Okay, so I got the GS3, rooted it, and everything was going great. Granted, I'm a noob when it comes to android and all their fun little gadgets, I kept the stock ROM on my phone... than T-Mobile sent out the update for the phones, I didn't unroot my phone before the update. I updated my phone and it is now NOT rooted. I have tried to root my phone again, but have been unsuccessful. My phone now says its modified, and I can't check for updates... the app called Triangle Away no longer works, and I can't get my phone to say normal status. My phone is still NOT rooted, however, it says modified. How can I root my phone now that the update has come out and has been installed on my phone that originally was rooted? I don't have a backup of my stock ROM when it was rooted because the update deleted my backup that I originally had. I have a 2003 DELL Latitude C610 with Windows XP Professional installed on it, and was wondering if my laptop was compatible with rooting my phone? The first time I rooted my phone, I had to use a friend of mines laptop because I could not root it on my laptop.Thank you for reading, PLEASE HELP!
My advice would be to flash the stock ROM that you updated to, with an insecure kernel that allows root. You will also need a custom recovery like TWRP or CWM (find them in the first forum link below).
You should check out the T-Mobile Galaxy S III Android Development forum for a bunch of ROM options. Here is a thread within the forum mentioned above that details all of the information you will need, along with the ROM download links and plenty of instruction.
If you are looking to stay stock, I would suggest flashing the pre-rooted T999_UVDLJA ROM, located in that forum. Since you lost root you should just use the Odin method to get your new ROM loaded. Once you are up and running, I would suggest getting a custom recovery on there ASAP for backups/restorations etc.
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Okay, I will try your suggested methods and get back to you when I can.. thank you for your help
Okay, so I tried to flash the stock rooted ROM onto my phone, but the Odin program keeps getting stuck at "Get pit for mapping".. now I tried it on my friends laptop when I first wanted to root my phone and it worked, however, my friend isn't exactly willing to help me at the moment. Any suggestions? I have used multiple different cables and the cable I used on my friends laptop is the same one I'm trying to use on my laptop.. could it be my laptop that's causing the problem?
Hmm sounds like it might be related to your laptop since it worked before with your friend's box... Try setting Odin to Windows XP Compatibility mode with admin access. Unplug all usb ports except for your mouse/keyboard and try again. Hopefully that will let you get Odin past the "Get pit for mapping" issue.
Looks like this "Get pit for mapping" issue has been run across before, try reading up on it here if the above method still won't work.
Yeah, I couldn't manage to get it to work with my laptop.. I got it rooted with a different one though and made a nandroid as to prevent any problems on the future... Thanks for the help you had given
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Get pit for mapping
Im a noob at rooting, ive been trying to root mine and my wifes sgh-t999, ive tried many rooting files, and 2 versions of odin, different cables, with and without kies, everytime it gets stuck at get pit for mapping
pelos124 said:
Im a noob at rooting, ive been trying to root mine and my wifes sgh-t999, ive tried many rooting files, and 2 versions of odin, different cables, with and without kies, everytime it gets stuck at get pit for mapping
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Try the unified toolbox to make it easier
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PLEASE HELP! My friend gave me his Samsung Galaxy Captivate i897 today saying that he couldn't download many apps and the device hadn't been updated from Android Market to Play Store, instantly I knew the problem was that the device badly needed an android update, when i got home today I went to Samsung's website and headed on over to the downloads page, downloaded the "specific" version of Kies mini launched Kies and let it install all of its drivers and what not. After letting it install drivers I had trouble with getting the device to be recognized by Kies, I got that to work, now it is saying Unregistered device in the firmware category. I have looked for ways to update it with Odin but no luck on that. Also what would be the easiest way to root it, he also wanted me to do that, i figured installing clockworkmod recovery and then flashing a rooted rom to it or using superoneclick or something like that. (BTW the current firmware is 2.1 -update1) My computer is running Windows 8 Pro.
Thanks.
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PLEASE HELP! My friend gave me his Samsung Galaxy Captivate i897 today saying that he couldn't download many apps and the device hadn't been updated from Android Market to Play Store, instantly I knew the problem was that the device badly needed an android update, when i got home today I went to Samsung's website and headed on over to the downloads page, downloaded the "specific" version of Kies mini launched Kies and let it install all of its drivers and what not. After letting it install drivers I had trouble with getting the device to be recognized by Kies, I got that to work, now it is saying Unregistered device in the firmware category. I have looked for ways to update it with Odin but no luck on that. Also what would be the easiest way to root it, he also wanted me to do that, i figured installing clockworkmod recovery and then flashing a rooted rom to it or using superoneclick or something like that. (BTW the current firmware is 2.1 -update1) My computer is running Windows 8 Pro.
Thanks.
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I had the same problem over the weekend, find a win 7 machine and install the drivers and kies and try again. Though tbh I would put cm 10.1 on it instead of GB through kies. There's an Odin guide in the captivate specific forum.
Tried the Noob Friendly "Ask ANY Question" thread, got no answer so I'm going to make a thread just to try and get some help.
Bought a GS4 with US Cellular, currently trying to root it using the motochopper method.
I followed the root instructions using Motochopper exactly, and it appears to work. Superuser is installed on my device, etc, but whenever I attempt run Superuser, I am informed that the Superuser binary must be updated. Naturally, I click "Install", but I am greeted with this message:
"There was an error installing Superuser. Please send a log of the error to the developer."
There is no log.
Yes I have USB Debugging enabled
Yes I installed the drivers
What am I doing wrong here?
The ONLY thing I can think is that there might have been an error with the driver installation - When I plug my phone into my computer it tries to autoplay-install drivers even though I already ran the installer for the drivers before I plugged the device in.
I'm completely lost, any help would be appreciated.
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Anyone out there who has any experience with USC GS4?
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Anyone out there who has any experience with USC GS4?
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I'm not any help, but I experienced the same thing on both of my GS4's and am still looking for a solution.
I'm not a pro but...
I also had this exact same problem. After all the time I spent looking for an answer and not finding one, I eventually found a different method. Which is the twrp method found at galaxy s4 root (dotcom) . Also if you have problems with that method, there are lots of comments and one of them probably address your issue. Speaking from recent experience I'm going to suggest downloading Root checker from the play store because it sounds like you don't actually have root yet. Also, what I had to do with me Sch-r970 is uninstall superuser and go with supersu instead (which is what is included with the above method) , and yank my battery out immediately after running Odin so it doesn't wipe it out. I honestly was just wanting to root mostly to use my s4 as a hot spot but after rooting, have yet to figure that out yet. Good luck.
Facing the prospect of rooting my first phone, I dilligently researched for what I thought was the soundest info I could find from this site and last night proceeded to dive in. I carefully followed the instructions in downloading the proper files to my laptop, and opened Odin3 v1.85 to finish the process. (As I was doing this, I was watching a great video with detailed foolproof instructions). Once the files were loaded with the right settings and the rooting started, I was surprised to see if finish in less than 60 seconds when Odin flashed a GREEN pass! I thought I was home free and waited for the phone to reboot. Unfortunately, things came to a crashing halt when the phone never got passed the Samsung boot screen.l Fortunately, I was rather quickly able to find out I could get into download mode and found new files to restore the system back to where I started.
What I am hoping someone can answer what may have caused the rooting to stop where it did, and if anyone may have another option of how I can complete rooting the phone. The phone uses the Android 2.3.6 OS Kernel 2.6.35.7 Gingerbread FC09. I also updated the Samsung USB drivers and the files I used were cwm-5.0.2.7-epic4g.tar and Deodexed-FC09-BML.zip.exe
Hi
Thanks for writing to us at XDA Assist. Without knowing exactly which root method you've actually tried it's a bit difficult to suggest how to continue. During my searches I found these threads:
[GUIDE][10/5/10]Comprehensive Guide to Rooting, Flashing, and Android Basics!
One Click Root & Recovery for the Epic 4G! v2.5.5 Now has ClockworkMod Redirector!
[HOW TO] Root Samsung Epic on FC09 with prerooted ROM
No response in two days, thread closed.
I am working in China, I have just bought a Samsung Galaxy A8. How can I root it?
I have tried Kingoroot without success. I tried a few other one-click root PC apps, they all can't do it.
Let me just say I'm what you guys might call a noob, I don't really understand this stuff yet.
I mainly want to root the phone so I can install Google Play, Android phones in China are not set up for it unless you root the phone and configure it yourself.
I'm dead keen to do this, as it annoys me greatly that I bought a phone and am seemingly denied the regular usage of that phone.
So in my research I also heard about a thing called Odin which you can use to install a new rom on a Samsung phone. And I came across a Chinese website which gave info on a rom you can install on an A8 which after installation means the phone is rooted. I got Odin and the rom now but I'm clueless what to do next really.
I'm thinking the phone has to be rooted to use Odin on it anyway, am I right? And if I do install the rom, it will wipe the phone right? Lose all the data and apps I've installed on it, right? I don't want that to happen, is there a mway to secure the data, put it all back just the way it was beforer the 'rooted rom' is installed?
Like I said I'm clueless really, but I'm trying to proceed cautiously, I'd be grateful for any advice.
I think that I'm going to have the same problem next week, when I get my new Samsung Galaxy A8
Have you tried methods from this page?
rooter15.blogspot.in/2015/08/how-to-root-samsung-galaxy-a8.html
I found this from another thread (posted by psafx):
Hello,
I'm seaching for a root method that works for Galaxy A8 device, anyone can root it please help.
On A8, it's Android 5.1.1 with kernel 3.10.9, KNOX 2.4
Thank you very much.
EDIT: found a solution hxxp://choimobile.vn/threads/a800f-spacex-kernel-v0-1-auto-root-busybox-android-5-1-1.60311/
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Above, hxxp = http (I cannot post links)
File in the link above was for A800F. My model number is A800YZ. Can I use this kernel in the link above with my phone? I did not found, what is the difference between A800F and A800YZ. Could somebody help me?
The link translated from vietnamese to english with Google translator:
Kernel for Galaxy Sphinx A8
(Auto Root / Busybox)
SpaceX Kernel v0.1 - Root A800F
Automatically check and inject into the SU binary system if no (Auto Root)
Busybox automatically check and inject into the system if no (Auto Busybox)
Deep sleep fix
SELinux to permissive set
Installation Instructions:
(Note: the flash will activate Knox custom Kernel)
Enabled OEM unlock the Developer option, see screenshots here (otherwise skip this section)
Flash SpaceX Kernel by Odin 3.10.7
Once the device boots up, on the Google Play Store to download SuperSU or download and install the file SuperSU.apk here
In SuperSU, if asked, choose Update SU normal binary update
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---------- Post added 17th September 2015 at 12:13 AM ---------- Previous post was 16th September 2015 at 11:57 PM ----------
hxxp://rootmygalaxy.net/how-to-root-samsung-galaxy-a8/
hxxp = http
In that link they say, that Frama Root App (Galaxy A8 is not on the supported devices list) worked for A800YZ in their case, but some users have had problems. Can I safely try it, without worrying that it could damage my phone? (Losing knox 0x0 is OK!)
Easy Root
so you can Easy Root almost any phone (maybe) with no risks , no data loss and absolutely no brick , follow the steps.
1_Make sure that your phone is plugged in and it have "USB Debugging" enabled ( you know how right ?)
2_Download Mobogenie for PC here >upload<<<<<.mobogenie.com<<<<</mu/release/Mobogenie_Setup_3.3.7_10002<<<<<.exe
"REMOVE THE <<<<<"
3_after the setup is done open it and click on "Please connect to your device"
4_after the device is connected go to "Toolkit" tab in the middle left and choose "One-click Root"
make sure you have internet access !
then you'll notice a small wide white status bar , that means you're starting the Root operation
5_after that a window will open with your phone model shown on it asking you rooting or no
6_click in Root and wait until it's done , then Congratulations on your safely Rooting
I hope i helped you
No you haven't helped at all to be honest, your post seems like spam.
None of these automatic one-click root programs can currently root the Samsung A8, if you had read above you would see I've already tried most of them, the best of them actually, KIngoroot, Framaroot, KIngroot, all ineffective. So you honestly think your little app can do it?
Is there anyone out there with real help to offer?
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No you haven't helped at all to be honest, your post seems like spam.
None of these automatic one-click root programs can currently root the Samsung A8, if you had read above you would see I've already tried most of them, the best of them actually, KIngoroot, Framaroot, KIngroot, all ineffective. So you honestly think your little app can do it?
Is there anyone out there with real help to offer?
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Listen man i really was trying to help you , and i assure you this is not a spam , i just want to share my experience with this "little app"only not more , i'v tried the other apps you mentioned and they didn't work.
I'm sorry but i'll try to figure a way out of your problem.
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Listen man i really was trying to help you , and i assure you this is not a spam , i just want to share my experience with this "little app"only not more , i'v tried the other apps you mentioned and they didn't work.
I'm sorry but i'll try to figure a way out of your problem.
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Mad props. I'd like to know if anyone has successfully rooted the A8, and how. Must be a way, right?
Hi. I already did the steps but i am not able to normal update SU binary. Any help? Thank you.
#sorry wrong thread!
Raygo Kenobi said:
I am working in China, I have just bought a Samsung Galaxy A8. How can I root it?
I have tried Kingoroot without success. I tried a few other one-click root PC apps, they all can't do it.
Let me just say I'm what you guys might call a noob, I don't really understand this stuff yet.
I mainly want to root the phone so I can install Google Play, Android phones in China are not set up for it unless you root the phone and configure it yourself.
I'm dead keen to do this, as it annoys me greatly that I bought a phone and am seemingly denied the regular usage of that phone.
So in my research I also heard about a thing called Odin which you can use to install a new rom on a Samsung phone. And I came across a Chinese website which gave info on a rom you can install on an A8 which after installation means the phone is rooted. I got Odin and the rom now but I'm clueless what to do next really.
I'm thinking the phone has to be rooted to use Odin on it anyway, am I right? And if I do install the rom, it will wipe the phone right? Lose all the data and apps I've installed on it, right? I don't want that to happen, is there a mway to secure the data, put it all back just the way it was beforer the 'rooted rom' is installed?
Like I said I'm clueless really, but I'm trying to proceed cautiously, I'd be grateful for any advice.
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Try Framaroot might work
Or else u have to manually root ur device....
Or else there is another method i will suggest it later first try framaroot
What is the other ways ??
Raygo Kenobi said:
Mad props. I'd like to know if anyone has successfully rooted the A8, and how. Must be a way, right?
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I am in a similar situation to you. I used Odin and the SpaceX A800F firmware however all goes fine until the writing of the new firmware begins. The log prints out the write has failed and then I am presented with a mandarin screen saying the device is locked out and I need to visit samsung.com/cn. I can reset the device and use as normal.
My quest to crack this continue and will let you know if I succeeded. 加油！
Having the same Issue
My phone died on me and I had to run out to get a new one. I forgot China has restrictive programs and custom OS to block anything they don't want.
I am trying to root the phone and hitting walls. I might to take to a shop and do it.
can i flash polish language to A8 ?
Disable android device manager in device administrator tab and go to download mode then flash spacex kernel. (Disabling will remove frp lock) I tried it's worked on my a800f
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Raygo Kenobi said:
I am working in China, I have just bought a Samsung Galaxy A8. How can I root it?
I have tried Kingoroot without success. I tried a few other one-click root PC apps, they all can't do it.
Let me just say I'm what you guys might call a noob, I don't really understand this stuff yet.
I mainly want to root the phone so I can install Google Play, Android phones in China are not set up for it unless you root the phone and configure it yourself.
I'm dead keen to do this, as it annoys me greatly that I bought a phone and am seemingly denied the regular usage of that phone.
So in my research I also heard about a thing called Odin which you can use to install a new rom on a Samsung phone. And I came across a Chinese website which gave info on a rom you can install on an A8 which after installation means the phone is rooted. I got Odin and the rom now but I'm clueless what to do next really.
I'm thinking the phone has to be rooted to use Odin on it anyway, am I right? And if I do install the rom, it will wipe the phone right? Lose all the data and apps I've installed on it, right? I don't want that to happen, is there a mway to secure the data, put it all back just the way it was beforer the 'rooted rom' is installed?
Like I said I'm clueless really, but I'm trying to proceed cautiously, I'd be grateful for any advice.
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bro i have root file for Samsung A8 A800YZ and i have rooted my phone. if some one need the file, i need some donation before i can send the file. its easy to use, just flash it using odin. thanks.
So I finally managed to root A800F 6.0.1 thanks to @rs1981
Link for TWRP: http://www.4shared.com/get/oUigxM-6ba/TWRP_302-0.html
Downloaded supersu from:
Http://viid.me/qqB1fh
1. Make sure usb debugging is on and oem unlock is on
2. copy supersu file into phone
3. Turn off phone and go into download mode (vol down+home+power)
4. Connect to pc and flash TWRP file via odine (make sure you untick autoreboot)
5. When flash passes unplug phone and hold (vol down+home+power) immediately once the screen turns black switch to (vol up+home+power) even if you see the red error keep holding and TWRP will open
6. Flash the Supersu file that you copied from TWRP and wipe delvik cache then reboot to system
Supersu should be installed and you should have root.
Thanks again @rs1981
Been trying to root A8 all day with no luck... It took me 10 mins using this method
all old methods are not working with latest firmware. follow this guide - https://forum.xda-developers.com/sa...-samsung-galaxy-a8-a800f-a800i-6-0-1-t3529327