Hi guys i recently just myself a galaxy s5. I noticed that a few of mates got an update on their s5's but not on mine? Still stuck on the 4.4.2. I've tried to update it but this pops up "operating system on your device has been modified in an unauthorized way. Try downloading software updates using samsung kies on your pc or visit a customer service centre." At the moment i don't have my comouter on me (long story).
You'll need a PC
Stock ROM from sammobile dot com
ODIN on PC to flash it
You could try fully unrooting it if that's what's making it custom, by opening SuperSU (If that has been installed) and using the fully unroot option in settings
But if you have a custom recovery or kernel, or ROM, you'll need the PC and ODIN method
If the OP has root access, he could try flashing the stock firmware/rom with flashfire or Mobile Odin.......pc not necessary.......
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keithross39 said:
If the OP has root access, he could try flashing the stock firmware/rom with flashfire or Mobile Odin.......pc not necessary.......
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Might be difficult downloading the ROM and extracting it using just a phone, but yea if OP has the ROM, nice tip
*Detection* said:
Might be difficult downloading the ROM and extracting it using just a phone, but yea if OP has the ROM, nice tip
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Yeah....true.....
Just posted my suggestion as OP said he has no access to a PC at the moment....didn't think about the downloading side of things.....
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Always good to have more than one method
These days though, you're not usually far away from a PC, sure OP could borrow one if needed
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I recently bought Galaxy S5 G900F and i tried to flash few custom roms but it just won't boot, it gets stuck at first Samsung screen (the black and white one) and it hangs there, the phone is properly rooted, i've tried to flash roms with both TWRP and ClockworkMod, all goes well and after reboot it gets stuck...i'm not new in all of this and i did it countless times before on my other phones including another S5, i also have Galaxy Alpha which is running custom rom and like i said i had S5 before, and never had any issues with flashing custom roms...flashing custom recovery, supersu and in the end custom rom goes without any issues, then after reboot it get's stuck, and that happens with every single custom rom. I'm running stock Lollipop btw. Any suggestions?
Did you try wiping dalvik and cache and factory resetting (all) in recovery before booting?.....sometimes that's all it needs.....
Also, don't forget that the first boot of ANY custom rom can take longer than you'd expect.......
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keithross39 said:
Did you try wiping dalvik and cache and factory resetting (all) in recovery before booting?.....sometimes that's all it needs.....
Also, don't forget that the first boot of ANY custom rom can take longer than you'd expect.......
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Yes, i did all that, like so many times before but this time nothing works. I know that first boot can take longer but it doesn't get stuck on a Samsung boot animation but on a first screen, it doesn't even start to boot.
What's the difference between this S5 and your other one?.......
Was the other unit running stock KK?
If it was, maybe you could try flashing THIS unit to stock KK, then rooting it, CWMing it and custom flashing it from the KK base........
That's the only other thing I can think of......
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But one thing to bear in mind, I've read that you have to be REALLY thorough with the wipes when reverting back from Lollipop......Some people have said that wiping data at least TWICE is necessary or booting problems will be faced.....
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keithross39 said:
What's the difference between this S5 and your other one?.......
Was the other unit running stock KK?
If it was, maybe you could try flashing THIS unit to stock KK, then rooting it, CWMing it and custom flashing it from the KK base........
That's the only other thing I can think of......
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Both are European G900F, and the other one was running 5.0 also, and i never had any problems with installing and booting custom roms...i really don't know what's wrong here.
I know that the version of CWM/TWRP have to be compatible with whatever version of custom rom you are trying to flash.......could there be an issue there?
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keithross39 said:
I know that the version of CWM/TWRP have to be compatible with whatever version of custom rom you are trying to flash.......could there be an issue there?
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Both CWM and TWRP are for this S5 variant....i'm gonna try flashing some CyanogenMod rom and see what will happen then, all the roms i couldn't boot are N4 and S6 ports
I just booted CM12....same recovery, same everything and it booted in like a minute or two...
I guess that means you're sorted then?......
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I guess that means you're sorted then?......
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Yes, thanks a lot for your quick replies....I needed KT TWRP for S6 and N4 rom ports....
Guys is there any way to install xposed on lollipop s5 ?
From what I've read, the only way (at the moment) is to install the framework through (custom) recovery......
With KitKat, it was possible to install as an app.
Also bear in mind that not all the modules are ready for use with lollipop......
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tornido067 said:
Guys is there any way to install xposed on lollipop s5 ?
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No there is no way to "install" it. You will have to modify core system files and then make a flashable zip and then maybe it will work after installing the app, but it's in extreme alpha mode and i would advice you to not try and make it work based on the "help plz" title even though bootloop is the worst thing that can happen while trying to make xposed work.
Ya there is a way to install for sure via custom recovery
Luckily i have xposed frmawork pre installed on the current custom rom um using
Thx for your frank answer : D
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From what I've read, the only way (at the moment) is to install the framework through (custom) recovery......
With KitKat, it was possible to install as an app.
Also bear in mind that not all the modules are ready for use with lollipop......
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Yup thanks mate.i guess am going to wait for rovo to find a solution for this issue.
Yeah....that's the main reason I'm sticking with KitKat for now.....xposed compatibility......
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tornido067 said:
Guys is there any way to install xposed on lollipop s5 ?
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Follow this guide bro
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=60427640&postcount=6
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Follow this guide bro
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=60427640&postcount=6
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Thanks bro !
Hi guys I have a Samsung Galaxy S5 G900F in the UK on 4.4.2 KitKat Stock Rom, rooted with towel root and Knox 0x0.
Unfortunately my usb port has damaged today and I cannot charge or connect to PC. I need to send my phone for repair to Samsung under warranty.
I understand they will factory reset my device after repair. So I need to unroot my phone and bring it back to official status without tripping the Knox counter. Can someone advice me how to get it back to official status? thanks
P.s. I did try to unroot it within the chainfire SuperSU app and it did unroot but however when I went to "about" phone to test the software update, it said my phone is modified. So any help here please. Thanks
It's various difficult and dangerous to unroot without the use of a PC. You can try to use mobile ODIN as that appears to be the only solution now.... or take the phone to a 3rd party shop.
What if i unroot within the Superuser app, and do a factory reset from settings, and then a factory reset from stock recovery? Would that do the trick?
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No. I tried to unroot using the full unroot button and it unroofed but system was still custom. Have to reflash the stock firmware to get it back to official.
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No. I tried to unroot using the full unroot button and it unroofed but system was still custom. Have to reflash the stock firmware to get it back to official.
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Could i flash stock rom through mobile odin pro or flashfire? Before i unroot it.
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Could i flash stock rom through mobile odin pro or flashfire? Before i unroot it.
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Mobile odin maybe, but not Flashfire as (I believe) with FF, you still need to use odin to flash bootloader and modem after the FF flash. If you are on 4.4.2 Mobile Odin should work, but not for 5.0 if i read correctly......
BUT....
You're in a catch 22 position, if the flash goes bad you can only recover with PC Odin, and at the moment, you can't.....this is entirely your choice, but if it were me, I'd not be risking it.....
http://i.imgur.com/rVnFwJM.jpg
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Mobile odin maybe, but not Flashfire as (I believe) with FF, you still need to use odin to flash bootloader and modem after the FF flash. If you are on 4.4.2 Mobile Odin should work, but not for 5.0 if i read correctly......
BUT....
You're in a catch 22 position, if the flash goes bad you can only recover with PC Odin, and at the moment, you can't.....this is entirely your choice, but if it were me, I'd not be risking it.....
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I cant seem to find any posts on flashing to stock with mobile odin on any forum.
If i hold the cable in a particular position it connects to pc, but it can disconnect if it moves a tiny bit even.
If i did it via pc odin and the cable disconnected, would that brick the phone aswel?
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A usb disconnection mid odin flash will more than likely irrecoverably brick your device.....
Here is the Mobile Odin thread....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1347899
Mobile Odin lite.....post 1
Required flash kernel.....post 13
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A usb disconnection mid odin flash will more than likely irrecoverably brick your device.....
Here is the Mobile Odin thread....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1347899
Mobile Odin lite.....post 1
Required flash kernel.....post 13
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Thank you, could you please advice me how to do this process, i am not familiar with kernals and mobile odin.
So far i have purchased the mobile odin pro app and downloaded stock firmware from sammobile and put it on the external sd card. And downloaded the kernal from post #13.
Some instructions would be greatful, thank you.
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Ok...If you purchased the pro version, you won't need that flash kernel as mobile odin will download and install it for you.
The firmware needs to be unzipped to its tar md5 file.
Open the app, let it dl and install the flash kernel then use the in app file explorer to navigate to the firmware file location and select it. It will tell you what partitions have been loaded. Enable all the wipes (very importsnt), uncheck ever root and the option to re install mobile odin.
Then press start.....let Mobile Odin complete the md5 check then it will flash the firmware......
All you have to do is sit back and wait.
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Ok...If you purchased the pro version, you won't need that flash kernel as mobile odin will download and install it for you.
The firmware needs to be unzipped to its tar md5 file.
Open the app, let it dl and install the flash kernel then use the in app file explorer to navigate to the firmware file location and select it. It will tell you what partitions have been loaded. Enable all the wipes (very importsnt), uncheck ever root and the option to re install mobile odin.
Then press start.....let Mobile Odin complete the md5 check then it will flash the firmware......
All you have to do is sit back and wait.
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Thank you. I will try this later and report back
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You might want to get the mods to delete the duplicate thread fella......
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You might want to get the mods to delete the duplicate thread fella......
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Hi mate, i just attempted to use mobile odin now and it gave me a message saying it will trip the knox counter on my device. That seems like it is defeating the purpose of my use? does it trip the Knox counter even when flashing stock firmware? please confirm. thanks
Oh? That's the first I've heard of that.....
I can't answer with any certainty as although I have used Mobile Odin on other devices, I've not yet used it on my S5......
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This thread.....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2843044
....would indicate that using mobile odin does NOT trip knox......
As far as i was aware, flashing Samsung 'signed' official software will leave knox intact.....it's only if you flash 'unsigned' unauthorised software that knox is triggered.....
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Okay so with a big risk i managed to flash stock firmware via pc odin by holding the usb cable tight in position while flashing so now im all official now. Just wondering if the samsung authorised dealer would repair the usb port free under warranty or there would be a charge?
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Okay so with a big risk i managed to flash stock firmware via pc odin by holding the usb cable tight in position while flashing so now im all official now. Just wondering if the samsung authorised dealer would repair the usb port free under warranty or there would be a charge?
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If you live in the EU and you can prove your phone is less than 2 years old, the repair will be covered by the warranty.....
That is the law.....in my phones box, I have a 'warranty card' that states Samsung will comply with this too.....
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If you live in the EU and you can prove your phone is less than 2 years old, the repair will be covered by the warranty.....
That is the law.....in my phones box, I have a 'warranty card' that states Samsung will comply with this too.....
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Im in the UK, my warranty expires in August this year. But im not sure if a damaged usb port is covered under warranty
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It *is* hardware, and you could argue that it is reasonable to expect that it should last more than 2 years. It just depends on how it became damaged and whether there are any signs of 'unusual', unexpected damage.....
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It *is* hardware, and you could argue that it is reasonable to expect that it should last more than 2 years. It just depends on how it became damaged and whether there are any signs of 'unusual', unexpected damage.....
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Just gave my phone in to the authorised samsung dealer, he inspected it and said it seems like a unusual damage, and its 50-50 if samsung will repair it under warranty but fingers crossed.
He also said if samsung see it as a damage than a fault, they will reject to fix it, and it would cost me £33 handling charge to get the phone back to the dealer who i submitted my phone to. So i will know in 5-10 working days.
Thanks
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@kuljit55 Just PM'd you fella....
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So today I went out and got me a Note T-mobile Note 4 off CL. The jackhole I bought it from forgot to mention the phone was modded but anyways that's Craigslist right? [emoji16] so I went and tried to factory reset which took me to a screen I believe is a custom recovery but want to verify. There was no SU or any root apps installed. Since I was going to mod phone anyway I'm not too worried but would like an Idea of what should do as far as updating/changing since I'm new to Samsung forums. Attached pic of recovery and my about phone. Any help much appreciated!
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So today I went out and got me a Note T-mobile Note 4 off CL. The jackhole I bought it from forgot to mention the phone was modded but anyways that's Craigslist right? [emoji16] so I went and tried to factory reset which took me to a screen I believe is a custom recovery but want to verify. There was no SU or any root apps installed. Since I was going to mod phone anyway I'm not too worried but would like an Idea of what should do as far as updating/changing since I'm new to Samsung forums. Attached pic of recovery and my about phone. Any help much appreciated!
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that's the stock recovery.
if you want to root it look into TWRP and CF autoroot, or a custom rom if you want that :good:
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that's the stock recovery.
if you want to root it look into TWRP and CF autoroot, or a custom rom if you want that :good:
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Cool, that's what I was trying to verify I just didn't want to start following any guide not knowing if a custom or stock recovery was installed. I do get the
'Kernel is not seandroid enforcing'
'Set warranty bit: Kernel'
Message when I start the phone and in bootloader Knox count shows 1. Also Knox app keeps FC every time I start the device. My whole question here is since I know the device has been messed w but don't know exactly what they did to get it bk to stock, would it be better for me to get it bk to 100% stock and start over and avoid a brick? If so should I do it through kies?
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Cool, that's what I was trying to verify I just didn't want to start following any guide not knowing if a custom or stock recovery was installed. I do get the
'Kernel is not seandroid enforcing'
'Set warranty bit: Kernel'
Message when I start the phone and in bootloader Knox count shows 1. Also Knox app keeps FC every time I start the device. My whole question here is since I know the device has been messed w but don't know exactly what they did to get it bk to stock, would it be better for me to get it bk to 100% stock and start over and avoid a brick? If so should I do it through kies?
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I see that Knox has already been tripped, however if you're going to I stall a port or custom ROM, it's better IMO to drop anything related to Knox anyways. Are you planning to install TWRP and CFAutoroot?
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I see that Knox has already been tripped, however if you're going to I stall a port or custom ROM, it's better IMO to drop anything related to Knox anyways. Are you planning to install TWRP and CFAutoroot?
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Yes the plan is definitely to root and custom recovery so I can flash other stuff. The reason I ask if I should just reset via kies is because the phone is extremely laggy so I just don't know what exactly the prev owner did. This way I would just start w a clean slate. Do you recommend?
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DroidManIc said:
Yes the plan is definitely to root and custom recovery so I can flash other stuff. The reason I ask if I should just reset via kies is because the phone is extremely laggy so I just don't know what exactly the prev owner did. This way I would just start w a clean slate. Do you recommend?
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since you want to root and such...
look for TWRP, flash that so you have a custom recovery
look for SuperSu and flash that so you have root, or download and flash a rom that you want.
your possibilities are endless now :good:
hey guys,
I have a rom flashed on my s4 i9505 (called virgin rom, something like that). I'm using my s4 now because I lost my note 4 on a night out. Thing is, I know that I have no root access, I've checked very thoroughly but I have a rom flashed from when I used to use it. I want to root my s4 now, but to be safe, I just wanted to check: CAN I ROOT MY S4 USING WHATEVER METHOD WITH A CUSTOM ROM ALREDY FLASHED? Do I have to do anything before I go ahead and root my phone, like flash a stock rom or something like that?
Many thanks.
Some ROMs, like cm13.1, can enable root access under developer settings.
If it's not there and you're sure the ROM is not rooted, you could flash supersu from a custom recovery.
Do you have a link to the ROM?
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hey guys,
I have a rom flashed on my s4 i9505 (called virgin rom, something like that). I'm using my s4 now because I lost my note 4 on a night out. Thing is, I know that I have no root access, I've checked very thoroughly but I have a rom flashed from when I used to use it. I want to root my s4 now, but to be safe, I just wanted to check: CAN I ROOT MY S4 USING WHATEVER METHOD WITH A CUSTOM ROM ALREDY FLASHED? Do I have to do anything before I go ahead and root my phone, like flash a stock rom or something like that?
Many thanks.
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Virgin rom for GTi-9505 is moded GPE rom and SuperSu should come with that rom. You might did un-root in the past. Check with app like root-checker for the root access.
To root, you do not have to go back to stock unless you do not like your GPE rom.
Yep this ROM does have SuperSU but when I go into it, it says that i'm "not rooted properly."
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Thanks for responding,
This rom came with SuperSU, but when I go into the app, it say that I'm "not rooted properly"
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Try flashing an updated version of supersu from a custom recovery.
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Try flashing an updated version of supersu from a custom recovery.
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I don't have root access at all, I've confirmed it by checking in every possible way. I really want to root my s4 safely but would it be OK if I rooted my phone using whatever method when my phone has a custom ROM flashed? Can I just root it right now without any worries?
Many thanks.
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If the phone were mine, I would re-flashing the ROM to see if that restores root access. If that doesn't work and I still want the same ROM, I would flash supersu from recovery to root it.
I understand your worry over bricking the phone. Unfortunately, flashing will carry a risk of bricking the phone.
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If the phone were mine, I would re-flashing the ROM to see if that restores root access. If that doesn't work and I still want the same ROM, I would flash supersu from recovery to root it.
I understand your worry over bricking the phone. Unfortunately, flashing will carry a risk of bricking the phone.
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I see, so if I was to root my phone now should I first flash a stock rom or something like that?
Many thanks.
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audit13 said:
If the phone were mine, I would re-flashing the ROM to see if that restores root access. If that doesn't work and I still want the same ROM, I would flash supersu from recovery to root it.
I understand your worry over bricking the phone. Unfortunately, flashing will carry a risk of bricking the phone.
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I'm not sure if the phone was ever rooted in the first place because it's been so long since I've used it.
Many thanks.
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Do you have a link to the ROM you flashed? Is it the Play Edition?
I see this ROM for the jflte: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2537495
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Try flashing an updated version of supersu from a custom recovery.
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Before I flashed the SuperSU.zip, SuperSU app was on the phone and it was saying the phone was not rooted properly, but now it's gone after flashing SuperSU.zip. I've tried everything at this stage. Do you think it would be safe to just root the phone now in its current state?:
1. Custom ROM is flashed
2. Clockworkmod as recovery
3. According to terminal emulator, titanium backup and root checker, i HAVE NO PROPER ROOT ACCESS.
Many thanks.
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audit13 said:
Some ROMs, like cm13.1, can enable root access under developer settings.
If it's not there and you're sure the ROM is not rooted, you could flash supersu from a custom recovery.
Do you have a link to the ROM?
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I don't have a link to the rom, but i know that it's relatively old. It's a GPE android version 4.3. the rom came with SuperSU but when I went into SuperSU app, it said I wasn't rooted.
Many thanks.
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I would not use CWM, I would switch to TWRP and then flash supersu. You may not even have to flash supersu as TWRP may be able to root the phone.
audit13 said:
I would not use CWM, I would switch to TWRP and then flash supersu. You may not even have to flash supersu as TWRP may be able to root the phone.
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I'm going to try that this evening
Many many thanks
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