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[Q] how to update rooted S4 I9500 to official KITKAT

Please can anyone help me with my phone. I want to update my S4 I9500 rooted to Official rom kitkat and root again!! I dont want to brick my phone coz its very typical thing nowadays coz I dont understand. Can anyone tell me step by step it will be appreciated.
*#1234# details:
AP: I9500XXUEMJ8
CP: I9500XXUEMJ8
CSC: I9500OJVEMJ8

More detail about my phone help me please

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Go to www.sammobile.com/firmware
And signup
Then search for your device "gt-i9500"
Download any firmware that you want
Download odin (search google)
And go download mode
Connect you phone to pc
Then extract the firmware.zip and open odin
If you see a blue icon upper left,, you can continue
Then select AP and search for the extracted firmware.tar.md5
And hit start
Then wait until the process done

but sir which one I download ??

annus9214 said:
but sir which one I download ??
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What is your country?

PAKISTAN

Here bro
This is the 4.4.2 update for pakistan
http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/3/?download=27122
But signup first so you can download the file

RubbaBand said:
Here bro
This is the 4.4.2 update for pakistan
http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/3/?download=27122
But signup first so you can download the file
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thanks, downloading after I install it .. whats this ?
Then select AP and search for the extracted firmware.tar.md5 ??

sorry stupid question. after the finish the installation it will be on stock recovery and stock kernal as well ?? can u share the root link as well?

annus9214 said:
thanks, downloading after I install it .. whats this ?
Then select AP and search for the extracted firmware.tar.md5 ??
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The downloaded firmware will be a .zip file
You need to extract it with winrar or winzip
After that open the downloaded program "Odin" and select the option "AP"
then search for tha extracted firmware folder
And select the file
Then go phone download mode and connect you phone to pc via usb cable
And hit "START"
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annus9214 said:
sorry stupid question. after the finish the installation it will be on stock recovery and stock kernal as well ?? can u share the root link as well?
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Yes it will be 100% stock
And after you done with this tell me so I can tell you how to root your phone

RubbaBand said:
Here bro
This is the 4.4.2 update for pakistan
http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/3/?download=27122
But signup first so you can download the file
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RubbaBand said:
The downloaded firmware will be a .zip file
You need to extract it with winrar or winzip
After that open the downloaded program "Odin" and select the option "AP"
then search for tha extracted firmware folder
And select the file
Then go phone download mode and connect you phone to pc via usb cable
And hit "START"
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Yes it will be 100% stock
And after you done with this tell me so I can tell you how to root your phone
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its done 100% now how to root ??

annus9214 said:
its done 100% now how to root ??
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Note that you will trip knox!!!
Download "Touch Philz Recovery" for gt-i9500
Then connect your phone to pc and flash the Recovery file via "Odin"
Then go to recovery
Then go to Philz Settings >> re-root system >> yes apply (supersu)
Then reboot
Then download "SuperSu" from Google play
Open the app and he will ask you how do you want to update binary? Just click on Normal
And reboot

RubbaBand said:
Note that you will trip knox!!!
Download "Touch Philz Recovery" for gt-i9500
Then connect your phone to pc and flash the Recovery file via "Odin"
Then go to recovery
Then go to Philz Settings >> re-root system >> yes apply (supersu)
Then reboot
Then download "SuperSu" from Google play
Open the app and he will ask you how do you want to update binary? Just click on Normal
And reboot
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from where I can get Touch Philz Recovery?

and give me the best kernal link for s4 please

annus9214 said:
from where I can get Touch Philz Recovery?
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Search on google

i had problems with internal storage with jb 4.3 after root so I installed this kernal and its worked for me!
GT-I9500_Adam_Kernel.V3.5.CWM

annus9214 said:
i had problems with internal storage with jb 4.3 after root so I installed this kernal and its worked for me!
GT-I9500_Adam_Kernel.V3.5.CWM
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I dont think you will need a kernel for this Rom
But If you had one
Try this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2272602

flashing a different country stock firmware through odin will trip my knox counter ? i wanna get rid of my ****ty carrier apps

is it ok to install Wanam Xposed on stock kernel ? without facing any Problem?

[GUIDE] Extract bootloader and Make flashable ODIN Tar.md5

Hello all,
This is my first GUIDE thread, hope it will help you.
I will update interface of this thread regularly and try to answer your questions.
Story: As i flashed many devices (mine,friends,relatives,...) i understand that SOMETIMES bootloaders makes difference. I know they don't have functions of KERNEL or MODEM but some random reboots can be caused by bootloaders, so by updating bootloader, you probably(or maybe) overcome to them. I was searching a lot and found THIS thread although it is very nice thread/REFERENCE but not updated... so i posted a request there for new bootloader and didn't get any response for days and that makes me to learn how to this task by myself.
so here we are the Required Tools:
1- STOCK Firmware: you can download it from anywhere you want, however i prefer sammobile, just note that you have to register(which is free) in sammobile in order to download firmwares.
NOTE!!!: don't download operator firmwares like(orange,Tmobile,...) i am not sure whether their bootloader is safe(locked/unlocked) or not.
2- WinRAR: to extract ZIP, RAR, TAR, TAR.MD5, it is paid application but it is functioning even after trial period and it only gives you a notification, I know there are many alternatives but I tested with this software and recommend it to anyone.
3- [Script][Tool] how to create a tar.md5 file from img For Odin go to this thread download tar-Tool_Odin3-v3.07_by_mkh.mourad.zip and extract it to some folder lets call it Flashing(can be anything) on your desktop.
!!!!!!!!Credits of this tool goes to user mkh.mourad thanks to him for this great handy tool, otherwise you had to do many other steps...
4- Odin for PC: I tested Odin v3.09 i don't know whether lower version would work or not. (do not use Mobile Odin look at the warning section point 3)
UPDATE: Odin v3.10 tested and it worked too, moreover odin v3.10 is fastest, use this version please.
Now INSTRUCTION:
1- Download your desired firmware (NOTE: see "Required tools" section)
2- Extract it anywhere you want and you will see *.tar.md5 file extract it again (* name of the firmware is not important)
3- After extracting *.tar.md5 you will see several files with extensions *.img and *.bin, we need >>sboot.bin>>
4- Extract content of tar-Tool_Odin3-v3.07_by_mkh.mourad.zip to any folder that you want, copy sboot.bin from previous step to this folder(the folder that you have extracted tar-Tool_Odin3-v3.07_by_mkh.mourad.zip)
5- Now you can see bunch of batch files and of course sboot.bin that you have copied there, run ImgToTar.MD5.bat, the command window will open and after a few seconds will disappear. now in that same folder you can see sboot.tar.md5 which is the odin flashable bootloader.
After creating final sboot.tar.md5 do not rename it because MD5 value get changed by renaming so odin will refuse to flash file (invalid MD5 error)
Note that if you use windows OS you would see sboot.tar NOT sboot.tar.md5 which is ok. (you can see it if you look in file's properties or turn on "show file extension" option in folder options)
6- Very very very very important, you must go into download mode by hardware buttons (turn off device or pull out and in battery just to be safe, press Volume down + home button and power it on) please do notgo to bootloader from reboot menu i warned you.
7- Open odin, unthick Auto reboot, click on BL, and add sboot.tar.md5, plug your phone in download mode and flash, IMPORTANT: wait till it write all threads completed and port color became GREEN with PASS written in it, it will take about 2-3 minutes be patient.
UPDATE: if you use odin v3.10 you wont have to wait this much because after a few seconds unlike odin v3.09 the port color became green. So i recommend you to use v3.10
8- After above step finished, unplug your phone, hold power button till phone get rebooted
9- DONE, enjoy your new bootloader, if you use Boeffla kernel you can go into stweaks and check your bootloader version or use "phone info" application from market.
WARNING!!!
1- I am not responsible for any hard bricks, bootloader flashing is risky and it can make your phone unusable, do it on your RISK
2- Method above is tested by me on my I9300, i don't know whether it will work for other S3 varients or other phones... UPDATE: Working on Note 3 N900 too, seems this method could work on most of the Samsung phones...
3- Do not use Mobile Odin to flash this bootloader(or any!?), it may give you md5 error or may be WORST, brick the phone Thanks to @nainaabd
Downloads
XXUGNG3 bootloader you can get in attachment, made by the above method and tested by me on i9300 just extract zip and flash XXUGNG3.tar by odin
XXUGNH4 Thanks @katolink
UBUGNI1 Thanks @katolink
XXUGNJ2 Thanks @k-semler
UBUGNK1 Thanks @k-semler
EDIT: Attached bootloader fixed, i updated step 5 of instruction, please read there to find out why you would get md5 error...

Hi mirroalex
I was looking for a guide like this for a long time.
Thanks for sharing your findings and experiences with other users
I'm on holidays without laptop but as soon I arrive home I'll try your method and post my experience too.
Byes!
SpeedyGon
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Cool, thanks!
edit, your zip unfortunately cant be flashed, i get invalid md5 in odin..

Delete

cannot flash tar.md5..i get invalid md5 in odin

once extracted tar file odin says binari is invalid

george stamatos said:
Cool, thanks!
edit, your zip unfortunately cant be flashed, i get invalid md5 in odin..
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george stamatos said:
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sevomemo said:
cannot flash tar.md5..i get invalid md5 in odin
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gabebcn said:
once extracted tar file odin says binari is invalid
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sorry guys i thought that i would get notification if someone post in my thread (without quoting me) but i was wrong OOPS newbie alert...
anyway i will look into this issue asap... anyway did you try my method to create flashable bootloader by your self? did you get same error?
EDIT: find out the problem, updated the first post's step 5 and fixed attached bootloader... have fun.

mirroalex said:
sorry guys i thought that i would get notification if someone post in my thread (without quoting me) but i was wrong OOPS newbie alert...
anyway i will look into this issue asap... anyway did you try my method to create flashable bootloader by your self? did you get same error?
EDIT: find out the problem, updated the first post's step 5 and fixed attached bootloader... have fun.
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Thanks for your time,but i didnt had time to try your method. And your zip was already there...

george stamatos said:
Thanks for your time,but i didnt had time to try your method. And your zip was already there...
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did you try new fixed zip?

mirroalex said:
did you try new fixed zip?
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Tomorrow, today I was all day at the beach.... I flashed my body to the sun..

mirroalex said:
did you try new fixed zip?
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It's working great, thanks!!!!

Hi mirroalex
I've returned from holidays and with my laptop and your fixed ZIP worked flawlessly and image to prove it
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And as a side effect my phone now doesn't says is modified and with the exclamation at start (as if wasn't rooted and with cooked ROM)
Thanks again mirroalex!!
Byes!
SpeedyGon
Enviado desde mi GT-I9300 mediante Tapatalk

SpeedyGon said:
Hi mirroalex
I've returned from holidays and with my laptop and your fixed ZIP worked flawlessly and image to prove it
And as a side effect my phone now doesn't says is modified and with the exclamation at start (as if wasn't rooted and with cooked ROM)
Thanks again mirroalex!!
Byes!
SpeedyGon
Enviado desde mi GT-I9300 mediante Tapatalk
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Your are so Welcome.
happy to hear good news and thanks for screenshot...

i tried using mobile odin md5 fail but used pc odin and result :good:

nainaabd said:
i tried using mobile odin md5 fail but used pc odin and result :good:
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Oh i never ever would try to flash something risky as bootloader with mobile odin... even flashing modems with mobile odin is a little bit risky on my opinion, anyway thanks for sharing experiment with us, i will put a warning message on first post to inform everyone, although i did mention it that the tool must be used is pc odin v3.09...:good:
happy that i helped you...

mirroalex said:
Oh i never ever would try to flash something risky as bootloader with mobile odin... even flashing modems with mobile odin is a little bit risky on my opinion, anyway thanks for sharing experiment with us, i will put a warning message on first post to inform everyone, although i did mention it that the tool must be used is pc odin v3.09...:good:
happy that i helped you...
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I use mobileodin to flash stock rom,cwm,tweak,modem ...so far no issue[emoji3]

nainaabd said:
I use mobileodin to flash stock rom,cwm,tweak,modem ...so far no issue[emoji3]
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Thanks for the info bro, I tried to flash modem or kernel I dont remember exactly and I got my phone soft bricked so I am little bit scared about mobile odin but tweaks, stock roms are ok till now.. [emoji6] [emoji1]

flashable zip
Is it possible to get the I9300XXUGNG3 bootloader as recovery flashable zip? I am using TWRP...

200 said:
Is it possible to get the I9300XXUGNG3 bootloader as recovery flashable zip? I am using TWRP...
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I never saw a recovery flashable bootloader, but on my knowledge it is not safe to flash as important thing as bootloader by recovery...

mirroalex said:
I never saw a recovery flashable bootloader, but on my knowledge it is not safe to flash as important thing as bootloader by recovery...
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This explains my futile search... any idea why it is not possible to flash a bootloader via recovery (again, something which I was never able to find!)?

[How to root] SM-N910G 5.1.1 DTU1COL3

Anyone with kind heart please help me root my phone.
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Heart ain't kind but flash TWRP through Odin, then flash SuperSU zip from the recovery

ithehappy said:
Heart ain't kind but flash TWRP through Odin, then flash SuperSU zip from the recovery
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thanks for your responce. but i need more accurate details in regards with the process. i read lots if post about rooting note 4. cannot search exact procedure for my note. get confuse on bootloader is locked on my device and need modified kernel. can someone enlighten me please..

Download Odin 3.10.7, from sammobile or any place else. Just use Google.
Download TWRP from their website, latest version, make sure to download for G model, and the .tar format, not zip or anything else.
Download SuperSU zip from chainfire's website, and have it placed on your phone's storage.
Now put the phone in download mode (volume down+power), connect to computer, run Odin, press the Volume up to continue. You SHOULD see one of them tab in Odin saying "connected" in blue that means your phone is connected. Now put the downloaded TWRP .tar image under AP tab of Odin, and hit on start.
Your phone will restart and you should have TWRP installed now. To confirm power off phone, press volume UP and power this time, you should see TWRP booting. From there just navigate to that SuperSU zip you downloaded and placed on your phone's internal/external storage, and select and flash that file. Phone will reboot twice on itself, and you are done, rooted.
To make sure whether root is perfect or not, install Root checker basic app from Play. Oh and install Busybox on rails afterwards too.
Clear?
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ithehappy said:
Download Odin 3.10.7, from sammobile or any place else. Just use Google.
Download TWRP from their website, latest version, make sure to download for G model, and the .tar format, not zip or anything else.
Download SuperSU zip from chainfire's website, and have it placed on your phone's storage.
Now put the phone in download mode (volume down+power), connect to computer, run Odin, press the Volume up to continue. You SHOULD see one of them tab in Odin saying "connected" in blue that means your phone is connected. Now put the downloaded TWRP .tar image under AP tab of Odin, and hit on start.
Your phone will restart and you should have TWRP installed now. To confirm power off phone, press volume UP and power this time, you should see TWRP booting. From there just navigate to that SuperSU zip you downloaded and placed on your phone's internal/external storage, and select and flash that file. Phone will reboot twice on itself, and you are done, rooted.
To make sure whether root is perfect or not, install Root checker basic app from Play. Oh and install Busybox on rails afterwards too.
Clear?
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thanks for helping bro. is this the website? https://twrp.me/devices/samsunggalaxynote4qualcomm.html
im confuse, no N910G on the download list.

macoX13 said:
thanks for helping bro. is this the website? https://twrp.me/devices/samsunggalaxynote4qualcomm.html
im confuse, no N910G on the download list.
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Yes, that's the website bro, and that's the Note 4 section as well
Hit on the India option, then download the very first tar.img link, so trlte is us
They use different type of model names actually, so when we type in Note 4 we just have to see whether it matches our chipset and not from a different region.
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ithehappy said:
Yes, that's the website bro, and that's the Note 4 section as well
Hit on the India option, then download the very first tar.img link, so trlte is us
They use different type of model names actually, so when we type in Note 4 we just have to see whether it matches our chipset and not from a different region.
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so it doesnt matter if i have android version 5.1.1 and build no. dtu1col3? what matter is what my phone chipset are. am i right?
and
why should i hit india option? got this phone in australia.
and
have you also installed twrp while your in android version 5.1.1?

No no, build number, Android version don't matter bro.
Sorry I'm on Tapa, didn't notice you're from Australia, if there's an Australia option listed under TWRP page then please use that.
I rooted my phone, within 10 minutes of getting it man, so yes
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ithehappy said:
No no, build number, Android version don't matter bro.
Sorry I'm on Tapa, didn't notice you're from Australia, if there's an Australia option listed under TWRP page then please use that.
I rooted my phone, within 10 minutes of getting it man, so yes
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theres no australia listed on twrp page. there is international option but it for n910f.
perhaps i can try to flash the indian option providing me how to flash back the stock recovery.

macoX13 said:
theres no australia listed on twrp page. there is international option but it for n910f.
perhaps i can try to flash the indian option providing me how to flash back the stock recovery.
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Hmm, just checked that page again, you've no other option other than India to flash it seems, shouldn't matter at all anyway. They just made India as G versions' default location it seems.
Stock recovery? I don't know how to have it dude. Maybe there's a flashable zip or something, not sure. The only way I know to get stock recovery is if you flash the stock ROM via Odin.
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ithehappy said:
Hmm, just checked that page again, you've no other option other than India to flash it seems, shouldn't matter at all anyway. They just made India as G versions' default location it seems.
Stock recovery? I don't know how to have it dude. Maybe there's a flashable zip or something, not sure. The only way I know to get stock recovery is if you flash the stock ROM via Odin.
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i might have a backup plan before doing the Indian version. thanks for your help bro...

So do you need to update the kernel as well?

On N910G 5.1.1, just flashing SuperSU zip won't work.. It will NOT root the device properly..
You need to flash custom Kernel first to gain proper root.
After flashing kernel flash SuperSU zip...
Try Nameless kernel latest version..
Hope it helps..

HELP! Recovery is not seandroid enforcing note 4N910L

Please help me im in a boot loop i succesfully rooted my phone and i want a custom recovery,so i install twrp,according to where i download it is compatible with my phone. But obviously it is not. I have a galaxy note 4 n910L 6.0.1 please help i dont know what to do. I saw some phone fixed with this issue but they have different phone models, waiting for your reply.
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monarchs said:
Please help me im in a boot loop i succesfully rooted my phone and i want a custom recovery,so i install twrp,according to where i download it is compatible with my phone. But obviously it is not. I have a galaxy note 4 n910L 6.0.1 please help i dont know what to do. I saw some phone fixed with this issue but they have different phone models, waiting for your reply.
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Without me knowing what steps you took, i can't determine what could have gone wrong. But with that being said, this is how to install twrp and root on working device. But depending on what you did, you might want to flash stock firmware first. From what i see you got Exynos version.
1. Download Odin from official source here.
Download Twrp3.0.2 tar file here.
And SuperSU 2.78 zip here.
2. Now if you want to flash stock firmware first, find out what version you have or want, and download and flash. Boot up and setup. Then proceed.
3. Put phone into download mode, connect to usb, use odin to flash twrp tar file you downloaded. Load it in the AP or Pda slot of odin. Let it finish. Done.
4. Copy Super SU zip to phone sd.
5. Boot in to recovery, click install, select supersu file. Done.
Your phone should now have twrp and root.
Also Twrp is not se enforcing. That is suppose to say that when booting recovery.

aaron74 said:
Without me knowing what steps you took, i can't determine what could have gone wrong. But with that being said, this is how to install twrp and root on working device. But depending on what you did, you might want to flash stock firmware first. From what i see you got Exynos version.
1. Download Odin from official source here.
Download Twrp3.0.2 tar file here.
And SuperSU 2.78 zip here.
2. Now if you want to flash stock firmware first, find out what version you have or want, and download and flash. Boot up and setup. Then proceed.
3. Put phone into download mode, connect to usb, use odin to flash twrp tar file you downloaded. Load it in the AP or Pda slot of odin. Let it finish. Done.
4. Copy Super SU zip to phone sd.
5. Boot in to recovery, click install, select supersu file. Done.
Your phone should now have twrp and root.
Also Twrp is not se enforcing. That is suppose to say that when booting recovery.
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Thank you for your reply, what i did is i use odin for root and it was a success,and i install flashify and flash twrp recovery(recovery.img) and when it boot its just stock there with the recovery is not seandroid enforcing. Im doing now what u said so i search for a stock firmware it is a big file(1.8gb). So you mean if i flash twrp from your link it will also show twrp is not seandroid enforcing,so what should i do,just let it reboot? I appreciate your help sir thank you!
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monarchs said:
Thank you for your reply, what i did is i use odin for root and it was a success,and i install flashify and flash twrp recovery(recovery.img) and when it boot its just stock there with the recovery is not seandroid enforcing. Im doing now what u said so i search for a stock firmware it is a big file(1.8gb). So you mean if i flash twrp from your link it will also show twrp is not seandroid enforcing,so what should i do,just let it reboot? I appreciate your help sir thank you!
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Oh yes i succesfully booted my phone!!! thank you so much, the link you gave me is it compatible with my device?
this my device:
Model: Galaxy Note 4 SM-N910L
Version: 6.0.1
Baseband: N910LKLU0DPG2

aaron74 said:
Without me knowing what steps you took, i can't determine what could have gone wrong. But with that being said, this is how to install twrp and root on working device. But depending on what you did, you might want to flash stock firmware first. From what i see you got Exynos version.
1. Download Odin from official source here.
Download Twrp3.0.2 tar file here.
And SuperSU 2.78 zip here.
2. Now if you want to flash stock firmware first, find out what version you have or want, and download and flash. Boot up and setup. Then proceed.
3. Put phone into download mode, connect to usb, use odin to flash twrp tar file you downloaded. Load it in the AP or Pda slot of odin. Let it finish. Done.
4. Copy Super SU zip to phone sd.
5. Boot in to recovery, click install, select supersu file. Done.
Your phone should now have twrp and root.
Also Twrp is not se enforcing. That is suppose to say that when booting recovery.
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i flash twrp tar file but when i put in recovery mode to install super su i end up in recovery is not seandroid enforcing again.. what am i doing wrong?

monarchs said:
i flash twrp tar file but when i put in recovery mode to install super su i end up in recovery is not seandroid enforcing again.. what am i doing wrong?
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why you are you flashing Super SU through recovery ? try using CF autoroot for smooth rooting

himuslg123 said:
why you are you flashing Super SU through recovery ? try using CF autoroot for smooth rooting
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well i root my phone already with chain fire but i want twrp recovery to make a back up, but it doesnt work when i flash it,im stock in "recovery is not seandroid enforcing"

monarchs said:
well i root my phone already with chain fire but i want twrp recovery to make a back up, but it doesnt work when i flash it,im stock in "recovery is not seandroid enforcing"
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first flash CF auto root(For note 4 n910L) -turn off your device
then flash TWRP recovery(latest one for note 4 n910L ) .. by turning off your device via battery pull out pls do not restart
then go to TWRP recovery via vol plus + menu + power key combination
now backup EFS or nandroid what ever you want

monarchs said:
i flash twrp tar file but when i put in recovery mode to install super su i end up in recovery is not seandroid enforcing again.. what am i doing wrong?
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Yes you can use auto root first then odin twrp. I'm just use to rooting with zip file. But the main thing is you got twrp working. I think maybe your original problem was either flash fire or you had wrong twrp.
Also, twrp is suppose to say se not enforcing, cause it isn't.
Does it boot into twrp? If yes then it's OK.

aaron74 said:
Yes you can use auto root first then odin twrp. I'm just use to rooting with zip file. But the main thing is you got twrp working. I think maybe your original problem was either flash fire or you had wrong twrp.
Also, twrp is suppose to say se not enforcing, cause it isn't.
Does it boot into twrp? If yes then it's OK.
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Sir I downloaded your twrp file link,and flash it through odin but same problem,and stock in boot loop. I think thats the same link i downloaded my twrp file,and says its for exynos,but then again i fail in installing twrp,so for now im rooted but in stock recovery. Still searching for compatible twrp.
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monarchs said:
Sir I downloaded your twrp file link,and flash it through odin but same problem,and stock in boot loop. I think thats the same link i downloaded my twrp file,and says its for exynos,but then again i fail in installing twrp,so for now im rooted but in stock recovery. Still searching for compatible twrp.
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I have snapdragon version, so I'm not sure. But i do see 3 versions there. Is yours Lte version?
First let's rule out what's working. If you flashed your stock firmware fine. Then that means your odin version is working. What firmware did you install?
Also if you can auto root, maybe try installing twrp through play store app.
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monarchs said:
Sir I downloaded your twrp file link,and flash it through odin but same problem,and stock in boot loop. I think thats the same link i downloaded my twrp file,and says its for exynos,but then again i fail in installing twrp,so for now im rooted but in stock recovery. Still searching for compatible twrp.
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Also, on some devices, when you use Odin to install Twrp. You have to uncheck the auto reboot box. Then after you flash twrp and it's done. Unplug and pull out battery. Then put back in and boot into recovery by holding Vol up + home + power.
That should do it. That'll make it stick.

You must be very fast with the key combo when you restart. If not the custom recovery is deleted and Samsung defaults to stock recovery again.
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Oooohh..... ok ill try that,
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aaron74 said:
I have snapdragon version, so I'm not sure. But i do see 3 versions there. Is yours Lte version?
First let's rule out what's working. If you flashed your stock firmware fine. Then that means your odin version is working. What firmware did you install?
Also if you can auto root, maybe try installing twrp through play store app.
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Also, on some devices, when you use Odin to install Twrp. You have to uncheck the auto reboot box. Then after you flash twrp and it's done. Unplug and pull out battery. Then put back in and boot into recovery by holding Vol up + home + power.
That should do it. That'll make it stick.
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Ok sir,i did what you told me,i uncheck the reboot then flash twrp from odin, remove battery after flash and boot to recovery and still stock in recovery is not enforcing. Im sure i did not do something wrong but still im stock in boot. But this time i can normally turn on my phone,not like before that im going to boot loop when i turn my phone on normally. And why my knox not cross out in device info? Here's my device info,
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monarchs said:
Ok sir,i did what you told me,i uncheck the reboot then flash twrp from odin, remove battery after flash and boot to recovery and still stock in recovery is not enforcing. Im sure i did not do something wrong but still im stock in boot. But this time i can normally turn on my phone,not like before that im going to boot loop when i turn my phone on normally. And why my knox not cross out in device info? Here's my device info,
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Knox is in your ROM and kernel. So when you flashed back to stock to fix your boot loop, it's installed. Once you get twrp to stick, you can flash a ROM with knox removed.
If your still rooted try to install twrp from play store and see if that works

aaron74 said:
Knox is in your ROM and kernel. So when you flashed back to stock to fix your boot loop, it's installed. Once you get twrp to stick, you can flash a ROM with knox removed.
If your still rooted try to install twrp from play store and see if that works
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I install twrp from playstore and found out that there is no version compatible for note 4 exynos lte,they only have exynos 3g. Can i use that?
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monarchs;68901 ki261 said:
I install twrp from playstore and found out that there is no version compatible for note 4 exynos lte,they only have exynos 3g. Can i use that?
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Couldn't tell you. But in sure there's got to be some kind of recovery for it. Look at this forum and search.
Here it is here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-4/development/twrp-2-8-1-2-recovery-note-4-sm-n910c-t2977933

I put my phone in a bootloop.

Yesterday I tried rooting my Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge using Odin CF autoroot with no experience at all. I did something wrong. When it wouldn't work at first and kept giving an error and "FAIL!" message I tried checking for the correct firmware so I googled my model number and found the one for my phone and downloaded it. I'm not sure what I did but my phone is in a bootloop whenever I turn it on and I can't go to recover mode, only download mode. How do I reinstall the correct firmware?
Please help me fix this. Hopefully I won't have to go to a store for repair...

Well u simply
1) go to sammobile
2) find ur model
3) download the latest firmware
4) extract the firmware
5) put the phone in download mode
6) open odin
7) connect phone
8) upload the extracted files to odin into there respective places
9) flash
the phone will automatically reboot after flashing is complete
NOTE: just be sure to flash model specific firmware.

flash stock rom with odin or use samsung software to fully restore original firmware

Alecia1212 said:
Well u simply
1) go to sammobile
2) find ur model
3) download the latest firmware
4) extract the firmware
5) put the phone in download mode
6) open odin
7) connect phone
8) upload the extracted files to odin into there respective places
9) flash
the phone will automatically reboot after flashing is complete
NOTE: just be sure to flash model specific firmware.
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If I find the correct firmware will it just overwrite or must I remove the current one? I honestly have no idea how this works.

I had this problem once, you need to flash them Individually, one checkbox at per flash. The way to root ur phone should be magisk manager or supersu. First off you need twrp which is 3.2.1.1 that auto root thing in Odin doesn't work. Some custom rooms already have options for root so if ur a beginner it's best u try them.
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https://dl.twrp.me/hero2lte/twrp-3.2.1-1-hero2lte.img.tar.html
Flash this as ap it's a custom recovery that everyone uses here. Then use the keys power home vol down to force restart ur phone. Then power home vol up the moment it restarts to reach recovery. wipe everything then Flash a custom rom from the forums. I understand ur frustration that the phone has no way to turn off at all

When I try to flash the twrp-3.2.1-1-hero2lte.img.tar.md5 file Odin stops responding.

Don't flash Md5.
Flash the .tar file.

pingufanpoy said:
Don't flash Md5.
Flash the .tar file.
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The non md5 download only has a recovery.img file which won't go into AP.

u flash it as a tar file not as the img file, you cant use .img files in odin
do not extract the img just flash the tar.
Btw in Odin the autoreboot and freset time don't matter they don't do anything because if you still don't have an os or recovery it will still send u to dl mode.
once u flash twrp it will automatically boot into recovery no need to hold keys. Then wipe ur phone and install either batman rom (an s8 port with Bixby) or superman rom (stock s7 edge firmware) both have customized installers that allow u to choose addons features and root.
U install custom roms by going to install button then selecting the zip. Also 2 main kernels that most people use are tgp kernel and superstock kernel.

dude, you're so smart, dont know what you're doing and you flash something without any knowledge and preparation...
that situation is fully on you

https://prnt.sc/iyosdg
I can't flash this.
https://prnt.sc/iyot25
Or this.

recovery.img comes in a .zip and nothing else is in it. If I don't extract it how do I flash it?? The .zip doesn't show up as an option in AP.

Deksastara said:
recovery.img comes in a .zip and nothing else is in it. If I don't extract it how do I flash it?? The .zip doesn't show up as an option in AP.
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Now Odin isn't detecting my phone in download mode. When it's in the bootloop Odin adds and removes it repeatedly.

Deksastara said:
Now Odin isn't detecting my phone in download mode. When it's in the bootloop Odin adds and removes it repeatedly.
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if u flashed it with a green pass, u should be able to boot into custom recovery
power home and volume down for force restart
when phone shows s7 logo, power home vol up to reach recovery

It hasn't flashed. It stays on file analysis for hours.

It does that if your phone is disconnected and reconnected. Download the official Samsung USB drivers.
https://samsung-usb-driver-for-mobile-phones.en.lo4d.com/download

http://prntscr.com/iz109e
I've installed the driver. How long should this take? It isn't saying disconnected.

Flashing a custom recovery should only take 10 seconds. Custom rom 10 minutes. What is the model of your phone check the back of ur phone.

pingufanpoy said:
Flashing a custom recovery should only take 10 seconds. Custom rom 10 minutes. What is the model of your phone check the back of ur phone.
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G935P.
It stays on "File analysis." Does this mean I don't have the right driver? If so, how do I find it? I downloaded the one from the link you shared.