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I am not a developer at all , just got a working method from different web sources. so i think posting this method will help all A5 users. hope it helps you ...
Note: This Method Will Set Your KNOX Status As 0x1 , That Means Your Warranty Will Be Void Forever.
Download Links For CF-Auto-Root Packages:
CF-Auto-Root Package For A5 SM 5000
CF-Auto-Root Package For A5 SM 5009
CF-Auto-Root Package For A5 SM 500F
CF-Auto-Root Package For A5 SM 500FU
CF-Auto-Root Package For A5 SM 500G
CF-Auto-Root Package For A5 SM 500H
CF-Auto-Root Package For A5 SM 500K
CF-Auto-Root Package For A5 SM 500L
CF-Auto-Root Package For A5 SM 500M
CF-Auto-Root Package For A5 SM 500S
CF-Auto-Root Package For A5 SM 500Y
CF-Auto-Root Package For A5 SM 500YZ
Download Links For Other Tools:
Flashify Premuim
Samsung Android USB Driver for Windows
ODIN 3.10
Download Links For Firmwares:
Firmware Source 1
Firmware Source 2
Root Process:
Step 1: So A5 has many variants under it and so i have provided chain fire root kit for all of them, so choose the kit as per your device model and download it on your PC. Once downloaded you have to create a folder named A5 on desktop and extract the contents of the downloaded zip file inside it.
Step 2 : After you do the above step now you have to download the famous Odin for A5 which will utilize the above kit and root your A5 .
Step 3 : Now we need our device in download mode so to do that turn off your A5 and then press home button along with the power button and the down button of volume all of them together until the mode loads up.
When mode loads up you have to use the USB cable to connect the device to PC.
Step 4 : Now when you open the Odin software which you just now installed on your computer, you will see a message saying added which means that A5 is added to Odin.
Step 5 : Once added you will see a button on which PDA/AP is written which upon clicking you have to select a file named .tar.md5 from the extracted folder which you kept on desktop.
Step 6 :After you do that, you will have to for sure follow this point before hitting start so click on F.Reset time and Auto reboot options and then you can click start.
Step 7 : When you hit start the Odin by using the root kit files, will root your device and will take around 2 – 3 minutes may be less then that to complete its process and when it is done successfully then it will show a message saying PASS which means the root access has been achieved on A5 , If Failed Follow Below Steps
Here is a problem , If ODIN saying RESET then your device will be rebooted and rooted successfully but it already destroyed boot.img and recovery.img . don't worry we are going to solve this issue with some simple steps. Download Falshify from above links and install after that download firmware for your device from above links then rename the Firmware_File_Name.tar.md5 to Firmware_File_Name.tar then open it using winrar and extract boot.img , recovery.img then copy it to your device storage and flash both of them using Flashify . don't reboot after flashing one image,flash both image then reboot.
You Have Root On Your Samsung Galaxy A5 ,Whatever It KitKat Or Lollipop.
Credits To: bestandroidrootedapps and mygalaxya (xda user)
has anyone tried this
you can try this ...
Didn't work on my A5 A500M on Android Lollipop 5.0.2
What can I do? I followed all steps and did also the last one, because ODIN said RESET after flashing the root file. And after extracting and flashing the both .img files my cellphone didn't boot the system, it just went into the recovery when I tried to boot it normally. So I flash the firmware again with ODIN.
I just want to know:
1) What really happens when ODIN says RESET after flashing a file? You said that at that point the files "recovery.img" and "boot.img" are destroyed. What do you really mean with that? Are they deleted from the cellphone?
2) Mean this that the cellphone won't boot anymore if turn it off and then try to turn it on again?
3) What would happen if I flash the Root file and ODIN says RESET after flashing but I don't flash the both .img files? Would my cellphone work normally or not?
Thank you very much and sorry for so many questions, I'm kind of new to this!
Why make a topic about this ? Its just ChainFire-Autoroot.
Anyway, ChainFire is boss
zat0x said:
Why make a topic about this ? Its just ChainFire-Autoroot.
Anyway, ChainFire is boss
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Everyone not like you and me here .... and everyone not known about Chainfire and i know he is boss
I tried this. It doesnot work for SM-A500L on Lolipop.
AaronZar said:
What can I do? I followed all steps and did also the last one, because ODIN said RESET after flashing the root file. And after extracting and flashing the both .img files my cellphone didn't boot the system, it just went into the recovery when I tried to boot it normally. So I flash the firmware again with ODIN.
I just want to know:
1) What really happens when ODIN says RESET after flashing a file? You said that at that point the files "recovery.img" and "boot.img" are destroyed. What do you really mean with that? Are they deleted from the cellphone?
2) Mean this that the cellphone won't boot anymore if turn it off and then try to turn it on again?
3) What would happen if I flash the Root file and ODIN says RESET after flashing but I don't flash the both .img files? Would my cellphone work normally or not?
Thank you very much and sorry for so many questions, I'm kind of new to this!
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Good questions mate. I would like to know there answers. These lines " at that point the files "recovery.img" and "boot.img" are destroyed" seems scary to me.
So; no answers here by the OP, and it worked for nobody...
Any idea to root this phone?
hey, how do i find out the rom version to download? do i have to look at the baseband version or build number?
hi i have done all steps and that fucng phone still do soft reset...
pls help
Damned it…...
I did it. But totally misunderstood step "nr 6 F.Reset time and Auto reboot options and then you can click start."
What do i do now??? The phone starts but i need to rebbot every time.
When it starts its a black screen...
But i can still turn it of.
towelroot
does anyone know if towelroot does trip knox ? because it's a nice alternative ...
My A5 always back to odin mode (Download Mode)
Haii.. thanks for the article,
but iam have a some problem.
I pass on point 7, but my android cannot be play, an return to odin back..
If i restart / hard reset to, my android always back to odin mode (download mode)
can you solve my problem ??
grongobar said:
does anyone know if towelroot does trip knox ? because it's a nice alternative ...
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Welcome back to the 21st century.
Galaxy A5 (SM-A500H) error
Samsung A500H returns "Could not do normal boot"
Hi this tutorial is for them who wants to upgrade to Android 6.0 on J5 and also for those who wants to downgrade back to 5.1 on their J5 (2015) manually using odin.
This tutorial will be divided into three section upgrade, downgrade and rooting.
Upgrade to Android 6.0
As Samsung has started rolling out android 6.0 for J5 (2015) model. It will be available to all the regions sooner or later on most of the models of J5. Incase if you are not getting OTA update of android 6.0 on your country and are curious to try Android Marshmallow, you can try to flash android 6.0 available for other country. For example: If you have J500H model and android 6.0 for J500H is available for some other countries but not in your country than you can download android 6.0 firmware of those countries and flash it through Odin.
Note: The model number of J5 should be same for example you cannot flash J500F firmware to J500H ,
you can only flash firmware of J500H to J500H, countries or area does not matter as long as the
device model is same.
Procedure:
1. Go to the link below and search for firmware for your device. (Eg: Galaxy J500H)
2. You will find firmware for various regions and android version. Download the android 6.0 firmware for your
region. If you don’t get android 6.0 for your region than download android 6.0 available for any region as you
prefer.
3. Download odin from the link below.
4. Backup any necessary things like apps, contacts or files as you may loose them.
5. Now follow the instruction given below and flash android 6.0 to your j5.
PRE-REQUIREMENTS:
Download & Install Galaxy USB Driver on your computer,
Enable USB debugging on your Galaxy J5 smartphone and OEM unlocking.
Your phone battery should be at 80% or above.
How to Install Stock Rom on Galaxy J5
1 . After downloading the Galaxy J5 Firmware and Odin software files from the download section.
2. Extract/unzip both files on your computer.
3. Now, boot your Samsung Galaxy J5 into download mode. To do that turn off the phone, after the phone is off,
press and hold the Volume Down + Home + Power buttons at the same time.
4. Connect your Galaxy J5 to your computer using USB Cable and wait till Odin software detects it. Once, Odin
software detects your phone, you will see the Added message on Odin.
5. Before installing the stock firmware on Galaxy J5 make sure that both Auto Reboot and F.Reset Time are selected.
Then, click on the AP button on Odin software and select the stock Rom where you have previously extracted it.
Now click start button. Odin will start flashing.
6. In the end, on the Odin software the pass message should be displayed and your Samsung Galaxy J5 will
reboot automatically.
7. Congratulation you have upgraded to android 6.0 Marshmallow.
Detailed tutorial for flashing via Odin:
https://androidmtk.com/flash-samsung-stock-rom-using-odin
Downloads:
1. Firmware
http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/
http://updato.com/firmware-archive-select-model
2. USB driver
https://androidmtk.com/download-samsung-usb-drivers
3. Odin
https://androidmtk.com/download-odin-downloader-versions
Downgrade to Android 5.1.1
Incase if you don’t like android 6.0 and want to downgrade you can downgrade to android 5.1.1 by following these
steps.
1. Download 5.1.1 firmware for your region from the given link.
2. Follow the steps provided in above upgrade tutorial and flash the firmware using the Odin.
Rooting:
For rooting your J5 on Android 6.0 as well as Android 5.1.1 follow these steps.
1. Download the TWRP recovery from the link below.
Android 5.1.1 (Lollipop) ( Thanks @Nick Verse for TWRP recovery)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-j5/development/recovery-samsung-galaxy-j5-t3338869
Android 6.0 (Marshmallow) (Thanks @ganesh varma for TWRP recovery)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/development/recovery-samsung-galaxy-j500f-t3416960
2. Download Supersu zip from the link below
https://download.chainfire.eu/696/supersu/
For Marshmallow Users if you are facing bootloop after flashing supersu.zip . Flash the supersu file given in the link below.
https://mega.nz/#!zNVBhKjb!FZFKq6vaIPudYMoIajb-3zwuLOC26OHtdYY_TKt-6Qs (Thanks @jka_dark28 for link)
3. Now flash downloaded TWRP via Odin. (Follow the same process to Flash)
4. Transfer supersu zip file to your sd card.
5. After flashing TWRP. Reboot to recovery by pressing and holding Volume Up + Home + Power Button.
6. Now in TWRP select install, locate your Supersu zip file and flash it.
7. Than reboot your device. Congratulation you have rooted your device.
Note: Flashing TWRP and Supersu will void your warranty. So think before you flash. After flashing
TWRP do a nandroid backup first before flashing anything (even supersu file) so that if anything
goes wrong you can restore back.
And most important do everything on your own risk. I will not be responsible to any damage made to your device. But if you follow the process carefully you will not face any problem.
Hope this tutorial will help you all who don't have idea about these things.
Do write your comments and Hit thanks if it helped you.:laugh::good:
thanks for the tutorial!
testing
FOR MM
Wipe data factory reset in LL
Flash done : J500MUBU1BPF3_J500MZTO1BPF2_J500MUBU1BPF2_HOME.tar
Device does not have drk please install drk first ( knox counter =01 ), reboot.
after 15 min device start.
- TWR Working
- Root not workin on MM J500MUBU1BPF3_J500MZTO1BPF2_J500MUBU1BPF2_HOME.tar (Brazil) use this:
https://mega.nz/#!zNVBhKjb!FZFKq6vaIPudYMoIajb-3zwuLOC26OHtdYY_TKt-6Qs
- For Xposed framework use xposed-v86.0-sdk23-arm-custom-build-by-wanam-20160709:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/xposed/unofficial-xposed-samsung-lollipop-t3180960
What did you tried to flash? Is it MM or LL Firmware? And thanx for xposed and root file link.
Does this work on SM-J500F/DS? Its basically a normal J5 but with dual sim but I wanna be sure.
ZemoDroid said:
Does this work on SM-J500F/DS? Its basically a normal J5 but with dual sim but I wanna be sure.
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What are you trying to? Upgrade to MM or downgrade to LL. And yes you can flash the firmware of J500F.
rjrulz007 said:
What are you trying to? Upgrade to MM or downgrade to LL. And yes you can flash the firmware of J500F.
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I'm trying to root it.
Just flash twrp via odin. And install supersu zip via twrp. And remember it will void your warranty. One more thing do a nandroid backup before flashing anything.
Do I need to unlock bootloader before flashing twrp.? If it is required how can I do it on Samsung galaxy J500H running marshmallow 6.0.1?
Thank you
Whatisausername said:
Do I need to unlock bootloader before flashing twrp.? If it is required how can I do it on Samsung galaxy J500H running marshmallow 6.0.1?
Thank you
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You have to enable USB debugging on your Galaxy J5 and OEM unlocking by going into developer Options. To enable developer option go to system, About Phone, and tap Build number 5/6 times. Let me know if you need more help.
.yeah it helped but my phone is stuck at samsung.
Whatisausername said:
I did both however my phone simply does not boot into twrp.. Odin said passed and knox is tripped.
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Untick the Auto Reboot from the options in Odin and flash the recovery. After flashing finishes,power off the device(by removing battery) and hold [ VOLUME UP+HOME+POWER] to enter into the recovery and swipe to 'allow modifications'. Hope This will help you.
Whatisausername said:
.yeah it helped but my phone is stuck at samsung.
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Did you flashed anything after installing TWRP recovery, like any zip files?
rjrulz007 said:
Did you flashed anything after installing TWRP recovery, like any zip files?
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Yeah update-superuser.zip
Edit: flashed stock rom ie 5.1.1 via odin and updating to 6.0.1 will try second file.
Whatisausername said:
Yeah update-superuser.zip
Edit: flashed stock rom ie 5.1.1 via odin and updating to 6.0.1 will try second file.
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rjrulz007 said:
Did you flashed anything after installing TWRP recovery, like any zip files?
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OK well which partitions should i backup?
Works great, Thanks
Downgrade
Hi All!
If I want to downgrade from 6.0.1 to 5.1.1 via Odin, is it sure, that I need only one AP/PDA file from firmware sites?
Because I remember with an older phone, that if I need to downgrade, it need the other files too - Bootloader, Phone, CSC.
Is it sure that there is no need for them? If it, where can I download them?
Thanks!
Hello mate, I have gone back and forward from LP - MM a number of times.
I have had no problem with it as all.
I just flashed the firmware from from Sam mobile ( there are lots us links through out the ROMs thread)
I have only had to put the file into the AP and flashed no problem.
Just mage sure that the firmware is the correct one for your model
Sent from my Galaxy J5 using XDA Labs
Hey, I have a SM J500F 6.0.1, can I root it the same way as an 6.0 or do I have tobdo anything diferent??
I Suggest that if your device won't pass Samsung logo, put it in recovery mode and Factory Reset.
I Had that issue and i solved it doing that.:fingers-crossed:
Do I need stock recovery to only root my J5?? And will I lose all my data if I root it??
As stated on the title I tried to do SamFAIL on my N950, it was on latest Oreo and I didn't know it would not work (my mistake)
I did the system flash with the .pit file on comsy odin successfully (it finished with fail as expected) but after that I cant flash anything.
I downloaded many official FW packages, Nougat and Oreo everything fails on official Odin, gives model mismatch error on comsy odin.
The only file I can flash is this : HOME_CSC_OYN_N950UOYN4CRD7_CL13303302_QB17839096_REV00
Its from the Oreo official package. If I try the regular CSC it fails as everything else. HOME CSC from nougat versions fail as well.
What I have tried so far:
Other Computer, Windows 7/10, other cable, all versions of odin (only 3.12.3 flashes home csc successfully), Smart Switch says unsupported device, no recovery mode stuck on Emergency Mode, sometimes it boots to normal download Mode
Is there a trick to force the flash? Did I break my device by doing the .pit flash? I thought that official FW would always flash no matter what... Hope someone has some ideas. Thanks in advance!
All new update from (pro-teammt.ru) after 9.0.231 failed to flash by EMUI 1.1 Flasher, or by fastboot, giving error during last step (Huawei erecovery). My phone is unlocked mate 10 pro C185. Is the recent firmwares are different. or error in my phone?
BSAKotb said:
All new update from (pro-teammt.ru) after 9.0.231 failed to flash by EMUI 1.1 Flasher, or by fastboot, giving error during last step (Huawei erecovery). My phone is unlocked mate 10 pro C185. Is the recent firmwares are different. or error in my phone?
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What kind of error?
Edit: Maybe you meant B271?In that case, try B274!
verification error at 5% in Huawei erecovery
In internet search some suggest flash of service firmware to resolve this type of error.
Is safe to flash older pie firmware (9.0.0.177) my current is 9.0.0.231 (model BLA-L29C185)?
Can any one help?
BSAKotb said:
In internet search some suggest flash of service firmware to resolve this type of error.
Is safe to flash older pie firmware (9.0.0.177) my current is 9.0.0.231 (model BLA-L29C185)?
Can any one help?
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That's not the issue! You should try to flash B258 or B259, i don't recall which one was released as OTA for C185.
The problem with these new firmwares is that even if are looking as "unified" for all customs, they are not.
Edit : Found it! B258 was released for C185, so your best shot is to try flashing that one from FF.
@Pretoriano80
Thank you for your reply, I will try and report the result
I tried to flash firmware 258 but gives same error
Then I flashed 177 (2 files) success, and phone download and update small file automatically
I tried to flash firmware from 258 (pro-teammt.ru) failed with same error
I left the phone to download and update itself and successfully updated to 258
Are the files different , or Huawei modified erecovery to check before update?
Regards magisk, how to extract installed boot image (unlocked without root)
BSAKotb said:
I tried to flash firmware 258 but gives same error
Then I flashed 177 (2 files) success, and phone download and update small file automatically
I tried to flash firmware from 258 (pro-teammt.ru) failed with same error
I left the phone to download and update itself and successfully updated to 258
Are the files different , or Huawei modified erecovery to check before update?
Regards magisk, how to extract installed boot image (unlocked without root)
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Hmm! That's odd, if EmuiFlasher works on C432, it should work on C185 too, at least if there's nothing wrong with the update file.
As for root, extract the recovery_ramdisk.img with Huawei Extractor, patch it with Magisk Manager and then flash the patched ramdisk in fastboot mode.
@Pretoriano80
I extracted the recovery_ramdisk.img with Huawei Extractor, patch it with recent Magisk Manager and then flash the patched ramdisk in fastboot mode. I followed all steps exactly, but stuck at booting after pressing the phone boot in safe mode with safe mode window (the system has detected an app launch anomaly and has entered safe mode and it is recommended that you install any recently pr updated third party apps to resume normal launch) and gives lists of recently installed with first item is magisk manager. After uninstall magisk manager, the phone boot normally but without root and magisk
Any help to root?
https://drive.google.com/open?id=11_-f_nY-mLZirU03TYHdaAgGELoykli1
BSAKotb said:
@Pretoriano80
I extracted the recovery_ramdisk.img with Huawei Extractor, patch it with recent Magisk Manager and then flash the patched ramdisk in fastboot mode. I followed all steps exactly, but stuck at booting after pressing the phone boot in safe mode with safe mode window (the system has detected an app launch anomaly and has entered safe mode and it is recommended that you install any recently pr updated third party apps to resume normal launch) and gives lists of recently installed with first item is magisk manager. After uninstall magisk manager, the phone boot normally but without root and magisk
Any help to root?
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Did you enabled the 2 advanced options in Magisk Manager(preserve encryption and avb) , before patching?
In magisk manager 7.2.0 there no advanced setting to preserve encryption and avb
BSAKotb said:
Yes of course
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Can you try this image - > https://mega.nz/#!UgUThaTC!QZceeV1squ-sTsaeKmkchUQww_9_iu5gRLERp9f9VMs
Make sure latest Magisk Manager is installed!
BSAKotb said:
In magisk manager 7.2.0 there no advanced setting to preserve encryption and avb
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There is!
[email protected] I download your magisk.img and flashed with fastboot and reboot phone after finish with power + vol up then released power after your device is booting now appear and phone stuck at that stage till now
BSAKotb said:
[email protected] I download your magisk.img and flashed with fastboot and reboot phone after finish with power + vol up then released power after your device is booting now appear and phone stuck at that stage till now
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Then i don't know what's wrong, just flash back your original recovery_ramdisk and the device will boot.
@Pretoriano80
advanced option not shown , but showing paypal and Patreon instead with magisk manager 7.2.0 (213))up to date and magisk latest 19.3 not installed
@Pretoriano80 Thanks for your help. I flashed service firmware 177 , then wipe all data from erecovery followed by letting phone to update to 258. After the phone boot normally I flashed patched 258 boot image Finally rooted and operate normally.
Again thanks
BSAKotb said:
In internet search some suggest flash of service firmware to resolve this type of error.
Is safe to flash older pie firmware (9.0.0.177) my current is 9.0.0.231 (model BLA-L29C185)?
Can any one help?
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From Firmware finder only latest full-ota is 9.0.0177. after that if the firmware is not full-ota u will not be able to flash. And Currently I am on Openkirin omnipie and I do flash 9.0.0.177 when ever i need Emui.
I wanted to root my A52 5G (SM-A526B) i first unlocked the bootloader
then i downloaded my Firmware with Frija and patched the boot.img with Magisk then i went into download mode and flashed it with Odin
Odin gave me a Green PASS Message and i knew i needed to factory reset with recovery mode but i couldnt get into it then i got into a boot loop with the Samsung Galaxy Bootlogo
then i tried to flash Twrp with odin to factory reset because i couldnt get into the stock recovery mode Odin again gave me a PASS Message then i tried to get into recovery mode but it still didnt work and now im trying to flash Stock Firmware but cant get it to work what should i do
The picture is what happens when i try to boot please help me to flash stock firmware
When i try to flash Stock Firmware it fails at the very end on vbmeta.img
The a52 5g doesn't have twrp currently. Also, you might have flashed the incorrect firmware.
Plus, just for you to know, you do not need to do factory reset after flashing your firmware. What steps have you taken to flash this firmware? How did you patch magisk? Show the steps so we can help you cuz you might have done something wrong
Ok it seems that your mistake here is that you are trying to flash boot.img. so what you actually suppose to do is to download the firmware, take the AP file from the firmware(don't extract the file!). Then, move the file to your phone and download magisk on your phone. You will see that magisk is offering you to install magisk on the top corner of your screen. You need to choose to patch the file, the AP file. Once magisk done, on your file explorer(probably in downloads) a file called "magisk_patched xxxx.tar" (the xxxx representing the version of magisk). Take this file and copy it to your computer, and on Odin, instead of using the AP file, use the magisk file. Boom, done. Now first, we need to recover your phone to its original condition. Take the AP file and flash it(not the boot.img!)
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When i try to flash Stock Firmware it fails at the very end on vbmeta.img
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Try flashing other parts of firmware, not just AP
i.e. BL, CSC and CP
But don't add home_csc (USERDATA).
If all fails, you can use EDL mode to flash firmware
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