I think the problems started ever since I rooted the device. That's the only thing I can think of. I will say that I only rooted it, I did not freeze or remove any apps, install anything or otherwise modify the system. I haven't even installed a recovery yet.
Is it possible the root made my system unstable? What do you guys suggest I do to try and fix this problem?
Thanks
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have you tried un-rooting? Anytime you mess with the system it has the potential to make it unstable.
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I installed software on mine which changes color balance and runs as a service.
When it was running, the device crashed occasionally.
Once I uninstalled it, the behavior stopped.
Rooting probably doesn't create a problem, but try uninstalling any software you've added, then stepwise walk through adding in apps.
I've also seen some apps create lockups for the camera app.
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I will say that I only rooted it, I did not freeze or remove any apps, install anything or otherwise modify the system. I haven't even installed a recovery yet.
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Then why did you root? Just waiting for the development to come around?
I'm rooted and haven't seen this issue. Its rebooted once, maybe twice on its own in the 2 weeks or so since rooting.
Yeah I thought we'd have custom roms by now. How do I safely uproot and get back to factory. I would like to wipe everything and start from scratch
SuperSU
Using framaroot.apk with Aragorn exploit, I noticed that the SuperSU option is more stable that Superuser.
I ran into problems with my first Note 8 after I installed XMBC. It would lock up within 10 seconds or so of reboot. I would highly recommend that you take advantage of the root toolkit in this forum, install CWM recovery and make a full backup once you get it behaving again. It is good to have something to go back to if you have unexpected problems!
EDIT: You can flash back a stock image using the toolkit: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2251033
well i dont know what the heck is going wrong with the toolkit, but i did everything correctly, installed all the drivers, serial # shows up in the toolkit, checked off developer debugging mode. I tried to flash CWM from toolkit in PDA and everytime i try to go to recovery it just has the stock recovery there not CWM.
Update The likely culprit, at least for the "install button" problem, appears to be an app called Velis Auto Brightness. A little over three weeks after this problem first arose, I switched my ROM to Dandroid. In deciding what apps gradually to add back, I ran across comments like the following for Velis:
Cannot press install from an APK Found a bug that needs fixing. With this app enabled for some reason installing from an APK it renders the Install button useless but the cancel button still works. As soon as I disabled this App, the Install button worked again.
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Nice, but one slight issue I really like this app. Very useful and easy to use. My only issue is that when the app is active, if I turn off system auto brightness and try to raise the brightness, Velis overrides this and forces auto brightness.
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Recently, I had problems with my S3, on which I'd been running Stockorama v2. Starting July 3, the install button stopped working. The eventual solution, alas, was only temporary. I restored a June 27 nandroid and reinstalled apps, except for one that I suspected of causing the problem because it had only recently been installed before the problem occurred,
That worked for almost three weeks, until the phone function stopped working. Whatever telephone number I entered, the phone tried to call 333223. At that point, I had available to me a phone that couldn't make, but could receive, calls or, if I restored a different nandroid, a phone the seemingly functioned fully, except that I could not install any app that required pressing the on-screen install button.
From reading the latter thread and general considerations, I decided to do a clean reinstall of Stockorama. First, I wiped everything and used Odin to install mrRobinson's root66. I wiped again and used mobile Odin to install Stockorama v2. Before doing so, I backed up IMEI and EFS.
Reinstalling Stockorama was frustrating because the Aroma installer kept hanging. Late last night (early this morning), the installer completed. Leaving the phone plugged in to an electric outlet, I went to bed with the screen displaying "Samsung Galaxy SIII." I figured that, come morning, I'd be able to complete the process of setting up the phone.
Instead, I have some kind of brick. When I awoke and checked the phone, the screen had the same display as when I went to bed. Foolishly, perhaps, I thought that pressing the power button might help. It didn't.
Now, although the phone was continuously plugged in, pressing the power button first does nothing or, eventually displays a completely discharged battery with no indication that the phone is charging.
Pressing the power button just now with the phone unplugged again displayed "Samsung Galaxy SIII." FWIW, I've plugged the phone back in.
What to do next is a mystery to me, however.
As always, all advice is appreciated.
I managed to get into Download mode and am using Odin to install, again, root66. Assuming that succeeds, I expect I could use baby-step guidance to prepare the phone for and, once again, install Stockorama. Alternatively, at this point I'd consider another custom ROM that, like Stockorama, is lean and close to stock.
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I managed to get into Download mode and am using Odin to install, again, root66. Assuming that succeeds, I expect I could use baby-step guidance to prepare the phone for and, once again, install Stockorama. Alternatively, at this point I'd consider another custom ROM that, like Stockorama, is lean and close to stock.
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1) Aroma is notorious for freezing. Until the recent update, it could, at times, be pretty much unusable. This is not a problem with your device. The new update seems to have fixed those problems, but since Stockorama has not been updated, it is still using the old version.
2) Your issues sound a lot like malware (can't install, can't make outgoing calls). I'm not familiar with any Android malware, but crippling the phone's main functions seems like a good target.
3) You flashed root66 with Odin. Then go on to say you used Mobile ODIN to flash Stockorama. This would imply that your root66 setup was functioning before you flashed Stockorama. Is this true, or have I misunderstood you?
4) Describe to me your "complete wipe" process. Are you using the stock recovery's factory reset? Are you manually wiping the system partition as well? If not stock, what custom recovery are you using, and what version?
5) When you get stuck on the splash screen, you need to factory reset. But, going from one TW ROM to another TW ROM would not require this usually, and could be indicative of another issue. Like bad hardware.
6) If root66 is fine, and you are blaming the ROM, you could go for another one. I personally use S3Rx. I would try Dandroid if it had Wifi Calling. Don't see the point in using TW if I can't have Wifi Calling. Sorry. It's actually pretty handy to have with T-Mobile's less than stellar coverage when out of the city.
7) What firmware are you running? It's an educated guess that you are trying to use the MD5 root66, but what about your bootloader, baseband, rpm, rz, sbl? What versions are those?
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1) Aroma is notorious for freezing. Until the recent update, it could, at times, be pretty much unusable. This is not a problem with your device. The new update seems to have fixed those problems, but since Stockorama has not been updated, it is still using the old version.
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Understood
2] Your issues sound a lot like malware (can't install, can't make outgoing calls). I'm not familiar with any Android malware, but crippling the phone's main functions seems like a good target.
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You may be right. But I use both Lookout and Avast.
3) You flashed root66 with Odin. Then go on to say you used Mobile ODIN to flash Stockorama. This would imply that your root66 setup was functioning before you flashed Stockorama. Is this true, or have I misunderstood you?
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Yes, root66 appeared to be functioning. I signed into my Google accounts; reinstalled Root Checker; checked root; and reinstalled Mobile ODIN.
4) Describe to me your "complete wipe" process. Are you using the stock recovery's factory reset? Are you manually wiping the system partition as well? If not stock, what custom recovery are you using, and what version?
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It was late last night, and I didn't write down my steps. (My bad.) So far as I can recall, from the current TWRP recovery I checked all the available wipe boxes. After wiping, I then went into Download mode, connected the phone to my pc, started Odin, added root66 as the PDA, and clicked start.
I'm not sure what you mean by manually wiping the system.
In installing Stockorama, I chose the full wipe option.
5) When you get stuck on the splash screen, you need to factory reset. But, going from one TW ROM to another TW ROM would not require this usually, and could be indicative of another issue. Like bad hardware.
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What kind of hardware problem could I have? How do I check?
6) If root66 is fine, and you are blaming the ROM, you could go for another one. I personally use S3Rx. I would try Dandroid if it had Wifi Calling. Don't see the point in using TW if I can't have Wifi Calling. Sorry. It's actually pretty handy to have with T-Mobile's less than stellar coverage when out of the city.
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I'm not blaming the ROM. I'm simply at a loss.
Why do you use S3Rx? What do you like and dislike about it?
7) What firmware are you running? It's an educated guess that you are trying to use the MD5 root66, but what about your bootloader, baseband, rpm, rz, sbl? What versions are those?
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I don't know what all the acronyms stand for. But this is what I can tell you.
From "About device," I'm running Android version 4.1.2 and Baseband version T999UVDMD5. The Kernel version is
3.0.31-1128078
[email protected] #2
SMP PREEMPT Mon Apr 15 11:59:10 KST
2013
The Build number is JZ054K.T999UVDMD5
RebDovid said:
Understood
You may be right. But I use both Lookout and Avast.
Yes, root66 appeared to be functioning. I signed into my Google accounts; reinstalled Root Checker; checked root; and reinstalled Mobile ODIN.
It was late last night, and I didn't write down my steps. (My bad.) So far as I can recall, from the current TWRP recovery I checked all the available wipe boxes. After wiping, I then went into Download mode, connected the phone to my pc, started Odin, added root66 as the PDA, and clicked start.
I'm not sure what you mean by manually wiping the system.
In installing Stockorama, I chose the full wipe option.
What kind of hardware problem could I have? How do I check?
I'm not blaming the ROM. I'm simply at a loss.
Why do you use S3Rx? What do you like and dislike about it?
I don't know what all the acronyms stand for. But this is what I can tell you.
From "About device," I'm running Android version 4.1.2 and Baseband version T999UVDMD5. The Kernel version is
3.0.31-1128078
[email protected] #2
SMP PREEMPT Mon Apr 15 11:59:10 KST
2013
The Build number is JZ054K.T999UVDMD5
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This may not be the case on android, but I know on pc having mulyiple av programs causes all sorts of fun problems! Personally, I don't think any android av apps are worth anything.
Anytime you get hung up at the splash screen, you have to factory reset. If this were hw related it would do this regardless of your rom. And just to clarify, when moving between touchwiz roms, this can happen when when you go backwards from something like MD5 to LJA. This doesn't always happen, but it does happen.
Manually wiping means going into recovery and choosing wipe/format system before flashing your rom.
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This may not be the case on android, but I know on pc having mulyiple av programs causes all sorts of fun problems! Personally, I don't think any android av apps are worth anything.
Anytime you get hung up at the splash screen, you have to factory reset. If this were hw related it would do this regardless of your rom. And just to clarify, when moving between touchwiz roms, this can happen when when you go backwards from something like MD5 to LJA. This doesn't always happen, but it does happen.
Manually wiping means going into recovery and choosing wipe/format system before flashing your rom.
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I failed again with Stockorama. To get a working phone, I restored my root66 nandroid.
At all relevant times, I've been on MD5.
I wonder whether I should try:
(a) restoring stock and trying (i) Stockorama or (ii) S3Rx; or
(b) installing S3Rx.
Before trying either, or something else, I'll pull the PIT file for you. Please just give me instructions.
I have rooted many mobile devices and flashed numerous ROMS. However I recently purchased a Galaxy Note 10.1 2014 edition and have not been able to get very far in my attempts to root, etc. I have tried Odin and CF-Auto-Root and although it appears to be successful the device is not rooted. I want to install TWRP and then the knox free stock ROM. I am able to push the necessary files to the sdcard with ADB and I can see that the files are in /sdcard using ES File explorer. However when I boot into recovery mode /sdcard is red and at the top of the list and it will not let me navigate to it to install any zip files. I though at first it might be because of the MobileIron I use for company email but I did a factory reset and still have this problem. I just need to root the device so I can use Titanium BU to remove the Samsung apps I don't want. Any help with this would be most appreciated. What do I need to do?
~metafizik
Ultimately I think the first thing I need to resolve is that even though the Odin rooting process appears to be working according to Odin(PASS). The fact is that regardless which combination of Odin 3.07/3.09 and CF-Auto-Root (tried 2 versions) even though Odin says it was successful it turns out the device is not getting rooted. This should be a no brainer but for for whatever reason this device will not root so far.
Bumping this as I have not received any replies. I am hoping that someone has run across a similar situation and can offer some guidance.
Thank you,
~metafizik
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Ultimately I think the first thing I need to resolve is that even though the Odin rooting process appears to be working according to Odin(PASS). The fact is that regardless which combination of Odin 3.07/3.09 and CF-Auto-Root (tried 2 versions) even though Odin says it was successful it turns out the device is not getting rooted. This should be a no brainer but for for whatever reason this device will not root so far.
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Did you install super su?Did you try to flash twrp.If your not rooted twrp will ask to root.Have you tried to install a root app and see if the permissions pop up?
When you say recovery do you mean the stock one?Im pretty sure i had same problem.It was rooted but i thought it wasnt.
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Did you install super su?Did you try to flash twrp.If your not rooted twrp will ask to root.Have you tried to install a root app and see if the permissions pop up?
When you say recovery do you mean the stock one?Im pretty sure i had same problem.It was rooted but i thought it wasnt.
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This is a very strange deal. As previously stated I have tried various combinations of Odin and CF-Auto-Root and the Odin process completes with PASS. However when I boot the OS and run Titanium it is never able to gain root access and Root Checker says it is not rooted. Unfortunately even after doing a factory reset the MobileIron Admin console at work says it is rooted so I can't use it for company email. I have definitely tripped the Knox bit. Also I want to install TWRP and have pushed the file to /sdcard and can see it there using a file explorer app. However when I boot into stock recovery I cannot see any of the zip files I have copied there. I also tried to flash TWRP with Odin and again it completes with PASS but TWRP never gets installed. And yes I installed SuperSU but did so from the Play Store.
I purchased this device just last week. I am wondering if maybe Samsung has changed things in the past few weeks and locked these friggin things down even more? This is the first device of many I have owned that I couldn't root or install a custom recovery or ROM. In any case this will definitely be my last Samsung device. I would however like to do whatever I so desire with it since I paid good money for it.
I have resolved all of the problems I was having. They were all due to Knox and my inexperience with it. I was fortunate to have customized my Note 2 before it received the Knox updates. All is well and there is no new unknown vodoo lurking in the latest iteration of Samsung devices.
This is a bit of a weird one, so I wanted to see if anyone else had seen this.
I am running a bog-standard DevEd M8 (converted from AT&T) with Lollipop 5.0.1. It is S-off, bootloader unlocked, but not running a custom recovery. I went back to stock after rooting the phone. Most of the time, everything works fine, but sometimes after a reboot root access doesn't work. I usually notice this when AFWall fails to update the firewall tables. However, a subsequent reboot usually fixes the problem.
Not sure what is up with that, but it seems like there is some sort of race condition during startup. It is weird that I almost always get root back on a reboot, though there have been a few occasions where it took two reboots.
I don't restart that often, but it is kind of an annoyance. Enough that I'm seriously considering bailing and switching to a different ROM, but if there was an easy fix I would rather not have to setup my phone again.
If you use SuperSU make sure your settings are configured to allow all root requests at boot time, if you don't use SuperSU, start using it, it's much more solid from my experience than the rest of the root related apps.
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If you use SuperSU make sure your settings are configured to allow all root requests at boot time, if you don't use SuperSU, start using it, it's much more solid from my experience than the rest of the root related apps.
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I am using SuperSU, and I thought I had enabled SU during boot. However, upon checking, it seems I forgot to check it when I upgraded to Lollipop. Hopefully that fixes it.
Thanks!
I've been trying for several days to root my Galaxy 8.4 using Odin. I finally found a cable that works, and now I get a good connection but even after getting a "Pass" from Odin (thumbnail) the tab is not getting rooted. (I've used several root checkers). I've tried installing TWRP and some different ROMs, but nothing is sticking. On the recovery read out following the first boot after Odin finishes, there are several lines of information and although it doesn't really show up well in the other thumbnail (too blurry) about 6 lines up it says "Restoring stock recovery" Could that be causing my problem? And if so can any one tell me how to make it stop? Is there some way I can take a screenshot from the tab of that read out list so that it is readable?
Thanks for any help.
Custom recovery is not root. After the rooting process recovery is returned to stock.
I'm guessing you are using the official cf_autoroot.
Use my build in the development section or simply root with twrp.
Thanks for the reply, Ashyx. I'm pretty sure that your build was one of the ones I tried but I'll try again. ( I did also try the cf - auto root.) My question (since I don't know much about the different recoveries, was whether or not that could be causing my different root attempts to fail. Apparently not.) I'll work on it some more this morning and see what happens. Thanks again.