Hi. So I was rooting my Note2 using the video from the tethering post. I used Odin and ran the openrecovery-twrp-2.3.1.1. It gave me the green Pass message. But when I boot into recovery, I don't get the nice interface, I get the Android System Recovery <3e> screen with text only options. With this I can apply CWM-SuperSU but it gives me an error, but says it installs fine. But when I run SuperSU, it errors out because there are no binaries installed. I even redid the Odin and use the 2.3.1.4 version of twrp, but same exact thing. I even tried flashing twrp from the Recovery but still the same.
Anyone have any advice or tips? I'm sure I'm just missing one step or something. THANKS!
Background:
I had my Galaxy S3 rooted on 4.0.4 ICS with no problems for several months, however when I wanted to upgrade to 4.1 Jellybean via OTA I quickly learned that the OTA update won't work on a rooted OS. I installed an called Voodoo OTA which claimed to be able to temporarily unroot you device so you can get the OTA Jellybean update. It failed, did not accomplish what it claimed to be able to do, however what it did do was patially unroot my phone to a state that it can neither be unrooted fully or re-rooted back to a full rooted state. I did a full clean wipe and factory reset and I am still in the same position. I have used the Android Toolkit for S3 to flash it back to factory state it just hangs in ODIN at the boot.img, I have attempted to root and un-root with the Android Toolkit multiple methods and .tar files, nothing, just hangs when it gets to the imaging part.
The phone is fully functional, but I feel imprisoned by the phone now as it operates like an unrooted phone, but I can't upgrade it.
Can anyone help me out of this, even to just get back to a rooted phone.
Thank you to anyone and everyone for your advice!
I will donate to any developer that can get my phone back to working order!
bigmtnskier said:
Background:
I had my Galaxy S3 rooted on 4.0.4 ICS with no problems for several months, however when I wanted to upgrade to 4.1 Jellybean via OTA I quickly learned that the OTA update won't work on a rooted OS. I installed an called Voodoo OTA which claimed to be able to temporarily unroot you device so you can get the OTA Jellybean update. It failed, did not accomplish what it claimed to be able to do, however what it did do was patially unroot my phone to a state that it can neither be unrooted fully or re-rooted back to a full rooted state. I did a full clean wipe and factory reset and I am still in the same position. I have used the Android Toolkit for S3 to flash it back to factory state it just hangs in ODIN at the boot.img, I have attempted to root and un-root with the Android Toolkit multiple methods and .tar files, nothing, just hangs when it gets to the imaging part.
The phone is fully functional, but I feel imprisoned by the phone now as it operates like an unrooted phone, but I can't upgrade it.
Can anyone help me out of this, even to just get back to a rooted phone.
Thank you to anyone and everyone for your advice!
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I am desperate at this point , I have spent 2 almost 3 days trying to get my phone back to stock or rooted state. I have scoured Google, XDA and other Android phones. If anyone wants to volunteer and help me on or offline I will gladly donate generously.
I'd recommend forgetting about that tool kit for now. You should download the latest version of Odin v3.07, twrp recovery (tar file), and supersu.zip, and try doing everything manually; flash twrp through PDA from Odin, and supersu.zip through Twrp recovery if you get that far. The files are easy to find, so I'm not going to post links just yet.
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shortydoggg said:
I'd recommend forgetting about that tool kit for now. You should download the latest version of Odin v3.07, twrp recovery (tar file), and supersu.zip, and try doing everything manually; flash twrp through PDA from Odin, and supersu.zip through Twrp recovery if you get that far. The files are easy to find, so I'm not going to post links just yet.
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:good:thank you, I will give it a go and try it as you describe.
Fixed after almost 3 days!!!!
shortydoggg said:
I'd recommend forgetting about that tool kit for now. You should download the latest version of Odin v3.07, twrp recovery (tar file), and supersu.zip, and try doing everything manually; flash twrp through PDA from Odin, and supersu.zip through Twrp recovery if you get that far. The files are easy to find, so I'm not going to post links just yet.
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:laugh:FIXED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I did what you said, but only after I figured out that I was using the wrong driver, correct device, wrong model. I used a USB driver cleaner, cleaned them all off, wiped the device, installed the driver and reconnected then I followed your instructions!:good:
I found these instructions on the AT&T Samsung forum for how to clean your drivers:
http://forums.att.com/t5/Android-Di...ix-for-Windows-7-at-least-for-me/td-p/3369515
Samsung Galaxy S3 MTP USB Fix for Windows 7(at least for me)!!
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11-30-2012 02:55:21 PM
Here's what worked for me after literally trying everything under the sun (compiled steps from various sources):
Steps to Safely Cleanup and Remove old USB Mass Storage Drivers on your PC
Shut down your computer. Unplug your USB storage devices: USB Disks, flash, cams, CD/DVD, etc.
==> Other USB devices like keyboards, mice and LAN adapters can stay plugged in
Boot computer back up. Click for how to determine whether you are running 32 or 64 bit Windows
Download drivecleanup.zip, unzip and save to your desktop. Move the 32 or 64 bit version of DriveCleanup.exe toC:\Windows\System32
Open a command prompt window as follows:
==> For XP only: You must have Admin privileges. Click Start->Run, enter cmd
==> For Vista and Windows 7: You must open an elevated command prompt window!
After the command prompt enter: drivecleanup.exe
==> Your command prompt window should be similar to my example below.
==> If, instead, you get an error message like Command not recognized it means you didn't move Drivecleanup.exe to the right directory
Reboot.
Download the latest USB drivers here:http://www.samsung.com/us/support/owners/product/SGH-I747MBBATT Click the tab at the bottom that says "Manuals & Downloads" then Software then the link for the Device(Install),USB Driver (Software) (ver.v1.5.14.0)
Intstall Drivers
Reboot
Unplugged or disable your internet connection ***CRITICAL***
On your S3 go to Settings>About device>Check for updates and install the update (eventhough we next do a hard reset the new firmware is worth it if only for the brightness feature added to the notification drop down).
Do a hard reset on your Galaxy S3 instructions for that here: http://www.hard-reset.com/samsung-galaxy-s3-hard-reset.html
Turn on S3 (without USB plugged in) and don't login to your Android account ***CRITICAL***
Plug in USB and it should install all the drivers at long last ***SIGH***
Login to your Android account with the USB plugged in and you should be good to go!
Thanks again for helping me out!
my android is partially rooted or partially unrooted
Before three days I was think to update my android.so I done to unroot my android.after update my device is not root again.it says failed again and again.i also try to unroot again but this is also says that root required first.how can I do.i want to root again.please help me.:crying:
Hello there,
I've previously used Odin to install several versions on several phones, so at leas I know some very basics, like, using Odin and what not.
Here's my problem. I rooted my 4.3, it gave me some trouble, and the main reason I wanted it rooted was to get backups for my apps. Turns out I can back up my data with carbon "rooted-unrooted" so I decided to ditch the root since it was giving me some hassle with the security update thing and titanium was not working properly. "had to do some other stuff and I was kind of tired.
Turns out I tried to install my other official firmware I had "4.1". Sadly, upon using Odin with it, it now says that I'm trying to install an unsupported version and won't proceed... I'm stuck in here because I cannot restart by pressing up+power because it gives me an error and says I need to restart in download mode.
I was wondering if installing a fresh copy of 4.3 would fix this. Yet I've been unable to find any actual official files... yeah... I know this sounds pathetic, but... I've been herer for an hour + and have not found either a solution or the original 4.3 file or whichever file I would need for this.
Decided to turn unto this community which has helped me a lot in the past to solve all my previous issues.
So... How do I install a fresh 4.3 or how do I get out of this mess? My cell phone doesn't turn on, it just tells me the following:
Firmware Upgrade Encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again.
I had 4.3 installed with all the security crap on it, so when I go to download mode and install 4.1, it says that the verison is unsopported...
Thank you all in advance.
Download Mr Robinson's 4.3 rooted ROM from here.
Flash it via ODIN and you should be good to go.
Your phone is already on 4.3 bootloader and it is not letting you downgrade to any version below it.
Hi all. I have a Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini
I9195 since November 2013. I rooted it
about a year ago and installed CWM
recovery. I only had 3 apps that required
root; CPU Master, Samsung Log Converter
and Silent Boot. I was very happy with the
phone except for a problem with tabbed
browsing where I frequently couldn't close
open tabs as the tab button wouldn't work.
I eventually decided to update the software
hoping this would cure the problem. I knew
I would have to unroot the phone which
I did, and I did a back up to the external sd card
using CWM. Then I updated the software with
Kies on my pc. Well now I am running 4.4.2 and
it's terrible. The phone freezes, hangs, locks
up etc. So I tried to get back to 4.2.2 but I see this
isn't too easy. I tried to root the phone again with
Towel root and it says "Device Not Supported".
Then I ttird CF Root but Odin won't do it. I tried using the
CWM back up from the sf card via upload
mode and this had no effect. I have all the
correct drivers on the pc but Odin fails when I select
select the Serranotex file. When I connect the phone in download
mode the I.D Com box turns Blue not Yellow
Is it possible to completely erase the os
and re install 4.2.2? Also my Knox Counter shows 0x0
in recovery mode. Can I
root the phone via a file fom the external sd card?
Also I replaced the hdd in the pc a few months ago with an sdd.
Could this be part of the problem? Fortunately I had my trusty Galaxy
S2 handy as a spare phone. Sorry for the very long post
but its my first one. Any help would be greatly appreciated
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Knox 0x0 you're lucky, try wiping factory reset in recovery.
Has your baseband changed?
I think you can downgrade to a one Brazilian 4.2.2 firmware which is Knox bootloader v2.
Rooting 4.4.2 official without triggering knox is tricky, early versions of kk you could use towellroot, ive read newer kk require flashing a early 4.4.2 kernel then use towelroot and flash again your original kernel kernel
Thanks for the reply fburgos . I managed to get it rooted by installing Odin and the drivers on another pc and it worked ok. I'm happy enough for now with my three root apps and Super user disabled Knox for me too.
Hello! Im using HTC M8, yesterday i decided to root it so I used this guide to do bootloader activation, flashing recovery and rooting it (h t t p :/ / theunlockr.com/2014/04/19/root-htc-one-m8-all-in-one-toolkit-method-video/).
Everything was fine till i done everything and started my phone. I tried to run Supersu, and i got message that Supersu binary is not installed, i tryed to update it from googleplay, but nothing. Than i decided to flash updated version found on internet, now i get strange things like, x application failed to run , report this to HTC, my phone storage is not recognized or shown in any file menager or when i connect it to pc, i cant download anything from chrome, to my phone... Help please. What to do?
I tryed factory reset, reflashing recovery, but nothing happend. I have plan to instal newest version of super su but i cant put it in phone root to instal it from recovery boot...
Somebody?! Anything?