Sorry if this is a repeat question, but I have spent hours on XDA trying to find my answer, So I decided to try here.
Can my device be safely rooted, I did try rooting using the CF method, but it keeps failing, I get this error : recovery is not seandroid enforcing
I have also tripped Knox 0x1, The handset is on H3G (Three Mobile UK)
I just need to be sure if I can or not, Many thanks in advance.
Have a read through this thread, it's looking more and more likely that BOD3 firmware is locking devices from rooting/custom anything
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s5/help/custom-recovery-protection-samsung-t3135004
*Detection* said:
Have a read through this thread, it's looking more and more likely that BOD3 firmware is locking devices from rooting/custom anything
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s5/help/custom-recovery-protection-samsung-t3135004
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Many Thanks, will have a read.
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I recently purchased a SM-N900W8. Love this device, just retired my S2 which i messed around with for a few years and never had issues...
I neglected to do research on XDA (Big mistake) before rooting it and had no idea about the repercussions of this KNOX issue.
I used this method to root it (http://galaxynote3root.com/galaxy-note-3-root/how-to-root-galaxy-note-3/)
I successfully installed CWM recovery and SuperSu and the phone is rooted. I had no intentions of installing Custom Roms just yet just wanted to be able to use some of my favorite apps that require rooting. The phones Current Binary and Phone status have both been tagged custom but my KNOX Warranty Void is still tagged at 0X0. Needless to say maybe I got lucky?
I was hoping to Revert to Stock and Unroot so I could follow this method instead (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2498850)
Is there anyways to Accomplish this without tripping the KNOX counter? I've been scouring the forums for several hours trying to find a concrete answer but cannot.
I have downloaded my stock firmware (http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/3/?download=26653)
Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. I have included a screenshot of my device info. I apologize in advance if this issue has already been addressed.
Thanks,
-Rob
For device info and Knox warranty status, you can use my app Phone INFO ★Samsung★ to get more detailed info.
Download link in my signature.
Why did you even install CWM if you didn't need it ?
Why do you want to remove it ? Don't fix it if it ain't broken. De la vega will trip Knox in 4.4, so leave it as it is.
Sent from my N9005
Dejan Sathanas said:
Why did you even install CWM if you didn't need it ?
Why do you want to remove it ? Don't fix it if it ain't broken. De la vega will trip Knox in 4.4, so leave it as it is.
Sent from my N9005
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Will do. Was just worried about official updates and warranty if phone still says custom but knox is not tripped. But bell outsources another company for repairs and doesn't send back to Samsung directly so I probably don't need to worry to much..
I used CWM because I've used it for a couple years with my S2 and enjoyed the features so when I saw cwm was avaliable for note 3 I jumped on it.
But there is no way to revert to stock without tripping count?
Thanks.
SSJ3Rob said:
Will do. Was just worried about official updates and warranty if phone still says custom but knox is not tripped. But bell outsources another company for repairs and doesn't send back to Samsung directly so I probably don't need to worry to much..
I used CWM because I've used it for a couple years with my S2 and enjoyed the features so when I saw cwm was avaliable for note 3 I jumped on it.
But there is no way to revert to stock without tripping count?
Thanks.
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Flashing stock using odin should rever everything back to stock and possibly not trip knox counte, I am saying possibly cuz nobody has tried to flash stock recovery and try to keep knox cool as custom recoveries have tripped everyone's knox AFAIK. But your phone FW or maybe something else might make your device an exception.
Sent From My SM-N9005 To All You Wonder Nobodies!!
Khizar said:
Flashing stock using odin should rever everything back to stock and possibly not trip knox counte, I am saying possibly cuz nobody has tried to flash stock recovery and try to keep knox cool as custom recoveries have tripped everyone's knox AFAIK. But your phone FW or maybe something else might make your device an exception.
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I will leave as is for now until more info on the subject surfaces. As much as I want to try to flash back to stock recovery and test your theory I will hold out and not mess around with CWM or mess with apps requiring root to much incase it decides to trip the counter.
Thanks.
Hi,
I'm new user of xda forum.
My son lived in Dubai and brought a I9505 S4 when he came to Brazil.
I have some questions:
1-I have to change the firmware of the device? (I've seen here in the forum to which each country has a different you for wifi and gsm)
2 - I want to root the device, I can follow the instructions in the post below?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2255190
The screenshots of device settings and CPU-Z are below
Grateful for the attention.
Nobody????
That guide is a little bit outdated.
I would just use this thread for rooting:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2219803
Keep in mind that knox will be set to 0x1.
If you don't have problems you don't need to change firmware.
Lennyz1988 said:
That guide is a little bit outdated.
I would just use this thread for rooting:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2219803
Keep in mind that knox will be set to 0x1.
If you don't have problems you don't need to change firmware.
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I'm not worried about the warranty, but I wonder if after doing root access I will continue to get samsung updates for the operating system and device firmware.
Grateful for the attention.
No, you have to flash updates manually true Odin.
Lennyz1988 said:
No, you have to flash updates manually true Odin.
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thanks for listening
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
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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!!!!
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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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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.
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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.
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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...
Is there any way to root a Galaxy S5 G900V running Lollipop without tripping KNOX?
I'm not looking to use a custom rom, I am just trying to get root for data recovery. (Deleted Photos)
Yes. There are plenty of threads discussing how to root Lollipop. Browse around this forum and you'll find them!
As of right now the only root method for Lollipop I know of is flashing a custom ROM, but there is one that is 100% stock with root.
mrjiggywiggy said:
As of right now the only root method for Lollipop I know of is flashing a custom ROM, but there is one that is 100% stock with root.
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I think that may potentially destroy the data I'm trying to get. Will that method trigger the Knox warranty flag?
chakotay2 said:
I think that may potentially destroy the data I'm trying to get. Will that method trigger the Knox warranty flag?
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I believe so, as when I boot my phone it says "Custom."
mrjiggywiggy said:
I believe so, as when I boot my phone it says "Custom."
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Showing the custom boot screen does not mean knox is tripped. Go to the play store and install samsung phone info app. It shows the knox status. I have rooted and rolled back to stock a number of times although not to 5.0, have had the 'custom' screen and my knox status is still 0x0 which is 'not tripped' ...
Chopstix9 said:
Showing the custom boot screen does not mean knox is tripped. Go to the play store and install samsung phone info app. It shows the knox status. I have rooted and rolled back to stock a number of times although not to 5.0, have had the 'custom' screen and my knox status is still 0x0 which is 'not tripped' ...
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@mrjiggywiggy Could someone please let me know where the " ... one that is 100% stock with root" can be found? I have a new Developer Edition Verizon S5 (SM-G900V, baseband version 0900V0YU1BOC4) running lollipop 5.0.
Of course, I want to avoid tripping KNOX if at all possible. I've searched dozens of sites, and hundreds of pages in 30-40 XDA-developers threads, but I haven't found a solution.
If possible, I'd like to not have to downgrade to 4.x first. Thanks in advance!!
nataliegrn said:
@mrjiggywiggy Could someone please let me know where the " ... one that is 100% stock with root" can be found? I have a new Developer Edition Verizon S5 (SM-G900V, baseband version 0900V0YU1BOC4) running lollipop 5.0.
Of course, I want to avoid tripping KNOX if at all possible. I've searched dozens of sites, and hundreds of pages in 30-40 XDA-developers threads, but I haven't found a solution.
If possible, I'd like to not have to downgrade to 4.x first. Thanks in advance!!
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You do not want to flash that ROM because it will lock your bootloader. You have a developer edition so your bootloader is unlocked. Flashing a ROM for the retail version will lock your bootloader. You have to look for ROMs that say "dev ed" or "de" in the thread title.
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@mrjiggywiggy Could someone please let me know where the " ... one that is 100% stock with root" can be found? I have a new Developer Edition Verizon S5 (SM-G900V, baseband version 0900V0YU1BOC4) running lollipop 5.0.
Of course, I want to avoid tripping KNOX if at all possible. I've searched dozens of sites, and hundreds of pages in 30-40 XDA-developers threads, but I haven't found a solution.
If possible, I'd like to not have to downgrade to 4.x first. Thanks in advance!!
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Knox is not even an issue with the Dev edition anyhow. Just be wary of what has already been stated so you don't turn your Dev phone into a retail version.
Hello, is this possible, to flash custom firmware without knox 0x1? I saw somewhere that someone wrote about how the ODIN, but I do not know if it's true.
Repo92 said:
Hello, is this possible, to flash custom firmware without knox 0x1? I saw somewhere that someone wrote about how the ODIN, but I do not know if it's true.
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first of all this is the wrong forum to ask questions and secondly look here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s5/general/how-to-root-triggering-knox-2nd-method-t2843044
i guess that is the answer to your question on flashing without tripping knox. on the side note, next time pls search
Sorry and thanks