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[Q] Root/CWM on 4.1.2

Does anyone have a root method and cwm recovery for android 4.1.2 stock? i was so excited when 4.1.2 OTA came out, i updated and now I can find a suitable method? I tried searching for a method, but I couldn't find any. If you could point me in the right direction, i would greatly appreciate it.

Download the superuser to Sd
Download the latest clocworkmod recovery
Reboot phone into bootloader mode
Open a command prompt, go to folder
Now execute this fastboot command to flash the CWM recovery. Change the filename to the file you have downloaded
fastboot flash recovery recovery-clockwork-6.0.1.0-crespo.img
using the vol down key choose to go to recovery
Install zip from sdcard superuser zip file.
Reboot. You now have rooted JB
Basic root method.
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jayjay3333 said:
Download the superuser to Sd
Download the latest clocworkmod recovery
Reboot phone into bootloader mode
Open a command prompt, go to folder
Now execute this fastboot command to flash the CWM recovery. Change the filename to the file you have downloaded
fastboot flash recovery recovery-clockwork-6.0.1.0-crespo.img
using the vol down key choose to go to recovery
Install zip from sdcard superuser zip file.
Reboot. You now have rooted JB
Basic root method.
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does it need to first unlock the phone before rooting the nexus s on official 4.1.2 ????
where to download the root file for 4.1.2 ???
can i follow this guide for first unlock and then installing custom recovery then rooting by installing root file??
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=895545

akhil17kr said:
does it need to first unlock the phone before rooting the nexus s on official 4.1.2 ????
where to download the root file for 4.1.2 ???
can i follow this guide for first unlock and then installing custom recovery then rooting by installing root file??
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=895545
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Yes of course you need to unlock. I assumed he was. My mistake, I forget the bare basics at times.
Yes that guide works well. Just use a newer Clockworkmod http://www.clockworkmod.com/rommanager
and super user http://androidsu.com/superuser/
The hardest part is PART 1. Many have issues with Device Manager and getting the computer to read your phone properly.
Use this http://junefabrics.com/android/
Use this guide for the drivers if necessary also
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1901617
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nirajpant7 said:
Does anyone have a root method and cwm recovery for android 4.1.2 stock? i was so excited when 4.1.2 OTA came out, i updated and now I can find a suitable method? I tried searching for a method, but I couldn't find any. If you could point me in the right direction, i would greatly appreciate it.
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you can use sabra root toolkit (you can find it in nexus s android devolpent) (i don't find it sorry)

I'm a newby. I want to root my nexus s JB 4.1.2 OTA updated. But i can enter recovery mode when i press power and volume down button. Is there someone tell me how can i root my nexus s. can i flash it with ODIN ? How?
is there any link to download my original firmware ?

abraham93 said:
I'm a newby. I want to root my nexus s JB 4.1.2 OTA updated. But i can enter recovery mode when i press power and volume down button. Is there someone tell me how can i root my nexus s. can i flash it with ODIN ? How?
is there any link to download my original firmware ?
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I answered all this above. Read and search. No Odin needed.
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[Q] please i need expert answer to this root question?

i recently rooted my device (gt n8000) using root inject method with a 1gb download by max on this forum.
i installed the european version and from that tutorial i learnt i only got root not clockworkmod recovery.
i want to install the updated unofficial jelly bean 4.2.1 as seen from this link
alaxy-note101-n8000-android421-jellybean-cyanogenmod101-official-417872.htm
but i will need to have cwm recovery to do that.
my question is do i unroot and reroot using cwm method or can i install cwm recovery directly without unrooting? if yes please how and where can i download it. Thanks

Root has nothing to do with CWM, CWM is a custom recovery which will replace the stock recovery.
Just download the latest version and install it using ODIN. Remember one thing uncheck autoreboot when you are flashing CWM and then before you start the note in normal mode boot into cwm by pressing power+volumeup button.
Once you do that copy the zip file on your sd card.
Also remember you will need to do a complete wipe and hence will lose all data so make sure you do a nandroid back or a titanium backup

what am trying to say is how do i install clockworkmod recovery on my rooted note 10.1.

You need to download ODIN
Install all the drivers on your pc (if you have kies installed it must have done it)
Download latest CWM image file
Start ODIN on you pc
Boot into download mode by pressing Power+volumedown key and when u see the warning sign press volume + key
Connect you Tablet with Pc using the usb cable
load the img file by clicking on PDA, make sure you uncheck autoreboot, and all other options around it then click on Start it will flash cwm
once you do that it boot into recovery mode
The other way is to download rom manager or install it from google play but it is a paid app

Remember though that the flash counter will increase so you will need to run triangleaway app after to reset counter.
I tend to find though that triangleaway works but when the tab resets, using the JB rom, the flash counter goes up to 1 again...

MobileODIN will also flash a recovery perfectly well... and it WON'T trip the flash counter.
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Since i actually rooted using a rooted injected ics firmware....When i update to jellybean via OTA will the root be gone?
i actually prefer the root injected method

ultramag69 said:
Remember though that the flash counter will increase so you will need to run triangleaway app after to reset counter.
I tend to find though that triangleaway works but when the tab resets, using the JB rom, the flash counter goes up to 1 again...
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It goes up to one again because you are using custom recovery if you used cf root method you will get the original recovery back and the counter will not rise to one again
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[Q] In the middle of the root/unlock process... Need some help

Hi everyone. After 5 months, I decided to come back and try to root my phone again.
First, I'm on JB 4.1.2 with my VZW GS3.
I get to this step in the process.... Step 4 - Rooting Your Device and Unlocking Your Bootloader and every option I choose, tells me that the signature failed and the installation is aborted. Can someone tell me what I did wrong, if it can be fixed, and how?
I was once rooted before, and went back to stock using ODIN in the past. Will that have an effect on it?
When I got to Step 3, I used these instructions: •Flash the VRALEC Bootchain using ODIN v3.07 - My phone shows VRBMB1 - should I have used that boot chain instead? Can I still flash it using ODIN, over what is already there?
I can get my phone to boot normally, but when it boots it just shows custom at the bottom. I haven't bricked it or anything, I'm just concerned I haven't messed up the root process all together.
Thanks for the help...

Did you choose to install the zip in recovery or did you pick a different option? First make sure your zip is good and you didn't get a bad download. You can flash the VRALEC Bootchain whenever, and you must do it before flashing your recovery. If installing your zip isn't working in CWM try installing TWRP and flash the zip on that recovery instead. And no restoring back to stock with Odin won't affect anything.
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joshua5683 said:
Did you choose to install the zip in recovery or did you pick a different option? You can flash the VRALEC Bootchain whenever, and you must do it before flashing your recovery. If installing your zip isn't working in CWM try installing TWRP and flash the zip on that recovery instead. And no restoring back to stock with Odin won't affect anything.
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I chose to install the zip in recovery, and I did it after flashing my recovery.
Can I install TWRP using ODIN, right over the CWM installation? Will it hurt anything?
Thanks for your help!!

lou1210 said:
I chose to install the zip in recovery, and I did it after flashing my recovery.
Can I install TWRP using ODIN, right over the CWM installation? Will it hurt anything?
Thanks for your help!!
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Here's what I did:
1. Booted into ODIN, Flashed VARELC
2. Booted into ODIN again, Flashed Recovery (following ALL directions exactly) Pulled battery, put back in, went back into ODIN
3. Attempted to install the Update -> Download SuperSU + Unlocked Bootloader (showed FIXED in the file name)
4. Got this process: finding update package, opening update package, verifying package, signature verification failed, Installation Aborted.

lou1210 said:
Here's what I did:
1. Booted into ODIN, Flashed VARELC
2. Booted into ODIN again, Flashed Recovery (following ALL directions exactly) Pulled battery, put back in, went back into ODIN
3. Attempted to install the Update -> Download SuperSU + Unlocked Bootloader (showed FIXED in the file name)
4. Got this process: finding update package, opening update package, verifying package, signature verification failed, Installation Aborted.
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Yeah you're doing everything right I don't know why it's saying that. Try installing with TWRP - you can flash it at anytime and overwrite the old recovery.
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lou1210 said:
Here's what I did:
1. Booted into ODIN, Flashed VARELC
2. Booted into ODIN again, Flashed Recovery (following ALL directions exactly) Pulled battery, put back in, went back into ODIN
3. Attempted to install the Update -> Download SuperSU + Unlocked Bootloader (showed FIXED in the file name)
4. Got this process: finding update package, opening update package, verifying package, signature verification failed, Installation Aborted.
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Your second and third step are wrong. You need to flash SuperSU in recovery NOT download mode. Download mode handles "tar" files, recovery handles "zips."
Edit: well, the latter half of your second step is wrong, pull battery then boot into recovery mode...home, volume UP, and power
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SlimSnoopOS said:
Your second and third step are wrong. You need to flash SuperSU in recovery NOT download mode. Download mode handles "tar" files, recovery handles "zips."
Edit: well, the latter half of your second step is wrong, pull battery then boot into recovery mode...home, volume UP, and power
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I'm sorry, I am doing the supers in recovery, not ODIN. I tried both CWM now and TWRP and still have the same exact error messages. Not sure what to do to fix this, but I'm almost ready to try to reverse what I did. I have been wanting to remove the bloatware and now I saw the Carbon ROM that looks pretty cool. If you can get me past this issue, it would be great.

Oh I just noticed you chose update. You have to choose to install in CWM not update. But if it didn't work in TWRP either it sounds like there is something wrong with the zip file. Have you tried redownloading the zip file?
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lou1210 said:
I'm sorry, I am doing the supers in recovery, not ODIN. I tried both CWM now and TWRP and still have the same exact error messages. Not sure what to do to fix this, but I'm almost ready to try to reverse what I did. I have been wanting to remove the bloatware and now I saw the Carbon ROM that looks pretty cool. If you can get me past this issue, it would be great.
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Here is another interesting thing....
Should I have an install or is Apply Update the same thing. When I boot into recovery, here are my choices:
reboot
apply update from adb
apply update from external storage
wipe data/factory reset
wipe cache
apply update from cache
Do I have the right version of recovery? Does this help any?

Ok. So I decided to download a new recovery file for CWM and this time it worked.
I'm not sure what told me to do it, but I decided to give it a go.
Next question, I remember the root processing being very involved with clearing cache, clearing dalvik cache, etc.
Is there a link to the newest process on how to root exactly and apply new ROMs? I of course will be backing up my existing ROM first.

lou1210 said:
Ok. So I decided to download a new recovery file for CWM and this time it worked.
I'm not sure what told me to do it, but I decided to give it a go.
Next question, I remember the root processing being very involved with clearing cache, clearing dalvik cache, etc.
Is there a link to the newest process on how to root exactly and apply new ROMs? I of course will be backing up my existing ROM first.
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That's odd someone else had that issue where install wasn't an option. He ended up using TWRP. That clearing thing is for flashing roms. The way you flash every rom is wipe data/factory reset, clear cache, clear dalvik cache, and wipe /system. Make a backup before. I recommend using TWRP cause there have been times in CWM where I would try to restore and I would get an MD5 mismatch error, which I've never gotten on TWRP
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I was thinking of using the carbon ROM. I realized that I didn't install the md5 file extension for cwm using ODIN so I went back and flashed it with one i was able to find, and it worked. I'm ok with using twrp but I haven't been able to find an md5 file for ODIN. Can you give me a link to one? I've only found .tar files and that seems to have been my problem. I might still try to use cwm now that I have my existing stock ROM backed up. Still debating.
On a side note, if I decide to unroot again, since I have not flashed, is there a method for that so I don't lose what I've got?
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lou1210 said:
I was thinking of using the carbon ROM. I realized that I didn't install the md5 file extension for cwm using ODIN so I went back and flashed it with one i was able to find, and it worked. I'm ok with using twrp but I haven't been able to find an md5 file for ODIN. Can you give me a link to one? I've only found .tar files and that seems to have been my problem. I might still try to use cwm now that I have my existing stock ROM backed up. Still debating.
On a side note, if I decide to unroot again, since I have not flashed, is there a method for that so I don't lose what I've got?
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What do you mean you can't find the md5? You can flash the .tar twrp recovery in Odin the same way you flash md5s. And no sorry I don't know of any way to unroot without flashing a factory image. But to get your apps back you can use App Backup and Restore. It won't recover the app data obviously cause you need root for that but it's faster for restoring your apps so you don't have to make a list and download each one off the Play Store.

The file I had used didn't have an md5 filename and I think that's why it failed. I found one and downloaded it so it worked for me after that. Thank you for the unroot info too.
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lou1210 said:
The file I had used didn't have an md5 filename and I think that's why it failed. I found one and downloaded it so it worked for me after that. Thank you for the unroot info too.
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No problem glad you got things working
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4.4.2 Kit Kat (i9500) Root Method I9500XXUFNB3

Root Method for this new release (Tested and worked flaweslly on Russia SER I9500XXUFNB3 released today 20/02/2014)
After you fresh install the rom you need to deknox your phone otherwise it wont work. So here we go.
1) Go and Download the " philz_touch_6.12.8-i9500.tar.md5 " located on this website
http://goo.im/devs/philz_touch/CWM_Advanced_Edition/i9500
Install latest "philz_touch_6.12.8-i9500" via ODIN 1.85 Odin 1.85 For Rooting
Now go to the Philz recovery you just installed with odin..
-Flash the Deknox Removal Script <-- Click Here to direct download (VIA RECOVERY)
(Original DeKnox Thread) <-- Click Here to check out the hole theme (optional not needed)
After you flash the Knox removal script you are ready to go rooting your device.
Now go to
-Philz Options / Choose Re-root system / Choose Yes Apply (SuperSu)
-Wait until it finish, Reboot and install SuperSu from playstore
-Once installed, Open SuperSu app / It will ask you to update binaries click on Update as normal (NOT TWRP)
-Once binaries are installed reboot your device
-Root done.

can't download
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bluenim said:
can't download
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goto philz thread in original android development and get the link from there in 1st post

bluenim said:
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http://goo.im/devs/philz_touch/CWM_Advanced_Edition/i9500

Links fixed. Tested and fully working
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Thanks
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Thank you, works well, simple we can use any Odin
the Odin that OP provide couldn't turn off the auto reboot option.
since its for cf's auto root.
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cant check if rooted
i have installed philz.
i have re-rooted.
however phone shows samsung i9500 GS4 but does not boot.
What do i do?

thanks m8.
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Cannot download, keeps reloading again after 10s wait.
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Not work for me , when open SuperSU the app say that i haven't binary
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sergioortegac said:
Not work for me , when open SuperSU the app say that i haven't binary
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it worked for me

heara said:
it worked for me
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I do exactly everything that comes in the instructions :/
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Hi, this method only Root device and clear Knox in 4.4.2 but this Recovery it does not allow install Zips (ROMS etc) it gives an error me, Level 7 and my S4 not boot more, I must return a Flash 4.4.2 again for Odin later all good, what is the problem with Recovery, help thanks

jdsingh_sa said:
i have installed philz.
i have re-rooted.
however phone shows samsung i9500 GS4 but does not boot.
What do i do?
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it should not have any boot problems at all. Since we are only giving root permisions,
Install the new 4.4.2 Kit Kat rom from Russia using odin 3.09v.. Then Flash via odin 1.85 (on this thread) the latest philz. go to Philz Settings , choose "Re-root system (supersu) , click "Yes - Apply SuperSu" wait some seconds, Reboot your phone, install SuperSu from playstore and you are done..

polarworks said:
Hi, this method only Root device and clear Knox in 4.4.2 but this Recovery it does not allow install Zips (ROMS etc) it gives an error me, Level 7 and my S4 not boot more, I must return a Flash 4.4.2 again for Odin later all good, what is the problem with Recovery, help thanks
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totally Got you i have the fix wait a second while i upload it.

sergioortegac said:
I do exactly everything that comes in the instructions :/
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polarworks said:
Hi, this method only Root device and clear Knox in 4.4.2 but this Recovery it does not allow install Zips (ROMS etc) it gives an error me, Level 7 and my S4 not boot more, I must return a Flash 4.4.2 again for Odin later all good, what is the problem with Recovery, help thanks
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Checkout the First post . There was something missing to do just after flashing the rom and before go rooting.
For some reason if you don't remove Knox you wont be able to root. The quicky fix is on the main post. :good:

The Steps is
1) in Odin Flash Philz
2)In Philz Recovery Re Root
3) Download SuperSU
4)Remove Knox and update BInary
5)Flash this new zip DE-SAMSUNGNIZER_KNOX_REMOVAL_SCRIPT_V1.0
I am in the correct thing????

polarworks said:
The Steps is
1) in Odin Flash Philz
2)In Philz Recovery Re Root
3) Download SuperSU
4)Remove Knox and update BInary
5)Flash this new zip DE-SAMSUNGNIZER_KNOX_REMOVAL_SCRIPT_V1.0
I am in the correct thing????
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No dude.. Before you root anything flash the Knoxremovalscript ..
1 ) install rom.
2) oding flash philz
3) flash knox removal
4) root the phone with the steps on the main post.! :victory:

3) flash knox removal (this step is in Philz Recovery? flash this Zip) and next all steps for Root

Help to install custom recovery

People, this is my last ditch effort posting here butI am now at a loss.
I have a Tab 2 10.1 P5110 and have followed a number of guides with no sucess. I have tried to install both TWRP AND CWM but the recovery already installed on the tablet chucks error messages but no explanations that are helpful. Most detailed error message I have is "Failed signature verification."
It appears I can Boot to ODIN and using Odin 3.09 send the tar file OK but when rebooting tablet no recovery has installed. Anothe rheadache is the downloads named GT-P5110_CWM are all seen as virus infected.
Any help would be appreciated here..
Thank you

Well, you could try these methods:
a.) Install TWRP using an app. This requires you to be rooted. First, install the twrp app through the play store. Then select install twrp and choose your model number and twrp version. Grant root access and install. After that, it will ask you to boot to recovery. Press ok. Congrats, you have twrp.
b.) Install through odin. Download Odin, and the tar file of twrp. Uncheck auto reboot in odin. Then flash the twrp tar in odin. After that, reboot to recovery (manually. If you dont, stock recovery will over write twrp. Booting to recovery prevents that and makes twrp permanent)
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Also, the reason why it says signature verification failed is that stock recovery will only allow samsung signed files to install. Twrp and cwm? Out of the question
Cheers
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Thank you for your reply. Using your method a, I managed to install twrp 3.0.2.6. I attempted to flash blismallow custom ROM but this failed immediately with the message "updater process ended with error 7". I then tried CM12 but same problem. After more reading I'm thinking could this be because my TWRP version is the new common version and the ROMS I am trying to flash are too old ? Thank you again
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OK update.... Downloaded the latest cm13 to test my theory, seems to be booting as I type this so fingers crossed. Thank you for pointing me in the right direction
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lisaamybeth said:
OK update.... Downloaded the latest cm13 to test my theory, seems to be booting as I type this so fingers crossed. Thank you for pointing me in the right direction
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Good to know its working for you. Also if you take a look at andi34.github.io 's twrp section, it says it cant flash roms made prior to 22/03/2016.
Also, don't say thanks, press the thanks button instead it helps a lot
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Lightracer said:
Well, you could try these methods:
b.) Install through odin. Download Odin, and the tar file of twrp. Uncheck auto reboot in odin. Then flash the twrp tar in odin. After that, reboot to recovery (manually. If you dont, stock recovery will over write twrp. Booting to recovery prevents that and makes twrp permanent)
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Also, the reason why it says signature verification failed is that stock recovery will only allow samsung signed files to install. Twrp and cwm? Out of the question
Cheers
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Thanks, this helps me