Hello!
I'm 99% sure it's impossible but I need to ask because I know there are people more experienced than me. Thing is, I got Samsung Gear Fit that was broken from beginning (I guess) because it couldn't update with Samsung Gear Manager (it was rebooting before end of update, always). My SGS5 was rooted at this time (simple Towelroot, KNOX is on 0x0).
Is it possible, that root on my phone is cause of it or it was just a defective piece from beginning?
robsonq said:
Hello!
I'm 99% sure it's impossible but I need to ask because I know there are people more experienced than me. Thing is, I got Samsung Gear Fit that was broken from beginning (I guess) because it couldn't update with Samsung Gear Manager (it was rebooting before end of update, always). My SGS5 was rooted at this time (simple Towelroot, KNOX is on 0x0).
Is it possible, that root on my phone is cause of it or it was just a defective piece from beginning?
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try with another gear fit manager version or flash a frimeware on your fit using odin
search around for a tutorial how to get gear fit in download mode, what version if odin u need and where u can download the frimeware
vladcasandra said:
try with another gear fit manager version or flash a frimeware on your fit using odin
search around for a tutorial how to get gear fit in download mode, what version if odin u need and where u can download the frimeware
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Thanks for the reply! I already sent my SGF to warranty. Before that, I tried different versions of manager and download mode isn't working sadly (I can't even turn it off! It just came back to life in few secs, no matter what).
I was just curious if root on my phone could be a cause here... Even if I highly doubt it.
robsonq said:
Thanks for the reply! I already sent my SGF to warranty. Before that, I tried different versions of manager and download mode isn't working sadly (I can't even turn it off! It just came back to life in few secs, no matter what).
I was just curious if root on my phone could be a cause here... Even if I highly doubt it.
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Root has nothing to do with gear fit... i am on rooted note 3 custom rom and custom kernel
robsonq said:
Hello!
I'm 99% sure it's impossible but I need to ask because I know there are people more experienced than me. Thing is, I got Samsung Gear Fit that was broken from beginning (I guess) because it couldn't update with Samsung Gear Manager (it was rebooting before end of update, always). My SGS5 was rooted at this time (simple Towelroot, KNOX is on 0x0).
Is it possible, that root on my phone is cause of it or it was just a defective piece from beginning?
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My GS5 is rooted and my SGF works great.
I had to use the exploit by wanam to get my Gear Fit and GS5 working together. The privacy settings on the GS5 make a rooted phone ans the HealthServices/Privacy combat each other. I might be a little late in answering this, but there is a way to get root and S Health working.
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Hello everyone!
About a week ago, I went and bought the S3, my first Android phone. The sales guy told me that the phone is sim free but a Samsung's firmware update caused a bug, and that the phone needed to be sim unlocked because of Samsung's error. Needless to say I knew nothing about the phone (or Android).
After a few days of learning about it, I ended up seeing there is a Voodoo app in the file manager, CWM and SuperSU apps in the app drawer.
I came here to check what that was all about.
After reading extensively I now know that the phone is rooted and was sim unlocked with Voodoo app.
I red all about Voodoo and was impressed that it works with the fix, yet another user said this will cause problems in the future, and I already see some users complaining about their phones not working.
My question is, was the sales person lied to me about the Samsung firmware bug? And also, is the Voodoo app + fix is legit, and I can rest my worries aside?
I wouldn't like to have problems and having to wait for some (wonderful and admirable) dev to fix it, every time there is a firmware update.
Thanks in advance, excuse my noobishness.
If its unlocked.....ITS UNLOCKED
reboot, if its still unlocked then you are good. as far as the problems........i dont know of some sort of samsung bug that would f up a phone.
what are you really asking? will your phone all of sudden brick on you and become useless? i dont think so
In fact, there is no Samsung "bug": Samsung has just improve is Lock system which now break voodoo unlock (on purpose or not...)
In theory, it should only relock phones that had been unlock with voodoo app but here is the tricky thing: some shop sell "fake" unlocked phones!
-they took carrier locked phone
-they flash a stock rom
-they change the EFS file in the same way voodoo app would have done
-they sell it as unlocked
the old lock system do not break this and buyers will probably never see the trick but the new lock system just relock the phone and left people with a locked phone even if they think they have bought an unlocked phone
Just look at this post which is an answer to someone who had a relock on an "unlocked" phone with XXBLG8 firmware
Mopral said:
the old lock system do not break this and buyers will probably never see the trick but the new lock system just relock the phone and left people with a locked phone even if they think they have bought an unlocked phone
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So in fact, from now on, every time I flash an updated rom, I need to pray that samsung didn't (intentionally or not) break the voodoo unlock? Sort of like the Apple's cat and mouse game after the unlocks? Cause I'm not going through that again.
Here is a patch for preventing the sim to be locked after a update http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1802951, need root and flash with CWM.
gee2012 said:
Here is a patch for preventing the sim to be locked after a update http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1802951, need root and flash with CWM.
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Thank you for the reply.
It seems as though the fix is allready applied, the thing that bother me is that
I will need to wait for a fix every time there is an update.
It's just that i'm afraid after owning a locked iphone, that was a nightmare.
Let's say that it is much better and more comfterbale to have an unlocked phone, am i right?
shermenz said:
Thank you for the reply.
It seems as though the fix is allready applied, the thing that bother me is that
I will need to wait for a fix every time there is an update.
It's just that i'm afraid after owning a locked iphone, that was a nightmare.
Let's say that it is much better and more comfterbale to have an unlocked phone, am i right?
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Go back to the shop and request a original simlock free phone then. if it bothers you that much!
shermenz said:
Hello everyone!
About a week ago, I went and bought the S3, my first Android phone. The sales guy told me that the phone is sim free but a Samsung's firmware update caused a bug, and that the phone needed to be sim unlocked because of Samsung's error. Needless to say I knew nothing about the phone (or Android).
After a few days of learning about it, I ended up seeing there is a Voodoo app in the file manager, CWM and SuperSU apps in the app drawer.
You have bought a second hand phone . Its been used rooted voids warranty and apps installed return it .
jje
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gee2012 said:
Go back to the shop and request a original simlock free phone then. if it bothers you that much!
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Well since I'm new to Android I don't know if it should bother me, with Apple it was horrible, my question essentially is should it bother me?
Does sim locked phones Known to cause problems down the road?
Thank you for spendig the time!
shermenz said:
Well since I'm new to Android I don't know if it should bother me, with Apple it was horrible, my question essentially is should it bother me?
Does sim locked phones Known to cause problems down the road?
Thank you for spendig the time!
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As you are rooted, it is better not to update through Kies or OTA. Kies updates will break root and thus voodoo sim unlock and OTA`s will not be installed as you have a custom recovery. Download future new roms from www.sammobile.com/firmware and flash it with (Mobile) Odin (Pro). See my signature for the procedure. With Mobile Odin Pro you keep root and with pc Odin you will loose root. If in the future you have to send it in for repair warranty can be denied because you are rooted.
Ok guys, been using these forums to root phones for a while now. First phone i did was my att s3. hit a few bumps but overall it was a piece of cake. have done several different s3s and a tmobile note 3 with ease. Tried to root my sisters note 3 sprint (SM-N900P) today, and of course, i am having some issues.
I started out by trying to use the cf auto root for the phone in question, and then i get could not do normal boot. so i restart and it just boots into the same screen. I have tried reflashing stock firmware, but it fails everytime fused 2 binary 1. So then i flashed the pit file, which succeeded in letting me turn the phone back on lol, but i still cant use stock recovery anymore. also, if i try to reflash custom firmware now, i get firmware update encountered an issues screen, so i have to take the battery out for a few seconds and put it back in to get the phone to be able to restart.
SO.... I guess my questions are, what exactly went wrong? how do i fix stock recovery if nothing else? and is there a way to unlock this phone without rooting if i cant root after all? because my sister doesnt really care about custom roms, she just needs to be able to use a different carrier.
COMMENTS AND SUGGESTIONS BELOW PLEASE
any help is greatly appreciated.
soony45 said:
Ok guys, been using these forums to root phones for a while now. First phone i did was my att s3. hit a few bumps but overall it was a piece of cake. have done several different s3s and a tmobile note 3 with ease. Tried to root my sisters note 3 sprint (SM-N900P) today, and of course, i am having some issues.
I started out by trying to use the cf auto root for the phone in question, and then i get could not do normal boot. so i restart and it just boots into the same screen. I have tried reflashing stock firmware, but it fails everytime fused 2 binary 1. So then i flashed the pit file, which succeeded in letting me turn the phone back on lol, but i still cant use stock recovery anymore. also, if i try to reflash custom firmware now, i get firmware update encountered an issues screen, so i have to take the battery out for a few seconds and put it back in to get the phone to be able to restart.
SO.... I guess my questions are, what exactly went wrong? how do i fix stock recovery if nothing else? and is there a way to unlock this phone without rooting if i cant root after all? because my sister doesnt really care about custom roms, she just needs to be able to use a different carrier.
COMMENTS AND SUGGESTIONS BELOW PLEASE
any help is greatly appreciated.
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And you haven't said anything to us but you don't know how to read .... You haven't said what you flashed and with what Odin etc ... you have given nothing to help fix your problem and there is no unlock besides sprint doing it or you would have READ that too
Sent from my SM-N900P using Xparent BlueTapatalk 2
Epix4G said:
And you haven't said anything to us but you don't know how to read .... You haven't said what you flashed and with what Odin etc ... you have given nothing to help fix your problem and there is no unlock besides sprint doing it or you would have READ that too
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Well, I fixed it anyway so it doesn't matter. Now trying to install custom recovery, but had issues with that. Guess cwm is not working for this phone correctly. So only way to unlock is pay sprint? And thanks soooo much for your helpful attitude
soony45 said:
Well, I fixed it anyway so it doesn't matter. Now trying to install custom recovery, but had issues with that. Guess cwm is not working for this phone correctly. So only way to unlock is pay sprint? And thanks soooo much for your helpful attitude
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It amazes me that some people cannot just read a post and move on if they have nothing helpful to say but instead take the time out of their busy lives to slam someone.
You should feel honored.
Hi guys. Hoping yall can help me out. I recently got this on clearance at T-Mobile. It came with 5.0.3 out of the box. I immediately downloaded 6.0 from SamMobile and I installed the upgrade this way.
The phone boots and runs but it is EXTREMELY laggy.
There are things I could do. I could root it and put a custom ROM in there and I assume it will fly. But... As I have a brand new device, i want to make sure that I have a warranty in case there is something wrong with the guts of the device, I don't want to have to send it to Samsung for them to tell me I have no warranty.
So any method that requires root is out of the question. What are my options? Because even if I Odin back to stock, knox would still be tripped thus voiding the warranty.
I have tried booting into recovery and clearing cache. This was no help. Is there anything I can do, or is this an issue with all S6 edges? Is this an issue with dropping snapdragon to only use their processors?
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Hi guys. Hoping yall can help me out. I recently got this on clearance at T-Mobile. It came with 5.0.3 out of the box. I immediately downloaded 6.0 from SamMobile and I installed the upgrade this way.
The phone boots and runs but it is EXTREMELY laggy.
There are things I could do. I could root it and put a custom ROM in there and I assume it will fly. But... As I have a brand new device, i want to make sure that I have a warranty in case there is something wrong with the guts of the device, I don't want to have to send it to Samsung for them to tell me I have no warranty.
So any method that requires root is out of the question. What are my options? Because even if I Odin back to stock, knox would still be tripped thus voiding the warranty.
I have tried booting into recovery and clearing cache. This was no help. Is there anything I can do, or is this an issue with all S6 edges? Is this an issue with dropping snapdragon to only use their processors?
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I have a stock s6 edge currently and theres no lag at all. I have the exynos processor and its fine. I have used many custom ROMs on this phone a number of times over the year and if anything this has been the one to cause lagging and battery drain.
If i was you i would make sure knox isnt tripped now and send in to t mobile as faultly device. Maybe they will just swap it for another one.
Theres not much you can do without root. Factory reset and wioe cache is about the only thing you can do without root.
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I have a stock s6 edge currently and theres no lag at all. I have the exynos processor and its fine. I have used many custom ROMs on this phone a number of times over the year and if anything this has been the one to cause lagging and battery drain.
If i was you i would make sure knox isnt tripped now and send in to t mobile as faultly device. Maybe they will just swap it for another one.
Theres not much you can do without root. Factory reset and wioe cache is about the only thing you can do without root.
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Thank you for your reply. I have not tried a factory reset yet. Guess this is the next and only other option.
And I'm stoked to see its not an issue with Exynos. However there won't be any others at tmobile. I got the last one in the store. My only other option would be the s7 or s7 edge
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Thank you for your reply. I have not tried a factory reset yet. Guess this is the next and only other option.
And I'm stoked to see its not an issue with Exynos. However there won't be any others at tmobile. I got the last one in the store. My only other option would be the s7 or s7 edge
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If it was a brand new phone i doubt a factory reset would change anything but give it a go cant do any harm.
callumbr1 said:
If it was a brand new phone i doubt a factory reset would change anything but give it a go cant do any harm.
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ME either to be honest. I just thought maybe since I updated from 5.0.3 to 6.0.1 that that could of been an issue
Please help!!!!
I've tried to root my s7 edge. It didn't work so i installed a custom rom from sammobile.
My knowledge of rooting is not so good. But on the internet i watched several video's on youtube how to root my s7 edge. I followed every step but everytime i finished rooting the Phone won't start.
Only the samsunglogo appears and nothing happened. I waited for 3 hours but it won't work. So i downloaded the custom rom (Netherlands phn) and installed this using odin.
That works but some of my apps won't work anymore. For example samsung health, when i will use health i get the message that the software won't work during new rules of protection and it will not work with rooted phones.
So i installed an app for checking my root and it says that my Phone isn't rooted. AFter that i tried a factory reset.....won't work. Stil the same problems.
What can i do to bring the Phone back to the factorysettings?
rickyvankrieken said:
Please help!!!!
I've tried to root my s7 edge. It didn't work so i installed a custom rom from sammobile.
My knowledge of rooting is not so good. But on the internet i watched several video's on youtube how to root my s7 edge. I followed every step but everytime i finished rooting the Phone won't start.
Only the samsunglogo appears and nothing happened. I waited for 3 hours but it won't work. So i downloaded the custom rom (Netherlands phn) and installed this using odin.
That works but some of my apps won't work anymore. For example samsung health, when i will use health i get the message that the software won't work during new rules of protection and it will not work with rooted phones.
So i installed an app for checking my root and it says that my Phone isn't rooted. AFter that i tried a factory reset.....won't work. Stil the same problems.
What can i do to bring the Phone back to the factorysettings?
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install the stock firmware fro your phone from sammobile (your country)
if you are interested in root which is lagy go here https://forum.xda-developers.com/verizon-s7-edge/development/rom-t3603231
it is u firmware. either way you will need to download firmware
ps im guessing you have a snapdragon processor, if you have exnos don't use the root link i have sent you
Thank you for the information. I've downloaded all files and will try it out tonight. I will let you know if I succeeded or not.
Thanks again!!
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install the stock firmware fro your phone from sammobile (your country)
if you are interested in root which is lagy go here https://forum.xda-developers.com/verizon-s7-edge/development/rom-t3603231
it is u firmware. either way you will need to download firmware
ps im guessing you have a snapdragon processor, if you have exnos don't use the root link i have sent you
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I did all the steps but it won't work. Everytime i tried to instal the rom,odin says FAIL. i've tried it several times.
So i set my Phone to the fabrication settings. Some apps still won't work but i will bring my Phone to the samsung store, hoping they will succeed.
Many thanks àgain for trying to help me.
sincerely
rickyvankrieken said:
I did all the steps but it won't work. Everytime i tried to instal the rom,odin says FAIL. i've tried it several times.
So i set my Phone to the fabrication settings. Some apps still won't work but i will bring my Phone to the samsung store, hoping they will succeed.
Many thanks àgain for trying to help me.
sincerely
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make sure you use prince comseys odin. or the stock odin, one will fail
So, I have a Samsung Galaxy note 3 SM-n900 (ha3g) running LOS 14.1 and every time I open the Galaxy wearable app it says that my phone has been modified in an unauthorized way which is true. I've read a lot of posts saying I should try changing my manufacturer to anything other than Samsung in build.prop but every time I do that the phone just stops recognizing the Sim card ,Also I've seen other posts saying that I should install magisk but every time I try to flash magisk it fails saying unknown img format. Any one knows any other way I could pair my gear with my phone without flashing back to stock?
Ahmedkamal106f said:
So, I have a Samsung Galaxy note 3 SM-n900 (ha3g) running LOS 14.1 and every time I open the Galaxy wearable app it says that my phone has been modified in an unauthorized way which is true. I've read a lot of posts saying I should try changing my manufacturer to anything other than Samsung in build.prop but every time I do that the phone just stops recognizing the Sim card ,Also I've seen other posts saying that I should install magisk but every time I try to flash magisk it fails saying unknown img format. Any one knows any other way I could pair my gear with my phone without flashing back to stock?
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Do you have SuperSU on your phone?
TheRock40359 said:
Do you have SuperSU on your phone?
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I used to. But now I just removed all root apps because all I wanna do is use my Galaxy gear without having to flash back to stock and nothing is working so i'm gonna keep using my unrooted lineage until I'm bored or until there's a problem or something .then I'mma flash back to stock or maybe a Samsung based rom .if you happen to have a solution to my problem without having to change the rom It would be amazing.
Ahmedkamal106f said:
I used to. But now I just removed all root apps because all I wanna do is use my Galaxy gear without having to flash back to stock and nothing is working so i'm gonna keep using my unrooted lineage until I'm bored or until there's a problem or something .then I'mma flash back to stock or maybe a Samsung based rom .if you happen to have a solution to my problem without having to change the rom It would be amazing.
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Unfortunately galaxy watches will only work with touchwhizz roms
there is a way
check this out:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/ga...rooted-phone-help-t3838503/page5#post81907513
but on my sm-n9005 with havoc 3
after some reboots it will be come back to original buld.prop and sometimes i get bootloops that will be fixed by just going into recovery and reboot from there