odin for flashing the recovery did you boot into recovery and flash the zip file you were instructed to install? Since it is and older video you must update the super user app that you install from the play store. After updating the app open it and it will tell you it needs to install new binaries. To your phone.
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Watch the video in my signature. Impossible to mess it up.
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Same guy from the other video I took instructions from. In the description it says "Here's how to root your Sprint Galaxy S3 SPH-L710 or T-Mobile Galaxy S2 SGH-T999 or AT&T Galaxy S3 SGH-i747!" I have a hard time following instructions from someone who has errors in their description in addition to following instructions from his other video and ending up posting a thread in this forum.
The SGH-T999 is the S3, so that's a typo. And I know it is accurate because it's how I rooted my phone months ago. In my signature I provide all information necessary to root, including updated files (the files he links to are outdated - use mine instead). I don't know what video you saw before, but I assure you, this one works.
Odin CWM > flash Superuser in CWM > rooted.
There are only two ways to root. This one is easier than flashing a pre-rooted firmware, wiping your data.
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The SGH-T999 is the S3, so that's a typo. And I know it is accurate because it's how I rooted my phone months ago. In my signature I provide all information necessary to root, including updated files (the files he links to are outdated - use mine instead). I don't know what video you saw before, but I assure you, this one works.
Odin CWM > flash Superuser in CWM > rooted.
There are only two ways to root. This one is easier than flashing a pre-rooted firmware, wiping your data.
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I'm currently trying this method right now: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1746682
If that doesn't work I guess I'll try your method.
Android_Monsters said:
Try the toolkit.
It's simpler
Odin can be confusing at first
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HUGE PROBLEM I get to the point where I get to Odin3 v3.07 but for some strange reason I can't do the part where I hit start because the whole bottom part of that window is hidden by the toolbar at the bottom(Windows 7). I ran into a similar problem on Kies where I couldn't install new firmware because the bottom part wasn't visible or hidden by the toolbar. What should I do?
I've seen this happen when changing font size from the Control Panel. "Accessibility" or "Ease of access". Could also be a custom theme. Can we get a screenshot of you running Odin?
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I've seen this happen when changing font size from the Control Panel. "Accessibility" or "Ease of access". Could also be a custom theme. Can we get a screenshot of you running Odin?
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Nvrmind I hit the button using the Tab key. But now that I got done with all that I get to the part of going to Superuser and it never asks me to Allow or Deny. So then I install Titanium Backup and when I open it, instead of it asking me for root permissions it gives me this message:
"Sorry, I could not acquire root priviledges. This application will *not* work ! Please verify that your ROM is rooted and inlcudes BusyBox, and try again.
This attempt was made using the "/system/bin/su" command."
Using CWM Touch 6.0.1.2 (which is in my signature), flash Superuser 3.2 (which is also in my signature). I warned you against using the provided flashing tools from the YoutTube videos because they are outdated. Use the files in my signature. The CWM is the newest version available, as is the Superuser, which already contains the newest binaries. I didn't build these packages because I got bored, I built them because I needed them. And it looks like you do also.
You don't need to allow Superuser root access. Well, you may for some options within the app, but not for giving other apps root access.
This attempt was made using the "/system/bin/su" command."
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I'm not sure what you mean by this, but if su is in /system/bin (it shouldn't be), then you need a symlink to /system/xbin. Or just flash the version I provide in my signature, which puts it in the proper place to begin with (it will remove the not working root app/binaries).
Also, if you have Set DNS installed, remove it. It has a tendency to prevent root access from working sometimes.
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Using CWM Touch 6.0.1.2 (which is in my signature), flash Superuser 3.2 (which is also in my signature). I warned you against using the provided flashing tools from the YoutTube videos because they are outdated. Use the files in my signature. The CWM is the newest version available, as is the Superuser, which already contains the newest binaries. I didn't build these packages because I got bored, I built them because I needed them. And it looks like you do also.
You don't need to allow Superuser root access. Well, you may for some options within the app, but not for giving other apps root access.
I'm not sure what you mean by this, but if su is in /system/bin (it shouldn't be), then you need a symlink to /system/xbin. Or just flash the version I provide in my signature, which puts it in the proper place to begin with (it will remove the not working root app/binaries).
Also, if you have Set DNS installed, remove it. It has a tendency to prevent root access from working sometimes.
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Sorry, I actually meant to reply to Android_Monsters as I'm still using his method.
This takes two minutes, tops. You don't need the toolkit. The toolkit is very useful for sure (easy adb, for one; odin tar creation, etc.), but I think in this particular case, less is more. Also, the toolkit contains outdated CWM/Superuser.
You are trying to reinvent the wheel. Just borrow mine for crying out loud.
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Hi. I have a new GS4 arriving in a few days and wanted to find out what needs to be done in order to use titanium backup and to do a nandroid.
I have read conflicting stories that it needs to be fully rooted, that it only needs the bootloader unlocked, and that the bootloader comes already unlocked on the T-Mobile version. Can someone please clarify for me? I don't need to flash a custom ROM or kernel or anything like that. The phone is for my son, so all I want is to be able to do full backups for him. Thanks.
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You need to be rooted.
-Titanium BU will backup your app plus app data
-For a nandroid backup you'll need to have a custom recovery (ie CWM, TWRP)
I used this for root (it will install SU binary and app, plus stock recovery)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2294005
To install custom recovery you can use Odin to flash the tar version or use ROM manager, GOO ect depending on the recovery you want.
Everything baseballfanz posted.
The M919 Bootloader comes Unlocked outta the box.
For years, I've used Titanium Backup with the Pro key. Excellentsand theGGold Standard. Does everything except pour your coffee
I also use My Backup Pro as a redundancy. I primarily use it to backup & restore my Call Logs, MMS, SMS, etc . It also backs up & restores Apps and Data. I set it to back on a schedule.
For a Custom Recovery, I use TWRP 2.5.0.2.
https://hotfile.com/dl/230303459/7ce1553/openrecovery-twrp-2.5.0.2-jfltexx.tar.html
If you decide to flash TWRP, don't flash with Goo Manager as it will install TWRP 2.6.0.0 of which known issues have been reported. TWRP 2.5.0.2 has very little issues if any. I've been using it for months without any issues. Working flawlessly. TWRP also gets installed with ODIN. If you need the steps, let me know and I'll post them.
For Rooting, I also use CF-AUTO-ROOT by Chainfire installed with ODIN. Easy as pie, or however that saying goes.
Any questions, post away
Thanks to both of you. I'm already familiar with Titanium as I use the pro version on my tmo MT4G, rooted with cwm and running cyanogen. At least for now. I'll be getting myself the GS4 as well soon. So I know the virtues of using TB.
However, my son wants to stick with stock and get ota updates and I want him to be able to remove bloatware, backup everything, and be able to tweak a few things like the whole YouTube link issue(if it's still an issue) so we're looking for a reasonable compromise.
I also currently use cwm ROM manager app, droidwall, and spare parts+ which I would like to put on his phone if they will work.
Biker1... When you say bootloader comes unlocked, that's for the tmo one we will be getting?
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Yes the T-mobile version M919 come with an unlocked bootloader.
OK thx good to know. So what will be my first step when unboxing it in order to be able to use the aforementioned apps? I also have root explorer, mybackup root, s2e, and superuser on the MT4G if they will be useful on the GS4.
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OK thx good to know. So what will be my first step when unboxing it in order to be able to use the aforementioned apps? I also have root explorer, mybackup root, s2e, and superuser on the MT4G if they will be useful on the GS4.
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Charge the battery fully!
Make sure you have a good known working usb cable. You should as it will be a new one.
You wanna have enough juice to do your installations and if things run a little long, you don't wanna get stuck in the middle
You have those Rooted apps so you can root the S4 using:
CF-AUTO-ROOT by Chainfire using ODIN. I'll post a link soon.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2294005
In addition, install a Custom Recovery. There are a few good ones.
Personally, I use TWRP 2.5.0.2
Don't use Goo Manager as that will install version 2.6.0.0 which has known issues. Been using 2.5.0.2 for months without issue, but you can use a custom recovery of your choice of course.
So:
Charge battery
Have a good usb cable
ODIN CF-AUTO-ROOT
Boot
ODIN Custom Recovery
Boot
Check you S4 to make sure you're good to go.
Make a Nandroid
Install your Apps
When ready, download and Flash a ROM and Enjoy
OK it seems he really wants a chance to play with it out of the box. So, once its charged, it's his for now. I'm wondering though, if the bootloader is unlocked already does that mean if we choose to root it at a later date it won't need to be wiped or will it still lose anything not on the sd card?
I already went through this with one son who got a new phone and ended up losing everything on the old one because he wouldn't let me root it from the start and back things up. But that phone would've required a full wipe when I unlocked the bootloader.
If this guy starts setting things up and installing apps and data and such, and then wants me to root it for TB, will he lose everything?
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Sorraia3 said:
OK it seems he really wants a chance to play with it out of the box. So, once its charged, it's his for now. I'm wondering though, if the bootloader is unlocked already does that mean if we choose to root it at a later date it won't need to be wiped or will it still lose anything not on the sd card?
I already went through this with one son who got a new phone and ended up losing everything on the old one because he wouldn't let me root it from the start and back things up. But that phone would've required a full wipe when I unlocked the bootloader.
If this guy starts setting things up and installing apps and data and such, and then wants me to root it for TB, will he lose everything?
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No. You can Root ltr on and not lose anything.
Rooting via CF-AUTO-ROOT via ODIN will not cause you to have to Wipe anything.
He can always back up his files every once in a while to his pc, which you would do whether you're gonna Root or not, for that 'Just in case' moment. You know, Murphy's Law
I don't do that as often as I should.
If there's a time when you have to Wipe device memory, you'd just transfer the files to the pc and/or SD card.
If everything's good to go, and you're ready to Root, But things go wrong (Murphy's Law again) and you have to wipe Internal but you didn't save the files, you'll be outta luck, but that can happen anytime. So just back up once in a while. Better safe than sorry........
What will most likely happen:
- your son will dl files, games, etc.
- later on, days, weeks, months, he'll want to Root
- you'll ODIN CF-AUTO -ROOT by Chainfire and you'll be good to go.
- after installing Recovery and TiBu, you'll back up the data on the device,and that's it.
OK... That's exactly what I wanted to know. Thanks so much!
Alrighty so, Odin is the program I will use to access the adb commands on the pc, correct? And I get that from where?
And the cf root file? Is there a handy link? Steps to follow, a guide perhaps?
After that's done I assume I have to flash the recovery? I prefer cwm. Or is that part of the cf/odin process?
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Sorraia3 said:
OK... That's exactly what I wanted to know. Thanks so much!
Alrighty so, Odin is the program I will use to access the adb commands on the pc, correct? And I get that from where?
And the cf root file? Is there a handy link? Steps to follow, a guide perhaps?
After that's done I assume I have to flash the recovery? I prefer cwm. Or is that part of the cf/odin process?
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The CF-AUTO-ROOT link is posted previously. You install with ODIN.
I'll get you a link to ODIN so you can see what it's about.
You dl ODIN on your pc. You need drivers installed on your pc to recognize your S4.
You put tar files in the appropriate ODIN boxes
Tar files can be extracted from zip files.
You have to follow ODIN instructions exactly.
I'm briefly going through the basics as you really need to read the associated threads so you get an idea how the process works, then you'll probably have some questions which we can answer.
I'm not sure if CWM Recovery is installed via ODIN.
TWRP is. I use Version 2.5.0.2. But you can use CWM. There's a thread to show you howttoiinstall.
Root with CF-AUTO-ROOT via ODIN 3.07
Install Recovery (method depends on choice of Recovery)
Make a Nandroid backup
Then you can install, flash, etc. etc.....
Ok so he decided it was easy and quick enough to let me do it now. I'm following the thread instructions. I have the cf root and odin files. I run odin, check pda and pick the cf root file. I turn off phone, go into download mode and get the green android that says downloading do not turn off target. Now what?
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Ok so he decided it was easy and quick enough to let me do it now. I'm following the thread instructions. I have the cf root and odin files. I run odin, check pda and pick the cf root file. I turn off phone, go into download mode and get the green android that says downloading do not turn off target. Now what?
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Connect to pc usb port to:
- a known working port
- with a known working usb cable. Stock cable should be fine.
HOLD ON
WAIT!
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Ok so he decided it was easy and quick enough to let me do it now. I'm following the thread instructions. I have the cf root and odin files. I run odin, check pda and pick the cf root file. I turn off phone, go into download mode and get the green android that says downloading do not turn off target. Now what?
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-Plug phone into USB cord attached to pc
-It might need to install drivers just wait till that's done
-Click on START button on Odin
Everything you need to know is posted in the CF, auto root post.
Post=2 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=41797153
Nothing happens. Its just me and the little green android sitting here staring at each other.
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You're doing it backwards.
Open up ODIN
After you have s4 in dl mode
Plug into usb on pc
Wait for phone to be recognized via COM Port
THEN put tar files in PDA slot and check appropriate boxes
AsiI explained previously, learning the process is extremely important, and without being there, so to speak, things can go wrong, Fast....
It found the phone, said had the samsung drivers then nothing. It's not showing up under ID:COM and I still have my little green friend again.
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Sorraia3 said:
It found the phone, said had the samsung drivers then nothing. It's not showing up under ID:COM and I still have my little green friend again.
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Is the COM Port showing
COM 1 or another number and showing in Blue or Green
No
Its not the usb port, I don't think anyway. Mouse works in both.
Of course I am on a crappy vista laptop... Think I'd have better luck using the xp desktop?
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I extracted the update zip posted and just extracted it and searched for knox and came up with 10 files associated to knox. Use some root explorer then....
In system/app you need to pwn....
(1&2) KNOXAgent.apk & KNOXAgent.odex
(3&4) KnoxAttestationAgent.apk & KnoxAttestation.odex
(5&6) KNOXStore.apk&KNOXStore.odex
Found in System/framework
(7) KNOXModeSwitcher.apk
(8) sec_container_1.zzzKnoxLauncher.apk
Found in System/etc
(9) com.sec.knox.store
Found in system/lib
(10) libknoxdrawglfunction.so
Edit* lorjay589 has posted two sets of updates both are KNOX-FREE. One rooted one stock....they both use the MC2 bootloader opposed to the MK4 bootloader. Go here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2541395 and be sure to hit the thanks button for his work.
We now have a full flashable 4.3 rom odex thaks to lorjay589, with deodex cooking in kitchen now (same thread above)...stay tuned
Will it install OK with the missing files?
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Will it install OK with the missing files?
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I haven't tried yet...I believe you'd have to also edit the install script
Edit....btw in dev section lorjay has posted the update minus all the knox....it breaks wifi but he is looking into a fix from the international thread
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I haven't tried yet...I believe you'd have to also edit the install script
Edit....btw in dev section lorjay has posted the update minus all the knox....it breaks wifi but he is looking into a fix from the international thread
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Thanks
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Thanks
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Thank you for jumping in both feet and getting some stuff done for us !
The s3 did the same. Cnexus used an at&t kernel and it fixed wifi. Worked on my wifes s3
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lol hey buddy no slacking you need to make sure you keep this updated lol, im gonna link it to my thread for people who already went to the mk4 update from the knox update
lorjay589 said:
lol hey buddy no slacking you need to make sure you keep this updated lol, im gonna link it to my thread for people who already went to the mk4 update from the knox update
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Haha lol....kk....got any goodies for us today?
Edit....just saw your post in the dev thread. ...root keeps breaking huh? That's with the mc2 bootloader?
louforgiveno said:
Haha lol....kk....got any goodies for us today?
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still working on that rooted version. gotta get that up and running, then once done im gotta start testing all the note 3 features
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still working on that rooted version. gotta get that up and running, then once done im gotta start testing all the note 3 features
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Nice...that's what's up ! Get crackin player !
My Appreciation
Big ups to louforgiveno, billard412, lorjay589, & dr.ketan - if it wasn't for you guys my phone would be stuck on the knox bootloader & even worse, still bricked! Now I'm knox free with MC2 bootloader, rooted on MK4, & rockin AOSP. Without you this would not be possible. I want to thank all of your efforts.
On my Note II the
(7) KNOXModeSwitcher.apk
(8) sec_container_1.zzzKnoxLauncher.apk
wouldn't show up using the search feature in the System/framework folder. I ended up finding them by doing an overall search in the System folder.
The full location is /system/containers/framework/... Using Root Explorer.
Just thought I'd point this out. Thanks for all the work you and lorjay89 have done with this dreaded Knox deal
Looking for some help
I am currently running Sprint's OTA 4.3 (MK4) on my Note 2. I have rooted using Odin 3.07 and CF-Auto-Root-t0ltespr-t0ltespr-sphl900.
After every reboot SuperSU is stopped (I assume by knox) until I reinstall it. Then SuperSU works (or at least pretends to).
My WIFI Trev-E Mod starts with errors, so I was looking to flash to LorJay's ROM. Which brings me to deleting/disabling the KNOX off of my phone.
I have root directory access, but when I delete the files you specify, they do not disappear, even though the explorer states they have been deleted and then only the files /system/apps location show at all. The rest aren't there.
I tried rebooting and KNOX is still there and I have to reinstall SuperSU again.
I have also rooted using Android Root in which it says root is successful as well. But with the same results.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Kodakmak said:
I am currently running Sprint's OTA 4.3 (MK4) on my Note 2. I have rooted using Odin 3.07 and CF-Auto-Root-t0ltespr-t0ltespr-sphl900.
After every reboot SuperSU is stopped (I assume by knox) until I reinstall it. Then SuperSU works (or at least pretends to).
My WIFI Trev-E Mod starts with errors, so I was looking to flash to LorJay's ROM. Which brings me to deleting/disabling the KNOX off of my phone.
I have root directory access, but when I delete the files you specify, they do not disappear, even though the explorer states they have been deleted and then only the files /system/apps location show at all. The rest aren't there.
I tried rebooting and KNOX is still there and I have to reinstall SuperSU again.
I have also rooted using Android Root in which it says root is successful as well. But with the same results.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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If you are going to install anther rom dont worry about knox. Put phone in download mode and use odin to flash recovery (I suggest philz 6.07.9) but uncheck the reboot option. Once it flashes everything disconnect from pc pull battery. Now the tricky part. Hold down volume up key, menu key, and power key. Now reinsert battery at same time. Ii find it easiest to turn phone upside down to perform this task. Once it boots into recovery just flash your desired rom.
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If you are going to install anther rom dont worry about knox. Put phone in download mode and use odin to flash recovery (I suggest philz 6.07.9) but uncheck the reboot option. Once it flashes everything disconnect from pc pull battery. Now the tricky part. Hold down volume up key, menu key, and power key. Now reinsert battery at same time. Ii find it easiest to turn phone upside down to perform this task. Once it boots into recovery just flash your desired rom.
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Awesome! I will try it now! Thank you!
So the button combo isn't working. Does that mean the flash didn't work?
I think jlmancuso meant to tell you HOME key, not MENU.
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And from stock MK4 the easiest method to root and such for me is just use Google Kingo Root App on PC to root. It will restart phone and then you can install from the market GooManager if you want TWRP (touch) recovery, or RomManager for CWM. I installed all recoveries successfully (haven't tried any philz yet) and can flash whatever rom from there. Less battery pulling and no ODIN necessary.
Then usually I install Titanium Backup and remove Knox and freeze or remove other bloat. Leaves me an almost clean stock experience.
Just in case anyone needs an alternate method.
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ArchangelRenzoku said:
I think jlmancuso meant to tell you HOME key, not MENU.
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And from stock MK4 the easiest method to root and such for me is just use Google Kingo Root App on PC to root. It will restart phone and then you can install from the market GooManager if you want TWRP (touch) recovery, or RomManager for CWM. I installed all recoveries successfully (haven't tried any philz yet) and can flash whatever rom from there. Less battery pulling and no ODIN necessary.
Then usually I install Titanium Backup and remove Knox and freeze or remove other bloat. Leaves me an almost clean stock experience.
Just in case anyone needs an alternate method.
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+1 on that ,
no Odin for me.
stock 4.3 ota rooted via kingo
de bloated and
de knoxed.
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ArchangelRenzoku said:
I think jlmancuso meant to tell you HOME key, not MENU.
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And from stock MK4 the easiest method to root and such for me is just use Google Kingo Root App on PC to root. It will restart phone and then you can install from the market GooManager if you want TWRP (touch) recovery, or RomManager for CWM. I installed all recoveries successfully (haven't tried any philz yet) and can flash whatever rom from there. Less battery pulling and no ODIN necessary.
Then usually I install Titanium Backup and remove Knox and freeze or remove other bloat. Leaves me an almost clean stock experience.
Just in case anyone needs an alternate method.
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YES!!! This totally worked! Finally free of the Knox downer! Thank you very much for posting!
Can I find step by step instructions?
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Hi I am new to this forum and a casual user. I wanted to root my note 2 tmobile android version 4.3 and actually rooted it once but knox created a lot of problem. I could not even launch titanium backup to freeze knox. Or was completely unable to disable knox. Now as android 4.3 has been released for quite a few months. Does anyone know of a method which will root my galaxy note 2 tmobile (SGH-T889) for sure and let me completely disable knox? If so please give me step by step instruction of rooting my device or alteratively you can provide me a link of the instruction so I can root my note 2 phone. I appreciate your help.
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Hi I am new to this forum and a casual user. I wanted to root my note 2 tmobile android version 4.3 and actually rooted it once but knox created a lot of problem. I could not even launch titanium backup to freeze knox. Or was completely unable to disable knox. Now as android 4.3 has been released for quite a few months. Does anyone know of a method which will root my galaxy note 2 tmobile (SGH-T889) for sure and let me completely disable knox? If so please give me step by step instruction of rooting my device or alteratively you can provide me a link of the instruction so I can root my note 2 phone. I appreciate your help.
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cf auto root should work for root. what did you use to root? if you are rooted install a custom recovery and flash a knoxfree rom from the dev section
Flash CF auto root via Odin then download latest superuser from play store and you are ready to go.
All credits to ChainFire
Did you try this method, if so did it work for you? Im having similar issues with my tmobile note 2 running 4.3 too. I'd appreciate it, thanks in advance...
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J3D1mineTR1X said:
Did you try this method, if so did it work for you? Im having similar issues with my tmobile note 2 running 4.3 too. I'd appreciate it, thanks in advance...
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Just as a suggestion, something that happened to me while playing around with the phone: if you're running Stock rom and then flash a custom recovery via Odin (I used Philz Touch) upon booting on recovery just to wipe cache/dalvik I found something interesting: my phone wasn't rooted, so when chosing the option "reboot system now" a message that said something like "root is broken, would you like to root your phone before rebooting" appeared. I was curious, as I normally use a website called Kingo root that does it in a one-click kinda way. When I chose Yes in the recovery, upon booting my phone it was rooted. After, I just intalled Chainfire's SuperSU from the play store and it was all good.
It's worth trying I believe.
Cheers
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Flash CF auto root via Odin then download latest superuser from play store and you are ready to go.
All credits to ChainFire
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Just as a suggestion, something that happened to me while playing around with the phone: if you're running Stock rom and then flash a custom recovery via Odin (I used Philz Touch) upon booting on recovery just to wipe cache/dalvik I found something interesting: my phone wasn't rooted, so when chosing the option "reboot system now" a message that said something like "root is broken, would you like to root your phone before rebooting" appeared. I was curious, as I normally use a website called Kingo root that does it in a one-click kinda way. When I chose Yes in the recovery, upon booting my phone it was rooted. After, I just intalled Chainfire's SuperSU from the play store and it was all good.
It's worth trying I believe.
Cheers
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I have a question. If you don't run odin as a administrator do you get this error message: Windows cannot access the specific device path or file. You may not have the appropriate permissions to access. The last time I tried to root my phone i didn't run odin in administrator mode. I'm just finding out about this recently. I have all of the files installed on the computer and ready. Odin, recovery, keis, and supersu zip on sd card. Im just trying to figure out why I got that error message. Any ideas or suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks in advance... Awaiting your response...
"What good is knowledge if it's not to be shared"...
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+wavv.drama
I have a question. If you don't run odin as a administrator do you get this error message: Windows cannot access the specific device path or file. You may not have the appropriate permissions to access. The last time I tried to root my phone i didn't run odin in administrator mode. I'm just finding out about this recently. I have all of the files installed on the computer and ready. Odin, recovery, keis, and supersu zip on sd card. Im just trying to figure out why I got that error message. Any ideas or suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks in advance... Awaiting your response...
"What good is knowledge if it's not to be shared"...
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The only answer that pops up in my mind would be that you weren't running Odin as an administrator, like you mentioned. Maybe try running Odin as an admin, or alternatively (and I haven't tried this myself but Chainfire's thread gives a good step-by-step and people in the forum do help) use mobile Odin ------> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1347899. The first time I wanted to root my phone I was having issues too, not being able to do it because of lack of experience. I stumbled upon this website: http://www.kingoapp.com/. Check it out, if you would like. This kingo app is a downloadle app (kind of like Odin) that Roots yourm phone alone, without needing to flash anything. The step-by-step's are there, just turn on your developer options and then turn on USB debugging. I personally rooted A Galaxy Tab, SIII, a Note I i717 and an Asus MemoPad with that website and it worked perfectly for me. Rooting via custom recovery is something that I learned recently, and by chance. I do not know whether it trips the Knox counter or not to be honest with you, to me it doesn't make a difference since I will not be returning any of the devices I rooted, After rooting the phone like so you could potentially download mobile Odin from Chainfire's thread and then use Odin without needing to use your computer.
Hope this helps
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Yeah that was it, i rooted it earlier today. I do have another question for you. I ran root checker pro and it says I'm rooted. I tried to install busybox but it said remove supersu permissions reinstall supersu and to delete and reinstall busybox. Also the adb shell doesn't have root access either. So is that a common occurrence, or is it the norm after rooting and installing custom recovery? Awaiting your reply. Thanks in advance...
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Sorry for the late reply, hadn't been to the forum in a minute. To be honest with u, I don't know for sure. I haven't personally yet served myself from adb so I can't tell u. However, the reason why you received that response from busybox may be because when u were partially rooted it gained root access (if it ever did, I only assume).
Try what was asked of u and I'm sure busybox will work no problems. Also, if u have the terminal emulator apk try entering the command "root" (without the ") and if u gain roots access it will definitely mean you are rooted for sure.
What do you want to use adb for, if I may ask?
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Ok so I've been searching through the interweb on how to root my s3 which is already on 4.4. All I get is how to root and install 4.4. However I just wanna root. I've tried chainfire and Odin. Also after I did that it says super su has stopped working. But I believe that's cause th binary is old. I tried to find how to update that And I can't. I even went to the play store to do it but it just said open. Also when I go to app manager it doesn't give me the option to uninstall super su. Sooooo if you guys can help me ide really appreciate the help! Thanks.
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Ok so I've been searching through the interweb on how to root my s3 which is already on 4.4. All I get is how to root and install 4.4. However I just wanna root. I've tried chainfire and Odin. Also after I did that it says super su has stopped working. But I believe that's cause th binary is old. I tried to find how to update that And I can't. I even went to the play store to do it but it just said open. Also when I go to app manager it doesn't give me the option to uninstall super su. Sooooo if you guys can help me ide really appreciate the help! Thanks.
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Haha I've been having plenty of issues rooting mine as well! For SU I think you need to get SU Update Fixer (Playstore).
I just did through reading other threads. However when it says gaining root access it says fail. Then just sits there and does nothing. Meh
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I just did through reading other threads. However when it says gaining root access it says fail. Then just sits there and does nothing. Meh
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Then you're not rooted If you really want to you can install Odin, get a philz_touch file, and just flash a rooted stock
http://fs1.d-h.st/download/00086/tes/philz_touch_6.00.8-d2spr.tar.md5
I did mine a few days ago. I had 4.4.2 on my phone. Used P hilz touch 6.41.6 d2lte. Used Odin 3.07. Uncheck autoboot. Then go into recovery and follow philz root instructions.
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Ill try to get Philz and install that. I use odin to do that correct? Well I do have stock recovery and used odin to flash chain fires auto root but it didn't work. So ill try doing it the other way like u stated.
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Unclescary do u have a link to the thread or instructions on how u did it?
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Unclescary do u have a link to the thread or instructions on how u did it?
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Go to chainfires website on your phone and download the latest supersu flashable
Then flash that through recovery
Look for July 1 post with my name in it. My fat fingers can't copy the link.
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http://goo.im/devs/philz_touch/CWM_Advanced_Edition/d2lte
Got it. g_money was who helped me. He sent me the link.
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Thanks for the help guys. I flashed philz then got a root.
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Thanks for the help guys. I flashed philz then got a root.
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There is an apk called towelroot that seems to root many Samsung phones. I tried on my S3 and it works. https://towelroot.com/. Some anti-virus software may flag this, but it is safe from my experience.
Didn't work
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I did mine a few days ago. I had 4.4.2 on my phone. Used P hilz touch 6.41.6 d2lte. Used Odin 3.07. Uncheck autoboot. Then go into recovery and follow philz root instructions.
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Hey there...
Long to short, i am in same boat! Have been all over XDA and the net to try and find a way to root me S3, Virgin Mobile (sprint) 4.4.2....
Now I spent several days this past week trying to just root the darn thing! Hvae never had such a horrbile time try to root a $#@%&'n Samsung.
I have dont the following
~Odin 3.09, 3.07 and Chainfire Auto root...then read about how 1.85 Odin, should fix this issue....which i did not root.
found some, off the wall place, tried their "Odin" ((which was in chinese, or maybe even Japanese) was set up the same as 1.85, but I could not
read it, the buttons and colors were the same, so i figured "what the heck" .... NO))
~ ALL THESE brought the phone to the point of rooting, like everyone said proir...(phone would show Chain Auto root deal was working, ... " "Rebooting in 10 seconds.'.... (already had SU apk, it would same the same thing " need to update"..." You now have 4.3 and need to find
a way to root"... or something like that
Then read here @ XDA that, those ways seem to not work.. "Need to Odin and install Philz recovery".... Did that with all th e"Odin's" above,
except the old ball jobbie... everytime it reoboots, I then try to get to recoevery, it is not there....it seems to "re-set" bootloader or something, just does not stick!!!!
I really just want to be able to get rid of several stock apps that I dont even use, nor will, and the darn things are running all the time...Thanks Samsung!!!!
Ok if anyone does have some way to do this...PLEASE let me know! Am looking into that towelroot, but not 100% about that at this point!
OH, even found some clowns out there...if you pay them $$$... they will end up sending some package or zip or even #'s, to your phone...within 24hrs..... guess you open that up... TA-DA you are now rooted, adn will be forever!!!! .... Anyone seen such a rip off! dont ytube much, but i guess they are over there... wow, are there really that many ^%#$^& weird-O's out there???
Again, any help from anyone would be more than weclomed ...
thanks
Install philz thing. And then go download the chain fire from your phone and then I believe go to play store and get the su update fixer. Then reboot into recovery and install zip from card or wherever u saved the chainfire app at. Next after reboot go to the update fixer run that. Believe or supersu might have been installed and I can't remember if I opened that And got it to update the binary or not.
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At first it didn't seem to be rooted but I had to go through opening supersu and or the su update fixer. It asked me if I wanted to disable Knox crap and I did that Obvi haha.
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Towel Root
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WORKIN'
GOT IT ROOTED>>>>>
Not sure if it was "Operator Error" or me old eye balls....
I took a break for bit. When I came back, I found that doing Odin 1.85 / Philz Recovery does work!!! Found out that when you are in download, Mode, you DO NOT REBOOT. You actually go right into Philz Recovery, FORM DOWNLOAD MODE, just as you would if it was turned off.. "Home" + "Vol. UP" + "Power" once you see the blue line on top of screen, let go of power.
I did take and selected "Re-root" then "Boot to Recovery" that is what works.
(Of course I had SU already installed, so once out of Recovery the 2nd time, boom, SU was there asking on home screen what to do....
AWESOME!!!
Hope this can help others
godofsalt said:
GOT IT ROOTED>>>>>
Not sure if it was "Operator Error" or me old eye balls....
I took a break for bit. When I came back, I found that doing Odin 1.85 / Philz Recovery does work!!! Found out that when you are in download, Mode, you DO NOT REBOOT. You actually go right into Philz Recovery, FORM DOWNLOAD MODE, just as you would if it was turned off.. "Home" + "Vol. UP" + "Power" once you see the blue line on top of screen, let go of power.
I did take and selected "Re-root" then "Boot to Recovery" that is what works.
(Of course I had SU already installed, so once out of Recovery the 2nd time, boom, SU was there asking on home screen what to do....
AWESOME!!!
Hope this can help others
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i used both Towel root (first time) then Philz (second time) and with Philz i had auto-reboot checked and when it finished installing via Odin i just held "Home" + "Vol. Up" while it rebooted and it booted nicely into Philz recovery with no problems i guess what ever method works is dependent on your personal S3
True
Yes it is up to what works and personal prefences. Personal, I like to haev complete control over what is going on in and with my phone. Way too many things I dont need/want out in the public.
As I have said in antoher thread, was this KitKat, is the first one, from Google, with backing from NSA. They really have gone out of the way to have just anyone root there phone. Now, add this Knox in the picture, things are just starting to get rough. The good, not every John Doe will be able to do mods to their phones... The sad, NSA.. not even getting into that!!!
Certainly, this is way places like XDA, are here, and the support and response they get are great! Heck isn't that why we are all here?
Keep up the good work alll
I've got a friend with an AT&T Note 2 with the latest 4.4.2 OTA. He wants to root so he can backup and transfer everything to a new device. I'm assuming towelroot won't do the trick since it's an Exynos CPU, but will Chainfire's auto root still work? I'm assuming Knox is on the newest OTA and wasn't on it originally when CFAR was released. I searched, but I don't see anything recent about rooting, and I just want to be relatively assured of not bricking him. Any help is appreciated.
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I've got a friend with an AT&T Note 2 with the latest 4.4.2 OTA. He wants to root so he can backup and transfer everything to a new device. I'm assuming towelroot won't do the trick since it's an Exynos CPU, but will Chainfire's auto root still work? I'm assuming Knox is on the newest OTA and wasn't on it originally when CFAR was released. I searched, but I don't see anything recent about rooting, and I just want to be relatively assured of not bricking him. Any help is appreciated.
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Towel root will NOT work. Cf auto root will. It's the method I used. You may need to manually install the latest super user and after.
As stated above. . Use CF....g
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Ok I used cf auto root and it seems to have worked except as soon as my phone reboots I get "Unfortunately SuperSU has stopped"......now what I'm a Lil confused....it's there...just doesn't work.
I'm on official 4.4.2
Shortbus-Driver said:
Ok I used cf auto root and it seems to have worked except as soon as my phone reboots I get "Unfortunately SuperSU has stopped"......now what I'm a Lil confused....it's there...just doesn't work.
I'm on official 4.4.2
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Now just install supersu from the play store and then go to the app after you download it and if it says to update it do it and you'll be fine
Shortbus-Driver said:
Ok I used cf auto root and it seems to have worked except as soon as my phone reboots I get "Unfortunately SuperSU has stopped"......now what I'm a Lil confused....it's there...just doesn't work.
I'm on official 4.4.2
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Many people have encountered that problem.
here's the solution
marckusdavis said:
Sorry, I need to make sure I fully understand this too. So you have an SGH-i317 and were rooted. You installed the OTA update to 4.4.2 which unrooted you. Then you ran CF-AutoRoot and were able to successfully re-root on 4.4.2?
UPDATE:
Well, after reading another post where this worked, I decided to give it a try. It seemed to work, but then I get the message "Unfortunately SuperSU has stopped". I tried the solution using ES File Explorer to reinstall SuperSU.apk to no avail and there is no "UPDATE" button in Google Play, only OPEN, ENABLE or DISABLE so I can't update the binary. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
UPDATE 2:
Got it working, sort of! Since rooting seemed to work, but the old binary for SuperSU kept stopping, I downloaded the updated SuperSU zip file from here and then used ES File Explorer to look into the zip and find and run/install the Superuser.apk file. That works, but it does not appear to survive a reboot, so for each reboot I have to redo this process. Good enough work-around for now though as I'm sure there will be a complete solution down the road.
UPDATE 3 (probably final):
Was able to use the "Clean up for reinstallation from Google Play" option in the SuperSU settings. After reboot, Google Play then gave me the option to Install SuperSU which I did. It now survives reboot and it also, FINALLY, disabled the stupid Knox (which from what I read, was the cause of all of these problems in the first place. You have to be quick with the fingers though because as soon as SuperSU gave the option to disable Knox, a second later Knox closed it. I had to fire up SuperSU again and then click the disable Knox OK button IMMEDIATELY to kill it). I'm a happy, rooted Note 2 user on KitKat now! Hope all of this info. is helpful to someone else.
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terpin32 said:
Now just install supersu from the play store and then go to the app after you download it and if it says to update it do it and you'll be fine
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Cf auto root already installed supersu as a system app and market only gives the option to "open" it....I do not have root access and therefore can't unistall nor remove it ....lol this is frustrating. ...
I've never had this much problems and I currantly have an s4 and have had pretty much the entire "S" line starting from the Vibrant :-/
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Many people have encountered that problem.
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All that isn't making any sense either I'm afraid.
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Shortbus-Driver said:
Cf auto root already installed supersu as a system app and market only gives the option to "open" it....I do not have root access and therefore can't unistall nor remove it ....lol this is frustrating. ...
I've never had this much problems and I currantly have an s4 and have had pretty much the entire "S" line starting from the Vibrant :-/
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All that isn't making any sense either I'm afraid.
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The solution I stated above works. try it. I had the same problem and that solved it.
Solved just had to get cwmr installed and flash a rom with root on it.