[Q] Rooting Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini LTE (gt-I9195) - Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I tried the method from this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2364980
Which is the only thread I found for rooting my device which was decent but after flashing the rootkit on clockwordmod, my device still isn't rooted. The binaries won't get installed and it's very frustrating.
Everything works fine and I get no errors and this is why I'm confused and irritated that it doesn't work.
Please help
kind regards,
Sack

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[Q] Problems Rooting SPH-L520 with Kies/Kingo

I would like to root my SPH-L520 so I can flash it to Boost Mobile as a replacement for my long-in-the-tooth TP2. To do this, I followed a guide I found on andromods.com entitled "How to root Sprint Galaxy S4 mini (SPH-L520) running latest software version from OTA" (sorry, I don't have the permissions needed to post the link). My first step was to establish a USB connection between my SPH-L520 and my PC (Windows 7). You use Kies for that, right? Well, Kies would recognize that there was a SPH-L520 connected, but it wouldn't actually connect to it. It just kept saying “connecting” for half an hour. So I shot-off a support request to Samsung asking for the appropriate drivers for my phone (none are listed on the webpage for the device) and Samsung said there aren't any drivers for the SPH-L520. Kies does connect my SPH-L520 and my PC via WiFi, though, so I thought I’d try to go ahead and run the Kingo rooting program. So I enabled Developer Mode (by tapping on “Build Number” several times) and enabled USB Debugging and ran Kingo. Kingo connected but saw my Samsung device as being in “Normal Mode” (I’m guessing it should have said “Developer Mode”?). I went ahead and clicked on the "ROOT" button and my phone failed to root. I tried it several times and it failed every time. Phone stats are below. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Model number: SPH-L520
Android version: 4.2.2
Baseband version: L520VPUAMK2
Kernel version: 3.4.0-2054908
Build number: JDQ39.L520VPUAMK2
Problems Rooting SPH-L520 with Kies/Kingo
Any suggestions out there on how I can root my SPH-L520?
Problems Rooting SPH-L520 with Kies/Kingo
Anybody?
Problems Rooting SPH-L520 with Kies/Kingo
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SPH-L520
I have the s4 mini lte for sprint and rooted the phone with Kingo and didn't have any problems at all. However, I can't find ANY custom roms that are compatible with it due to the phone being fairly new. So yea, I've been impatiently waiting for a custom rom to download. If anyone knows where I can find one that doesn't have a ton of bugs, please let me know. Thanks
Butch31918 said:
I have the s4 mini lte for sprint and rooted the phone with Kingo and didn't have any problems at all. However, I can't find ANY custom roms that are compatible with it due to the phone being fairly new. So yea, I've been impatiently waiting for a custom rom to download. If anyone knows where I can find one that doesn't have a ton of bugs, please let me know. Thanks
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How did you connect your phone to your computer so you could run Kingo? Did you use Kies or another program? For me, the Kingo program may work fine, but I won't know until I can get Kies to connect.
Problems Rooting SPH-L520 with Kies/Kingo
It finally rooted on the umpteenth try. I believe I disconnected/closed Kies and then ran Kingo and it worked. Now to find a good, easy way to flash it to Boost. Any advice on that would be appreciated.
foncall said:
It finally rooted on the umpteenth try. I believe I disconnected/closed Kies and then ran Kingo and it worked. Now to find a good, easy way to flash it to Boost. Any advice on that would be appreciated.
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I'd also be really interested in this as well. Well flashing it too anything. I've been searching for HOURS. and have tried to get the MSL with no luck in any shape or form.

[Q] TowelRoot on 4.4.2 not working 2015

So i recently been wanting to root my T-Mobile Galaxy Note 3 again, the first time i did it in TowelRoot and it worked just fine, but i had to turn it in for warranty, i got a new one and I'm wanting to root it, i open TowelRoot and it says "This phone isn't currently supported". What? that doesn't make sense because i did the same process before with the exact same model phone and it worked just fine ( I run 4.4.2 ) as i looked into the problem i found that if you tap the "welcome to the towelroot v3" 3 times, it gives you a code that you can change, i changed it to all the available codes to try and fix it, got nothing. i have no idea why its deciding to not root this phone but it worked just fine with my first Note 3. Please someone help, any help is fine.
Sir,
Please wait until mods will move this thread to the device specific forum for more relevant answers.
Stand by
Good luck
Towelroot won't work on kitkat, you need chainfire's autoroot, look in original development.
Pp.
If you flash the NE6 kernel using Odin you can then use Towelroot to root your phone. Then you can flash the NK3 kernel back If you want

Help!!! Something is wrong with my Samsung S3 Grand Duos GTi9082l

Hi guys. I'm new at forum. In case i may repeat some thread, i'm deeply sorry but i'm very desperate, 'cause i really not understanding.
Root is new for me. However in the last 3 weeks i keep learning about all of it, mainly observing this forum. I even could root another phones, purchased recently. The problem is that my Samsung is not accepting any kind of root , being programs of "one-click" or even flash recover process. I have already watched a billion tutorials but i can manage to make it work. For your information:
- One-click Programs using PC (used: Kingo Root, Root Genius, SRS and etc....)
Process starts nicelly and countdown of percentages are slow, but work. However, in some point, with all this programs, the phone reboots itself, not as the way that should be, breaking the process. So the root's not succeed.
- ODIN/CWM/Supersu
I managed to place a custom Rom using Odin and install super su using flash recovery following the same procedures as everyone. But, when phone reboots, not only the root is not available but the supersu is having that "binary error" thing. I know that this is not a problem of the program, but something odd about the rooting process.
I got all samsung drivers updated. Does someone can help me out with this blast phone? I never thought that trying to root a samsung phone would be so dificult. Never again a Samsung Phone, since i cannot be master of my own phone.
Phone model: Samsung S3 Grand duos GT i9082l
Android ver.: 4.2.2
Rooting will be very difficult at first.I also faced many problems when I first rooted my device.At last after using many apps I successfully rooted my phone using Root Genius
★ try to use non samsung usb
★ use different ports
★ make sure that you enabled usb debugging
★ try on different pc/laptop
............but later I learned how to root using odin..
But my favourite method is one click root app named kingroot mobile apk(try 3 times atleast)..
sempremelo said:
Hi guys. I'm new at forum. In case i may repeat some thread, i'm deeply sorry but i'm very desperate, 'cause i really not understanding.
Root is new for me. However in the last 3 weeks i keep learning about all of it, mainly observing this forum. I even could root another phones, purchased recently. The problem is that my Samsung is not accepting any kind of root , being programs of "one-click" or even flash recover process. I have already watched a billion tutorials but i can manage to make it work. For your information:
- One-click Programs using PC (used: Kingo Root, Root Genius, SRS and etc....)
Process starts nicelly and countdown of percentages are slow, but work. However, in some point, with all this programs, the phone reboots itself, not as the way that should be, breaking the process. So the root's not succeed.
- ODIN/CWM/Supersu
I managed to place a custom Rom using Odin and install super su using flash recovery following the same procedures as everyone. But, when phone reboots, not only the root is not available but the supersu is having that "binary error" thing. I know that this is not a problem of the program, but something odd about the rooting process.
I got all samsung drivers updated. Does someone can help me out with this blast phone? I never thought that trying to root a samsung phone would be so dificult. Never again a Samsung Phone, since i cannot be master of my own phone.
Phone model: Samsung S3 Grand duos GT i9082l
Android ver.: 4.2.2
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Are you sure your phone model is Samsung s3 grand duos gt i 9082l? Never heard of it
NeoLogY said:
Are you sure your phone model is Samsung s3 grand duos gt i 9082l? Never heard of it
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@NeoLogY I think he is telling about SGG i9082l......S3 and grand are 2 different classes...Only similarity is in its design....

Unable to root Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini LTE (GT-I9195)

Hi,
I've been trying to help a friend of mine root her Samsung S4 Mini which is running on Android 4.4.2. I rooted my own Nexus 5 easily using Towelroot. When she tried it, she got the notification that her device isn't supported. I gave her the 3 alternative modstrings like 1337 0 1 7380 4 0, which is supposedly for samsung devices, but she reported that the button turned orange, her phone just lagged and 'the screen went black'. I found this guide which describes an alternative way to root her phone, but she has a mac. I read that a mac version of Odin exists by the name of Jodin. Could she follow the guide and simply chance Odin with Jodin? Someone commented he's on 4.4.2 and 'After i flashed the root kit, phone reboot but after the s4 logo the screen just got blank.' so that doesn't look very promising. Or is there still a way she can get Towelroot to work?
Thanks in advance.
To me, she shouldn't wait Towelroot to work. As I understand it, her phone stuck in bootloop. She can flash stock Rom before rooting her phone.
But I don't have any experience with jodin. So I can't help in it.
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Problems Rooting the S4 Mini

I rooted my S4 Mini a while back using Odin and it worked fine. I recently updated my phone to the latest firmware which I think is 4.4.2 and it removed my root access. I tried rooting using Odin but it would not work. My phone model number is SGH-I257M. I looked up how to root for that model and during the Odin phase, it would be stuck on RESET and it wouldn't say PASS hence when I verified for root it failed.
I was also told that rooting using the method for the I9195 would also work. For this one, Odin does say PASS but when the phone reboots, the phone did not install the S4Mini_kit which consisted the SuperU and the BusyBox hence when I verified for root it failed again. I feel as if I tried everything to my knowledge. It would be great if someone could shed some light in what I may be doing wrong.
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