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[Q] Hey all. New here. Few questions.

HI there folks,
I am a newborn noob here. Would like to introduce myself.
I have recently bought the first Android device I have ever owned which is the i9500 Octa Core and I am loving it, I have found that Android is 100000000000x999 times better than any other mobile operating system and so I have a huge interest in it. Have been reading about it for a month now and I want to do many things to my device but unfortunately can't because the i9500 does not get much love, especially here in South Africa, where Samsung can't even provide us with the latest firmware update.
I really want to root & flash my phone however I don't want to Void my warranty and I know that the Triangle Away app can remove the flash counter however it does not support i9500 Octa yet...
I am an experienced Graphic Designer, have been doing it for 5 years using Photoshop and sometimes CorelDraw, so if anyone would like me to help out with designs for their applications, I don't mind helping out.
I have a lot of knowledge about Computers and Cellphones however not enough about Linux based systems, that is why I am here, to learn, learn and learn.
Also I wanted to ask if I can put Google Stock Android OS 4.2 or 4.3 on my i9500 Octa instead of using Samsung's crappy TouchWiz? Is it possible?

Gh0zt_ZA said:
HI there folks,
I am a newborn noob here. Would like to introduce myself.
I have recently bought the first Android device I have ever owned which is the i9500 Octa Core and I am loving it, I have found that Android is 100000000000x999 times better than any other mobile operating system and so I have a huge interest in it. Have been reading about it for a month now and I want to do many things to my device but unfortunately can't because the i9500 does not get much love, especially here in South Africa, where Samsung can't even provide us with the latest firmware update.
I really want to root & flash my phone however I don't want to Void my warranty and I know that the Triangle Away app can remove the flash counter however it does not support i9500 Octa yet...
I am an experienced Graphic Designer, have been doing it for 5 years using Photoshop and sometimes CorelDraw, so if anyone would like me to help out with designs for their applications, I don't mind helping out.
I have a lot of knowledge about Computers and Cellphones however not enough about Linux based systems, that is why I am here, to learn, learn and learn.
Also I wanted to ask if I can put Google Stock Android OS 4.2 or 4.3 on my i9500 Octa instead of using Samsung's crappy TouchWiz? Is it possible?
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Welcome to S4 Family !!
1. Well In Case if you root the Phone warranty Gets Voided. You Can Hop Over to Here and FLash a pre rooted latest firmware according to Your Choice. Or You Can root it using Cf root by Chain fire and when you need to Give it In for warranty you can just factory reset and it gets Official again.
2. Google edition is Not Yet Ported to I9500 and A dev is already porting it for time being we dont have much choices for Roms
3. If You dont Need touchwiz you can just download some other launcher like Nova apex and Get the Bare android Feel

manu44 said:
Welcome to S4 Family !!
1. Well In Case if you root the Phone warranty Gets Voided. You Can Hop Over to Here and FLash a pre rooted latest firmware according to Your Choice. Or You Can root it using Cf root by Chain fire and when you need to Give it In for warranty you can just factory reset and it gets Official again.
2. Google edition is Not Yet Ported to I9500 and A dev is already porting it for time being we dont have much choices for Roms
3. If You dont Need touchwiz you can just download some other launcher like Nova apex and Get the Bare android Feel
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Thanks for the warm welcome.
Well lets say I did what you said in number 1, I flash it with a pre-rooted stock ROM, however wont it show that I have flashed it with the flash counter or something like that? Won't that still void my warranty?
I am using Nova with Holo Locker, its way faster and looks nicer however I wont the PURE android experience hahaha

Gh0zt_ZA said:
Thanks for the warm welcome.
Well lets say I did what you said in number 1, I flash it with a pre-rooted stock ROM, however wont it show that I have flashed it with the flash counter or something like that? Won't that still void my warranty?
I am using Nova with Holo Locker, its way faster and looks nicer however I wont the PURE android experience hahaha
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Well If you flash Using the Pre rooted Roms from the thread that I gave you the Counter would not increase as mentioned in the Op also.Moreover,Currently for I9500 we cant see the Counter in any Case.

manu44 said:
Well If you flash Using the Pre rooted Roms from the thread that I gave you the Counter would not increase as mentioned in the Op also.Moreover,Currently for I9500 we cant see the Counter in any Case.
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Ok thanks alot manu44. I have another question though, ok I am in South Africa and we only have the XXUAMDK firmware available, however I want to be with the latest one XXUBMF8, so in order to keep the pre-installed service provider app and internet settings, can't I just use the PDA via ODIN without the MODEM CSC & BOOTLOADER? I have no idea why there is 4 downloads, what do these PDA, CSC, MODEM & BOOTLOADER do anyway?
Sorry it's my first time doing this and all this stuff is making me nervous, I don't want to do it wrong and brick my phone.
Thank you for the help.

Gh0zt_ZA said:
Ok thanks alot manu44. I have another question though, ok I am in South Africa and we only have the XXUAMDK firmware available, however I want to be with the latest one XXUBMF8, so in order to keep the pre-installed service provider app and internet settings, can't I just use the PDA via ODIN without the MODEM CSC & BOOTLOADER? I have no idea why there is 4 downloads, what do these PDA, CSC, MODEM & BOOTLOADER do anyway?
Sorry it's my first time doing this and all this stuff is making me nervous, I don't want to do it wrong and brick my phone.
Thank you for the help.
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Your welcome. Yes You dont Need to Flash all of them Just The Main Rom and CSC file for South Africa. Bootloader and PIt is required in case u have damaged partition table or boot loader.
So Just Pick the Latest Firmware File and The Right CSC fro Your Country.

manu44 said:
Your welcome. Yes You dont Need to Flash all of them Just The Main Rom and CSC file for South Africa. Bootloader and PIt is required in case u have damaged partition table or boot loader.
So Just Pick the Latest Firmware File and The Right CSC fro Your Country.
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Oh alright, so what if there isn't a ROM or CSC for my country?

Gh0zt_ZA said:
Oh alright, so what if there isn't a ROM or CSC for my country?
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Well you can you any CSC i Gues.. the only differences is the apn settings and other country specif settings.. But i aint sure for this.

[Q] Question regarding rooting+custom rom (Australia delivered version)

Hi Guys
im new to this whole rooting business, i rooted my S3 when i had it a year ago using odin and that worked flawlessly, but now i've forgotten almost all of it, since the note 3 is a relatively new device, i would like some inputs on it,
1. how do i root it?, best software to use including which one, for an Australia delivered note 3 (if it makes any difference, since there are lots of diff versions and kernals available)
2. i would like to flash to x-note 3 v6.0, will that be okay for the Australian version of the note 3.
3. and the process of installing x-note v6.0 rom onto it.
Thanks alot in advance for any input.

xHerDesire said:
Hi Guys
im new to this whole rooting business, i rooted my S3 when i had it a year ago using odin and that worked flawlessly, but now i've forgotten almost all of it, since the note 3 is a relatively new device, i would like some inputs on it,
1. how do i root it?, best software to use including which one, for an Australia delivered note 3 (if it makes any difference, since there are lots of diff versions and kernals available)
2. i would like to flash to x-note 3 v6.0, will that be okay for the Australian version of the note 3.
3. and the process of installing x-note v6.0 rom onto it.
Thanks alot in advance for any input.
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First thing is what model number is it
Second thing do you care about tripping Knox

jaythenut said:
First thing is what model number is it
Second thing do you care about tripping Knox
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hey, thank you for your reply
obtained by #*1234#
1: AP:N9005XXUBMI7
CP:N9005XXUBI6
CSC:N9005PSBMI1
2. no i don't care if i trip Knox, samsung warranty ain't that great, its not apple.
as long as V6.0 will run stable, i'll be happy.

xHerDesire said:
hey, thank you for your reply
obtained by #*1234#
1: AP:N9005XXUBMI7
CP:N9005XXUBI6
CSC:N9005PSBMI1
2. no i don't care if i trip Knox, samsung warranty ain't that great, its not apple.
as long as V6.0 will run stable, i'll be happy.
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Root with this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2466423
Here's a little how to http://galaxynote3root.com/galaxy-note-3-root/cf-auto-root-for-galaxy-note-3/

jaythenut said:
Root with this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2466423
Here's a little how to http://galaxynote3root.com/galaxy-note-3-root/cf-auto-root-for-galaxy-note-3/
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thank you , what about installing CFW and custom roms? which 1 would u recommend?

xHerDesire said:
thank you , what about installing CFW and custom roms? which 1 would u recommend?
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CWM or rwrp here http://galaxynote3root.com/clockworkmodtwrp-recoveries/
Roms i think xnote is for international only not 100% I'm on crash rom http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2535355

jaythenut said:
CWM or rwrp here http://galaxynote3root.com/clockworkmodtwrp-recoveries/
Roms i think xnote is for international only not 100% I'm on crash rom http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2535355
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thank you , i think ima go with x-note for mine, if its compatible that is. is there any safety precautions i should know about, in the cases of bricking etc? cause i only just got it, having it bricked wouldn't be fun.
thanks in advance.

xHerDesire said:
think ima go with x-note for mine, if its compatible that is. is there any safety precautions i should know about, in the cases of bricking etc? cause i only just got it, having it bricked wouldn't be fun.
thanks in advance.
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Make a back up. And back up your EFS.

radicalisto said:
Make a back up. And back up your EFS.
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and how do i do that? sorry, i've rooted before but ages back on the S3, so its been a while, i've forgotten >_<.
and obviously the rooting process etc is different, so some guidance would be appreciated very much
Thanks in advance

[Q] Flashing a rom and warranty

I have a Note 4 (N910F) which is currently on Vodafone in the UK.
I have been having issues with my battery life and one thing I would like to do is flash a stock rom to get rid of all the Vodafone bloat on the device.
Will this affect my warranty on the phone? I have heard stories about some sort of e-fuse on the device.
Do I need to root to do this? I want to be able to ideally get direct OTA updates from Samsung. If I flash will I lose the data currently on the phone?

spudbynight said:
I have a Note 4 (N910F) which is currently on Vodafone in the UK.
I have been having issues with my battery life and one thing I would like to do is flash a stock rom to get rid of all the Vodafone bloat on the device.
Will this affect my warranty on the phone? I have heard stories about some sort of e-fuse on the device.
Do I need to root to do this? I want to be able to ideally get direct OTA updates from Samsung. If I flash will I lose the data currently on the phone?
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I did exactly this today with my 910f. I too am in UK and on Vodafone. I downloaded the btu version from sammobile and flashed with odin 3.09. After flashing a did a factory reset. (The factory reset will wipe your current installed apps and data so skip this step if you wish to keep them but that would counter what your trying to achieve here) No you don't need root. No this doesn't effect the knox efuse. Warranty still intact. Happy flashing

Does the phone need to be network unlocked?
If not, does flashing unlock it?

spudbynight said:
Does the phone need to be network unlocked?
If not, does flashing unlock it?
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I don't believe it being locked or not will make a difference but flashing the btu will almost certainly make no difference to the network lock. I don't know if mine is locked or not but I suspect it will be if your is since we both have them from the same source

Has all the Vodafone bloat gone from yours and can you update OTA from Samsung?

spudbynight said:
Has all the Vodafone bloat gone from yours and can you update OTA from Samsung?
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Yes and yes. That was the ppint in me doing it. Wasn't really bothered about the Vodafone apps but if it ooffers any increase in performance by using the unbranded rom then I'll take it over having useless Vodafone apps. My main reason though is to get the updates from Samsung soon as they're released instead of having to wait a few extra weeks for Vodafone to make the release available.

spudbynight said:
Has all the Vodafone bloat gone from yours and can you update OTA from Samsung?
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how did you get on? success i hope

[Q] Installing Another country on my note 4 and few questions!

Hi, im tired of waiting for Lollipop on my note 4, i have N910HXXU1ANK5 and i was thinking about flashing the other country's firmware, how much is the risk of bricking my device? i pad 800$ for this and im extremely scared! its so much compared to my previous nexus 4 on my old nexus 4 is was like fastboot unlock and tada! its a bit harder in here and i bricked my old n7000 so i rather be careful this time!
Generally how much is the risk of bricking a note 4! what could cause it! i know in general its wrong firmware but like the old n7000 factory reset on ics would kill it and which it did is there anything special like that with the note 4? just be sure too check rom versions?
and what should i do to install 910C on my 910H? what happens if i do something wrong?(soft or hardbrick?)
sorry if this thread sounds stupid, but im going to be 100% sure before i do this as i paid my whole life savings on this
thanks!

From my understanding of the 910h, it is a 3g unlocked note 4. What service are you currently running it through? I just got the lollipop update from verizon a couple of days ago. Before the update came out I got a taste of what lollipop would be like by switching my runtime in the developer options. After the update there isn't too much of a difference. Just color scheme of messaging and some animated pointer click detection and top and bottom wave animation on screen when fully at the top or bottom while scrolling. If you want to get the same performance with your apps as lollipop is running right now, simply go to developer options in your settings, then select runtime, then change from dalvik to ART. Then you won't have to worry about bricking your phone at all.
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biglu6101 said:
From my understanding of the 910h, it is a 3g unlocked note 4. What service are you currently running it through? I just got the lollipop update from verizon a couple of days ago. Before the update came out I got a taste of what lollipop would be like by switching my runtime in the developer options. After the update there isn't too much of a difference. Just color scheme of messaging and some animated pointer click detection and top and bottom wave animation on screen when fully at the top or bottom while scrolling. If you want to get the same performance with your apps as lollipop is running right now, simply go to developer options in your settings, then select runtime, then change from dalvik to ART. Then you won't have to worry about bricking your phone at all.
Sent from my SM-N910V using XDA Free mobile app
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i just wanted too see battery and other stuff but ok, i'll wait! but just for knowadge, if i wanted to do that, how much is the risk? i may install sweet rom etc when a new version of android comes(im keeping it for years! until phones use aluminium batteries )
im rooting it anyway! i rather also install TWRP in case anything goes wrong or for backup!

kamranhaghighi said:
i just wanted too see battery and other stuff but ok, i'll wait! but just for knowadge, if i wanted to do that, how much is the risk? i may install sweet rom etc when a new version of android comes(im keeping it for years! until phones use aluminium batteries )
im rooting it anyway!
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Root for my phone isn't available yet. Comes stock with knox. There's actually a bounty for a verizon and at&t root method right now, so I'm going to have to hook mine up to my Linux based computer and see what I can do. The biggest risk is of course bricking your device by installing another country. I've been rooting devices since froyo was being developed. I've bricked and unbricked a few of my own devices. Unbricking is usually not easy. Because your partition is more than likely specifically for 910h you'd have to repartition it for the 910c that you would want to install. Make sure to make a copy of the 910h partition before you start. Also copy all of the .rar, .tar, .md5 files that are on the device currently. Haven't done it for about a year myself, but if I remember correctly there are 5-7 of them. One for the modem, etc.

kamranhaghighi said:
Hi, im tired of waiting for Lollipop on my note 4, i have N910HXXU1ANK5 and i was thinking about flashing the other country's firmware, how much is the risk of bricking my device? i pad 800$ for this and im extremely scared! its so much compared to my previous nexus 4 on my old nexus 4 is was like fastboot unlock and tada! its a bit harder in here and i bricked my old n7000 so i rather be careful this time!
Generally how much is the risk of bricking a note 4! what could cause it! i know in general its wrong firmware but like the old n7000 factory reset on ics would kill it and which it did is there anything special like that with the note 4? just be sure too check rom versions?
and what should i do to install 910C on my 910H? what happens if i do something wrong?(soft or hardbrick?)
sorry if this thread sounds stupid, but im going to be 100% sure before i do this as i paid my whole life savings on this
thanks!
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Lets start, its too hard on todays day to brick a device, there are a lot more work around, its not 2011 anymore, the only thing u need to be able to do right is READING, without insulting nobody if you can read then your fine, reading and following all steps on this forum is a key. You can flash anything u want on ur phone WHILE ITS MADE SPECIFICALLY FOR YOUR N910x MODEL, if ur not rooted yet, go and root it, it takes 2 minutes, remember the key READING, then you can make ur own research by reading the Development section, after u have done rooting and flashing a custom recovery, most people use TWPR, then ur good to go. If you just want a stock experience, then go to sammobile website, search ur model number, and download the stock rom, this you will have to flash it using ODIN, but like a said, by READING, you have NOTHING to worry. Remember if something happens to ur device, this is just to have it in mind,
WHILE U CAN ACCESS DOWNLOAD MODE VIA VOLUME DOWN+HOME+POWER, YOU ARE SAFE MY FRIEND, GOOD LUCK

yoniinfante said:
Lets start, its too hard on todays day to brick a device, there are a lot more work around, its not 2011 anymore, the only thing u need to be able to do right is READING, without insulting nobody if you can read then your fine, reading and following all steps on this forum is a key. You can flash anything u want on ur phone WHILE ITS MADE SPECIFICALLY FOR YOUR N910x MODEL, if ur not rooted yet, go and root it, it takes 2 minutes, remember the key READING, then you can make ur own research by reading the Development section, after u have done rooting and flashing a custom recovery, most people use TWPR, then ur good to go. If you just want a stock experience, then go to sammobile website, search ur model number, and download the stock rom, this you will have to flash it using ODIN, but like a said, by READING, you have NOTHING to worry. Remember if something happens to ur device, this is just to have it in mind,
WHILE U CAN ACCESS DOWNLOAD MODE VIA VOLUME DOWN+HOME+POWER, YOU ARE SAFE MY FRIEND, GOOD LUCK
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Thanks! Im rooting tomarrow, there is no mention of rom version so i assume it is for all 910H firmwares!

kamranhaghighi said:
Thanks! Im rooting tomarrow, there is no mention of rom version so i assume it is for all 910H firmwares!
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Just a heads up enjoy
http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-4/general/official-lollipop-5-1-n910h-released-t3065465

yoniinfante said:
Just a heads up enjoy
http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-4/general/official-lollipop-5-1-n910h-released-t3065465
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yeah im aware of that! but my device is from a country names something like panama! (ank5)

kamranhaghighi said:
yeah im aware of that! but my device is from a country names something like panama! (ank5)
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that doesnt matter, i have a N910C from Europe and i live on Miami, Florida United States, rooted , and running the latest lollipop from another country

yoniinfante said:
that doesnt matter, i have a N910C from Europe and i live on Miami, Florida United States, rooted , and running the latest lollipop from another country
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cool! thanks!

yoniinfante said:
that doesnt matter, i have a N910C from Europe and i live on Miami, Florida United States, rooted , and running the latest lollipop from another country
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it doesn't delete my data right? if i flash it with odin!

kamranhaghighi said:
it doesn't delete my data right? if i flash it with odin!
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yes, it will factory reset ur device, cheers

ouch, while it download (may take 3 days with my net! it already went to 90% and failed!) i have enough time to backup!

[Extremely Confused] Rooting the T-Mobile Galaxy S5 and flashing Cyanogenmod 12.1

Hi I recently got a T-Mobile Galaxy S5 and I despise Touchwiz. It looks ugly and more importantly it makes my phone extremely sluggish (it feels like my Moto G when it would run out of RAM). I want to root and put a ROM that's as near stock as possible (I'm assuming CM12.1 is the best option for that) but I haven't rooted since the Galaxy S2 so all the information I'm reading is super overwhelming. All these stickied posts seem rather outdated coming from like 2014 and such. I'm on 5.1.1 and I honestly just want as lagfree of an experience as possible. Can someone here please help me acheive this? I've been researching for 2 weeks now and I'm horribly confused. I keep reading about custom kernels and all that but all I want is my phone to not suck.

You'll get more answers in the correct forum
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s5/help
Have you tried a different Launcher first though? TouchWiz Launcher is terrible, Nova Launcher is what a lot of people use, myself too, super fast, smooth with 100x more customisation options

*Detection* said:
You'll get more answers in the correct forum
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s5/help
Have you tried a different Launcher first though? TouchWiz Launcher is terrible, Nova Launcher is what a lot of people use, myself too, super fast, smooth with 100x more customisation options
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I use Nova, it's not enough to stop the dumpster fire that is Touchwiz

What are you confused about? Are you rooted?
Sent from my SM-G900F using Tapatalk

pnut22r said:
What are you confused about? Are you rooted?
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I'm not rooted. I'm confused because when I try to figure out how to root and flash my phone all I see is a bunch of different guides and I'm not sure which is the one I should do.

Not sure if the T-Mobile bootloader is locked, I know the Verizon one is, and another US carrier, if it is locked, it's a PITA
If it's not, flash CF Auto Root for the G900F with ODIN

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Not sure if the T-Mobile bootloader is locked, I know the Verizon one is, and another US carrier, if it is locked, it's a PITA
If it's not, flash CF Auto Root for the G900F with ODIN
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T-Mobile S5 doesn't come with a locked bootloader which is good. I have the G900T would that work?

Abu_The_Unicorn said:
T-Mobile S5 doesn't come with a locked bootloader which is good. I have the G900T would that work?
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If you're sure it's not bootloader locked, just flash this with ODIN
http://download.chainfire.eu/407/CF-Root1/CF-Auto-Root-kltetmo-kltetmo-smg900t.zip

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If you're sure it's not bootloader locked, just flash this with ODIN
http://download.chainfire.eu/407/CF-Root1/CF-Auto-Root-kltetmo-kltetmo-smg900t.zip
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How do I flash something with Odin? And will this work on 5.1.1?

Best do some reading before messing if you don't know how to use ODIN
And no, I don't believe it works with 5.1.1, there is a thread about rooting 5.1.1

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Best do some reading before messing if you don't know how to use ODIN
And no, I don't believe it works with 5.1.1, there is a thread about rooting 5.1.1
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Now do you see why I'm confused? There's so many things that I don't know but I can't find anyone to teach me

Abu_The_Unicorn said:
Now do you see why I'm confused? There's so many things that I don't know but I can't find anyone to teach me
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Was the same for me when I got mine, I spent 2-3 weeks reading every single thread I could before I decided I knew enough to root and be confident I wasn't going to brick it
And that was after I was already well experienced with Android, just a different device
Don't try taking shortcuts is my advice, asking for help and guides is one thing, but reading absolutely everything you can first is the only sure way to not kill your phone
Read this entire thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s5/general/warning-root-install-recovery-t-mobile-t3140807
And then
http://forum.xda-developers.com/tmo...t/root-kernel-root-method-fof6-5-1-1-t3158005

Abu_The_Unicorn said:
Now do you see why I'm confused? There's so many things that I don't know but I can't find anyone to teach me
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You can ask me questions if you get stuck at one point I'd love to help a fellow android user. Just either post here or send me a private message of where you're at and we will go from there.