I've been rooting phones for a few years now (my evo and my Note 2.) I had my note 2 rooted for about a year and while having performance issues with Sprint (hate sprint) I flashed back to stock and updated everything, including the firmware. Ugh, I updated the firmware to the new knox firmware. Not knowing I was up a creek, I reflashed my phone with the tools I already had and had already used and triggered knox and cant get a recovery to stick. As far as I can tell the phone is still stock with knox tripped and I cant get any farther. I've spent a few hours reading now and I cant seem to find a way to either reverse knox or root the phone with knox tripped. I tried the cf auto root in the origional development section and couldn't figure it out.
Anybody got any advice, or a link to a thread started post knox so it talks about how to deal with it?
koker93 said:
I've been rooting phones for a few years now (my evo and my Note 2.) I had my note 2 rooted for about a year and while having performance issues with Sprint (hate sprint) I flashed back to stock and updated everything, including the firmware. Ugh, I updated the firmware to the new knox firmware. Not knowing I was up a creek, I reflashed my phone with the tools I already had and had already used and triggered knox and cant get a recovery to stick. As far as I can tell the phone is still stock with knox tripped and I cant get any farther. I've spent a few hours reading now and I cant seem to find a way to either reverse knox or root the phone with knox tripped. I tried the cf auto root in the origional development section and couldn't figure it out.
Anybody got any advice, or a link to a thread started post knox so it talks about how to deal with it?
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You shouldn't be up a creek. What recovery did you flash? Try the latest Philz for note2. Unchecked auto-reboot in Odin before flashing it, and when it's done pull the battery then put the battery back in and do the power button/home button/volume up to get into recovery...
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g_money said:
You shouldn't be up a creek. What recovery did you flash? Try the latest Philz for note2. Unchecked auto-reboot in Odin before flashing it, and when it's done pull the battery then put the battery back in and do the power button/home button/volume up to get into recovery...
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I've been using the unified android toolkit. It seemed to work flawlessly before knox. Now it just stalls. Odin installs the custom recovery, the phone reboots, and goes into the stock android recovery. So I unchecked the auto reboot option, flashed CWM, and while looking nervously at the do not power down device screen, pulled the battery. It booted into CWM fine, flashed Paranoid Android and gapps fine, and rebooted into the new ROM just fine.
Not really sure why I was having problems, or why the pull the battery step is necessary, but it seems to have worked. I did not flash any SU files. Is that necessary?
I would download 1 of the root checker apps, or just install an app that requires root.
Usually (though I can verify not always. Lol) you have to reboot directly into download mode to finish the install of the custom recovery. If you let your phone reboot, stock recovery will over-write the custom recovery that you're trying to install...
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I ran a root checker and it says I do not have root access. But the phone is running paranoid...so what am I missing here? I thought I needed root access to install the recovery and install a ROM. Seems I do not. Should I care about the lack of root access? Because all I really wanted was to replace the ROM, and that seems to have worked.
koker93 said:
I ran a root checker and it says I do not have root access. But the phone is running paranoid...so what am I missing here? I thought I needed root access to install the recovery and install a ROM. Seems I do not. Should I care about the lack of root access? Because all I really wanted was to replace the ROM, and that seems to have worked.
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PA Roms work funny with root access on my device also. Just download and flash the latest SuperSU zip. If you already have it installed wipe the data first.
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So I'm by no means super knowledgable with this stuff but I've rooted a few phones, played around with CM on my old evo but for the most part I enjoy rooted stock.
I have Galaxy S3 Sprint 4.3 updated OTA from a rooted (4.1.2). When I took the OTA I lost root, no big deal I used Odin and flashed the CF auto root, it said it removed knox and I had root back. Cool!
In short 4.3 sucked, wanted to downgrade back so things like TrevE mod would work again and it wouldn't be so buggy. I tried to use odin to flash "KIES_HOME_L710VPBMD4_L710SPRBMD4_1130792_REV03_user_low_ship.tar.md5" but it gave me the "Use Kies Recovery and error occured" message.
So I then used odin and flashed TWRP and my phone booted.
I'm back on 4.3 rooted.
I've tried picking through the forums and interwebz for answers but I get mixed messages and info on international versions and what not.
I'm tired of trying to figure it out and really could use some help downgrading back to 4.1.2
Thanks,
Brandon
mentorkyrom said:
So I'm by no means super knowledgable with this stuff but I've rooted a few phones, played around with CM on my old evo but for the most part I enjoy rooted stock.
I have Galaxy S3 Sprint 4.3 updated OTA from a rooted (4.1.2). When I took the OTA I lost root, no big deal I used Odin and flashed the CF auto root, it said it removed knox and I had root back. Cool!
In short 4.3 sucked, wanted to downgrade back so things like TrevE mod would work again and it wouldn't be so buggy. I tried to use odin to flash "KIES_HOME_L710VPBMD4_L710SPRBMD4_1130792_REV03_user_low_ship.tar.md5" but it gave me the "Use Kies Recovery and error occured" message.
So I then used odin and flashed TWRP and my phone booted.
I'm back on 4.3 rooted.
I've tried picking through the forums and interwebz for answers but I get mixed messages and info on international versions and what not.
I'm tired of trying to figure it out and really could use some help downgrading back to 4.1.2
Thanks,
Brandon
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The 4.3 OTA installed a locked bootloader, which will prevent you from ODIN'ing back to a previous version. you can flash any ROM you would like from recovery, you CANNOT downgrade the bootloader. As of right now, if you have knox, you are stuck with it.
You are extremely lucky that you didn't brick your phone by using odin to flash a non-4.3 tar. I wouldnt try again.
My advice is, remain rooted with a custom recovery, and find a ROM to your liking, and flash that.
I have also heard that we cannot flash custom kernels on the knox (MK3) bootloader as well, but I havent verified that.
eletendre84 said:
The 4.3 OTA installed a locked bootloader, which will prevent you from ODIN'ing back to a previous version. you can flash any ROM you would like from recovery, you CANNOT downgrade the bootloader. As of right now, if you have knox, you are stuck with it.
You are extremely lucky that you didn't brick your phone by using odin to flash a non-4.3 tar. I wouldnt try again.
My advice is, remain rooted with a custom recovery, and find a ROM to your liking, and flash that.
I have also heard that we cannot flash custom kernels on the knox (MK3) bootloader as well, but I havent verified that.
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Thank you for the response. Is CyanogenMod an option then? If I go to CM could I flash back a stock 4.3 rom in the future?
As an added bonus question does CM allow wifi tethering?
Again thank you for the response.
mentorkyrom said:
Thank you for the response. Is CyanogenMod an option then? If I go to CM could I flash back a stock 4.3 rom in the future?
As an added bonus question does CM allow wifi tethering?
Again thank you for the response.
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CM is certainly an option. In fact, its what i am running now. CM11 12-24. Runs great. You can always odin the stock mk3 tar and go back to stock unrooted, at any time.
in order to flash cm11 you MUST be on TWRP 2.6.3.1 or CWM 6.0.4.5 or newer or the assert check will fail.
not sure on the tethering, but im pretty sure it definitely works on cm10.2 and i think it does on 11 as well, but dont quote me on that.
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CM is certainly an option. In fact, its what i am running now. CM11 12-24. Runs great. You can always odin the stock mk3 tar and go back to stock unrooted, at any time.
in order to flash cm11 you MUST be on TWRP 2.6.3.1 or CWM 6.0.4.5 or newer or the assert check will fail.
not sure on the tethering, but im pretty sure it definitely works on cm10.2 and i think it does on 11 as well, but dont quote me on that.
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Tethering is available on CM11 just like it was on 10.2; would strongly recommend latest Philz Touch Recovery over either TWRP or CWM though. Although it is based on CWM, it has proven to be pretty much the superior recovery option for flashing any Android build number, plus it is highly customizable.
Philz Touch Recovery
this is how to downgrade
mentorkyrom said:
So I'm by no means super knowledgable with this stuff but I've rooted a few phones, played around with CM on my old evo but for the most part I enjoy rooted stock.
I have Galaxy S3 Sprint 4.3 updated OTA from a rooted (4.1.2). When I took the OTA I lost root, no big deal I used Odin and flashed the CF auto root, it said it removed knox and I had root back. Cool!
In short 4.3 sucked, wanted to downgrade back so things like TrevE mod would work again and it wouldn't be so buggy. I tried to use odin to flash "KIES_HOME_L710VPBMD4_L710SPRBMD4_1130792_REV03_user_low_ship.tar.md5" but it gave me the "Use Kies Recovery and error occured" message.
So I then used odin and flashed TWRP and my phone booted.
I'm back on 4.3 rooted.
I've tried picking through the forums and interwebz for answers but I get mixed messages and info on international versions and what not.
I'm tired of trying to figure it out and really could use some help downgrading back to 4.1.2
Thanks,
Brandon
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do a factory data reset then use odin auto root from computer ok...... after boot u will get a security message supersu will be unfortunately stopping this is ok..... then u will need to download the supersu.app to root of sd then manually install this will update it and now u can turn off knox and have root... then go to market and download odin mobile then flash your .tar file u want and you will be good to go 4.1.2 doesn't have knox and has a unlocked bootloader so have fun bro this method may work for other phones
smuther22 said:
do a factory data reset then use odin auto root from computer ok...... after boot u will get a security message supersu will be unfortunately stopping this is ok..... then u will need to download the supersu.app to root of sd then manually install this will update it and now u can turn off knox and have root... then go to market and download odin mobile then flash your .tar file u want and you will be good to go 4.1.2 doesn't have knox and has a unlocked bootloader so have fun bro this method may work for other phones
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Do you realize that this thread hasn't been used in a couple of months? I would assume the author has no more need of advice based on the inactivity. Also, once Knox is installed, it is on the phone to stay. PERIOD. NO DOWNGRADING POSSIBLE VIA ODIN. Custom ROMs of any build are fine via custom recovery, but any attempt to change the bootloader will trigger Knox and brick the phone. Dangerous info to be posting here, especially since someone else who doesn't know better might try this.
I have T-Mobile SM-N900T with N900TUVUCNB4 Latest firmware 4.4.2 it came with the phone.
I have tried to install and root this phone many times. And every time it goes into recovery it boot loops. No matter what I have tried. I have tried CF-Root for the Kitkat, I have installed Recovery from TWRP 2.7, via Odin. Every time I says it updates but just goes to recovery and loops. I know that it has already tripped the Knox Warranty it now says 0x1.
Maybe if there is a Rooted 4.4.2 rom that can be put on via odin that might work. I have not found one. Or if anyone can give me directions on how to install any of the roms for this phone via odin it would be helpful as well.
I would like to root due to I need to remove allot of the bloatware on the phone its really full of apps that I will never use.
arielb27 said:
I have T-Mobile SM-N900T with N900TUVUCNB4 Latest firmware 4.4.2 it came with the phone.
I have tried to install and root this phone many times. And every time it goes into recovery it boot loops. No matter what I have tried. I have tried CF-Root for the Kitkat, I have installed Recovery from TWRP 2.7, via Odin. Every time I says it updates but just goes to recovery and loops. I know that it has already tripped the Knox Warranty it now says 0x1.
Maybe if there is a Rooted 4.4.2 rom that can be put on via odin that might work. I have not found one. Or if anyone can give me directions on how to install any of the roms for this phone via odin it would be helpful as well.
I would like to root due to I need to remove allot of the bloatware on the phone its really full of apps that I will never use.
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Read the cf auto root thread.ur answer is in the few last pages
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BACARDILIMON said:
Read the cf auto root thread.ur answer is in the few last pages
TWEAKED N3
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I have gone through those steps. It always comes up with same thing in the recovery says RECOVERY something about enforced smsrecovery it goes too fast. But it does not work.
arielb27 said:
I have gone through those steps. It always comes up with same thing in the recovery says RECOVERY something about enforced smsrecovery it goes too fast. But it does not work.
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I am for sure that you did not use cf autoroot for the euro phone. I am willing to bet that you might also be trying the wrong recovery. Only 2 exist for the 4.4.2 boot loader.
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I was having the exact same problem you are having right now, and BACARDICIMON helped me out of it. I downloaded the original 4.2.2 firmware from sammobile.com and then used odin 3.9 and flashed that. It started working perfectly afterwards.
So i have some questions about knox. I'm new to it and sadly had the 4.3 bootloader thrust upon me.
1. Is there a way to remove it/return to a different bootloader? Not just hide it like Billards thing does
2. One way I restore my phone if it freaks out is to run a 1 click stock rooted ljc program. I was reading in a Verizon forum flashing a stock version will brick my phone does this apply for sprint? They said mk3 not mk4
3.if I no longer can use that and need to fix say a soft Brick with no recovery what should I use/do
4. What are the main things i need to be aware or with knox?
I've been reading around and all I'm finding is its security. I know that it's bootloader related but every time I odin a tar file I didn't know that affected a the bootloader. This knox cap has me not even wanting to touch my phone.
Any help would be appreciated and you will get your thanks
Anyone?
I thought all this to but I took the plunge to root and did so with kingo root it went flawless and upon boring l booting just open super su and it will ask you if you want to disable knox just click Yea and you're done and to flash roms flash philz touch recovery with odin and make sure to make a backup is stock and flash away
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Hello,
I recently decided that I need root access to my T-Mobile Note 2 SGH-T889. There is of course a TON of info on rooting my phone, including the nice video on XDA.
Problem is, I updated to 4.3 a while ago and I have been accepting security profile updates. Apparently The Knox security that came with the update resides both in the Knox apps and the kernel as well. Long story short, I can root, flash stuff with Odin, etc. but every time I do, Knox blocks superuser requests and so anything I put on the phone is ineffective.
So I tried to install TWRP in order to load Dr. Ketan's utility with Knox remover. As before, Odin has no problem finding and flashing TWRP, but it always reboots to the stock recovery. I tried a suggestion to pull the battery and reboot into recovery mode after the TWRP is flashed (dangerous, I know), that also did not work for me.
Are there any other steps I can try to either gain root access with Knox in place, or load a custom recovery in order to eradicate Knox?
If I'm not mistaken, you have to flash Agni kernel with Odin. In the Agni App there is a setting to uninstall/delete Knox.
After that, you are free to do whatever you want.
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Thanks, I'll give it a try and report back.
I have been trying to find AGNI in a format to flash with Odin. The zip version is here, do you know where I can find the .tar?
DubP said:
Hello,
I recently decided that I need root access to my T-Mobile Note 2 SGH-T889. There is of course a TON of info on rooting my phone, including the nice video on XDA.
Problem is, I updated to 4.3 a while ago and I have been accepting security profile updates. Apparently The Knox security that came with the update resides both in the Knox apps and the kernel as well. Long story short, I can root, flash stuff with Odin, etc. but every time I do, Knox blocks superuser requests and so anything I put on the phone is ineffective.
So I tried to install TWRP in order to load Dr. Ketan's utility with Knox remover. As before, Odin has no problem finding and flashing TWRP, but it always reboots to the stock recovery. I tried a suggestion to pull the battery and reboot into recovery mode after the TWRP is flashed (dangerous, I know), that also did not work for me.
Are there any other steps I can try to either gain root access with Knox in place, or load a custom recovery in order to eradicate Knox?
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What version of TWRP are you trying to flash?
This is the one I have been trying:
openrecovery-twrp-2.7.0.1-t0ltetmo
Note 4 Bootlooping after Root attempt
Hey everyone. So I tried the Chainfire root on a Note 4 running 5.1.1. I realized afterwards how big of a mess I made. I'm still able to get the phone in download mode and have tried several different roms but I'm not able to successfully flash anything. I've tried different versions of Odin and USB cables. Any information I can provide to help I can do.
I'd suggest the OJ6 tar; quicker download was posted today. Does it boot to recovery? If not, start with a long battery pull; at least 30 seconds prior to Odin. Uncheck the auto reboot and F. Reset, flash the tar, wait until done and pull USB and battery with same wait. Boot to recovery and factory reset. Power down, pull battery and Odin again, this time with defaults.
When rooting, flash custom recovery like TWRP, either flash a custom ROM or flash Beastmode or 5.1.1 custom kernel and SuperSU zip in recovery to root. Don't use Chainfire auto root for Note 4.
If you have no success, follow this post but read the whole thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=63831716
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Samep you are a genius! Thank you so much for that. I'm wanting to strip the phone down to a really basic ROM for my father-in-law to use without all the bloatware and useless Sprint and Samsung apps. I'll be much more careful in the future.
exeterx said:
Samep you are a genius! Thank you so much for that. I'm wanting to strip the phone down to a really basic ROM for my father-in-law to use without all the bloatware and useless Sprint and Samsung apps. I'll be much more careful in the future.
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Glad to hear. Freeza has a debloated-deodexed OJ6 rooted ROM with newer kernel for OJ6. Either use it as a guide or install per OP.
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