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Any help is greatly appreciated
Need to mail back my i337 (MF3) to Walmart, it's rooted Kingo method, safestrap, and custom rom.
Presume to return it to stock, the steps are:
1) Return to stock ROM in safestrap, which I just did, so I can delete the custom rom
2) Delete custom ROM slot in safestrap
3) Remove safestrap (looks like ADB is the only way?, haven't used it before, but reading up on it)
4) Unroot with Kingo
5) Factory reset to delete any personal info
Thanks
I have the same question, just for general knowledge.
I am rooted with the other MF3 method, if that makes any difference.
M973 said:
Any help is greatly appreciated
Need to mail back my i337 (MF3) to Walmart, it's rooted Kingo method, safestrap, and custom rom.
Presume to return it to stock, the steps are:
1) Return to stock ROM in safestrap, which I just did, so I can delete the custom rom
2) Delete custom ROM slot in safestrap
3) Remove safestrap (looks like ADB is the only way?, haven't used it before, but reading up on it)
4) Unroot with Kingo
5) Factory reset to delete any personal info
Thanks
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Sounds like that should work. The ADB Method does work for removing safestrap. Also, did you remove or freeze any ATT Bloat? You may have some problems if you factory reset with missing att bloatware.
OP, once you have successfully got the device fully back to unrooted stock, it would awesome if you posted the steps you took. chances are there are many more like you that at some point will need to prep their devices for a fix. they could benefit from what you find out. cheers
xBeerdroiDx said:
OP, once you have successfully got the device fully back to unrooted stock, it would awesome if you posted the steps you took. chances are there are many more like you that at some point will need to prep their devices for a fix. they could benefit from what you find out. cheers
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I performed all the steps I mentioned in the OP, ADB was difficult for the first time, installing it, getting to shell command, luckily there was info online, videos
After I un-rooted with Kingo one click, and re-booted, saw SU was gone. I didn't freeze any apps, so the next thing I'll do is a factory reset, which is optional, just to remove any personal info, but appears to be all back to stock.
M973 said:
I performed all the steps I mentioned in the OP, ADB was difficult for the first time, installing it, getting to shell command, luckily there was info online, videos
After I un-rooted with Kingo one click, and re-booted, saw SU was gone. I didn't freeze any apps, so the next thing I'll do is a factory reset, which is optional, just to remove any personal info, but appears to be all back to stock.
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Would you mind adding all details on your OP please? Specifically what ADB commands you used... It would be great to have a "dumby proof" guide
Are the ADB commands the same across carriers? ATT... Verizon... International... GE... etc? I have Vzw GS4 ME7 locked running Safestrap with GE 6.0 ROM BTW
Ok I have been trying for a week to install and run roms, I was able to get 1 rom working, don't remember which on at the moment.
I have Rooted the phone, installed Safestrap 3.75, also in the process of messing with it over the week I have tripped Knox, But no Big deal.
I have have tried to install nc2 using the instructions in http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2543386 the one that says "IF YOU ARE ON NC4 (Official VZW OTA) Follow The Below Instructions" with NO Luck, All I got was the boot screen before the safestrap screen and then Nothing, Black screen!
What I am trying to do is get it to where I can use the rom slots in the Safestrap and run Hyperdrive rom in a rom slot along with other roms in the other slots
So far I have tried so many things I lost track and I have had to use ODIN about 5 times to re-install the Stock roms because I messed it up so bad it would not even go into safestrap
Any help would be appreciated.
Update: I guess i did not stand on my head the right way or something like that! LOL
All I had to do was follow this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2787627 and got things going
Zenman2010 said:
Ok I have been trying for a week to install and run roms, I was able to get 1 rom working, don't remember which on at the moment.
I have Rooted the phone, installed Safestrap 3.75, also in the process of messing with it over the week I have tripped Knox, But no Big deal.
I have have tried to install nc2 using the instructions in http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2543386 the one that says "IF YOU ARE ON NC4 (Official VZW OTA) Follow The Below Instructions" with NO Luck, All I got was the boot screen before the safestrap screen and then Nothing, Black screen!
What I am trying to do is get it to where I can use the rom slots in the Safestrap and run Hyperdrive rom in a rom slot along with other roms in the other slots
So far I have tried so many things I lost track and I have had to use ODIN about 5 times to re-install the Stock roms because I messed it up so bad it would not even go into safestrap
Any help would be appreciated.
Update: I guess i did not stand on my head the right way or something like that! LOL
All I had to do was follow this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2787627 and got things going
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I was just about to send there, glad you got it going...
Hello all, I come asking for help. I recently had an issue with my note 3. I tried to update my twrp with the twrp manager, I had safestrap 3.75 and then used the twrp manager to try and flash the new 3.8.4.0 twrp, but after it flashed I went to recovery and tried to install cm12 but kept getting the error "this build is for hltevzw, you have a ." When trying to install. So I went full stock, flashed the new stock stuff via odin. Then rerooted with towelroot, installed superSU, then the safestrap 3.75. Now I can get to safestrap recovery, but if I try to install cm12, I will follow directions, flash rom, flash gapps, then I've tried flashing superSU as some have suggested, and tried not flashing superSU, but then my phone reboots, goes past the splash screen showing the unlock and says custom, sits at a black screen for a while, then reboots. Only when it reboots, at the splash screen it says loafing recovery in red at the top, then I get a screen saying that custom software has been detected and I need to take the phone in to Verizon or something like that. The only way to get out of it is to shut down, boot into download, and then hit volume down to cancel. It just keeps doing that same thing over and over. I was able to get eclipse rom installed, but cm12 always does the same thing. I've also gone into the safestrap 3.75 recovery and flashed the twrp 3.8.4.0, it says it was successful, but then I'll reboot, get to the safestrap screen, hit recovery, and it is still the older one with safestrap 3.75, not the updated one I just flashed. If I try to shut down my phone and power on using volume up, home, and power, I get the stock recovery saying that it has detected custom software and blah blah blah. So, I have a bunch of problems and honestly I am not sure what is going on. I have scoured the Web for 3 days now trying to find instructions on updating the recovery, every single one is the same as I described above with the same outcome. I've also been searching for how to install cm12, with the same results. Can anyone help me, I am so annoyed, lost, confused, and just.... please help. Thank you.
Tldr; recovery stuck on safestrap 3.75 regardless of flashing the newer twrp 3.8.4.0, and when trying to reboot into recovery using volume up, home, and power, I get the stock recovery with a message saying custom software detected. Please help.... please. I am on hltevzw with nc4. Rooted with towelroot, and safestrap 3.75.
you have a retail note 3 cm12 is for the dev edition the retail bootloader will only load samsung based firmware note 3 or 4 or the s5 are possible but all with touchwiz running the samsung kernel.
if you had a dev note 3 it has an unlockable bootloader and you needed to unlock that first.
If you had a dev unit and updated it via kies you just turned it into a retail unit permanently...
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you have a retail note 3 cm12 is for the dev edition the retail bootloader will only load samsung based firmware note 3 or 4 or the s5 are possible but all with touchwiz running the samsung kernel.
if you had a dev note 3 it has an unlockable bootloader and you needed to unlock that first.
If you had a dev unit and updated it via kies you just turned it into a retail unit permanently...
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I do have the Verizon version, so no dev ed here, but tamasek has put out a version of cm12 that works on the verizon, sprint, and t-mobile versions of the note 3. I realize it's unofficial and we aren't supposed to post about problems with unofficial builds, but my problem covers more than just cm12 not working. I never knew that tidbit about upgrading via kies ruins dev edition though, that's a trip.
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I do have the Verizon version, so no dev ed here, but tamasek has put out a version of cm12 that works on the verizon, sprint, and t-mobile versions of the note 3. I realize it's unofficial and we aren't supposed to post about problems with unofficial builds, but my problem covers more than just cm12 not working. I never knew that tidbit about upgrading via kies ruins dev edition though, that's a trip.
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Yep kies loads the retail bootloader and since it is the exact same hardware with the exception of an unlock able bootloader and a dev bit flipped the retail bootloader will load to it and flip the dev bit off... it may work or hard brick the unit i can't remember i want to say the unit worked and was for all intents a retail unit after that.
I can't find any thing on a version of cm12 for the retail version also sprint and t-mobile don't count those devices don't have locked bootloader I was looking to confirm but I know the t-mobile one was unlocked looking at the sprint section that one seems like it too.
only att and Verizon locked them... and Verizon has the $ 700 dev units in which all that was done is a bit was flipped and an unlock able bootloader installed.
just found his thread on it yes his cm12 is for dev units on Verizon only...
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Yep kies loads the retail bootloader and since it is the exact same hardware with the exception of an unlock able bootloader and a dev bit flipped the retail bootloader will load to it and flip the dev bit off... it may work or hard brick the unit i can't remember i want to say the unit worked and was for all intents a retail unit after that.
I can't find any thing on a version of cm12 for the retail version also sprint and t-mobile don't count those devices don't have locked bootloader I was looking to confirm but I know the t-mobile one was unlocked looking at the sprint section that one seems like it too.
only att and Verizon locked them... and Verizon has the $ 700 dev units in which all that was done is a bit was flipped and an unlock able bootloader installed.
just found his thread on it yes his cm12 is for dev units on Verizon only...
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The one I was trying to load up was from here https://s.basketbuild.com/devs/temasek/Samsung Galaxy Note 3 - HLTEVZW/CM12/Old
it's for dev editions only? That is a huge disappointment, I was really hoping to get some android Learn on my phone
Do you have any idea why, after I flash the twrp 3.8.4.0 recovery from safestrap recovery, after I reboot I am still showing safestrap and the older twrp. It's like the new version flashes, but then just disappears and the old version loads up.
Thank you for all your help man, I really appreciate it.
danwguy said:
The one I was trying to load up was from here https://s.basketbuild.com/devs/temasek/Samsung Galaxy Note 3 - HLTEVZW/CM12/Old
it's for dev editions only? That is a huge disappointment, I was really hoping to get some android Learn on my phone
Do you have any idea why, after I flash the twrp 3.8.4.0 recovery from safestrap recovery, after I reboot I am still showing safestrap and the older twrp. It's like the new version flashes, but then just disappears and the old version loads up.
Thank you for all your help man, I really appreciate it.
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Because TWRP doesn't work on the Verizon Note 3...that is why SafeStrap exists. Safestrap is based on TWRP but is not TWRP.
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donc113 said:
Because TWRP doesn't work on the Verizon Note 3...that is why SafeStrap exists. Safestrap is based on TWRP but is not TWRP.
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They exist in different areas of memory safe strap essentially hijacks the boot process before the phone can boot and tells it to instead boot this way if you want to update the version of twrp it us using you need to update safestrap it is what is holding us back from 4.4.4 and it will be what slows 5.0 unless someone updates safestrap or comes up with something new. All I know is I'm going to get a nexus next time I'm done with this locked bootloader bull****.
Thank you guys both for your help. I completely understand what you guys are saying. I guess I got confused because I found an official twrp 3.8.4.0 for hltevzw, so I thought it should work. I'm wondering how hard it would actually be to put the newer version of twrp into safestrap. I know the person that was building it is no longer developing it, so does that mean that we are pretty much not getting 5.0 unless we wait for Verizon to push it?
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Thank you guys both for your help. I completely understand what you guys are saying. I guess I got confused because I found an official twrp 3.8.4.0 for hltevzw, so I thought it should work. I'm wondering how hard it would actually be to put the newer version of twrp into safestrap. I know the person that was building it is no longer developing it, so does that mean that we are pretty much not getting 5.0 unless we wait for Verizon to push it?
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Not necessarily the developers working on jasmine have been claiming to be working on a replacement for safestrap.
Verizon will eventually push out 5.0 but I doubt it will be anytime soon even then if I don't have root I don't want so I am not sure what I'll end up doing I'll try to wait it out maybe a mistake will happen and 5.0 will have some thing that leads to a bl unlock. If only they would make root an option like the dev menu...
and my prediction for when verizon will put out 5.0 I would say October is not out of range. Also it will likely be the note 3's last update that Verizon gives.
Well the title says alot... let me explain..
I've got a note 5 and LG g5. This note 3 is an extra phone. So I figured I would root and rom it.
I started on 4.4.2 and it wouldn't boot...
Ran Odin 3.09 and loaded pl1...couldn't root.
Ran Odin 3.09 again with ob6. Root success.
I then followed instructions for unlock_n3 for the bootloader and also installed twrp.
Last night I went on a spree with roms trying to find a working rom with data... no success... I felt like I was doing something wrong so I went back to Odin and ran ob6 again which is where I'm at now.
In the process I dev'd my phone... and now I cannot get root and lost twrp in the process.
Did I eff up?
What's next from here? I don't care about Knox and like I said I've got 2 other phones both working and paid off. This is my "car phone". I use it for music and that's about it. That being said I would rather have working data instead of using my note 5 with Hotspot mode.
My device is now hlte... not hltevzw... I think I did something very wrong. Please halp.
If it helps I did take pictures along the way when running the unlock_n3 over adb. I've got the original emmc ID but I'm not sure if this step is reversable.
I also made a backup with twrp... but it seems my SD card was wiped at some point last night.
Please don't flame... I admit this was my stupidity and I'm sure I'm not the only one who makes mistakes. At this point I'll be happy with anything 5.0 and root. As I said above if Knox is a concern I don't really care. Phones paid off... and I've got a note 5 and when that dies I'll get a 7. Also have LG g5 as a backup.
What are my options now oh wise xda gods?
Edit: I ran arabictool again, and got a 5.0 not found error. Decided to try kingoroot, and it says succeeded, however upon running root checker, it says "Sorry! Root access is not properly installed on this device"
Edit2: After trying edit 1... im now im a bootloop, and I check vol+, home, and power and twrp is indeed gone.
When I get home I plan to Odin OB6 again, as it worked, and since i've already done it once I assume I cant do any further damage :\
Edit3: I've successfully flash back to OB6, and as expected, ive finally tripped knox. Damn near 5 years with a note 3, and JUST tripped it. Not bad if I do say so my self... although, theres still more work to be done :\
GGRRRR, I wont give up so easily! But I could use some advice
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Well the title says alot... let me explain..
I've got a note 5 and LG g5. This note 3 is an extra phone. So I figured I would root and rom it.
I started on 4.4.2 and it wouldn't boot...
Ran Odin 3.09 and loaded pl1...couldn't root.
Ran Odin 3.09 again with ob6. Root success.
I then followed instructions for unlock_n3 for the bootloader and also installed twrp.
Last night I went on a spree with roms trying to find a working rom with data... no success... I felt like I was doing something wrong so I went back to Odin and ran ob6 again which is where I'm at now.
In the process I dev'd my phone... and now I cannot get root and lost twrp in the process.
Did I eff up?
What's next from here? I don't care about Knox and like I said I've got 2 other phones both working and paid off. This is my "car phone". I use it for music and that's about it. That being said I would rather have working data instead of using my note 5 with Hotspot mode.
My device is now hlte... not hltevzw... I think I did something very wrong. Please halp.
If it helps I did take pictures along the way when running the unlock_n3 over adb. I've got the original emmc ID but I'm not sure if this step is reversable.
I also made a backup with twrp... but it seems my SD card was wiped at some point last night.
Please don't flame... I admit this was my stupidity and I'm sure I'm not the only one who makes mistakes. At this point I'll be happy with anything 5.0 and root. As I said above if Knox is a concern I don't really care. Phones paid off... and I've got a note 5 and when that dies I'll get a 7. Also have LG g5 as a backup.
What are my options now oh wise xda gods?
Edit: I ran arabictool again, and got a 5.0 not found error. Decided to try kingoroot, and it says succeeded, however upon running root checker, it says "Sorry! Root access is not properly installed on this device"
Edit2: After trying edit 1... im now im a bootloop, and I check vol+, home, and power and twrp is indeed gone.
When I get home I plan to Odin OB6 again, as it worked, and since i've already done it once I assume I cant do any further damage :\
Edit3: I've successfully flash back to OB6, and as expected, ive finally tripped knox. Damn near 5 years with a note 3, and JUST tripped it. Not bad if I do say so my self... although, theres still more work to be done :\
GGRRRR, I wont give up so easily! But I could use some advice
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You need to go thru your original steps again, root, unlock and then TWRP make sure it is the hltevzw version,
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donc113 said:
You need to go thru your original steps again, root, unlock and then TWRP make sure it is the hltevzw version,
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Thanks for the reply, as of edit 3, I am back on OB6, and cannot seem to get root. Are my chances better with OF1?
Ive tried yemen tools (says 5.0 not found)
I've tried kingo root (says successful, never reboots, and shows "this phone root isnt properly setup" when checking with root checker from joey kilm (think thats his name)
Does it matter my emmc ID is ending with 43100?
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/221482708063223809/378367914388094981/image.png <- image from unlock_n3 after success, emmc checker shows same value AFTER odin ob6 (this held, nothing else did)
Edit: After taking donc's recommendation of OF1, I am now able to run yemen tools. As a side note, I seem to have more bars of service with OF1... coincidence?
Edit2: I HAVE ROOT! on OF1 using yemen tools (downgraded from PL1 to OB6 finally to OB1 and it worked.) Now to re-unlock bootloader. Thanks guys for the support thus far, this is a journey and having qualified accomplices makes this SOOOO much easier.
So heres where im at now.. as a recap for personal use, and anyone else who may be on a similar path.
Start to finish, this is what I did, where im at now, and where I want to be by tonight
Got phone, 4.4.2 with bootloop, couldn't find 4.4.2 firmware online
Flashed 5.0 (PL1), no root available.
Flashed 5.0 (OB6) rooted, unlocked boot loader, twrp, played with roms, got frustrated, re-flashed OB6 and couldn't root again (seems flimsy)
Flashed 5.0 (OF1) rooted, unlocked boot loader, verified several times root is working. Installed SuperSu and busybox.
This is where im at now, about to install twrp since i've done this already with ob6, and was working fine (though, I would prefer to have philz, and multi rom slots)
This entire process i've been using Odin 3.09, Twrp 3.0.2-1. My note 3 has been changed to a dev ID ending in 3100 (see above posts) this seems to have held through entire process with multiple recoveries.
I am going to make a full backup (again...) and unlike last time... store this copy onto my PC instead of SDcard alone... this was my mistake, and I need to learn from it.
For the @dev's out there, is there anything I can provide to help this overall process and community in general? I'm fairly literate in adb/linux and have no issues running commands, uploading files, or anything similar.
Shout out to @donc113 above for stating the obvious (since i failed to search and find the proper methods) as well as giving me the kick in the pants I needed to push onwards and succeed. Thanks brotha. :good:
tbonedude said:
So heres where im at now.. as a recap for personal use, and anyone else who may be on a similar path.
Start to finish, this is what I did, where im at now, and where I want to be by tonight
Got phone, 4.4.2 with bootloop, couldn't find 4.4.2 firmware online
Flashed 5.0 (PL1), no root available.
Flashed 5.0 (OB6) rooted, unlocked boot loader, twrp, played with roms, got frustrated, re-flashed OB6 and couldn't root again (seems flimsy)
Flashed 5.0 (OF1) rooted, unlocked boot loader, verified several times root is working. Installed SuperSu and busybox.
This is where im at now, about to install twrp since i've done this already with ob6, and was working fine (though, I would prefer to have philz, and multi rom slots)
This entire process i've been using Odin 3.09, Twrp 3.0.2-1. My note 3 has been changed to a dev ID ending in 3100 (see above posts) this seems to have held through entire process with multiple recoveries.
I am going to make a full backup (again...) and unlike last time... store this copy onto my PC instead of SDcard alone... this was my mistake, and I need to learn from it.
For the @dev's out there, is there anything I can provide to help this overall process and community in general? I'm fairly literate in adb/linux and have no issues running commands, uploading files, or anything similar.
Shout out to @donc113 above for stating the obvious (since i failed to search and find the proper methods) as well as giving me the kick in the pants I needed to push onwards and succeed. Thanks brotha. :good:
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You're welcome. Just an FYI, the ending of the CID doesn't matter, it's the first 2 numbers that count, and they MUST be 15
I used Flashify (available on Google Play) to load TWRP... worked great (but you must have root and busybox installed to use it to flash TWRP)
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Let me start by saying I never gave rooted phones much though. I knew of them but never even knew anyone that ever had one. I figured the Galaxy S8 (G950U) would be a good phone to start with:laugh: Since it was my first rooted phone I couldn't resist experimenting, a lot. So I would flash this flash that, whatever I thought had a very small chance of working i flashed, lol. I usually would end up having to fireing up Odin and flashing the most important files on my PC, Partcyborg's awesome work, which I can flash with my eyes closed basically by now :laugh: Some things I would flash would just cause me to lose root though. It's driving me nuts not to be able to get it back without Odin. I could use Odin+Partcyborg's rom and have it back in 15 minutes, but I'm tired of being feed I'm ready to hunt, lol.
The thing is, I still have TWRP Safestrap custom recovery that I can access. I flash Supersu, it appears to flash fine but changes nothing, not even an SU icon in the app drawer. I did make SupoerSU Pro a system app a while ago, was that a mistake? I see it in the Apps list in Settings but I can't do much there except disable it and enable it (no it's not disabled,lol)
How can I get root back using custom recovery only? What should I have checked in Safestrap when flashing SuperSU?, Cache, System, Modem, etc? If anyone would care to explain some of the reasons I lose root but not custom recovery it would really calm my curiosity . I'm sure it would help a lot of other noobs also.
Boot animations is another thing that I find very interesting. Trying to change it has been the cause of at least 10 factory resets
I go to /system/media/ and swap out Booitanimation.zip, change the permission then I either get no change or I have reflash with Odin. What is all the files labeled Battery _000 Battery _001 Battery_002 all the way to Battery_100? Does the resolution need to be exactly the same as stock?
Is my rooted S8 not as rooted as other rooted phone? Lol, does that sentence make sense? Because of its locked bootloader and lack of custom roms is why I ask. Am I an idiot for buying a S9+ (G965U) since I love having root? I was hoping someone "cough...Part...cough cough...cyborg would be on it. If not though, no big deal. I do still have the S8 and still use it a lot even though it has no service, lol. Amazing phones not so amazing bootloaders though:laugh:
Thanks for reading. If you only skimmed it, thank you also. I know it's very long, lol. I just found something called a Combination Rom. Since I still have Safestrap I'm gonna do what I usually do, flash it and ask questions later:laugh:
Gregbmil1 said:
Let me start by saying I never gave rooted phones much though. I knew of them but never even knew anyone that ever had one. I figured the Galaxy S8 (G950U) would be a good phone to start with:laugh: Since it was my first rooted phone I couldn't resist experimenting, a lot. So I would flash this flash that, whatever I thought had a very small chance of working i flashed, lol. I usually would end up having to fireing up Odin and flashing the most important files on my PC, Partcyborg's awesome work, which I can flash with my eyes closed basically by now :laugh: Some things I would flash would just cause me to lose root though. It's driving me nuts not to be able to get it back without Odin. I could use Odin+Partcyborg's rom and have it back in 15 minutes, but I'm tired of being feed I'm ready to hunt, lol.
The thing is, I still have TWRP Safestrap custom recovery that I can access. I flash Supersu, it appears to flash fine but changes nothing, not even an SU icon in the app drawer. I did make SupoerSU Pro a system app a while ago, was that a mistake? I see it in the Apps list in Settings but I can't do much there except disable it and enable it (no it's not disabled,lol)
How can I get root back using custom recovery only? What should I have checked in Safestrap when flashing SuperSU?, Cache, System, Modem, etc? If anyone would care to explain some of the reasons I lose root but not custom recovery it would really calm my curiosity . I'm sure it would help a lot of other noobs also.
Boot animations is another thing that I find very interesting. Trying to change it has been the cause of at least 10 factory resets
I go to /system/media/ and swap out Booitanimation.zip, change the permission then I either get no change or I have reflash with Odin. What is all the files labeled Battery _000 Battery _001 Battery_002 all the way to Battery_100? Does the resolution need to be exactly the same as stock?
Is my rooted S8 not as rooted as other rooted phone? Lol, does that sentence make sense? Because of its locked bootloader and lack of custom roms is why I ask. Am I an idiot for buying a S9+ (G965U) since I love having root? I was hoping someone "cough...Part...cough cough...cyborg would be on it. If not though, no big deal. I do still have the S8 and still use it a lot even though it has no service, lol. Amazing phones not so amazing bootloaders though:laugh:
Thanks for reading. If you only skimmed it, thank you also. I know it's very long, lol. I just found something called a Combination Rom. Since I still have Safe-strap I'm gonna do what I usually do, flash it and ask questions later:laugh:
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so the boot animations off top of my head are now located in something something and your carriers folder...The can be changed
Is it actually not rooted or is su just not responding
I have had it where the prompt never comes up and granting all just never works either normally a few reboots later it starts....
the custom rom thing is most def cause of locked boot-loader....
Up til boot-loader revision 2 is all we have root for and cannot be downgraded 3 and up....
I have myself tried flashing stock system img and then su and busy box from safe strap and up til now even this has been a no go...
Safe-strap is cool but basically No better than flashfire.IMO.
I am working with the possible bluetooth fix right now and have bricked and flashed 20 times over in the last 12 hours...
It actually is not rooted anymore after I flashed what claimed to be a boot animation for the G950U. If I open the SuperSU app it points me to a non-working site that has directions on "How to root". Plus all of the apps I have downloaded that require root all tell me I'm not rooted. Oddly enough though I was able to flash Xposed and had a green light once I opened it, (remember I still had SafeStrap recovery) it could only be accessed manually. I was shocked and yet even more confused, lol. I only tried out 2 modules before I reflashed Partcyborgs files again. Again, I was very confused as to why the modules actually worked but root only apps would start , only Xposed modules. I did only try 2 though AdBlocker Reborn and SpeedUp, both acted as if everything was normal . I wonder if it had something to do with making SuperSU a system app, which it no longer is since I reflashed with Odin.
Thanks for the info on the Bootanimation, but still I can't even delete the one I have now, for educational purposes only, Haha. It is a pretty freaking sweat bootanimtion Partcyborg included. I can't find it though T-Mobile (G950U) btw