So when i first got my gs3 in august i was able to root with heimdall. Early January i had to have my phone replaced because the speaker was messing up.
Since ive gotten it replaced i have had the most ridiculous time trying to find a way to root it with my mac again. The old process with Heimdall does not work anymore.
And it appears that the only process to work is with Odin. The only issue is i dont have access to a Pc to run odin. Am i correct in assuming that i cannot currently root and push a new recovery with a mac?
Ive tried google, XDA, Rootzwiki, Android central and i cant seem to find much information anywhere...
If i couldnt use the search button properly feel free to flame away but i cant seem to find anyhting.
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Hamspiced said:
So when i first got my gs3 in august i was able to root with heimdall. Early January i had to have my phone replaced because the speaker was messing up.
Since ive gotten it replaced i have had the most ridiculous time trying to find a way to root it with my mac again. The old process with Heimdall does not work anymore.
And it appears that the only process to work is with Odin. The only issue is i dont have access to a Pc to run odin. Am i correct in assuming that i cannot currently root and push a new recovery with a mac?
Ive tried google, XDA, Rootzwiki, Android central and i cant seem to find much information anywhere...
If i couldnt use the search button properly feel free to flame away but i cant seem to find anyhting.
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Gotta use a windows machine, unfortunately I'm in the same boat. I've gotta wait at least another week smh
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Sorry,
I swore i had it in QandA If you can imagine, last night i had around 20 tabs open trying to find the answer or trying to use old or alternative methods to get a custom recovery. I think i just clicked the wrong tab..
Thankyou though for moving it for me.
@banccalif it looks like i have no choice but to run a virtual machine of Win7 just to get this thing rooted...
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Hello everyone I am a noob here i just joined this site but have been here and read other forums. I have a maguro galaxy nexus yakjuux running 4.1.1 and im in canada. I want to change to yakju so that i get ota updates from google right when they come out on the air. i have a mac and i want to completely restore it to the factory image. I don't care about the backups and all the data that i have on it right now i just want to update to yakju on a mac. if anyone could help i would reatly appreciate. i do not know alot of this tech language, i just know basics. i am using mobilicity and macbook pro with the latest software. i really need a nice and simple how to with basic english and not too much techy language. my phone is no rooted.
It's literally the third thread on this section: http://forum.xda-developers.com/sho...k for ALL Galaxy Nexus phones (latest JOP40D)
reysonance said:
It's literally the third thread on this section: http://forum.xda-developers.com/sho...k for ALL Galaxy Nexus phones (latest JOP40D)
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yeah i know and i saw this one but i dont really understand some of this stuff and i don't want to mess up i just want a toolkit or something really easy, easier than this.
Gorantheg said:
yeah i know and i saw this one but i dont really understand some of this stuff and i don't want to mess up i just want a toolkit or something really easy, easier than this.
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There is mskip's toolkit on the development section, although the use of toolkit is generally frowned upon since if something broken, you don't have a clue of how to fix it since it does everything for you, IMO you'd be better learning fastboot, since if you mess up you'll have to learn to use it eventually, this is coming for someone who have used a toolkit and messed up (from my own stupid fault), ended spending my evening learning fastboot and all that, been doing it manually ever since and no problem have been met.
It's still your choice though, if you really want to use the toolkit then just hop to the development section and get it yourself.
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There is mskip's toolkit on the development section, although the use of toolkit is generally frowned upon since if something broken, you don't have a clue of how to fix it since it does everything for you, IMO you'd be better learning fastboot, since if you mess up you'll have to learn to use it eventually, this is coming for someone who have used a toolkit and messed up (from my own stupid fault), ended spending my evening learning fastboot and all that, been doing it manually ever since and no problem have been met.
It's still your choice though, if you really want to use the toolkit then just hop to the development section and get it yourself.
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Thank you for the advice. I guess i will learn fastboot and hopefully understand it quickly but thoroughly!
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I tried turning superuser off but it didn't seem to work. i tried root keeper and that didn't work. i just want to update to the newest software update my phone keeps saying is available but when i try it, it goes into cwm and says the update is aborted. obviously because my phone is still rooted. i want the update without have to wipe date. any help? thanks. and be kinda specific, i was able to root my phone a few months ago but im not tech savvy on every little thing. thanks!
Your update is failing because you have a custom recovery not because you are rooted.
Please go to settings > about phone > baseband version and post what the last three numbers/letters are...
Depending on what version you are currently on there may be a flashable zip available for download, or it may be easier to just flash a complete ROM.
Please search, this question regarding how to take the update properly (no need to unroot) has been answered many times by both myself and others
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Yeah, all you have to do is look through either cnexus' or my own posts and you'll find the answer you're looking for. Look for threads in the q&a forum with the title similar to "OTA update?" There's at least three of them on there from the last week alone.
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Voodoo Root
:highfive: Look for an App called Voodoo Root in the Google play store, problem solved.
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:highfive: Look for an App called Voodoo Root in the Google play store, problem solved.
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That won't work for what this person wants to do (run the OTA). The best way to do this is by checking out CNexus' sticky thread on what to do with an OTA. His thread is very informative and has good instructions on how to update or, at the very least, turn off the OTA notifications.
I kinda got confused yesterday between using updated T999 bootloaders or update I747 bootloaders because I had re ODIN'ed my my whole phone via Samsung Provided Bins and that bin contained T999 bootloaders and modem that worked and booted properly on my I747 without any problems. Thing is I decided to update that bootloader and modem to the newest version for T999 which in turn caused my dead GS3. So I'm guessing the problem would be a corrupted bootloader? I have the MSM8960 hex and the MSM8960 BIN, but when I try to program these to my SG3 which is in QHUSB mode, it says the "Cookie (If Present) not received error (QPST 2.7 Build 402). I've been up studying partitions etc etc but I just can't seem to do it. I think I need the partition_boot.xml and the rawprogram0.xml and or patch0.xml IF those were needed (I'm kinda glitchy right now, no sleep -_-) all I need to do is get my phone into regular odin mode so I can flash all the files back to my baby again (Dropbox 50GB +Nandroid TWRP FTW) (And by files, I mean the proper CSC, Bootloaders, Modem, Platform and Partition files I got from Samsung for my unlocked and modded S3.
I'll add the attachments I've used up until now, Including the odin files I've used for turning my phone into an T999 (Should NEVER update that Bootloader with a new T999 one, just a new I747 one LESSON LEARNED)
Dropbox :http://www.dropbox.com/sh/9hpjjj95dtxxx74/acPHV3XqL_
T999_UVDMD5_firmware_v4 is what bricked my phone, I have the flash the files inside this shared dropbox folder (Also in the BOOTLOADER zip of course, before I can get her running again.
Any help getting to rewrite the bootloaders and or getting into ODIN mode? I'm bringing my phone back from hell, really, If I can manage to solve this problem as well, I want to make this into an AIO so everyone who went through the same mistake by off chance can fix this as well.
Any help would be appreciated, I would JTAG, but I don't have the money for it, they aren't hiring 17 year olds around state right now -_- So I guess this would be the opprotunity to help me further my tech knowledge ( I want to do Tech Development like this when I go to college in 2 years )
Thanks
Jtag is the only way I know of, if it's truly hard bricked.
Really?
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Jtag is the only way I know of, if it's truly hard bricked.
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I did alot of research and seen that it can possibly be done, but it shows up in QHUSB mode where I heard it's difficult, yet possible to fix, with a few file to make it boot as a USB drive
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Thank you, I sort of considered it something to work on, instead of it being a question for me to ask, I see otherwise now.
Hi everyone,
I'm really desperate for any information that can help me. Please be kind here...I haven't done anything techy stuff like this before.
Here's the situation.
My phone was rooted with supersu since I got it (my colleague helped to do it), but due to an issue with my international roaming, I decided after 1 year to try and unroot and upgrade from 4.1.1 to 4.2/3
However, upon unrooting, i found that I could not upgrade due to the count and decided that I had to try and root it again to use triangle away.
Here is where it gets FUBAR.
I ran Odin and flashed the following:
I9305_CWM_Recovery.tar.md5
Samsung-Updates.com-KERNEL-GT-I9305-SIN-I9305XXBMB2-1359977044
My phone was still working then, but I wasn't too sure how to install the binary until many tries later ...
But somehow because I didn't know how to install the binary, I ran the "Auto Root": CF-Auto-Root-t03g-t03gxx-gtn7100.tar.md5
After which, my screen flashed blue ...
When it wouldn't boot up, I flashed:Samsung-Updates.com-KERNEL-GT-I9305-SIN-I9305XXBMB2-1359977044
And did a factory reset.
The hard and soft buttons are working, but the touch screen is dead. Thinking it was a OS issue, I flashed the stock rom: I9305XXALI9_I9305OLBALI8_I9305DXALI7_HOME.tar.md5 1.2Gb file
And right now, no change. Hard and Soft buttons working, touch screen is dead....
Anybody?
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As long as something is working it is not bricked. A brick means completely dead, like a brick. Perhaps the ribbon cable came loose from the touchscreen.
This is the Sprint US variant S3 section. From everything you posted you have an International model. You are in the wrong section.
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This is the Sprint US variant S3 section. From everything you posted you have an International model. You are in the wrong section.
Remember search is your best friend, Have a great day!
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Or he has revealed the root cause of the problem, if he actually does have the Sprint version
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First apologies if this has been over before, coulndt find it in any forum...plus tried every way I could find in internet.
Phone...
Samsung Galaxy S7 Active
Model SM-G891 US...rev 0.5
Carrier At and T
6.0.1/MMB29/G891AUCU2APK2
You all know how the story goes bought phone dint have login info so stuck in frp. With all the reading and struugling I have at least managed to get a browser open. But no keyboard input when it is. I did manage to get to root junkies files but can't download because of the stripped down browser. Blocks all attempts at web search. Sense this update was November does that mean in screwed? Any help would be appreciated. Oh, no access to PC...makes this much harder I bet.
I want to believe that sense I can at least get to net there's gotta be hope.
1st.... just 5 posts under this, some one has alreay posted how to do this ..
you WILL need a PC to complete it... which ever way you choose.... theres a reason FRP is not 'easy' to get past !
either the adb method i explianed via PM (flash engboot, via odin, and then use FRP_S7FanClub.com adb method via ADB)
or the thread that i linked abbove, thats 5 threads down from this one at present when you psted ! so you clearly did not "coulndt find it in any forum" youve not even looked in this forum let alone others !
Well clearly the post 5 post down was edited by a mod saying the method didn't work. I have no computer at the moment and all the posts I searched were about trying with out a PC. I also have a different version so I thought starting a thread could help me and others. Thanks for taking the time to respond but please dont tell me I didn't search. I have been on the net for a long time and know how to search. Sometimes using this cheap ass phone makes it a bit more difficult. I also dont see the harm in starting this thread, it is after all why this sites here is it not? But I do appreciate the help.
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Well clearly the post 5 post down was edited by a mod saying the method didn't work. I have no computer at the moment and all the posts I searched were about trying with out a PC. I also have a different version so I thought starting a thread could help me and others. Thanks for taking the time to respond but please dont tell me I didn't search. I have been on the net for a long time and know how to search. Sometimes using this cheap ass phone makes it a bit more difficult. I also dont see the harm in starting this thread, it is after all why this sites here is it not? But I do appreciate the help.
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miniminus said:
1st.... just 5 posts under this, some one has alreay posted how to do this ..
you WILL need a PC to complete it... which ever way you choose.... theres a reason FRP is not 'easy' to get past !
either the adb method i explianed via PM (flash engboot, via odin, and then use FRP_S7FanClub.com adb method via ADB)
or the thread that i linked abbove, thats 5 threads down from this one at present when you psted ! so you clearly did not "coulndt find it in any forum" youve not even looked in this forum let alone others !
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Yes I closed it as it did not work tested myself I did find a easy way to do it..... BTW the info is not on the web activity for this device took me several hours to find and come up with a working method pasted together from several...
Oops sorry, my bad, didnt see that it was now a closed thread ..
Well the engboot and adb commands I found from s7fans.com seems to have sorted mine out
Although when issuing the adb commands it looked like they errored out !...
But either way, mines now past the frp warning...
What was your method ?...
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Oops sorry, my bad, didnt see that it was now a closed thread ..
Well the engboot and adb commands I found from s7fans.com seems to have sorted mine out
Although when issuing the adb commands it looked like they errored out !...
But either way, mines now past the frp warning...
What was your method ?...
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Same way I ended up on mine too eng and adb
rumpleduskin said:
First apologies if this has been over before, coulndt find it in any forum...plus tried every way I could find in internet.
Phone...
Samsung Galaxy S7 Active
Model SM-G891 US...rev 0.5
Carrier At and T
6.0.1/MMB29/G891AUCU2APK2
You all know how the story goes bought phone dint have login info so stuck in frp. With all the reading and struugling I have at least managed to get a browser open. But no keyboard input when it is. I did manage to get to root junkies files but can't download because of the stripped down browser. Blocks all attempts at web search. Sense this update was November does that mean in screwed? Any help would be appreciated. Oh, no access to PC...makes this much harder I bet.
I want to believe that sense I can at least get to net there's gotta be hope.
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Yea you can flash the eng boot i know for at least MM and then google adb frp bypass for the adb commands I dont have them off top of my head but they are all over google..:good:
Thanks for the responses at moment don't have comp but as soon as I do will post results.