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I flashed the T999UVDLI6 package to my phone but cannot seem to Root now. I have tried everything that used to work and Superuser will not take. has anyone else flashed and succeeded in rooting?
Here is how I got here:
I tried to update using CWM and it failed
I reflashed STOCK T999UVALH2 and then updated using Android Recovery and the full update worked
I have tried flashing via Odin 3.04 like always and the CWM mod will NOT take- all I ever get is the Android Recovery
Interestingly, if I try to flash Superuser from SD card using Android system recovery it gives me an :E:signature verification failed" message.
Any thoughts?
You must be fully stock and also have stock recovery... When I did it I used mobile Odin to keep root, and but you can use ota root keeper
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You must be fully stock and also have stock recovery... When I did it I used mobile Odin to keep root, and but you can use ota root keeper
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So because I had CWM recovery it failed?
Yea
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Rooting after upgrade
Fonz said:
I flashed the T999UVDLI6 package to my phone but cannot seem to Root now. I have tried everything that used to work and Superuser will not take. has anyone else flashed and succeeded in rooting?
Here is how I got here:
I tried to update using CWM and it failed
I reflashed STOCK T999UVALH2 and then updated using Android Recovery and the full update worked
I have tried flashing via Odin 3.04 like always and the CWM mod will NOT take- all I ever get is the Android Recovery
Interestingly, if I try to flash Superuser from SD card using Android system recovery it gives me an :E:signature verification failed" message.
Any thoughts?
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I've flashed and succeeded in rooting, I did the same method as you described. Except I'm using Odin 1.85 not Odin 3.04 :cyclops:
Also, did you try doing a full wipe? I didn't see that in any of your steps. Might want to try that if you haven't already.
Wipe-o-rama
fishguts said:
I've flashed and succeeded in rooting, I did the same method as you described. Except I'm using Odin 1.85 not Odin 3.04 :cyclops:
Also, did you try doing a full wipe? I didn't see that in any of your steps. Might want to try that if you haven't already.
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Yes- I wiped everything possible (data/factory reset, cache partition, and Dalvik Cache) and Odin would not load it which is why I ended up using the Stock Loader. I will have another crack at it
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Fonz said:
Yes- I wiped everything possible (data/factory reset, cache partition, and Dalvik Cache) and Odin would not load it which is why I ended up using the Stock Loader. I will have another crack at it
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Okay, I retraced my steps and everything still works fine for me...so I did some things to break my phone a bit to see how this can fail, and came out with a few results.
Using Odin, uncheck the "Auto Reboot" option, I think this ROM will reflash to stock upon reboot unless disabled, it's a "feature" found in the Galaxy Tab 2 also. CWM 6.0 will take care of that, as they ask you to disable that "feature" upon reboot from CWM. Now, in order to get there, you need to go directly from Odin mode to recovery. So here's what I did exactly to get the results that you are asking for:
Using Team Win Recovery Project (TWRP Recovery), I wiped dalvik, cache, system, data, and factory reset, and then I opened Odin, unchecked "Auto Reboot" option, flashed T999UVALH2 back to stock, rebooted into android recovery, factory reset, reboot back into android recovery, flashed T999UVDLI6, and then rebooted into android recovery, did a factory reset, and rebooted into Odin mode, where I kept that same box unchecked, and flashed TWRP recovery. After it flashed, I unplugged my cable, and rebooted directly into the custom recovery where I flashed SU. Booted my phone and I have root access with JB. Now, if you don't want to use TWRP as your recovery, then you should use the latest version of CWM.
I was typing this as I was doing it, so I know for sure this works. At least, for my phone it does. Good luck and I hope this helps!
Awesome. Thanks for taking the time to troubleshoot for me. I will try today and report back
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Please clarify
I am fully stock and using stock recovery and I am getting an error regarding :E:signature not being valid when I try to flash. I have applied OTAs that my phone received in the past. Dose this mean I need to revert back to the default firmware image also or is there a different issue? Thanks
I've been flashing OTA leaks with CWM. Both ICS and JB. I don't lose CWM recovery. This process is a lot easier than some people think. I have never needed stock recovery to update to the OTA leaks.
1) Stop using CWM v5. Its time to upgrade to v6.
2) Get T999UVALH2 on your phone. Whether you have UVALEM and use the official OTA update to UVALH2, or do a full install of it. You need UVALH2. I personally still had a UVALEM nandroid, so I restored then factory reset. Then backed up the clean install. Then I ran the OTA through the phone settings > About phone > Software updates. Now I had UVALH2. Guess what? Nandroided that, too.
Also, make sure you flash the UVLH2 modem if using another version.
3) If needed, get CWM on there through Odin. Or if you got a prerooted version, get CWM on there through other means.
4) Download the OTA update here: http://www.sammobile.com/firmware/?page=3&model=SGH-T999&pcode=TMB&os=1&type=1#firmware
5) Flash update with CWM. Upon exit, it will ask you about recovery and root.
Now you have the new leak, CWM recovery, and root.
CWM 6 did the trick. Still rooted and running JB
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Ok lets assume you have a nice clean completely stock ATT S3 that is rooted. I do have nandroid and titanium backups and I do have the google wallet hack working, and froze most bloatware..but this is all I have done to the phone.
What if any is the best way to slap the JB update on here without loosing a thing? I mean loose nothing, games, contacts no resetup of anything, just update to 4.1.1?? Am I dreaming here? If its not possible, what is the easiest way to get updated and back up to my existing state without having to reinstall and resetup everything?
Please dont ask why not put just custom rom instead, I have never found one that at least one small detail was not working or complete, so lets not go there, I want just a rooted ATT JB update to what I already have.
Update through Kies and you won't lose anything except for root. Re-root with CF auto root.
I did the above with a bunch of frozen ATT crap and everything was good.
Make sure you backup your data just in case.
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Update through Kies and you won't lose anything except for root. Re-root with CF auto root.
I did the above with a bunch of frozen ATT crap and everything was good.
Make sure you backup your data just in case.
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I also flashed with Oden over a stock setup and it left all data there except the root.
tried kies on 2 laptops and a pc still no go. re downloaded kies a few times and still nothing. tried all the usb ports too.
I had trouble with kies too, sho I finally used odin and flashed a pre-rooted att update.
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I tried Kies on 5 PC's - no go. finally used Odin and flashed Robinson's root injected bin. Worked
and lost nothing upon reboot. However, what is really differnet?? Camera is the same, which I thought
was supposed to be different as is the gallery. SAME.
anyone else verify????????????
Thanks
I have no clue why I can't connect with kies through usb, have all drivers, and I did administrative permission, I was able to use kies through wifi tho.
I did mine through odin. Worked well for me.
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Ok got JB via Kies easy enough,and rooted with CF...I get 3 apps that are getting errors on boot, Poweramp, Titanium BU and Torrent....
The other issue Im having is trying to get GW back on there , it was removed...so in order to do this I need CWM back on here but can figure out how I used the Qcom toolkit the lasttime and its not ready for JB yet the page says....so whats the easiest way to get CWM back on to load wallet back on?
I did the exact same thing I did with ICS. I flashed JB with kies, and i've flashed with ODIN (wanted to reflash).
I then used ODIN to flash the a cwm recovery (older version). Then I rebooted into the recovery and installed super SU. Started the phone and used terminal emulator to install the latest touch recovery for the phone. Rebooted and installed wallet just like I did with ICS. First the fix, then the wallet app. change your prop and follow instructions.
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Update through Kies and you won't lose anything except for root. Re-root with CF auto root.
I did the above with a bunch of frozen ATT crap and everything was good.
Make sure you backup your data just in case.
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I feel like an idiot, and ive searched everywhere, but what is CF Auto Root?
Thanks in advance for the answer!
Its a chainfire app from the play store
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I used ODIN to flash Mr. Rogers pre-rooted stock JB over my rooted ICS and everything seemed to work just fine. No problems yet. I was curious though since I still have CWM as my recovery (according to ROM Manager) and I thought I would lose that. Anyway, device status went back to "normal" after the flash. I haven't checked the flash counter yet to see if it is back to 0 yet. I'm still trying to figure all this out. This was only the 3rd time I'd flashed anything and I was still nervous! I haven't noticed any extra battery drain or anything yet.
Can anyone tell me, after you boot into download mode to check the flash counter, how do you reboot if your not actually gonna flash anything?
Thanks,
Matt
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I used ODIN to flash Mr. Rogers pre-rooted stock JB over my rooted ICS and everything seemed to work just fine. No problems yet. I was curious though since I still have CWM as my recovery (according to ROM Manager) and I thought I would lose that. Anyway, device status went back to "normal" after the flash. I haven't checked the flash counter yet to see if it is back to 0 yet. I'm still trying to figure all this out. This was only the 3rd time I'd flashed anything and I was still nervous! I haven't noticed any extra battery drain or anything yet.
Can anyone tell me, after you boot into download mode to check the flash counter, how do you reboot if your not actually gonna flash anything?
Thanks,
Matt
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Mobile Odin and Rogers file is easiest.
If you used Odin and Mr. Rogers pre-rooted stock to go from ICS to JB you will increment the flash counter as soon as you go into your custom recovery. If you use Mobile Odin, than you will not increment the flash counter. This information is in the most current posts: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1739426.
I didn't care about the counter but didn't want to reflash TWRP recovery so I used Mobile Odin and didn't flash the recovery, cache, or Everoot. Fast, easy, and I liked having my Nandroid backup available if something went wrong.
I thought about using moble Odin, but had never used it before and only downloaded it yesterday for future use. So I'm assuming that Mr. Rogers pre-rooted stock didn't flash the stock recovery? ROM Manager still shows that I have CWM installed. I did check with Triangle Away and it shows a count of 2 and binary as "official". I haven't booted back into download mode to check the counter because I wasn't sure what the process for rebooting was if I wasn't flashing something new. I'm a total beginner, so I hope everyone is patient!
Thanks for the help.
I've searched and tried different methods to unroot and set the custom counter to 0 (ZERO) (using Triangle Away) and nothing seems to work 100%. I've easily spent 5 hours mucking with this. Basically, I want to get my phone back to stock state so T-MO OTA updates will work again.
I always end up with a custom counter of 1 because as soon as I boot to the system, the firmware sees that SuperSU is installed (I guess) and the counter goes to 1. I've only rooted my phone and not installed a custom rom. I've used the toolkit and the CF-root-only method to root my phone. I've done SuperSU / Settings / Unroot ... but, it's too late by this time (custom counter is 1).
The latest and closest attempts to unroot and zero counter have been: Use CF root (w/stock recovery installed) and use Triangle Away. If I immediately go into the download manager after Triangle Away boot, the counter is 0 and phone is Samsung Official... all is well. If I reboot to system, as soon as the Samsung logo appears the counter is back to 1 (I know this because I immediately pulled the battery and went back to download manager).
So, whats the trick to get unrooted and custom counter to 0 (zero)? Do I have to reflash the stock rom and wipe cache/data or something?
zrocker said:
I've searched and tried different methods to unroot and set the custom counter to 0 (ZERO) (using Triangle Away) and nothing seems to work 100%. I've easily spent 5 hours mucking with this. Basically, I want to get my phone back to stock state so T-MO OTA updates will work again.
I always end up with a custom counter of 1 because as soon as I boot to the system, the firmware sees that SuperSU is installed (I guess) and the counter goes to 1. I've only rooted my phone and not installed a custom rom. I've used the toolkit and the CF-root-only method to root my phone. I've done SuperSU / Settings / Unroot ... but, it's too late by this time (custom counter is 1).
The latest and closest attempts to unroot and zero counter have been: Use CF root (w/stock recovery installed) and use Triangle Away. If I immediately go into the download manager after Triangle Away boot, the counter is 0 and phone is Samsung Official... all is well. If I reboot to system, as soon as the Samsung logo appears the counter is back to 1 (I know this because I immediately pulled the battery and went back to download manager).
So, whats the trick to get unrooted and custom counter to 0 (zero)? Do I have to reflash the stock rom and wipe cache/data or something?
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Normally you use both Triangle Away in conjunction with Stock ROM AND Stock Recovery.
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Since TriangleAway needs root use ExynosAbuse option to give you root access. That after of course stock ROM and kernel. At the end TriangleAway and uninstall it and maybe also Full unroot in SuperSu if you don't need it anymore.
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Do a full wipe. Odin root66 by mrRobinson to return to stock recovery with rooted stock ROM. Run triangle away to clear flash counter. Do another full wipe. Run SuperSu and permanently unroot. Back to stock, no counter trip, unrooted.
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Coug76 said:
Do a full wipe. Odin root66 by mrRobinson to return to stock recovery with rooted stock ROM. Run triangle away to clear flash counter. Do another full wipe. Run SuperSu and permanently unroot. Back to stock, no counter trip, unrooted.
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I may have to do this, I'm on the stock ROM, only installed clockwork through Odin and then flashed the root zip. I'd want to be able to install the OTA update without having to wipe the phone, I'd hate to install all my apps again and then still have to customize all the settings. Is there a way to install the stock recovery, unroot, and be able to receive the OTA update without any wiping? Help would be greatly appreciated to get this done.
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I may have to do this, I'm on the stock ROM, only installed clockwork through Odin and then flashed the root zip. I'd want to be able to install the OTA update without having to wipe the phone, I'd hate to install all my apps again and then still have to customize all the settings. Is there a way to install the stock recovery, unroot, and be able to receive the OTA update without any wiping? Help would be greatly appreciated to get this done.
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My *guess* is you might be able to do that.
The following is not vetted. It seems like it should work but I have not tested it.
Before you do anything nandroid and Titanium (TiBu) backup your phone. If you are running SuperSu have it forget the apps that have been granted root access. Unroot using the SuperSu command.
Odin the mrRobinson root66 UVALJ1 to the device, this will return the bootloader to stock. It will also give you root that the Device status won't notice (I don't know if this is completely necessary but it makes sense to me). Install Triangle Away (available from Play Store as a paid app or free from XDA if you search for ChainFire's threads). Run Triangle Away. This should reset the counter. When the device reboots go into SuperSu and have it forget the apps that have root permissions. Check device status, if it is normal you are set. If not, reboot the phone. Check the Device status again. If it is still modified you may need to wait a while. If all else fails you factory reset and restore your TiBu. Permanently unroot via SuperSu.
My wife's S3 flipped to modified after a week and a half on root66. The only root function I had it do was a TiBu restore on 5 apps that she wanted to retain data from her old phone. To get it back I had SuperSu forget the root apps then reboot. I don't remember how long we waited for it to go from modified to normal. It did flip back without a factory reset. The factory reset is tried and true however.
Coug76 said:
My *guess* is you might be able to do that.
The following is not vetted. It seems like it should work but I have not tested it.
Before you do anything nandroid and Titanium (TiBu) backup your phone. If you are running SuperSu have it forget the apps that have been granted root access. Unroot using the SuperSu command.
Odin the mrRobinson root66 UVALJ1 to the device, this will return the bootloader to stock. It will also give you root that the Device status won't notice (I don't know if this is completely necessary but it makes sense to me). Install Triangle Away (available from Play Store as a paid app or free from XDA if you search for ChainFire's threads). Run Triangle Away. This should reset the counter. When the device reboots go into SuperSu and have it forget the apps that have root permissions. Check device status, if it is normal you are set. If not, reboot the phone. Check the Device status again. If it is still modified you may need to wait a while. If all else fails you factory reset and restore your TiBu. Permanently unroot via SuperSu.
My wife's S3 flipped to modified after a week and a half on root66. The only root function I had it do was a TiBu restore on 5 apps that she wanted to retain data from her old phone. To get it back I had SuperSu forget the root apps then reboot. I don't remember how long we waited for it to go from modified to normal. It did flip back without a factory reset. The factory reset is tried and true however.
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Thanks! I'll definitely look into that, hopefully it works that way.
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Thanks! I'll definitely look into that, hopefully it works that way.
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Ill try this later today or 2morrow, but ill let u know...phone is modified as well, def dont want to wipe phone as sell
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I'd also uninstall busybox if it was on there...
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Coug76 said:
Do a full wipe. Odin root66 by mrRobinson to return to stock recovery with rooted stock ROM. Run triangle away to clear flash counter. Do another full wipe. Run SuperSu and permanently unroot. Back to stock, no counter trip, unrooted.
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What exactly is meant my "Do a full wipe." ? I want to make sure I don't wipe more than I need to or that I, in fact, do enough.
Factory reset.
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using the stock rooted ROM posted over at the development forum we can upgrade without losing root or any data/apps. Really simple, only the cache and davlik cache need to be cleared. Now I'll just wait for the 'all apps multiwindow" mod.
I rooted using super su and I just used kies to upgrade the firmware. All settings are saved, git multi window, but root is lost.
Does anyone know if I can just root again with the same method?
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@jillmoto, you can root again using the root toolkit. Works fine. @erik, multiwindow mod is in the dev section
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@erik, multiwindow mod is in the dev section
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yes, it's there, but aimed at those with the deodexed version of the update. I installed the odexed version to make sure I'd retain all my apps and data. I'm waiting for someone to confirm a way to use that mod without having to do a complete wipe.
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yes, it's there, but aimed at those with the deodexed version of the update. I installed the odexed version to make sure I'd retain all my apps and data. I'm waiting for someone to confirm a way to use that mod without having to do a complete wipe.
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You dont have to wipe. Just flash it over the stock rom. I did with no issues and everything works fine. Only thing I had to do was remove bloatware again
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Can anyone please point me to an easy way to get stock recovery back? I used mskip Toolkit to root and install TWRP and tried to use it again to flash stock. Problem is no recovery Tar. file in the folder for my 889v... Thanks guys
Edit: I guess the toolkit is not relevant anymore... Thanks mrRobinson flashed the root 66 rom and all is ok!
Hi guys,
Is there a method to delete the 0, legacy, and emulated folders?
I used to have a custom ROM, but I reverted back to stock, and for some reason, I just can't seem to get rid of them.
I tried factory reset, rooting, then unrooting, and nothing seems to get rid of them.
Anyone know a method to delete them? I have already backed up everything I need with Helium, so I don't mind any method (ie. I don't care if I lose everything in my internal SD).
Also, when I was going back to stock, I used triangle away to reset the counter. It says the counter may say "1" until a stock rom is installed. Mine still says 1 after flashing the stock ROM. Any way to fix this?
Thanks in advance!
where you on a cm Rom ? If so there's a file you have to flash to set the folders up like they used to be...I'll get you the file 1 sec..
http://www.mediafire.com/?ztamqg7l7v0zyq8
wish777 said:
where you on a cm Rom ? If so there's a file you have to flash to set the folders up like they used to be...I'll get you the file 1 sec..
http://www.mediafire.com/?ztamqg7l7v0zyq8
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Hi, on I was not on a CM ROM, I was using Clean ROM before.
Will it work if I flash a CM ROM, then flash this zip, then unroot again with the stock ROM?
From recovery ....wipe data, factory reset....wipe dalvik...and wipe internal storage....(don't worry...data/media will not be touched)...
Then power off ...and boot back into download mode and push the factory rom image of your choice...
Then triangle away and remove SU from within the super user app...
Reboot into the stock 3e recovery and wipe data/caches ...then reboot and profit...(your device will be stock)...
If you want to keep root then omit the triangle away and SU removal step ...g
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From recovery ....wipe data, factory reset....wipe dalvik...and wipe internal storage....(don't worry...data/media will not be touched)...
Then power off ...and boot back into download mode and push the factory rom image of your choice...
Then triangle away and remove SU from within the super user app...
Reboot into the stock 3e recovery and wipe data/caches ...then reboot and profit...(your device will be stock)...
If you want to keep root then omit the triangle away and SU removal step ...g
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TL;DR: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2275844
gregsarg said:
From recovery ....wipe data, factory reset....wipe dalvik...and wipe internal storage....(don't worry...data/media will not be touched)...
Then power off ...and boot back into download mode and push the factory rom image of your choice...
Then triangle away and remove SU from within the super user app...
Reboot into the stock 3e recovery and wipe data/caches ...then reboot and profit...(your device will be stock)...
If you want to keep root then omit the triangle away and SU removal step ...g
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Hi,
If I flash the factory ROM, how would I get triangle away and SU?
I tried rooting my device, then triangle away, then flash factory ROM before, but I still had the 0, emulated, legacy folders..
jmapark91 said:
Hi,
If I flash the factory ROM, how would I get triangle away and SU?
I tried rooting my device, then triangle away, then flash factory ROM before, but I still had the 0, emulated, legacy folders..
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Here's how I do it and it wipes everything (including the folders you mention). The link I posted above has more detailed step by steps and all of the files you'll need.
If you're in custom recovery, wipe data/cache/etc like you're loading a new ROM and then power off and get into Download Mode
Connect to USB - Make sure Odin sees it (by showing COM#)
Flash stock 4.1.2 with Odin (called Kies....blahblah) in the PDA slot
Flash CF Auto Root with Odin (this injects SuperSu) in the PDA slot
Reconnect phone to USB and transfer Triangle Away to the Downloads folder
Allow Unknown Source installations
Install Triangle Away and give it Superuser when prompted
Run Triangle Away. When prompted, press the vol button up and it should auto reboot. One thing to note here is that I purchased a copy of Triangle Away but I've had less luck with that than the copy provided in the link I posted
Uninstall Triangle Away once you're back in the phone.
Go to SuperSu > Settings > Scroll down and click Full Unroot
Turn off the phone and reboot into Stock Recovery (which CF Auto Root installs)
Do a factory reset/wipe data
Do a wipe cache
Reboot phone
You should now be on stock 4.1 with no flash count and unrooted. You're ready to update to 4.1.2 or whatever, with no extra folders/linked folders/nonsense hanging around.
I hope this helps. The instructions should be followed word for word from the link. I paraphrased a bit but I've done this so many times it's almost second nature to me.
That solution worked for me and stayed gone after updating. After going to the 4.3 leak they came back.
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That solution worked for me and stayed gone after updating. After going to the 4.3 leak they came back.
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Which 4.3 leak did you use? Was it the straight Samsung leak or was it a stock 4.3 rom like Skynote or DittoNote?
InertiaticFlow said:
Here's how I do it and it wipes everything (including the folders you mention). The link I posted above has more detailed step by steps and all of the files you'll need.
If you're in custom recovery, wipe data/cache/etc like you're loading a new ROM and then power off and get into Download Mode
Connect to USB - Make sure Odin sees it (by showing COM#)
Flash stock 4.1.2 with Odin (called Kies....blahblah) in the PDA slot
Flash CF Auto Root with Odin (this injects SuperSu) in the PDA slot
Reconnect phone to USB and transfer Triangle Away to the Downloads folder
Allow Unknown Source installations
Install Triangle Away and give it Superuser when prompted
Run Triangle Away. When prompted, press the vol button up and it should auto reboot. One thing to note here is that I purchased a copy of Triangle Away but I've had less luck with that than the copy provided in the link I posted
Uninstall Triangle Away once you're back in the phone.
Go to SuperSu > Settings > Scroll down and click Full Unroot
Turn off the phone and reboot into Stock Recovery (which CF Auto Root installs)
Do a factory reset/wipe data
Do a wipe cache
Reboot phone
You should now be on stock 4.1 with no flash count and unrooted. You're ready to update to 4.1.2 or whatever, with no extra folders/linked folders/nonsense hanging around.
I hope this helps. The instructions should be followed word for word from the link. I paraphrased a bit but I've done this so many times it's almost second nature to me.
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Hi, I also tried this method, but because my phone is SGH-i317M (it's Bell Canada), it won't let me flash the KIES UCALJ2 stock ROM. It fails on ODIN. If you could find me an equivalent ROM for i317M, that would be awesome! I tried downloading the BMC rom on stockroms.net, but it does not lemme set the binary counter to 0 (it still says 1), and it leaves all the mentioned folders as is. AND IT HAS UsbDriveA,B,C,D,E,F in /storage directory... oh my are they annoying!
I want to wipe this phone absolutely clean. As if I just got it shipped from the factory (0 flash counter, no 0,emulated,legacy folders, no UsbDrive folders, etc)
Thanks for all the help!
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Hi, I also tried this method, but because my phone is SGH-i317M (it's Bell Canada), it won't let me flash the KIES UCALJ2 stock ROM. It fails on ODIN. If you could find me an equivalent ROM for i317M, that would be awesome! I tried downloading the BMC rom on stockroms.net, but it does not lemme set the binary counter to 0 (it still says 1), and it leaves all the mentioned folders as is. AND IT HAS UsbDriveA,B,C,D,E,F in /storage directory... oh my are they annoying!
I want to wipe this phone absolutely clean. As if I just got it shipped from the factory (0 flash counter, no 0,emulated,legacy folders, no UsbDrive folders, etc)
Thanks for all the help!
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Go here: http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/
Search for I317M and it should show a big list of available firmwares. You'll have to register to download but, searching for your device, I found stock firmware for 4.1.2 and 4.3 across multiple carriers. One of those should work for you.
Replace the UCALJ2 firmware with the version for your phone and the directions should follow the same.
Stock ROMs won't let you reset the binary counter. Only Triangle Away has been able to do that for me and I had to have a stock rom and stock kernel. The order is Stock Rom > Rooted Stock Rom > Triangle Away to remove counter > Unroot > Fact Data Reset > Wipe cache
Following the rest of the directions should result in having a stock device without any of the weird folder nonsense you're seeing.
It was the non rooted Odin one click straight leak of 4.3
kjack05 said:
It was the non rooted Odin one click straight leak of 4.3
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That's strange. I did the steps I listed above and don't have the same folders. Are they on your external sd card or the internal?
InertiaticFlow said:
Go here: http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/
Search for I317M and it should show a big list of available firmwares. You'll have to register to download but, searching for your device, I found stock firmware for 4.1.2 and 4.3 across multiple carriers. One of those should work for you.
Replace the UCALJ2 firmware with the version for your phone and the directions should follow the same.
Stock ROMs won't let you reset the binary counter. Only Triangle Away has been able to do that for me and I had to have a stock rom and stock kernel. The order is Stock Rom > Rooted Stock Rom > Triangle Away to remove counter > Unroot > Fact Data Reset > Wipe cache
Following the rest of the directions should result in having a stock device without any of the weird folder nonsense you're seeing.
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I guess I'm out of luck for now. I will have to wait. Apparently hotfile is down, so it'll take them time to upload it on terafile.co.
So, if I factory reset, delete data,cache, etc -> download 4.3 ROM from Sammobile -> flash it -> root with the CF-Auto-Root-t0lteatt-t0lteatt-samsungsghi317.tar file in the link you provided me earlier -> then triangle away -> uninstall triangle away -> then unroot from SuperSU -> then factory/data/cache reset, I should be good to go?
I did the identical thing before with the ROM I downloaded from stockroms.net but I had no luck. I hope it's just the ROM issue. I will try the ROM from Sammobile and see what I get.
Thanks.
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That's strange. I did the steps I listed above and don't have the same folders. Are they on your external sd card or the internal?
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On the internal. Yeah It is. They were completely gone and then I did the 4.3 one click and now It has the emulated again. Maybe 4.3 is supposed to have it as that one?
jmapark91 said:
I guess I'm out of luck for now. I will have to wait. Apparently hotfile is down, so it'll take them time to upload it on terafile.co.
So, if I factory reset, delete data,cache, etc -> download 4.3 ROM from Sammobile -> flash it -> root with the CF-Auto-Root-t0lteatt-t0lteatt-samsungsghi317.tar file in the link you provided me earlier -> then triangle away -> uninstall triangle away -> then unroot from SuperSU -> then factory/data/cache reset, I should be good to go?
I did the identical thing before with the ROM I downloaded from stockroms.net but I had no luck. I hope it's just the ROM issue. I will try the ROM from Sammobile and see what I get.
Thanks.
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Sorry it didn't work out for you yet. Make sure it's the most recent CF auto root for the I317M. I had a ***** of a time getting around Knox when SuperSu would try to update. Took a couple of reboots and some quick updates from the play store before I could get it to disable Knox.
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kjack05 said:
On the internal. Yeah It is. They were completely gone and then I did the 4.3 one click and now It has the emulated again. Maybe 4.3 is supposed to have it as that one?
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I have never seen that before. Also, I couldn't see your image. Sorry about that. The one-click 4.3 leaked worked for me flawlessly but it appears ymmv.
InertiaticFlow said:
Sorry it didn't work out for you yet. Make sure it's the most recent CF auto root for the I317M. I had a ***** of a time getting around Knox when SuperSu would try to update. Took a couple of reboots and some quick updates from the play store before I could get it to disable Knox.
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I have never seen that before. Also, I couldn't see your image. Sorry about that. The one-click 4.3 leaked worked for me flawlessly but it appears ymmv.
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Sorry, I'm not aware of Knox.. Is this something I should worry about when I'm going through this process? If so, how do I get around it?
InertiaticFlow said:
Sorry it didn't work out for you yet. Make sure it's the most recent CF auto root for the I317M. I had a ***** of a time getting around Knox when SuperSu would try to update. Took a couple of reboots and some quick updates from the play store before I could get it to disable Knox.
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I have never seen that before. Also, I couldn't see your image. Sorry about that. The one-click 4.3 leaked worked for me flawlessly but it appears ymmv.
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Okay, now I see what you mean. My SuperSU is crashing because of Knox. How did you exactly go about doing this?
Or, alternatively, can I flash a 4.1.2 ROM, go through the same process so that I don't have to deal with Knox? Also, is there a way of resetting the "Knox Void" back to 0?
Thanks.
jmapark91 said:
Okay, now I see what you mean. My SuperSU is crashing because of Knox. How did you exactly go about doing this?
Or, alternatively, can I flash a 4.1.2 ROM, go through the same process so that I don't have to deal with Knox? Also, is there a way of resetting the "Knox Void" back to 0?
Thanks.
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Once you update to the newest supersu from the market it will ask you to disable Knox.
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210euser said:
Once you update to the newest supersu from the market it will ask you to disable Knox.
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Thank you. That did the trick for disabling Knox and updating the SuperSU.
Following the somewhat dispersed advice in this forum, I managed to use Towelroot to root my TabPro 8.4 SM-T325 w/o tripping KNOX. As soon as I'd done so, a new OTA update became available, which I'd like to get, and then re-root my tablet, again, all w/o tripping KNOX. Based on what I've read in this forum, the following SHOULD work:
1. Unroot with SuperSU
2. Reboot
3. Check for persistent root access by trying to run Titanium Backup (which won't run w/o root) - Root Checker failed to confirm root on my SM-T325 for some reason though I DO have root, so I don't expect Root Checker to be any use in confirming unrooted status
4. Flash latest stock (from SAMMOBILE) ROM (dated later than my present one) via ODIN
5. Reboot the device in Recovery Mode (Home + Power + Volume Up)
6. Do a wipe data/factory reset.
7. Hope that does the trick
8. Replace kernel w Towelroot-compatible kernel
9. Run Towel root
10. Restore kernel extracted from latest stock ROM
Are any steps missing from the above? Can any be safely omitted? I'd love to avoid the factory reset, but understand that can't be avoided when using ODIN to replace the ROM, even when the replacement is the latest stock ROM. Is that true? Or is the factory reset a precaution to avoid trouble? Or used to get out of it? When I did OTA updates before rooting, a factory reset was never necessary, and since I'm STILL running a factory ROM (rooted), I am wondering if I can safely omit the factory reset.
Thanks.
BTW: I originally posted this to the wrong section, so have re-posted it here with some edits.