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[Q] T-Mobile Galaxy S5 Root Lost After Phone auto-updated

Hey Guys, I'm brand new to these forums, and to this whole community so bare with me.
Basically I bought my T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S5 phone around the time it came out, and I also had installed root on it via towelroot when Towel Root was first released. I did not update the phone at all for a long period of time and everything was working fine, until one day I was browsing under settings and accidentally tapped the "Software Update" button, then T-mobile auto-pushed an update onto my phone.
This update has caused the root on my phone to not work at all (Deemed useless) So I clicked SU and only a black screen popped up when I tried to open the app, so I uninstalled it, reinstalled it then got a message saying "There is no SU binary installed, and SuperSU Cannot install it. If you just upgraded to Android 4.3 you need to manually re-root your device" So I tried to re-root via towelroot method again. It seems the T-mobile update made my phone "Unsupported/Uncompatible" with TowelRoot's obsolete techniques, so now I'm in dire need of help.
My phone tried to push another t-mobile update (This time to upgrade to Lollipop) but it failed after attempting to install it after a reboot. So not only will my phone not update to Lollipop, but I'm not even rooted anymore and am unsure on how to get back rooted, or what to do next since I used rooting as a primary source to store apps on my SD Card. Kind of like i'm stuck in one spot? (Can't update your phone/can't root it the old method)
I'm brand new guys, Please can you break down to me what I should do, in order to obtain root again, and possibly be able to upgrade to Lollipop As well as prevent further pushed T-mobile updates? Here's some info if you need it
S5 Model Number: SM-G900T
Android Version:4.4.2
Kernel Version:3.4.0-262.. etc. (Tell me if you need the full kernel details)
Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thank YOU!

Flash this with ODIN
http://download.chainfire.eu/407/CF-Root1/CF-Auto-Root-kltetmo-kltetmo-smg900t.zip
(Will trip KNOX and void warranty)
Or flash a pre-June 2014 KK Kernel, root with Towelroot again, then flash back your current Kernel

Is this the only solution? And also is it the right one? o.o

Can anyone else please give me some feedback on the situation? I want to make sure I do this right, please just a little helps.

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Or flash a pre-June 2014 KK Kernel, root with Towelroot again, then flash back your current Kernel
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Hey I did exactly what you said and it worked I got root back, but I was wondering how to flash back to my current kernel and keep Root?

Galaxy note 4: Serius problems with root!!!

Hi everyone guys, my nickname is AndresPiggy but you cal call me just Piggy as my friends!! :cyclops:
My problem is this:
I used to have my phone perfectly rooted with chainsfire(SuperSU)!! But... A time ago, I installed KingRoot accidentally and the apk started to install the root, after the root instalation failed, the Superuser(Apk from KingRoot) of KingRoot was there in my phone installed and that ruined the root on my phone, I tried to eliminate it but I can not, then, the SuperSU started having problems manage the aplications that need root access, after that I verify my root in my root checker and it said "Sorry! Root access is not properly installed on this device".
"Root Checker App" : i66.tinypic.com/2re79n9.png
All these after I installed accidentally the KingRoot... After all this mess, I made a reset factory, but saddly, the Superuser was still there, and the SuperSU too. Now I dont know what to do I and searching help from you guys. :crying:
Searching more information from another apps I saw this:
"Simply Unroot App": i66.tinypic.com/ht5khv.jpg
"Unroot My Phone App": i68.tinypic.com/10ng7sp.jpg
"Superuser App" By ChainsDD: i63.tinypic.com/25gqc1w.png
I hope those pics help :good: Now I have the Kingo SuperUser deactivate it, and thats another thing, when I wanna install the bin of SuperSu, its failed, I tried by teh 2 ways and failed.
What Can I Do?

Hi Piggy! (As your friends call you)
The only thing I could think of in this case is to flash the stock firmware again. (Will cause a full wipe of the device though, so make sure you back up your stuff!). Unless your problem is solved by now of course.
-RFB

Just like @RealFreddyBananas said. Flash a new stock firmware via odin. Then you can root your device again.

Custom Recovery for ATT Samsung Galaxy TAB 4 8.0

Hello. Sorry if I sound like a COMPLETE noob here and if I posted in the incorrect place.
I am going to start from the very beginning so I can explain myself.
I am currently on a mission to be able to play Pokemon GO on my tablet and spoof my GPS without getting banned. Ill be running it on an account that I wouldn't care if it was banned so please do not just tell me to not do it.
First of all I had manually installed an update to lollipop (5.1.1) when first receiving the tablet. This was still Samsung official OS. In order to obtain my goal I had to root it. So after trial and error I managed to get my device rooted using KingRoot. Couldn't understand a damn thing because it was in Chinese but it was still successful.
This allowed me to install my GPS spoofer hider (supposed to hide GPS spoof from GO). Now it seemed promising until it told me I needed Xposed framework installed. Went to go install it however now I need a custom recovery manager to install that. I have checked with both ROM Manger and TWRP but I cant find my device. I assume its not supported by either.
Is there any decent custom recoveries that will work for my device or have I hit a complete dead end? Maybe someone might even have a COMPLETELY different approach to accomplish my goal. I don't know if you need this to answer my questions but here is everything that seems relevant in about my device.
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Model Number: SAMSUNG-SM-T337A
Android Version: 5.1.1
Baseband version: T337AUCU2BOH44
Kernel Version:
3.4.0-5608828
[email protected]#1
Thu Aug 13 17:01:34 KST 2015
Build Number: LMY47X.T337AUCU2BOH4
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I would also like to say thank you. Not just for helping me directly in my situation but for everything. MANY of times I have wanted to do something on my phones and other android devices and I would always end up in these forums and get everything I needed. You guys are the best!

Update.
I have been reading deep in the threads. This tablet seems to be one of THE MOST frustrating android devices to try and work on.
This is what I have tried to this point.
Doing a little more research I found that I could use flashfire to get Xposed working. Thats when I ran into another problem. flashfire will not work with kingroot and will with SU.
Despite all the warnings, I tried to use SuperSUme and install superuser over the kingroot to remove it.
Softbrick..
Put it into download mode and reinstalled 5.1.1 which fixed it, buuuut now I have no root.
This led me to look into kingroot a little more and much like others, I have found kingroot to be a little too shady for me. I will not be using the kingroot path again.
1 step forward, 10 steps back.

I am currently working with someone else on the forums here to see if we can work on a way to get TWRP to work on the tablet. If we are successful then chances are I will be able to downgrade the OS back to 4.2.2 KitKat. My understanding is that OS is rootable for this tablet. After that I am going to look into a way to unlock it so I could possibly use it for cricket. I don't exactly have high hopes for it but it is worth a shot.

Custom recovery may be achievable but please do not kid yourself, you will end up with a brick if you try to downgrade the os

Need help rooting my Samsung A3

Hello, I hope this is the right place to ask for help when trying to root your phone.
First of all, here's some data about my Phone:
Model-number: SM-A300FU
Android-Version: 5.0.2
Kernel-Version: 3.10.49-6027881 [email protected] #1
Build-number: LRX22G.A300FUXXS1BPE1
Knox-Version: Knox 2.4
Tbh, I've never rooted a phone before, so there might be a few things I've overseen.
Until now I just tried to root via kingoroot (Can't post the link because I'm a new user) on windows (Laptop) since I'm somehow not able to install the apk on my phone (yes I did allow download from outside of the playstore, although only for this one installation). I didn't do anything else but allow usb-debugging and klick on the "root"-button on the software.
The rooting process then seems to continue kinda well, until it reaches 99%, where I have to klick on a Showing Messagebox which says that my phone will now get flashed with Odin3 Software. After I pressed "OK" my phone then goes into download-mode. As I tried it, it stayed there like for almost an hour until I chose to cancel it. Kingoroot then tells me that the rooting process failed, but everything else seems fine, so luckily my phone didn't got bricked.
My question now is, how do am I able to root my phone now? Should I just give it even more time in the download-mode, do I need to unlock the bootloader first (don't know if it's already unlocked tbh) or shall I install the Odin3 software on my laptop and try to flash without kingoroot? (Don't know if kingoroot contains Odin3, but until now I didn't install it myself)
Thanks already in forward to anyone willing to help me.

Struggling to root Samsung SM-T720

Hello, I am somewhat a beginner to these things but know how to do most things, in short - I work in a retail store and from time to time we have these demo tablets that are no longer required from samsung and are usually just disposed of or sold to colleagues for cheap - Only very rarely.
Anyways i purchased a Retail Demo samsung tab S5E (SM-T720) and it had retail mode installed, i uninstalled with the administrator password which i found on our work forum and then installed the latest firmware downloaded via frija - whenever the device starts UP after a fresh install and after connecting to the internet it will install the retail mode again as it has Knox enrollment service which I believe this is the main cause of why I cannot root
Things i have tried - Patched the stock AP file from the firmware I downloaded with Magisk then flashed it, flashed TWRP recovery - flashed magisk zip via there (Causes a bootloop)
I am able to bypass the knox enrollment with a program i found on SamFW but after bypassing i still cannot manage to root, i can use it as a regular device which isnt too bad but would like to root it as well.
Does anyone have any idea on how I could do this and if so is there any tutorial or method around for it.

managed to fix it, it was due to the fact the device didnt have Ramdisk so i had to boot into recovery each time to activate magisk didnt realise until now. rooted successfully now