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Update: Mobile Odin Pro 4.0+ is fully working with KitKat too! So you can upgrade your 4.3 to 4.4.2 with no problem and flash custom KK ROMS too! Don't forget to upgrade your bootloader though, and be careful, after upgrading you'll have a secure bootloader that will trip Knox if you ever lose root and want to root back again.
ZeAuReLiEn said:
Installing from a rooted 4.3 with knox 0x0 the stock 4.4.2 rooted with Mobile Odin Pro + installing the BL through Odin PC + installing X-Note 8 through Mobile Odin Pro WITHOUT INSTALLING ANY KERNEL OR BOOTLOADER = X-Note 8 with knox 0x0 !
Thanks for the usefull tip !
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How to do the same:
Mwyann said:
Tested on European phone, not tested on US branded:
Download N9005XXUENA6_N9005OXXENA5_N9005XXUENA2_HOME.tar.md5, N9005XXUENA6_BL-Only.tar.md5 and Odin 3.09. Place the first file in your phone's memory. Do some backups and when you're ready, fire up MOP, load the HOME.tar.md5 in it, enable EverRoot, choose After flashing and select Download mode. Start flashing. When in download mode, hook your phone to the computer, run Odin 3.09, load he BL-Only.tar.md5 in the BL section, check Phone Bootloader Update, uncheck Auto Reset and Start. When Odin says RESET!, turn off your phone, and then press VOL UP+HOME+POWER to run recovery. Wait... and here you go!
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Hello guys,
I'm posting a new thread as this is an extension of both using Mobile Odin Pro 3.85+ to flash stock firmwares and installing a custom ROM without flashing a custom recovery (preventing tripping knox).
This guide will show you how to flash a custom ROM and keeping Knox at 0x0 (it will NOT revert a 0x1 though, still not possible).
MAKE SURE THE ZIP FILE YOU PLAN TO INSTALL WILL NOT FLASH ANY RECOVERY OR ANY NON-STOCK KERNEL !!!
For your information, I tripped my Knox by flashing a ROM with its "Stock Kernel", which in fact wasn't. So, just to be on the safe side, do NOT flash kernels unless you're 100% sure this is an official and signed kernel. If unsure, just skip kernel installation, and you should be fine!
soloilmeglio said:
sorry the stock kernel was modified in ramdisk to enable init.d .... it will trip knox...
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Some Aroma installers let you choose before installing, but others just do it without a warning. If you flash a wrong recovery or wrong kernel, you'll be screwed! So be aware of that. If you can, just check what the installer script is doing and remove the offending flashing parts, or ask the ROM's OP.
Also some ROMs (like AOSP) rely on some kernel's functionnalities that are not present in the stock kernel, or use a different version of the kernel. You would need to flash their custom kernel, which will trip Knox. There's nothing you can do about that for now. Same thing if you want to use modified kernel like SElinux permissive or more UC/UV/governor options. Those need a custom kernel, and will trip knox too.
Chainfire said:
Update ZIPs
Support for this means you can flash complete custom ROMs, or simple updates (like SuperSU's distribution ZIP file). This doesn't automatically mean all Update ZIPs are compatible. The environment in Mobile ODIN's temporary recovery is slightly different from CWM or TWRP, this can cause problems in some cases.
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I'm of course not responsible for what you do. I'm trying to make it clear enough for you to understand, but if you don't fully understand that flashing a wrong recovery/kernel will trip your Knox, then you'd better keep stock.
Also, all this process can be totally reverted simply by flashing a stock ROM, either with MOP or with Odin on your computer (but it will not revert Kn0x of course...).
Anyway, here is the thing...
You need to turn Reactivation Lock off for the whole rooting/flashing part (just to be on the safe side).
First you have to safely root your device, for example with Root De La Vega. There is enough tutorials and how-tos out there, just look by yourself
Then, purchase and install Mobile Odin Pro.
Let's say you want to install a ROM based on firmware version ML2, I recommend (but it's not mandatory) to flash the corresponding stock firmware first (after you've flashed the custom ROM, I think you won't have to do that again, you can always update modem with standalone zip updates). Personally, as no stock ML2 was out at the time of doing this, I just installed MK2 then X-Note ML2 (with stock ML2 kernel), and that was it
Download the ROM from sammobile (choose the right one for your country, if you mix CSC you can trip Knox), load it on the phone's memory or the sdcard, and set up MOP like this (don't pay attention to the warning saying that you will trip Knox by using MOP, it does not if you follow these instructions carefully) :
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Load the .tar.md5 with the "Open file..." option, check EverRoot, SuperSU, MobileOdin and wipe dalvik cache, and start flashing.
After rebooting, download the custom ROM you wish (for example X-Note), load the zip into the phone's memory or the sdcard, run MOP and set it up like this:
Load the .zip file with "OTA / Update ZIP" this time, uncheck EverRoot (your ROM should be already rooted), uncheck wipe dalvik cache (already done by the ROM installer) and start flashing.
If the Zip is an Aroma installer or similar, you'll be presented to your ROM's installation menu. Here is the most important part, so listen carefully: When asked, choose not to install any recovery, and don't install any custom kernel either (you can still flash stock kernel). Finish the installation, let it reboot, and enjoy your ROM with Knox 0x0
Note: You can also flash any zip mods you want with that method (you just have to put the .zip into "OTA / Update ZIP", uncheck EverRoot and start flashing). Of course, I'll repeat once more, but you still cannot flash any custom recovery nor non-stock kernel (well you can, but then you'll trip Knox).
I'd be glad if we could also do nandroid backup/restores with MOP, that way we wouldn't have to flash a recovery at all
Hit Thanks if this helped you, and of course let us know how it went for you.
Yann
Great, you have made a thread. Thank you!
and2 said:
Great, you have made a thread. Thank you!
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Time to udpate your signature I guess (and mine too btw).
Mwyann said:
Time to udpate your signature I guess (and mine too btw).
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Ha, you are right ??
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"First you have to safely root your device, for example with Root De La Vega. There is enough tutorials and how-tos out there, just look by yourself "
I am on MJ7 no root. If i use RDLV Knox will become 0x1. What about Chainfire?
this is working in a SG4 i337M?
megatooth said:
"First you have to safely root your device, for example with Root De La Vega. There is enough tutorials and how-tos out there, just look by yourself "
I am on MJ7 no root. If i use RDLV Knox will become 0x1. What about Chainfire?
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Good question.
AFAIK, Chainfire's auto root on MJ7 and MK2 turns your Knox into 0x1....
So take it easy. Cheers
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Sent from my NOTE 3 monster
Latest firmware for my country is:
PDA: N9005XXUDMK2
CSC: N9005NEEDML2
MODEM: N9005XXUDMJ7
I want to install X-Note ML2 rom.
How should I do it? First install ML2 firmware without CSC and modem? Or is it even possible to flash only PDA with MOP?
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piats said:
Latest firmware for my country is:
PDA: N9005XXUDMK2
CSC: N9005NEEDML2
MODEM: N9005XXUDMJ7
I want to install X-Note ML2 rom.
How should I do it? First install ML2 firmware without CSC and modem? Or is it even possible to flash only PDA with MOP?
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You can flash PDA only with MOP, but it will be totally erased when you'll install X-Note, so it's useless. You can upgrade Modem only (if needed) and then flash X-Note directly if you want. I told to flash latest firmware first to get latest official upgrades before going to custom ROM, but that's not mandatory, it depends on what you already flashed.
Mwyann said:
You can flash PDA only with MOP, but it will be totally erased when you'll install X-Note, so it's useless. You can upgrade Modem only (if needed) and then flash X-Note directly if you want. I told to flash latest firmware first to get latest official upgrades before going to custom ROM, but that's not mandatory, it depends on what you already flashed.
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My point was that I want to install latest X-Note rom and keep my country csc and modem. So can I first flash X-Note ROM and after that flash csc and modem via MOP?
Thanks for your patience
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piats said:
My point was that I want to install latest X-Note rom and keep my country csc and modem. So can I first flash X-Note ROM and after that flash csc and modem via MOP?
Thanks for your patience
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X-Note doesn't update Modem anyway. If you want to reflash CSC you can, but I'm quite sure it doesn't change anything either. Not 100% sure but shouldn't be a problem to reflash CSC, nor not reflashing it at all too
Thanks a lot for your information! I was not sure what would change after flashing ROM which is different than your country's latest firmwares. Nor I wasn't sure what MOP could flash. I will test and report back soon when I have enough time
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Just downloaded Singapore firmware and flashed on Australian Note 3, I cleared the Cache section on MOP and flashed it.It didn't trip Knox.
Installed X-Note and had to choose BTU CSC in aroma installer. Now I have wrong CSC for my region. I'm just wondering would it be possible to flash correct csc for my country via odin?
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How did you guys get Mobile Odin to work? When I try to run it, it says device not supported.
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nyflyguy said:
How did you guys get Mobile Odin to work? When I try to run it, it says device not supported.
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Install mobile odin and then reboot.
tobia996 said:
Install mobile odin and then reboot.
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Tried but still can't get Odin to load up. Cdn note3
imsiin said:
Tried but still can't get Odin to load up. Cdn note3
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You're rooted, right ? (And Odin has root priviledges). You have a genuine device, not a clone?
Mwyann said:
You're rooted, right ? (And Odin has root priviledges). You have a genuine device, not a clone?
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I hope to God it's genuine lol I got it from best buy through Rogers.. Yes rooted and odin does have privileges. Thx
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imsiin said:
I hope to God it's genuine lol I got it from best buy through Rogers.. Yes rooted and odin does have privileges. Thx
Sent from my SM-N900W8 using Tapatalk
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nyflyguy said:
How did you guys get Mobile Odin to work? When I try to run it, it says device not supported.
Sent from my SM-N900T using Tapatalk
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Not sure it will work on SM-N900W8 or SM-N900T though, I only tested this on my SM-N9005. Check the compatibility between your device and MOP.
WARNING! ONLY USE THIS ON THE GT-I9192 MODEL!
hello there,
this is my first post here..
This is a guide to root s4mini gti9192 with 4.4.2 SAMSUNG STOCK ROM
don't try this on any other models, I don't know what happens!!
if you want to root s4mini with 4.2.2 rom visit:
guide1 to root 4.2.2 guide 2click to see how to root gti9192 4.2.2 (youtube)
Now to ROOT the 4.4.2 rom
well you may be wondering why cant to you root with the old recovery via odin?? well i tried to flash with clockworkmode recovery and odin failed... i dont know it may work for you...
ALSO You cant DOWNGRADE to the earlier 4.2.2 now.. as xda senior member @F4k told
AFAIK you can't downgrade to ROM with different knox bootloader version, you can only downgrade to a 4.2.2 ROM if that ROM have the same knox bootloader.
AFAIK KitKat stock ROMs have knox bootloader 2.0, so you need find any other 4.2.2 ROM with this bootloader version.
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downloadthe rom from Russian Firmware gt i9192 click to download
no problems will be there flashing with odin
for more info how to flash click: http://forums.androidcentral.com/ambassador-guides-tips-how-tos/300296-guide-samsung-how-flash-stock-rom-via-odin.html
After flashing the rom download these files
Cf root by chainfire
Super SU vr 2.01 by Chainfire
Philz touch recovery
so first copy the super su file into your sdcard
Then Plug into Odin mode( by holding volume down+lock+home key)
you must found the odin in the cfroot.zip you downloaded earlier.. open it as administrator
connect your phone, switch to download mode by pressing volume up (you can see that in the screen).
select PDA and select that CF-Auto-Root-serranods-serranodsxx-gti9192.tar.md5 and select start.
your phone must restart
before restarting hold volume up+home+lock buttons and enter into recovery
select install update from sd card, and select that supersu that you have downloaded earlier ..
after that boot phone normally and you will see that supersu is installed, open it and select YES to the option to disable knox..
Now to install the recovery..
Actually you can do this anytime...
switch phone back to odin mode (download mode) and select PDA in odin again,
this time select that philz recovery and click start
SUCESS you must have phils touch recovery by now..
i dont know any other recoveries may work or not.. test and post it if you find any..
actually i haven't worked much behind this methods.. all thanks goes to
F4k
alexax66
SilviuMik
without you guys nothing will be possible :good:
Thanks for this manual, but one question: what happened with the knox flag? After flash 4.4.2 i have 0x0.
mariockr said:
Thanks for this manual, but one question: what happened with the knox flag? After flash 4.4.2 i have 0x0.
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if your knox status is 0x0 that means you haven't triggered the knox bootloader yet.. it becomes 0x1mainly when you try to downgrade
refer to this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2447832
Thanks for the guide
mariockr said:
Thanks for this manual, but one question: what happened with the knox flag? After flash 4.4.2 i have 0x0.
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This root method will trigger Knox
fburgos said:
Thanks for the guide
This root method will trigger Knox
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yeah it will,
i think he has just flashed the official update..
Yes i flash only official rom for rusia, i flash with odin. Now i want root, and don't need costom recovery, only root if posible without knox flag.
mariockr said:
Yes i flash only official rom for rusia, i flash with odin. Now i want root, and don't need costom recovery, only root if posible without knox flag.
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sure, you can root by reading the guide..if you don't need recovery skip that part.. use cfroot then flash supersu..
I suggest you use a custom recovery because it will be useful many times..
I don't think you Can root without tripping the knox flag.. sorry for that case, anyway I heard Samsung's many service centers don't care about knox at all..
and if you need repair or something because of a brick, you can flash the firmware back again...
It seems that my knox is still 0x0 after upgrading from SilviuMik rom to Russian 4.4.2
4.4.2 is working great, I dont have overheating issues, battery with screen 4-4.5h, fast GPS
I had to flash this rom 5 times....yes 5 times ...cos I had bootloop after flashing only 4 times....
Odin always said - successed!!!
qwerty1q said:
It seems that my knox is still 0x0 after upgrading from SilviuMik rom to Russian 4.4.2
4.4.2 is working great, I dont have overheating issues, battery with screen 4-4.5h, fast GPS
I had to flash this rom 5 times....yes 5 times ...cos I had bootloop after flashing only 4 times....
Odin always said - successed!!!
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I don't know why you have to flash 5 times.. this update have made battery life better, than ever
and knox will be 0x0 after flashing official update because the stock firmware don't seems to be tripping knox
niwia said:
I don't know why you have to flash 5 times
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neither do I
HI, thanks for the guide. I was able to flash the Russian ROM and root also with no problems but somewhere in the process the Knox has got triggered. Too bad for me .............
I don't know what happen I tried the old method and the CF one with Odin. It wasn't working. So I manually installed supersu and now it is rooted. It seems the method works but the app is not being automatically installed. So just go to play store and install your root app. Worked for me.
mad_hat said:
HI, thanks for the guide. I was able to flash the Russian ROM and root also with no problems but somewhere in the process the Knox has got triggered. Too bad for me .............
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Hmm rooting does trigger knox... Anyway can't do root without the trigger
Pangadaywalker said:
I don't know what happen I tried the old method and the CF one with Odin. It wasn't working. So I manually installed supersu and now it is rooted. It seems the method works but the app is not being automatically installed. So just go to play store and install your root app. Worked for me.
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Mmm.. Anyway thanks for sharing the new alternative.... I'll update my post after I get some more confirmation on that methord! Normally the use work
niwia said:
Hmm rooting does trigger knox... Anyway can't do root without the trigger
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I rooted the previous one running 4.2.2 but Knox did not get triggered but anyway no problems. I really like the Russian ROM - the battery life is superb. And I think that loosing the Knox is not such a problem for me anyway. I wonder if it is of any use on a practical level for the end user.
niwia said:
Hmm rooting does trigger knox... Anyway can't do root without the trigger
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Rooting doesn't always trigger KNOX.
Take a look here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=53200581&postcount=33
Right now I am on CarbonRom 4.4.4 with F4k kernel and my KNOX is still 0x0
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you are right. but I think knox vr. 2 is different than before.. although i'm not sure there is another way without triggering it
i used root option in philz recovery without using cf root
but i dont if that the reason i cant change permissions at all from root browser
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aness zurba said:
i used root option in philz recovery without using cf root
but i dont if that the reason i cant change permissions at all from root browser
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sorry, I don't know what you are talking.. english
you must root to use a custom recovery.. else... i don't know what happens
niwia said:
sorry, I don't know what you are talking.. english
you must root to use a custom recovery.. else... i don't know what happens
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i flashed philz using odin
then there is a root option in recovery, i used it.thats it
Procedure for installing stock Samsung Lollipop firmwares with Knox 0x0. (I9505)
You can do the upgrade from your 4.4.2 KitKat, already rooted with Peppe130's method, as described here. You need Mobile Odin Pro and Odin 3.09 for Windows (this is the version that worked for me, I can't say whether different versions work equally well, they might). You also need the bootloader .tar for the version you are installing. The tar needs to include 6 .mbn files, aboot, rpm, tz, and sbl1-3. @ambassadii has included the bootloader .tar for the OB7 firmware in his post here. Then:
Download the firmware you want (e.g. OB7) and the latest SuperSU v.2.46 from @Chainfire's page, and copy both of them on your external SD card.
Factory reset your phone, and only install SuperSU and Mobile Odin Pro from the Play Store (you can obviously backup what you want beforehand with Titanium).
Run Mobile Odin Pro, accept the download of the required file, and then press OTA/Update ZIP and locate the UPDATE-SuperSU-v2.46.zip file you saved on your external SD.
Now press Open File... and choose the .tar.md5 firmware file you also saved a minute ago. Mobile Odin will automatically find and separate the different parts.
Tick only Enable EverRoot, leave the other options (inject odin etc.) unticked. Then press Flash firmware.
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It will ask to check the md5 file, say yes. Mobile Odin will then do the job automatically, and will upgrade your firmware to lollipop 5.01, the phone will then enter recovery, and then it will upgrade all your applications (about 215 of them). All this will take about 5 minutes.
After reboot, turn the phone off and enter Download mode. Run Odin 3.09 on your PC and put the bootloader file in the BL field (see picture).
Connect the phone, press Start and wait for the Pass.
After reboot, do another factory reset, and redownload SuperSU from Play Store after you go through the initial setup.
That was all; you now have a clean stock Samsung Lollipop firmware which is rooted, and the Knox flag remains at 0x0.
Two things are remaining,
1) Disable the Knox apps, you can do this with Titanium Backup by freezing all the Knox-related things, or you can delete the files manually (e.g. with adb), the forum is full of Knox-removal instructions..
2)Using a root editor, edit the file /system/build.prop, and change the line ro.securestorage.support=false (it is normally set to =true). This solves various problems related to SELinux, also documented in the forum.
Enjoy your rooted Lollipop phone!
Great work man
can you show us your knox status?
I don't understand it. For using mobile odin pro we need to have root access.. right? Then how can I use mobile odin pro to root my phone when I already don't have root access? Do we need to be on kitkat to do this? Or can we do this on lollipop flashed via odin as well?
khsh97 said:
I don't understand it. For using mobile odin pro we need to have root access.. right? Then how can I use mobile odin pro to root my phone when I already don't have root access? Do we need to be on kitkat to do this? Or can we do this on lollipop flashed via odin as well?
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Yes, if you read more carefully I say that you have to start from a rooted 4.4.2 (kitkat) phone.
c.ozzy said:
Great work man
can you show us your knox status?
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Sure, attached
Dear Tyxerakias,
YOU SIR, ROCK!!!!!
After following the procedure, I started with my i9505 UK version at 4.4.2 with no root, KNOX 0x0, and now I have latest and greatest Lollipop with root, Titanium, Mobile ODIN, and KNOX 0x0.
System status Modified is the only giveaway, and as we all know that is easily fixed (mine is more than 1 year out of warranty so I don't give a monkey's arse either way).
But this is a very nicely done hack. Also great thanks, of course, to peppe130.
GREAT WORK!
// Descore
Descore said:
Dear Tyxerakias,
YOU SIR, ROCK!!!!!
After following the procedure, I started with my i9505 UK version at 4.4.2 with no root, KNOX 0x0, and now I have latest and greatest Lollipop with root, Titanium, Mobile ODIN, and KNOX 0x0.
System status Modified is the only giveaway, and as we all know that is easily fixed (mine is more than 1 year out of warranty so I don't give a monkey's arse either way).
But this is a very nicely done hack. Also great thanks, of course, to peppe130.
GREAT WORK!
// Descore
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Thanks, enjoy it By the way, you should now uninstall Mobile Odin, as it doesn't yet work on Lollipop.
Tyxerakias said:
Procedure for installing stock Samsung Lollipop firmwares with Knox 0x0
You can do the upgrade from your 4.4.2 Jellybean, already rooted with Peppe130's method, as described here. You need Mobile Odin Pro and Odin 3.09 for Windows (this is the version that worked for me, I can't say whether different versions work equally well, they might). You also need the bootloader .tar for the version you are installing. The tar needs to include 6 .mbn files, aboot, rpm, tz, and sbl1-3. @ambassadii has included the bootloader .tar for the OB7 firmware in his post here. Then:
Download the firmware you want (e.g. OB7) and the latest SuperSU v.2.46 from @Chainfire's page, and copy both of them on your external SD card.
Factory reset your phone, and only install SuperSU and Mobile Odin Pro from the Play Store (you can obviously backup what you want beforehand with Titanium).
Run Mobile Odin Pro, accept the download of the required file, and then press OTA/Update ZIP and locate the UPDATE-SuperSU-v2.46.zip file you saved on your external SD.
Now press Open File... and choose the .tar.md5 firmware file you also saved a minute ago. Mobile Odin will automatically find and separate the different parts.
Tick only Enable EverRoot, leave the other options (inject odin etc.) unticked. Then press Flash firmware.
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It will ask to check the md5 file, say yes. Mobile Odin will then do the job automatically, and will upgrade your firmware to lollipop 5.01, the phone will then enter recovery, and then it will upgrade all your applications (about 215 of them). All this will take about 5 minutes.
After reboot, turn the phone off and enter Download mode. Run Odin 3.09 on your PC and put the bootloader file in the BL field (see picture).
Connect the phone, press Start and wait for the Pass.
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After reboot, do another factory reset, and redownload SuperSU from Play Store after you go through the initial setup.
That was all; you now have a clean stock Samsung Lollipop firmware which is rooted, and the Knox flag remains at 0x0.
Two things are remaining,
1) Disable the Knox apps, you can do this with Titanium Backup by freezing all the Knox-related things, or you can delete the files manually (e.g. with adb), the forum is full of Knox-removal instructions..
2)Using a root editor, edit the file /system/build.prop, and change the line ro.securestorage.support=false (it is normally set to =true). This solves various problems related to SELinux, also documented in the forum.
Enjoy your rooted Lollipop phone!
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You forgot to specify in the title that this is only for i9505.
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Tyxerakias said:
Yes, if you read more carefully I say that you have to start from a rooted 4.4.2 (kitkat) phone.
Sure, attached
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You have made typo mistake. In your post, it is written "4.4.2 jelly bean" instead of "4.4.2 kitkat".
Tyxerakias said:
Thanks, enjoy it By the way, you should now uninstall Mobile Odin, as it doesn't yet work on Lollipop.
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Yeah, thanks for letting me know - I felt a bit stupid as I bought Mobile ODIN Pro yesterday just to do this upgrade with your guide, but then I looked in the Mobile ODIN thread and I can see that Chainfire is working on a new app as a replacement, and will give it FREE to all owners of Mobile ODIN Pro :good:
So I don't feel stupid after all :laugh: What a great community.
Hello, this procedure works with a model I9515 ?
I am on 4.4.2 I9505XXUFMB8 rooted with towelroot only and knox 0x0.
Can I follow this guide or do I have to root again with Peppe130's method ?
Thanks
Plumber_Gr said:
I am on 4.4.2 I9505XXUFMB8 rooted with towelroot only and knox 0x0.
Can I follow this guide or do I have to root again with Peppe130's method ?
Thanks
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Same question here, i'm on I9505XXUGNF1 towelrooted, may i proceed or do i have to update and/or reroot?
update: if it can help you, i just factory resetted, rerooted and followed instructions, all went smooth and now i'm running lollipop.
i guess it won't be a problem if you have the latest 4.4.2 update (i was on GNF1, previous one)
Plumber_Gr said:
I am on 4.4.2 I9505XXUFMB8 rooted with towelroot only and knox 0x0.
Can I follow this guide or do I have to root again with Peppe130's method ?
Thanks
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Er... Peppe's method IS towelroot... So no, you don't have to root again.
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I did the root changing the kernel 4.4.2 for a kernel prior to June, the towelroot work in this kernel. After the root back the kernel of the newest room. It is possible to upgrade to lollipop, change the kernel by the kitkat, use towelroot to root, then return lollipop kernel?
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I did the root changing the kernel 4.4.2 for a kernel prior to June, the towelroot work in this kernel. After the root back the kernel of the newest room. It is possible to upgrade to lollipop, change the kernel by the kitkat, use towelroot to root, then return lollipop kernel?
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No it's not.
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Well .. Whats the advantage of keeping the KNOX 0x0 & rooting ??
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Well .. Whats the advantage of keeping the KNOX 0x0 & rooting ??
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Keeping your warrenty
XDAcube said:
Keeping your warrenty
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Coz my knox is triggered .. and it every time bootloops for CM rom !! ..
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currently i'am on danvdh's gpe rom ..
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i eagerly need cm !!..
leonov said:
Hello, this procedure works with a model I9515 ?
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can some1 explain, if its working with model i9515???
thanx. in advance.
suemer
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Well .. Whats the advantage of keeping the KNOX 0x0 & rooting ??
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If KNOX is 0x0 you can always flash back to a fully non-rooted stock firmware and hand in to warranty repair. Once KNOX triggers, you can never get back to 0. If you don't care about warranty, or having a "clean" device, then you might as well use CF-Root, which is much easier and faster. But this method rocks as you can get your device back to "pristine" as-new condition, should you ever want to for some reason.
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suemer said:
can some1 explain, if its working with model i9515???
thanx. in advance.
suemer
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All of the files used for this root are stock, so if you can find the similar ones for i9515 it should probably work. If you can get root using Towelroot, you can probably do the similar steps but with the firmware and bootloader tar's replaced with the appropriate ones for the i9515. There's no guarantee, but if you start with a rooted 4.4.2 my bet is that it would work.
Note 4 N910C 5.1.1 Root
This Package roots you Note 4 with 5.1.1 rom. To use this root make sure you have 5.0.1 Bootloader installed or you will have bootloop! This package Removes Knox and Installs SuperSu,Busybox,5.0.1 Modem and Modded googymax n4 kernel.
Note: this package installs 5.0.1 modem for N910C so dont use it on any other modells!! only for devs at the moment because instable!!
How to use:
1: Download the flashable zip
2: Load it on your phone
3: Install 5.0.1 Bootloader with odin and reboot in recovery (when you allready have this go to step 4)
4: install the zip you downloaded above
5: reboot
DOWNLOAD Rootpackage: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7EuVd0yZ8ErcEFKN29MT2dLTUU/view?usp=sharing
credits:
@googy_anas without his 5.0.1 kernel here will be no root now
@henrylife for say me that 5.1.1 boots with googy_kernel so i tryed and fixed the ramdisk.
Finally!!!!!!
great work.
Done
Its work ...
Thanks
Just flash and 5.1.1 will be rooted
geiti94 said:
So after a loooooong wait root for 5.1.1 is here yes for 5.1.1
i need to say thx to @henrylife for say me that 5.1.1 boots with googy_kernel so i tryed and fixed the ramdisk
so stopp with writin here and enjoy root on 5.1.1
DOWNLOAD modded kernel: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7EuVd0yZ8ErYmpLMl9MWG9mZzA/view?usp=sharing
Only Bug is that after boot you need one time to shut down display and power it again on because you see only a blackscreen with statusbar and that you need to use 5.0.1 bootloader!
credits for the kernel goes at @googy_anas. without his 5.0.1 kernel here will be no root now
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Yeah, wohooo
At long last!!!! A big thanks to our great dev community!!! U guys make our phones shine bright!!!
I have to say, you 2 make a fine duo! Thx for the awesome work you guys did!
Kudos
Is the Stock kernel with modded functionality or Googy Max modded version? IF modded Goggymax, Any means to backup stock one?
Great work! But one thing that I don't understand about 5.0.1 bootloader as bellow.
Anyone please tell me in detail about that.
Only Bug is that after boot you need one time to shut down display and power it again on because you see only a blackscreen with statusbar and that you need to use 5.0.1 bootloader!
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ok. I think we will se the infamous HOW DO WE MAKE THIS WORK THINGY type of question will arrive... so i make this guide...
1. Download and Flash the said modified Googy kernel via cwm or twrp and then reboot to download mode.
2. Download old 5.01 bootloader and flash it via odin in the BL section.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7EuVd0yZ8ErSGlEeUhDX3VIT28/view?usp=sharing
3. odin will auto restrat your device. if you see the blank screen after samsung logo. just pull out your batt and start your device again.
4. after your device booting. Run the supersu installer and follow the guide.
that's all
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yeah, can someone post 5.0.1 bootloader ODIN flashable.
edan1979 said:
ok. I think we will se the infamous HOW DO WE MAKE THIS WORK THINGY type of question will arrive... so i make this guide...
1. Download and Flash the said modified Googy kernel via cwm or twrp and then reboot to download mode.
2. Download old 5.01 bootloader and flash it via odin in the BL section.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7EuVd0yZ8ErSGlEeUhDX3VIT28/view?usp=sharing
3. odin will auto restrat your device. if you see the blank screen after samsung logo. just pull out your batt and start your device again.
4. after your device booting. Run the supersu installer and follow the guide.
that's all
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Thanks for your confirmation, it's very clear.
flatronics said:
yeah, can someone post 5.0.1 bootloader ODIN flashable.
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http://www.upload.ee/files/5169096/...38_QB4348304_REV00_user_low_ship.tar.md5.html
flatronics said:
yeah, can someone post 5.0.1 bootloader ODIN flashable.
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Read previous post of @edan1979 upper.
This method doesn't seems reliable to me. Will wait until release the source code.
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Not work with me bootloobing,
So I have to downgrade the bootloader to 5.0.1,
I'm in Rom RulingLite_R5.N910C 5.1.1
juliano76 said:
This method doesn't seems reliable to me. Will wait until Google release the source code.
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you need to use 5.0.1 bootloader then works
almuhajir said:
Not work with me bootloobing,
So I have to downgrade the bootloader to 5.0.1,
I'm in Rom RulingLite_R5.N910C 5.1.1
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i tested it with this rom and works you only need 5.0.1 bootloader. fingerprint works then too
juliano76 said:
This method doesn't seems reliable to me. Will wait until Google release the source code.
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If u r waiting for Google then it will be forever.. Just kidding.. Probably Sammy will upload it soon.
hmmm... kind of facing random restart as knox trying to fix things... trying to get rid of knox and see how its going.
and the wifi pass seem to be reset every reboot...
A new official ColorOS udpate from OPPO is available in my region and at least all Europe I guess.
This is version F1fEX_11_170327. A copy of the OTA update package is here if anyone needs it: F1EX_11_OTA_896-897_patch_201703271119_3cf702307f.zip on MEGA (56.0 MB).
A few screenshots if you want to see the changelog: http://imgur.com/a/5UiiQ
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After, full about phone capture: http://imgur.com/CIbWrWX
This is still Android 5.1.1 with a 3.10.28 kernel. No Marshmallow
I'm a bit amazed by the continuous support from OPPO, and especially the security patches integrated in those updates. I was not expecting this from this brand. This is part of what's preventing me from completely switching to LineageOS. This is my only smartphone and I need it to just work.
Now I wish I can unroot my phone, lol
You can, I did it.
The simplest method:
- copy ColorOS & Project Spectrum zips provided by OPPO
- boot in fastboot mode
- Install stock recovery with fastboot
- Reboot to recovery
- Install Project Spectrum
- Reboot to recovery
- Install ColorOS
You should be stock, relocked.
kdd998 said:
You can, I did it.
The simplest method:
- copy ColorOS & Project Spectrum zips provided by OPPO
- boot in fastboot mode
- Install stock recovery with fastboot
- Reboot to recovery
- Install Project Spectrum
- Reboot to recovery
- Install ColorOS
You should be stock, relocked.
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Thank you!
But where can I get stock recovery?
You can extract recovery.img from the ColorOS zip.
If someone were to flash this via twrp. When they have followed this thread
https://forum.xda-developers.com/op...pdates-rooted-unlocked-devices-t3395034/page8
They would loose twrp and lose he unlocked bootloader correct?
This zip is only for OPPO*recovery, not for TWRP. It needs to be modified. If modified, I don't think recovery or unlocked state would change as recovery is not included in the original zip.
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This zip is only for OPPO*recovery, not for TWRP. It needs to be modified. If modified, I don't think recovery or unlocked state would change as recovery is not included in the original zip.
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The update zip does contain and flash the locked bootloader(emmc_appsboot.mbn) and also the update zips never contain a recovery.img but do have a script(install_recovery.sh) and patches that patch the latest recovery onto latest boot.img and flash it to recovery. So, yes, flashing it will lock everything down. Modifying it to remove bootloader and recovery is easy enough( I'm happy to do it) but it will also check the current build version on the phone before flashing and refuse to flash unless the rom has been updated to the "896" level, which I have never seen an update zip to go from 894 to 896 (891-894 is the newest update I have seen posted till now). There is a new download of full rom available for the 896 version which could also be modified to install from twrp without bootloader and recovery but it does require a full wipe. If enough people want it, I guess it would be good to have a more up to date full clean install of colouros.
Do you think it's worth the effort?
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The update zip does contain and flash the locked bootloader(emmc_appsboot.mbn) and also the update zips never contain a recovery.img but do have a script(install_recovery.sh) and patches that patch the latest recovery onto latest boot.img and flash it to recovery. So, yes, flashing it will lock everything down. Modifying it to remove bootloader and recovery is easy enough( I'm happy to do it) but it will also check the current build version on the phone before flashing and refuse to flash unless the rom has been updated to the "896" level, which I have never seen an update zip to go from 894 to 896 (891-894 is the newest update I have seen posted till now). There is a new download of full rom available for the 896 version which could also be modified to install from twrp without bootloader and recovery but it does require a full wipe. If enough people want it, I guess it would be good to have a more up to date full clean install of colouros.
Do you think it's worth the effort?
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It would be nice if we ever go back to color os. But don't rush it. Take your time. Its not a big rush. But I would rather the time be spent in lineage first. Up to you
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I have never seen an update zip to go from 894 to 896 (891-894 is the newest update I have seen posted till now).
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I have a 010 to 896 patch here if needed: https://mega.nz/#!hxxDxAwb!nLa3aDvz3GubMcTaxqaLowRujDt6UKcn0DohuhkclXY
Thanks for all the info. From my point of view, I don't think it's worth the effort. I'd rather work on LineageOS (maybe I'll have time on monday to try new things)
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kdd998 said:
You can, I did it.
The simplest method:
- copy ColorOS & Project Spectrum zips provided by OPPO
- boot in fastboot mode
- Install stock recovery with fastboot
- Reboot to recovery
- Install Project Spectrum
- Reboot to recovery
- Install ColorOS
You should be stock, relocked.
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what if i still have my stock recovery? can i just flash spectrum os then flash color os to unroot my device? coz i rooted my device also using kingroot. i cant update ota.
wakaranay said:
what if i still have my stock recovery? can i just flash spectrum os then flash color os to unroot my device? coz i rooted my device also using kingroot. i cant update ota.
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https://www.google.com.au/amp/m.wikihow.com/Unroot-Android?amp=1
That would be the hardest way in my opinion. Try these first.
I would use the supersu app first and if that doesn't work then use the manual delete
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https://www.google.com.au/amp/m.wikihow.com/Unroot-Android?amp=1
That would be the hardest way in my opinion. Try these first.
I would use the supersu app first and if that doesn't work then use the manual delete
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both not working. i cant still update tru ota
wakaranay said:
both not working. i cant still update tru ota
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Have you unlocked your bootloader?
Jamie_oppo said:
Have you unlocked your bootloader?
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locked bootloader
wakaranay said:
locked bootloader
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I guess flashing spectrum then color os should work. Not 100% but if you get to spectrum then it will work
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I guess flashing spectrum then color os should work. Not 100% but if you get to spectrum then it will work
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thanks. i guess firmware flashing will also work. but i dont know what firmware or when i can get that firmware
wakaranay said:
thanks. i guess firmware flashing will also work. but i dont know what firmware or when i can get that firmware
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Read post 3 of this thread. Miniblu made a firemware zip. Oops sorry didn't include a link
https://forum.xda-developers.com/oppo-f1/development/rom-unofficial-cyanogenmod-13-t3542718/page23
How to re install the original recovery :crying: