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I know how to twrp but will I be able to restore everything using Samsung kies?
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After reading the entirety of your [ROOT/KERNEL] Root Method for FOF6 / 5.1.1 thread, I realize that I am way over my head. So over my head that I have only just read about rooting. Can anyone point me to the rooting for dummies (T-Mobile Galaxy S5, upgraded to FOF6/5.1.1)?
If your serious and cant follow these steps flash my 5.1.1 rom
billgore14 said:
After reading the entirety of your [ROOT/KERNEL] Root Method for FOF6 / 5.1.1 thread, I realize that I am way over my head. So over my head that I have only just read about rooting. Can anyone point me to the rooting for dummies (T-Mobile Galaxy S5, upgraded to FOF6/5.1.1)?
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1. Download the kernel
2. Flash in recovery (if twrp asks if you want to install su say NO)
3. Reboot and profit.
So I've rooted my old nexus 5 and I just now got a galaxy s5.
I have version 5.1.1 baseband version FOG6...my question is, can I root with that baseband version and be okay? I am a super noob when it comes to o anything non nexus.
The more info the better, thanks!
Cage715 said:
So I've rooted my old nexus 5 and I just now got a galaxy s5.
I have version 5.1.1 baseband version FOG6...my question is, can I root with that baseband version and be okay? I am a super noob when it comes to o anything non nexus.
The more info the better, thanks!
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With this kernel? Yes. But be warned if you use an mhl adapter it will not work. Samsung broke it with the FOF6 update which this kernel is based off of. Soon as samsung releases the source I'll update it to FOG6 and mhl will work
Thanks for the quick reply! I take it this root wipes the device? Where can I find exact instructions?
Cage715 said:
Thanks for the quick reply! I take it this root wipes the device? Where can I find exact instructions?
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It doesn't wipe anything. It's just a kernel.
In the original post.
ShinySide said:
It doesn't wipe anything. It's just a kernel.
In the original post.
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I do not understand how to root stock without twrp, isn't root required for twrp? So I use odin to flash your kernel and that's it?
Cage715 said:
I do not understand how to root stock without twrp, isn't root required for twrp? So I use odin to flash your kernel and that's it?
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Read the OP. I've even put a link to a detailed guide for installing
ShinySide said:
It doesn't wipe anything. It's just a kernel.
In the original post.
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ShinySide said:
Read the OP. I've even put a link to a detailed guide for installing
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Thanks! I'm all rooted
Bummer though that there's no xposed yet, is that right?
Cage715 said:
Thanks! I'm all rooted
Bummer though that there's no xposed yet, is that right?
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Don't know, I don't use it. I know there was one for 5.0 but know if it was ever updated for use on 5.1.1
Is there anyway you could add support for the kernel to be set to enforcing at boot and during its normal on state?
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Playb3yond said:
Is there anyway you could add support for the kernel to be set to enforcing at boot and during its normal on state?
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No. Wouldn't boot with root then
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No. Wouldn't boot with root then
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So us S5 users are faced to disable security for root. What a tough decision to make for some
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Playb3yond said:
So us S5 users are faced to disable security for root. What a tough decision to make for some
Sent from my SM-G900T using Tapatalk
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More than just s5 users. It's becoming that way on all samsung
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I was just wondering how I could root a Bell Samsung Galaxy S II.
I've read some threads but I don't have any idea what they're talking about, so I was wondering if anyone could simplify it for me so that I can understand.
Thank you!
I personally use latest Speedmod, depending on the firmware you're running you can also use the specific ChainFire kernel as well.
Mangme said:
I was just wondering how I could root a Bell Samsung Galaxy S II.
I've read some threads but I don't have any idea what they're talking about, so I was wondering if anyone could simplify it for me so that I can understand.
Thank you!
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Just flash cf root
full guide in the thread
veyka said:
Just flash cf root
full guide in the thread
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If I used this method to root, would I still be able to install custom roms?
Mangme said:
If I used this method to root, would I still be able to install custom roms?
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Yes you will be able to run custom roms. Generally speaking nothing is permanent on these phones. A kernel sits a layer below the ROM but most roms will also install their own kernel.
I'm sorry for bumping this thread, but I thought it'd be better to bump this one, rather then creating a new thread about my question.
I was wondering what the method is of reversing the rooting on the SGS II Bell.
Sorry if it's being asked a lot. I was flashing ROMs last night and I wasn't in the most stable of mind set. Anyway I wake up to a text from my buddy about this update. I remember doing a Samsung update but not an ota and it never went to download mode. How can I tell if I updated it?
I keep seeing VRUAME7 as the new update but this is my current about info and my build is obviously a different rom but my baseband isn't what I see as the before and after screenshot and I just checked my phone with a root checker and it passed. Sorry for being a noob but I came from a gnex! Can anyone give me an idea how to check if I did or if I'm fine?
Sorry I meant to post this in help / q&a not general sorry please move it!!
Sent from my SCH-I545 using Tapatalk 2
notstevek said:
Sorry if it's being asked a lot. I was flashing ROMs last night and I wasn't in the most stable of mind set. Anyway I wake up to a text from my buddy about this update. I remember doing a Samsung update but not an ota and it never went to download mode. How can I tell if I updated it?
I keep seeing VRUAME7 as the new update but this is my current about info and my build is obviously a different rom but my baseband isn't what I see as the before and after screenshot and I just checked my phone with a root checker and it passed. Sorry for being a noob but I came from a gnex! Can anyone give me an idea how to check if I did or if I'm fine?
Sorry I meant to post this in help / q&a not general sorry please move it!!
Sent from my SCH-I545 using Tapatalk 2
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You're running a custom ROM (CleanROM), so you don't have the update. You do not want to flash the update since it kills root access and prevents the bootloader workaround. This is discussed in nearly every thread in the forum right now.
shortstuff_mt said:
You're running a custom ROM (CleanROM), so you don't have the update. You do not want to flash the update since it kills root access and prevents the bootloader workaround. This is discussed in nearly every thread in the forum right now.
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Yeah I know I don't want the update (not being a ****) just wanted to make sure that somehow I did update to it. I don't plan on updating. Thank you for the info. I was scared for a second. Thank you.
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notstevek said:
Yeah I know I don't want the update (not being a ****) just wanted to make sure that somehow I did update to it. I don't plan on updating. Thank you for the info. I was scared for a second. Thank you.
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If you updated you wouldn't have a Root and I don't think you'd have a custom ROM.
notstevek said:
Sorry if it's being asked a lot. I was flashing ROMs last night and I wasn't in the most stable of mind set. Anyway I wake up to a text from my buddy about this update. I remember doing a Samsung update but not an ota and it never went to download mode. How can I tell if I updated it?
I keep seeing VRUAME7 as the new update but this is my current about info and my build is obviously a different rom but my baseband isn't what I see as the before and after screenshot and I just checked my phone with a root checker and it passed. Sorry for being a noob but I came from a gnex! Can anyone give me an idea how to check if I did or if I'm fine?
Sorry I meant to post this in help / q&a not general sorry please move it!!
Sent from my SCH-I545 using Tapatalk 2
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The update fails if you have a custom recovery (TWRP or CWM), which is needed to flash roms. So as long as you have a custom recovery the update can't go through
pyro6128 said:
The update fails if you have a custom recovery (TWRP or CWM), which is needed to flash roms. So as long as you have a custom recovery the update can't go through
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Thank you. Thanks everyone. I was used to nexus prior to this so I wasn't sure. Thanks for all the answers. I have root, still on CleanRom, build/radio didn't change and can access recovery. Thanks again and sorry that this is in the wrong section.
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notstevek said:
Thank you. Thanks everyone. I was used to nexus prior to this so I wasn't sure. Thanks for all the answers. I have root, still on CleanRom, build/radio didn't change and can access recovery. Thanks again and sorry that this is in the wrong section.
Sent from my SCH-I545 using Tapatalk 2
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No problem. I came from the Gnex too and there is definitely a little bit of a learning curve with the S4 modding scene compared to the Gnex. Questions are the only way we learn!
pyro6128 said:
No problem. I came from the Gnex too and there is definitely a little bit of a learning curve with S4 modding scene compared to the Gnex. Questions are the only way we learn!
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Yes. Especially since I don't fully understand this auto Loki (I understand it flashes a pre release kernel that is insecure hence how I rooted the phone via Odin and motochopper in the first pkace), that and with the boot loader still being locked or at least not unlocked and being bypassed I wasn't 100% positive. Now can I flash the new modem.bin from the update via Odin without messing anything up? From this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=43439450
Thank you everyone, and again if a mod see's this please move to q/a forum I didn't mean to post here!
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notstevek said:
Yes. Especially since I don't fully understand this auto Loki (I understand it flashes a pre release kernel that is insecure hence how I rooted the phone via Odin and motochopper in the first pkace), that and with the boot loader still being locked or at least not unlocked and being bypassed I wasn't 100% positive. Now can I flash the new modem.bin from the update via Odin without messing anything up? From this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=43439450
Thank you everyone, and again if a mod see's this please move to q/a forum I didn't mean to post here!
Sent from my SCH-I545 using Tapatalk 2
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I have no idea with that one haha
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Hello,
I am currently using the Samsung Galaxy SIII GT-I9300. Bought this device last April. At that time I was completely new to rooting device. I didn't know what to do. I searched online about rooting device, read many post by users in various blogs and threads here in XDA. Then I was very curious to root my device. But even then, though i knew what rooting was and its merits and demerits, i had no idea how to root my device. So I started searching again for an easy and fast way to root my device. Then I came me across the framaroot thread here and thanks to the developer of Framaroot, I was able to root my android safely without any problems. It was a very useful app for beginners who had no idea about rooting.
After few months, I received a firmware update. I had no idea what changes it would bring about in my device. In a hope to find out the new features, I updated the firmware. But sadly, there wasn't any noticeable change. So once again I seeked the help of framaroot to root my device. I was left with an error message and didn't know what to do. Again by searching on Google, I came to know about the OTA update about which I had no idea prior to the firmware update. I realized that the OTA update was a curse to Android rooting and I was left with my boring stock rom without anything. Today again I searched all over the Internet for a very safe and easy method to root my device but couldn't find anything like the framaroot. So here I am kindly requesting, the deveopers to kindly update the already existing methodsor make a new easy method to root android devices so that people new to android can experiment and enjoy root features. Sorry for the long story, thought it might be useful by explaining everything in detail. Hope I have not violated any of the XDA rules. If I did, I apologise for that too but please don't remove this thread. It would be very nice if anyone can find a solution as there are many people in the same situation as I am right now.
Thanking XDA and all the developers for there services.
-superdroidboy
Try this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s3#root
Also: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1957273
amirTor said:
Try this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s3#root
Also: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1957273
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Thanks for the post. Nevers seen this before. I will surely try it out. I have heard about odin before but was not confident to use it as I thought it may brick my device. Is there any root apps like Framaroot that can help make the process a lot faster and easier without the use of a computer.
superdroidboy said:
Thanks for the post. Nevers seen this before. I will surely try it out. I have heard about odin before but was not confident to use it as I thought it may brick my device. Is there any root apps like Framaroot that can help make the process a lot faster and easier without the use of a computer.
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1- Its the fastest and most reliable method I femilliar with- just follow the vid orders step by step (according to your device model), and no harm
should be made (unless you plug out your device in the middle of the process, or using a different model type- but even those can be resolved).
2- No apps that I know. Although i would not recommend it even if I found one- just seems too riksy than using the computer...
Basically all the OP questions are answered in the faqs and guides .
Root is constantly updated as and when possible but its not a simple question of just making a new one . Read the relevant root threads .
Stock recovery
amirTor said:
1- Its the fastest and most reliable method I femilliar with- just follow the vid orders step by step (according to your device model), and no harm
should be made (unless you plug out your device in the middle of the process, or using a different model type- but even those can be resolved).
2- No apps that I know. Although i would not recommend it even if I found one- just seems too riksy than using the computer...
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Dude, can I use the method given in this thread belo? Is it still working?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1842455
superdroidboy said:
Dude, can I use the method given in this thread belo? Is it still working?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1842455
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No!! That's the S2 thread follow guides in stickies or posted above..
tallman43 said:
No!! That's the S2 thread follow guides in stickies or posted above..
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Ow thanks bro
I am not rooted now and hence no cwm.
But can I install philz recovery using stock recovery in my non rooted device and then use the root zip to apply root?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2002953
superdroidboy said:
Ow thanks bro
I am not rooted now and hence no cwm.
But can I install philz recovery using stock recovery in my non rooted device and then use the root zip to apply root?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2002953
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Not with stock recovery no!!..But you can flash philz recovery with odin ( I know you say you don't like using it but it is a well tried method) also look at this >> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1671969 <<
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Not with stock recovery no!!..But you can flash philz recovery with odin ( I know you say you don't like using it but it is a well tried method) also look at this >> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1671969 <<
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Hope I ain't annoying u.
But I saw a kid flashing philz directly using stock on a note 2- N7000 in YouTube.
So I had a doubt whether it's possible in S3 i9300 also.
Thanks a lot for the help. I have only rooted once or twice b4 so I have ver less knownledge about it, so please bare with me
Ow and I am going to flash CM 11 directly. So I hope I can proceed with philz according to the above thread.
superdroidboy said:
Hope I ain't annoying u.
But I saw a kid flashing philz directly using stock on a note 2- N7000 in YouTube.
So I had a doubt whether it's possible in S3 i9300 also.
Thanks a lot for the help. I have only rooted once or twice b4 so I have ver less knownledge about it, so please bare with me
Ow and I am going to flash CM 11 directly. So I hope I can proceed with philz according to the above thread.
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If it was only that easy on S3 would save a lot of trouble ..yep follow instructions in thread and use PhilZ .tar.md5 not the zip file and if you are flashing CM 11 you do not need to root the rom is already rooted.
tallman43 said:
If it was only that easy on S3 would save a lot of trouble ..yep follow instructions in thread and use PhilZ .tar.md5 not the zip file and if you are flashing CM 11 you do not need to root the rom is already rooted.
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Okieee bro
But... again....what is the difference between flashing in odin and recovery? So for any future process I can avoid all these doubts.
Searched online. Couldn't find anything that tells the difference.
superdroidboy said:
Okieee bro
But... again....what is the difference between flashing in odin and recovery? So for any future process I can avoid all these doubts.
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Without giving you a long explanation you flash custom roms in recovery (.zip files) and stock roms (.tar) in odin and same for recoveries.
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Without giving you a long explanation you flash custom roms in recovery (.zip files) and stock roms (.tar) in odin and same for recoveries.
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Ow ok ok...thats explains a bit
Thanks.
Something is tempting me to try it out. Lol. If it works, i will report it here and it will help other s3 users too. At the same time, something prevents me from doing it. I get a feeling of bricking my device. Then I will have to fix that too
Before I do something like that, can u predict if it may work since the same method worked for the N7000 or can u tell me if have you tried it before? (Please tell me if I am annoying u, it doesn't matter )
superdroidboy said:
Ow ok ok...thats explains a bit
Thanks.
Something is tempting me to try it out. Lol. If it works, i will report it here and it will help other s3 users too. At the same time, something prevents me from doing it. I get a feeling of bricking my device. Then I will have to fix that too
Before I do something like that, can u predict if it may work since the same method worked for the N7000 or can u tell me if have you tried it before? (Please tell me if I am annoying u, it doesn't matter )
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If you mean flashing through stock recovery no!! N7000 a different device Brick comes to mind I think you need to read the stickies a bit more if you are thinking of doing things like that!!
Running .3.2.4, wan't to get CM11 or such, will twrp work?
MinerBoy004 said:
Running .3.2.4, wan't to get CM11 or such, will twrp work?
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Nope - but you can downgrade to 13.3.1.0 following the instructions here. You could have easily answered you own question reading the OP of the TWRP post. Seriously, you need to start reading up on your options. No one is going to respond if you don't do your homework.
MinerBoy004 said:
Hey guys, I just got my replacement kindle. It came with 3.2.1. I did not update it yet, which I possibly won't, and I was wondering on how to root, and disable OTA on this version, thanks if you can help me.
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MinerBoy004 said:
Running .3.2.4, wan't to get CM11 or such, will twrp work?
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You bricked your device before because you just clicked what you saw and did't read any how to...
So maybe you start to read this time? :fingers-crossed:
And no need to crosspost your questions in several threads...
To answer another question, for OTA:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2665683
With this tool you get root, and OTA...
But if you read the how to's to first downgrade again and get TWRP and CM11 or Nexus, you will see you don't need that step....
Good day ppl.
Im currently downloading Alliance_v1_Update2.zip
just few questions.
1.Can i flash it thru TWRP and will it be effective?
2.will i loose any data and apps?
3.Do i only flash the above mentioned update file?
my specs - Samsung s6edge 925f
Unibase Kernel thru CF auto Root.
Lollipop 5.1.1
Appreciate it.
Regards
NOOB
Lian911 said:
Good day ppl.
Im currently downloading Alliance_v1_Update2.zip
just few questions.
1.Can i flash it thru TWRP and will it be effective?
2.will i loose any data and apps?
3.Do i only flash the above mentioned update file?
my specs - Samsung s6edge 925f
Unibase Kernel thru CF auto Root.
Lollipop 5.1.1
Appreciate it.
Regards
NOOB
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Hi
Thank you for using XDA Assist
Regarding your inquiry you have to check with the dev of the rom. Cant see any thread regarding that rom here at xda actually.
and how do i go about that?
Lian911 said:
and how do i go about that?
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How did you got the rom ?
For sure you got it somewhere. There should be disclaimers on what will happend if you will not do this and that..
the alliance rom was a thread here on XDA. some guys said that it worked on their SM-G925F's but no one stated if they ran customs roms etc etc
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2716535
Lian911 said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2716535
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ill have this question moved...
thanx