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Root Note 3

Is there any way to root Note 3?

Not yet!

Doh, I was just wondering the same thing.
Sent from my SM-N9005 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app

I was wondering if there was a way to root it yet after seeing and 3-4 post in the general section, of people saying they will root their phones later in the day. I haven't found any way to root it yet.

monkey10120 said:
I was wondering if there was a way to root it yet after seeing and 3-4 post in the general section, of people saying they will root their phones later in the day. I haven't found any way to root it yet.
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Install cwm recovery and flash supersu.zip in recovery and you have a rooted note3.

Any suggestions/ideas for the N9000 model? The CWM recovery is for 9005.

Komodo Rogue said:
Any suggestions/ideas for the N9000 model? The CWM recovery is for 9005.
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I would wait till the devs figure out the Knox locks and boot loader counter.
TWEAKED 2.5

m3dd0g said:
Install cwm recovery and flash supersu.zip in recovery and you have a rooted note3.
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Lol its not that easy. I don't think they got around the boot loader yet

I'm also waiting for root but first of all the Knox counter reset is the most important thing.
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There is not gonna be a Knox reset......who cares that's what insurance is for and there is not word whether a Knox trip voids the actual device warranty

cwalker0906 said:
There is not gonna be a Knox reset......who cares that's what insurance is for and there is not word whether a Knox trip voids the actual device warranty
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it is not only warranty. for people who are using the phone in persona/business scenario - KNOX is very good solution.
many companies are using iphones just because of this security issue.
and now Samsung will be able to be "corporate" supplier of devices due to KNOX.

monkey10120 said:
Lol its not that easy. I don't think they got around the boot loader yet
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It is that easy as I have done it
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m3dd0g said:
Install cwm recovery and flash supersu.zip in recovery and you have a rooted note3.
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may i ask download link for supersu.zip and cwn recovery that work with your note 3 ? thanks

I can't wait to be able to unlock bootloader and root, right now I'm not even using my note to 100% because I know I'll loose everything soon...
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danieljamie said:
It is that easy as I have done it
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Yeah your right. After I posted that comment I found some post about odin working. Just never thought it would of been cracked this quick!

monkey10120 said:
Yeah your right. After I posted that comment I found some post about odin working. Just never thought it would of been cracked this quick!
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I found the Odin and instructions for n9005 recovery Image.i have the n9000 international version. Odin finished and I see the superuser app, but no SU or root.
do I need to wait or do something different?
D0c

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caldwelljt said:
I found the Odin and instructions for n9005 recovery Image.i have the n9000 international version. Odin finished and I see the superuser app, but no SU or root.
do I need to wait or do something different?
D0c
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There is a chainfire zip you have to flash after you flash the recovery through odin. Check the Android development section and there is a guide for a rooted rom. He has a link to the zip. Please read that thread first. I will not have my note 3 till the 12th so I haven't done it yet.
Edit: here is the link http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2460720

Successfully rooted without tripping knox!!!!

just wanted to let u know that I successfully rooted my sm-p905 with geohot's rooting method without tripping knox!!!
its just a simple apk installation procedure....!!!
I bet all the TNT/ V guys will be happy to hear that......
have fun!!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/sho...mctr=(not provided)&__utmv=-&__utmk=206285968

snir2 said:
just wanted to let u know that I successfully rooted my sm-p905 with geohot's rooting method without tripping knox!!!
its just a simple apk installation procedure....!!!
I bet all the TNT/ V guys will be happy to hear that......
have fun!!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/sho...mctr=(not provided)&__utmv=-&__utmk=206285968
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A PHOTO

snir2 said:
A PHOTO
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Can I ask a huge favor? Can you write a simple list of steps you did. That thread is chaos from people who have 10 different devices. Like a simple
1. step a
2. step b
I don't want to screw up the device I just bought yesterday lol.

Jpfan01 said:
Can I ask a huge favor? Can you write a simple list of steps you did. That thread is chaos from people who have 10 different devices. Like a simple
1. step a
2. step b
I don't want to screw up the device I just bought yesterday lol.
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sure,
1. downloaded the file from towelroot.com
2. installed the apk file
3. Run the app
4. the device rebooted
5. installed supersu from the play store
done....

snir2 said:
sure,
1. downloaded the file from towelroot.com
2. installed the apk file
3. the device rebooted
4. installed supersu from the play store
done....
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Wow, Ok I thought there would be more haha. You said you were on a sm-p905, I wonder if this will go as smooth on an sm-p900. I'm on the wifi not lte version. Any guess?
Thanks for summarizing that though.
edit: seeing mixed results related to the Exynos chips from people's s4s and s5s. hmm.

snir2 said:
just wanted to let u know that I successfully rooted my sm-p905 with geohot's rooting method without tripping knox!!!
its just a simple apk installation procedure....!!!
I bet all the TNT/ V guys will be happy to hear that......
have fun!!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/sho...mctr=(not provided)&__utmv=-&__utmk=206285968
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Can you please tell more details about your SM-P905
AP, CP, CSC (These can be found at least on SM-P905 by opening dialer, then type *#1234#)
Kernel version (Settings - General - About device)
And for any else of you, if you try this method, report please how did it go, did you got root? did it trip KNOX flag and what firmware version you were using, thanks

I have the international SM P905 this method did not work. Tried it twice
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Jpfan01 said:
Wow, Ok I thought there would be more haha. You said you were on a sm-p905, I wonder if this will go as smooth on an sm-p900. I'm on the wifi not lte version. Any guess?
Thanks for summarizing that though.
edit: seeing mixed results related to the Exynos chips from people's s4s and s5s. hmm.
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anyway from what i have read so far there is no harm in trying...... In the worst case scenario it will not work....

SM-P900 On KOT49H.P900XXUANC4
Does not work, but did not trigger knox. So no harm no fowl. Shame, really got my hopes up.

Spere said:
Can you please tell more details about your SM-P905
AP, CP, CSC (These can be found at least on SM-P905 by opening dialer, then type *#1234#)
Kernel version (Settings - General - About device)
And for any else of you, if you try this method, report please how did it go, did you got root? did it trip KNOX flag and what firmware version you were using, thanks
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here

snir2 said:
here
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Thank you..
Anyway, I pulled the trigger and tried this on my SM-P905, it kinda worked.. I'll post my device info later since I didn't have time for that, had to go to work just after rooting..
SM-P905
AP: P905XXUAND1
CP: P905XXUANA7
CSC: P905NEEAND1
Kernel verison: 3.4.0-1131235 (April 3 2014)
Okay then..
I installed and ran tr.apk
Then after reboot I checked recovery
KNOX Warranty Void: 0x0
System status: custom
Then I installed SuperSU (v1.94 if I remember right) from play store (and paid version also)
When I open SuperSU, it asks me to install binary. Since I got stock recovery, I can't use that option and instead choose normal way.
SuperSU says: install failed, please reboot your device
Anyway my device is rooted since Greenify and couple other root apps worked (and SuperSU asked to grand or deny access for those apps)
But because I cannot install that binary, I cannot open SuperSU to change settings etc..
There is v1.99r4(?) of SuperSU, but that is flashable .zip file, and how I'm supposed to install that with stock recovery. And I'm sceptic about flashing anything, in case of triggering KNOX.
Okay, as #snir2 said, I downloaded SuperSU from HERE (was v1.99r5). I unzip that and took Superuser.apk from there and installed it on my NP 12.2. After that SU updated binary using normal method like it should and everythings ok
And after all this odin mode still shows this:
System Status: Custom
KNOX Warranty Void: 0x0
Will do some tests tomorrow and if there comes anything interesting, I'll post some info..
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Spere said:
Thank you..
When I open SuperSU, it asks me to install binary. Since I got stock recovery, I can't use that option and instead choose normal way.
SuperSU says: install failed, please reboot your device
But anyway my device is rooted since Greenify and couple other root apps worked (and SuperSU asked to grand or deny access for those apps)
But because I cannot install that binary, I cannot open SuperSU to change settings etc..
There is v1.99r4(?) of SuperSU, but that is flashable .zip file, and how I'm supposed to install that with stock recovery. And I'm sceptic about flashing anything, in case of triggering KNOX.
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JUST OPEN THE Zip.
U will find the apk file inside...

milan188 said:
I have the international SM P905 this method did not work. Tried it twice
Sent from my SM-P905 using Tapatalk
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did u check with "root checker"?
at first the binaries weren't installed for me, but, when checking with "root checker" I did have root.
the supersu in the play store is not the last version of the app... u need to download it from chainfire's site:
download.chainfire.eu/supersu
then it will install the binaries

snir2 said:
JUST OPEN THE Zip.
U will find the apk file inside...
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Thank you, that did work!!

Spere said:
Thank you..
Anyway, I pulled the trigger and tried this on my SM-P905, it kinda worked.. I'll post my device info later since I didn't have time for that, had to go to work just after rooting..
SM-P905
AP: P905XXUAND1
CP: P905XXUANA7
CSC: P905NEEAND1
Kernel verison: 3.4.0-1131235 (April 3 2014)
Okay then..
I installed and ran tr.apk
Then after reboot I checked recovery
KNOX Warranty Void: 0x0
System status: custom
Then I installed SuperSU (v1.94 if I remember right) from play store (and paid version also)
When I open SuperSU, it asks me to install binary. Since I got stock recovery, I can't use that option and instead choose normal way.
SuperSU says: install failed, please reboot your device
Anyway my device is rooted since Greenify and couple other root apps worked (and SuperSU asked to grand or deny access for those apps)
But because I cannot install that binary, I cannot open SuperSU to change settings etc..
There is v1.99r4(?) of SuperSU, but that is flashable .zip file, and how I'm supposed to install that with stock recovery. And I'm sceptic about flashing anything, in case of triggering KNOX.
Okay, as #snir2 said, I downloaded SuperSU from HERE (was v1.99r5). I unzip that and took Superuser.apk from there and installed it on my NP 12.2. After that SU updated binary using normal method like it should and everythings ok
And after all this odin mode still shows this:
System Status: Custom
KNOX Warranty Void: 0x0
Will do some tests tomorrow and if there comes anything interesting, I'll post some info..
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mine says: "System Status: official"

snir2 said:
mine says: "System Status: official"
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I'm not worried about custom status because if I'm right:
- I cannot accidentally update phone since OTA is not possible with custom status
- I can fake status back to official using Wanam Xposed
- I can get status back also by flashing stock rom again, if I need to

Does this work on WiFi only version?
Sent from my SM-N900P using XDA Free mobile app

milan188 said:
I have the international SM P905 this method did not work. Tried it twice
Sent from my SM-P905 using Tapatalk
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For those who can't root for P905 (LTE version), I have found a solution.
1. Update the kernel to NC1 or newer through Download Mode
(like this one at the bottom of OP)
2. Root with towelroot. This time if you see those wordings after pressing "Make it ra1n", it works!
I have P905ZSUANB1/P905XXUANA7/P905OZSANB1 on my tablet and after I update the kernel to NC1, I got it rooted! YAY!
BTW I get "System status: Official" in both Download Mode and under Settings, and also 0x0 for the f**king KNOX thing

One4mNoWhere said:
Does this work on WiFi only version?
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maybe try reading the previous posts.. no it doesnt.
Sent from my HTC6435LVW using Tapatalk

Broomfundel said:
SM-P900 On KOT49H.P900XXUANC4
Does not work, but did not trigger knox. So no harm no fowl. Shame, really got my hopes up.
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Seconded, on SM-P900 this did not work. Tried twice. Though I had my hunch it would not.

ROOT+SuperSU+Xposed P605 4.4.2 without tripping KNOX

The why
A lot of this has been said in other threads, however I decided to gather all the up-to-date (as of Jun 17, 2014) instructions and info in this thread to alleviate fears of the infamous 'KNOX WARRANTY VOID 0x1' and help people with the process. People with tripped KNOX can of course use this as well, however it won't untrip their devices, duh.
The cheers
First of all big cheers for Pinkie Pie (person who discovered the Linux kernel vulnerability that makes rooting without tripping KNOX possible), geohot (person that used the vulnerability to make a rooting app), chainfire (developer of SuperSU), rovo89 and Tungstwenty (developers of Xposed). Go and donate to these guys if you can!
The what
This post will tell you how to upgrade your P605 to 4.4.2, if you haven't already. And how to install SuperSU and Xposed all the while keeping your KNOX counter at 0x0, CURRENT BINARY: Samsung Official and SYSTEM STATUS: Official!
Note: The versions in this text are just for reference - telling you what versions already worked. New ones will surely also work, so you should usually download the newest available.
The how
Firmware
4.4.2 NEE P605XXUCNE2 (any of the current 4.4.2 firmwares should be fine, although Samsung might use an updated kernel for the future versions, disabling towelroot)
From http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=53092676&postcount=1
Simple instructions available here http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/3/?download=30325 (you can also download the firmware from here, but download is slow for free accounts)
Root
From http://towelroot.com
No special instructions (it's a 1-click root)
SuperSU
Version 1.99.rc5 from http://download.chainfire.eu/448/SuperSU/
Extract Superuser.apk (in 'common') from the zip, install and run
Answer yes to the Disable KNOX prompt (don't worry, KNOX will not be tripped)
Xposed
From http://repo.xposed.info/module/de.robv.android.xposed.installer (version 2.6.1)
No special instructions
The victory
Congrats! Now you should be on a rooted, SuperSUed, Xposed KitKat with warranty left intact! However before sending it to Samsung, e.g., for repairs, you should flash your original firmware, of course.

Can this be made to work with the SM-P600 on Android 4.3 unrooted? Any help will be appreciated. This would be a dream.

no.0ne said:
SuperSU
Version 1.94 from Google Play (Jun 17, 2014)
Answer yes to the Disable KNOX prompt (don't worry, KNOX will not be tripped)
At the end it will say it failed, however it will be working!
If you are annoyed by the 'failed' message for some reason, download an updated version from http://download.chainfire.eu/448/SuperSU/ (you'll have to flash it manually though) which supposedly fixes it.
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Just Download specified zip and extract superuser.apk from common folder and install as normal program, don't download play version

İ am gonna try and write my appreciate ) thanks in advance
It did work . Thanks to you and that steps i have rooted kitkat knox is 0*0 what i was waiting for last 5 months. Thank you so much now i can use my tablet in full capacity
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Eudeferrer said:
Can this be made to work with the SM-P600 on Android 4.3 unrooted? Any help will be appreciated. This would be a dream.
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It seems that so far people have had no success using towelroot on P600. Wait and hope it will change...

Hello, i want to do this on clean tablet, so i want to do clean install , how can i clean it all had before, from odin? And is nee nordic kitkat rom suitable for all p605 , i am frightened about boatloader problem and soft brick before i done i wanted to ask. Thanks in advance.

yararli said:
Hello, i want to do this on clean tablet, so i want to do clean install , how can i clean it all had before, from odin? And is nee nordic kitkat rom suitable for all p605 , i am frightened about boatloader problem and soft brick before i done i wanted to ask. Thanks in advance.
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You can wipe the tablet from recovery:
Turn tablet off
Turn it on holding Volume Up + Power Button until you see something on the screen
Wipe data/factory reset
Reboot
NEE will be fine for all P605, however I don't know if it works with something like P605V (US Verizon).

no.0ne said:
You can wipe the tablet from recovery:
Turn tablet off
Turn it on holding Volume Up + Power Button until you see something on the screen
Wipe data/factory reset
Reboot
NEE will be fine for all P605, however I don't know if it works with something like P605V (US Verizon).
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Should i do this before or after kitkat installation ? And where can i find usb installation of p605 when it is taken into download mode for pc to recognize the tablet.
I have no windows pc now im gonna do that on thursday ı was waiting this topic for 4 months thank you so much
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yararli said:
Should i do this before or after kitkat installation ? And where can i find usb installation of p605 when it is taken into download mode for pc to recognize the tablet.
I have no windows pc now im gonna do that on thursday ı was waiting this topic for 4 months thank you so much
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First you wipe then you flash
You can download the driver from the Samsung website, e.g., http://www.samsung.com/us/support/owners/product/SM-P605VZKEVZW (don't worry that it is on the US page, the driver is the same for all Samsung devices)
Glad I can help. I waited for root quite long myself :victory:

In the thread discussing towelroot on P605, people claimed installing xposed would change your binary to custom. That's holding me back for now, can you confirm that it stays official?

Matthias.ja said:
In the thread discussing towelroot on P605, people claimed installing xposed would change your binary to custom. That's holding me back for now, can you confirm that it stays official?
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It only makes it custom inside of the ROM. In download mode it shows Official. You can also use the Wanam xposed module to change it back to Official in the ROM.

valexi said:
It only makes it custom inside of the ROM. In download mode it shows Official. You can also use the Wanam xposed module to change it back to Official in the ROM.
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alright, thanks!
so if i have some warranty issues, wiping everything from recovery or re-flashing the unrooted stock ROM would make everything official again, right? I know I sound like a scared little girl, but I just really don't want to risk my warranty on this rather expensive device

Heyy its wonderful i did it but there is a problem about kitkat rom i saw a little lags and the biggest problem is whatsapp says it is not compatible with this device also twitter in playstore what should i do thnx for your all help
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valexi said:
It only makes it custom inside of the ROM. In download mode it shows Official. You can also use the Wanam xposed module to change it back to Official in the ROM.
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So i just tried and installed xposed, and funnily enough, my system status stayed official, even inside the ROM. I won't complain though..

Hello i should restore system defaults how should i do directly by using recovery mode can i clean systam cache and ... Or before it should i unroot from su?
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To make sure; unroot and then factory reset

Matthias.ja said:
So i just tried and installed xposed, and funnily enough, my system status stayed official, even inside the ROM. I won't complain though..
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As long using stock recovery and it will stay Official. Just custom recovery will give custom.

dt33 said:
As long using stock recovery and it will stay Official. Just custom recovery will give custom.
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No it doesn't. You dont seem to understand difference between "system status" in Download mode or inside of the ROM.
Here is couple of pictures to make you understand.
In the picture below you can see system status official. This will change, if you install CUSTOM ROM or CUSTOM RECOVERY. Towelroot does not change any of these data here:
In the picture below you can see Device status "custom". This can change to custom if you ROOT the device and/or install SuperSU or Xposed framework. This has NOTHING to do with the status in the Download mode as seen in the first picture.
I hope that people wouldn't mix these things, because they are rather easy to understand. Talking about things that you dont really understand will cause confusion and makes people asking more stupid questions.
Thank you!

valexi said:
No it doesn't. You dont seem to understand difference between "system status" in Download mode or inside of the ROM.
Here is couple of pictures to make you understand.
In the picture below you can see system status official. This will change, if you install CUSTOM ROM or CUSTOM RECOVERY. Towelroot does not change any of these data here:
In the picture below you can see Device status "custom". This can change to custom if you ROOT the device and/or install SuperSU or Xposed framework. This has NOTHING to do with the status in the Download mode as seen in the first picture.
I hope that people wouldn't mix these things, because they are rather easy to understand. Talking about things that you dont really understand will cause confusion and makes people asking more stupid questions.
Thank you!
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Pls, explain how come it stays Official after rooted with towelroot, installed SuperSu and Xposed?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=53452193&postcount=33

dt33 said:
Pls, explain how come it stays Official after rooted with towelroot, installed SuperSu and Xposed?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=53452193&postcount=33
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I'm not quite sure, but it seems that in some cases the ROM can detect if it's rooted.
For me it changed to "Custom" after rooting with towelroot and SuperSU installation. I changed it back to Official with Wanam xposed.

Just got the Telus sm-g900w8 - Want to be 100% sure before i root it

Hi Everyone,
I just got the sm-g900w8 model of the Samsung Galaxy S5 from TELUS (Canada)
Is this "kltecan" ? Where can i confirm that
I've had some issues with lag and wanted to give a pure stock/AOSP rom a try
I'm experienced with modding android phones but i'm new to the samsung space
Before i brick my phone, i wanted to be 100% sure that i can follow this thread with the model i'm using
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2699648
That will give me root and recovery
Will i need to use Odin to flash everything or can i unlock the bootloader and use fastboot/recovery
is there any benefit to TWRP over CWM? I've been using TWRP for a while and want to continue using it...
Then what AOSP rom can i try out?
I see forums for each of the american mobile providers but dont know which one in particular would be best suited for Telus and/or g900w8
Thanks!!

Just found the CF-auto-root specific to the sm-g900w8
http://download.chainfire.eu/406/CF-Root/CF-Auto-Root/CF-Auto-Root-kltecan-kltevl-smg900w8.zip
So:
1. boot into download mode on the s5 (turn off phone, then hold VolDown+Home+Power to boot)
2. plug it into my windows machine
3. manually install the drivers
4. open odin.exe (included in cf auto root zip)
5. select the cf-auto-root.tar.md5 file in the PDA section of odin and tell it to flash
on a successful flash, the phone should reboot automatically
let it boot up to normal android, and i should have root
to flash twrp i follow the above steps again but now select hte md5 for the twrp recovery instead
correct?

bump!!

Oh canada. How I feel for it's users. Silly variants stopping users from the main draw of android, roms and mods! If I lived there I'd buy imports

lol its just samsung and their weird hardware deployments

@non4 said:
Oh canada. How I feel for it's users. Silly variants stopping users from the main draw of android, roms and mods! If I lived there I'd buy imports
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What in the h*ll are you talking about?? The 900w8 is a Qualcomm variant and is able to flash ALL ROMs and mods. So shut it buddy
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zoltrix said:
lol its just samsung and their weird hardware deployments
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Man don't make us Canadians look stupid! If you would of just done even a tiny bit of research you'd know that you were able to flash whatever. Come on!!!!

thatsupnow said:
What in the h*ll are you talking about?? The 900w8 is a Qualcomm variant and is able to flash ALL ROMs and mods. So shut it buddy
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Man don't make us Canadians look stupid! If you would of just done even a tiny bit of research you'd know that you were able to flash whatever. Come on!!!!
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That's why flashing the sprint 5.0 leak is working so well for people, is it, or does that g900 not count towards the 'anything' as you claim? Its great that you want to pipe up with incorrect information and look like a jerk off in multiple threads, but you're still wrong. So quit making Canadians look like assholes, and quit giving advice that will fu(k peoples phones. Hit the search tab for once, maybe even read a thread or two, and find out what happens when you flash the wrong boot loader for the wrong device.

Bye 0x0
zoltrix said:
Just found the CF-auto-root specific to the sm-g900w8
http://download.chainfire.eu/406/CF-Root/CF-Auto-Root/CF-Auto-Root-kltecan-kltevl-smg900w8.zip
So:
1. boot into download mode on the s5 (turn off phone, then hold VolDown+Home+Power to boot)
2. plug it into my windows machine
3. manually install the drivers
4. open odin.exe (included in cf auto root zip)
5. select the cf-auto-root.tar.md5 file in the PDA section of odin and tell it to flash
on a successful flash, the phone should reboot automatically
let it boot up to normal android, and i should have root
to flash twrp i follow the above steps again but now select hte md5 for the twrp recovery instead
correct?
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And not forgetting to say goodbye to knox 0x0. Good luck

sha3818 said:
And not forgetting to say goodbye to knox 0x0. Good luck
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So from my quick google search, the 0x0 comes up after root and is some kind of warranty flag?
any way to restore it back?
EDIT: the 0x0 flag turns to a 0x1 once the phone is rooted. Some people apparently have been able to keep the 0x0 flag after using towelroot?

zoltrix said:
So from my quick google search, the 0x0 comes up after root and is some kind of warranty flag?
any way to restore it back?
EDIT: the 0x0 flag turns to a 0x1 once the phone is rooted. Some people apparently have been able to keep the 0x0 flag after using towelroot?
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Once the Knox warranty bit has been tripped, there is currently no known way to reset it. There are root methods that don't trip Knox, but I've not yet actually rooted my S5, so won't advise specifics on that one. You will want to look for 'no Knox trip' or some such thing if the warranty issue concerns you.

BCSC said:
Once the Knox warranty bit has been tripped, there is currently no known way to reset it. There are root methods that don't trip Knox, but I've not yet actually rooted my S5, so won't advise specifics on that one. You will want to look for 'no Knox trip' or some such thing if the warranty issue concerns you.
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Good to know thanks
See, this is why i made this thread!

Wait, so now i have to re-ask, but i assume that simply going to https://towelroot.com/ and downloading the APK will work for my model correct?
android 4.4.2 as well i believe
And if so, obviously i dont need to use Odin to flash the cf-auto-root anymore!
but i still need to use odin to flash TWRP
root must be done first?
Or can i flash TWRP without root?

zoltrix said:
Wait, so now i have to re-ask, but i assume that simply going to https://towelroot.com/ and downloading the APK will work for my model correct?
android 4.4.2 as well i believe
And if so, obviously i dont need to use Odin to flash the cf-auto-root anymore!
but i still need to use odin to flash TWRP
root must be done first?
Or can i flash TWRP without root?
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Sorry dude I can't help with that knowledge. I haven't done it and don't want to give bad advice. I do know that towelroot is only supported up to a specific firmwares. (Example: nf1)

zoltrix said:
Wait, so now i have to re-ask, but i assume that simply going to https://towelroot.com/ and downloading the APK will work for my model correct?
android 4.4.2 as well i believe
And if so, obviously i dont need to use Odin to flash the cf-auto-root anymore!
but i still need to use odin to flash TWRP
root must be done first?
Or can i flash TWRP without root?
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Flashing TWRP will trip Knox as well, if you need to keep knox 0x0 then there are threads helping you to keep it that way, but you will always be jumping through hoops to keep it that way and be some what limited to what you can do.
0x0 root info
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=53881284
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=54719865
More options
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=51494717
Good general info
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=51502514
And for every thing you can ever need
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=51949790
Hope this helps give you a good knowledge base to start your new rooting experience.
SM-G900W8, 0x1

i love you

ragz said:
Flashing TWRP will trip Knox as well, if you need to keep knox 0x0 then there are threads helping you to keep it that way, but you will always be jumping through hoops to keep it that way and be some what limited to what you can do.
0x0 root info
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=53881284
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=54719865
More options
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=51494717
Good general info
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=51502514
And for every thing you can ever need
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=51949790
Hope this helps give you a good knowledge base to start your new rooting experience.
SM-G900W8, 0x1
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Not rooting..
whenever i try to root my Samsung SM-G900W8 it says Custom Binary (recovery) Blocked by R/L.
How can i get around that to root my phone??
please help thank you.

Rodigal said:
whenever i try to root my Samsung SM-G900W8 it says Custom Binary (recovery) Blocked by R/L.
How can i get around that to root my phone??
please help thank you.
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Use instructions step 8,
Here's a link to my folder on my google drive just use the most recent files.
https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0BwAzZC3h29ddVjJ4cS1VWHlvVFU
You can use any ROM that is ktle. Im currently using cm 14 in the unified android thread. If you want something more stable but like cyanogenmod then go with the cm 13 in the albinoman thread. I use the smaller version of gapps like nano.
Sent from my SM-G900W8 using Tapatalk

Thanks but I figured it out why I was getting that error.
I had to go to settings>security>reactivation lock and unchecked reactivation lock...

S6 G920F - 5.0.2 Engineering Bootloader (Root on 5.1.1 without tripping KNOX)

Hi
/* I DO NOT TAKE ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR WHAT HAPPENS TO YOUR DEVICE *\
/* PROCEED AT YOUR OWN RISK *\
This method will allow you to root your S6 on 5.1.1 with UniKernel (NO KNOX TRIPPED).
Engineering Bootloader for SM-G920F 5.0.2: Link removed
UniKernel: http://forum.xda-developers.com/gal...d-development/kernel-stockmod-kernel-t3100395
1. Install Samsung USB Drivers if necessary.
2. Put phone into download mode. Power phone off then press and hold Volume down, home and power keys at same time until you see warning screen then let go and hit volume up one time.
3. Plug phone in and wait for drivers to install if necessary.
4. Open odin you should now see phone’s modem port highlighted in blue.
5. Click on BL tab and select correct sboot.bin that you downloaded above. Then click start.
6. When phone comes back on power off again and put into download mode.
7. Open odin again and this time select AP tab and select UniKernel file and click start.
8. That is it!!! When it comes back on phone will be rooted. To verify that knox has not been tripped go back to download mode and it should still say KNOX WARRANTY: 0 (0X0000)
NOTE: ITS POSSIBLE THAT THE FINGERPRINT SCANNER MAY NOT WORK, SO IF YOU CAN LIVE WITHOUT IT USE THIS METHOD OTHERWISE DONT.

Very interesting, definitely going to a keep an eye on this one. I'm not brave enough to be the first to try though!

Horridge said:
Very interesting, definitely going to a keep an eye on this one. I'm not brave enough to be the first to try though!
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You will definitely not be the firts to try this. It is an old guide, the first one was on the g925f model thread. I rooted my galaxy s6 g920f this way, and i didnt trip knox. I do not use fingerprint, so i dont care it is not working. Definitely try this.

dzontra83 said:
You will definitely not be the firts to try this. It is an old guide, the first one was on the g925f model thread. I rooted my galaxy s6 g920f this way, and i didnt trip knox. I do not use fingerprint, so i dont care it is not working. Definitely try this.
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could you try the fingerprint scanner?

It is not working.
godutch said:
could you try the fingerprint scanner?
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Does anyone know if I restore to factory after this root method, will the finger print work again?

No, is necessary flash a stock firmware with ODIN.

Please say this works for AT&T variant on OF4

@UltraGamerHD Will you build the needed files for other Samsungphones like SM-G900F, too ?
Would be suuuper nice !

sunbucks said:
@UltraGamerHD Will you build the needed files for other Samsungphones like SM-G900F, too ?
Would be suuuper nice !
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I didn't build the files AT ALL. This was leaked and I obtained this from Reddit.

WOW, great! Sadly that I have already tripped it

I'm new to Galaxy's, coming from Nexus. Is is possible with this bootloader to install a custom rom without tripping Knox? Or is it just for rooting the stock rom?

If i'm not mistaken, flashing custom recoveries or ROM's will trip knox no matter what. You can look into Flashfire by Chainfire for a better idea of a alternative .
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I'm new to Galaxy's, coming from Nexus. Is is possible with this bootloader to install a custom rom without tripping Knox? Or is it just for rooting the stock rom?
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ripv2 said:
If i'm not mistaken, flashing custom recoveries or ROM's will trip knox no matter what. You can look into Flashfire by Chainfire for a better idea of a alternative .
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You are mistaken, flashing any custom rom will not trip knox as long as you are on engeneering bootloader. I change roms a lot, my knox is still at 0x0, just keep the bootloader.

Oh, my fault. I was confused for something else..... Good to know tho.
dzontra83 said:
You are mistaken, flashing any custom rom will not trip knox as long as you are on engeneering bootloader. I change roms a lot, my knox is still at 0x0, just keep the bootloader.
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Think this would flash onto a G890A OR does anyone have an ENG SBOOT for this device?

Will this work on AT&T variant??

This "engineering bootloader" ... what is it, a special bootloader for internal Samsung devs?

Thanks for requesting the engineering bootloader from me in order to copy and start a new thread about the same thing that I already have on my own guide...

@UltraGamerHD
Hello. Where I find Engineering Bootloader for SM-G925F?
Good Job
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