[Q] Help Please - I think i am soft bricked (Newbie to Android)

[Q] Help Please - I think i am soft bricked (Newbie to Android) - General Questions and Answers

Here is the run down of what happened.
1. Rooted (MF3)
2. Installed Goo Manager
3. Using Goo Manager I installed TWRP
4. Rebooted my S4
5. Reboots into Download loading (At the top there is 1 line in red that says "CWN MODE"?? I believe thats what is says its extremely small)
6. I located another thread where I could use ODIN and a PIT file (Verified it was correct for AT&T I337)
7. I was successful in getting the phone to boot
8. If I reboot the phone sometimes it will reboot back into Downloading and I have to repeat the using ODIN/PIT.
9. I also lost Recovery option.
Note:
A. I tried using Kies to do an Emergency Restore however my I337 vr is not supported (Not sure what that meant)
B. Tried flashing the stock at&t rom using ODIN but it fails.
Can anyone help?
Thank you

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Vibrant problem while upgrading to ICS

Hi Friends,
I was upgrading Samsung Vibrant (T-mobile) to ICS and got in to this stuck screen (image attached).
The phone stays in this mode. Below mentioned are chronological events:
1) I had the vibrant running Froyo (2.2).
2) I downgraded to Eclair (2.1) using Odin3-v1.85.
3) Then I rooted the phone using one click root for vibrant using update.zip file.
4) Downloaded rom manger to install clockworkmod recovery
5) Then used clockworkmod recovery to install ICS_euphoria_RC2 file (after wiping data/reset etc.)
6) The phone stayed in updating system mode for more than 20 minutes. So, I disconnected the battery and tried to re do ICS installation.
7) During one of the attempts the windows PC did not recognize the phone and then the phone stayed in the mode shown in the picture.
NOW:
I can get into recovery mode but cannot reboot the phone.
I can enter download mode but cannot connect to PC to connect to odin

Non-booting Tablet

Okay. I work for a school district and we have deployed tablets to our students for use. I have one -5113 that boots only to the Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 logo and then goes blank. No animated swirl Samsung logo. Trying to boot into recovery doesn't do anything but go to a black screen. The only thing that I can boot into is download mode. First I tried to flash a stock version of the ROM to the device, but it still operates the same. Then I tried to flash custom recoveries to no avail. The flashable version of Clockworkmod I found boots to the hat and gear logo screen, but then freezes there and eventually the tablet restarts. TWRP will install and I can boot into it, but can't do anything because it wants a passcode that has never been set. I have also tried CF-auto root to install a new ROM, but that was unsuccessful too. I was hoping someone could see the error of my ways so I can get this up and running. Thanks in advance.

According to this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2090104
you can try this:
Ok, I was able to fix this. Here is how in case this happens to someone else.
1. Uninstalled Kies
2. Reboot PC
3. Plug in tab and wait for drivers to load
4. Start Odin (I found the DL link in the dev area)
5. download the firmware that you want to load - I had JB
6. extract the md5 file
follow Odin instructions to flash a file, this worked without being in Download Mode.

0ground0 said:
According to this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2090104
you can try this:
Ok, I was able to fix this. Here is how in case this happens to someone else.
1. Uninstalled Kies
2. Reboot PC
3. Plug in tab and wait for drivers to load
4. Start Odin (I found the DL link in the dev area)
5. download the firmware that you want to load - I had JB
6. extract the md5 file
follow Odin instructions to flash a file, this worked without being in Download Mode.
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I have been able to flash through Odin. That works great, but it doesn't change how the device is working.

Suuuuuuuuuper bummed, I was running with not 1 issue, custom rom/kernel/recovery was working perfect.. well for some reason, tab crashed, wouldn't boot back up, went into recovery, tried to clear dalvik cache and tab rebooted, tried again , same thing, well, I went to just restore nandroid and didn't work. I rebooted into download mode tried to Odin stock back, Odin hung. So I opened up kies and I went to reboot download mode for a "fresh start" and when I booted back up, brick.. no recovery, no download mode.. I'm irritated ... :/ down to only old EpicTouch and my S4.. was cool for a bit to have a tab to play with too.. oh well.. I get tab3 later.. :/
sj
Sent from my sickass SPH-L710 on CarbonJB 4.3 - 10/14 Nightly with KT Kernel 10/8 using XDA Premium

[Q] tablet not working properly

when i factory reset the tab and installed a rom. it started normally. i did everything normally and it showed google account manager has stopped.
so i tried going into CWM recovery mode but got me into stock recovery so factory reset the tablet and then tried wipe cache participation but shows error. I think that the problem is the cache and the dalvich. but i cant use usb debugging so i cant delete the cache and the dalvich.
:crying::crying::crying::crying::crying:
so does any body know how to fix this
thanks in advance :laugh:

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yolo squad dodo said:
when i factory reset the tab and installed a rom. it started normally. i did everything normally and it showed google account manager has stopped.
so i tried going into CWM recovery mode but got me into stock recovery so factory reset the tablet and then tried wipe cache participation but shows error. I think that the problem is the cache and the dalvich. but i cant use usb debugging so i cant delete the cache and the dalvich.
:crying::crying::crying::crying::crying:
so does any body know how to fix this
thanks in advance :laugh:
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Can anyone help me please!!!!!!!

yolo squad dodo said:
so i tried going into CWM recovery mode but got me into stock recovery
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You are not reading what you are typing.
Obvious answer: If you end up in the STOCK RECOVERY you simply do not have a custom recovery installed (Clockworkmod as you wrote). Get yourself a copy of a recent recovery from AndroidAndi's download repository (TWRP, Clockworkmod Swipe, PhilZ Touch), and flash the .tar.md5 of the recovery with ODIN in download mode.
Obvious question: How did you flash a ROM, other than some OTA Stock Samsung update on the device itself, in the first place when you don't have a custom recovery installed in order to do so?
EDIT: What exactly do you mean by "factory reset"? Did you re-flash your tablet with a Stock ROM? If that's the case, then any custom recovery you had installed was wiped and replaced with the stock recovery. Hence why you now don't have a custom recovery anymore.

BoneWithABeagle said:
You are not reading what you are typing.
Obvious answer: If you end up in the STOCK RECOVERY you simply do not have a custom recovery installed (Clockworkmod as you wrote). Get yourself a copy of a recent recovery from AndroidAndi's download repository (TWRP, Clockworkmod Swipe, PhilZ Touch), and flash the .tar.md5 of the recovery with ODIN in download mode.
Obvious question: How did you flash a ROM, other than some OTA Stock Samsung update on the device itself, in the first place when you don't have a custom recovery installed in order to do so?
EDIT: What exactly do you mean by "factory reset"? Did you re-flash your tablet with a Stock ROM? If that's the case, then any custom recovery you had installed was wiped and replaced with the stock recovery. Hence why you now don't have a custom recovery anymore.
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Odin won't recognise my tablet in Odin mode neither does my computer is there another to install a CWM recovery. By the the I do have back up on the phone if that helps.
By the way I am a noob

yolo squad dodo said:
Odin won't recognise my tablet in Odin mode neither does my computer is there another to install a CWM recovery. By the the I do have back up on the phone if that helps.
By the way I am a noob
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Just to recap on the steps you should have done...
1. You downloaded the .tar.md5 of the recovery you want to install, from Android Andi's filehost, on your PC
2. You installed the Samsung USB drivers on your computer
3. You installed ODIN on your computer
4. You unplugged the tablet from the charger and powered it off
5. You took your tablet and HELD VOL-UP while you powered it back on (to get into bootloader mode)
6. You plugged the tablet in to the computer and waited for a moment while Windows was installing the driver
--- Here the story ends, according to what you wrote as you say ODIN does not find the tablet.
Well, are you sure you did the steps so far in that order? Can't be that ODIN doesn't detect the tablet when it's operational (read: no a total dead brick) and it's in download mode.
The ONLY problem possible: You installed Samsung KIES, and not just the USB drivers, on your computer. KIES interferes with ODIN. You need to exit ODIN, bring up the Task Manager (press CTRL+ALT+DELETE and select "Task Manager"), find "kies" and end the running process(es) - ignore any warning message.
If that's too complicated: Uninstall KIES and then find the "Samsung Mobile USB drivers" installation package ... with a bit of searching (just to assign some homework to you) you will the links right here in this forum section more than just once.
Once KIES is terminated, or uninstalled and just the USB drivers installed, start ODIN again ... now it should detect the tablet.
Once ODIN confirms that the tablet is detected...
7. Select the .tar.md5 of the recovery as the "PDA"
8. Flash the recovery. Once complete the tablet rebooted into the newly installed recovery.
As for on-device flashing. That's possible...
- Your installed ROM must be ROOTED (no root, no fun)
- You need Chainfire's "MobileODIN" (the free version from the Play Store would suffice), and you need to let MobileODIN install the "p311x flashkernel package" (I think with the free version you need to download it manually from Chainfire's thread and install it manually) - jump into Chainfire's thread and read on
Once you have Mobile ODIN installed it is just a matter of:
- Download the .tar.md5 of the recovery on your tablet once more (or transfer it over from your PC)
- Start Mobile ODIN
- Select the .tar.md5 of the recovery (should automatically be set as a "PDA")
- Flash and reboot into the recovery
However, as a fair warning ... as with every flashing of your device ... keep in mind something could go wrong (just to straighten it out that there's always room for user mistakes or murphy's law getting into the way ("Everything that can go wrong will go wrong"))

BoneWithABeagle said:
Just to recap on the steps you should have done...
1. You downloaded the .tar.md5 of the recovery you want to install, from Android Andi's filehost, on your PC
2. You installed the Samsung USB drivers on your computer
3. You installed ODIN on your computer
4. You unplugged the tablet from the charger and powered it off
5. You took your tablet and HELD VOL-UP while you powered it back on (to get into bootloader mode)
6. You plugged the tablet in to the computer and waited for a moment while Windows was installing the driver
--- Here the story ends, according to what you wrote as you say ODIN does not find the tablet.
Well, are you sure you did the steps so far in that order? Can't be that ODIN doesn't detect the tablet when it's operational (read: no a total dead brick) and it's in download mode.
The ONLY problem possible: You installed Samsung KIES, and not just the USB drivers, on your computer. KIES interferes with ODIN. You need to exit ODIN, bring up the Task Manager (press CTRL+ALT+DELETE and select "Task Manager"), find "kies" and end the running process(es) - ignore any warning message.
If that's too complicated: Uninstall KIES and then find the "Samsung Mobile USB drivers" installation package ... with a bit of searching (just to assign some homework to you) you will the links right here in this forum section more than just once.
Once KIES is terminated, or uninstalled and just the USB drivers installed, start ODIN again ... now it should detect the tablet.
Once ODIN confirms that the tablet is detected...
7. Select the .tar.md5 of the recovery as the "PDA"
8. Flash the recovery. Once complete the tablet rebooted into the newly installed recovery.
As for on-device flashing. That's possible...
- Your installed ROM must be ROOTED (no root, no fun)
- You need Chainfire's "MobileODIN" (the free version from the Play Store would suffice), and you need to let MobileODIN install the "p311x flashkernel package" (I think with the free version you need to download it manually from Chainfire's thread and install it manually) - jump into Chainfire's thread and read on
Once you have Mobile ODIN installed it is just a matter of:
- Download the .tar.md5 of the recovery on your tablet once more (or transfer it over from your PC)
- Start Mobile ODIN
- Select the .tar.md5 of the recovery (should automatically be set as a "PDA")
- Flash and reboot into the recovery
However, as a fair warning ... as with every flashing of your device ... keep in mind something could go wrong (just to straighten it out that there's always room for user mistakes or murphy's law getting into the way ("Everything that can go wrong will go wrong"))
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odin recognize tablet and it got flash or what ever its called. it restarted but it didn't go into recovery but just restart as normal

I got it working by installing custom rom.
Thanks a lot by the way for the tips

yolo squad dodo said:
odin recognize tablet and it got flash or what ever its called. it restarted but it didn't go into recovery but just restart as normal
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For future reference: keeping VOL DOWN UP held while powering on/rebooting the tablet takes you into the recovery in case you borked the system and selecting "Reboot" -> "Recovery" from within the _custom_ ROM's power menu is not an option (the Stock Samsung ROM does not have that option by default). Though keep in mind that this only works when the tablet is _NOT_ connected to the charger/computer ... when the USB cable is plugged in it seems to ignore the hardware keys.
yolo squad dodo said:
I got it working by installing custom rom.
Thanks a lot by the way for the tips
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Great you got your recovery and custom ROM installed. Have fun.

BoneWithABeagle said:
For future reference: keeping VOL DOWN held while powering on/rebooting the tablet takes you into the recovery in case you borked the system and selecting "Reboot" -> "Recovery" from within the _custom_ ROM's power menu is not an option (the Stock Samsung ROM does not have that option by default). Though keep in mind that this only works when the tablet is _NOT_ connected to the charger/computer ... when the USB cable is plugged in it seems to ignore the hardware keys.
Great you got your recovery and custom ROM installed. Have fun.
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Umm isn't recovery power and volume UP? At least that's how it is on my 7'' tablet and the 10'' I rooted and installed a ROM on.
jrc2
Sent from my T-Mobile S2 using Tapatalk

jrc2 said:
Umm isn't recovery power and volume UP? At least that's how it is on my 7'' tablet and the 10'' I rooted and installed a ROM on.
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Now that you mention it... yes, you're right jrc... "VOL DOWN" == Download Mode / "VOL UP" == Recovery (I failed to recall the "UP as in update.zip" association).

[Root Access] SM-N915R4 (US Cellular -- Android 4.4.4)

Well I spend a few days (got the Edge on Monday) looking for people that could confirm Root on the US Cellular version of the Note Edge and found literally NOTHING......So I decided to just play around with it and hope for the best (Note - This is NEVER a good idea).
Anyway, after about 4/5 failed attempts at flashing via Odin, and then an hour worth of freaking out when I tried to just boot back into the Android OS (of course it gave me the error and to connect to Kies to restore......which I did not have a restore for), I tried one last Hail Mary and it actually worked!!
Not sure how many US Cellular users we have around here in the first place (the N915R4), but it can also be rooted (at least on Android 4.4.4)
....Sorry if this is old but it was new to me and very exciting (since I thought I may have broken my brand new Edge, lol)

Z3ldaFan88 said:
Well I spend a few days (got the Edge on Monday) looking for people that could confirm Root on the US Cellular version of the Note Edge and found literally NOTHING......So I decided to just play around with it and hope for the best (Note - This is NEVER a good idea).
Anyway, after about 4/5 failed attempts at flashing via Odin, and then an hour worth of freaking out when I tried to just boot back into the Android OS (of course it gave me the error and to connect to Kies to restore......which I did not have a restore for), I tried one last Hail Mary and it actually worked!!
Not sure how many US Cellular users we have around here in the first place (the N915R4), but it can also be rooted (at least on Android 4.4.4)
....Sorry if this is old but it was new to me and very exciting (since I thought I may have broken my brand new Edge, lol)
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How exactly wad this hail marry achieved, I too have been searching on how to root my sm-n915r4

kyle00006 said:
How exactly wad this hail marry achieved, I too have been searching on how to root my sm-n915r4
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Step One - Get yourself the CF-Root files for the N915R4 ( https://download.chainfire.eu/688/CF-Root/CF-Auto-Root/CF-Auto-Root-tblteusc-tblteusc-smn915r4.zip )
Step Two - Using Odin (Right click and RUN AS ADMIN) select the CF-Root file as your "PDA" file, Now you will want to hit "Start"
--Note -- On this step it WILL SAY FAILED...I say again, IT WILL SAY IT FAILED, this is NORMAL SO DO NOT PANIC (I did, lolol).
Step Three - Pull your battery (Since it WILL BE STUCK ON THE FLASHING SCREEN FROM THE "FAILED" CF-ROOT) and then REBOOT BACK INTO DOWNLOAD MODE (If you try to do a normal boot at this point the phone will show the Android Error and tell you basically you need a kies backup).
Step Four - You should now be back in DOWNLOAD MODE with the CF-Root ALREADY "Flash failed" on your device. Now we need to download and flash TWRP for the device. So download the TWRP.tar file ( https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23991606952595657 ).
Step Five - Go back to Odin and hit "reset" so it wipes out that nasty "Failed" message and re-connects to your device.. Now SELECT PDA FILE AGAIN only this time we are going to select the TWRP.tar that you just downloaded. Now click "Start" and let it flash the TWRP (This will work and say successful).
(At this point your phone WILL boot up and run like normal, but WILL NOT have the SuperSU installed on it or have Root Access yet, it will just have the TWRP Recovery)
Step Six - Now we just need to download the SuperSU.zip ( https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23991606952597336 ) and put it on your SD Card and flash it via TWRP like you would with any other device.
[Note - You can also add it to your internal memory via the "Mount" option through TWRP]
IMPORTANT - WHEN YOU FIRST BOOT INTO RECOVERY (TWRP) GO INTO THE SETTINGS AND MAKE IT SO IT WILL NEVER TIME-OUT THE SCREEN!!!
I do not know why but with the N915R4 if it goes screen off while in TWRP it WILL NOT TURN BACK ON. You WILL HAVE TO do a battery pull and then reboot into Recovery mode once again.
...This worked like a charm for me and once I installed SuperSU the first thing I did was grab Root Checker and discovered that I was good to go on Root Access. Enjoy.

Z3ldaFan88 said:
Step One - Get yourself the CF-Root files for the N915R4 ( https://download.chainfire.eu/688/CF-Root/CF-Auto-Root/CF-Auto-Root-tblteusc-tblteusc-smn915r4.zip )
Step Two - Using Odin (Right click and RUN AS ADMIN) select the CF-Root file as your "PDA" file, Now you will want to hit "Start"
--Note -- On this step it WILL SAY FAILED...I say again, IT WILL SAY IT FAILED, this is NORMAL SO DO NOT PANIC (I did, lolol).
Step Three - Pull your battery (Since it WILL BE STUCK ON THE FLASHING SCREEN FROM THE "FAILED" CF-ROOT) and then REBOOT BACK INTO DOWNLOAD MODE (If you try to do a normal boot at this point the phone will show the Android Error and tell you basically you need a kies backup).
Step Four - You should now be back in DOWNLOAD MODE with the CF-Root ALREADY "Flash failed" on your device. Now we need to download and flash TWRP for the device. So download the TWRP.tar file ( https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23991606952595657 ).
Step Five - Go back to Odin and hit "reset" so it wipes out that nasty "Failed" message and re-connects to your device.. Now SELECT PDA FILE AGAIN only this time we are going to select the TWRP.tar that you just downloaded. Now click "Start" and let it flash the TWRP (This will work and say successful).
(At this point your phone WILL boot up and run like normal, but WILL NOT have the SuperSU installed on it or have Root Access yet, it will just have the TWRP Recovery)
Step Six - Now we just need to download the SuperSU.zip ( https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23991606952597336 ) and put it on your SD Card and flash it via TWRP like you would with any other device.
[Note - You can also add it to your internal memory via the "Mount" option through TWRP]
IMPORTANT - WHEN YOU FIRST BOOT INTO RECOVERY (TWRP) GO INTO THE SETTINGS AND MAKE IT SO IT WILL NEVER TIME-OUT THE SCREEN!!!
I do not know why but with the N915R4 if it goes screen off while in TWRP it WILL NOT TURN BACK ON. You WILL HAVE TO do a battery pull and then reboot into Recovery mode once again.
...This worked like a charm for me and once I installed SuperSU the first thing I did was grab Root Checker and discovered that I was good to go on Root Access. Enjoy.
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Hi.
What version of twrp do you use ?? note 4 or mine ???
thanks

micky387 said:
Hi.
What version of twrp do you use ?? note 4 or mine ???
thanks
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It is TWRP version 2.8.6.....I have provided a link for it in the instructions above.

Z3ldaFan88 said:
It is TWRP version 2.8.6.....I have provided a link for it in the instructions above.
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Do you download the last release ??
Do you have installed a custom twrp theme ??

micky387 said:
Do you download the last release ??
Do you have installed a custom twrp theme ??
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Nope, no theme and I left it at 2.8.6
Sent from my LGUS991 using XDA App

Z3ldaFan88 said:
Nope, no theme and I left it at 2.8.6
Sent from my LGUS991 using XDA App
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Ok.Use MY twrp (look my signature) for note edge (you have downloaded twrp for note 4 )
try and report

I had same problems I guess. I tried to root my edge with a properly downloaded autoroot file but got a failed response when trying to install via Odin. Came across your post and did what you suggested with good success ....now have root access.
Question though...why do I need to first attempt to install the autoroot file? Can't I just install a custom recovery, download supersu and install it via TWRP with same results?
RT

Hello!
With root you void the knox trigger,right?
It's able to use service code such *#06#?
Thanks alot!

How To Root Samsung GALAXY J2 (SM-J200/G/H/F/M) UPDATED!

Hi Guys,
I Am Going To Guide You How To Root Your Samsung Galaxy J2 (All 2015 Variants).
I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE OR ANY HARM OCCURRED WITH YOU DURING THE PROCESS !
GUYS, FOLLOW EACH STEP CORRECTLY FOR THE PERFECT SOLUTION.
Your Samsung Galaxy J2 May Be Have Latest Or Lowest Version Of Firmware, It Doesn't Matter.
STEP 1: UNLOCKING THE BOOTLOADER :-
Switch ON Your Phone.
Goto >>SETTINGS >>ABOUT DEVICE>>TAP THE BUILD NUMBER 3 TO 5 TIMES.
Get Back To SETTINGS And Goto >>DEVELOPER OPTIONS>>TURN "ON" OEM UNLOCK.
This Will Unlock Your BOOTLOADER.
STEP 2: DOWNLOADING THE TWRP RECOVERY (CUSTOM RECOVERY) :-
Visit TWRP Homepage.
Download The File "twrp-3.1.1-0-j2lte.img.tar"
(The Latest Version Of TWRP Recovery For Galaxy J2)
OR Just Google It, You Will Find It Easily.
STEP 3: DOWNLOADING SAMSUNG ANDROID USB DRIVERS SETUP AND ODIN TOOL :-
Visit Samsung Support Files And Download Latest Android USB Drivers For Samsung.
And Also Download Latest Version Of ODIN Tool.
(These Both Files Can Be Found Very Easily By Google)
STEP 4: FLASHING THE TWRP RECOVERY.
Make Sure You Have Installed The Latest USB Drivers For Samsung And Have Latest Version Of ODIN Tool.
Switch OFF Your Phone. (To Make Sure It Is Switched Off, Remove Battery And Re - Insert It)
Boot Your Phone Into Download Mode. (This Can Be Easily Done By Holding The "VOLUME DOWN + HOME + POWER" Buttons At A Same Time.)
Now Your Phone's Screen Shows Download Mode.
Open The "ODIN.EXE" File (After The Extracting The ODIN.ZIP).
Click On "PDA" OR "AP" Then Browse And Select The "twrp-3.1.1-0-j2lte.img.tar" File.
Now, Connect Your Phone To The PC With The USB Cable. (Make Sure That Your Cable Is Not Damaged And It is At It's Peak Performance.)
Wait Until You See The "Added" Message In The Log Section Of ODIN Tool.
Now, Click On "START" To Begin The Flashing Process.
Wait Until The Process Is Completed And Then ODIN Shows The "PASS" OR "RESET" Message.
Disconnect The Phone From The PC And Let It To Power ON Itself.
STEP 5: DOWNLOADING SUPERSU FILE AND FLASHING IT WITH TWRP RECOVERY :-
Search The File "EXPERIMENTAL-BETA-SuperSU-v2.66-20160103015024.Zip" And Download It.
Put It Into Your Internal Or External Storage.
Switch OFF Your Phone.
Boot Your Into Recover Mode. (This Can Be Easily Done By Holding The "VOLUME UP + HOME + POWER" Buttons At A Same Time.)
Now Instead Of Stock Recovery, You Will See The TWRP Recovery.
At The First Time It Will Ask For Mount System.
Swipe And Give Permissions To Mount The System.
Now, Click On "INSTALL" And Browse Your Downloaded SUPERSU.Zip And Swipe To Flash It.
Wait Till The Flash Is Completed And Then Click On "REBOOT SYSTEM".
The Phone Will Reboots Itself. (It Will Reboot For Two Times, Don't Worry ; Let It To Boot Completely And Don't Interrupt The Process.
After The Successful Boot Up, It Will Show Android Is Upgrading And Takes You To The Home Launcher ; Launch Your App Drawer To See Your SUPERSU App Installed.
STEP 6: ROOT VERIFICATION :-
Goto Play Store And Download Root Checker Basic App.
Launch It And Verify Yourself.
KEEP SMILING!!!
DOWNLOAD LINKS :-
1. Samsung Android USB Drivers :
http://developer.samsung.com/galaxy/others/android-usb-driver-for-windows
2. ODIN Tool :
http://odindownload.com/mobile/
3. TWRP Recovery :
https://dl.twrp.me/j2lte/
4. SUPERSU :
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=64161125

Peeran said:
Hi Guys,
I Am Going To Guide You How To Root Your Samsung Galaxy J2 (All 2015 Variants).
I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE OR ANY HARM OCCURRED WITH YOU DURING THE PROCESS !
GUYS, FOLLOW EACH STEP CORRECTLY FOR THE PERFECT SOLUTION.
Your Samsung Galaxy J2 May Be Have Latest Or Lowest Version Of Firmware, It Doesn't Matter.
STEP 1: UNLOCKING THE BOOTLOADER :-
Switch ON Your Phone.
Goto >>SETTINGS >>ABOUT DEVICE>>TAP THE BUILD NUMBER 3 TO 5 TIMES.
Get Back To SETTINGS And Goto >>DEVELOPER OPTIONS>>TURN "ON" OEM UNLOCK.
This Will Unlock Your BOOTLOADER.
STEP 2: DOWNLOADING THE TWRP RECOVERY (CUSTOM RECOVERY) :-
Visit TWRP Homepage.
Download The File "twrp-3.1.1-0-j2lte.img.tar"
(The Latest Version Of TWRP Recovery For Galaxy J2)
OR Just Google It, You Will Find It Easily.
STEP 3: DOWNLOADING SAMSUNG ANDROID USB DRIVERS SETUP AND ODIN TOOL :-
Visit Samsung Support Files And Download Latest Android USB Drivers For Samsung.
And Also Download Latest Version Of ODIN Tool.
(These Both Files Can Be Found Very Easily By Google)
STEP 4: FLASHING THE TWRP RECOVERY.
Make Sure You Have Installed The Latest USB Drivers For Samsung And Have Latest Version Of ODIN Tool.
Switch OFF Your Phone. (To Make Sure It Is Switched Off, Remove Battery And Re - Insert It)
Boot Your Phone Into Download Mode. (This Can Be Easily Done By Holding The "VOLUME DOWN + HOME + POWER" Buttons At A Same Time.)
Now Your Phone's Screen Shows Download Mode.
Open The "ODIN.EXE" File (After The Extracting The ODIN.ZIP).
Click On "PDA" OR "AP" Then Browse And Select The "twrp-3.1.1-0-j2lte.img.tar" File.
Now, Connect Your Phone To The PC With The USB Cable. (Make Sure That Your Cable Is Not Damaged And It is At It's Peak Performance.)
Wait Until You See The "Added" Message In The Log Section Of ODIN Tool.
Now, Click On "START" To Begin The Flashing Process.
Wait Until The Process Is Completed And Then ODIN Shows The "PASS" OR "RESET" Message.
Disconnect The Phone From The PC And Let It To Power ON Itself.
STEP 5: DOWNLOADING SUPERSU FILE AND FLASHING IT WITH TWRP RECOVERY :-
Search The File "EXPERIMENTAL-BETA-SuperSU-v2.66-20160103015024.Zip" And Download It.
Put It Into Your Internal Or External Storage.
Switch OFF Your Phone.
Boot Your Into Recover Mode. (This Can Be Easily Done By Holding The "VOLUME UP + HOME + POWER" Buttons At A Same Time.)
Now Instead Of Stock Recovery, You Will See The TWRP Recovery.
At The First Time It Will Ask For Mount System.
Swipe And Give Permissions To Mount The System.
Now, Click On "INSTALL" And Browse Your Downloaded SUPERSU.Zip And Swipe To Flash It.
Wait Till The Flash Is Completed And Then Click On "REBOOT SYSTEM".
The Phone Will Reboots Itself. (It Will Reboot For Two Times, Don't Worry ; Let It To Boot Completely And Don't Interrupt The Process.
After The Successful Boot Up, It Will Show Android Is Upgrading And Takes You To The Home Launcher ; Launch Your App Drawer To See Your SUPERSU App Installed.
STEP 6: ROOT VERIFICATION :-
Goto Play Store And Download Root Checker Basic App.
Launch It And Verify Yourself.
KEEP SMILING!!!
DOWNLOAD LINKS :-
1. Samsung Android USB Drivers :
http://developer.samsung.com/galaxy/others/android-usb-driver-for-windows
2. ODIN Tool :
http://odindownload.com/mobile/
3. TWRP Recovery :
https://dl.twrp.me/j2lte/
4. SUPERSU :
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=64161125
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Will this twrp works on j23g? I don't think so..

Yes,of course.

Is it working on all type of j2?

Samial said:
Is it working on all type of j2?
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Nope

here`s the twrp for j23g
https://forum.xda-developers.com/ga...p-3-0-2-1-samsung-galaxy-j2-sm-j200h-t3486994
and for root Just use magisk, it works on almost all smartphones and has much more features.

problems faced and solns found
1. During twrp flashing using odin, my stock recovery kept patching the twrp after reboots. So i couldn't install twrp succesfully. To fix this I unchecked "reboot" option in odin (thanks to another xda rooting guide)and switched off device manually after flashing. Then booted into recovery by pressing "home+vol up+power". this time stock rom was gone and twrp was there to welcome me.
2. i ended up in a bootloop after flashing the aforementioned superuser zip file. Instead i flashed BETA-SuperSU-v2.74-2-20160519174328.zip and fixed the bootloop.
Note- My device is Samsung Galaxy j200-G.
Here are some links to go through(as i did) ,if you face same problems:
1. https://twrp.me/samsung/samsunggalaxyj2.html
2. https://forum.xda-developers.com/ga...p-3-0-2-1-samsung-galaxy-j2-sm-j200h-t3486994
3. https://www.androidinfotech.com/2016/07/root-samsung-galaxy-j2-sm-j200g-511.html

How I can unlock bootloader permanently??
SM-J200G

Will this work on SAMSUNG J200GU?

But unable to access twrp 2nd time it show custom recovery blocked by frp lock

abhi91ar said:
But unable to access twrp 2nd time it show custom recovery blocked by frp lock
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Turn on Oem unlock in developer options.

§Ani§ said:
Turn on Oem unlock in developer options.
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Already turned on but problem still exists. What to do now? Help me?

Ok i will try

I s there any best ROM with higher version for Samsung SM-J200H

Rooting samsung j200gu
abinashdash17 said:
1. During twrp flashing using odin, my stock recovery kept patching the twrp after reboots. So i couldn't install twrp succesfully. To fix this I unchecked "reboot" option in odin (thanks to another xda rooting guide)and switched off device manually after flashing. Then booted into recovery by pressing "home+vol up+power". this time stock rom was gone and twrp was there to welcome me.
2. i ended up in a bootloop after flashing the aforementioned superuser zip file. Instead i flashed BETA-SuperSU-v2.74-2-20160519174328.zip and fixed the bootloop.
Note- My device is Samsung Galaxy j200-G.
Here are some links to go through(as i did) ,if you face same problems:
1. https://twrp.me/samsung/samsunggalaxyj2.html
2. https://forum.xda-developers.com/ga...p-3-0-2-1-samsung-galaxy-j2-sm-j200h-t3486994
3. https://www.androidinfotech.com/2016/07/root-samsung-galaxy-j2-sm-j200g-511.html
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Wow thank you so much bro I now have rooted my phone!! (Samsung J200GU):good: :laugh:
Note: I flashed SR5-SuperSU-v2.78-SR5-20161130091551 instead of the 2.74 mentioned above?

abhi91ar said:
Already turned on but problem still exists. What to do now? Help me
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Turn off auto reboot in odin and then flash.

Does this work on Sm-J200h? Trying to root my device but I am doing a little research before I do.

Phones bricked now....
you dog my phones bricked should of mentioned to make a backup u fuk wit

Nice Tutorials
Hey i m ramcharan thanks nice guide how to root samsung J200G

Database Info

welcome