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OTA update help

So my phone is on 4,4,2 , rooted with knox 0x0
I just got a notification that its downloading an update... something like 200megs.
How do i make sure i dont loose root ?
Do i need to change something in SU ? or odin ?
Please help.
Thanks

siriom said:
So my phone is on 4,4,2 , rooted with knox 0x0
I just got a notification that its downloading an update... something like 200megs.
How do i make sure i dont loose root ?
Do i need to change something in SU ? or odin ?
Please help.
Thanks
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In SuperSU, turn on the feature for Survival mode.
This should let you OTA.

Unrooting my SM-G928C

Hello guys,
I've rooted my device recently, and have been facing many problems since. Wifi can't remember passwords, Play Store keeps on trashing, and so on. I've decided to unroot my device, yet I have no idea how to do it. could you guys please help me out? My device modle is SM-G928C running on Android 5.1.1
Thanks a lot in advance for your help.

avk.19xx said:
Hello guys,
I've rooted my device recently, and have been facing many problems since. Wifi can't remember passwords, Play Store keeps on trashing, and so on. I've decided to unroot my device, yet I have no idea how to do it. could you guys please help me out? My device modle is SM-G928C running on Android 5.1.1
Thanks a lot in advance for your help.
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Inside supersu You have the option, but I prefer reinstall stock firmware. If you read more you can optimize your root phone.

jah2110 said:
Inside supersu You have the option, but I prefer reinstall stock firmware. If you read more you can optimize your root phone.
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The option is only to delete the supersu. I've done that, now I don't have superSU, yet all the root checkers i've tried still say that my phone is rooted.

avk.19xx said:
The option is only to delete the supersu. I've done that, now I don't have superSU, yet all the root checkers i've tried still say that my phone is rooted.
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Let's go again, inside supersu You have unroot option. The second option is install again the firmware.
Here is the supersu option.

jah2110 said:
Let's go again, inside supersu You have unroot option. The second option is install again the firmware.
Here is the supersu option.
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I just installed SuperSU from the Play Store; it asked for an update, and I clicked on "normal" My device then rebooted and now it won't even start. I wiped the cash data and reset the device to factory settings and it won't start again. All I get is the "Galaxy Edge+" logo with 'custom binary was blocked by FAP' and 'kernel is not seanorid enforced' highlighted in yellow! I'm freaking out here! Did I just bricked my phone?

avk.19xx said:
I just installed SuperSU from the Play Store; it asked for an update, and I clicked on "normal" My device then rebooted and now it won't even start. I wiped the cash data and reset the device to factory settings and it won't start again. All I get is the "Galaxy Edge+" logo with 'custom binary was blocked by FAP' and 'kernel is not seanorid enforced' highlighted in yellow! I'm freaking out here! Did I just bricked my phone?
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You enable OEM Block in developer options? If don't boot, you have to install all firmware again.

jah2110 said:
You enable OEM Block in developer options? If don't boot, you have to install all firmware again.
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I've disabled the OEM Block after rooting it. I'm downloading the firmware right now. would that fix it? or do I need to do something else?

avk.19xx said:
I've disabled the OEM Block after rooting it. I'm downloading the firmware right now. would that fix it? or do I need to do something else?
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Head on over to Sammobile.com and download your relevant Stock ROM. Boot into download mode and flash with ODIN

madmoonfish said:
Head on over to Sammobile.com and download your relevant Stock ROM. Boot into download mode and flash with ODIN
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I've done that already, and my phone is running just fine now. Although I didn't download the firmware from sammobile, and I got it from android-updates.com, which is slightly different, and contains apps and games pre-installed in it. Thanks a lot for your suggestion, and I promise I'll keep that mind. After all, I'm just starting to use android, and this is my first "failed" attempt as aneeded android user. I got to admit that I didn't face such complicated problems with iOS ?

Secret mode in Samsung browser gone after root

I recently rooted with cf autoroot and now secret mode with fingerprint authentication from the Samsung browser is gone. If I press more I can open a secret tab, but without fingerprint. Is there anyway I can get this back?

lvnatic said:
I recently rooted with cf autoroot and now secret mode with fingerprint authentication from the Samsung browser is gone. If I press more I can open a secret tab, but without fingerprint. Is there anyway I can get this back?
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Your private mode must be enabled already. That's why. To enable private mode, you need a pin / fingerprint.

lvnatic said:
I recently rooted with cf autoroot and now secret mode with fingerprint authentication from the Samsung browser is gone. If I press more I can open a secret tab, but without fingerprint. Is there anyway I can get this back?
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Samsung decided with marshmallow to disable that feature if the Knox flag was triggered. You need the modded apk which removes this check.

thedisturbedone said:
Your private mode must be enabled already. That's why. To enable private mode, you need a pin / fingerprint.
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When I try to enable it, it says private mode failed to activate.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/note5/themes-apps/enabled-secret-mode-browser-using-t3357900
Try flashing this.

Monigote97 said:
Samsung decided with marshmallow to disable that feature if the Knox flag was triggered. You need the modded apk which removes this check.
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I can't find it anywhere. Do you have a link please?

nooby1411 said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/note5/themes-apps/enabled-secret-mode-browser-using-t3357900
Try flashing this.
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I actually already did, it didn't help. Maybe because that's for the note 5?

lvnatic said:
I can't find it anywhere. Do you have a link please?
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I would recomend you to download a custom rom which has the modded apk, extract the apk from the rom, delete yours and reboot. Then put the modded apk in the exact place where the original was, put rw-r-r permissions and reboot

lvnatic said:
I actually already did, it didn't help. Maybe because that's for the note 5?
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That's strange, because it worked for me. Did you clear cache?
Maybe deleting all the update before flashing the zip will help.

Yet I didn't found same problem.

Monigote97 said:
I would recomend you to download a custom rom which has the modded apk, extract the apk from the rom, delete yours and reboot. Then put the modded apk in the exact place where the original was, put rw-r-r permissions and reboot
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Can you tell me which custom ROM has it?

lvnatic said:
Can you tell me which custom ROM has it?
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Renovate edge has it, very good ROM by the way

I would still like to know if this is possible to implement. I'm currently using ther superman ROM which doesn't have the modded apk, I talked with the developer and he will look into it, but this is a very important feature for me and I really need it.
Anyone else found anything?

My phone is a j7 2016 it was rooted before and now i decided to unroot it. After unrooting the phone all set up there was a update for the samsung internet after updating it trying to use secret mode it says rooting detected. For your security secret mode cant be used on a rooted phone. Can any help me how to fix it? I already unroot my phone

Nicolai231215 said:
My phone is a j7 2016 it was rooted before and now i decided to unroot it. After unrooting the phone all set up there was a update for the samsung internet after updating it trying to use secret mode it says rooting detected. For your security secret mode cant be used on a rooted phone. Can any help me how to fix it? I already unroot my phone
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I have the same issue @Nicolai231215 =(, does anybody know what to do?

Can anyone knows how to fix this?
SECURE FOLDER
• secure folder cannot be set up because unauthorized software was installed on the device
SECRET MODE ON SAMSUNG INTERNET BROWSER
• Rooting detected.
For your security, secret mode can't be used on rooted phone's.
my phone was rooted before. But i already unroot it. Can anyome help me

Nicolai231215 said:
Can anyone knows how to fix this?
SECURE FOLDER
• secure folder cannot be set up because unauthorized software was installed on the device
SECRET MODE ON SAMSUNG INTERNET BROWSER
• Rooting detected.
For your security, secret mode can't be used on rooted phone's.
my phone was rooted before. But i already unroot it. Can anyome help me
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Even if you flash the original firmware, you will not be able to use the security features anymore (in some custom roms, some features do work). Once you root, the knox flag changes permanently!

angourakis said:
Even if you flash the original firmware, you will not be able to use the security features anymore (in some custom roms, some features do work). Once you root, the knox flag changes permanently!
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Ohhhh that's why, thank you sir

recently i have rooted my samsung j5 2015 and i have unrooted the android phone using smartswitch the browser is showing root detected what is the problem

Install samsung internet beta. For some bizarre reason it doesn't check the knox flag and you can set up the secret mode. (Working on my S7 flat with stock firmware but with knox tripped)

How to remove knox on samsung j510gn stock rom

Please help me howcto remove the Knox on my phone. I am using my rooted J510GN then sometimes Knox contradicts. It shows a security notice everytime because I flashed a tweak.. Could someone teach how to remove Know permanently? Please?

knnthgngb said:
Please help me howcto remove the Knox on my phone. I am using my rooted J510GN then sometimes Knox contradicts. It shows a security notice everytime because I flashed a tweak.. Could someone teach how to remove Know permanently? Please?
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I have J500FN and i have found following knox apks on Marshmallow, but it will be same on J5 2016.
The security notice you are getting is related to SecurityLogAgent apk i guess.
Anyway, remove following files/folders, then go in recovery and wipe cache & dalvik-cache. Then reboot your phone.
Code:
/system/tima_measurement_info;
/system/container;
/system/preloadedmdm;
[B][COLOR="Blue"]# /system/app[/COLOR][/B]
/system/app/BBCAgent;
/system/app/BCService;
/system/app/ELMAgent;
/system/app/KnoxAppsUpdateAgent;
/system/app/KnoxAttestationAgent;
/system/app/KnoxAttestationAgent;
/system/app/KnoxFolderContainer;
/system/app/KnoxSetupWizardClient;
/system/app/KnoxSwitcher;
/system/app/mcRegistry;
/system/app/MDMApp;
/system/app/MyKNOXSetupWizard;
/system/app/RCPComponents;
/system/app/SamsungDLPService;
/system/app/SecurityLogAgent;
/system/app/SilentLog;
/system/app/SysScope;
/system/app/UniversalMDMClient;
[B][COLOR="Blue"]# /system/priv-app[/COLOR][/B]
/system/priv-app/DiagMonAgent;
/system/priv-app/Fmm;
/system/priv-app/FotaAgent;
/system/priv-app/KLMSAgent;
/system/priv-app/SKMSAgent;
/system/priv-app/SOAgent;
/system/priv-app/SPDClient;
/system/priv-app/wssyncmlnps2;
NOTES:
1) SysScope, DiagMonAgent, Fmm, FotaAgent and wssyncmlnps2. But since you are rooted, you can delete them too.
2) Touchwiz will never be knox free even if you delete these apks. The ramdisk has knox crap too (which can be removed), but the whole Touchwiz (system apks) has knox and other crap related to it in apks, so you cant get rid of that.
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I suggest you to add/modify following lines to build.prop too:
Code:
ro.securestorage.knox=false
ro.securestorage.support=false
ro.config.knox=0
ro.config.tima=0

#Henkate said:
I have J500FN and i have found following knox apks on Marshmallow, but it will be same on J5 2016.
The security notice you are getting is related to SecurityLogAgent apk i guess.
Anyway, remove following files/folders, then go in recovery and wipe cache & dalvik-cache. Then reboot your phone.
NOTES:
I suggest you to add/modify following lines to build.prop too:
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I already remove that Security Log APK. The thing is, I want to remove the entire Knox on my device..

You can't.
Sent from my Samsung SM-J510FN using XDA Labs

You can try this script on your device. I suggest you backup with TWRP first.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/sa...script-knox-removal-script-galaxy-a3-t3451358
However as suggested its totally unnecessary to remove knox as it doesn't affect root. Simply freezing or removing the log agent is all that is required.

twrp for j510gn

shuman20 said:
twrp for j510gn
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Bananas.

Non root s8 unable to update

Dear all
I have s8 non root. I am unable to software update. I suspect is because i adb greenify the aggressive doze.
Anyway to update? Thanks in advance.

I didn't know greenify works w/o root. Installed it again and don't like the way non-root works. I'd imagine, you just reverse what you did and try again then redo your modifications.

Are you using the original firmware for your phone? If all else fails try smart switch on the pc.

gqukyo said:
I didn't know greenify works w/o root. Installed it again and don't like the way non-root works. I'd imagine, you just reverse what you did and try again then redo your modifications.
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Yes. Omg. I never thought of that. I adb some command to make the greenify aggressive doze works. Thanks much.
peachpuff said:
Are you using the original firmware for your phone? If all else fails try smart switch on the pc.
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Yes. All stock. Will try. Thanks much.
By the way, there is no updates recently right?

try to uninstall greenify
if update is working again, install greenify but don't use its aggressive doze feature.
I found that ForceDoze app is working like a charm in my S8.

crayonyes said:
try to uninstall greenify
if update is working again, install greenify but don't use its aggressive doze feature.
I found that ForceDoze app is working like a charm in my S8.
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I tried uninstall greenify. But don't work.
I also tried rebooting into stock recovery and wipe partition. Also tried unmount external sd card and boot into phone without sd card.
All don't work
@peachpuff
 @gqukyo

I'm not sure if the greenify settings stick after it's been uninstalled so you may want to reinstall it and revert all settings to stock to see if that'll help. Worst case, you can just use Samsung Switch program to update manually or use Odin to update. Alternatively, you can try to reset the phone to stock to see if that helps.

Go to download mode (Power down, bixby and power key) and see if Knox is tripped 0x1 instead of 0x0

Skander1998 said:
Go to download mode (Power down, bixby and power key) and see if Knox is tripped 0x1 instead of 0x0
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Thanks much.
I am not sure how to see knox is tripped. Warranty is 0

gqukyo said:
I'm not sure if the greenify settings stick after it's been uninstalled so you may want to reinstall it and revert all settings to stock to see if that'll help. Worst case, you can just use Samsung Switch program to update manually or use Odin to update. Alternatively, you can try to reset the phone to stock to see if that helps.
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Uninstalling greenify and reinstall does not works.
Tks much. Will try other methods.

Tiongkia said:
Thanks much.
I am not sure how to see knox is tripped. Warranty is 0
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Does it say Warranty: 0
and
System Status: Official
Binary: Samsung Official
?

Skander1998 said:
Does it say Warranty: 0
and
System Status: Official
Binary: Samsung Official
?
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Yes to all

Tiongkia said:
Yes to all
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Then you should be all set to receive updates, visit a Samsung Service Center and show them the system modified error message.
This doesn't look like your fault at all.

Tiongkia said:
Uninstalling greenify and reinstall does not works.
Tks much. Will try other methods.
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Use the same adb command you used to Grant special permissions to greenify but replace Grant with Revoke

Reflxxx said:
Use the same adb command you used to Grant special permissions to greenify but replace Grant with Revoke
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Thanks so much for the tips. I tried but still cannot update. The same message appeared.

Skander1998 said:
Then you should be all set to receive updates, visit a Samsung Service Center and show them the system modified error message.
This doesn't look like your fault at all.
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Exactly. Thanks much!

I recently unlocked my Sprint S8 and it seems it was modified someway that although Knox is not tripped, S-health and Samsung pay are not working saying my system was modified.
My device is not rooted just flashed to unlock it.

Tiongkia said:
Thanks so much for the tips. I tried but still cannot update. The same message appeared.
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Your welcome! Also, OEM unlock switched off?

Silenus21 said:
I recently unlocked my Sprint S8 and it seems it was modified someway that although Knox is not tripped, S-health and Samsung pay are not working saying my system was modified.
My device is not rooted just flashed to unlock it.
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Well, it's modified now.
Sent from my SM-G950U using Tapatalk

Silenus21 said:
I recently unlocked my Sprint S8 and it seems it was modified someway that although Knox is not tripped, S-health and Samsung pay are not working saying my system was modified.
My device is not rooted just flashed to unlock it.
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That means that the CSC codes do not match on the Firmware and the phone itself