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Well it's regarding rooting.
I heard it opens up a world of opportunity with your smartphone, and some apps I really want are only available vain rooted phones. I have the Samsung galaxy s3 international version. It was originally from Australia if that matters at all. It is on 4.0.4. Anyways, being a noob to android more or less, and being a bit apprehensive (because I have no warranty and I cannot obtain another phone easily) I was wondering basically how risky it is to brick your phone in a) the process of rooting your phone. Is it common? If it does get bricked is it reversable by a restore or simply gone? Also after rooting, is there any upkeep or management I need to do to make sure my rooted phone does not screw up? And lastly. What is the safest and easiest way to root the international quad core gs3 on ics. Thank you to everyone for your time
mysticgorilla said:
Well it's regarding rooting.
I heard it opens up a world of opportunity with your smartphone, and some apps I really want are only available vain rooted phones. I have the Samsung galaxy s3 international version. It was originally from Australia if that matters at all. It is on 4.0.4. Anyways, being a noob to android more or less, and being a bit apprehensive (because I have no warranty and I cannot obtain another phone easily) I was wondering basically how risky it is to brick your phone in a) the process of rooting your phone. Is it common? If it does get bricked is it reversable by a restore or simply gone? Also after rooting, is there any upkeep or management I need to do to make sure my rooted phone does not screw up? And lastly. What is the safest and easiest way to root the international quad core gs3 on ics. Thank you to everyone for your time
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Well, most you could pick up be reading a bit, everything is already explained around here but since i was in your shoes very recently:
- there's always a risk. You need to be aware of that. That said, most cases that actually go wrong it's usually user's fault who failed to follow instructions closely. So read them. And read some more. And then read again just to make sure. And then i'd read again.
I used this very recent method from chainfire (salute and donate to the man if you like and can, he deserves it) to root my 4.0.4 international GT-I9300 S3:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1957273
Triangled away next and everything worked like a charm. This preserves everything as stock as possible just adding root to your phone.
- from what i can tell, as long as you don't do anything that messes with the bootloader, you can always recover from a procedure gone wrong. Just disconnect, remove battery, insert and try again. Rebooting the computer or changing usb ports usually helps too (on odin).
- after rooting successfully, the very first thing you should do is backup your /efs folder. This is easy, just pick up root explorer or some other file manager that allows exploring you root (/), go up in your folders until you get to / look for the efs folder and just copy it (NOT MOVE) elsewhere (sd card, external sd, your computer preferably, whatever, just have that safe). This will come in handy in case you lose your imei at some point. Just restore this folder's contents and you're good to go. If that happens and you don't have a backup, it's a f'ing pain you can do well without.
- anything else root related is just common sense. Since you have the potential to screw up your entire phone with root permissions (this is why you don't have them in the first place), if an app pops up asking for root permissions, be sure what it is before allowing. If you're not sure, you can always deny first and allow later in the superuser app.
- you can also look into backing up with nandroid. You can think of this as an image of your entire phone. With this you can restore your phone to the same state it was when you did it. Useful when something went wrong and your phone doesn't boot anymore or you just wanted to try new roms with the option of coming back to what you had before. Not sure how you do it on the S3 still, but it usually requires a modified recovery like CWM. The method to root above doesn't install one though, it preserves what you had. Check this instead if you're interested:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1695238
Cheers dude, i'm sure everything will go well for you too.
Chance of a brick about .0001 % rising to 100% for those that are to lazy to read follow instructions .
BASICS
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1927113
jje
Thankyou very much to everyone who has read and replied to this. 3 more minor questions. Is there a way to first update my phone to jellybean 4.1 via Odin or something like that? Or is this possible after root, because I don't want to stay on ics. Also what exactly happens if I update while rooted. Does it wipe or unroot my phone or the like? Also should my phone be in use debugging, and lastly what does it mean to unlock my bootloaders? That was more than 3 questions sorry thanks again
mysticgorilla said:
Thankyou very much to everyone who has read and replied to this. 3 more minor questions. Is there a way to first update my phone to jellybean 4.1 via Odin or something like that? Or is this possible after root, because I don't want to stay on ics. Also what exactly happens if I update while rooted. Does it wipe or unroot my phone or the like? Also should my phone be in use debugging, and lastly what does it mean to unlock my bootloaders? That was more than 3 questions sorry thanks again
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1) You don't need to root to update to JB.
Just download any ROM you want from http://samsung-updates.com/device/?id=GT-I9300 (I recommend the UK unbranded ROM, BTU) then use Odin3 to flash it to your devices. Search the forums for specific instructions on this procedure. I'll just tell that it takes no more than 2-3 minutes.
2) If you're going to root, I suggest you do it beforehand, by flashing a kernel like Siyah (in ICS), and then proceed to flashing the stock JB ROM, HOWEVER, instead of using Odin3, you will use MobileOdion (available from Play Store), because that way you'll have a fully rooted and stock device.
3) Using step 2 above, it will not wipe not unroot your phone. It is safe and retains all your settings. That is the beauty of MobileOdin. There is a free version.
If you root and THEN install via Odin (PC), then you'll lose root, but not your settings.
In either case, you only wipe the device IF YOU WANT TO.
So, the best option is to:
a) Install SiyahKernel using Odin3 (PC)
b) Download the JB BTU ROM from http://samsung-updates.com/device/?id=GT-I9300
c) Extract the .md5 from the ZIP file and move it to the device's ext. sd card
d) Install MobileOdin in the device
e) Use MobileOdin to flash the .md5 you moved to it in step (c)
f) install TriangleAway (download from XDA) and run it to reset binary counter (which got incremented in step [a] )
Results: rooted, JB, stock, all settins retained, no binary counter increment
Simonetti2011 I have been searching the internet here in New Zealand and that has been the best answer I have found so far!
I do have a slight question thought. I live in New Zealand and have the GT-I9300T model of the GS3 and I'm wanting to install the international unbranded rom for that I can get updates faster (here in NZ it takes months and months to get updates)
I downloaded the International UK unbranded firmware 4.0.4 and was going to flash that rom onto my phone then upgrade to jelly bean via kies but have since relised I should just download the jellybean UK firmware straight away. Do you by any chance havea link to the firmware that I would need, I noticed there were a few different versions.
Also about the CSC, would I need to do any changes?
Many many thanks in advance, Sorry for hijacking this thread, just figured I was on the same pages as the OP
prawln said:
Simonetti2011 I have been searching the internet here in New Zealand and that has been the best answer I have found so far!
I do have a slight question thought. I live in New Zealand and have the GT-I9300T model of the GS3 and I'm wanting to install the international unbranded rom for that I can get updates faster (here in NZ it takes months and months to get updates)
I downloaded the International UK unbranded firmware 4.0.4 and was going to flash that rom onto my phone then upgrade to jelly bean via kies but have since relised I should just download the jellybean UK firmware straight away. Do you by any chance havea link to the firmware that I would need, I noticed there were a few different versions.
Also about the CSC, would I need to do any changes?
Many many thanks in advance, Sorry for hijacking this thread, just figured I was on the same pages as the OP
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Thanks!
The 9300T and the 9300 are NOT the same device, therefore they use different firmware (ROM). The ROMs for the 9300T are here: http://samsung-updates.com/device/?id=GT-I9300T
I don't think there is a 9300T ROM for the UK, since the model released there is the 9300 (non-T).
It seems that either Samsung-updates hasn't indexed any ROMs for your model or they haven't been released.
About CSC: just don't worry about it... download and flash any ROM you want for your specific model and don't worry. If you don't like it, just download and flash another one.
Thanks heaps for that!
I actually just tried the UK unbranded rom that was for the i9300 on my i9300T and suprisingly everything seems to work ok so far (phone calls, txting, 3g etc)
Thankyou to everyone!
Thank you for your responses to my post regarding rooting my s3. They were very helpful. i succesfully rooted via chainfire cf auto root for the I9300 model without problem. Just one last question, I have been searching around a bit and some people are saying that flashing the jellybean firmware via odin, is not a perfect copy.. i mean some say they have been experiencing very minor problems here and there. So, if i update to the uk firmware on jelly bean via odin or mobile odin, and i experience some problems, can i still get the official ota update or jellybean 4.1 via kies when it is released? Thanks again for your help. Im pretty new to this android stuff
Hello,
As the title suggests, I'm looking for a way to completely backup my stock device without root.
This would include firmware and stock recoveries, basically system files - as I'm not really too terribly worried with saving personal data.
I've searched through various threads but I think I'm in one of those "in-over-my-head" situations, so let me explain why I haven't just flashed a custom recovery and made a nandroid backup.
My device is the C-Spire Note 5, SM-N920R7, running 5.1.1 - recognized by Smart Switch with no updates available.
I received this device in the mail today - because I somehow managed to brick my old device with the "custom binary blocked" FRP.
There is no stock firmware available for download to flash in Odin, and it was impossible to boot the device in regular or recovery mode, leaving me with Download mode.
In order to root my old device, I had to unlock the OEM in Developer Settings and flash the "Beastmode" kernel via Odin:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/spr...rnel-beastmode-modified-stock-1-0-sm-t3196174
Then, I flashed a TWRP recovery and used it to install SuperSU - and voila! I had rooted my device.
Fast forward a few months... My battery died one day and it somehow triggered the FRP lock - with only Download mode available and no C-Spire stock firmware to flash.
Naturally, I want to root my device again, but first I want to create a complete backup of my device that would be flashable in Odin even with the FRP lock on.
So ladies and gentlemen, any help or advice would be appreciated.
I would of course, upload my firmware publicly so that anyone else using this device doesn't brick their phone like I did.
Did you ever get an answer to this? I'm in the same boat and want to do the same thing.
theophile2 said:
Did you ever get an answer to this? I'm in the same boat and want to do the same thing.
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The only way I've seen involves capturing temporary files during an update through Kies or Smart Switch.
Being on C-Spire, that probably will not ever happen.
Maybe C-Spire will get it together and push out 6.0.1 OTA like the rest of the world - as well as actually providing an alternate (non-OTA) download method.
Apparently some guy on the C-Spire Dev forums paid for a ROM on a Chinese site that works with our phones - which would serve as a nice backup if he would ever upload it.
I asked him to - and apparently he contacted the admins asking for a way to upload the file to the forums.
After they responded to him, he must have never uploaded the file.
Some people say that trying to root this device will brick their phones and will need to do a hard reset. How will I go about rooting this device successfully. I have searched around for a few hours and my questions have not been put to ease. My S5 came in the mail today refurbished as a replacement for my malfunctioning Nexus 5 (they didn't have another in stock so they just sent me an S5). I knew that I was going to get, a slow and inefficient software paired with great hardware so I would love to install CM 13 on it. How would I go about doing this successfully without bricking my device? I am also a complete novice when it comes to tampering with custom roms and recoveries in smartphones.
CrippledChoclate said:
Some people say that trying to root this device will brick their phones and will need to do a hard reset. How will I go about rooting this device successfully. I have searched around for a few hours and my questions have not been put to ease. My S5 came in the mail today refurbished as a replacement for my malfunctioning Nexus 5 (they didn't have another in stock so they just sent me an S5). I knew that I was going to get, a slow and inefficient software paired with great hardware so I would love to install CM 13 on it. How would I go about doing this successfully without bricking my device? I am also a complete novice when it comes to tampering with custom roms and recoveries in smartphones.
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There is a great thread right in the the other subforum for our phone:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/tmo...l/root-how-to-root-sm-g900t-firmware-t3358190
However, you only need to root stock ROMs. If you flash a non-stock ROM, they will be already rooted. This includes CM ROMs.
To flash, you either need ODIN (runs on a PC) or Flashfire (runs on the phone).
There are several ROMS here that work on the phone:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/tmobile-galaxy-s5/development
If you are on T-Mobile, and you want to keep WiFi Calling, then you need to stay with a ROM that is based on a TouchWiz stock ROM. I currently run Vision:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2797336
You can also run ROMs developed for the international version of the phone, but you lose WiFi Calling.
Another thing, to make sure is that you have a SM-G900T or SM-G900T3. I recently got a T3 when I had my S5 replaced. The same ROMs will run on both, however the bootloader and modem are different. So, you can't flash T firmware on a T3. But, they can run the same ROMs.
Most ROMs will have instructions in their first post as to how to flash.
Rob
i dont remember T3 existing, interesting
the idea should be: copy the CM zip file onto the stock phone -> boot into download mode -> use odin (or heimdall) to flash TWRP without reboot -> remove battery after the flashing is complete while it's still plugged in -> insert battery & boot into recovery -> install CM zip & make sure cache type things are wiped -> boot normally
your thread title asks about rooting, so technically installing CM is a very different thing, yes it gives root but it also means different interface, loss of several samsung & camera features
kn00tcn said:
i dont remember T3 existing, interesting
the idea should be: copy the CM zip file onto the stock phone -> boot into download mode -> use odin (or heimdall) to flash TWRP without reboot -> remove battery after the flashing is complete while it's still plugged in -> insert battery & boot into recovery -> install CM zip & make sure cache type things are wiped -> boot normally
your thread title asks about rooting, so technically installing CM is a very different thing, yes it gives root but it also means different interface, loss of several samsung & camera features
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Sorry for the late answer, but I already managed to root the phone and install CM 13 three days ago. It was also easier than the instructions you showed. Thanks anyway!
kn00tcn said:
i dont remember T3 existing, interesting
the idea should be: copy the CM zip file onto the stock phone -> boot into download mode -> use odin (or heimdall) to flash TWRP without reboot -> remove battery after the flashing is complete while it's still plugged in -> insert battery & boot into recovery -> install CM zip & make sure cache type things are wiped -> boot normally
your thread title asks about rooting, so technically installing CM is a very different thing, yes it gives root but it also means different interface, loss of several samsung & camera features
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I haven't found what the differences are, but the newest MM firmware has 3 different versions: T, T1 and T3.
Rob
rlichtefeld said:
I haven't found what the differences are, but the newest MM firmware has 3 different versions: T, T1 and T3.
Rob
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The T, T1, and T3 are actually 3 slightly different model phones, all designed to run on either T-Mobile or one of the carriers that runs on its networks such as MetroPCS. Check Settings > About device > Model number. Match what you see there with the firmware you use. Most people with the T-Mobile Galaxy S5 have the SM-G900T but I have seen a few posters here with either SM-G900T1 or SM-G900T3.
For the sake of specificity I'm pretty sure the SM-G900T1 is the MetroPCS model, I could be mistaken
thisisapoorusernamechoice said:
The T, T1, and T3 are actually 3 slightly different model phones, all designed to run on either T-Mobile or one of the carriers that runs on its networks such as MetroPCS. Check Settings > About device > Model number. Match what you see there with the firmware you use. Most people with the T-Mobile Galaxy S5 have the SM-G900T but I have seen a few posters here with either SM-G900T1 or SM-G900T3.
For the sake of specificity I'm pretty sure the SM-G900T1 is the MetroPCS model, I could be mistaken
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I believe the T was the original T-Mobile version. But, I received a T3 version from T-Mobile a month ago for a replacement for a broken T that I had. I only realized I had a T3 when I went to flash the day I received it and couldn't figure out why what had worked with my original phone, didn't with the new one. Then, I finally realized there was a difference in the model number.
Rob
i know this is a newer phone but i'm still pretty surprised i haven't been able to find anyone that's rooted it yet. i've been all over the internet it seems. this is the :
Samsung Galaxy J3(6)
SM-J320VPP
Android 6.0.1 Marshamllow
Verizon pre-paid plan/network
i see lots of videos and guides for other j320f or j320p (close but no cigar) and nothing works. what i've tried so far:
- Dev mode enabled, USB debugging and OEM unlocked.
- any/all 1 click root apps. none worked, and i'd like to avoid these anyway unless you know it works 100% for my version. at this point i'll try anything.
- recovery / flash superSU. only i haven't even gotten past flashing a recovery. i've tried several different versions of Odin with several different versions of recovery .tar's and for each combination i've tried Odin simply fails. big red FAIL button in upper left corner. sadness. this seems like what i need help with. i have SuperSU downloaded so if i can just get a custom recovery working for my phone i'm hoping it's a simple process from there of booting into the custom recovery and then installing the SuperSU. presto.
is there no hope? is there no tested, confirmed working recovery that i can flash to my phone using Odin? i've tried Odins 3.07, 3.09, and 3.11.1. various custom recovery .tars but the only one i know for sure is the J2 version official from TWRP's website (yes i know it says J2 but someone on another thread said it's similar enough to someone ELSE's model "j320f" or something so i gave it a shot) the other recovery .tars i tried are suspect since they had generic names "recovery.tar" and were downloaded from links provided in many different "guides" that i've googled.
internet, you have failed me. thus do i issue this challenge to all those mighty phone hackers of the land. come forth and slay the evil giant that is my phone's ludicrous security (seriosuly how is this even a thing still in 2016. my phone can do so much more, so much better but for these shenanigans).
thanks so much in advance!
EDIT: not sure about the bootloader. i may be a complete idiot. yes. ok. i'm onto something. gonna post this anyway for any other poor soul that has this version phone, but i think Odin's probably failing because the bootloader is still locked. and Samsung doesn't make this easy like motorola or HTC. T_T. once more into the fray! i'll see if i can't track down a method for unlocking the bootloader on my phone. should i return victorious i'll go ahead and share my steps with the rest of the class.
EDIT2: there is no waking from this nightmare. i dig and dig and dig and can find no root. *sigh*
-- i've got android studio installed. and the java SDK platform-tools which contains the adb.exe, fastboot.exe, etc.
-- something i should explain here: in all these guides whenever there's a step that requires the phone to be connected to the PC, it simply says to, you know...connect your phone. but MY phone by default only uses the cable for battery charging. i have to (on my phone) swipe down from the top, select the "connected for charging" message bringing up "Use USB For" options, then select "Transferring media files" option. THEN my phone shows up both in my windows explorer and displays as a device when i run "adb devices".
--when i run "adb reboot bootloader" this does the same thing as holding down pwr/home/vol down - phone boots up into a blue (teal?) background with a large down arrow in center, below that it says "downloading...do not turn off target". in the upper left are several lines of system font style text:
ODIN MODE
PRODUCT NAME: SM-J320VPP
CURRENT BINARY: Samsung Official
SYSTEM STATUS: Official
FRP LOCK: OFF*
QUALCOMM SECUREBOOT: ENABLE (CSB)
RP SWREV: S1, T1, H1, R1, A1, P1*
SECURE DOWNLOAD: ENABLE
*the R's above may be A's or vice versa...hard to read font. sorry
--but as soon as i've rebooted into this mode, my phone disappears from adb devices' list of devices attached. regardless when i run the "fastboot oem unlock" command from the adb shell on my PC at this point i get the infamous "waiting for any device" message and then, of course, nothing....forever. i've also installed PDAnet but i think it's hitting the same road block where my phone is only using the cable for battery charging and i can't toggle that option from ODIN MODE. there's also a "USB Configuration" choice under development options on the phone that has the same options as "Use USB for" but this doesn't stick when booting into ODIN MODE. sadness. i need to retire my brain thoughts at this point. will post TL;DR. you're a saint of geeks if you've made it through my WoT to here.
EDIT3: just an observation - the only thing (so far) that will detect my phone in ODIN MODE is ODIN itself. is there a way to use ODIN to unlock the bootloader?
TL;DR: i think odin is failing when attempting to flash because of locked bootloader. need help with unlocking bootloader first? phone defaults to use USB cable for charging only so i CAN change that to MTP while phone is on normal and then run "adb reboot bootloader" but then phone vanishes from adb devices list once it reboots (and cable is then only charging). thus, cannot run "adb fastboot oem unlock" cuz it hangs displaying "waiting for any device" -- can i unlock the bootloader on this phone? or did i buy a phone that's IMPOSSIBLE TO ROOT!?!?
I have the same problem! I need to root it to install the Patch to change from CDMA to GSM! Because I tried without root and it tells me "E: Signature verification failed"
Thanks
Still nothing?
This is starting to look hopeless
we need the stock recovery.img to be able to mod it and flash it through odin. the recovery for the verizon version does not match so odin wont allow it. i asked on sammobile and they said verizon only releases ota on the device. so idk what to do. perhaps someone with knowledge on this will help.
so far what ive figured out our situation is:
we need root to get root.
more specifically we need root to pull the recovery and then mod that recovery with twrp and use twrp to gain root. The root methods that worked for the other variant SM-J320P dont appear to work for ours, probably due to having android 6.0.1
till we get root we are stuck. the rest is easyish
News?
There is nowbody that had been rooted his J3 Verizon yet?? We need help with this trouble!
In this forum (http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/help/galaxy-j3-sm-j320vpp-configuring-cdma-t3414049) Sergio said:
" try root with this root is only for Snapdragon 410 MSM8916
http://forum.gsmhosting.com/vbb/f723...t1994-1946985/ "
The J320VPP has a "1.2 GHz, Quad-Core". There is no place that sais it's a "Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 Msm:8916" processor. You think this suggestion could work?
NerdmastaX said:
we need the stock recovery.img to be able to mod it and flash it through odin. the recovery for the verizon version does not match so odin wont allow it. i asked on sammobile and they said verizon only releases ota on the device. so idk what to do. perhaps someone with knowledge on this will help.
so far what ive figured out our situation is:
we need root to get root.
more specifically we need root to pull the recovery and then mod that recovery with twrp and use twrp to gain root. The root methods that worked for the other variant SM-J320P dont appear to work for ours, probably due to having android 6.0.1
till we get root we are stuck. the rest is easyish
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I think I've managed to get the recovery.img with KIES... However flashing the image I've extracted doesn't work but if anyone is ready to help me port a recovery I might try !
Whusky said:
I think I've managed to get the recovery.img with KIES... However flashing the image I've extracted doesn't work but if anyone is ready to help me port a recovery I might try !
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im gonna try and do a reflash with kies and grab that file myself, ill work a bit on it because i love this phone but no basic root is driving me insane. if you can beat me to posting tell me how you got the file, otherwise ill post here once i find out. I'm not a top of the line developer but i can work my way around and try my best since nobody else is offering to help.
wish me luck.
sorry for the double post but got the files via the verizon software assistant no problem. it ended up in C:\Users\YOURNAME\AppData\Roaming\Verizon_AR\SM-J320VPP_J320VPPVRU1APC3_FACTORY for me, and even decrypted and unzipped itself for me, now we just need to mod a custom thingy into those files and we can work towards rooting. so as i sit here and watch my phone finish flashing back to factory i will look into how we can mod the recovery. if someone is capable of doing it faster i can upload the files very quickly as its only 1.4 gb
well turns out verizon locks the flashing with signature verfication. so unless verizon changes or root is found for marshmellow there will be zero possible root for this phone.
NerdmastaX said:
sorry for the double post but got the files via the verizon software assistant no problem. it ended up in C:\Users\YOURNAME\AppData\Roaming\Verizon_AR\SM-J320VPP_J320VPPVRU1APC3_FACTORY for me, and even decrypted and unzipped itself for me, now we just need to mod a custom thingy into those files and we can work towards rooting. so as i sit here and watch my phone finish flashing back to factory i will look into how we can mod the recovery. if someone is capable of doing it faster i can upload the files very quickly as its only 1.4 gb
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Hi I'm currently rooted with TWRP 3.0.2 recovery and mabey this might help http://forum.xda-developers.com/general/help/samsung-galaxy-j3-sm-j320fn-how-to-root-t3369511
Sparko612 said:
Hi I'm currently rooted with TWRP 3.0.2 recovery and mabey this might help http://forum.xda-developers.com/general/help/samsung-galaxy-j3-sm-j320fn-how-to-root-t3369511
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verizon blocks flashing of modified recoveries. so unless someone finds a root exploit for marshmallow we will have no luck.
Has the kingroot method worked for root on your device ??
NerdmastaX said:
we need the stock recovery.img to be able to mod it and flash it through odin. the recovery for the verizon version does not match so odin wont allow it. i asked on sammobile and they said verizon only releases ota on the device. so idk what to do. perhaps someone with knowledge on this will help.
so far what ive figured out our situation is:
we need root to get root.
more specifically we need root to pull the recovery and then mod that recovery with twrp and use twrp to gain root. The root methods that worked for the other variant SM-J320P dont appear to work for ours, probably due to having android 6.0.1
till we get root we are stuck. the rest is easyish
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Hi to all, im new here and i am having the exact same problem! You say that there has to be a root specifically for the 6.0.. So i found that in the Chainfire page they have this https://download.chainfire.eu/986/CF-Root/CF-Auto-Root/CF-Auto-Root-j3lteusc-j3lteusc-smj320r4.zip already (i dont know if i can post links, so if i cant, sorry), it is marshmallow but the model is J320R4, so i was wondering if this could be the solution. i'll be waiting here for a response, i seriously love this phone :c
MetAJFA said:
Hi to all, im new here and i am having the exact same problem! You say that there has to be a root specifically for the 6.0.. So i found that in the Chainfire page they have this https://download.chainfire.eu/986/CF-Root/CF-Auto-Root/CF-Auto-Root-j3lteusc-j3lteusc-smj320r4.zip already (i dont know if i can post links, so if i cant, sorry), it is marshmallow but the model is J320R4, so i was wondering if this could be the solution. i'll be waiting here for a response, i seriously love this phone :c
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No, this is not the solution. When using a utlity like CF Auto Root, it must be specific to your model / carrier. Trying to install that will do 1 of 2 things.
1) Just fail in Odin
or
2) Soft brick your device
Since VZW doesn't bother to put out the full firmware files to reflash the device, it's not worth attempting without having the backup plan of the original firmware to flash via Odin.
an twrp is already available for j320p u can try to root your device using it
es0tericcha0s said:
No, this is not the solution. When using a utlity like CF Auto Root, it must be specific to your model / carrier. Trying to install that will do 1 of 2 things.
1) Just fail in Odin
or
2) Soft brick your device
Since VZW doesn't bother to put out the full firmware files to reflash the device, it's not worth attempting without having the backup plan of the original firmware to flash via Odin.
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Understood, thank very much you for clearing that out. Since all this is pretty much a kick in the butt, do you think there will be some kind of solution to this or should we just lose hope? :/
can Someone here help me with this.
someone wrote:
I have the same problem, I already got 4G LTE data with the correct APN and also I change to lte/gsm with the help of a network app and with commands in adb shell :
pm clear com.android.providers.telephony
settings put global preferred_network_mode 9
settings put global preferred_network_mode1 9
settings put global preferred_network_mode2 9
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but i dont know how to initiate this adb mode in the phone. anyone?
anyone fix ?
i have few units J320VPP same problem .. searching for service .
That's a Verizon device with a locked bootloader, you cannot try twrp or modified files meant for 320f or other models on this one.
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So has anyone found any luck with this device? It's driving me crazy not having root
I want to do a factory reset on my Samsung Galaxy J7 2016 (J710FXXU6CSK1),not previously flashed, however I need to use a password when factory resetting through Settings, which I cannot recover, even after confirming using my email adress. My best bet is to wipe everything, and manually install the firmware through Odin. I did not find the firmware for the exact version I currently have, however I am currently downloading a similar version through updato (J710FXXU6CSK2) . Now,this version is localised for India, and I live in Europe. Would installing this version risk bricking my phone? A barely usable device is better than an unusable device.
I'd like to mention that I have searched for the same issue on XDA , and I have not found anything so far, at least concerning this device/model. Secondly, even though I am not completely new to flashing with Odin(I managed to save a bricked Samsung Galaxy Core II a few months ago),I'm still unfamiliar with how to use Odin,and don't really remember exactly what I did the last time.
1)I heard that specific versions of Odin work on specific models. Is that true? I have "Odin3 v3.13.1_3B_PatcheD.exe" downloaded,will that work for my device?
2)Once(if) I have the firmware downloaded and everything connected ,where should I "put" the firmware on Odin?(It is in the AP box if Iremember correctly, though I could be completely wrong, please correct me if I am)
3)Will I be asked to enter the same password I mentioned earlier if I do it manually?(Through the android boot menu)
4)If I am required to enter a password, is there any way I could bypass it?
5)I know I could have searched for this last question on my own, but if anyone could be kind enough to link me to an Odin tutorial, I would really appreciate it! Last time, I had to gather small bits of how it worked from many different sources.
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I want to do a factory reset on my Samsung Galaxy J7 2016 (J710FXXU6CSK1),not previously flashed, however I need to use a password when factory resetting through Settings, which I cannot recover, even after confirming using my email adress. My best bet is to wipe everything, and manually install the firmware through Odin. I did not find the firmware for the exact version I currently have, however I am currently downloading a similar version through updato (J710FXXU6CSK2) . Now,this version is localised for India, and I live in Europe. Would installing this version risk bricking my phone? A barely usable device is better than an unusable device.
I'd like to mention that I have searched for the same issue on XDA , and I have not found anything so far, at least concerning this device/model. Secondly, even though I am not completely new to flashing with Odin(I managed to save a bricked Samsung Galaxy Core II a few months ago),I'm still unfamiliar with how to use Odin,and don't really remember exactly what I did the last time.
1)I heard that specific versions of Odin work on specific models. Is that true? I have "Odin3 v3.13.1_3B_PatcheD.exe" downloaded,will that work for my device?
2)Once(if) I have the firmware downloaded and everything connected ,where should I "put" the firmware on Odin?(It is in the AP box if Iremember correctly, though I could be completely wrong, please correct me if I am)
3)Will I be asked to enter the same password I mentioned earlier if I do it manually?(Through the android boot menu)
4)If I am required to enter a password, is there any way I could bypass it?
5)I know I could have searched for this last question on my own, but if anyone could be kind enough to link me to an Odin tutorial, I would really appreciate it! Last time, I had to gather small bits of how it worked from many different sources.
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Hi,
If your device is working correctly i suggest to do a factory reset from recovery menu instead of flashing again. thats simple, no password required. https://www.verizon.com/support/kno...old the Volume,Select Wipe data/factory reset.
you have to flash firmware specific to country. you can find a specific firmmware here - https://samfw.com/firmware/SM-J710FN
Even if you flash a different firmware, you may not get network, but that can be corrected by flashing a correct firmware again.
you have to extract the firmware downloaded and specify files in odin. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6gyc5wsuE0&ab_channel=GSM-ABC