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[Q] Rooted with Odin biut stills says its not? Help?

Good Morning XDA!!!
I went through the Odin Rooting process last night and everything went as planned. I downloaded CWM Manager through Google Play and when I go to open it up it is telling me that the Super User file is not there. I have put Super USer on my phone but again it tells me I need to root my phone. I will admit I am a bit confused, I can boot into CWM mode but since I am not flashing a new rom at the moment I don't know what I did wrong. I did go into the CWM manager to "Flash ClockworkMod Rocovery" but it downloads then tells me there was na error with command lines..........Is there anyone who can help me out.....I really don't get where I went wrong, cause everything says I rooted the phone.....Thanks for any help......
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How did you root? Do you have superuser or supersu installed?
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nicky9door said:
How did you root? Do you have superuser or supersu installed?
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Yes I did but it also was telling me that it wasn't rooted.....however the only thing that I had was the Superuser App. Is there something i need on the SD card? Or to psychically flash to the phone.....thanks for getting back to me with this....

Go into Settings>Apps>Superuser and clear cache and data. Go into the market and go to SuperUser and see if there is an update. This should update the binaries. Then try a Root App to see if you get the SU toast.
2nd option is to boot into recovery and go to wipe /Cache then advanced and wipe /Dalvik-Cache. While in Advanced, hit Fix Permissions and let it run. Reboot and try a Root App.
Btw, you never said how you rooted. Your title says Odin, so I am assuming mrRobinson's method.

Woodrube said:
Go into Settings>Apps>Superuser and clear cache and data. Go into the market and go to SuperUser and see if there is an update. This should update the binaries. Then try a Root App to see if you get the SU toast.
2nd option is to boot into recovery and go to wipe /Cache then advanced and wipe /Dalvik-Cache. While in Advanced, hit Fix Permissions and let it run. Reboot and try a Root App.
Btw, you never said how you rooted. Your title says Odin, so I am assuming mrRobinson's method.
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Sorry about that......I used the method from this site....http://www.androidauthority.com/galaxy-s3-sgh-t999-t-mobile-easy-root-99302/
It did everything that was explained was supposed to happen.....its just I get the feeling I missed something somewhere.....I hope this helps....I haven't rooted anything in years.....lol

Ok, so you downloaded ROM manger from the market and tried to run the recovery script and it is saying that you don't have Root correct?
I agree, I think that you did miss a step somewhere. I suspect it was in between the CWR and SuperUser zips.
Are you familiar with Odin? I assume so since your first post said you Odin'd, but just double checking. I suggest you either start over from the link you posted or try mrRobinson's method. It is real easy and gives you stock ROM, rooted and has the option to install a custom recovery (like CWR or TWRP) also.
Here are Odin versions of both CWR and TWRP. Do this after you've done mrRobinson's method. Once it is done with first reboot (don't forget this take the longest time to boot bc it is rebuilding the /Dalvik), reboot back into download mode and flash either CWR or TWRP that way and you should be good to go after that.

Woodrube said:
Ok, so you downloaded ROM manger from the market and tried to run the recovery script and it is saying that you don't have Root correct?
I agree, I think that you did miss a step somewhere. I suspect it was in between the CWR and SuperUser zips.
Are you familiar with Odin? I assume so since your first post said you Odin'd, but just double checking. I suggest you either start over from the link you posted or try mrRobinson's method. It is real easy and gives you stock ROM, rooted and has the option to install a custom recovery (like CWR or TWRP) also.
Here are Odin versions of both CWR and TWRP. Do this after you've done mrRobinson's method. Once it is done with first reboot (don't forget this take the longest time to boot bc it is rebuilding the /Dalvik), reboot back into download mode and flash either CWR or TWRP that way and you should be good to go after that.
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The last phone I rooted was a Mytouch 4G. I am not familiar with Odin. I just went to the site that I posted in my last reply and followed the directions exactly. I only downloaded the IMG file for ClockworkMod that it supplied. It never told me to install or download a SuperUser zip file. I can boot the phone into CWM after shutting down, but when I open the CWM Manager that I downloaded from Google Play it tells me the following:
" You must root your phone for ROM Manger to function. Superuser was not found at "/system/bin/su" or "/system/xbin/su". Use Google search on your computer to find instructions to root your phone."
I am a uber novice. That's strike one....two....I'm a girl.....lol I just don't want to mess up my phone....it was really expensive......lol Thanks again for all the help you are giving me......it is greatly appreciated......

Ok then. I think you missed something then.
Let's do this. You want to download the latest version of Odin (It is here aboout half way down). Install it on your PC.
Then go to mrRobinson's thread and download this This is based off of the stock image TMO T999UVALH2
Perm Mirrorownload - MD5 Sum: 4abdcf029f248e66caa83c9c8477bdff root66_TMO_T999UVALH2.7z
and follow the directions. Unzip it and put the Root66 file on you PC where you know it is. Put your phone in Download Mode (see instructions in the link above on how to do this) and open Odin.
Click PDA in Odin and point it to Root66 file from above and make sure that nothing else is ticked above or below PDA. Click start. It should take about 5mins but less than 10 and you'll reboot and have a Pass.
Once that is done and your phone is rebooted, you can either install CWM or TWRP in odin or from the market. CWR= ROM Manager app; TWRP=Goo.IM app. Those will install your custom recovery.
Above all read the OPs f the threads I linked. They have valuable info in them.
Also, just because you are a girl has nothing to do with it. I know a few girls and women that are power users and will run circles around most in this forum. Don't sell yourself short.
I gotta get to work, but I'll check in on ya later on. Good luck.

Flash root 666 with Odin then u will have root
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Signature.

jinx0117,
Were you able to get it to work ?

Woodrube said:
Ok then. I think you missed something then.
Let's do this. You want to download the latest version of Odin (It is here aboout half way down). Install it on your PC.
Then go to mrRobinson's thread and download this This is based off of the stock image TMO T999UVALH2
Perm Mirrorownload - MD5 Sum: 4abdcf029f248e66caa83c9c8477bdff root66_TMO_T999UVALH2.7z
and follow the directions. Unzip it and put the Root66 file on you PC where you know it is. Put your phone in Download Mode (see instructions in the link above on how to do this) and open Odin.
Click PDA in Odin and point it to Root66 file from above and make sure that nothing else is ticked above or below PDA. Click start. It should take about 5mins but less than 10 and you'll reboot and have a Pass.
Once that is done and your phone is rebooted, you can either install CWM or TWRP in odin or from the market. CWR= ROM Manager app; TWRP=Goo.IM app. Those will install your custom recovery.
Above all read the OPs f the threads I linked. They have valuable info in them.
Also, just because you are a girl has nothing to do with it. I know a few girls and women that are power users and will run circles around most in this forum. Don't sell yourself short.
I gotta get to work, but I'll check in on ya later on. Good luck.
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Ok, I have gone and downloaded the 3.7 version of Odin and installed it.....I am now waiting as the root666 TMO file is downloading.....and I will try to pick it up from there.......I will keep you posted.... : )

Ok. Good luck. Don't forget to Unzip it before putting in the PDA. Read mrRobinson's OP.
I won't be on until later in the day but there are some very talented people on here that will be able to help.

Woodrube said:
Ok then. I think you missed something then.
Let's do this. You want to download the latest version of Odin (It is here aboout half way down). Install it on your PC.
Then go to mrRobinson's thread and download this This is based off of the stock image TMO T999UVALH2
Perm Mirrorownload - MD5 Sum: 4abdcf029f248e66caa83c9c8477bdff root66_TMO_T999UVALH2.7z
and follow the directions. Unzip it and put the Root66 file on you PC where you know it is. Put your phone in Download Mode (see instructions in the link above on how to do this) and open Odin.
Click PDA in Odin and point it to Root66 file from above and make sure that nothing else is ticked above or below PDA. Click start. It should take about 5mins but less than 10 and you'll reboot and have a Pass.
Once that is done and your phone is rebooted, you can either install CWM or TWRP in odin or from the market. CWR= ROM Manager app; TWRP=Goo.IM app. Those will install your custom recovery.
Above all read the OPs f the threads I linked. They have valuable info in them.
Also, just because you are a girl has nothing to do with it. I know a few girls and women that are power users and will run circles around most in this forum. Don't sell yourself short.
I gotta get to work, but I'll check in on ya later on. Good luck.
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Ok...I have tried to download the file twice.....it takes about an hour and then when it is done it tells me the file is not there or damaged.....Oh heavens......now what?

jinx0117 said:
Ok...I have tried to download the file twice.....it takes about an hour and then when it is done it tells me the file is not there or damaged.....Oh heavens......now what?
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Hold on BRB
Ok according to your original post you have recovery. so go here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1726088 and download the superuser.zip file and place it on your internal sd card.
Reboot into recovery and flash the superuser.zip and reboot and you will be rooted.

saldebot said:
Hold on BRB
Ok according to your original post you have recovery. so go here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1726088 and download the superuser.zip file and place it on your internal sd card.
Reboot into recovery and flash the superuser.zip and reboot and you will be rooted.
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Ok....I just did what you asked...got the zip and placed it on the internal storage.....booted into CWM and found the file, it installed ok.....here goes nothing....lol

saldebot said:
Hold on BRB
Ok according to your original post you have recovery. so go here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1726088 and download the superuser.zip file and place it on your internal sd card.
Reboot into recovery and flash the superuser.zip and reboot and you will be rooted.
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:victory::victory::victory::victory: It worked!!!!! Thank you so much......every one of you guys who helped me.....Thank you Thank you Thank You!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

jinx0117 said:
:victory::victory::victory::victory: It worked!!!!! Thank you so much......every one of you guys who helped me.....Thank you Thank you Thank You!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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You go girl, do your thing...lol i'm happy it worked. Now happy flashing :thumbup:

Good job man. Looks like we may have converted another crack-flasher.
Jinx, first thing you need to do is boot into CWR and make a Nandroid. Save a copy of it to your PC for safe keeping. This will help you recover from any "mishaps".

Why it didn't work
When the phone reboots, it destroys the flags on the root software that was added via Odin.
To get around that problem,
do the odin process again, but uncheck the auto reboot before you start.
Then when the process is finished, take out the battery on the phone.
reinstall the battery after a few seconds, and then....
BE SURE YOU DON'T MISS THIS STEP,
GO INTO cwm PROCESS TO FLASH THE FILE YOU LOADED WITH ODIN.
if you miss the 3 button CWM load it messes up the file and you again have to reload it with odin, so that part is where you might be having the phone not actually root.
Go to this website and watch HOW TO DO IT till you can do it in your mind without any missteps...
Then, It WILL WORK!
Here is the link:
http://galaxys3root.com/galaxy-s3-root/how-to-root-u-s-and-canada-galaxy-s3-sgh-t999sgh-i747sph-l710-fail-proofnoob-proof/
Good Luck!

Odin Says "Pass", But phone is not rooted.

Hey guys I followed this guide
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=2235366
I used a file called "CF-Auto-Root-d2spr-d2spr-sphl710.tar"
Everything goes well and I get a green pass from oden3, the phone reboots. But superSU is not installed and when I check "Root checker" there is no root....
I have 4.1.2
Thoughts?

Just download superuser and simply place it on your phones SD card it's really easy
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ricanjoe said:
Hey guys I followed this guide
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=2235366
I used a file called "CF-Auto-Root-d2spr-d2spr-sphl710.tar"
Everything goes well and I get a green pass from oden3, the phone reboots. But superSU is not installed and when I check "Root checker" there is no root....
I have 4.1.2
Thoughts?
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Your phone is not finishing the process it seems. After Odin says pass do you get a big red Android on the screen? If not flash the cf auto root file but uncheck auto reboot in Odin first. Then when it finishes, pull the cable and remove the battery. Reinsert the battery and manually boot to recovery by holding volume up+home+power and it should finish installing root.
I don't know what the post above me is taking about. Installing superuser isn't going to magically give you root. js

billard412 said:
Your phone is not finishing the process it seems. After Odin says pass do you get a big red Android on the screen? If not flash the cf auto root file but uncheck auto reboot in Odin first. Then when it finishes, pull the cable and remove the battery. Reinsert the battery and manually boot to recovery by holding volume up+home+power and it should finish installing root.
I don't know what the post above me is taking about. Installing superuser isn't going to magically give you root. js
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Yes its a screen with red letters and numbers saying the phone will reboot in 10 seconds.... So I re root in oden? then I pull the battery out before reboot? Could this brick my phone?
Thanks foe the help

ricanjoe said:
Yes its a screen with red letters and numbers saying the phone will reboot in 10 seconds.... So I re root in oden? then I pull the battery out before reboot? Could this brick my phone?
Thanks foe the help
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It wouldnt brick the phone but if you are seeing the red android then i was mistaken about what your issue is so disregard. Is your phone new? I bet the issue is related to one others are having where recovery cant mount partitions. To confirm that try this. Download this and place on pc http://goo.im/devs/billard412/d2spr/AUTOBOOT_RECOVERY/SPH-L710_TWRP_AUTOBOOT.exe
Its a odin one click that will autoboot you to twrp recovery just open it and click start with your phone connected in download mode.
Download this and place on your sd card. (preferably external)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1584076&d=1356201390
If you can successfully flash that zip, it will root the phone.

billard412 said:
It wouldnt brick the phone but if you are seeing the red android then i was mistaken about what your issue is so disregard. Is your phone new? I bet the issue is related to one others are having where recovery cant mount partitions. To confirm that try this. Download this and place on pc http://goo.im/devs/billard412/d2spr/AUTOBOOT_RECOVERY/SPH-L710_TWRP_AUTOBOOT.exe
Its a odin one click that will autoboot you to twrp recovery just open it and click start with your phone connected in download mode.
Download this and place on your sd card. (preferably external)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1584076&d=1356201390
If you can successfully flash that zip, it will root the phone.
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About to give it a shot. Placing the root file on my external SD and phone into download mode, about to launch the odin app on pc.

billard412 said:
It wouldnt brick the phone but if you are seeing the red android then i was mistaken about what your issue is so disregard. Is your phone new? I bet the issue is related to one others are having where recovery cant mount partitions. To confirm that try this. Download this and place on pc http://goo.im/devs/billard412/d2spr/AUTOBOOT_RECOVERY/SPH-L710_TWRP_AUTOBOOT.exe
Its a odin one click that will autoboot you to twrp recovery just open it and click start with your phone connected in download mode.
Download this and place on your sd card. (preferably external)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1584076&d=1356201390
If you can successfully flash that zip, it will root the phone.
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my man, so far im in a 'team win recovery project screen' its all blue and stuff
this is pretty exiting for me.
So what do I press now? what does this screen mean?
(some personal insight, I have rooted my old evo 3d back in the day but il still pretty noobish, the twrp thing rings a bell)

ricanjoe said:
my man, so far im in a 'team win recovery project screen' its all blue and stuff
this is pretty exiting for me.
So what do I press now? what does this screen mean?
(some personal insight, I have rooted my old evo 3d back in the day but il still pretty noobish, the twrp thing rings a bell)
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You want to press install then hit "up a level" until youre in the root "/" directory. Then choose "external_sdcard" then tap "root.zip" and swipe to confirm at the bottom.

billard412 said:
You want to press install then hit "up a level" until youre in the root "/" directory. Then choose "external_sdcard" then tap "root.zip" and swipe to confirm at the bottom.
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sweet man, Im in root checker and it says "congratulations this device has root access"
I wanted to ask you how does this method differ from the method I was trying to perform?

ricanjoe said:
sweet man, Im in root checker and it says "congratulations this device has root access"
I wanted to ask you how does this method differ from the method I was trying to perform?
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It's basically the same thing. Cf auto root will install a special recovery made by chainfire and a cache.img with a root zip. It's supposed to flash that zip then restore stock recovery. I've never seen cf auto root fail to do the job so im not sure what went wrong.
But the way you did it was you installed your own custom recovery and manually flashed a root zip created by me instead. Only thing different here is that you still have that custom recovery instead of stock recovery now.

billard412 said:
It's basically the same thing. Cf auto root will install a special recovery made by chainfire and a cache.img with a root zip. It's supposed to flash that zip then restore stock recovery. I've never seen cf auto root fail to do the job so im not sure what went wrong.
But the way you did it was you installed your own custom recovery and manually flashed a root zip created by me instead. Only thing different here is that you still have that custom recovery instead of stock recovery now.
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Got it man, is this custom recovery better than the stock or is it essentially the same? I plan to install a custom rom soon.
(I didn't find many threads like this on google nor the search tool so hopefully people with the same strange problem as me will now find it. Should be useful)

ricanjoe said:
Got it man, is this custom recovery better than the stock or is it essentially the same? I plan to install a custom rom soon.
(I didn't find many threads like this on google nor the search tool so hopefully people with the same strange problem as me will now find it. Should be useful)
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The custom recovery is the same with the exception that it gives you additional privileges over stock recovery. Like installing custom roms, so if you're planning on a custom rom soon then you may as well just stick with the custom one. I do however recommend you download goo manager from the playstore and updating your recovery to the newest with it before trying to flash anything. The recovery I gave you may be a little outdated. And if for any reason you want stock recovery back I'll make a odin tar of it and place it in this post
STOCK RECOVERY TAR

billard412 said:
The custom recovery is the same with the exception that it gives you additional privileges over stock recovery. Like installing custom roms, so if you're planning on a custom rom soon then you may as well just stick with the custom one. I do however recommend you download goo manager from the playstore and updating your recovery to the newest with it before trying to flash anything. The recovery I gave you may be a little outdated. And if for any reason you want stock recovery back I'll make a odin tar of it and place it in this post
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I got the goo manager, which recovery do I update to?
The app wants me to update to open recovery twerp 2/6/2/0/d2spr.img

ricanjoe said:
I got the goo manager, which recovery do I update to?
The app wants me to update to open recovery twerp 2/6/2/0/d2spr.img
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Just open it. Hit Menu then tap "install openrecoveryscript" Then "Yes". Then "Yes" again. It'll download the latest TWRP and flash it automatically.
Edit:sorry had to reread that. Twrp 2620 is right

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billard412 said:
Just open it. Hit Menu then tap "install openrecoveryscript" Then "Yes". Then "Yes" again. It'll download the latest TWRP and flash it automatically.
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Alright man I wont waste anymore of your time here, just want to say thanks for all the help, this gives me the courage to continue to learn more about rooting and custom roms. I was about to give up last night because of this frustrating issue I had. Thanks again!

ricanjoe said:
Alright man I wont waste anymore of your time here, just want to say thanks for all the help, this gives me the courage to continue to learn more about rooting and custom roms. I was about to give up last night because of this frustrating issue I had. Thanks again!
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No problem glad to help. And just in case u need it, the stock recovery tar is attached below.

billard412 said:
Just open it. Hit Menu then tap "install openrecoveryscript" Then "Yes". Then "Yes" again. It'll download the latest TWRP and flash it automatically.
Edit:sorry had to reread that. Twrp 2620 is right
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about to install moar rom. I saw a video saying you should wipe dalvic cache and do several other things before.
Is there anything you reccomend I do before I flash this custom rom (Moar)

ricanjoe said:
about to install moar rom. I saw a video saying you should wipe dalvic cache and do several other things before.
Is there anything you reccomend I do before I flash this custom rom (Moar)
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Just a factory reset. It should automatically wipe the cache and other areas that need wiped. I've ran moar before it's am awesome rom

billard412 said:
Just a factory reset. It should automatically wipe the cache and other areas that need wiped. I've ran moar before it's am awesome rom
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Awesome im working on it now, also do you backup efs? Or is that just for the paranoid crowd?
(I will give you a shout out on my next vid

ricanjoe said:
Awesome im working on it now, also do you backup efs? Or is that just for the paranoid crowd?
(I will give you a shout out on my next vid
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Personally I think the chances of your efs going bad are slim and a backup is more for paranoid people. With that said it never hurts to back it up. I just wouldn't restore it unless you have to.

Stuck in Odin Mode [from attempt to install a recovery rom]

I'd appreciate any help I can get guys.
So today, for the first time ever I rooted my android.
Found a simple video on how to and it worked. I then wanted to try a custom rom [Cyanogenmod 12?] On a video it was said to have a custom recovery rom first. Well, I tried Flashing TWRP. It asked to reboot. I pressed "yes Please". After that it restarted and was stuck at:
"Could not do normal boot" Odin mode (High speed)
I did a reset and now its just at:
"Odin mode(high speed)"
I saw someone on a random forum describing the same problem. He said he fixed it installing a recovery rom. Im guess from odin
since I cant do things on my phone. But I don't even know how to go about it. I just now I need a Tar. file
Please give me direction .__.

Try TWRP tar from Odin with phone in download mode; TWRP recovery tar linked below.
http://www.techerrata.com/file/twrp2/trltespr/openrecovery-twrp-2.8.5.0-trltespr.img.tar
If that doesn't work, you may have to Odin the stock tar.
I'm wondering if you misread the CF Auto root prompt to update the su binary? Update the su binary but don't choose the TWRP option even if you have TWRP. If you get recovery working, delete the cache and dakvik cache and reboot.

Didn't work out...at least the way I did it. I'm still new to this. Id appreciate more broken down instructions if youre willing to help

Sixgotfangs said:
Didn't work out...at least the way I did it. I'm still new to this. Id appreciate more broken down instructions if youre willing to help
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What version of Odin do you have? Should be 3.07 with C.F. auto root. What have you flashed in Odin? Not familiar with the Odin message you gave; did anything change with the new recovery tar flash in Odin?
Won't boot or flash recovery? If so, you need to factory reset and Odin stock tar.
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=95853297432265112
The instructions for stock tar are below but it's important to remember when flashing stock tars to power down first prior to going to download. You may not have any choice but power down to reach download mode; pull battery if you can't power down.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=56853325
If you can't factory reset, Odin the stock tar and see if it boots.

Yes, I have the 3.07. Only thing ive done was Root. I tried the recovery rom from a mobile download. That's as far as I got. All the recovery files I get never end up showing in the pda file search. .tar or .md5 is what it calls for. If I CAN factory reset from where im at now how do I do so. If I can start ALL over with someone who is actually up to date and knows what theyre doing id feel more comfortable. right now nothings happened and my phone is still at "odin mode (hgh speed) --downloading.

Sixgotfangs said:
Yes, I have the 3.07. Only thing ive done was Root. I tried the recovery rom from a mobile download. That's as far as I got. All the recovery files I get never end up showing in the pda file search. .tar or .md5 is what it calls for. If I CAN factory reset from where im at now how do I do so. If I can start ALL over with someone who is actually up to date and knows what theyre doing id feel more comfortable. right now nothings happened and my phone is still at "odin mode (hgh speed) --downloading.
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ok, check my post above for updates.
Also, don't use the phone to download tar files unless you're using Flashify from Google Play. Download the tars on PC, move to folder that Odin resides in to find easily. You'll need to open the archive and drag the files there if zipped. The stock tar should be zipped but not sure about the recovery tar.

Cant believe I didn't see the last section on that post. Sorry about that. Anyway, I am downloading those files. Looks like its gonna take some time though. I'll go through each step you said and let you know.

Forgot to mention that you should close Odin after each flash attempt. You may have already noticed by now.
To get to CM after stock tar:
1) Root with CF Auto root, update su binary/reboot (you should wait no longer than 5 minutes for Knox prompt from supersu.
2) Odin TWRP recovery tar using same method as stock tar; Odin will only write over stock recovery on this step.
3) factory reset and flash CM in recovery. But also follow suggested instructions in the ROM you choose.

So far so good. The lil blue loading bar is filling.

got back to rooting. but I didn't do anything else. haven't even went to super user

Sixgotfangs said:
got back to rooting. but I didn't do anything else. haven't even went to super user
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Booted? That's good news!
Can't remember if you have to open it or not. You should get a superuser update and possibly a su binary update but not so important going to another ROM. The su binary update is the one that I was suggesting not to use the TWRP option; I think the option is normal? Eventually, you should get the pop-up to disable Knox notifications; reboot if takes longer than 5 minutes.
Ready for TWRP? Use Odin. Flashify is something you could look into for updating TWRP, as needed. It's good for backing up recoveries and kernels, too. But watch those kernels for installed lib modules; Flashify won't restore those properly. Rely on flash zips for those; same applies for stock kernels, zip should include the stock modules.
It's late; you're probably done for the night. I'm out too.

samep said:
Booted? That's good news!
Can't remember if you have to open it or not. You should get a superuser update and possibly a su binary update but not so important going to another ROM. The su binary update is the one that I was suggesting not to use the TWRP option; I think the option is normal? Eventually, you should get the pop-up to disable Knox notifications; reboot if takes longer than 5 minutes.
Ready for TWRP? Use Odin. Flashify is something you could look into for updating TWRP, as needed. It's good for backing up recoveries and kernels, too. But watch those kernels for installed lib modules; Flashify won't restore those properly. Rely on flash zips for those; same applies for stock kernels, zip should include the stock modules.
It's late; you're probably done for the night. I'm out too.
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Yeah, things are back to normal. Thanks again. As for the next steps, pretty lost. Im going to check the play store for an superuser update but the SU binary update....that's where I start getting lost. sorry for not being up to date with the terminology. But I am gonna check back on those links and look for the TWRP. and then use it like I did for those last files...{that's what Im getting from your messages} correct me if im straying from the path lol. catch ya later

I'm confusing you a bit with the the su binary update and SuperSU update. To keep it simpler, that can wait until after you flash CM, if that's your goal. Those are prompts so don't be too concerned. Don't think you'll see Knox in CM.
So to keep it simple, you need TWRP to flash a custom ROM. I suggest the Odin tar in the link sent earlier.
After getting your custom ROM flashed in recovery, follow the prompts but if you see the su binary update prompt, don't choose the TWRP option. I think that caused your initial recovery issue but can't say for sure.

samep said:
I'm confusing you a bit with the the su binary update and SuperSU update. To keep it simpler, that can wait until after you flash CM, if that's your goal. Those are prompts so don't be too concerned. Don't think you'll see Knox in CM.
So to keep it simple, you need TWRP to flash a custom ROM. I suggest the Odin tar in the link sent earlier.
After getting your custom ROM flashed in recovery, follow the prompts but if you see the su binary update prompt, don't choose the TWRP option. I think that caused your initial recovery issue but can't say for sure.
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Hey there, Ok so. After messing around I ended up getting that TWRP package to work. I thought It was a SINGLE file, that's where I got stuck. but the whole ?.rar showed up in the pda selection In odin and I ran it. Worked fine. didn't see anything about updates ...still.
I restarted and went to recoverymode. Teamwin popped up like ive seen from other videos. Guessing im on the right track. So right now I don't need to be worrying about SuperSu or Rashr? or should I be dealing with those two apps? ALSO is Rom installer anything to pay attention to?

At this point, you can look into a ROM installer or Flashify but I'd recommend just following the developer OP for whatever ROM you choose.
And yes, no need to worry with SuperSU or su binary update. Just follow the prompts when they appear after flashing ROM.

samep said:
At this point, you can look into a ROM installer or Flashify but I'd recommend just following the developer OP for whatever ROM you choose.
And yes, no need to worry with SuperSU or su binary update. Just follow the prompts when they appear after flashing ROM.
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Thanks so much! The videos ive seen have been much simple-r for installing roms SO I may survive this whole experience after all...Yesterday was kind of a bad time to almost loose my phones functionality....being on the job hunt and all. need those phone calls Lol. So thanks again. Im hoping to try out cyanogenmod 12. I'll definitely shoot off a flare gun if I fail lol.

No problem. Glad to be of some help. Godspeed on your journey and best of wishes for your career and rooted ventures!

samep said:
No problem. Glad to be of some help. Godspeed on your journey and best of wishes for your career and rooted ventures!
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SUCCESS! Thanks again Sensei Lol

samep said:
No problem. Glad to be of some help. Godspeed on your journey and best of wishes for your career and rooted ventures!
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eh...celebrated too early I guess. Ever run into camera connection errors?

Sixgotfangs said:
eh...celebrated too early I guess. Ever run into camera connection errors?
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Is the error while still on stock or CM?
Now that you can wipe data, you can factory reset and either Odin the stock tar or flash CM.
If you prefer to take least intrusive approach, try going into recovery and delete cache and dalvik cache and reboot. If still not working, the factory reset. If still having camera issues, then decide if you want to go with stock tar in Odin again or CM a clean install; wipe user data first.
Personally, I'd wipe everything except my titanium backups and go back to Odin stock tar and make sure stock works fully before going to CM. In a situation like you were in, I would have powered down, flashed the stock tar in Odin and let it auto boot. Flash the custom recovery so I could wipe everything and then power down again and flash the stock tar in Odin just to get a clean start with root and custom ROM.
Edit- what is camera connection error? Oh, I see; lost camera. New thread. Maybe someone on CM can help you.

[Help] Forgot to install SuperSu

When I 'reboot'ed to restore, I was clicking 'reboot' without thinking twice. I realized I didn't install SuperSu in it. I had SuperSu app but I didn't install it yet. So I went ahead, rebooting until the logo showed up but it shut. Again, the logo showed up and it shut. It was going on.
One simple question- HOW DO I FIX?!
I feel stupid as a elephant.
Thanks!

Go to the play store and install it.

w7excursion said:
Go to the play store and install it.
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I already had it installed before. Nothing happened.

What are you trying to do that is related to super su?

w7excursion said:
What are you trying to do that is related to super su?
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Well, at first, I added SuperSU and then I added TWRP. I realized I hadn't installed SuperSU from Play Store yet. Then BOOM. The logo kept restarting. What should I do?
I just wanted to add a Noterized rom later but....

What did you root with? I thought Cf auto root installed it during the root process. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1538053

w7excursion said:
What did you root with? I thought Cf auto root installed it during the root process. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1538053
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I did follow what it said and nothing happened! I didn't understand!
http://grantbarker.com/samsung-galaxy-note-4.html --- This is what I followed Rooting and Flashing. SuperSu appeared in my Note 4. I thought it was all set. So I went ahead to reboot but it didn't work. The logo kept appearing and then disappearing. Forth and back. I didn't understand what did I do wrong.

Link which cf auto root file you used . Hit the thanks to chainfire http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-4/orig-development/sm-n910-cf-auto-root-t2897428 and should be this one https://download.chainfire.eu/585/CF-Root1/CF-Auto-Root-trltespr-trltespr-smn910p.zip

w7excursion said:
Link which cf auto root file you used . Hit the thanks to chainfire http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-4/orig-development/sm-n910-cf-auto-root-t2897428 and should be this one https://download.chainfire.eu/585/CF-Root1/CF-Auto-Root-trltespr-trltespr-smn910p.zip
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That's the link I downloaded. :crying:

idavyko said:
Well, at first, I added SuperSU and then I added TWRP. I realized I hadn't installed SuperSU from Play Store yet. Then BOOM. The logo kept restarting. What should I do?
I just wanted to add a Noterized rom later but....
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You're not very good at describing the steps, your current situation, firmware you started with or answering questions so my response may be out in left field; you decide.
Did you happen to have OE1 or OF5 build before you started?
When you you say the logo kept restarting, did you leave out a step? Sounds like you used Odin to flash CF Auto Root, TWRP and proceeded to flash a custom ROM and it didn't boot.
Did you forget to do a much needed step of taking a nandroid backup as soon as you got to TWRP recovery?
Did not restart... Two things you can do. If you have the nandroid backup from TWRP, use it.
If you don't have it, flash the Odin CF Auto Root and try to reboot. If it boots, note the build and make a nandroid.
Most common mistake made in XDA in past weeks is trying to downgrade builds OE1 and OF5 to take a custom ROM when it's not supposed to happen. Bugs and reboot issues galore. And no way to upgrade until a stock recovery is found or a tar released.
Read and you may find some answers to your situation, if I'm out of bounds.
Sent from my SM-N910P using Tapatalk

samep said:
You're not very good at describing the steps, your current situation, firmware you started with or answering questions so my response may be out in left field; you decide.
Did you happen to have OE1 or OF5 build before you started?
When you you say the logo kept restarting, did you leave out a step? Sounds like you used Odin to flash CF Auto Root, TWRP and proceeded to flash a custom ROM and it didn't boot.
Did you forget to do a much needed step of taking a nandroid backup as soon as you got to TWRP recovery?
Did not restart... Two things you can do. If you have the nandroid backup from TWRP, use it.
If you don't have it, flash the Odin CF Auto Root and try to reboot. If it boots, note the build and make a nandroid.
Most common mistake made in XDA in past weeks is trying to downgrade builds OE1 and OF5 to take a custom ROM when it's not supposed to happen. Bugs and reboot issues galore. And no way to upgrade until a stock recovery is found or a tar released.
Read and you may find some answers to your situation, if I'm out of bounds.
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Whoa, what? What OE1 and OF5? How do I know? OMG, I feel stupider now. I thought backup was from TWRP but oops. Where do I find nandroid backup?

idavyko said:
Whoa, what? What OE1 and OF5? How do I know? OMG, I feel stupider now. I thought backup was from TWRP but oops. Where do I find nandroid backup?
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If it boots to TWRP recovery, check both the ext and sd card for backup when selecting the restore tab. I think it defaults to where you backed it up but check anyway. There's a tab button to select location in the restore menu.
No backup? Reflash CF Auto Root and reboot. If it boots, go back to recovery and make a backup in TWRP recovery.
If you don't have TWRP, flash in Odin and do the above steps.
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samep said:
If it boots to TWRP recovery, check both the ext and sd card for backup when selecting the restore tab. I think it defaults to where you backed it up but check anyway. There's a tab button to select location in the restore menu.
No backup? Reflash CF Auto Root and reboot. If it boots, go back to recovery and make a backup in TWRP recovery.
If you don't have TWRP, flash in Odin and do the above steps.
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I reflashed CF Auto Root and rebooted it. It said FAIL. Not working successfully.
https://download.chainfire.eu/585/CF-Root1/CF-Auto-Root-trltespr-trltespr-smn910p.zip - I used it for CF AUTO. I don't know how it happened. : (

In the settings go look in the "About Device" and see what the software version is. Hopefully not the two versions mentioned earlier.

There's also instructions in the CF Auto Root for flashes not taking. Something like if you don't see the red android in recovery, pull battery and reboot to recovery... Follow the OP.
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w7excursion said:
In the settings go look in the "About Device" and see what the software version is. Hopefully not the two versions mentioned earlier.
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That's a major problem... I can't EVEN get in homescreen at all. I am at where Samsung logo restarting is. Not even get in homescreen at all.

samep said:
There's also instructions in the CF Auto Root for flashes not taking. Something like if you don't see the red android in recovery, pull battery and reboot to recovery... Follow the OP.
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Done there, done that many times. There is NO red android in recovery. I see a green android every time I try to reboot.

I'm sure you tried this but it's a step process: Odin flash CF with auto boot enabled. If you don't see red Android, pull battery and boot directly into recovery.
No boot after that? Try boot into recovery again. Factory reset a few times and try to reboot. If that's a dead horse, you can try to flash OB7 modem in Odin (extract from OB7 stock tar) and flash noterized stable 2. Consider wiping all but ExtSdCard and flash again if still won't boot. But know you're in a realm of risks that you must weigh for yourself. I'm not liable for a brick.
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samep said:
I'm sure you tried this but it's a step process: Odin flash CF with auto boot enabled. If you don't see red Android, pull battery and boot directly into recovery.
No boot after that? Try boot into recovery again. If that's a dead horse, you can try to flash OB7 modem in Odin (extract from OB7 stock tar) and flash noterized stable 2. But know you're in a realm of risks that you must weigh for yourself. I'm not liable fit a brick.
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OK Show me OB7 link.
I haven't installed Noterized Stable 2 yet.

*rolls in a wheelbarrow full of bricks*

CWM RECOVERY doesn't work for me on Note 3 with Lollipop

I've used Odin 3.07 to flash n900t-cwm-recovery-6.0.4.4(1025) but it didn't pass. I'm tired now and I want to go to bed but it bugs me I don't have root.
On 4.2 I think it was easy but on 5.0 it won't work for me, now. I've scoured pages and pages, so for now I am kindly asking for some directions.

Try flashing the latest TWRP and then flash supersu from TWRP to get root.

audit13 said:
Try flashing the latest TWRP and then flash supersu from TWRP to get root.
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Thanks, did it, it flashed it but now it gives me "Recovery is not Seandroid Enforcing". I pulled the battery right after the pass message, no change.
Read in thread about "Reactivation Lock" but I don't have that option in the stock Lollipop 5.0.
Any ideas?

So your phone is not booting? Boot into download mode and tell us what it says.

Oh no, the phone works fine. I can boot into stock Lollipop but it won't boot into recovery (Vol Up). It boots into Odin Vol Down.
All I want is to install su. First I tried to flash CWM recovery with Odin, didn't pass. Then I tried TWRP (their website is down), it passed but got "Recovery is not Seandroid Enforcing" error. So now I'm lost. I think all have to flash a modified ROM but I'm confused about their specs (what is Deoxified)
Wait wait, Oding IS the recovery, no? I'm totally confused now.

Try this: open Odin and uncheck everything except f.reset time, connect the phone, flash TWRP, when you see the word "reset" in the status window, remove USB cable, remove battery, replace battery, use button combination to boot into recovery.

Thanks for the help. I've tried that sequence before. It didn't work. I'll try it again.
But I've managed to install su using Chainfire's Auto Root for Kitkat (but I have Lollipop). Now I have an older recovery. Will that cause any troubles?
What I've learned from my "ordeal" is make sure you have the right versions. In my case particularly the phone model, N900T, and then the software versions, N900TUVUFOB6, where B6 is the Lollipop (right?).

No no no!
I've rebooted into old recovery now my user interface in Lollipop doesn't work. I guess the recovery deleted some cache (noticed some messages at the bottom)
I guess I'll burn the Lollipop + CF Autoroot for the N-th time and never boot into recovery.

Bogdan45 said:
I've used Odin 3.07 to flash n900t-cwm-recovery-6.0.4.4(1025) but it didn't pass. I'm tired now and I want to go to bed but it bugs me I don't have root.
On 4.2 I think it was easy but on 5.0 it won't work for me, now. I've scoured pages and pages, so for now I am kindly asking for some directions.
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Do you still need help? If so reply back. I'll do way best to help. Had the three main custom recoveries and had my share of problems and learned from them haha.

LiftedDroid said:
Do you still need help? If so reply back. I'll do way best to help. Had the three main custom recoveries and had my share of problems and learned from them haha.
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Yes, I do need a working recovery for stock Lollipop 5.0 on Note 3.

Bogdan45 said:
Yes, I do need a working recovery for stock Lollipop 5.0 on Note 3.
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I used chain fires autoroot 9005, and installed TWRP
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Bogdan45 said:
Yes, I do need a working recovery for stock Lollipop 5.0 on Note 3.
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Sorry was busy last few days with minecraft lol. I will get that up in a few and have link for you

Hi there,
I have one question. I have rooted my phone with cf-autoroot method same as you and like you I can't installed custom recovery, weather it be TWARP or CWM. Buy my question isn't this.
I was just randomly checking my app manager for all my apps and found getroot version 1.0 was installed.
Can you confirm me that u have the same thing.
Because it has access to my camera SD card and sms.
Let me know.
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No, I don't have it.

tenjohn23 said:
Hi there,
I have one question. I have rooted my phone with cf-autoroot method same as you and like you I can't installed custom recovery, weather it be TWARP or CWM. Buy my question isn't this.
I was just randomly checking my app manager for all my apps and found getroot version 1.0 was installed.
Can you confirm me that u have the same thing.
Because it has access to my camera SD card and sms.
Let me know.
Sent from my SM-N900W8 using XDA Free mobile app
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Make sure you have patched sd access and set correct path for location.
SD patch
Or use this this version of twrp and open in Odin just as you would cf autoroot.
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tenjohn23 said:
Hi there,
I have one question. I have rooted my phone with cf-autoroot method same as you and like you I can't installed custom recovery, weather it be TWARP or CWM. Buy my question isn't this.
I was just randomly checking my app manager for all my apps and found getroot version 1.0 was installed.
Can you confirm me that u have the same thing.
Because it has access to my camera SD card and sms.
Let me know.
Sent from my SM-N900W8 using XDA Free mobile app
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Make sure you have patched sd access and set correct path for location.
TWRP 2.8.7 Open Recovery
SD patch
Or use this this version of twrp and open in Odin just as you would cf autoroot.
TWRP 2.8.7.0 4.4
Also thesee are for smn900t I am sure as long as your using any snm900* you OK. Any issues try hard reset and last option do reflash of stock

Bogdan45 said:
Oh no, the phone works fine. I can boot into stock Lollipop but it won't boot into recovery (Vol Up). It boots into Odin Vol Down.
All I want is to install su. First I tried to flash CWM recovery with Odin, didn't pass. Then I tried TWRP (their website is down), it passed but got "Recovery is not Seandroid Enforcing" error. So now I'm lost. I think all have to flash a modified ROM but I'm confused about their specs (what is Deoxified)
Wait wait, Oding IS the recovery, no? I'm totally confused now.
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the enforcing thing is because you have a custom recovery only, it just tells the user that it isn't factory