Hi,
I am absolutely new to the forums and I know its meant for technical and skilled developers to discuss roms, root, app mod and other advanced topics but I feel this forum might be the only place where I can get help.
I need to root my Oppo Find X device (CPH1871), international version I guess since I bought it in India. While moving files between my old phone and new one I accidentally lost a lot of important pictures stored in my phone. I have looked into software such as FonePaw and DrFone, both of which require root access to restore those files.
I know there are threads discussing rooting the find x but as someone completely new to rooting I didn't know what method to follow. There are terms such as twrp, unlocking the bootloader, flashing the rom, etc. I dont need a custom rom on my phone, just want the root access so I may be able to recover those photos.
I would be grateful if someone could point me on how to root my phone and how to recover those files. They were really important.
Thanks
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Is there a custom rom made for SGSIII under videotron, model #SGH-t999v
Is there a tutorial that explain how to root this baby under T999v, i want to remove all that crap they install and be able to do like other user with different carrier.
thanks
Since no one seem to care about this phone version, someone Could you tell me how to make a full backup of my stock phone before i mess something in it.
I'll work on my own cmw
Correct me if I'm wrong but it wouldn't help you anyways as you need root access to restore protected sections like the system partition.
And also I think you need root read specific areas like the boot partition just to back it up.
You are probably right since i dont have ton of knowledge with this. i 'll wait until someone with higher skill than me post the way to do it or the stock roms or a custom one
Theres videosvon how to root already. I have never rooted before until last night and it was pretty darn easy. Should only take minutes.
Sent from my SGH-T999
I have tried several roms from the tmobile section on my videotron sgs3.
All of them have worked ok except for the known bugs.
I apologize up front for being so ignorant about this, but I want to make sure before I completely ruin a new phone.
In researching, there are a ton of people who are asking questions in regards to rooting their Chinese SIII, most wishing to flash a new ROM. So, most of the questions and discussions are a technical mix of both rooting and flashing, and I have become a little confused on something.
I have a new Chinese phone, but I actually live in China at the moment, and all I really want is to root the phone. Basically I wish to keep my phone exactly how it is, but to be able to remove some Chinese software and add in a few things that they are not pre-loading (like Google Play Store - which will not run on Chinese phones unless they are rooted). I DON'T want to end up losing my Chinese IME/Keyboard or other things.
My question is this: Rooting is obviously different than flashing, but when rooting, does the process simply "unlock" the OS, allowing you admin, or does it write over your OS with a new, admin version? (I hope that was clear). I've had some experience in flashing phones, but there never seems to be an exact match for what was on the phone prior to flashing - I don't want to root if there are any "slight" differences, other than allowing admin access.
I was looking at the link for the Samsung Galaxy SIII toolkit V5.0, and I believe that is what I need to use to root the phone (if there is a better/easier way, feel free to let me know).
I guess I will have to go to that thread to ask about un-rooting.
AP: I9300ZCBLH3
CP: I9300ZCLH3
CSC: I9300CHNBLH3
Root unlocks system admin as it where .
Unroot is flash stock firmware .
Easy root .
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1695238
Why not read the Chinese owners thread ,
jje
Rooting - Giving Superuser (admin) access.
Flashing - This can be anything from a full rom to a boot animation.
I'm pretty sure rooting keeps everything stock, unless you flash a rooted kernel. I believe it will install ClockworkMod recovery too, but perhaps someone with more experience can step in.
Sent from my Nexus 7
Cannot seem to find the answer for this specific device. Will have the ATT USA version of the HOX+ and want to know:
What is the Best Back Up App to get before rooting or anything like that, something that can be found in the Play store? Obviously would want it to backup the basics like calender, contacts, email accounts, etc. Also though, need a backup app that will backup installed App Data like say my game progress for Dead Trigger. I'm reading that once you root your device all App Data is erased to scratch, would hate to invest hours into an app only to have to start all over once Rooted when it does become available for ATT USA version.
Then once i am Rooted, what is the best Rooted Backup App to install that will backup everything above and anything else i would need before unlocking Bootloader and flashing roms?
Seems there's unroot backups and rooted backups but hundreds on the Play store and hate to find out the hard way which ones actually work and do what i need and which ones don't.
Appreciate any help on this and hope soon there will be stickies in this thread explaining such things to Androids Newbs like me so once this device is released tomorrow you guys don't get countless threads started like mine. Thank you
Is this right?
Upon doing more research online please correct me if i'm wrong here. From my understanding this is the process needed to flash a custom rom:
1. Root your device. Rooting actually does not delete any data or files but virtually "unlocks" (almost like jailbreaking Ios) your device for further access/tweaking abilities.
2. Now that i am rooted i can install titanium backup (is this the best rooted backup, see it mentioned by you guys a lot here) and this rooted backup app will backup virtually everything on my device including app data.
3. Once rooted, i can now install custom recovery (what exactly is this and what does it do?). I'm guessing custom recovery is needed for unlocking the bootloader incase there is a problem custom recovery will recover your device (hints the name custom recovery)?
4. Now i have my device rooted, everything including app data backed up with titanium backup, custom recovery installed, now i can unlock bootloader. Once i unlock bootloader i will then need to restore my device with titanium backup. Now my phone is basically fully unlocked (fully jailbroken) and can now flash any custom rom available for my specific device (ATT HOX+ USA model)?
I see something mentioned about ADB but do not understand what this does or is used for? It seems it is another way of backing up the phone but if so, where is the backup file saved and used for exactly?
Just trying to figure this all out guys, please be easy on me. Trust me i've been researching and just trying to put all the pieces to this android puzzle together here, newb to android and first android device (very excited and just want to do it all right and not have issues of course).
If i'm missing any steps or have them out of order please let me know. I understand there is no root yet for this specific device but just saying if everything was available the steps i laid out is what i would do?
Thank you in advance for your patience and help, greatly appreciate the community here and all you guys do for us.
Sorry one more thing. Once i am rooted, unlocked bootloader, flashing custom roms having a great time. What exactly do the warranty people look for if i need to send my device in for replacement under warranty?
Do they void it if my device is rooted, or unlocked bootloader, or both?
If so, is root and or bootloader unlock reversible if i needed to return my device under warranty for say a hardware issue?
I'm sure i can flash the stock rom back so the warranty people won't see a custom one on the device but do they look for Root or Bootloader?
Just trying to cover all my bases here, thank you.
Hello,
i know there is plenty of this kind of threads. But i really need simple guideline , already tested way to root this device. I have rooted couple phones, (note3, sonyz3, galaxy s4, etc), but never this model before, or any model where i have to touch the bootlocker.
So, this is now new to me and looks like there is too many way to do that, and it´s confusing. This girls is on fire, at least my brain are
The phone is my 12 years daughters phone, and my son has also this phone, and the internal memory is straight from a...
So i assume, only way to solve this is root the phone and use the external memory as internal memory, right?
And what about this, have you tried this, is it valid way ?
(Tried to put url, but i am newbie, so i can´t, but what i ment is one click root, is it even possible)?
Anyway, can someone please give me a hand and tell me easiest way. The way which working and tested
I´ll appreciate this very much.
Have a nice monday all of you.
Br,
Satu form Finland
this is a good tutorial https://forum.xda-developers.com/m4-aqua/general/guide-unlock-bootloader-twrp-touch-t3247939 for unlocking bootloader and flashing recovery
but rooting with an old version of su, you need to search for the newer su version, and beware, do not update su from Play Store
one more thing, you didn't mention Android version of your devices, settings-> about phone
for root you need a specific way for Android version Lollipop or Marshmallow
Im interested in picking this phone up but my main holdback is whether or not you can root it. Ive been living that root based adblock life and I cant go back. Non-root based adblocks just dont work as well as the rooted ones.
Has anyone rooted the phone? does magisk + adb flash work? Has anyone rooted CN phone with global rom?
You should be able to but I would be cautious.
Firstly, the service for unlocking the bootloader seems unreliable from some reports (apparently you need to use some Chinese portal for requesting an unlock file - if you don't have luck getting that or it doesn't work, you're stuck and I bet getting help from Lenovo is not easy). Secondly, unless I've missed something, I don't see proper official ROM image downloads from Lenovo for extracting/patching boot or safely reflashing the device from bootloop/soft brick, so you have to go with whatever is available around for download here or elsewhere on the net and hope for the best. Even more important since you don't have custom recovery options (like TWRP) on this device.
In summary, yes, but it looks like risky business. This device doesn't seem to be root friendly...