The MI1 Odin does not help. So I'd like to try the MJ7. But I can't go OTA since I can't boot past the Verizon logo.
I tried the update.zip someone posted, but I do not think that was installed on my phone.
Can someone help? Thx.
BaSingSe said:
The MI1 Odin does not help. So I'd like to try the MJ7. But I can't go OTA since I can't boot past the Verizon logo.
I tried the update.zip someone posted, but I do not think that was installed on my phone.
Can someone help? Thx.
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Search and read before you post. No one has one.
That is the reason I'm asking.
BaSingSe said:
That is the reason I'm asking.
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You have to put the update.zip on your SD. Boot into recovery, then update.zip from the SD.....
That was what I did. I'm not sure if it went through. I did not see any update....
BaSingSe said:
That was what I did. I'm not sure if it went through. I did not see any update....
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As stated elsewhere, you must be STOCK to update. No "bloat" removed, no special software (like the Xposed frawework) enabled.
The update validates that all of 1500+ files are unaltered before it runs. If you've changed any of those, then it won't install.
That's why the developers have told people having problems with the update to start with flashing a stock MI1 ROM.
I posted a shell script that allows you to figure out if everything on your phone is acceptable for the update - post http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=46917189#post46917189
You might want to run that to see what's blocking the OTA.
Looks like once we get the tar, there's a KNOX safe root method already - http://www.theandroidsoul.com/universal-root-de-la-vega-script/
what did it wrote when you click update.zip?
It says something like Signature Verification Failed, when I tried to update the update.zip file.
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Hey all,
apologize in advance if this was asked before. i have performed a search and could not locate a definite answer.
i have SG3 ATT1747ucalem rooted using the guide on this forum.
since 2 days ago i have a notification for an OTA from ATT.
i have read the thread here and from users instructions installed voodoo OTA keeper.
i then tried to perform the OTA,
it keep going into recovery and then fail on "e: signature verification failed"
i have tried to temp unroot the device and try again - fail.
tried to toggle the verification off and apply the OTA - fail.
my question is this:
is there any way (or a thread to read) where there are instructions on how to apply the OTA update without loosing your root?
please let me know, thank you.
m.a.s.e said:
Hey all,
apologize in advance if this was asked before. i have performed a search and could not locate a definite answer.
i have SG3 ATT1747ucalem rooted using the guide on this forum.
since 2 days ago i have a notification for an OTA from ATT.
i have read the thread here and from users instructions installed voodoo OTA keeper.
i then tried to perform the OTA,
it keep going into recovery and then fail on "e: signature verification failed"
i have tried to temp unroot the device and try again - fail.
tried to toggle the verification off and apply the OTA - fail.
my question is this:
is there any way (or a thread to read) where there are instructions on how to apply the OTA update without loosing your root?
please let me know, thank you.
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did you install clockworkmod recovery?
mrRobinson said:
did you install clockworkmod recovery?
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Yes Sir,
i do have it installed.
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So if we didn't move to another rom and just rooted is it ok to do the update.
OK tried it didn't work because of Clockwork
m.a.s.e said:
Yes Sir,
i do have it installed.
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you need stock recovery to do it. you can either reflash root66 to get stock recovery back, use voodoo ota root keeper and do the ota update. or i think someone make the update into a cwm flashable zip and you can just flash that in cwm.
rgtorres09 said:
So if we didn't move to another rom and just rooted is it ok to do the update.
OK tried it didn't work because of Clockwork
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yea you need stock recovery. I forget if it was att or verizon (all these forums jumble in my head) but someone made the update into a cwm flashable zip. its not hard to do if you can find that.
mrRobinson said:
you need stock recovery to do it. you can either reflash root66 to get stock recovery back, use voodoo ota root keeper and do the ota update. or i think someone make the update into a cwm flashable zip and you can just flash that in cwm.
yea you need stock recovery. I forget if it was att or verizon (all these forums jumble in my head) but someone made the update into a cwm flashable zip. its not hard to do if you can find that.
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thank you for your reply. i think its best if i will wait for a CMW update version. hope soneone will do it fast enough thank you,
alright today i finally decided to update my phone to 4.1.2 from 4.0.4. now i need some assistance, i cant figure out how to root it. wat i have previously done was revert stock odin with unroot. then i did the update. im not haveing any problems with it, i just cant figure out how to root it. someone please guide me the right way. thank you very much appreciated.
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alright today i finally decided to update my phone to 4.1.2 from 4.0.4. now i need some assistance, i cant figure out how to root it. wat i have previously done was revert stock odin with unroot. then i did the update. im not haveing any problems with it, i just cant figure out how to root it. someone please guide me the right way. thank you very much appreciated.
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I copy pasted this info for ya from here post 167 and from post 172..
1. Use Odin 1.85 in Admin Mode for Windows users.
2. Install TWRP 2.5 via PDA settings.
3. Reboot phone into Recovery.
4. Install SuperSU via the Zip.
5. Reboot phone and viola. SuperSU is there and works.
Download the Odin Method herE:
http://www.teamw.in/project/twrp2/96
Flash via Odin. Then download SuperSU.
Located here:
http://download.chainfire.eu/204
Then reboot to recovery, flash the zip and all done.
Thank you thank you
Bic Lighter
you wouldnt happen to know where a deodexed version of the stock 4.1.2 is would you
Sk84all20 said:
you wouldnt happen to know where a deodexed version of the stock 4.1.2 is would you
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I haven't come across one yet. I know devs are working on it though.
Sk84all20 said:
you wouldnt happen to know where a deodexed version of the stock 4.1.2 is would you
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In the blackstar thread. Posted by nun.
man i want one so bad
patience grasshopper
When you flash the rom then flash TWRP 2.5, just reboot into recovery, and verify your flash worked. But you don't have to flash the superuser.zip.
As you exit TWRP, it will say you're not rooted, and would you like to do that? Then TWRP will create the root for you.
But, either method gets the job done.
2.5 does not give that option.
That's in older versions.
Well the 2.5 I have did give the option. And I didn't make it up. It was mentioned in the development section so I tried it. I thought it was a very slick piece of work.
Hmm That's odd, I too saw that and thought I'd try it as well. 2.5 did not give me that prompt.
Me being me, I redownloaded, tried again same thing. tested it on the previous version, and only then did I get a prompt.
I uninstalled SU to try to recreate it so I could make sure I didn't just drink the koolaide and it didn't ask. But I think once you let TWRP flash the binary file it won't ask anymore.
I did get it to re-ask if I wanted to root. It flashed the SU binary.
But I did have to also install busybox (I used sterison app).
i foun the deodexed verersion it was just posted by ptmr3 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2267199
i found the deodexed verersion it was just posted by ptmr3 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2267199
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Well the 2.5 I have did give the option. And I didn't make it up. It was mentioned in the development section so I tried it. I thought it was a very slick piece of work.
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mine as well matter of fact yesterday i flashed a zip and after I wiped cache and dalvik i went to reboot and it said it "appears you have lost root" or something like that and "swipe to reinstall" saved my bacon, thought it was really cool.
It's been 3 days I've been up and down the forums, was on CM11, dirty flashed over the nebulas, ran into a few problems decided to go back and make it a clean flash, got 4.1.1, couldn't find one CASUAL that worked, went to 4.1.2, same problem, Yes i tried other cables, other computers, no difference.
Then updated 4.3 boot looped all kinds of problems tried Nand Erase All, didn't work, one way or another root66 stopped working. nothing would flash, it would all fail or if it did say it worked it just boot looped,
I605VRUEMJ9_I605VZWEMJ9_I605VRUEMJ9_HOME.tar.md5
To work. So now I'm 4.3 Stock, with no root.
I want to get back to Nebulas,
I want to take this step by step because it's been a nightmare and I can't find any solutions to questions that have been asked before.
From what I research the next step is to flash:
sch-i605-16gb.pit file
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KIES_HOME_I605VRAMC3_I605VZWAMC3_1098177_REV04_user_low_ship.tar.md5
But when I try I get sboot.bin fail. Got a tip somewhere to flash the just the PIT, this actually fixed it without needing to flash anything else.
Now I know I'm down grading so it's going to boot loop because nothing is compatible. Boot into recovery and do a wipe to fix that. I boot into the OS just to make sure I'm doing 4.1.2. Which it is. and enable usb debugging.
Now to root and bootloader.
I try the newest verison of CASUAL R991b-JenkinsBuild
I get Error Failed to confirm end of pit file transfer
Pit Upladoing Failed
ok, so I pull battery and reboot. Trying R515b because that's the one in the tutorial:
I get Pit upload successful
Error: Bootloader upload failed!
This corrupt the bootloader and it will fail the boot, taking a step back and reflashing the mc3 fixes this.
Then I try this tip "most times you will need to delete and uninstall the Samsung Mobile usb from your Computer's device manager while ur device is connected already in download mode. i failed several times to execute casual successfully until i did this and it worked like charm!"
That didn't do anything, Tried verision 535 same results.
Said screw that I'll just flash some Root and recovery. But it always fails to flash recovery.img or if i put in the PIT and say repartition it will fail after the NAND Write Start. I've tried
openrecovery-twrp-2.6.3.1-t0ltevzw.img
CF-Auto-Root-t0ltevzw-t0ltevzw-schi605.tar.md5
philz_touch_6.07.9-i605.tar.md5
and none work.
Any idea what I should do at this point? Everything fails the only thing I can do is flash 4.1.2 and 4.3 reliable.
In the middle there you say at one point you were stock 4.3. If that is correct you are done. Currently you can not unlock 4.3. You can only root with Kingo.
Galaxy S4 way works on MJ(
TonikJDK said:
In the middle there you say at one point you were stock 4.3. If that is correct you are done. Currently you can not unlock 4.3. You can only root with Kingo.
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Not true -- but it took me HOURS to find it:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2565758
give the guy a thanks, huh?
TX_Jax said:
Not true -- but it took me HOURS to find it:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2565758
give the guy a thanks, huh?
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I must be missing it. I see that it roots, but I don't see where it unlocks a VZW bootloader.
TonikJDK said:
I must be missing it. I see that it roots, but I don't see where it unlocks a VZW bootloader.
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That's correct -- so you are looking to unlock the phone? Have you tried the fee-for-service sites?
There is no unlock method on any 4.3 Samsung device that I'm aware of.
TonikJDK said:
In the middle there you say at one point you were stock 4.3. If that is correct you are done. Currently you can not unlock 4.3. You can only root with Kingo.
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But right now I'm on 4.1.2, I flashed back to that. that's where i've been trying to find a way to get to the next step.
mavermc said:
But right now I'm on 4.1.2, I flashed back to that. that's where i've been trying to find a way to get to the next step.
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You are unable to flash a recovery because your bootloader is locked, from when you flashed 4.3. That was game over. How you got part way back to 4.1.2 I don't know, but be careful. I would flash back to 4.3, root it and hope someone unlocks the bootloader for 4.3
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You are unable to flash a recovery because your bootloader is locked, from when you flashed 4.3. That was game over. How you got part way back to 4.1.2 I don't know, but be careful. I would flash back to 4.3, root it and hope someone unlocks the bootloader for 4.3
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Well that really sucks, with this soft root, any chance I could atleast get back my NFC on while screen off?
u can. look for the exposed installer, I seen it on here somewhere. theres a option for nfc on with screen off on it. I'll try to remember where I seen it and post for ya.
mike7728 said:
u can. look for the exposed installer, I seen it on here somewhere. theres a option for nfc on with screen off on it. I'll try to remember where I seen it and post for ya.
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I use the Wanam Xposed module for NFC with the screen off.
jcollier said:
I use the Wanam Xposed module for NFC with the screen off.
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I got Xposed working so I'll be checking this out, thanks!
Any idea how to get the features from the other roms in this? like smart scrolling with your eyes and the other features that the [ROM] N3BULA [MJ9] has snuck in from the note 3?
I have done a ton of searching and usually don't post because there is something out there but I am losing it. I have a Verizon GS4 with 4.3 MJ7 rooted. I have put off updating for a while because I was unsure what it would do to my root but when I recently tried the OTA to 4.4 it will reboot and try to update but just gets an error and drops me off in the recovery page where I hit reboot now. Then it tells me my update was unsuccessful (thanks android....). I have tried using Odin to update to CM11 and it always fails when i hit start. I tried using kies 3 and it downloads the update, download window disappears, and then kies stays up greyed out until it crashes. I found somewhere that kies 3 is picky so i unmounted the sd card, turned off usb debugging, restarted, everything. I would be perfectly fine with 4.4 or CM11. I dont care. I just want to update....
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I have done a ton of searching and usually don't post because there is something out there but I am losing it. I have a Verizon GS4 with 4.3 MJ7 rooted. I have put off updating for a while because I was unsure what it would do to my root but when I recently tried the OTA to 4.4 it will reboot and try to update but just gets an error and drops me off in the recovery page where I hit reboot now. Then it tells me my update was unsuccessful (thanks android....). I have tried using Odin to update to CM11 and it always fails when i hit start. I tried using kies 3 and it downloads the update, download window disappears, and then kies stays up greyed out until it crashes. I found somewhere that kies 3 is picky so i unmounted the sd card, turned off usb debugging, restarted, everything. I would be perfectly fine with 4.4 or CM11. I dont care. I just want to update....
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Well, not sure I understand exactly what you are running or exactly what "update" you are talking about. But, there is not a 4.4 release for the Samsung Galaxy S4 (Verizon). 4.3 is the best you can do if you're talking about getting the latest firmware for the S4. Secondly, if you have 4.3 MJ7 I think the only way you are going to be able to flash anything is with SafeStrap and only TW based ROMs. Even though you may be rooted, you cannot install a custom recovery on MJ7, only SafeStrap. Hope this helps.
jpcalhoun said:
Well, not sure I understand exactly what you are running or exactly what "update" you are talking about. But, there is not a 4.4 release for the Samsung Galaxy S4 (Verizon). 4.3 is the best you can do if you're talking about getting the latest firmware for the S4. Secondly, if you have 4.3 MJ7 I think the only way you are going to be able to flash anything is with SafeStrap and only TW based ROMs. Even though you may be rooted, you cannot install a custom recovery on MJ7, only SafeStrap. Hope this helps.
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You should start your research by reading this thread. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2606501
riker147 said:
You should start your research by reading this thread. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2606501
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Geez, isn't what I said the same as the link you provided?
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Geez, isn't what I said the same as the link you provided?
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I quoted the wrong post. Sorry.
riker147 said:
Better for them to learn on their own than to have everybody spoon fed the same info every day.
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Yeah I agree. I thought your comment was directed at me because you quoted my post, maybe I got it wrong.
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Yeah I agree. I thought your comment was directed at me because you quoted my post, maybe I got it wrong.
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I edited my post as you were responding.
I quoted the wrong post. Sorry.
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I edited my post as you were responding.
I quoted the wrong post. Sorry.
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Absolutely no problem. That's easy to do. By the way, great advice/thread you gave to the OP.
Hey guys, I've recently come across a VZW GS4 and I'm stuck on rooting. I know nothing about Samsung phones so this is pretty new to me. I tried towelroot and it was not sucessfull even after entering the different codes. The picture below is of the "About phone" section in settings. If you could just point me in the direction of a thread that would help me or let me know what do you, I'd really appreciate it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2959613
aznjosh said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2959613
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So I flashed the first thing, as per your recommended post and wifi will not enable afterwards. I open towelroot v3 and it asks to be connected to the internet. So now I'm stuck there. Any advice?
YOu need to flash modules or Goglies wifi fix
Ahhhhh, I see how that could help. Thank you very much.
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XxD34THxX said:
YOu need to flash modules or Goglies wifi fix
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How do I flash in ODIN? Just the same place as the NC5, under AP?
EDIT: Okay so not in ODIN. Like I said, I know nothing about Samsung devices. Seeing as how it is a .zip file I assume I need to flash it in a recovery on the phone. I jumped to conclusions with the wifi fix so I am now going to actually look up the proper way to apply it.
ConnorAAVance said:
How do I flash in ODIN? Just the same place as the NC5, under AP?
EDIT: Okay so not in ODIN. Like I said, I know nothing about Samsung devices. Seeing as how it is a .zip file I assume I need to flash it in a recovery on the phone. I jumped to conclusions with the wifi fix so I am now going to actually look up the proper way to apply it.
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If you haven't found it, you flash the fixes in Safestrap recovery
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If you haven't found it, you flash the fixes in Safestrap recovery
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Is safestrap just the stock recovery or is it a custom like TWRP or CWM? And another thing, whenever flash an old firmware so I can root, it doesn't seem to actually change. I'm still at NK4 every time I change it. You know what I'm doing wrong? I've looked into a few different posts nothing is working. I've tried towelroot and Kingo.
And I suppose I should actually address your reply instead of just going on a tangent, I did and it put the phone in a bootloop and I have yet to address that. I just reflashed NK1 deal with it for the moment.
ConnorAAVance said:
Is safestrap just the stock recovery or is it a custom like TWRP or CWM? And another thing, whenever flash an old firmware so I can root, it doesn't seem to actually change. I'm still at NK4 every time I change it. You know what I'm doing wrong? I've looked into a few different posts nothing is working. I've tried towelroot and Kingo.
And I suppose I should actually address your reply instead of just going on a tangent, I did and it put the phone in a bootloop and I have yet to address that. I just reflashed NK1 deal with it for the moment.
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You can try the instructions here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2720163
I would ask your questions in the root threads to get better answers
aznjosh said:
You can try the instructions here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2720163
I would ask your questions in the root threads to get better answers
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That is the thread I've been looking at most actually. But I just can't catch a break. Every time I try to download the files I want, my G3 fails instantly and my friends Wi-Fi just won't download at all. I think I now know an even better reason to why I've never bothered getting a Samsung haha.