How can I root my sprint S4 with lollipop 5.0.1
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You're in the s3 section. But the s4 roots the same as many Samsung phones. Get odin 3.10.7 on your PC. Use odin to flash a .tar of twrp recovery. Use twrp recovery to flash SuperSU. Or once you have twrp installed simply boot to recovery, then from recovery, boot back to system and twrp will ask if you want root, swipe the arrow for yes.
But you need to go into the sprint S4 forum and ask. There you will find links and full instructions.
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Hello all
Previously i've only owned HTC devices, and rooted several of them with ease. Now that i've bought the Note 2, i'm faced with a problem.
I've read around a bit, and apparently you use ODIN to flash with, through i haven't downloaded it yet. (But i've read that you can also use a normal recovery like CWM?)
Is there anything like S-ON / S-OFF (for HTC devices) for Samsung?
And my last and final question, specifically for rooting the note 2 and putting custom roms on it:
Can i download ODIN, get the CWM file posted in the Omega rom thread for example, flash it through ODIN and then just go into recovery and flash the rom? Then it'll be rooted with custom recovery, and good to go?
Hope that wasn't too many questions, i simply don't want to mess anything up with my new phone
- Moon
the system is completely unlocked once you have root access, no S-off needed.
your other questions are a bit unclear but i'll try to explain.
you will need odin at least once.
you have to flash cwm or a pre-rooted custom rom packaged in a .tar file using odin first.
if you chose cwm you can then install root or a custom rom packaged in a .zip.
the easest route if you have an N7100 is to install the cwm+root tar from forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1901196 using odin.
you only have to flash 1 file and it will automatically install cwm, reboot into recovery, and then root your phone.
to enter download mode(required for odin) you need to turn on your phone while holding home and volume -
took me a while to figure that out.
thedicemaster said:
the system is completely unlocked once you have root access, no S-off needed.
your other questions are a bit unclear but i'll try to explain.
you will need odin at least once.
you have to flash cwm or a pre-rooted custom rom packaged in a .tar file using odin first.
if you chose cwm you can then install root or a custom rom packaged in a .zip.
the easest route if you have an N7100 is to install the cwm+root tar from forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1901196 using odin.
you only have to flash 1 file and it will automatically install cwm, reboot into recovery, and then root your phone.
to enter download mode(required for odin) you need to turn on your phone while holding home and volume -
took me a while to figure that out.
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Thank you very much for taking the time to explain it
I'm going to try and root my Note 2 once I get home
Sent from my GT-N7100 using xda app-developers app
I will be getting a new Note 2 in the mail soon from Rogers. What is the first thing I should do after opening it? I'd like to back it up, so that I can always restore to stock. I have read the Verizon Note 2's have a locked bootloader, but I haven't found a clear answer on weather or not the Rogers/ATT one is locked.
I plan to root it using CF-Auto Root, and then install TWRP Recovery. How do I back the phone up first, in case something goes wrong?
I am coming from an iPhone but I have a Nexus 7 and I love the ability to re-flash a stock OS to it using one of the toolkits. Is there somewhere you can download the unmodified stock OS for the Note2?
Thanks for any answers.
No reason to back what you have up as you can download the stock recovery and stock ROM/unroot it from this forum if that time ever comes, you can download these repositories ahead of time if you'd like, good to have.
You're on the right track after rooting and installing TWRP, then choose a stable ROM if you wish,
Install AdAway
OC\UV
Rom Toolbox
Many more, make it your own and have fun!
fireshot said:
I will be getting a new Note 2 in the mail soon from Rogers. What is the first thing I should do after opening it? I'd like to back it up, so that I can always restore to stock. I have read the Verizon Note 2's have a locked bootloader, but I haven't found a clear answer on weather or not the Rogers/ATT one is locked.
I plan to root it using CF-Auto Root, and then install TWRP Recovery. How do I back the phone up first, in case something goes wrong?
I am coming from an iPhone but I have a Nexus 7 and I love the ability to re-flash a stock OS to it using one of the toolkits. Is there somewhere you can download the unmodified stock OS for the Note2?
Thanks for any answers.
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I just did this yesterday to my I317 ATT GNote2.
On your desktop/laptop computer:
1) download/install the offiical Samsung USB Drivers on your desktop/laptop computer. There are links in the Development Section (How To) where you can get these as well.
2) download Odin3 to your computer (again, follow the stellar steps outlined in Dev Section).
3) download the CF-AutoRoot tar (found in Chainfire's CF-AutoRoot thread)
4) follow the steps in CF-AutoRoot thread to flash via Odin3... when complete, you'll still have stock firmware and stock recovery on your phone, but it will also be rooted (your flash counter will also increment, but you can fix this with TriangleAway app). Now you can flash a custom recovery (TWRP or CWM). If TWRP, on phone, download/install "GooManager" from PlayStore. From the app itself, you can install TWRP as your Recovery on the phone... Again, search is truly your best resource.. in the GNote2 Development sections (search for Stickies or "HowTo's").
There is no way to "completely backup" a stock phone with stock recovery (3e Recovery), so once you get rooted and get TWRP (or CWM) Recovery, you can do your first backup. This backup will capture the Stock Firmware (rom, kernel, modem [if on TWRP]) and your custom recovery... keep this safe.
You can always get the complete "Samsung Official Stock Firmware" by going to "SamMobile", create an account... then on Firmware page, just search for "I317"... it will display all the US and Canadian I317 Official Stock Firmware (rom/kernel/modem/stock recovery) which you can download install if you wish to return to "out-of-box" condition.
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What is the best recovery after using towelroot? I tried CWM and had a soft brick I have TMO USA
re: rooting/recovery
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What is the best recovery after using towelroot? I tried CWM and had a soft brick I have TMO USA
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If you want to flash a custom recovery, then why did you use towelroot in the
first place, towelroot is for people who don't want to trip the knox counter.
If you are one of those people who don't want to trip the knox counter then
you cannot flash any custom recovery at all, flashing any custom recovery
will trip the knox counter..
So, if you don't care about tripping knox then why not root and install custom
recovery in the time proven way?
The time proven way is to first odin flash cf-autoroot and then odin flash twrp
custom recovery.
Here are the links to the odin flash cf-autoroot and the twrp recovery.
When you unzip cf-autoroot you will find cf-autoroot*.tar and Odin.
To make it easy for you, unzip cf-autoroot into an empty folder on your
computer's desktop and then copy the twrp tar file into it too.
CF-autoroot: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/45687485/CF-Auto-Root-hltetmo-hltetmo-smn900t.zip
TWRP custom recovery: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/45687485/openrecovery-twrp-2.7.1.0-hltetmo-4.4.img.tar
Good luck!
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If you want to flash a custom recovery, then why did you use towelroot in the
first place, towelroot is for people who don't want to trip the knox counter.
If you are one of those people who don't want to trip the knox counter then
you cannot flash any custom recovery at all, flashing any custom recovery
will trip the knox counter..
So, if you don't care about tripping knox then why not root and install custom
recovery in the time proven way?
The time proven way is to first odin flash cf-autoroot and then odin flash twrp
custom recovery.
Here are the links to the odin flash cf-autoroot and the twrp recovery.
When you unzip cf-autoroot you will find cf-autoroot*.tar and Odin.
To make it easy for you, unzip cf-autoroot into an empty folder on your
computer's desktop and then copy the twrp tar file into it too.
CF-autoroot: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/45687485/CF-Auto-Root-hltetmo-hltetmo-smn900t.zip
TWRP custom recovery: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/45687485/openrecovery-twrp-2.7.1.0-hltetmo-4.4.img.tar
Good luck!
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well I tripped knox with superuser and busybox so I went past all that do I just put the recovery tar file in the PDA box of ODIN?
After Towel Root download TWRP and Term.apk then install Term.apk and use 'dd' to write the recovery image to the recovery partition.
dd if="recovery.img"of="/dev/block/mmcblk0p15"
Frank
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gtrplr71 said:
well I tripped knox with superuser and busybox so I went past all that do I just put the recovery tar file in the PDA box of ODIN?
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Put the cf-autoroot TAR file into Odin's pda slot.
After you flashed the cf-autoroot let the phone
reboot and then go into download mode again
and odin flash the twrp recovery TAR file in odin's
PDA slot.
Good luck!
The device is already rooted so Chainfire's Auto Root is not necessary. If the device does not yet have a root manager (SuperSU, SuperUser) then one should be installed, but that can be done either before or after writing the recovery partition.
Frank
Misterjunky said:
Put the cf-autoroot TAR file into Odin's pda slot.
After you flashed the cf-autoroot let the phone
reboot and then go into download mode again
and odin flash the twrp recovery TAR file in odin's
PDA slot.
Good luck!
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I am getting a recovery is not seadroid enforcing and bootloops after following these instructions. WHAT DO i DO NOW?
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I am getting a recovery is not seadroid enforcing and bootloops after following these instructions. WHAT DO i DO NOW?
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I was able to install CF root again but not the recovery.
Make sure you have the correct TWRP for your Android version and device.
Frank
gtrplr71 said:
I am getting a recovery is not seadroid enforcing and bootloops after following these instructions. WHAT DO i DO NOW?
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Recovery is not seandroid enforcing is normal now for the bootloops link me to the recovery you used if u can
Sent from my bad ass Kryon infused TWEAKED..Note 3
True, and the solution is to flash one of the acceptable recoveries for your Android version and device; stock, TWRP, Philz.
Frank
I cant get a single recovery to flash into my phone not TWRP ot CWM. I am no youngling with flashing but I am stumped. Any help would be appriciated. I am on 4.4.2 build does it matter?
figured it out I had to flash it twice. thanks for the thoughts
Does stock recovery succeed and does it clear the SEAndroid warning? If yes, yes then I can only suggest that you are trying to flash an incompatible custom recovery. I don't use Windows so I can't check your use of Odin. Try writing the partition with 'dd' as I described earlier.
Frank
Frank Westlake said:
Does stock recovery succeed and does it clear the SEAndroid warning? If yes, yes then I can only suggest that you are trying to flash an incompatible custom recovery. I don't use Windows so I can't check your use of Odin. Try writing the partition with 'dd' as I described earlier.
Frank
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I flashed one of Phil's recovery in ODIN 3.09 and it is now working great
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I flashed one of Phil's recovery in ODIN 3.09 and it is now working great
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That also suggests that you somehow got the wrong TWRP. If your device is the SM-N900T and it is running Android 4.4.anything then this is what you need:
https://goo.im/devs/OpenRecovery/hltetmo/openrecovery-twrp-2.7.1.0-hltetmo-4.4.img.tar
If Odin wants a zip instead of a tar then this instead:
https://goo.im/devs/OpenRecovery/hltetmo/openrecovery-twrp-2.7.1.0-hltetmo-4.4.zip
Those are in the official TWRP repository.
Now that you got it working you probably want to leave it as it is, but while you have that procedure fresh in your mind is probably the best time to try to get the right TWRP working.
Frank
Apologies if I'm posting in the wrong place or if this question has already been asked & answered. I've been searching for an answer for DAYS and haven't come up with anything.
I recently unrooted and reinstalled the stock firmware to my phone by following the instructions and using the downloads located in this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/gal.../rom-att-i317-ucucne5-mj4-stock-odex-t2802189. However, the download did not include the stock recovery and now I'm stuck at the TWRP home screen every time my phone tries to install an OTA update.
Where can I find the stock recovery file for AT&T i317 UCUCNE5 that I can install via Odin? (Which will theoretically and hopefully solve my problem.)
In that same thread, I see a file "CWM AT&T i317 UCUCNE5 Stock *Recovery* Note 2", but I'm concerned that the "CWM" means it's only for those using ClockWorkMod Recovery. Do I need to switch from TWRP to CWM for this to work?
The stock recovery file in the OP will work with CWM, TWRP, or Philz CWM.
Zen Arcade said:
The stock recovery file in the OP will work with CWM, TWRP, or Philz CWM.
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Thanks a lot, ZA. Worked like a charm!
Due to some problems I rooted my note 2 gt-n7100 using king root and successfully installed twrp custom recovery 2.8.0.1.
And now I am experiencing some problems due to it. So I need to uninstall or remove and I need my old android recovery to be installed in my device. Please help me as soon as you see this message.
You can download the phone's stock rom from sammobile.com, extract the recovery, and flash it.
If you want to make it simpler, you can re-flash the entire ROM which will return the phone to a stock configuration.
BTW, there is no need to root before installing TWRP. You can install TWRP from Odin and then, if you want root, flash supersu.zip from TWRP.