Hey guys im trying to root my device so i can install some lightweight custom roms. Ive been following this guide i found online
http://androidcritics.com/how-to-root-and-install-clockworkmod-recovery-on-galaxy-s3-i747/
I basically did this
Installing Clockwork Recovery Mod
Find the recovery image file which is clockworkmod.tar
On your Samsung Galaxy S3 I747, press and hold down the volume down, power, and home buttons
Once your at the warning screen, press volume up to accept
Launch the Odin program from your computer
In Odin, find the PDA tab and click it
Find the clockworkmod.tar.md5 file in the unzipped recovery image file
Press start to begin flashing the recovery mod
BE PATIENT! and wait until your device reboots
Once your device has fully rebooted, you can start installing root
It loaded on the phone fine. I then did this
Installing Root
Transfer the root.zip file onto your phone from your computer
Make sure you connect your s3 to your computer and find the root zip file and put it in your downloads folder.
Enter clockwork recover mod by holding down the volume up, power, and home buttons
Navigate by using the volume buttons to Install Zip > Choose Zip from Internal SD card > Navigate to the downloads folder> Select
Be Patient! and wait until your device is finished
Once the process is finished, you can select Reboot
Once your device has rebooted, launch the Google Play Store app
Search “SuperuserSU” and select the first app that shows in the search results
Install this app
Once it has finished installing, your done!
The only problem is I cant navigate to the option "install zip from internal sd card" I simply dont have though's options here is what I have when hold volume up reset and home
"reboot system now
apply update from ADB
apply update from external storage (which i dont have)
wipe data/factory reset
wipe cache partition
apply update from cache
When i hit apply update from ADB it says "now send the package you want to apply to the device with "adb sideload <filename>"...
Im wondering if the original flash didnt go thru? Why dont I have the options that I should?
Any help would mean the world trying to get this puppy up asap!
regards,
Eddy
eddyg519 said:
Hey guys im trying to root my device so i can install some lightweight custom roms. Ive been following this guide i found online
http://androidcritics.com/how-to-root-and-install-clockworkmod-recovery-on-galaxy-s3-i747/
I basically did this
Installing Clockwork Recovery Mod
Find the recovery image file which is clockworkmod.tar
On your Samsung Galaxy S3 I747, press and hold down the volume down, power, and home buttons
Once your at the warning screen, press volume up to accept
Launch the Odin program from your computer
In Odin, find the PDA tab and click it
Find the clockworkmod.tar.md5 file in the unzipped recovery image file
Press start to begin flashing the recovery mod
BE PATIENT! and wait until your device reboots
Once your device has fully rebooted, you can start installing root
It loaded on the phone fine. I then did this
Installing Root
Transfer the root.zip file onto your phone from your computer
Make sure you connect your s3 to your computer and find the root zip file and put it in your downloads folder.
Enter clockwork recover mod by holding down the volume up, power, and home buttons
Navigate by using the volume buttons to Install Zip > Choose Zip from Internal SD card > Navigate to the downloads folder> Select
Be Patient! and wait until your device is finished
Once the process is finished, you can select Reboot
Once your device has rebooted, launch the Google Play Store app
Search “SuperuserSU” and select the first app that shows in the search results
Install this app
Once it has finished installing, your done!
The only problem is I cant navigate to the option "install zip from internal sd card" I simply dont have though's options here is what I have when hold volume up reset and home
"reboot system now
apply update from ADB
apply update from external storage (which i dont have)
wipe data/factory reset
wipe cache partition
apply update from cache
When i hit apply update from ADB it says "now send the package you want to apply to the device with "adb sideload <filename>"...
Im wondering if the original flash didnt go thru? Why dont I have the options that I should?
Any help would mean the world trying to get this puppy up asap!
regards,
Eddy
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Sounds like the root method you are using is just way to complicated. Follow this one here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1739426 it has prerooted firmwares that you just install with odin and you are done (cwm included). Just make sure you grab the right firmware for your carrier.
If I have helped you out, slap that thanks button.
aeppacher said:
Sounds like the root method you are using is just way to complicated. Follow this one here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1739426 it has prerooted firmwares that you just install with odin and you are done (cwm included). Just make sure you grab the right firmware for your carrier.
If I have helped you out, slap that thanks button.
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Beauty I think its flashing the rogers rom to my phone from there Im good to load other roms using this odin tool? (or is it rom manager?)
also what is this clockwork mod ? I might as well go into play store and get both rom manager and clockwork?
- eddy
So After I flashed the new rom to my phone i left it plugged in and it restarted. Android loader popped on and now it says android is upgrading... starting apps. Its been like this for over a half an hour... what do i do??? helpppp dont really want to reset it but it is bricked? or do i have to reload ?
update:
held the restart button down it restarted bit is still stuck on starting apps.
update two:
held vol down home and reset tried to reload the rogers rom onto the phone and now it stops at samsung load screen. Do i have to reload the carrier that came with the phone? I cant quite remember what the original carrier was.
UPDATE THREE:
I as able to boot back into the phone but...nothing changed? i ended up wiping the phones data in settings because its too full as it is. I downloaded root checker and it said access was denied ? That makes its not rooted after all... I followed the directions seems that they didnt take? Any clues?
eddy
eddyg519 said:
So After I flashed the new rom to my phone i left it plugged in and it restarted. Android loader popped on and now it says android is upgrading... starting apps. Its been like this for over a half an hour... what do i do??? helpppp dont really want to reset it but it is bricked? or do i have to reload ?
update:
held the restart button down it restarted bit is still stuck on starting apps.
update two:
held vol down home and reset tried to reload the rogers rom onto the phone and now it stops at samsung load screen. Do i have to reload the carrier that came with the phone? I cant quite remember what the original carrier was.
UPDATE THREE:
I as able to boot back into the phone but...nothing changed? i ended up wiping the phones data in settings because its too full as it is. I downloaded root checker and it said access was denied ? That makes its not rooted after all... I followed the directions seems that they didnt take? Any clues?
eddy
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Okay buddy looks like you need to learn some basic android 101
You are definitely not ready to root or do anything til you learn this stuff...
Okay, so first is recoveries. Basically recoveries are a bit of software that let's you flash ROMs, kernels, and whatever else to your phone. When you hold volume up and power when your phone is off, you boot to recovery. Now basically recoveries are necessary because when you are flashing a new ROM it essentially deletes the android system from your phone first so this is a way of your phone still working between flashes.
Clockworkmod is a custom recovery with a lot of features meant for flashing ROMs. There are competitors such as TWRP (team win recovery project) but clockworkmod is a great starter. Use videos or tutorials on how to use it before you flash your first ROM. I can not stress how often you need to read read and read some more.
Okay so rooting your phone. Basically there is a "root" directory of your phone. Its where all the system files are stored and it let's you do a lot of stuff, but it also means you can screw a lot of stuff up to (like really screw it up). On default you are locked out of here by the maker of your phone for various reasons. Rooting means that someone found an exploit to gain access to this folder. Usually what you then do is you find a way to inject superuser (a little app that gives root access to other apps later on). You use Odin in this case to install a stock Samsung rom (with superuser already put in the root directory of that modified ROM its installing) essentially this means you have root. Root allows you to install recoveries like clockworkmod (which you need to flash ROMs later.
Okay so that was my quick run through. At your point you need to go to YouTube and Google how to root the sgs3 and hopefully they should have one for your specific carrier. The process should be the same minus the files you flash. Essentially you should be looking for stock ROM (for your specific device) with superuser or supersu already installed. Then you should be finding a way to install clockworkmod once you have root. (You may be able to find a file or tutorial that does this in one go). I cannot emphasise enough about reading. You wouldn't be here had you read first and in the flashing business, if you don't want a sgs3 paper weight you should read first.
Oh and ROMmanager from the marketplace installs clockworkmod for you (ONCE YOU HAVE ROOT) its simple. Just download it from the play story. Click flash recovery. It will load a bit and your done. Then you can reboot into it. ROM manager (the paid version is unnecessary) it just adds extra features you don't yet need. Look at it once you have flashed your first few ROMs.
Best of luck. Let me know and slap that thanks button. I wrote this on my phone.
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eddyg519 said:
Hey guys im trying to root my device so i can install some lightweight custom roms. Ive been following this guide i found online
http://androidcritics.com/how-to-root-and-install-clockworkmod-recovery-on-galaxy-s3-i747/
I basically did this
Installing Clockwork Recovery Mod
Find the recovery image file which is clockworkmod.tar
On your Samsung Galaxy S3 I747, press and hold down the volume down, power, and home buttons
Once your at the warning screen, press volume up to accept
Launch the Odin program from your computer
In Odin, find the PDA tab and click it
Find the clockworkmod.tar.md5 file in the unzipped recovery image file
Press start to begin flashing the recovery mod
BE PATIENT! and wait until your device reboots
Once your device has fully rebooted, you can start installing root
It loaded on the phone fine. I then did this
Installing Root
Transfer the root.zip file onto your phone from your computer
Make sure you connect your s3 to your computer and find the root zip file and put it in your downloads folder.
Enter clockwork recover mod by holding down the volume up, power, and home buttons
Navigate by using the volume buttons to Install Zip > Choose Zip from Internal SD card > Navigate to the downloads folder> Select
Be Patient! and wait until your device is finished
Once the process is finished, you can select Reboot
Once your device has rebooted, launch the Google Play Store app
Search “SuperuserSU” and select the first app that shows in the search results
Install this app
Once it has finished installing, your done!
The only problem is I cant navigate to the option "install zip from internal sd card" I simply dont have though's options here is what I have when hold volume up reset and home
"reboot system now
apply update from ADB
apply update from external storage (which i dont have)
wipe data/factory reset
wipe cache partition
apply update from cache
When i hit apply update from ADB it says "now send the package you want to apply to the device with "adb sideload <filename>"...
Im wondering if the original flash didnt go thru? Why dont I have the options that I should?
Any help would mean the world trying to get this puppy up asap!
regards,
Eddy
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Hi eddy,
It sounds like you didn't get CWM to stick after your flash with ODIN. You need to uncheck the reboot option in odin and then after the flash is done pull the battery and go directly into CWM loader by booting with the volume up + power + home button method. This will give you cwm rather than the stock loader you seem to be trying to use. You're almost there!
sxorpyon said:
Hi eddy,
It sounds like you didn't get CWM to stick after your flash with ODIN. You need to uncheck the reboot option in odin and then after the flash is done pull the battery and go directly into CWM loader by booting with the volume up + power + home button method. This will give you cwm rather than the stock loader you seem to be trying to use. You're almost there!
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He also said root wasn't sticking. He needs that before he can cwm to stick
aeppacher said:
He also said root wasn't sticking. He needs that before he can cwm to stick
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I think he can't install the superuser.zip from cwm after boot because he's allowing the stock rom to overwrite his cwm flash ... he's gotta pull his battery after the odin flash to get root in. That's what worked for me. once he's got root he can use rom manager to upgrade to cwm 6.x
sxorpyon said:
I think he can't install the superuser.zip from cwm after boot because he's allowing the stock rom to overwrite his cwm flash ... he's gotta pull his battery after the odin flash to get root in. That's what worked for me. once he's got root he can use rom manager to upgrade to cwm 6.x
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He shouldn't need cwm to install. If flashes a firmware with root already injected he can then just use rom manager to install clockworkmod for the first time since rom manager just needs root which he will have. You can root and keep the stock recovery on at the same time
I think his biggest issue is root not sticking. Til he does that cwm wont install
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Ok i just bought my Samsung Epic 4G (SPH-D710) I tried Rooting it but i do not think it worked. My wifi Does not work, The CWM is not there. And i do not know It just isn't what it needs to be haha. Now i rooted it for the i19100 i think, on accident. It said all versions but for some reaso i do not think this is right. So ultimately i am asking,
1. How do i root this the right way?
2. Does it come with CWM?
3. When i re-root it do i need to Un-root it this time first.
Sorry i am a newb when it comes to phones i am a computer guy lol
Thanks in advance
slimpickins said:
Ok i just bought my Samsung Epic 4G (SPH-D710) I tried Rooting it but i do not think it worked. My wifi Does not work, The CWM is not there. And i do not know It just isn't what it needs to be haha. Now i rooted it for the i19100 i think, on accident. It said all versions but for some reaso i do not think this is right. So ultimately i am asking,
1. How do i root this the right way?
2. Does it come with CWM?
3. When i re-root it do i need to Un-root it this time first.
Sorry i am a newb when it comes to phones i am a computer guy lol
Thanks in advance
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What root method did you use?
1. Download Samsung Kies and install it on your computer.
Kies
2. Turn off your phone.
3. While the phone is off, hold down the Volume Up and Volume Down buttons at the same time and plug in your phone via USB cable after you have installed Kies in order to have it install the correct drivers for your device and the device should automatically boot into download mode.
4. Once the drivers are installed and your device can be recognized properly by your computer, make sure to CLOSE KIES completely. If it is running during the next steps, even in the background, it can cause issues.
5. Download Odin and open it.
Odin v1.8.5
6. Download the Recovery file for your specific device and save that to your computer.
T-Mobile Galaxy S II Recovery
Sprint Galaxy S II Recovery
AT&T Galaxy S II Recovery
Galaxy S II i9100 Recovery (Read the developer’s post to decide which file in the third post to download)
7. With the device plugged in and Odin open, click on the PDA button in Odin and select the Recovery file you just downloaded.
8. Select Start and this should flash the recovery to the device and reboot it.
III. Root the Device
1. Once the device reboots, mount the USB storage so we can transfer files to it.
2. Download the Superuser zip file and save it to your computer.
Superuser
3. Copy the Superuser .zip file to the root of your device’s sd card (Not in any folders, just on the sd card itself. Do NOT extract the file, leave it as a .zip)
4. Once it is copied to the device, unplug the device from the computer and turn it off.
5. Turn the device back on by holding down the volume down, volume up button, and the power button. Let go of the power button once the device vibrates but continue to hold the volume buttons until the recovery screen comes up.
6. Once the recovery screen comes up, use the volume buttons to scroll down to install zip from sd and then select the superuser .zip file we downloaded earlier.
7. Once it flashes, select go back, then reboot system now.
8. You should now see the superuser icon in your device’s app drawer. If so, you are all set!
I Used That method ( I wished I would have found XDA First) Thank you for your response
Also a couple things happened during this process, When he sais go into recovery mode, i do not have all those crazy choices i just have ur normal android recovery page..
down load mode
slimpickins said:
1. Download Samsung Kies and install it on your computer.
Kies
2. Turn off your phone.
3. While the phone is off, hold down the Volume Up and Volume Down buttons at the same time and plug in your phone via USB cable after you have installed Kies in order to have it install the correct drivers for your device and the device should automatically boot into download mode.
4. Once the drivers are installed and your device can be recognized properly by your computer, make sure to CLOSE KIES completely. If it is running during the next steps, even in the background, it can cause issues.
5. Download Odin and open it.
Odin v1.8.5
6. Download the Recovery file for your specific device and save that to your computer.
T-Mobile Galaxy S II Recovery
Sprint Galaxy S II Recovery
AT&T Galaxy S II Recovery
Galaxy S II i9100 Recovery (Read the developer’s post to decide which file in the third post to download)
7. With the device plugged in and Odin open, click on the PDA button in Odin and select the Recovery file you just downloaded.
8. Select Start and this should flash the recovery to the device and reboot it.
III. Root the Device
1. Once the device reboots, mount the USB storage so we can transfer files to it.
2. Download the Superuser zip file and save it to your computer.
Superuser
3. Copy the Superuser .zip file to the root of your device’s sd card (Not in any folders, just on the sd card itself. Do NOT extract the file, leave it as a .zip)
4. Once it is copied to the device, unplug the device from the computer and turn it off.
5. Turn the device back on by holding down the volume down, volume up button, and the power button. Let go of the power button once the device vibrates but continue to hold the volume buttons until the recovery screen comes up.
6. Once the recovery screen comes up, use the volume buttons to scroll down to install zip from sd and then select the superuser .zip file we downloaded earlier.
7. Once it flashes, select go back, then reboot system now.
8. You should now see the superuser icon in your device’s app drawer. If so, you are all set!
I Used That method ( I wished I would have found XDA First) Thank you for your response
Also a couple things happened during this process, When he sais go into recovery mode, i do not have all those crazy choices i just have ur normal android recovery page..
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you only need vol down and power ... it will then ask you to press up for custom firmware
Volume Down And Power Takes me into download mode. Do you mean volume Up and power??
When i put The kernal (Wich i may have the wrong one) do i put on my sd card or phone sd
slimpickins said:
Volume Down And Power Takes me into download mode. Do you mean volume Up and power??
When i put The kernal (Wich i may have the wrong one) do i put on my sd card or phone sd
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You need download mode for Odin to work. So vol down + power is correct. When using Odin it will only work if the phone is in download mode.
slimpickins said:
Ok i just bought my Samsung Epic 4G (SPH-D710) I tried Rooting it but i do not think it worked. My wifi Does not work, The CWM is not there. And i do not know It just isn't what it needs to be haha. Now i rooted it for the i19100 i think, on accident. It said all versions but for some reaso i do not think this is right. So ultimately i am asking,
1. How do i root this the right way?
2. Does it come with CWM?
3. When i re-root it do i need to Un-root it this time first.
Sorry i am a newb when it comes to phones i am a computer guy lol
Thanks in advance
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Even though you are a noob you got to just slow down and read for hours and hours until you make a move. Now you also have to remember that stickies will usually have all the info you need. Especially in development.
Not sure where you are at with the phone right now but try this link and Good Luck
Thank you all i got it finally. Now i need to find a good ROM to install.... hmm any idea what is a good ROM to install?
slimpickins said:
1. Download Samsung Kies and install it on your computer.
Kies
2. Turn off your phone.
3. While the phone is off, hold down the Volume Up and Volume Down buttons at the same time and plug in your phone via USB cable after you have installed Kies in order to have it install the correct drivers for your device and the device should automatically boot into download mode.
4. Once the drivers are installed and your device can be recognized properly by your computer, make sure to CLOSE KIES completely. If it is running during the next steps, even in the background, it can cause issues.
5. Download Odin and open it.
Odin v1.8.5
6. Download the Recovery file for your specific device and save that to your computer.
T-Mobile Galaxy S II Recovery
Sprint Galaxy S II Recovery
AT&T Galaxy S II Recovery
Galaxy S II i9100 Recovery (Read the developer’s post to decide which file in the third post to download)
7. With the device plugged in and Odin open, click on the PDA button in Odin and select the Recovery file you just downloaded.
8. Select Start and this should flash the recovery to the device and reboot it.
III. Root the Device
1. Once the device reboots, mount the USB storage so we can transfer files to it.
2. Download the Superuser zip file and save it to your computer.
Superuser
3. Copy the Superuser .zip file to the root of your device’s sd card (Not in any folders, just on the sd card itself. Do NOT extract the file, leave it as a .zip)
4. Once it is copied to the device, unplug the device from the computer and turn it off.
5. Turn the device back on by holding down the volume down, volume up button, and the power button. Let go of the power button once the device vibrates but continue to hold the volume buttons until the recovery screen comes up.
6. Once the recovery screen comes up, use the volume buttons to scroll down to install zip from sd and then select the superuser .zip file we downloaded earlier.
7. Once it flashes, select go back, then reboot system now.
8. You should now see the superuser icon in your device’s app drawer. If so, you are all set!
I Used That method ( I wished I would have found XDA First) Thank you for your response
Also a couple things happened during this process, When he sais go into recovery mode, i do not have all those crazy choices i just have ur normal android recovery page..
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Really, was all that necessary?
Easy way to root:
Download pre rooted odin tar, Here is pre rooted EL29 thread
Put yor phone in download mode, plug phone in, make sure there is a yellow box with com something in it, and click start.
Once phone reboots you are rooted! Go here and select the appropriate option. With EL29, you will select option C then the EL29 kernel with cwm. After reboot you will have root with cwm.
MUCH easier huh?
MikeC84 said:
Really, was all that necessary?
Easy way to root:
Download pre rooted odin tar, Here is pre rooted EL29 thread
Put yor phone in download mode, plug phone in, make sure there is a yellow box with com something in it, and click start.
Once phone reboots you are rooted! Go here and select the appropriate option. With EL29, you will select option C then the EL29 kernel with cwm. After reboot you will have root with cwm.
MUCH easier huh?
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I got it already But thanks bud.
slimpickins said:
Thank you all i got it finally. Now i need to find a good ROM to install.... hmm any idea what is a good ROM to install?
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Lots of great roms for this beauty of a phone, depends what you like though. I personally like the blazer rom which is themed like ICS but based off GB. Blend and TSM are good if you like a lot of customization. Look around and find one good for you, or you can flash to an ICS test build, but because your a noob still I don't recommend it until you're more experienced. I'm currently running BLEND ICS based off FB21 (ICS test build)
Thanks but even then I cant get to download off the site. I dont knowwhy. Both starburst and blazer I cant get tge site work for me
Sent from my SPH-D710 using XDA App
Try mirrors if you can't get the initial download to work, if it still doesn't work then disable your pop up blocker and possibly anti virus, and if that still doesn't work then perhaps your net speed is too slow. I've downloaded almost every rom on this forum without issue. Keep trying and good luck. Oh and because your a noob, stay away from the ICS leaks for now, until your very familiar with flashing, too many people are bricking good devices because they aren't reading enough.
Since some people are having troubles rooting the new ICS update, I thought I would help out using the method that I used.
First off, you will need to download the Galaxy II Toolkit for the T989.
This is by ajster1989. All credit goes to him.
DOWNLOAD HERE
http://www.dillonpos.com/fmanager/Android/XDA/SGSIIToolkit2.4.zip
After you download and install the toolkit, you will need to connect your phone.. Then open the program. It's default path is C:\Program Files\SGSII Toolkit. After you connect your phone and run the program, click T989 as your device, and it will download the necessary files to your computer in order to do everything.
After you are to the main screen, click on 'Flash Clockwork Mod HARD/TOUCH Recovery. I recommend the HARD recovery, as it is compatible with most roms.
It will then open Odin and your phone will go into download mode. Click on PDA, then go to the C:\Program Files\SGSII Toolkit directory again, click on devices, then T989, then Recoveries. Select the 'Hard' one.
Your phone will then reboot. You are not quite rooted yet.
When it is rebooted, connect your phone to USB storage, and open your External SD Card, and copy the root.zip to it. This is located in C:\Program Files\SGSII Toolkit\Devices\T989.
After that is copied, reboot the phone by holding down the power, VOLUP and VOLDOWN side buttons. Hold them all at the same time. Hold them until the phone reboots, and you go into ClockworkModRecovery.
When you are in there, use the Volume Down button to scroll to 'Install zip from sdcard', and click on the root.zip that you copied earlier. It will ask you if you are sure you want to do this, click yes. It will then install SuperUser to the system. After that is complete, click 'Reboot System Now'.
Your phone will reboot, and congratulations, you are rooted!
Just trying to help, as I had troubles at the beginning.
Good day all!
Post 1: How to unlock your bootloader, flash a recovery and root
Post 2: How to flash a custom ROM and kernel (boot.img)
Post 3: How to reverse everything and go back to stock
Post 4: How to ADB Sideload a ROM
Alright. This is for everyone who wants to root their phone. I've seen MULTIPLE threads of the same question "Can I root my phone and How do I do it". So I hope I never have to see it again! In this tutorial, I use use my toolkit as the way to root. Doing it manually takes forever and that is why I made my toolkit.
Requirements:
HTC One X (charged to at least 70%)
Windows XP,Vista,7 (8 is not officially supported since I don't have the drivers)
USB cable
Ability to read and follow step-by-step
Understanding that I am no way guaranteeing anything. If you screw up your phone, you probably didn't follow my steps and made a foolish mistake.
Let's begin.
Download my toolkit from here.
Link 1 and Link 2
Extract the FOLDER to your C: drive or to your desktop.
MAKE SURE YOUR DIRECTORY DOES NOT HAVE A PERIOD OR SPACE.
Open One X.exe
So now you have my program open. Great.
On your phone, go to Settings -> Developer Options and Enable USB Debugging.
From my toolkit, Click 1. Install HTC Drivers.
After the drivers install, restart your computer.
After your computer loads up, open my toolkit and connect your phone to the computer. Your phone should now be recognized.
Now, click 2. Register at HTCDev. Register with a VALID email address and LEAVE the web browser open.
Now, under the commands section of my toolkit, press Boot into Bootloader.
You should have a nice, white, shiny screen that says FASTBOOT USB.
Click 3. Get Token ID. Look at the pop up and it will tell you how to get the Token ID.
Highlight where it says < < < < Identifier Token Start > > > > all the way to < < < < < Identifier Token End > > > > > and right click and it will automatically copy it.
Now, click Submit Token ID. Your web browser should now open a new tab. Scroll down and in the empty box, paste your Token ID. Press submit. HTCDev now emailed you your unlock token.
Your phone should still be in the bootloader. Now, go to the email address you registered to HTCDev and DOWNLOAD your unlock_code.bin. Press 5. Unlock Bootloader. Locate your unlock_code.bin and it will flash it to your phone.
READ the warning. THIS WILL WIPE ALL YOUR DATA FROM THE PHONE.
When you agree to it, press the volume up button and press the power button to accept it. Your phone will now restart.
When your phone loads up, go through the set up wizard. Then, on your phone, go to Settings -> Developer Options and Enable USB Debugging.
Under the Extras section, press Perm Root. It will push SuperSU.zip to your phone.
Under commands, press Boot into Bootloader once again.
Now, it is time to flash a recovery.
TWRP (Team Win Recovery Project) is a custom recovery that will allow you to flash custom ROMs, Mods, etc.
CWM (ClockWorkMod) is a custom recovery that will allow you to flash custom ROMs, Mods, etc.
I recommend TWRP and we will use it for this tutorial,
Select TWRP and press Flash Recovery.
After it flashes, remove the USB cable and have HBOOT selected in bootloader. Press the power button and it will reload to another screen. Press the Volume Down button until you get to Recovery. Press the power button to select it.
Go to Backup and back up your boot and system partition. Always have a back up before you flash or do anything.
After that, go to Install and locate SuperSU.zip. Click it and slide the screen on the bottom to flash it. After it flashes, reboot the phone.
In your app drawer (your menu with all the apps), open SuperSU. If it says the binary needs to be updated, then update it. If it doesn't, then you are fully rooted!
Post 2: How to flash a custom ROM and kernel (boot.img)
The fun part! Now, I will teach you how to flash a ROM and boot.img
Find a ROM you like, the first thing you should do is make sure it is COMPATIBLE with your phone. If you find a ROM that is for AT&T (Evita) and you have the International model (Tegra3), don't be an idiot and flash it. I will not help you with that since you already agreed to my warning from the first post.
International models won't work on an AT&T HOX and Vice Versa.
Also, DO NOT ASK IF YOU CAN FLASH A ROM FROM ANOTHER DEVICE!
Will it work? NO! Will it ever work? NO! Can I flash it anyways? Brick your device, I don't care. I warned you.
Let's get back on task. So you found the ROM you want to try, so go ahead and download it. KEEP THE THREAD OPEN! MAKE SURE YOU READ EVERYTHING AND REREAD IT AGAIN! READ WHAT USERS SAID ABOUT IT AND ABOUT BUGS! GO AHEAD AND READ THE WHOLE ENTIRE THREAD! GAIN KNOWLEDGE!!
Connect your USB cable to your phone. View the folders on your phone. I like to make a folder called ROMs on my phone and transfer it in there.
After you transfer it, open my toolkit and press Boot into Recovery. When you are in TWRP, MAKE A BACKUP!!!
After you make a backup AKA a Nandroid, click Wipe. Wipe Cache, Dalvik, Factory Reset and System. NOTHING ELSE! If you click anything else, IT WILL WIPE YOUR SD CARD AND YOU WILL HAVE MORE ISSUES ON YOUR HEAD!
So you wiped everything. Great. Your phone is ROMless, Yay!
Now go back and press install. Go to the folder where the ROM you downloaded, is located in. Select the ROM and slide the screen to flash it. After it flashes, press the back button. Press Reboot and Reboot into bootloader. Open the ROM you downloaded from your computer. You should see boot.img. Extract it to your computer. Open my toolkit and press Flash a Kernel. Locate the boot.img and it will flash it.
After it flashes, press reboot from the phone.
Congrats! Enjoy your fully working or borked ROM! Remember, DO NOT ASK FOR ETAs, DO NOT BUG/PM A DEV ABOUT UPDATES, and BE RESPECTFUL TO THE DEVELOPERS!
Post 3: How to reverse everything and go back to stock
Now, let's talk about getting back to stock. There are 2 ways to do this.
1. Flash the stock RUU (If available) (Recommended)
2. Restore your Nandroid (backup that I told you to make earlier)
1. I'll talk about flashing the stock RUU first.
Go here and download the RUU.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1543604
Download the correct RUU for your phone.
Now, back up all your data (pictures, contacts, etc) since this will put your phone back to complete stock.
Connect the USB cable to your phone. Press Boot into Bootloader.
It should now say FASTBOOT USB on your screen.
Press Relock bootloader. It may give you a security warning error or it may say failed. Who cares, ignore it. It's normal.
Your phone will boot up normally.
When the phone is fully loaded. Unplug and replug the USB cable back in the phone. Now,run the RUU you downloaded and follow the instructions.
Your phone will be back to stock.
2. Now, we will talk about restoring your nandroid backup.
Connect your phone to the computer. Open up the folder to view the files on your phone.
From your computer, Go to TWRP -> BACKUPS -> (Your hardware Serial Number) -> (Folder you wish to restore to) -> and copy boot.emmc.win to your computer. Rename boot..emmc.win to boot.img
Open my toolkit and press boot into recovery.
Click Wipe. Wipe Cache, Dalvik, Factory Reset and System. NOTHING ELSE! If you click anything else, IT WILL WIPE YOUR SD CARD AND YOU WILL HAVE MORE ISSUES ON YOUR HEAD!
Press back and press Restore. Choose the backup to restore to.
After it finishes, press the back button. Press Reboot and select bootloader.
Open my toolkit and press Flash a Kernel. Locate the boot.img and it will flash it.
You are now back to your stock Nandroid.
4. How to use ADB Sideload
You may have seen what ADB Sideload around the forums but have no idea what it is. Since the HOX does not have an SD card, it makes things harder when you have to flash a ROM.
Here's a scenario when we need to use ADB Sideload.
1. You accidentally wiped your internal SD and have no ROM on your phone
2. You wiped your ROM and forgot to transfer a custom ROM/have no backups(Nandroid) available.
3, You have none of the above and there is no available RUU for your phone. <----- This is a real bummer.
Here are the steps to load on a ROM
I placed TWRP in my toolkit for a reason. CWM does not support ADB Sideload (as far as I know) and TWRP does.
Boot into recovery manually. Turn your device off and hold the VOLUME DOWN + POWER button together until the BOOTLOADER pops up. Press the VOLUME DOWN button until you have selected RECOVERY. Press the POWER button to get into RECOVERY.
Connect the USB Cable to your phone and computer.
In TWRP, click "Advanced" and select ADB Sideload.
Download a ROM to your computer (if you haven't already done so). Rename it as one word. For example CM10.zip, QX.zip, ARHD.zip, etc.
In my toolkit, under the extras section, press ADB Sideload a ROM. Press "Yes" when it asks you if you are in recovery. Then select the ROM you want to install. It will then sideload it to your phone and flash it.
After it finishes, press the back button. Press Reboot and select bootloader.
Pull the boot.img from the zip file and extract it.
Open my toolkit and press Flash a Kernel. Locate the boot.img and it will flash it.
You now have a ROM on your phone!
1 more, just in case.
and yes, i know. Wrong section. posted here by accident.
thanksss
Thanks for the info you provided.
Hasoon, quick suggestion.
As much as I think your info is quality, I think you should add some screenshots.
If anyone's like me I hate reading massive paragraphs of instructions.
Remember - A picture can speak 1000 words
Thanks though.
Dear hasoon2000
Nice tutorial.. help me alot thx..
worked very fine for me, thanks a lot !! :good:
Is it working with Jelly Beam? And will i be able to get OTA updates after?
Thanx
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OTA
uguaanga said:
Is it working with Jelly Beam? And will i be able to get OTA updates after?
Thanx
Sent from my HTC One X using xda app-developers app
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You won't be able to get official OTA updates after you have flashed a custom rom.
My experience is that even rooting is tricky for official Firmware upgrades.
Even tough there are some ROM's on XDA that have OTA support!
Thanks! Works fine for me!
When you say THIS WILL WIPE ALL YOUR DATA FROM THE PHONE in post 1, does that include sdcard data, photos, music etc?
Since USB mass storage is not available, I've tried using android file transfer to backup my files before unlocking boot loader. Its not working though. Any way to do this?
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nevermind
When acquainted with my HTC this thread helped me. thanks
Htc one x stuck on htc one logo
please help meee
i have an htc one x running jelly bean 4.1.1 and i rooted it ...everything worked finee ... until i installed an app from the play store called font installer after i installed it i changed the font and installed the font ... the notification bar was gone ... i was able to use the device but without the notification bar so i turned it off and on again ... and i get stuck on the htc one logo ... PLEASE ANYONEEE PLEASE HELP MEE ... did i brick the device or what?? pleasee again hellpp and thank you
Nice guide. Thanks.:victory:
First things first:
1. Rooting essentially means you are fiddling with the installed OS. This may at times turn ugly and may result in permanent bricking of your phone (simple terms: your device will be dead, wont boot up).
2. Most companies do not entertain warranty claims for a rooted device, obviously because you have unlocked their software.
Ready to take the above risks?? Read On:
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ROOTING GUIDE:
1. Charge your device to 100%
2. Go to settings/development and check the USB debugging mode to : Enabled.
3. If you have never ever connected your device to PC, connect it via USB cable. You will see that the drivers for your device will get installed.
4. Download UnlockRoot Pro v3.2 (free version) from : http://www.unlockroot.com/download.html
5. Run UnlockRoot.
6. Click root device on left panel of the UnlockRoot UI.
7. Wait till it says : your device is rooted.
8. Your device 'may' restart. Let it restart.
9. Check for 'Superuser' app in your app drawer.
10. Can you see 'Super User' app?? Congo!! Your device is now rooted.
Hey Wait !! Since you are now rooted. You can now install ClockWorkMod recovery on your device. With all the tinkering you will now do on your device, since its rooted, it becomes very important to install a 'System Backing up' tool on you phone. Every time you want to fiddle with your system, make a back up of your entire device (includes OS/Settings/Apps/Data) on an external SD card; so that if something goes wrong, you can restore your backup and your device will be good again (just like recovery point system in Windows OS).
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INSTALLING CWM and MAKING BACKUP.
1. Be doubly sure that your phone is rooted and charged to 100%.
2. Download CWM.zip file from the attachments at the end of this post.
3. Transfer the CWM.zip file to the external memory card on you device, with the help of USB cable.
4. Switch off your device.
5. Press power + volume (-) button together until you see an android logo. The moment you see the logo, release the buttons.
6. You will next see an android bot logo, with his heart ripped and and exclamation mark on it. He's heart broken that you are fiddling with him.
7. Dont freak out. Now press volume (-) button again and you will see the default recovery manager.
8. Scroll down by pressing volume (-) button, to 'install zip from ext card' option.
9. Select this option by pressing volume (+) button.
10. A new window will open.
11. Scroll down to install from 'external storage' option. Press volume (+) button to select.
12. A new window showing all contents of your SD card will come up.
13. Scroll down and select CWM.zip file. Press volume (+) button to select.
14. The zip will get installed. A new windows will open up showing the CWM recovery manager.
15. Congo !
16. Now lets take 1st backup of your System. Scroll down to backup/restore option and press power button to select.
17. Scroll down to backup and select. Backing up will start. Once finished you will be redirected to the home window of CWM.
18. Now. Scroll down to reboot system option. Press POWER button to select.
19. Your system will shut down. Manually boot up your device again.
* Be careful with the controls for 'scroll' and 'select' in default and CWM recovery. Both are different. Follow the above instructions carefully. * Every time you want to back up/restore your system you have to repeat the above steps. I have not flashed the default recovery with the CWM, so that you always have the stock recovery working, in case everything else fails.
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TO RESTORE A SYSTEM IMAGE YOU CREATED EARLIER WITH CWM.
1. Follow steps 1 - 15 in the above tut.
2. Once you are in CWM recovery. Scroll down to backup/restore option and press power button to select.
3. Scroll down to 'Restore' option and select.
4. Choose the backup image you want to restore. Press power button to select.
5. System restore will start and finish.
6. Reboot.
Always do a backup before you try to uninstall any system app. Never uninstall any app about which you are not sure, what it does. Follow your gut feeling.
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ROM DUMP FOR MIBOOK MI3
Download ROM Dump from this link : http://www.4shared.com/zip/uPMcjz3H/ROM_Dump.html
Put zip on SD card and update from CWM recovery manager, to restore your stock ROM.
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Reply back immediately if your device runs into any problem coz of the above instructions. If everything goes good, hit THANKS
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CREDITS
1. To XDA member SaM-RoN for discovering and posting root method and guide prior to me. :good:
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Dengabhi said:
I have not flashed the default recovery with the CWM, so that you always have the stock recovery working, in case everything else fails.
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Does the stock recovery gets totally replaced wen u flash with CWM or can u revert back to stock recovery later if needed?
Also can u create a flashable zip file or tpt of the stock recovery? It would be great.
Sorry I m a noob dont know anything about android development but just basics of rooting and flashing.
hey bro...CWM is working perfectly..... gr8 job...but where is the credit of rooting guide????i think you should mention it here...
djsanta said:
Does the stock recovery gets totally replaced wen u flash with CWM or can u revert back to stock recovery later if needed?
Also can u create a flashable zip file or tpt of the stock recovery? It would be great.
Sorry I m a noob dont know anything about android development but just basics of rooting and flashing.
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Yes. The stock recovery will get replaced if u flash with a flashable CWM image. Working on the same. Will post soon
SaM-RoN said:
hey bro...CWM is working perfectly..... gr8 job...but where is the credit of rooting guide????i think you should mention it here...
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Thanks mate. I skipped to give u credit for the root guide, simply coz I just discovered it late and you posted earlier than me. I was trying super one click root and several other scripts before discovering the unlock root option. Will update my post with credit to you soon.
ROM DUMP FOR MIBOOK MI3 not working
Byond Mibook Mi3
Android 4.0.3 ICS
1.2 GHz Processor
1GB RAM
I couldn't sign into Google accounts using my Mibook mi3 tablet. It said "Cannot establish a reliable connection to the server. This could be a temporary error or your device is not provisioned for data usage."
I use wifi and the connection is stable. I can browse the internet well. I tried factory resetting and getting the same error.
I cannot add Accounts in accounts and sync tab in settings as well.
So i rooted and tried to flash it with the stock flash in the thread (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2086957) hoping to resolve it.
ROM DUMP FOR MIBOOK MI3
Download ROM Dump from this link : http://www.4shared.com/zip/uPMcjz3H/ROM_Dump.html
Put zip on SD card and update from CWM recovery manager, to restore your stock ROM.
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But the stock flash is not working. It gives an error in the beginnig itself. I re-downloaded and tried it again which did no good.
Please help me getting round the problem. Please send me a link to the stock flash or is it ok to flash it with ICS ROM. If OK please send me a link to ICS ROM.
Update available
shivji said:
Byond Mibook Mi3
Android 4.0.3 ICS
1.2 GHz Processor
1GB RAM
I couldn't sign into Google accounts using my Mibook mi3 tablet. It said "Cannot establish a reliable connection to the server. This could be a temporary error or your device is not provisioned for data usage."
I use wifi and the connection is stable. I can browse the internet well. I tried factory resetting and getting the same error.
I cannot add Accounts in accounts and sync tab in settings as well.
So i rooted and tried to flash it with the stock flash in the thread (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2086957) hoping to resolve it.
But the stock flash is not working. It gives an error in the beginnig itself. I re-downloaded and tried it again which did no good.
Please help me getting round the problem. Please send me a link to the stock flash or is it ok to flash it with ICS ROM. If OK please send me a link to ICS ROM.
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This problem has been occuring in all mi3 tablets. I had contacted ByondTech Customer Support.
NO NEED TO ROOT TABLET FOR THIS PROBLEM.
They emailed me an update patch which again enabled Google Account access.
update.zip
Select and apply the update.zip file. [For steps check the first post for applying CWM. Similar steps just instead of CWM.zip here file name is update.zip]
Reboot and then you will be able to access Google AC, Play Store, Gmail, etc.
Thanks a lot for Update.zip
djsanta said:
This problem has been occuring in all mi3 tablets. I had contacted ByondTech Customer Support.
NO NEED TO ROOT TABLET FOR THIS PROBLEM.
They emailed me an update patch which again enabled Google Account access.
update.zip
Select and apply the update.zip file. [For steps check the first post for applying CWM. Similar steps just instead of CWM.zip here file name is update.zip]
Reboot and then you will be able to access Google AC, Play Store, Gmail, etc.
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Thanks dude for Update.zip, was stuck for 2 days with the google account problem :good:
JB Update?
Any custom Roms with JB update?
yup, this works, but first i had to make sure that the ADB interface works from my desktop when MI book was connected in debug mode
ChiragK said:
Any custom Roms with JB update?
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BUMP.
Anyone?
Byond Mi1 - Lying Android Bot with exclamation mark
Hello,
my topic doesn't fit perfectly, but after pressing the home and power button on the Mi1 for a few seconds, I have an Android Bot lying on his back with an exclamation mark above him.
Since the Mi1 has only a power button, a home button and a reset button, I don't know how to get it out of this state. If anyone has experienced this, and has a cure, I would be more than happy to hear about it.
I went to the local Byond support center, but they were actually not a support center anymore, they said. And searches on the net only found the same questions, but no answers. Before I try to run to other support centers in the bigger cities, I would like to try my luck here.
Thanks for listening
Stefan
So I was trying to root my gf's she today and tried to flash twrp using Odin and kept failing. I then went to recovery to just wipe the cache and noticed something I've never seen before. On the bottom of the recovery screen out mention something about manual mode and multi csc from at&t. Is this the reason why I'm not able to root? And of so what is the steps needed to take in order to be able to root it and possibly install a custom ROM?
Thank ya!
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The things you read on the screen will not prevent rooting the phone.
What version of twrp and Odin are you using? Is the the phone providing error messages during the flash?
It depends on the version of Android you're running as 4.4+ has a few additional steps beyond the normal guides.
Generally the steps are:
1) Install Samsung drivers
2) Hold down Volume Down, Center Home, and Power buttons together until you see a warning screen
3) Open Odin but uncheck reboot, install TWRP
4) After Success, remove battery and unplug usb
5) Hold down Volume Up, Center Home, and Power button together
6) Go to Advanced File Mangaer and Mount System Partition
7) Go to File Manager and delete:
/system/etc/install-recovery.sh
/system/recovery-from-boot.p
8) Install SuperSU
If you don't find those files in the File Manager then don't worry about it. Most of the steps I got from: http://galaxys3root.com/galaxy-s3-root/how-to-root-galaxy-s3-on-android-4-34-4-2-new/ which is a great guide but kind of skips deleting those problematic files (as they will essentially on reset put you back to the native recovery).
Matt K said:
It depends on the version of Android you're running as 4.4+ has a few additional steps beyond the normal guides.
Generally the steps are:
1) Install Samsung drivers
2) Hold down Volume Down, Center Home, and Power buttons together until you see a warning screen
3) Open Odin but uncheck reboot, install TWRP
4) After Success, remove battery and unplug usb
5) Hold down Volume Up, Center Home, and Power button together
6) Go to Advanced File Mangaer and Mount System Partition
7) Go to File Manager and delete:
/system/etc/install-recovery.sh
/system/recovery-from-boot.p
8) Install SuperSU
If you don't find those files in the File Manager then don't worry about it. Most of the steps I got from: http://galaxys3root.com/galaxy-s3-root/how-to-root-galaxy-s3-on-android-4-34-4-2-new/ which is a great guide but kind of skips deleting those problematic files (as they will essentially on reset put you back to the native recovery).
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That's the tutorial I used. And I've done this to several Samsung devices but without the problem of not being able to flash the .tar at all.... Just keeps saying failed. Could I possibly do cf auto root and then flash the recovery from flashify or twrp app?
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Maybe try a different version of Odin? Is the Com turning yellow?
I had run into a problem where I one version worked and another didn't.
as suggested, try Odin 3.07 and maybe philz touch instead of twrp.