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I am using the International GSM Galaxy s4 (i9500). I am one of the foolish people who rushed into 4.3 (the Russian ROM doing the rounds - I9500XXUEMJ5_I9500SEREMJ5_SER) without doing sufficient research. Initially it wouldn't even boot properly, and apps would keep crashing, but after a factory reset 4.3 is working okay. I knew that the device would get unrooted, but I didn't know Samsung had a giant turd hiding up its sleeve named Knox. Now in Odin Mode it shows "warranty bit" as "1" I have tried rooting, and everything seems to go as per plan, but it doesn't root it. When I boot the phone I get these annoying notifications - "SuperSu attempted to access system on your device without authorisation" and that the attempt was blocked blah blah blah.
Things I have tried:
I have tried rooting it using crossfire (CF-Auto-Root-ja3g-ja3gxx-gti9500), and everything goes smoothly. It downloads it in Odin mode and then goes to the red screen (recovery mode) where all the messages seem to be okay. It then boots up fine. Everything in dandy. But no root. SuperSU says "There is no SU binary installed, and Super SU cannot install it. This is a problem! If you just upgraded to Android 4.3, you need to manually re-root - consult the relevant forums for your device." The only thing I have found on forums / google is to try using the CF-Auto-Root file mentioned before).
I have tried flashing CWM and using the root option in the recovery mode menu. It says it's rooted and asks me to reboot. But same thing - no root.
Frustrated by this, I decided to go back to the way things are (If it ain't broke, don't fix it - stupid me!!!) I downloaded a 4.2.2 stock ROM firmware file which a lot of people online are recommending (INU-I9500XWUBMG5-20130726135330) but now when I try to flash it using Odin 3.9, it gives me a couple of error messages in the box in Odin and on the phone something like "Unsupported Version" comes and then it does nothing. I have to pull out the battery, and no progress.
While Knox is a horrible thing Samsung has done, it will probably not affect my day to day usage, so I am fine waiting for a solution to reset it if and when it ever comes and hope that I don't need to use the warranty or alternatively they don't enforce that stuff here in India (more out of ignorance than goodness of heart)). But not having root on my phone is very tough. Unfortunately I can't use many of my apps that require root (Titanium, Avast etc.) - and I don't see what business it is of Samsung if I want to use legit apps that require root in order to enhance my experience.
What are my options (if any )? I am open to using any other (stable) ROMs like cyanogenmod etc. if that provides a solution. Or do I just have to wait till the geniuses (crossfire etc.) figure it out?
Same problem here. I'm waiting for someone to fix it.
Seems like a lot of people around the world have the same problem as I do. I guess we will have to wait. Meantime, I guess I will try flashing the Indian firmware that just came out today (if only I had waited a day!). The Indian one seems to have Knox too, but I feel kind of like in the walking dead - we are all infected, and can't do **** about it.
I imagine whenever crossfire comes out with the root file for 4.3, it should be applicable for all region 4.3 firmwares?
no problem with root
This is interesting to me because i downloaded the mentioned 4.3 Russia rom and flashed it. After i flashed the cf auto root and now i have root. The only thing i have is i cant seem to install knox which it is saying your device is not authorised to enter knox mode. Not sure but i suspect it is because i have root. In download mode it says custom and warranty is 1.
sorry.. i forgot to mention i have the i-9500 international version.
solved!
I don't know, will it be working on update that installed by OTA, but i know that it works if you flashed update by ODIN. Now i have fully functional rooted russian 4.3 firmware.
First, you must know that this method will void your warranty, because it will activate warranty bit counter.
1. Flash the update and wipe data and cache.
2. Do not setting up your device.
3. Enter to downlod mode again, and flash the cofface recovery.
4. Enter to recovery and install the special Chainfire's supersu for 4.3 (look in attachment of this post.)
5. Reboot and setup your phone, but anyway DON'T TRY to use knox, and if you will see dialog window, where it is written about some protection - decline it every time as you see it!
6. Now, you need to stop knox services in application manager. Just stop all aplications that have "knox", and some agent that hase different name, but same icon.
7. Now you can use root, but you need to uninstall all knox services before reboot, because knox will be running again and block su binary. I used RootAppDelete.
megacrash said:
I don't know, will it be working on update that installed by OTA, but i know that it works if you flashed update by ODIN. Now i have fully functional rooted russian 4.3 firmware.
First, you must know that this method will void your warranty, because it will activate warranty bit counter.
1. Flash the update and wipe data and cache.
2. Do not setting up your device.
3. Enter to downlod mode again, and flash the cofface recovery.
4. Enter to recovery and install the special Chainfire's supersu for 4.3 (look in attachment of this post.)
5. Reboot and setup your phone, but anyway DON'T TRY to use knox, and if you will see dialog window, where it is written about some protection - decline it every time as you see it!
6. Now, you need to stop knox services in application manager. Just stop all aplications that have "knox", and some agent that hase different name, but same icon.
7. Now you can use root, but you need to uninstall all knox services before reboot, because knox will be running again and block su binary. I used RootAppDelete.
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My friend your post is really helpful but there is a glitch knox is integrated in some system apps so when u try to remove system ui FC's so to stop knox interrupting freeze it with titanium backup cz when u freeze knox this will not crash ur system ui and u can use root even u restart your device purposely as many times you want
nickboy360 said:
My friend your post is really helpful but there is a glitch knox is integrated in some system apps so when u try to remove system ui FC's so to stop knox interrupting freeze it with titanium backup cz when u freeze knox this will not crash ur system ui and u can use root even u restart your device purposely as many times you want
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still no luck bro ... I have removed all Knox related files through aroma file manager. installed root binary provided by you . installed auto root ... but still no luck
seems some problem with my phone
do I have to do factory reset ?
Yeah... I doubt that method would work. Plus after spending hours manually reinstalling apps and setting up accounts etc. I don't want to factory reset unless it's a sure thing. (Since I don't have root, I can't use Titanium Backup to restore my apps + data).
Is there any news on any method to root the i9500 on 4.3?
I flashed the Indian firmware, and it's working very well! (apart from the Knox b.s.)
4.2.2 downgrade from 4.3 Official Russian
Hi Friends,
I need your help.
I have upgraded to 4.3 Russian FW through ODIN. When i connected to KIES it says 'This device is not supported by KIES"
When i try Firmware upgrade and initialization, it says that it can restore to original firmware MG9. Somewhere here i have read that downgrade is not available. So if try will i brick my device. I would like to go back to original 4.2.2 and wait for official update for Africa as i am from Kenya.
Otherwise 4.3 is very fast and smooth and camera app is working very fast, better battery performance and no hanging.
I will appreciate any help. Thanks
pawandeep said:
still no luck bro ... I have removed all Knox related files through aroma file manager. installed root binary provided by you . installed auto root ... but still no luck
seems some problem with my phone
do I have to do factory reset ?
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Mate i know there is a problem with 4.3 regarding the root i myself tried and failed to get it rooted search for the latest supersu1.60 zip on google flash with 6.0.4.4 cwm u will get ur device rooted but the warranty bits will increase ... and do not install knox if u do u will find knox counter below warranty bits .... the new boot loader with knox have a efuse kinda stuff so @Chanfire is having little trouble dealing with it...so if u have increased ur warranty bits try this link if it might help u http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2317105
anyways i m currently sticking to stock mistakely updated to 4.3 now just waiting for some magician to give us a way out...
hope u get what u want and if it works give credits to the OP and just hit the thanks button if it helped...
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kpanand said:
Hi Friends,
I need your help.
I have upgraded to 4.3 Russian FW through ODIN. When i connected to KIES it says 'This device is not supported by KIES"
When i try Firmware upgrade and initialization, it says that it can restore to original firmware MG9. Somewhere here i have read that downgrade is not available. So if try will i brick my device. I would like to go back to original 4.2.2 and wait for official update for Africa as i am from Kenya.
Otherwise 4.3 is very fast and smooth and camera app is working very fast, better battery performance and no hanging.
I will appreciate any help. Thanks
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Sir download kies 3 http://www.samsung.com/us/kies/#downloadWindows from here and ur device will be fully functional on 4.3
hit thanks if it helped
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kpanand said:
Hi Friends,
I need your help.
I have upgraded to 4.3 Russian FW through ODIN. When i connected to KIES it says 'This device is not supported by KIES"
When i try Firmware upgrade and initialization, it says that it can restore to original firmware MG9. Somewhere here i have read that downgrade is not available. So if try will i brick my device. I would like to go back to original 4.2.2 and wait for official update for Africa as i am from Kenya.
Otherwise 4.3 is very fast and smooth and camera app is working very fast, better battery performance and no hanging.
I will appreciate any help. Thanks
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Sir Try KIES 3 its supports 4.3 andu will be able to use it
VebKr said:
I am using the International GSM Galaxy s4 (i9500). I am one of the foolish people who rushed into 4.3 (the Russian ROM doing the rounds - I9500XXUEMJ5_I9500SEREMJ5_SER) without doing sufficient research. Initially it wouldn't even boot properly, and apps would keep crashing, but after a factory reset 4.3 is working okay. I knew that the device would get unrooted, but I didn't know Samsung had a giant turd hiding up its sleeve named Knox. Now in Odin Mode it shows "warranty bit" as "1" I have tried rooting, and everything seems to go as per plan, but it doesn't root it. When I boot the phone I get these annoying notifications - "SuperSu attempted to access system on your device without authorisation" and that the attempt was blocked blah blah blah.
Things I have tried:
I have tried rooting it using crossfire (CF-Auto-Root-ja3g-ja3gxx-gti9500), and everything goes smoothly. It downloads it in Odin mode and then goes to the red screen (recovery mode) where all the messages seem to be okay. It then boots up fine. Everything in dandy. But no root. SuperSU says "There is no SU binary installed, and Super SU cannot install it. This is a problem! If you just upgraded to Android 4.3, you need to manually re-root - consult the relevant forums for your device." The only thing I have found on forums / google is to try using the CF-Auto-Root file mentioned before).
I have tried flashing CWM and using the root option in the recovery mode menu. It says it's rooted and asks me to reboot. But same thing - no root.
Frustrated by this, I decided to go back to the way things are (If it ain't broke, don't fix it - stupid me!!!) I downloaded a 4.2.2 stock ROM firmware file which a lot of people online are recommending (INU-I9500XWUBMG5-20130726135330) but now when I try to flash it using Odin 3.9, it gives me a couple of error messages in the box in Odin and on the phone something like "Unsupported Version" comes and then it does nothing. I have to pull out the battery, and no progress.
While Knox is a horrible thing Samsung has done, it will probably not affect my day to day usage, so I am fine waiting for a solution to reset it if and when it ever comes and hope that I don't need to use the warranty or alternatively they don't enforce that stuff here in India (more out of ignorance than goodness of heart)). But not having root on my phone is very tough. Unfortunately I can't use many of my apps that require root (Titanium, Avast etc.) - and I don't see what business it is of Samsung if I want to use legit apps that require root in order to enhance my experience.
What are my options (if any )? I am open to using any other (stable) ROMs like cyanogenmod etc. if that provides a solution. Or do I just have to wait till the geniuses (crossfire etc.) figure it out?
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so sorry to hear that but dont worry ..there is always a solution ...what i did was i followed the instructions while INSTALLING WANAM V 3.0 from : http://wanamlite.com/2013/10/21/wanamlite-xxuemj5-v3-0-android-jb-4-3-xposed/ nd after that everything booted normally and i was having the warranty bit to 1 but it was working perfect and thn i there was an annoying message everytime i opened SUPERSU or some rooted apps...the root was working perfect ..knox was not doing anything to it ..just showing the SECURITY INFORMATION that the app is stopped but in real it wasnt ..so i disabled it by installing TERMINAL EMULATOR from playstore and thn opened it and typed the following :
SU (Enter)
pm disable com.sec.knox.seandroid (Enter)
and its gone ...give it a try and tell me if ur problem is solved ...good luck
i got lucky that i dint upgrade 4.3
ll_r1d0_ll said:
so sorry to hear that but dont worry ..there is always a solution ...what i did was i followed the instructions while INSTALLING WANAM V 3.0 from : http://wanamlite.com/2013/10/21/wanamlite-xxuemj5-v3-0-android-jb-4-3-xposed/ nd after that everything booted normally and i was having the warranty bit to 1 but it was working perfect and thn i there was an annoying message everytime i opened SUPERSU or some rooted apps...the root was working perfect ..knox was not doing anything to it ..just showing the SECURITY INFORMATION that the app is stopped but in real it wasnt ..so i disabled it by installing TERMINAL EMULATOR from playstore and thn opened it and typed the following :
SU (Enter)
pm disable com.sec.knox.seandroid (Enter)
and its gone ...give it a try and tell me if ur problem is solved ...good luck
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Wouldn't uninstalling Knox completely get rid of the issues as well? Check the steps here: http://www.samsung.com/us/support/howtoguide/N0000005/13093/159642
@ll_r1d0_ll
Thanks a lot man, it really worked, although I have I9500UBUEMJ5, now I have 4.3 and root, thanks.
ll_r1d0_ll said:
so sorry to hear that but dont worry ..there is always a solution ...what i did was i followed the instructions while INSTALLING WANAM V 3.0 from : http://wanamlite.com/2013/10/21/wanamlite-xxuemj5-v3-0-android-jb-4-3-xposed/ nd after that everything booted normally and i was having the warranty bit to 1 but it was working perfect and thn i there was an annoying message everytime i opened SUPERSU or some rooted apps...the root was working perfect ..knox was not doing anything to it ..just showing the SECURITY INFORMATION that the app is stopped but in real it wasnt ..so i disabled it by installing TERMINAL EMULATOR from playstore and thn opened it and typed the following :
SU (Enter)
pm disable com.sec.knox.seandroid (Enter)
and its gone ...give it a try and tell me if ur problem is solved ...good luck
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Mate i cannot find wanam 3.0 for i9500... this procedure is basically for i9505 when is the ETA for i9500 wanam 4.3 @wanam i know ur working hard on i9500, is there anyway where we can reset warranty bits
Sent from my GT-I9500 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
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nickboy360 said:
Mate i cannot find wanam 3.0 for i9500... this procedure is basically for i9505 when is the ETA for i9500 wanam 4.3 @wanam i know ur working hard on i9500, is there anyway where we can reset warranty bits
Sent from my GT-I9500 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
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Sorry i dint checked it throughly ... but y cant i see an updated version in the forum but its on wanam website... :what::what:
Sent from my GT-I9500 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
dmunera said:
@ll_r1d0_ll
Thanks a lot man, it really worked, although I have I9500UBUEMJ5, now I have 4.3 and root, thanks.
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ur always welcome
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nickboy360 said:
Mate i cannot find wanam 3.0 for i9500... this procedure is basically for i9505 when is the ETA for i9500 wanam 4.3 @wanam i know ur working hard on i9500, is there anyway where we can reset warranty bits
Sent from my GT-I9500 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
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Sorry i dint checked it throughly ... but y cant i see an updated version in the forum but its on wanam website... :what::what:
Sent from my GT-I9500 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
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if u have checked the link i gave u above inside it..it is written that " Welcome to WanamLite Rom for Galaxy S4 I9500" ..I have flashed this rom o my GT I9500 and its working like a charm and it have no idea how to reset the warranty bits and i personally dont care about my warranty
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ali87 said:
Wouldn't uninstalling Knox completely get rid of the issues as well? Check the steps here: http://www.samsung.com/us/support/howtoguide/N0000005/13093/159642
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well it depends on your choice i followed the steps given by CHAINFIRE in the I9505 forum
@ll_r1d0_ll mate thanks alot for ur feedback about the rom and when is @indie and @tamirda is releasing their roms beacuse personally i never tried wanam on my previous i9300 n7000 and n7100 ... so if i flash wanamlite v3.1 any problem or bugs till date???
Sent from my GT-I9500 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
nickboy360 said:
@ll_r1d0_ll mate thanks alot for ur feedback about the rom and when is @indie and @tamirda is releasing their roms beacuse personally i never tried wanam on my previous i9300 n7000 and n7100 ... so if i flash wanamlite v3.1 any problem or bugs till date???
Sent from my GT-I9500 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
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i literally have no idea that when they are going to release 4.3 version of their roms :/ ... i was alsoo waiting for their roms but i thought i should give wanam's rom a try and i have found that its great and widout any problem .....i am currently using v3.1 i didnt find any issue i just flashed it over 3.0 and its working perfect !
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VebKr said:
Spoiler: VebKr
I am using the International GSM Galaxy s4 (i9500). I am one of the foolish people who rushed into 4.3 (the Russian ROM doing the rounds - I9500XXUEMJ5_I9500SEREMJ5_SER) without doing sufficient research. Initially it wouldn't even boot properly, and apps would keep crashing, but after a factory reset 4.3 is working okay. I knew that the device would get unrooted, but I didn't know Samsung had a giant turd hiding up its sleeve named Knox. Now in Odin Mode it shows "warranty bit" as "1" I have tried rooting, and everything seems to go as per plan, but it doesn't root it. When I boot the phone I get these annoying notifications - "SuperSu attempted to access system on your device without authorisation" and that the attempt was blocked blah blah blah.
Things I have tried:
I have tried rooting it using crossfire (CF-Auto-Root-ja3g-ja3gxx-gti9500), and everything goes smoothly. It downloads it in Odin mode and then goes to the red screen (recovery mode) where all the messages seem to be okay. It then boots up fine. Everything in dandy. But no root. SuperSU says "There is no SU binary installed, and Super SU cannot install it. This is a problem! If you just upgraded to Android 4.3, you need to manually re-root - consult the relevant forums for your device." The only thing I have found on forums / google is to try using the CF-Auto-Root file mentioned before).
I have tried flashing CWM and using the root option in the recovery mode menu. It says it's rooted and asks me to reboot. But same thing - no root.
Frustrated by this, I decided to go back to the way things are (If it ain't broke, don't fix it - stupid me!!!) I downloaded a 4.2.2 stock ROM firmware file which a lot of people online are recommending (INU-I9500XWUBMG5-20130726135330) but now when I try to flash it using Odin 3.9, it gives me a couple of error messages in the box in Odin and on the phone something like "Unsupported Version" comes and then it does nothing. I have to pull out the battery, and no progress.
While Knox is a horrible thing Samsung has done, it will probably not affect my day to day usage, so I am fine waiting for a solution to reset it if and when it ever comes and hope that I don't need to use the warranty or alternatively they don't enforce that stuff here in India (more out of ignorance than goodness of heart)). But not having root on my phone is very tough. Unfortunately I can't use many of my apps that require root (Titanium, Avast etc.) - and I don't see what business it is of Samsung if I want to use legit apps that require root in order to enhance my experience.
What are my options (if any )? I am open to using any other (stable) ROMs like cyanogenmod etc. if that provides a solution. Or do I just have to wait till the geniuses (crossfire etc.) figure it out?
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Hi @VebKr, seems like I did same with you, , and now my warranty bit has became 1 already, and I couldn't turn it back to 0, I've searched how to do it, but I couldn't find it. And now, I don't know what to say, but seems like I lost my warranty because of that, I've just bought this phone last month actually. Is there anyone who able to make it back?
engineer24 said:
Hi @VebKr, seems like I did same with you, , and now my warranty bit has became 1 already, and I couldn't turn it back to 0, I've searched how to do it, but I couldn't find it. And now, I don't know what to say, but seems like I lost my warranty because of that, I've just bought this phone last month actually. Is there anyone who able to make it back?
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Mate you should have read the whole post before flashing the rom frankly now there is nothing you can do as i and @ll_r1d0_ll were discussing about the same so you should have waited for little more time before flashing the wanamlite 3.1 i got a new myself a new s4 so now the old one is having wanamlite which is tremendous i just loved it but still having a second thought on updating my new s4 to custom .. will wait for some time for some of the magician here on xda will turn the wheel, so we might get lucky.
ok so ive been searching all day on what to do i have a note 3 verizon that i rooted via root de la vega and now am just getting around to messing with my phone again and cant seem to unroot so i can recieve ota i have download a stock mi9 tar file but everytime i try to put it into odin it stops responding and odin closes im on odin 3.09 and i download the mi9 file from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2528707 any help would be great beings as i cant seem to figure it out
petec920 said:
ok so ive been searching all day on what to do i have a note 3 verizon that i rooted via root de la vega and now am just getting around to messing with my phone again and cant seem to unroot so i can recieve ota i have download a stock mi9 tar file but everytime i try to put it into odin it stops responding and odin closes im on odin 3.09 and i download the mi9 file from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2528707 any help would be great beings as i cant seem to figure it out
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Just flash the stock MJE file in odin and call it a day...no need to OTA.
droidstyle said:
Just flash the stock MJE file in odin and call it a day...no need to OTA.
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got it thanks idk if it was a bad downalod or what but when it finally loaded the file doing all updates now thanks much sorry for pointless post so to speak
The way posted above is what I would also call the best way. Or if you aren't lacking anything I would just stay on MI9. You have the most freedom and options to move to any firmware in the off chance some type of unlock occurs. I haven't found any new features or improvements on the new firmwares other than Verizon's gift of more bloatware, but as always YMMV.
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petec920 said:
got it thanks idk if it was a bad downalod or what but when it finally loaded the file doing all updates now thanks much sorry for pointless post so to speak
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Not pointless...we are here to help
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changt34x said:
The way posted above is what I would also call the best way. Or if you aren't lacking anything I would just stay on MI9. You have the most freedom and options to move to any firmware in the off chance some type of unlock occurs. I haven't found any new features or improvements on the new firmwares other than Verizon's gift of more bloatware, but as always YMMV.
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MI9 had signal and wifi issues...I strongly suggest upgrading to MJE.
I'm in the same boat -- on MI9 and rooted via root de la vega -- but I unfortunately deleted some bloatware apps that I don't have backups for. Would flashing the stock MJE file in odin work in my case as well? Any guidance appreciated.
Deleting that bloatware sure felt satisfying at the time.
droidstyle said:
Not pointless...we are here to help
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MI9 had signal and wifi issues...I strongly suggest upgrading to MJE.
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MJE has those same WiFi issues for me and a whole lot of other people.
★NOTE 3★ ☛RETAIL☚ {HYPER?DRIVE} ??VZW?
Billyjack555 said:
I'm in the same boat -- on MI9 and rooted via root de la vega -- but I unfortunately deleted some bloatware apps that I don't have backups for. Would flashing the stock MJE file in odin work in my case as well? Any guidance appreciated.
Deleting that bloatware sure felt satisfying at the time.
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Never delete...buy the app titanium backup pro and freeze apps, that way if you accidently freeze something that you wish you had not, you can always defrost it.
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mwebb34 said:
MJE has those same WiFi issues for me and a whole lot of other people.
★NOTE 3★ ☛RETAIL☚ {HYPER?DRIVE} ??VZW?
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Did you go into service mode and turn off wifi power save?
droidstyle said:
Never delete...buy the app titanium backup pro and freeze apps, that way if you accidently freeze something that you wish you had not, you can always defrost it.
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Did you go into service mode and turn off wifi power save?
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yep! that didnt help me at all! Although some people says turning off the WiFi power saving mode works. It may work for them but not me. I also tried unchecking the Auto Network Switch with no luck. I want a different phone.
petec920 said:
ok so ive been searching all day on what to do i have a note 3 verizon that i rooted via root de la vega and now am just getting around to messing with my phone again and cant seem to unroot so i can recieve ota i have download a stock mi9 tar file but everytime i try to put it into odin it stops responding and odin closes im on odin 3.09 and i download the mi9 file from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2528707 any help would be great beings as i cant seem to figure it out
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changt34x said:
The way posted above is what I would also call the best way. Or if you aren't lacking anything I would just stay on MI9. You have the most freedom and options to move to any firmware in the off chance some type of unlock occurs. I haven't found any new features or improvements on the new firmwares other than Verizon's gift of more bloatware, but as always YMMV.
Sent from my SM-N900V using Tapatalk
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droidstyle said:
Not pointless...we are here to help
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MI9 had signal and wifi issues...I strongly suggest upgrading to MJE.
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Billyjack555 said:
I'm in the same boat -- on MI9 and rooted via root de la vega -- but I unfortunately deleted some bloatware apps that I don't have backups for. Would flashing the stock MJE file in odin work in my case as well? Any guidance appreciated.
Deleting that bloatware sure felt satisfying at the time.
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I'm also on MI9, because I was not getting the wifi issues, LTE network issues, call and sound quality isssues. I've decided to stay on MI9 because if at anytime I can just ODIN to MJ7 or MJE. But not the other way around. I guess it really depends on your area that you live and so far Chicago with Band 4 LTE- AWS is doing ok on stock MI9
droidstyle said:
Never delete...buy the app titanium backup pro and freeze apps, that way if you accidently freeze something that you wish you had not, you can always defrost it.
I actually had a backup on my sd card but inadvertently lost it when I used it in another device and reformatted it. For folks with deleted system apps for which backups aren't an option, is there a path forward to update? Or am I just destined to stay on MI9? I'm actually happy with MI9 and haven't had the call quality/wifi issues, but am looking ahead to the kitkat update.
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droidstyle said:
Never delete...buy the app titanium backup pro and freeze apps, that way if you accidently freeze something that you wish you had not, you can always defrost it.
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I actually had a backup on my sd card but inadvertently lost it when I used it in another device and reformatted it. For folks with deleted system apps for which backups aren't an option, is there a path forward to update? Or am I just destined to stay on MI9? I'm actually happy with MI9 and haven't had the call quality/wifi issues, but am looking ahead to the kitkat update.
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You can dig the missing system app .apk, .odex files out of the Odin MI9 tarball and put them back in place. They will be in the system.img.ext4 image file... which needs to be uncompressed using the Android SDK tool "simg2img", and then loopback mounted.
There is a way to do this using Windows (I think I saw a thread over in the 2012 Nexus 7 forum documenting that procedure), but frankly that's just lame for an Android rooter to behave that way
Or you can make a TiBu Market App/Data backup, use Odin or Kies to install the latest release, re-root and TiBu restore.
BTW (for the future) you can debloat without removing any files by simply 'chmod 000' the targeted .apk & .odex files and reboot. Or you can use Android's built in app disable feature (for foreground apps). This has the same effect as removal, except that you can re enable them anytime you want. The only downside to doing this is if you are tight on space in /system and want to install stuff as system apps so they will survive a factory reset procedure.
good luck
bftb0 said:
You can dig the missing system app .apk, .odex files out of the Odin MI9 tarball and put them back in place. They will be in the system.img.ext4 image file... which needs to be uncompressed using the Android SDK tool "simg2img", and then loopback mounted.
There is a way to do this using Windows (I think I saw a thread over in the 2012 Nexus 7 forum documenting that procedure), but frankly that's just lame for an Android rooter to behave that way
Or you can make a TiBu Market App/Data backup, use Odin or Kies to install the latest release, re-root and TiBu restore.
BTW (for the future) you can debloat without removing any files by simply 'chmod 000' the targeted .apk & .odex files and reboot. Or you can use Android's built in app disable feature (for foreground apps). This has the same effect as removal, except that you can re enable them anytime you want. The only downside to doing this is if you are tight on space in /system and want to install stuff as system apps so they will survive a factory reset procedure.
good luck
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Thanks so much for the response. Just wondering -- would simply returning to stock using this method, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2483380, do the trick?
Billyjack555 said:
Thanks so much for the response. Just wondering -- would simply returning to stock using this method, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2483380, do the trick?
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The thread you refer to above recommends Root de La Vega following return to Stock via Odin. I thought I saw comments to the effect that on newer VSGN3 releases (e.g. MJE) that rooting method trips the Knox warranty "fuse".
(Somebody correct me if I am wrong about that).
The other thread you are (cross-) posting in, namely az_biker's thread
***Note 3 Root - Recovery - Roms*** step by step
also uses Odin to perform the return-to-stock step, but suggests rooting with Kingo. It will certainly work. (I'm frankly not sure about the security risks of using Kingo).
If you are currently on MJE, you probably have to use the MJE Odin tarball for return-to-stock.
good luck
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The thread you refer to above recommends Root de La Vega following return to Stock via Odin. I thought I saw comments to the effect that on newer VSGN3 releases (e.g. MJE) that rooting method trips the Knox warranty "fuse".
(Somebody correct me if I am wrong about that).
The other thread you are (cross-) posting in, namely az_biker's thread
***Note 3 Root - Recovery - Roms*** step by step
also uses Odin to perform the return-to-stock step, but suggests rooting with Kingo. It will certainly work. (I'm frankly not sure about the security risks of using Kingo).
If you are currently on MJE, you probably have to use the MJE Odin tarball for return-to-stock.
good luck
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Thanks. I guess I was looking for an easier solution since digging out the system apps from the MI9 tar file increases the margin of error on my end. I'm not expecting to keep root after flashing the tar files, so that's not a concern for me. In reading through the threads it seems that Odin'ing the tar files is the closest thing to a "cure all" if you've messed up your phone somehow. In going through the various threads, your first statement is consistent with what I've deduced -- that for MJ7 and MJE, Root de La Vega isn't an option, only Kingo.
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Thanks. I guess I was looking for an easier solution since digging out the system apps from the MI9 tar file increases the margin of error on my end. I'm not expecting to keep root after flashing the tar files, so that's not a concern for me. In reading through the threads it seems that Odin'ing the tar files is the closest thing to a "cure all" if you've messed up your phone somehow. In going through the various threads, your first statement is consistent with what I've deduced -- that for MJ7 and MJE, Root de La Vega isn't an option, only Kingo.
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It is possible that you could point Odin at a tar file containing only the MI9 system.img.ext4 file to perform a "dirty flash" on top of your existing setup. I've never tried that, so I'm hesitant to recommend it 100%.
But if it worked it would mean that you wouldn't lose all your apps, data, and configurations. And then you could just use the OTA process to upgrade from MI9. You wouldn't be rooted any longer, but you could certainly re-root if you changed your mind.
as thread states. I used kingoroot to root my phone. now I need to unroot my phone. I have went into safestrap and deleted the custom rom. I kept my stock firmware in the number 1 spot and have went back to it. So phone looks standard stock and essentially is. (bloatware etc) however the phone is still rooted. What steps do I take considering I used kingoroot to get unroot and be able to update THROUGH vzw to latest firmware?
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as thread states. I used kingoroot to root my phone. now I need to unroot my phone. I have went into safestrap and deleted the custom rom. I kept my stock firmware in the number 1 spot and have went back to it. So phone looks standard stock and essentially is. (bloatware etc) however the phone is still rooted. What steps do I take considering I used kingoroot to get unroot and be able to update THROUGH vzw to latest firmware?
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Odin back to stock with these files.
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Open the supersu app and go to settings and scroll down to the cleanup section and hit Full unroot. I would just use Odin because OTA might recognize you were rooted and softbrick the phone.
Thanks for your help!
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Just now I lost root. My phone working 2 weeks rooted without problem.
SuperSu write me that there is no SU binary installed. I tried with Odin and CF-Auto-Root-hero2lte to root again but the same not root.
Hey me too! Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge
Root was working fine but suddenly lost root, came up with some storage full error, next thing I know, lost root.
Root checker says: Sorry! Root access is not properly installed on this device.
Lemme know if you have any solutions. i'm probably gonna try to backup and then reroot
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Rerooting with chainfire's AP still shows Root Access is not properly installed. Using Odin3-v3.10.6.exe
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Name: CF-Auto-Root-hero2lte-hero2ltexx-smg935f.tar.md5
Size: 87521359 bytes (83 MB)
SHA1: A890B3824A15BEDC35895ECD682B0EDD446636EF
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Originally Posted by Yanush7
Hi,
I’m writing this to hopefully clarify a little bit the situation about how to get root again on your Samsung device.
The easiest way (which I tasted on my Galaxy S7 Edge), which doesn`t require playing with extraction of boot.img etc., is the following:
1) Check what is your current ROM version
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=2772624
2) Download corresponding ROM from - 1GB~~ Download Takes few hours
http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/
It takes some time for download to complete (sammobile is slow for free users) but it is worth waiting IMO.
Tip: when you find your ROM there, you can copy the full filename and try to google it for some mirror links, just be smart and do not download from some trash sites.
3) Download newest Odin 3.11
http://forum.xda-developers.com/atta...1&d=1463117260
4) Download updated CF Auto Root (all the files now are already updated by Chainfire, and it will protect you from losing root again)
https://autoroot.chainfire.eu/
5) Using Odin, flash your ROM (which you just downloaded) to your device. I won`t describe whole process, as there is many tutorials. But in general, after putting your phone in Download Mode, and connecting to PC, you run Odin, and you select only the AP file (you can ignore the other files in package with names that starts from CSC, BT, Home_CSC etc.)
You will not lose any data. This is important. If you download ROM which match the ROM you already have on your phone, then you can flash the entire ROM without losing any data, settings etc.
6) After flashing your ROM, now you can flash CF Auto Root and root your phone like you did once before.
I tested it on my phone and everything worked without problem.
pd56 said:
Just now I lost root. My phone working 2 weeks rooted without problem.
SuperSu write me that there is no SU binary installed. I tried with Odin and CF-Auto-Root-hero2lte to root again but the same not root.
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Haha me too! The last thing I remember doing is unfreezing the edge screen functions and logging into that "oncircle" or whatever thing. Because I've never known what it is! And the next thing I know, TB doesn't have too. I had it minutes ago. Then I reflashed SuperSU from TWRP and its back to normal. And froze that useless edge screen nonsense.
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IVPathfinder said:
Hey me too! Samsung Galaxy S7
Root was working fine but suddenly lost root, came up with some storage full error, next thing I know, lost root.
Root checker says: Sorry! Root access is not properly installed on this device.
Lemme know if you have any solutions. i'm probably gonna try to backup and then reroot
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Rerooting with chainfire's AP still shows Root Access is not properly installed. Using Odin3-v3.10.6.exe
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Name: CF-Auto-Root-hero2lte-hero2ltexx-smg935f.tar.md5
Size: 87521359 bytes (83 MB)
SHA1: A890B3824A15BEDC35895ECD682B0EDD446636EF
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Do you not have TWRP?
thedisturbedone said:
Haha me too! The last thing I remember doing is unfreezing the edge screen functions and logging into that "oncircle" or whatever thing. Because I've never known what it is! And the next thing I know, TB doesn't have too. I had it minutes ago. Then I reflashed SuperSU from TWRP and its back to normal. And froze that useless edge screen nonsense.
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Do you not have TWRP?
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In the beginning when i lost root i had after not. I flashed again and restore inside from TWRP older back up. First reboot looks that I have root. I hope to stay like that.
Nop again I lost root without to do anything.
pd56 said:
Nop again I lost root without to do anything.
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Do a Full wipe, reroot and your problems will be gone.
pd56 said:
Nop again I lost root without to do anything.
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Oh sorry to hear that! I have mine intact so far. I don't know what exactly caused it..but I had a random reboot today!
We must wait for updates superSu or TW. I made clean stock firmware flash and after one hour had the same, no root
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Do a Full wipe, reroot and your problems will be gone.
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If i do a full wipe, will i lose all my installed programs and have to reinstall everything again?
Edit: Only asking because i also lost root after installing the latest Australian Optus firmware so i went back to older firmware.
krico said:
If i do a full wipe, will i lose all my installed programs and have to reinstall everything again?
Edit: Only asking because i also lost root after installing the latest Australian Optus firmware so i went back to older firmware.
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Yes you need to reinstall all your programs and don't forget to take backup of data (pictures, videos, documents, music).
At the same time you will remove the "bug" that is causing the removal of root.
Normally root don't disapear for no reason unless there is a bug in SuperSU, or you have installed a program that you might or might not know removes root.
If there was such a bug in SuperSU that removes itself then there would be a widespread reaction among other users and an update would have been released.
So try it out, and please report back so others with similar problem can see if it was success or not.
I also lost root today...
My guess is I saw an OTA security update(google android) going on today and after some time(it has been installed) I realised I lost root.
Weird is that I am on a custom ROM TEKXnesis HYBRID S7E URv4.5
I thought that being on a custom ROM I will not get OTA updates anymore ?!
Tiny Wiz said:
Yes you need to reinstall all your programs and don't forget to take backup of data (pictures, videos, documents, music).
At the same time you will remove the "bug" that is causing the removal of root.
Normally root don't disapear for no reason unless there is a bug in SuperSU, or you have installed a program that you might or might not know removes root.
If there was such a bug in SuperSU that removes itself then there would be a widespread reaction among other users and an update would have been released.
So try it out, and please report back so others with similar problem can see if it was success or not.
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Yesterday I got an safety guideline update. Maybe this cause problems on your rooted phones? As I read this happened out of no where, so maybe it's caused from this update.
Sent from my SM-G935F using XDA-Developers mobile app
Tiny Wiz said:
If there was such a bug in SuperSU that removes itself then there would be a widespread reaction among other users and an update would have been released.
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Bug or no bug (and I hope it is the former), there already is a widespread reaction. I lost root out of the blue - 935FD rooted with CF auto root method, no TWRP, Xposed installed using FlashFire, stock ROM. The last update I recall was to an Xposed module called "Flat Style Bar Indicators" - which is totally awesome and works very well.
I don't think I want to go the TWRP route, wipe everything and start from scratch, only to lose root again.
Fingers crossed for it to be an SU bug and simply fixed by flashing an updated version via ODIN.
And now that I've lost root, will I be able to get and install OTA update when one for my region becomes available?
i lost my phone , but not the root
I lost root randomly as well on my Galaxy S7 G930F. I rooted the phone about a month ago and had no issues at all. This just appeared randomly out out of the blue. I'm thinking it might have been some sort of OTA security update pushed to my phone as some others mentioned, but I can't be sure. I tried re-rooting with CF-Autoroot, but SuperSU still says I'm not rooted. Will an update to CF-Autoroot or SuperSU fix this? I would prefer not to start from scratch.
I had the same problem and stop Security Aytomatic updates. Looks than 12 hours now and still I have the root. Hope to stay like that
Yep same here, I mentioned this a few days ago. I went with CF Auto Root and flashed zips with FlashFire. I did get a warning about a security policy update around the same time. I think I picked the install later option. Lost root in the end though. I went with the nuclear option
Flashed stock image, updated to latest UK OTA. Flashed TWRP, didn't full wipe after setting up (I don't need /data to be accessed, I just flash zip from external SD). So I still have encryption. Didn't flash dm verity (don't need to). Back to normal now. I've rebooted multiple times and haven't lost root yet. I've disabled automatic security updates too.
Same happened to me, I receiced a security update notification, and then, in titanium back up I realize I lost root, fortunately I was able to reboot in TWRP with button combo and flashed supersu.zip to gain root again, but I'm curios how this happened and what backdoor this security update use to unroot
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Hey WTF. I have also a Galaxy S7 Edge SMG935F and about one week ago I had root with no problems. Today I wanted to use root again and my TB tells me no root. So i download root checker and it also tells me no root. So I rerooted my Samsung with CF-Auto-Root-hero2lte-hero2ltexx-smg935f and then tried again and still I have no root. I have not done any updates. So what the hack has happened. I don't want to wipe my Samsung just to find out it might not work or I will lose root again. Can someone please help me or tell me what happened. Thanks.
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stremax said:
Same happened to me, I receiced a security update notification, and then, in titanium back up I realize I lost root, fortunately I was able to reboot in TWRP with button combo and flashed supersu.zip to gain root again, but I'm curios how this happened and what backdoor this security update use to unroot
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Hey can I flash a custom recovery without root to be able to use the supersu.zip to gain root again?
chrisdzie said:
Hey WTF. I have also a Galaxy S7 Edge SMG935F and about one week ago I had root with no problems. Today I wanted to use root again and my TB tells me no root. So i download root checker and it also tells me no root. So I rerooted my Samsung with CF-Auto-Root-hero2lte-hero2ltexx-smg935f and then tried again and still I have no root. I have not done any updates. So what the hack has happened. I don't want to wipe my Samsung just to find out it might not work or I will lose root again. Can someone please help me or tell me what happened. Thanks.
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Hey can I flash a custom recovery without root to be able to use the supersu.zip to gain root again?
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Just follow the TWRP install steps. You have to full wipe if you don't have an external SD card to flash mods unless you want to disable encryption............which I don't think is a smart idea.
Hello,
is there any working method for root Aquos 402SH? I know, that there is something for 305/306sh/ but what with Aquos X?
Thanks!
I'm waiting for its root too. It seems no one is working on this phone though.
I guess this phone is more difficult to hack than the average phones.
In China , someone made TWRP for 402SH,but this TWRP was some defect,
can't charge battery out for android system(like TWRP or under shutdown the phone),
can't using systemless root ,based on what i know ,it is about ramdisk problem.
etc.
P.s. this is paid service( to producer )and i am not a producer.
The main reason I want to root is to use button mapping, and root apps like Xposed Installer and ViperFX. I'm not really interested in huge modifications like custom recovery or custom roms.
I'd like to request service from that developer if his method enables just the ones I mentioned above. It's too bad that I can't speak Chinese, so I have no way of reaching him.
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Not to mention that I want to delete useless system apps, and tweak build prop too.
Please try 360 Root apk latest version. Hope you will not disappoint
Whoa. Unbelievable. The 360 root apk works. It has granted me the root access, and now I am using the Titanium back up to back up all the system apps.
Thank you very much. It seems my phone has been rooted at last.
Nope... It was only a partial root. I could not access the system files. And I could not delete the system apps. Failed to install xposed. Failed to install busy box. It is still no good.