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Hello everyone,
(Note, I did do a nandroid backup before I did ANYTHING, right after rooting)
I was having some issues with Modaco 1.0 when it was first put out, and like everyone else, got trapped in a reboot loop. Once I saw that the fix was repartitioning to FAT32, I did so, re-flashed the ROM, and I was back in. All was good.
But when 1.1 came out, I really wanted to restore to my backup to start fresh with the new ROM, but it did not work out. When I tried to do so in the recovery console, I got this error - Error: "nandroid-mobile.sh restore" from console! -
What am I supposed to do with that? I went ahead and went through with 1.1, but I am worried I accidentally closed my backdoor at some point. I noticed I lost some things from the basic ROM (such as the default wallpapers, and I had issues with Google Maps), and I am just generally worried something is fishy in there.
Any suggestions?
lorsoblu said:
Hello everyone,
(Note, I did do a nandroid backup before I did ANYTHING, right after rooting)
I was having some issues with Modaco 1.0 when it was first put out, and like everyone else, got trapped in a reboot loop. Once I saw that the fix was repartitioning to FAT32, I did so, re-flashed the ROM, and I was back in. All was good.
But when 1.1 came out, I really wanted to restore to my backup to start fresh with the new ROM, but it did not work out. When I tried to do so in the recovery console, I got this error - Error: "nandroid-mobile.sh restore" from console! -
What am I supposed to do with that? I went ahead and went through with 1.1, but I am worried I accidentally closed my backdoor at some point. I noticed I lost some things from the basic ROM (such as the default wallpapers, and I had issues with Google Maps), and I am just generally worried something is fishy in there.
Any suggestions?
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Your Nandroid backup was on that SDcard...I don't suppose you saved it before formatting it?
lorsoblu said:
Hello everyone,
(Note, I did do a nandroid backup before I did ANYTHING, right after rooting)
I was having some issues with Modaco 1.0 when it was first put out, and like everyone else, got trapped in a reboot loop. Once I saw that the fix was repartitioning to FAT32, I did so, re-flashed the ROM, and I was back in. All was good.
But when 1.1 came out, I really wanted to restore to my backup to start fresh with the new ROM, but it did not work out. When I tried to do so in the recovery console, I got this error - Error: "nandroid-mobile.sh restore" from console! -
What am I supposed to do with that? I went ahead and went through with 1.1, but I am worried I accidentally closed my backdoor at some point. I noticed I lost some things from the basic ROM (such as the default wallpapers, and I had issues with Google Maps), and I am just generally worried something is fishy in there.
Any suggestions?
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nah. The happens sometimes. Could be your nandroid backup got corrupted or you are low on battery power. Two most common causes. I would make sure the nandroid backup is on the sd card. if so, simply try plugging it in to a power supply. Let us know if you get it working.
All right... I did not want to admit it but I believe what you said is probably true, and I either corrupted or simply deleted the nandroid backup during all the flashing and repartitioning. I am not seeing it at all when I mount the SD card. It crossed my mind a little too late that I should have pulled it off the card.
What are my options here? On the one hand, it is working fine for now. I had just got the Hero earlier that day (did an exchange due to dead pixels and network issues), so it was not like I lost anything important. Is there an easy way for me to go all the way back, such as flashing the original ROM to the phone, and essentially starting over, like I just opened the box and turned the phone on? That way I can do it right from the very beginning. I just worry that in all my partitioning things got scrambled, and I am not seeing the repercussions from it yet, other than Google Maps.
ftp://xda:[email protected]_Hero_C_Sprint_1.29.651.1_signed_release.exe
if at first you try and fail.... try try agian
Thanks for the link.
Is there some process to this? I mean, I understand the whole update.zip concept of flashing the ROM, but would I also need to do a complete wipe of the SD card to achieve the fresh start I am looking for? Should I partition it at only FAT32, or go ahead and setup the ext2 partition before flashing the original ROM?
lorsoblu said:
Thanks for the link.
Is there some process to this? I mean, I understand the whole update.zip concept of flashing the ROM, but would I also need to do a complete wipe of the SD card to achieve the fresh start I am looking for? Should I partition it at only FAT32, or go ahead and setup the ext2 partition before flashing the original ROM?
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convert sd card to "SDPART:fat32 only" from custom recovery
et the official RUU wipe your phone
enable USB debugging in settings>applications
reroot your phone using asroot exploit
make any partition changes you want
do a nandroid backup
do a nandroid restore to verify it works
backup on your workstation /sdcard/nandroid
DO NOT TOUCH YOUR SD PARTITION TYPE AT THIS POINT
get to modding in confidence
johnsongrantr said:
convert sd card to "SDPART:fat32 only" from custom recovery
et the official RUU wipe your phone
enable USB debugging in settings>applications
reroot your phone using asroot exploit
make any partition changes you want
do a nandroid backup
do a nandroid restore to verify it works
backup on your workstation /sdcard/nandroid
DO NOT TOUCH YOUR SD PARTITION TYPE AT THIS POINT
get to modding in confidence
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All right, I am having issues already, from the very beginning.
The RUU ROM .exe will not recognize the HTC Hero. It throws an error 170 at the step where it is trying to pull information from the phone. I think this has something to do with ADB, and the fact the computer did not have the SDK on it. (I originally set up the root with my Mac.)
So, where do I go? I have a Boot Camp partition and another computer both running Windows 7, but my attempts to put the SDK on those computers and then have the phone drivers properly recognized failed on both, and the .exe still cannot complete. Is there something I am missing here, or can I somehow do this on the Mac side? I'll take anything!
Edit: Just cause I can see someone asking, yes, I tried to do this on both of my Windows 7 computers, not the Mac. I recognized that the .exe would not run on OSX pretty quickly.
can you put your phone into fastboot (power+vol down) and get to the point where windows basically sees your phone
what you are looking for is when you type adb devices it shows your hero
fastboot might not work because it's a seperate program but try custom recovery main menu.... enable usb.... or something to that extent
I appologize I don't have my main computer in front of me so I can't tell you EXACTLY where to go
once I do, I'll find which one to hit.... it does work though because I had to do the same thing with my godly preaching of backups :blush:
it's one of the recovery areas though i promise
fastboot will see the hero as the same device as adb will in fastboot
adb will see the hero as recovery device in custom recovery
attempt both of these I'm certain one of these work
if absolutely all else fails.... after you "install" sprint ruu search your computer for rom.zip it should be in your START>RUN>%TEMP% in here somewhere
rename rom.zip it to HERCIMG.ZIP and put it at root of your sd card and boot into hboot and it should automatically find it and press action to flash it
I'll give some of that a shot. I can confirm that adb devices was not showing the hero connected cause I tested that, so I have a feeling correcting that is my primary concern. What happened when I connected the Hero the first time was that it applied the drivers, but it could not find the ADB one, even after I added the SDK. So if anyone knows what that means (Windows 7 doesn't really give you an easy way to point and say, "Hey, I know what you are looking for, it's right here!" apparently, at least I haven't found it) it would be appreciated.
lorsoblu said:
I'll give some of that a shot. I can confirm that adb devices was not showing the hero connected cause I tested that, so I have a feeling correcting that is my primary concern. What happened when I connected the Hero the first time was that it applied the drivers, but it could not find the ADB one, even after I added the SDK. So if anyone knows what that means (Windows 7 doesn't really give you an easy way to point and say, "Hey, I know what you are looking for, it's right here!" apparently, at least I haven't found it) it would be appreciated.
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go to htc's website and get htc sync under support>sprint hero it has the drivers built in.... should fix driver issue
johnsongrantr said:
go to htc's website and get htc sync under support>sprint hero it has the drivers built in.... should fix driver issue
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Hey, that did the trick! Currently flashing with the official ROM right now. Thanks for all the help! FINALLY, I will get to do this right!
lorsoblu said:
Hey, that did the trick! Currently flashing with the official ROM right now. Thanks for all the help! FINALLY, I will get to do this right!
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glad to be of assistance
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glad to be of assistance
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Actually, I do have one more question.
Following your instructions back on page 1, wouldn't I want to make the nandroid backup BEFORE repartition to fat32+ext2, so I could recover it all the way back to the standard ROM without partition alterations? Or is it necessary for me to repartition before creating a backup?
lorsoblu said:
Actually, I do have one more question.
Following your instructions back on page 1, wouldn't I want to make the nandroid backup BEFORE repartition to fat32+ext2, so I could recover it all the way back to the standard ROM without partition alterations? Or is it necessary for me to repartition before creating a backup?
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you'd think so.... but from my own experience if you do a backup on a partititon then convert it... it screws with the backup and you can't recover from it.... just in case... do 2 backups.... store the normal fat32 nandroid backup on your workstation (the entire nanddroid folder) and copy it back to sd after you convert it to fat32+ext2 .... you'll see what I'm talking about....
I don't quite understand why it does that... but for me I was only successful in recovering from a partition that I made a backup to not copied to (if that makes any sence)
also if you don't want to experiement yet... just leave it fat32... you can always change it later after you see it working (sorta confidence builder before tinkering)
lorsoblu said:
Actually, I do have one more question.
Following your instructions back on page 1, wouldn't I want to make the nandroid backup BEFORE repartition to fat32+ext2, so I could recover it all the way back to the standard ROM without partition alterations? Or is it necessary for me to repartition before creating a backup?
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Think about it this way, you do a nandroid backup...it places it on the sdcard.
Then you go and change the format of the sd card (potentially blowing away or corrupting any data on it, including the nandroid backup you just made).
Thus why it's better to do it afterwards (besides, nandroid doesn't back up your sd card, just your phone's OS and such)
solved for me
i had that problem its cuz the back up is brocken get anthoer copy of it if u hav 1 then restore it again it worked for me
I have a Samsung Epic and i rooted it to put the wifi tethering. Everything had worked fine and i decided to try some rom's out and try to upgrade to 2.2 before my provider decided to senf my the download. Anyways i tried to do some stuff with odin in that regaurd and it would never work. I came to find out that it was not reconizing my device on the computer. I have had the phone hooked up before after rooted and it worked fine and i was able to see my sd card and do everything. For some reason no computer will reconize my phone. It installs only three drivers and reconizes all of them, but they are named different then before. It seems that something has happened to the internal program of the phone were it is not sending the correct driver look up to the computer. I dont get the ADB interface driver install to even pop up and try to install. I took my buddys epic and hooked it up to the same computer and it did the proper driver recognition and installed fine as well as the adb driver. I mounted his sd card and it worked fine. I plugged my phone in to same computer it did a totally different 3 driver download all sucessfull put they had different driver names and there was no ADB driver reconized or attempted to install. The proper drivers are already on the computer and every epic will connect just fine except mine. I have done a factory reset and data wipe as well as my sd card wipe and it still does not connect to my computer. The drivers that keep installing when my phone is hooked up is modem cdma technology driver and usb device. Who ever has an epic will know that when you first plugged your phone in you got the name of the drivers as they were trying to install well for some reason mine now say ( unreconized device ) on the three drivers and then downloads them from microsoft and all say sucessfull. Unfortunately sucessfull is not the correct word cause without that adb interface driver loading i cannot mount my SD card. I have tried this on 4 computers with different operating systems and none will see the phone they all load these three wierd never seen driver descriptions and none enable the sd card to be mounted. I dont know what to do i cant take the phone back to sprint to have the factory origianl program put back on it with the correct drivers cause the phone is still rooted. Factory reset did not un root it and i cant connect the computeer to my phone to unroot it. Any advise would be great. thanks
For odin to recognize ur phone you have to be in download mode. To get download mode you have to hold the 1 button the the keyboard and turn the phone on at the same time. Also connect your phone to you computer after odin is already running.
Ps. This should be in general
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i did the download mode and odin to reconize the com of the phone but fialed right offf the bat trying to install the new pit file and tar for the 2.2 upgrade so i gave up on that but i cant get my phone to connect to a cmputer to even mount the sd card to save my life. I can wait to get the update from sprint to 2.2 before i can install roms but i cant do anything until my phone will conect to a computer
Recovery mode and factory reset and then restore your nand backup.
Please post questions in General section.
i went into recovery mode then did the factory reset im not sure what (nand backup means) can you be more specific. thanks
swp22 said:
i went into recovery mode then did the factory reset im not sure what (nand backup means) can you be more specific. thanks
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That just means a Clockwork backup. You made one, right?
unfortuneatly i deleted my sd card where clock work was and also when i tried to do clockwork before doing all this it failed as well to make a back up. I have had horrible luck trying to do anything with this phone other then the simpple one click root i did when i got it. So yeah sounds like im screwed cause i have no clockwork backup to refer to. Is there a way to take the sd card out of the phone put whatever it is i need ot on the sd card and then place it back in phone and try running it from there..I have rom manager installed on the phone once i had set it back to factory defaults so i can install custom roms from that. Would putting a custom rom on the phone fix the driver reconigtion problems im having or is that stuff burried deeper into the phone?
Also is it possible to take my friend epic that i have here with me and get the needed files from hhis phone back onto mine. I would hate to think i have a huge paper weight now cause sprint is going to tell me to pound sand cause the phones been rooted. Would this also be possible, If i was to take my buddies sd card put the foryo 2.2 update.zip folder on his sd card or simply place his sd card that has his stock update.zip file on it and place it into my phone and do a update.zip in recovery mode would that possibly fix the problem im having? Something must have happeend to mine cause when i try to do the update.zip from my sd card wit the one that came with the phone i get this meesage while it goes through the verifying update package. (e.file signature invalid abort installation) i can see in that folder from my phone that there is a adb file inside the bin folder which im hoping will fix my problem if i can get the phone to compleate the update.zip install.
hey everyone, im having a problem after trying to flash a rom. in the middle of the flash my phone went to the stock recovery. Can't get into clockwork. error = "can't mount /dev/block/vold/179:1" and cannot verify whole-file signature. Does any one know how to fix this with out flashing back to stock with Odin? the reason being is that my phone will connect to comp thru usb but it will not read the sd card, cant mount. further more, device cant be recognized when in downloader mode. my question is, is there a way to get the to get the sd card mounted to flash eclair and start over...bty my phone wont boot, stuck at samsung screen...thanx
I am not sure there is any other way other than ODIN. You can try removing battery for a couple minutes and booting again, but it is likely that if your flash was interrupted that you wont have the ability to get into clockwork. I have had a few flashes interrupted and the only way I was successful was pulling battery and using ODIN. You shouldn't need to mount your SD when you are using ODIN. ODIN connects to the internal memory.
I don't think ODIN even looks for your driver. First time I used ODIN I didn't even have it installed. However, the root software definitely needed it.
Make sure your USB is connected directly to your motherboard USB port i.e. the back of the computer. Go into download mode, then connect your phone.
There is no way that I know of to apply clockwork from an update.zip. Does adb work in the stock recovery?
And have you seen if another computer with Odin will recognize the phone in download mode? We have a service computer thas has issues with epics, so our service people usually bring them to me when Odin isn't cooperating.
Your best bet is to Odin, if possible. If you can't get Odin to work from any computer and you can't access via adb, then there isn't much you can do.
thanks swanysto and DiGi760 for the replies. ima lurker that knows how to read and follow instructions. ive flashed multiple roms before, zips, ect. on the epic since ive got it without much problem at all...anyways i did like 4hrs of reading before i posted, hoping to not have to ask this question in this rude forum(the bickering of stupid replies) but i had to anyways.... i have tried to odin thru the motherboard in the back and that didnt work. i also tried adb but that didnt work either. so since the stock recovery came up, couldnt get into the phone, and i was able to do a factory wipe. i decide to take a shot at taking it to sprint repair. and guess what......they gave ya boy a new phone! i thank you guys for taking the time to reply! hopefully people will be more helpful like you guys( trying to be helpful answering question) than just starring at peoples posts and being uncommunicative. in the future if ur tired to repeating yourself because youve helped before, maybe u should make a note pad full of answers called "replies for noobie questions" so yall can cut and paste...
well lets just pray that sprint wont be able to see what u did and charge your account later......they did it to me for my evo, they added an extra $400 to my bill.
really? like the same exact issue?
even after i formatted everything(system, data, cache, sd card) then the stock recovery?
My EVO doesn't charge anymore. Guess my port got broken. My phone is rooted, and I dont have PC syncing capabilities. Is there a way to restore my phone back to the stock sprint rom so i can take it in for service or get a new phone? Does a hard reset restore the stock sprint rom? Im running the MIUI rom As u can tell im sort of a newb
Find a PC36IMG file of a stock, unrooted ROM and flash it through the bootloader.
Get a cheap standalone battery charger on ebay. While you're at it, get a microSD card adapter that you can load into a SD card reader. Charge your battery that way since the micro-usb doesn't work. Pull out your microSD card from the phone and load into adapter. Put an RUU file onto the microsd through your comp then put the microsd back into phone with the charged battery and you should be back to stock.
Another option, just bring to Sprint store and have them fix the micro-usb port. Their policy has changed and they should repair your phone even if it's rooted.
Make sure you have a fully charged battery before going back to stock. Download the unrevoked s-on tool from the unrevoked website, along with the most recent RUU in PC36IMG.zip form. Make sure that the RUU is named correctly - all caps, only one zip at the end. You will not need to add .zip to the end in the process of renaming.
Boot the phone into recovery & flash the s-on zip. Power the phone down and boot into the bootloader via volume down + power buttons. Make sure it says "Ship S-on" at the top. The phone will scan and find the RUU (as long as it's on the root of the card and named correctly), then ask you to update. Choose yes, then wait for it to flash. When it's done, choose yes when it asks you to reboot and you'll be good to go.
While Sprint will fix rooted phones with hardware problems, a broken port is not fixable. You also don't want them flagging your account. You will have to get a new phone, so you can toss any nandroid backups - do not attempt to restore them on your new phone. While it may be possible, you don't want to risk messing up your wimax... along with other things. You can restore user apps with Titanium Backup, but restoring system settings is probably a bad idea. Good luck!
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Make sure you have a fully charged battery before going back to stock. Download the unrevoked s-on tool from the unrevoked website, along with the most recent RUU in PC36IMG.zip form. Make sure that the RUU is named correctly - all caps, only one zip at the end. You will not need to add .zip to the end in the process of renaming.
Boot the phone into recovery & flash the s-on zip. Power the phone down and boot into the bootloader via volume down + power buttons. Make sure it says "Ship S-on" at the top. The phone will scan and find the RUU (as long as it's on the root of the card and named correctly), then ask you to update. Choose yes, then wait for it to flash. When it's done, choose yes when it asks you to reboot and you'll be good to go.
While Sprint will fix rooted phones with hardware problems, a broken port is not fixable. You also don't want them flagging your account. You will have to get a new phone, so you can toss any nandroid backups - do not attempt to restore them on your new phone. While it may be possible, you don't want to risk messing up your wimax... along with other things. You can restore user apps with Titanium Backup, but restoring system settings is probably a bad idea. Good luck!
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I had the same problem you had. This method worked best for me.
where do i get the most recent RUU in PC36IMG.zip form? I have the stock sprint radio file but its exe.
"RUU_SuperSonic_S_Sprint_WWE_3.70.651.1_Radio_2.15.00.11.19_NV_1.90_release_161482_signed.exe"
Do i rename this to PC36IMG.zip or do i need to download something else.
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Or i download this file and rename to PC36IMG.zip?
PC36IMG_SuperSonic_S_Sprint_WWE_3.26.651.6_Radio_2.15.00.07.28_NV_1.40_release_140444-signed.zip
Use the one I'm going to link you to. Rename it to PC36IMG.zip, leave the .zip intact - don't add it again. Then follow the directions I posted earlier.
http://goo-inside.me/evo/stock/ruu/...0.09.01_NV_1.77_003_release_154209-signed.zip
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ok thanks!
Another thing for future refrence . I personally keep a folder on my SD card named "Emergency restore" Just in case . It contains the PC36IMG.zip and the Unrevoked S-on tool . Granted in the event the screen was broken or something to that extent and I still had some control over the phone I can still restore back to stock if I am away from my computer at home . Just an idea
ok i turned on the s-on via the "unrevoked-forever-son" tool. I put the image into the sdcard root and it checked the zip file but it didnt ask me to update
loading...PC36D1AG.zip.....no image
loading...PC36D1AG.nbh .....no image or wrong image
then it loads the PC36IMG.zip and checks it, but no update.
Whats wrong?
@SouthernEvo, thats a good idea, thanks
Try downloading again, then booting into the bootloader and letting it scan. You can always try letting the bootloader scan your current one again as well. It doesn't say "no image or wrong image", correct?
I almost recommended running an RUU from your computer, but you can't connect... duh. If it still won't work after redownloading, try a different one.
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im thinking its not updating because im not flashing the latest radio maybe? my version says:
Radio-2.15.00.11.19 do i need to get one after this version in order for it to update?
im downloading another RUU file. Hopefully it may work. As it looks, my phone is already running the latest. Idk...i actually dont know wth im talking about anymore lol
EDIT: Figured out it was my SD card causing the problems. Switched to the stock 8gb card and now it works. Flashed back to Stock. New phone comes Friday
Can anyone please help?
I have a Samsung Note 3 SM- n9005 Jellybean 4.3
I successfully rooted the phone about 7 months ago with odin
I tried to run game-cheats I think it was called about 2 months ago and it said it didnt have root privileges and wouldnt find or change the coin values in some games i wanted to play around with. I know i can use modded games and I know how to find "coin/RP etc. value" and change the number that way.
I talked to a technician in a local phone shop and he advised me that the root had not been installed properly. To un-root phone and then re-root it.
I think it was superSU? I had and I pressed the permanent un-root.
I tried to use the same tar file to re-root phone and it boot-looped (SE-android not enforcing caper). which I fixed after searching through the forums for answers
I was very careful to get the correct 4.3 tar file and not the 4.4 file. I have downloaded the file 2 or 3 times and it still bootloops but says PASS.
I have installed CWM.
I have tried to re root phone with Kingo (making sure KIES is turned off), which says phone rooted successfully(but root checker says its not rooted), I then tried framaroot apk, Vroot, rootgenius and another program. (all saying its a tough phone and it cant be rooted)
Why cant the phone be re-rooted?
Has the permanent unroot with superSU done exactly that?
Will getting rid of the bootloop with a recovery tar unroot the phone?
why is odin bootlooping the phone? (I have used the latest odin and I have also tried earlier versions as suggested in some forums)
If I do a factory reset will that be sufficient to allow me to root the phone again?
If I get the official 4.3 quallcom firmware and install that will it let me root the phone again?
if I update to KitKat 4.4 will that let me re-root?
Could I be having troubles because Knox has been tripped?
Im not really worried if I hardbrick the phone, ill just get another one, but im stubborn and I dont really want to let it beat me.
If possible could the reply not be to technical all I really want to do is understand whats happening/what I have done
Then What can I do to re-root the phone? because if what has to be done is to technical it would be easier to get a new phone and start again
mickeyjack01 said:
Can anyone please help?
I have a Samsung Note 3 SM- n9005 Jellybean 4.3
I successfully rooted the phone about 7 months ago with odin
I tried to run game-cheats I think it was called about 2 months ago and it said it didnt have root privileges and wouldnt find or change the coin values in some games i wanted to play around with. I know i can use modded games and I know how to find "coin/RP etc. value" and change the number that way.
I talked to a technician in a local phone shop and he advised me that the root had not been installed properly. To un-root phone and then re-root it.
I think it was superSU? I had and I pressed the permanent un-root.
I tried to use the same tar file to re-root phone and it boot-looped (SE-android not enforcing caper). which I fixed after searching through the forums for answers
I was very careful to get the correct 4.3 tar file and not the 4.4 file. I have downloaded the file 2 or 3 times and it still bootloops but says PASS.
I have installed CWM.
I have tried to re root phone with Kingo (making sure KIES is turned off), which says phone rooted successfully(but root checker says its not rooted), I then tried framaroot apk, Vroot, rootgenius and another program. (all saying its a tough phone and it cant be rooted)
Why cant the phone be re-rooted?
Has the permanent unroot with superSU done exactly that?
Will getting rid of the bootloop with a recovery tar unroot the phone?
why is odin bootlooping the phone? (I have used the latest odin and I have also tried earlier versions as suggested in some forums)
If I do a factory reset will that be sufficient to allow me to root the phone again?
If I get the official 4.3 quallcom firmware and install that will it let me root the phone again?
if I update to KitKat 4.4 will that let me re-root?
Could I be having troubles because Knox has been tripped?
Im not really worried if I hardbrick the phone, ill just get another one, but im stubborn and I dont really want to let it beat me.
If possible could the reply not be to technical all I really want to do is understand whats happening/what I have done
Then What can I do to re-root the phone? because if what has to be done is to technical it would be easier to get a new phone and start again
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just choose a firmware from sammobile.com
download it
flash it using Odin
boot it normally
flash CF-Autoroot
mickeyjack01 said:
Can anyone please help?
I have a Samsung Note 3 SM- n9005 Jellybean 4.3
I successfully rooted the phone about 7 months ago with odin
I tried to run game-cheats I think it was called about 2 months ago and it said it didnt have root privileges and wouldnt find or change the coin values in some games i wanted to play around with. I know i can use modded games and I know how to find "coin/RP etc. value" and change the number that way.
I talked to a technician in a local phone shop and he advised me that the root had not been installed properly. To un-root phone and then re-root it.
I think it was superSU? I had and I pressed the permanent un-root.
I tried to use the same tar file to re-root phone and it boot-looped (SE-android not enforcing caper). which I fixed after searching through the forums for answers
I was very careful to get the correct 4.3 tar file and not the 4.4 file. I have downloaded the file 2 or 3 times and it still bootloops but says PASS.
I have installed CWM.
I have tried to re root phone with Kingo (making sure KIES is turned off), which says phone rooted successfully(but root checker says its not rooted), I then tried framaroot apk, Vroot, rootgenius and another program. (all saying its a tough phone and it cant be rooted)
Why cant the phone be re-rooted?
Has the permanent unroot with superSU done exactly that?
Will getting rid of the bootloop with a recovery tar unroot the phone?
why is odin bootlooping the phone? (I have used the latest odin and I have also tried earlier versions as suggested in some forums)
If I do a factory reset will that be sufficient to allow me to root the phone again?
If I get the official 4.3 quallcom firmware and install that will it let me root the phone again?
if I update to KitKat 4.4 will that let me re-root?
Could I be having troubles because Knox has been tripped?
Im not really worried if I hardbrick the phone, ill just get another one, but im stubborn and I dont really want to let it beat me.
If possible could the reply not be to technical all I really want to do is understand whats happening/what I have done
Then What can I do to re-root the phone? because if what has to be done is to technical it would be easier to get a new phone and start again
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Have u tried to update supersu from playstore?
if yes and it is still not rooted, try to flash stock firmware as advise, boot into stock recovery after that and do full wipe/factory reset.
after that u shld be able to root.
pls note wiping in srock recovery will erase all ur internal storage.
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sammobile seems a ?
hi thanks.
I have tried about 10 times now after opening up an account, to download file from sammobile going to firmware and typing model getting to note 3LTE Telstra model the file wont unzip. What have you got to pay to get a zip that will unzip??? I have just downloaded another zip program both saying errors inside zip
is there any other place that would likely have the telstra file i need?
yes i tried updating SuperSU and it wont update. Reading up on the problem which seems common the answer requires me to copy zip files to sd card and then unzip them inside CWM its now starting to get too technical for me which is why I have started asking you guys questions. I have tried SU update fixer, nothing. and the equivalent for Superuser ,they wont update. Over the last month I have tried uninstalling ,deleting and wiping cache and wiping delvek cache with CWM.
some where inside CWM it said something about press this to root phone what is that for ? or has that to do more with zip files?
and yes I know i can do a factory reset and yesterday i bought an sd card to transfer the game data etc to.
how come using APPMGR111 and APP2sdand they say apps can be transferred to sd card(My sim card) which is much to small to accommodate all the apps but cant be transfered to External card (32 gb card bought yesterday morning) so do I need to do something silly like formatting external SD
Oh, If its important I am only interested in using the phone as a media and game playing device and as such i have turned off the sim card but left it in the phone and transfered the phone number to another simcard and given it to my wife for her S2 which uses a larger card. I just access google play etc through wifi.
also, i have tried using different cables as well as different USB ports, but do you think another computer??? completely. I go back to work next week so anything like that has to be done over the next couple of days while I am home.
And I was told in the shop yesterday when I bought the sd card to tap android version several times because sometimes what you can see (4.3) is different for some reason but it just has a picture of a Jellybean and says 4.3 (the man said here it might say 4.2.1)
will I have to flash stock firmware first? or can i just go strait to factory reset, if I have to go down that road. If so then I wont need to worry about Sammobile and the unzippable file????? I can just do the factory reset strait from CWM?? Or doesnt it work like that??
mickeyjack01 said:
hi thanks.
I have tried about 10 times now after opening up an account, to download file from sammobile going to firmware and typing model getting to note 3LTE Telstra model the file wont unzip. What have you got to pay to get a zip that will unzip??? I have just downloaded another zip program both saying errors inside zip
is there any other place that would likely have the telstra file i need?
yes i tried updating SuperSU and it wont update. Reading up on the problem which seems common the answer requires me to copy zip files to sd card and then unzip them inside CWM its now starting to get too technical for me which is why I have started asking you guys questions. I have tried SU update fixer, nothing. and the equivalent for Superuser ,they wont update. Over the last month I have tried uninstalling ,deleting and wiping cache and wiping delvek cache with CWM.
some where inside CWM it said something about press this to root phone what is that for ? or has that to do more with zip files?
and yes I know i can do a factory reset and yesterday i bought an sd card to transfer the game data etc to.
how come using APPMGR111 and APP2sdand they say apps can be transferred to sd card(My sim card) which is much to small to accommodate all the apps but cant be transfered to External card (32 gb card bought yesterday morning) so do I need to do something silly like formatting external SD
Oh, If its important I am only interested in using the phone as a media and game playing device and as such i have turned off the sim card but left it in the phone and transfered the phone number to another simcard and given it to my wife for her S2 which uses a larger card. I just access google play etc through wifi.
also, i have tried using different cables as well as different USB ports, but do you think another computer??? completely. I go back to work next week so anything like that has to be done over the next couple of days while I am home.
And I was told in the shop yesterday when I bought the sd card to tap android version several times because sometimes what you can see (4.3) is different for some reason but it just has a picture of a Jellybean and says 4.3 (the man said here it might say 4.2.1)
will I have to flash stock firmware first? or can i just go strait to factory reset, if I have to go down that road. If so then I wont need to worry about Sammobile and the unzippable file????? I can just do the factory reset strait from CWM?? Or doesnt it work like that??
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the zip file from samfirmware.com is not flashable by cwm.
u have to unzip using any of the zip program, till u got the tar or md5 (i forgot ), then flash it from odin. there's instructions on the download page as well.
u can't unzip from cwm.
If u have tried to unzip from any pc software and still can't unzip, means u got a corrupted download.
the factory reset in cwm is different from the stock recovery.
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sorry missunderstanding
didnt try to use CWM for flashing am using Odin but zip file wont open to access tar file for odin.
That is what I thought the file I am trying to open is corrupted.My question was, seeing as how the file is corrupted is there anywhere else that I can get the file other than sammobile?
mmmm ok thanks then please just for interest what is the root button for inside CWM?
Sorry my questions do jump around a bit
I also read that nobody has found a way to access the built in recovery mode of note smn9005
that is why we have to use programs like CWM-recovery??
the other coment about factory reset. So georgesmh comment about flashing cf-autoroot. Seeing as how file is corrupted and if I cant get a copy from another source. all I have to do to factory reset is hit that particular button inside CWM? is that correct?
and i think I have an answer for my other question about the sd card the answer is No I cant save the games to the sd card I have lost them if I do a fActory reset. The only way to seems to be is to have a phone that is already rooted to use titanium something or other.
Thats alright really I had fun with the games before and it would be fun to do it again.
doing a factory reset is there any chance I can brick the phone?
mickeyjack01 said:
sorry missunderstanding
didnt try to use CWM for flashing am using Odin but zip file wont open to access tar file for odin.
That is what I thought the file I am trying to open is corrupted.My question was, seeing as how the file is corrupted is there anywhere else that I can get the file other than sammobile?
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you can try from here. but I don't think the thread is updated to the latest one.
mickeyjack01 said:
mmmm ok thanks then please just for interest what is the root button for inside CWM?
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this one I don't understand
but, to root with CF-autoroot, you don't need CWM. you only need the correct file for your device and for your firmware from CF-autoroot thread, and flash it through ODIN PC at PDA / AP tab in device download mode.
mickeyjack01 said:
Sorry my questions do jump around a bit
I also read that nobody has found a way to access the built in recovery mode of note smn9005
that is why we have to use programs like CWM-recovery??
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this one also I'm not quite understand your question
what do you mean by access the built in recovery ?
in N9005, stock (built in) recovery is used for doing factory reset (mainly and mostly), to have a clean internal storage, you have to do factory reset (full wiping - system/data/cache) from stock recovery.
Stock recovery can be used to flash zip files as well, BUT, only those are being digitally signed by Samsung can be flashed here. Otherwise, it won't flash.
Most of custom-ROM, custom-Kernel, custom-MOD, custom-Themes are not digitally signed by Samsung, because this is a 3rd party developers' products (here in XDA, and maybe from other forums). Therefore, to flash these type of zip files, you will need a custom recovery (CWM, Philz touch CWM, or TWRP).
mickeyjack01 said:
the other coment about factory reset. So georgesmh comment about flashing cf-autoroot. Seeing as how file is corrupted and if I cant get a copy from another source. all I have to do to factory reset is hit that particular button inside CWM? is that correct?
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sorry, this one i don't understand what you mean at all
mickeyjack01 said:
and i think I have an answer for my other question about the sd card the answer is No I cant save the games to the sd card I have lost them if I do a fActory reset. The only way to seems to be is to have a phone that is already rooted to use titanium something or other.
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Factory reset, in builtin (stock) recovery, WON'T delete anything on your external SD card. ONLY your internal storage
So if you need a backup of anything, do the one you store inside internal storage.
mickeyjack01 said:
Thats alright really I had fun with the games before and it would be fun to do it again.
doing a factory reset is there any chance I can brick the phone?
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If you flashed a correct firmware for your device, and doin the factory reset from inside stock recovery, I never heard got ppl can brick the phone by doing this.
This brick thing only happen earlier on Note 1 (due to emmc brick bugs), but not on Note 2 and note 3.
I might be misunderstood of your questions
Sorry if I ever did that