Have waited for months to root phone but after the official OTA 4.3. Not so sure about upgrading to 4.4 if/when it gets here.
Has anyone tried? Success. Instructions? Recommendations?
I'd also like to perform a nandroid backup of the device at a factory reset state-->NO Root/SU as insurance.
I can't really enjoy the phone till it's rooted. After that I'd like to try my hands at TWRP recovery having some experience with C-Spire's Milestone X and Galaxy SIII with ClockWorkMod Recovery installed.
Thanks.
Let the discussions begin.
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Hi all guys! I just want to ask some feedback about your experience with the latest OTA, since I read a lot of contradicting experiences about it.
I currently have a "stock" 4.3 (JWR66Y), rooted + busybox and with CWM recovery. I read about people saying that CWM won't be able to apply the OTA, people who just say nothing and people who lose root.
Based on my previous experience (4.2.2 -> 4.3) I just unrooted my phone and then used CWM to perform the OTA and everything went ok, so that's why I don't understand why this time it shouldn't work. Same thing with the fact that I may lose the recovery: isn't CWM able to avoid stock recovery from being flashed again?
So, is there anyone here with my same setup who performed the update and wants to share his experience? Anyone who can answer some of my doubts?
Thank you all guys
Hi all, I want to install a 4.4.4 ROM. I haven't been around the forums for a while (I've been satisfied with my rooted stock 4.2.2 MDL), but now I feel it is time to upgrade.
First off, the recovery I have right now is CWM 6.0.3.2 touch recovery. Is that OK? Or is it outdated? Does it have auto-loki?
Secondly, will I still be rooted after upgrading to 4.4.4? If not, is there a known root process?
Thanks to all! I really want to get back into the stock Android scene.
Getting my note 3 from o2 UK tomorrow, 1st thing i want to do is root! Is it the same procedure as my s4 or is it completely
different, can lollipop be rooted yet? or do i have to root kitkat 1st? What is the easiest way to root/flash custom recovery?
The only other thing is i dont know what version of the note 3 i am getting yet, upgraded online, i am assuming its the N9000
cheers
So, you have plenty of time till tomorrow to do some Google searching. There are thousands of how to's on the Web.
Sent from my N9005
If your phone comes with an unlocked bootloader then rooting is easy, as easy as S4, and same procedure. For Lollipop, just flash the latest TWRP (2.8.5.0) and flash the latest SuperSU zip from the recovery and you are done. No, there's no need to root KitKat first to be able to root Lollipop.
It is the same process rooting L & KK.:laugh:
I searched through a lot of posts with the similar issue but none of them were quite similar to what I had in mind.
So the thing is, my Galaxy S4 came stock with 4.4.2. I installed SlimKat 4.4.4 Rom on my S4. It's great but I get the occasional "Camera Freeze" and "Camera can't connect" issue.
I wanted to go back to my stock T-Mobile stock rom. The latest version they have I believe are 4.4.2. I came across this Rom which is stock AND rooted. Google "stock rooted galaxy s4 rom", it's the first result. They said I can just flash this Rom using TWRP or ClockWork.
Can I install this tom? What I had in mind was to completely wipe KitKat from TWRP, Factory Reset, and then Install the Stock Rooted 4.4.2 rom from TWRP. Can it be simple as that or do I need to do more complicated stuff with ODIN? If so, what is the best way for me to go back to T-Mobile stock?
My device is S4-M919
Thanks
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s4-tmobile
This section is for the International S4, its variants, and the Google Play Edition S4. ROMs tailor-made for your S4 can be found at the above link. In general though, if installing a ROM through TWRP, make sure to wipe data and cache before installing. You shouldn't need to use Odin at all unless you plan on rooting again and customizing the stock ROM T-Mobile provides.
Results
I just want to reply and let everyone know that I've flashed it and it went smoothly. ClockWorkMod gave the status 7 error. So I flashed TWRP and it went perfect. Best of all, CAMERA IS FIXED !!!!!!!!!!!
I bought a new Samsung Galaxy S5 today at a local T-Mobile store. But it turns out that the model number is SM-G900T3, for which I cannot find any information on how to root and install custom recovery. Has anyone had any luck with this model? It's build LMY47X.G900T3UVU1FOF6 Android version 5.1.1
Thanks!
What to do for G900T3 S5
Same here. I went from S4 running cyangenmod 12.1 to s5 g900t3. All because i cracked the screen on my s4. I don't like the stock firmware too much on the s5 so I've been researching rooting it. But run into the same issue. No info on rooting this model. The only thing I can think of to do is downgrade to 4.2 using Odin then root and install CWM. Yet I found a forum where someone posted they were unsuccessful in downgrading the g900t3. So HELP PLEASE.
Turns out it's actually simpler than that. If your goal is to replace the stock firmware with a custom one, such as cyanogenmod then you don't even need to root your stock firmware. All you need to do is flash TWRP custom recovery with Odin, then reboot into TWRP recovery and create a backup of your stock firmware just in case. After that you should be good to go ahead and install cyanogenmod or any other supported custom firmware. This is exactly what I've done with my SM-G900T3.
But if you really want to root your stock firmware then here is a guide for that:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/tmo...t/root-kernel-root-method-fof6-5-1-1-t3158005
Hope this helps.
OK thanks for the link. It does state not to flash if I'm on FOG6 Build, which I am. Even though my baseband version is FOF6. Guessing the Build is more important. Last night I tried to downgrade to 4.4 using Odin, that immediately didn't work. So I Flashed Philztouch CWM on it then tried to install superuser from the galaxys5 root page, but it was stuck in bootloop on the T-mobile screen. I realized the superuser was for 5.0 version. So then I used Odin again to flash my firmware back on to it the g900t3 5.1.1 FOG6 from the Sammobile website. After that, because I saw I had a reply on here, I used Philztouch to install Cyanogenmod 12.1 nightly recovery (don't know which on it was, either klte or klteusc) without rooting and I was stuck in the Cyan's big eyed alien face thing bootloop screen again. So then I had to reinstall my stock firmware once more. Basically after 4+ hours of rooting I'm back where I started. LOL. I don't know what else to do. I'm still researching FOG6 to see if I find anything.
zizidiesel said:
ok thanks for the link. It does state not to flash if i'm on fog6 build, which i am. Even though my baseband version is fof6. Guessing the build is more important. Last night i tried to downgrade to 4.4 using odin, that immediately didn't work. So i flashed philztouch cwm on it then tried to install superuser from the galaxys5 root page, but it was stuck in bootloop on the t-mobile screen. I realized the superuser was for 5.0 version. So then i used odin again to flash my firmware back on to it the g900t3 5.1.1 fog6 from the sammobile website. After that, because i saw i had a reply on here, i used philztouch to install cyanogenmod 12.1 nightly recovery (don't know which on it was, either klte or klteusc) without rooting and i was stuck in the cyan's big eyed alien face thing bootloop screen again. So then i had to reinstall my stock firmware once more. Basically after 4+ hours of rooting i'm back where i started. Lol. I don't know what else to do. I'm still researching fog6 to see if i find anything.
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i got it actually fina****ingly. Got it rooted and cyanogenmod 12.1 nightly installed. I am retrieving my old apps and data as i'm typing. Success feels good. Many thanks to you for taking an interest and responding and to this entire community. Woot woot
liquidsnake54 said:
Turns out it's actually simpler than that. If your goal is to replace the stock firmware with a custom one, such as cyanogenmod then you don't even need to root your stock firmware. All you need to do is flash TWRP custom recovery with Odin, then reboot into TWRP recovery and create a backup of your stock firmware just in case. After that you should be good to go ahead and install cyanogenmod or any other supported custom firmware. This is exactly what I've done with my SM-G900T3.
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Would this be the same procedure to follow if I wanted to put a stock T-Mobile version of 4.4.2 on my SM-G900T3? Or would that not work?