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I recently upgraded to this wonderful phone, the I747, but it's so bloated I'd like to get rid of a few apps. Will someone please direct me to the easiest thread to root my phone please and thank you!
http://www.xda-developers.com/android/how-to-root-the-samsung-galaxy-s-iii-xda-developer-tv/
Lots of info here, check it out, read everything 3 times so u are comfortable with it!! Good luck!
Download Odin
Download pre-rooted stock ROM
Flash it thru Odin
Done.
If you want to keep going further.
Once rooted
Download Goo.IM app from market
Flash Team Win Recovery Project recovery thru the app
And start flashing ROMs.
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easiest and safest way to root with no hustle, worrying or getting your hands dirty with clockworkmod recovery as in flashing using clockworkMod recovery which is easy but for newbies i recommend casual Root Developed/credit to/by Adam Outlier
follow the link below
http://www.pcnexus.net/2013/03/how-to-root-at-samsung-galaxy-s3-i747-with-casual.html
its not a thread but its also really helpful ....................happy rooting
if yu brick your phone MobileTechVideos.com is there for yu
down below is a thread LINK that contains everything yu want/need to know about rooting
FOR AT&T GALAXY S3 i747
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1725839
please follow everything that is stated on that thread PLZZZ dont skip or leave any detail because that can cost yu a new phone or money even your WARRANTY FOR YOUR PHONE ............AGAIN HAPPY ROOTING
Synergy Rom 4.1.2 w/ Ziggy kernel using ATT GALAXY S3
BIG Noob Questions
Hi, I am unfamiliar with Samsung Phones. I currently have a LG phone without all this stuff about variants. I have a Rogers phone but I am unlocking it to run on Telus. That said can I run a Telus rooted firmware? Or does it not really matter what firmware is on the phone. Is it worth while to update the radio?
Sorry for all the questions. Thanks for any answers that you can give.
daroco said:
Hi, I am unfamiliar with Samsung Phones. I currently have a LG phone without all this stuff about variants. I have a Rogers phone but I am unlocking it to run on Telus. That said can I run a Telus rooted firmware? Or does it not really matter what firmware is on the phone. Is it worth while to update the radio?
Sorry for all the questions. Thanks for any answers that you can give.
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Then you might want to go ask in the LG forums.
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jayRokk said:
Then you might want to go ask in the LG forums.
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Sorry the question was not specific enough. I was only saying I currently have a LG phone. The questions were regarding the SGSIII.
thanks.
daroco said:
Sorry the question was not specific enough. I was only saying I currently have a LG phone. The questions were regarding the SGSIII.
thanks.
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Telus firmware with Telus phone
Regers firmware with Rogers phone
ATT firmware with ATT phone.
Just change the APNs to the desired network and you should be fine.
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DMF1977, I tried your way. I downloaded Odin and root66_ATT_I747UCDLK3.tar. As soon as I loaded the root66 file, I didn't even get a chance to hit start, both times Odin froze. Then I saw "Check MD5....Do not unplug the cable...Please wait". I had no choice but to shut my phone down because Odin froze and wasn't doing anything. I tried it twice. Then after I unplugged and shut my phone down I saw this in the box " root66_ATT_I747UCDLK3.tar.md5 is valid. Checking MD5 finished successfully. Leave CS..."
I remember last year having a problem with Odin conflicting with something on my laptop when I rooted my Captivate. I ended up having to root it a different way.
southernblonde said:
DMF1977, I tried your way. I downloaded Odin and root66_ATT_I747UCDLK3.tar. As soon as I loaded the root66 file, I didn't even get a chance to hit start, both times Odin froze. Then I saw "Check MD5....Do not unplug the cable...Please wait". I had no choice but to shut my phone down because Odin froze and wasn't doing anything. I tried it twice. Then after I unplugged and shut my phone down I saw this in the box " root66_ATT_I747UCDLK3.tar.md5 is valid. Checking MD5 finished successfully. Leave CS..."
I remember last year having a problem with Odin conflicting with something on my laptop when I rooted my Captivate. I ended up having to root it a different way.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1746665
This is the method that I used back when I first rooted... I don't know if its the best/easiest way, but as long as u follow the directions, it's simple enough. I had zero issues..
DMF1977 said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1746665
This is the method that I used back when I first rooted... I don't know if its the best/easiest way, but as long as u follow the directions, it's simple enough. I had zero issues..
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It was easy except when Odin froze. I've seen other people have issues with Odin and Kies conflicting. Everything else on the computer was shut down when I did this.
southernblonde said:
It was easy except when Odin froze. I've seen other people have issues with Odin and Kies conflicting. Everything else on the computer was shut down when I did this.
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I'm sorry, I don't know how else to help, other than try again or try a different method. I've heard casual was pretty easy, but I couldn't get it to work, so I went a different way.
Anyone else feel free to chime in here?? Lol...
DMF1977 said:
I'm sorry, I don't know how else to help, other than try again or try a different method. I've heard casual was pretty easy, but I couldn't get it to work, so I went a different way.
Anyone else feel free to chime in here?? Lol...
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I uninstalled kies just in case but this worked for me (all three methods work) but this was the easiest as far as time
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2189536
southernblonde said:
I recently upgraded to this wonderful phone, the I747, but it's so bloated I'd like to get rid of a few apps. Will someone please direct me to the easiest thread to root my phone please and thank you!
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Use Chainfires CF-Auto-Root here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1963790
I uninstalled my USBs, rebooted and reinstalled the samsung drivers and then Odin finally worked. Woot! Easy, easy! Thank you everyone!
southernblonde said:
I uninstalled my USBs, rebooted and reinstalled the samsung drivers and then Odin finally worked. Woot! Easy, easy! Thank you everyone!
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Good to hear!! Now it's time to get rom'd up!!
I have a Tmobile Galaxy S4 SGH-M919, I have tried every rooting method I can fine and so far all I have done is made a brick, I need this phone working asap, and rooted so I can go onto Crickets service
PLEASE HELP
I can root Sprint, but when it comes to Tmobile apparently I'm an idiot
wolfen1086 said:
I have a Tmobile Galaxy S4 SGH-M919, I have tried every rooting method I can fine and so far all I have done is made a brick, I need this phone working asap, and rooted so I can go onto Crickets service
PLEASE HELP
I can root Sprint, but when it comes to Tmobile apparently I'm an idiot
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This the method I used for rooting when I had 4.3
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2611175
Check my signature for a link to how I rooted with 4.4.2
Depending on the version of Android you have on that phone, it will trip the Knox flag. Which won't affect the performance of the phone, but will indicate you messed with your phone. There may be other rooting methods that work, but this one worked for me.
BTW, I found that method by using Search on this forum and Google.
Rob
wolfen1086 said:
I have a Tmobile Galaxy S4 SGH-M919, I have tried every rooting method I can fine and so far all I have done is made a brick, I need this phone working asap, and rooted so I can go onto Crickets service
PLEASE HELP
I can root Sprint, but when it comes to Tmobile apparently I'm an idiot
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The safe root method is how i rooted with 4.3 but it is my understanding that you need your phone to be unlocked to use a different carrier. Unlocked and rooted are 2 different things.
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Unlocked sop I can use whatever carrier I want.
Rooted Because I want control over my pohone and not somebody else saying what I can and cant do with it.
I can get it to bot in cwm recovery but thats all it won't rot the rom so I can see it its rooted or not. I followed eth entire instructions provided and used oden like it said to and all I suceded in doing was makeing a damn brick out of a phone I got to have running tomorrow morning
rlichtefeld said:
This the method I used for rooting when I had 4.3
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2611175
Check my signature for a link to how I rooted with 4.4.2
Depending on the version of Android you have on that phone, it will trip the Knox flag. Which won't affect the performance of the phone, but will indicate you messed with your phone. There may be other rooting methods that work, but this one worked for me.
BTW, I found that method by using Search on this forum and Google.
Rob
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Problem is I'm with Tmobile, my phone is a SGH-M919
wolfen1086 said:
Unlocked sop I can use whatever carrier I want.
Rooted Because I want control over my pohone and not somebody else saying what I can and cant do with it.
I can get it to bot in cwm recovery but thats all it won't rot the rom so I can see it its rooted or not. I followed eth entire instructions provided and used oden like it said to and all I suceded in doing was makeing a damn brick out of a phone I got to have running tomorrow morning
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If you can get into Download mode (Power Off, then Volume Down+Power Button), then you'll need to download the Stock Rom and transfer it to your phone via ODIN. Do you know if you were 4.2, 4.3, or 4.42 before you bricked it? You can download the images from Sammobile.com
Rob
rlichtefeld said:
If you can get into Download mode (Power Off, then Volume Down+Power Button), then you'll need to download the Stock Rom and transfer it to your phone via ODIN. Do you know if you were 4.2, 4.3, or 4.42 before you bricked it? You can download the images from Sammobile.com
Rob
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Yes I do I was 4.3
going to Samsung now to try to get the stock rom and start over, the only thing I have not tried yet is CF autoroot, if that don't work I guess its back on t mobile with their payment lies
wolfen1086 said:
Yes I do I was 4.3
going to Samsung now to try to get the stock rom and start over, the only thing I have not tried yet is CF autoroot, if that don't work I guess its back on t mobile with their payment lies
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If you have access to ClockWork Mod Recovery, wipte the cache and dalvik and see if that lets it boot.
If not, just download a rom, any rom from the dev section that you want to try and put it on a micro SD card. Put the SD card in your phone.
Do a full wipe (data, system, cache, dalvik) in recovery and flash the downlaoded ROM file. Your phone should boot right up.
You'll want a TouchWiz based rom if you still need to perform the SIM unlock proceedure so you can use it on the Cricket network. But once step at a time here...
wolfen1086 said:
Unlocked sop I can use whatever carrier I want.
Rooted Because I want control over my pohone and not somebody else saying what I can and cant do with it.
I can get it to bot in cwm recovery but thats all it won't rot the rom so I can see it its rooted or not. I followed eth entire instructions provided and used oden like it said to and all I suceded in doing was makeing a damn brick out of a phone I got to have running tomorrow morning
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Ok. You didn't mention your phone was unlocked in the OP.
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wolfen1086 said:
Problem is I'm with Tmobile, my phone is a SGH-M919
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If you look at my signature, you'll see that I've got a SGH-M919 also and I'm on T-Mobile with a phone purchased from T-Mobile.
I've provided links that worked for me.
Rob
Kriptik210 said:
Ok. You didn't mention your phone was unlocked in the OP.
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Thats cause it wasn;t rooted before, hopefully it is now, cause my wife just went to Cricket to see if she can get her Iphone and mine on their network
I finally got the phone rooted but I screwed it up so bad I had to install a different rom to make it work, so not I'm roted and running wicked rom .Next I installed, updated and ran region away, it said it didn;t know if it worked or not, but I was told that it does unlock so hopefully it did.
I havea different S4 here ( SGHM919) that I'm gonna try the cf auto root on when the battery is fully charged, cause both my sons have S4's and they want to keep the rom they have now just be unlocked
If you were looking at cwm recovery then you most likely have root.
Pp.
Sent from my Touchwiz device that never forgets apps.
PanchoPlanet said:
If you were looking at cwm recovery then you most likely have root.
Pp.
Sent from my Touchwiz device that never forgets apps.
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And if you don't you can easily get root with CWMrecovery
Sent from your phone. You should be more careful where you leave that thing.
wolfen1086 said:
Thats cause it wasn;t rooted before, hopefully it is now, cause my wife just went to Cricket to see if she can get her Iphone and mine on their network
I finally got the phone rooted but I screwed it up so bad I had to install a different rom to make it work, so not I'm roted and running wicked rom .Next I installed, updated and ran region away, it said it didn;t know if it worked or not, but I was told that it does unlock so hopefully it did.
I havea different S4 here ( SGHM919) that I'm gonna try the cf auto root on when the battery is fully charged, cause both my sons have S4's and they want to keep the rom they have now just be unlocked
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When I used Region away it says somewhere that it doesn't unlock your phone to where you can use other carriers. So you might want to find out lol
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Google is your friend.
Pp.
Sent from my Touchwiz device that never forgets apps.
Thank you gentlemen, my phone is working again, rooted, currently running wicked rom, all the other phones are rooted with the stock roms for the kiddies unless they want to have a better rom
Region away works perfectly on mine even though it says it doesn't know if it did.
I was going to use triangle away, but it says something about bricking my phone and I really don't give a damn about the counter so ........
PanchoPlanet, Google is NOT my friend when it comes to phones XDA id my friend when it comes to phones
Now to go look for the stock memo pad that comes with the S4, I like that one best its simple and works
I too prefer Memo Pad, it's quick and simple, my reference to Google was that its quicker than the XDA search and more accurate. Good to hear your back on track.
Pp.
Sent from my Touchwiz device that never forgets apps.
wolfen1086 said:
Thank you gentlemen, my phone is working again, rooted, currently running wicked rom, all the other phones are rooted with the stock roms for the kiddies unless they want to have a better rom
Region away works perfectly on mine even though it says it doesn't know if it did.
I was going to use triangle away, but it says something about bricking my phone and I really don't give a damn about the counter so ........
PanchoPlanet, Google is NOT my friend when it comes to phones XDA id my friend when it comes to phones
Now to go look for the stock memo pad that comes with the S4, I like that one best its simple and works
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If Google is not your friend, then maybe his big brother may be - Google Advanced Search:
https://www.google.com/advanced_search
where you can seach specific sites, specific words or phrases.
Rob
I found Smemo on line, took a while since I'm on oxycodone for pain due to a hernia operateing, but I got it, placed it in eth rom and reflashed it
Now I'd love to find a theme for Wicked V10 that would change teh color of the phone dialpad, I HATE white dialers, makes me remember when I was a kid back in teh 60' when my mom had nothing but white so she could see if it was clean, and sanitized, degermed, and all that, ( yes I was an outside type, and brought it all inside )
Oh and all I can say guys, is thanks for trying to help me I WILL figure it out for the firmware and hardware and software that I have, experimenting with a phone that I totally bricked today, gotta re-instal the entire os on it, so I'm gonna experiment with various versions of the SGH-M919 software, if I find out what works on what I'll post it for you guys to check and make sure I did right
Hi,
To preface, I am new to Samsung devices. I have been using Huawei devices until recently when my work started paying for my cellphone.
I've seen a few discussions about rooting the SGH-i257 that inevitable lead to the instructions for the SGH-i257m or some other variation of the S4 mini. What I've noticed is that it inevitably falls to some issue with Knox. I'm wondering if anyone has had success specifically rooting this phone using one of the straightforward utilities (like oneclickroot) or some sort of convoluted process.
I'm completely aware that I can disable apps. However, I want to root my phone and have more control. It's similar to the idea of why drive a manual instead of an automatic. You interact more with the car.
Anyway, any input would be great.
EDIT:
I've stumbled upon SRSroot a few times. Is this a legit rooting tool?
ivtdroid said:
Hi,
To preface, I am new to Samsung devices. I have been using Huawei devices until recently when my work started paying for my cellphone.
I've seen a few discussions about rooting the SGH-i257 that inevitable lead to the instructions for the SGH-i257m or some other variation of the S4 mini. What I've noticed is that it inevitably falls to some issue with Knox. I'm wondering if anyone has had success specifically rooting this phone using one of the straightforward utilities (like oneclickroot) or some sort of convoluted process.
I'm completely aware that I can disable apps. However, I want to root my phone and have more control. It's similar to the idea of why drive a manual instead of an automatic. You interact more with the car.
Anyway, any input would be great.
EDIT:
I've stumbled upon SRSroot a few times. Is this a legit rooting tool?
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try www.towelroot.com (click the logo to download) it's legit and it doesn't trip knox, if it works...
I tried that a couple of times. I am assuming it has failed (though I could be wrong). I ran the application and it rebooted my phone.
ivtdroid said:
I tried that a couple of times. I am assuming it has failed (though I could be wrong). I ran the application and it rebooted my phone.
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I have the same phone and I have tried all the one click methods, programs, SRSroot, towelroot, saferoot, you name it I've tried it without success. I've been searching the same threads that lead to the same conclusion...there is a way to root (flash) the SGH-i257M (Canadian) but from what I've found is that no one knows if you'll lose any services or anything else if you root the U.S. AT&T phone with that method and there isn't a stock rom out for it yet, so if you flash it to a Canadian (m) model and don't like it or it doesn't have everything working right you're not able to revert back.
I'm am not an expert by no means, thats just my thoughts from what I've read.
Good luck on your quest - you can search my other posts for what I've learned - -
I have the same phone and I have tried all the one click methods, programs, SRSroot, towelroot, saferoot, you name it I've tried it without success. I've been searching the same threads that lead to the same conclusion...there is a way to root (flash) the SGH-i257M (Canadian) but from what I've found is that no one knows if you'll lose any services or anything else if you root the U.S. AT&T phone with that method and there isn't a stock rom out for it yet, so if you flash it to a Canadian (m) model and don't like it or it doesn't have everything working right you're not able to revert back.
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I followed the steps to root the SGH-i257. This process was not successful.
I will occasionally poke around here to see if something new manifests itself. Otherwise, I am probably going to wait a few months. I'm sure someone will figure out how to root the phone by then.
slick4747 said:
I have the same phone and I have tried all the one click methods, programs, SRSroot, towelroot, saferoot, you name it I've tried it without success. I've been searching the same threads that lead to the same conclusion...there is a way to root (flash) the SGH-i257M (Canadian) but from what I've found is that no one knows if you'll lose any services or anything else if you root the U.S. AT&T phone with that method and there isn't a stock rom out for it yet, so if you flash it to a Canadian (m) model and don't like it or it doesn't have everything working right you're not able to revert back.
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I'm in the same boat. Seems to be this void of information around rooting this phone...
Have you tried Kingo , make sure debugging on and dial *#0808# reselect mtp+adb and reboot.
kev23m said:
Have you tried Kingo , make sure debugging on and dial *#0808# reselect mtp+adb and reboot.
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Just tried this, ran towelroot, this time it did take longer for it to reboot but still unsuccessful.
Neffy27 said:
Just tried this, ran towelroot, this time it did take longer for it to reboot but still unsuccessful.
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This worked for my device. Reboots into recovery and once done , you have a rooted phone. Towelroot someone mentioned works for 4.4.2, not for our jb 4.2.2.
Did you try Kingo or just selected mtp + adb and tried towelroot.
kev23m said:
This worked for my device. Reboots into recovery and once done , you have a rooted phone. Towelroot someone mentioned works for 4.4.2, not for our jb 4.2.2.
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Sorry no input on your rooting issues, but
Could one of you fine folks post the build.prop from your AT&T stock Rom?
It would really help out trying to fix some cm10.2 connection issues. Thanks.
jamus28 said:
Sorry no input on your rooting issues, but
Could one of you fine folks post the build.prop from your AT&T stock Rom?
It would really help out trying to fix some cm10.2 connection issues. Thanks.
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Okay here's a zipped attachment of the build.prop from my AT&T stock Rom - hope this helps and thank you for your efforts
Let me know if I can help in any other ways.
slick4747 said:
Okay here's a zipped attachment of the build.prop from my AT&T stock Rom - hope this helps and thank you for your efforts
Let me know if I can help in any other ways.
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Come on is there anyone out there willing to take this on. I have the i9195 (rooted and love the phone) and i257. I want to get the i257 rooted so I can have lte and a bit more storage than the other.
SCReatta said:
Come on is there anyone out there willing to take this on. I have the i9195 (rooted and love the phone) and i257. I want to get the i257 rooted so I can have lte and a bit more storage than the other.
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Still no one able to crack the SGH-I257 AT&T phone? Just for fun I bought an identical used phone with a cracked screen off ebay for a few bucks, still works but will make an excellent gunny pig! Any serious devs interested in it??
Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini SGH-i257
slick4747 said:
Still no one able to crack the SGH-I257 AT&T phone? Just for fun I bought an identical used phone with a cracked screen off ebay for a few bucks, still works but will make an excellent gunny pig! Any serious devs interested in it??
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Seems as though things have come to a screeching halt since dev GeoHot was hired by Google which is a total bummer!
keyleroy said:
Seems as though things have come to a screeching halt since dev GeoHot was hired by Google which is a total bummer!
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I didn't know that, well good for him I hope he lives long and prospers But there has to be others out there hat can contribute to rooting this model phone, right?
At least we can hope!
slick4747 said:
I didn't know that, well good for him I hope he lives long and prospers But there has to be others out there hat can contribute to rooting this model phone, right?
At least we can hope!
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I truly hope so! There are a lot of smart people on this forum that will eventually pick up the baton and roll with it. It's just a matter of when! Until then, I guess we'll just have to practice patience.
kev23m said:
This worked for my device. Reboots into recovery and once done , you have a rooted phone. Towelroot someone mentioned works for 4.4.2, not for our jb 4.2.2.
Did you try Kingo or just selected mtp + adb and tried towelroot.
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Can you clarify what worked for your device, Kingo or towelroot and edetail what you did? Very confused. Thank you.
rfb813 said:
Can you clarify what worked for your device, Kingo or towelroot and edetail what you did? Very confused. Thank you.
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Kingo worked for me when on 4.2.2 and did not trip knox. MAke sure usb debugging selected and dial *#0808#* and reselect mtp + adb and reboot.
kev23m said:
Kingo worked for me when on 4.2.2 and did not trip knox. MAke sure usb debugging selected and dial *#0808#* and reselect mtp + adb and reboot.
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I just tried Kingo a couple of times and I get "Root Failed" each time.
keyleroy said:
I just tried Kingo a couple of times and I get "Root Failed" each time.
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sane for me didnt work says root failed
How would I go about rooting this. i've tried towelroot(Didn't expect it to work)
I saw a few different root methods when I googled but all on random blogspot sites(which i believe to be untrustworthy) what do you guys find the best way to do it is? also anyone heard of srsroot? i have never heard of it but apparently it works for this version of the firmware for this phone.
Try this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1980644
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terpin32 said:
Try this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1980644
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Hey sorry didn't get the email about your response. I actually tried every method I could find(including that one) and they all just leave me with eu.supersu.com (or something like that) installed but crashing everytime I launch it. I'm doing it from completely stock. I flash the stock Rom back on through Odin after each failed attempt. I just don't know what I'm doing wrong.
Also I have rooted a few phones before so I do know relatively what I'm doing.
This is what I followed
SockmanTGR said:
How would I go about rooting this. i've tried towelroot(Didn't expect it to work)
I saw a few different root methods when I googled but all on random blogspot sites(which i believe to be untrustworthy) what do you guys find the best way to do it is? also anyone heard of srsroot? i have never heard of it but apparently it works for this version of the firmware for this phone.
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I rooted my i317m using the steps here: galaxynote2rootdotcom/galaxy-note-2-root/how-to-root-galaxy-note-2-easiest-method
palguire said:
I rooted my i317m using the steps here: galaxynote2rootdotcom/galaxy-note-2-root/how-to-root-galaxy-note-2-easiest-method
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Tried that method. Also failed. Same problem as with others. I may just have to flash a custom recovery and change roms... I wanted to keep stock but if I can't find a way.
Have you tried Framaroot? I really have almost no experience with the note 2, and I read here that the rooting method of choice is Chainfire's as terpin32 suggested, but the Framaroot thread does list the note 2 as a supported device. Do you know what bootloader you have? If it is locked, I don't know if this works.
creepyncrawly said:
Have you tried Framaroot? I really have almost no experience with the note 2, and I read here that the rooting method of choice is Chainfire's as terpin32 suggested, but the Framaroot thread does list the note 2 as a supported device. Do you know what bootloader you have? If it is locked, I don't know if this works.
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No idea. On that stuff. But yeah tried framaroot.
something weird is going on.
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No idea. On that stuff. But yeah tried framaroot.
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I'm a bit confused as to why you are having issues rooting your Note 2. I have the Rogers Note 2 i317m and it was on the same firmware and rooted it without any issues using the link I provided and from the looks of it you even tried methods that are better. I wonder what other factors may be affecting your rooting processes.
Where does the process fail and on which rooting instructions?
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I'm a bit confused as to why you are having issues rooting your Note 2. I have the Rogers Note 2 i317m and it was on the same firmware and rooted it without any issues using the link I provided and from the looks of it you even tried methods that are better. I wonder what other factors may be affecting your rooting processes.
Where does the process fail and on which rooting instructions?
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Well they all appear to successfully root the phone but when the phone reboots I get an app(titled eu.supersu.com or something like that) that crashes immediately every time I launch it with most of the methods. A few methods gave me a working supersu app but no su binary. I'm really getting frustrated oh I'm also on Rogers I don't think I mentioned that. Maybe I should try factory reset in it in case any apps are causing the problem.
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I'm a bit confused as to why you are having issues rooting your Note 2. I have the Rogers Note 2 i317m and it was on the same firmware and rooted it without any issues using the link I provided and from the looks of it you even tried methods that are better. I wonder what other factors may be affecting your rooting processes.
Where does the process fail and on which rooting instructions?
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Have you tried Framaroot? I really have almost no experience with the note 2, and I read here that the rooting method of choice is Chainfire's as terpin32 suggested, but the Framaroot thread does list the note 2 as a supported device. Do you know what bootloader you have? If it is locked, I don't know if this works.
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Just figured i'd let you guys know I finally worked up the nerve to factory reset(i hate doing it) and it fixed the problems i was having.I also had to manually reinstall the supersu apk after rooting.
Glad you got it sorted. Setting everything up again is not trivial, but sometimes it has to be.
Hello from Montreal Quebec,
I unrooted my S3 yesterday back to the original firmware 4.3 (factory reset) Everything was working fine with the phone. I turned off the phone and when I tried to turn it back on... nothing happened, no vibration, nothing, would not power on, screen blank. I did try to get it into download and still nothing. So I think my phone is Hard Brick. Just so you know, my battery is 100%.
I did try putting the debrick image for my phone (debrick-SGH-I747M-UEMK5) on a 16gb sd card using Win32DiskImager. With number attempts of pressing the volume down + home key + power button for 15-30 seconds, nothing works.
One thing I notice, if I plug in my phone to my pc or wall for a few seconds, the red light for charging will come on so I know there is some kind of life. Sometimes when I put in the battery, the Torch light will flash once, but no luck getting the phone into download mode.
Would I need Jtag to get this back up and running and is there any other way to do this without Jtag?
Please let me know, any help would be appreciated.
Thank You.
qks
Plug onto the computer and open device manager. If it shows QHSUSB_DLOAD its hard bricked.
In this case if the debrick method doesn't work, jtag is the only other option. Try different sdcards first if you can. Many times it doesn't work simply because of the sdcard.
What worries me though is how this happened. Did you flash anything before the factory reset? If not, its possible you could be looking at a hardware failure such as the memory. Hopefully not though...
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Plug onto the computer and open device manager. If it shows QHSUSB_DLOAD its hard bricked.
In this case if the debrick method doesn't work, jtag is the only other option. Try different sdcards first if you can. Many times it doesn't work simply because of the sdcard.
What worries me though is how this happened. Did you flash anything before the factory reset? If not, its possible you could be looking at a hardware failure such as the memory. Hopefully not though...
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Thanks for the reply, I did what you said and I see nothing in device manager. The red light came on while the battery and sd card was in the phone...
What happen was I un-rooted the phone using "How to Unroot Samsung Galaxy S3! [No Computer] [AT&T/T-Mobile/Verizon]" on youtube which I can't post here.
I have done this many time with this phone (About 5 times) without any problems. This is a first for me and I'm puzzled.
So you did or did not flash something before resetting?
Did it used to connect to the computer and are you using the stock usb cable? If yes, it sounds like hardware problems.
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So you did or did not flash something before resetting?
Did it used to connect to the computer and are you using the stock usb cable? If yes, it sounds like hardware problems.
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I flash the original firmware if that's what you're saying. I did exactly what I mentioned in the video on YouTube which at the moment I can't post outside links but this is the title on YouTube... "How to Unroot Samsung Galaxy S3! [No Computer] [AT&T/T-Mobile/Verizon]"
I used stock usb cable.
Dont take it wrong, not intending this to sound rude, but I generally dont watch vids that people use. I like to answer what I can and move on. It just takes a lot less time to read that you flashed the firmware and factory reset than to watch a vid to see what you did.
One thing the video cant tell me for sure though is what firmware you had before and which did you flash this time. I know you said original, but that original version will depend on when you actually bought the device.
looking back over the thread though, im wondering if you did have 4.3 firmware, and then flashed 4.4.2 firmware with Mobile Odin? Is this accurate?
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Dont take it wrong, not intending this to sound rude, but I generally dont watch vids that people use. I like to answer what I can and move on. It just takes a lot less time to read that you flashed the firmware and factory reset than to watch a vid to see what you did.
One thing the video cant tell me for sure though is what firmware you had before and which did you flash this time. I know you said original, but that original version will depend on when you actually bought the device.
looking back over the thread though, im wondering if you did have 4.3 firmware, and then flashed 4.4.2 firmware with Mobile Odin? Is this accurate?
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No worries man, I had firmware 4.3 rooted and then flashed with stock 4.3. with Mobile Odin. Never had a problem before until now.
Ok, just wanted to be sure. If you had flashed 4.4.2 over 4.3 with mobile odin, it would permanently break your phone, but it happens exactly how you described in the op.
Which 4.3 firmware was running on it and which did you flash? I just noticed there are several different 4.3 builds for the I747M. MK5, MK3, ND2, ND3.
You tried the mk5 debrick.img, but if you had ND2, for example, that image probably won't work. It could also just be that your sdcard isnt right. Were you able to try any different ones?
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Ok, just wanted to be sure. If you had flashed 4.4.2 over 4.3 with mobile odin, it would permanently break your phone, but it happens exactly how you described in the op.
Which 4.3 firmware was running on it and which did you flash? I just noticed there are several different 4.3 builds for the I747M. MK5, MK3, ND2, ND3.
You tried the mk5 debrick.img, but if you had ND2, for example, that image probably won't work. It could also just be that your sdcard isnt right. Were you able to try any different ones?
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I used the I747M 4.3 build as always. I did not try the mk5 debrick cause it's not I747m but I can try that and see if it works. Going to look for one now.
As for SD Cards, I have a 16GB and a 32GB, no luck.
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I used the I747M 4.3 build as always. I did not try the mk5 debrick cause it's not I747m but I can try that and see if it works. Going to look for one now.
As for SD Cards, I have a 16GB and a 32GB, no luck.
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Sorry mk5 is I747M, my bad.
I tried
debrick-SGH-I747M-UEMK5
debrick-SGH-I747U-CUEMJB3
No luck...
MJB wont work on the I747M. MK5 will probably only work if you are sure thats what you were running. As I mentioned before there are several 4.3 builds for that model. Some depend on your carrier.
For example Telus and Koodoo, and possibly one or two other carriers got updates from MK5 to ND2. So if you had been updated to the newer ND2 build (still 4.3), that MK5 image isnt going to work.
If you are certain you were running MK5, then it could be the sdcard youre using is the problem, or it may not be recoverable using that method.
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MJB wont work on the I747M. MK5 will probably only work if you are sure thats what you were running. As I mentioned before there are several 4.3 builds for that model. Some depend on your carrier.
For example Telus and Koodoo, and possibly one or two other carriers got updates from MK5 to ND2. So if you had been updated to the newer ND2 build (still 4.3), that MK5 image isnt going to work.
If you are certain you were running MK5, then it could be the sdcard youre using is the problem, or it may not be recoverable using that method.
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Yes I am very sure. This one I used. I747MVLUEMK5_I747MOYAEMK5_FMC
Never heard of ND2 till now.
Ok, then its either the sdcard or its not recoverable without a jtag service.
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Ok, then its either the sdcard or its not recoverable without a jtag service.
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I tried 5 other SD cards... Nothing, so looks like I'm gonna have to pay for Jtag... Thanks for you help.
No problem. Sorry it didnt work out. I cannot remember where it was, but in the last week or two (maybe 3?), someone posted about a jtag service that only cost $25. Cheapest ive heard of. Pretty sure it was in this forum, just haven't been able to find it again. Still, figured id let you know its out there!
Good luck!
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