Hi im wondering if anyone can help me i have a galaxy s2 i1900 i rooted this phone the odin cf root way and have been having a great time flashing roms
Now last night i flashed checkrom v7 kernel xxlpq5 didnt like it because it seemed to take my phone right back to stock even the yellow triangle was gone so i thought i will flash res rom but when i tryed i havnt got cwm anymore and i dont have root priviliges anymore aftrr the near heart attack i had rooting my phone i find ive flashed a bad kernel can anyone please have any solutions please i was thinking of flashing another kernel via odin but i need root anyway at least if i cant do anything maybey this might stop someone doing what ive done.
Ok so I am kind of a noob at androids and I just started learning some interesting stuff. Anyways I managed to unlock my boatloader, root my phone, and flash the cyanogen 10.2 rom. I was enjoying my changes until one day I made a big mistake, i accidentally downloaded chainfire's superSU from the app store. I guess this interfered with cyanogen mod's native root. So i realized my accident and deleted it, only one problem, it took my root access with it. I have tried many ways to regain root but I simply can't. Would someone please help me, any help would be appreciated. Also i am running android 4.3 and my build number is xt897.
bestoftheworst said:
Ok so I am kind of a noob at androids and I just started learning some interesting stuff. Anyways I managed to unlock my boatloader, root my phone, and flash the cyanogen 10.2 rom. I was enjoying my changes until one day I made a big mistake, i accidentally downloaded chainfire's superSU from the app store. I guess this interfered with cyanogen mod's native root. So i realized my accident and deleted it, only one problem, it took my root access with it. I have tried many ways to regain root but I simply can't. Would someone please help me, any help would be appreciated. Also i am running android 4.3 and my build number is xt897.
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Wait I got it i had to flash to stock rom and reroot. But now I can't flash cyanogenmod.10.2
i have a sm-g900p nonrooted nothing extra done to it. i want to root it. towelroot can do it however my phone just updated to 4.4.4 and towelroot only works on 4.4.2. i do not know anything about odin but ive heard thats what i use to flash roms. i downloaded the rom i need from http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares. is there a step by step guide that can walk me through flashing my phone back to 4.4.2?
There are some excellent guides to check out here
If you get stuck or can't seem to find it, here is the link to the Q&A section for that device. You can ask your question there and get support here
Good luck!
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Sorry for posting this, I hate starting new threads but I have come to a point where I have had no luck. I havnt rooted for a few years, last time I did was my S2 (Epic 4g Touch 2). My terminology might be off a bit I apologize in advance.
So a couple days ago I decided to root my S5. I was at NK4 stock and never rooted. So I attempted to flash to the NE5 so I could do the towelroot. That worked where I was able to get root and I got all those weird fail messages but I got root access. Then when I tried to go back to Nk4, I kept getting stuck on the boot screen when flashing back to NK4. My phone I would consider to be in a soft brick status but I was able to flash back to NE5 and atleast get to the previous step. Now I am unable to NE5. I try my phone on and it gets stuck on the yellow "Sprint Spark" screen. Somehow I did trip the knox counter, which I am not too concerned with if I am able to get my phone functional again.
Could someone guide in the right direction? Ask me some more questions and I will try to clarify. I am a little rusty when it comes to this stuff again but I have certainly studied everything before I tried attempting this. I used Odin3.09 to do everything.
EDIT: What can I do to start over?
Flash the full nk4 tarball in Odin
Since you did trip Knox you can use cf auto root to gain root
Or even better you can Odin the leaked 5.0 garwynn posted in Android Development. Which also can be rooted with cf auto root
elwood said:
Flash the full nk4 tarball
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So the only thing I could get to work was flashing this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/sprint-galaxy-s5/development/rom-sm-g900p-ni3-modem-kernel-t2886483
This seems to have gotten my phone functional again. So currently I am unrooted at 4.4.2 NCB. What steps would you advise doing from here forward? I have already tripped knox.
I do appreciate all the work everyone puts in here and the support. Its great honestly.
Edit: --5.0 seems enticing
St Louie said:
So the only thing I could get to work was flashing this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/sprint-galaxy-s5/development/rom-sm-g900p-ni3-modem-kernel-t2886483
This seems to have gotten my phone functional again. So currently I am unrooted at 4.4.2 NCB. What steps would you advise doing from here forward? I have already tripped knox.
I do appreciate all the work everyone puts in here and the support. Its great honestly.
Edit: --5.0 seems enticing
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Since you did trip Knox you can use cf auto root to gain root
Or even better you can Odin the leaked 5.0 garwynn posted in Android Development. Which also can be rooted with cf auto root
First, I'd like to say that while I'm not new to this, I AM quite rusty. So before you call me retarded for doing what I did, I already know. Now...
I have been just daily driving along on 4.4.2 for a good few years on my phone but I just got a Tab4 and rooted it and noticed that the TWRP version I wound up with was newer than on my phone, and had a few more options. Sooo, I tried to Odin the TWRP to my phone and caused all kinds of problems. Wouldn't boot. So I downloaded everything I could get my hands on to try to Odin onto the G900V to get it up and running again. The ONLY this I could flash was this...
PD1_Full_Factory_Restore_No_Aboot.tar
So now the phone is on the 6.0.1 which I figured was great but quickly noticed that not everything was working. No WiFi, no Camera, no Back and Recent keys, and no extsdcard recognition, so obviously unacceptable. Is this too new to be undone? I spent all night last night and today reading through the various forums, and I haven't seen it directly addressed.
Here are my questions...
1. Can I root this and fix the issues from there? If so, with what tool?
2. If I cannot yet root this, how do I downgrade from this kernel/firmware to something that is at least stable for this device?
Point me in the right direction, I'm not a total newb. I've rooted many devices, many times, but I really haven't been keeping up on anything for some time. Any help would be awesome, I'll pour some beer out for you, Thx in advance.
~Chris
I tried all of these, none will flash via Odin but the one that got me to where I am (PD1)
mods, please delete this post #2.
I edited it all into #1
Odin back to stock
I did something similar, which is what I get for just reading the instructions instead of the warnings at the top of a post.
I tried a number of things, but ended up using odin to do a complete wipe and go back to stock.
Thanks for the reply.
AFAIK this IS a stock ROM, but as I said this was the only thing I could get to flash after I tried to flash a new TWRP. Nothing else will go.
Being a bit rusty myself, it caught my ear when you mentioned the full wipe, I never performed a wipe of any sort during my efforts.
Could that be the problem?
Also, someone please refresh my memory, what piece is it that actually determines whether a device is rootable?
Is it the kernel? Is this one rootable? What is the modern method for acquiring root? I was using towelroot back in the 4.4.2/4.4.4 days.
Thanks
UPDATE : It also will not make a phone call. Hitting the CALL button or trying to answer when it rings will cause the phone to reboot, lol
Someone please get me back to a custom recovery, I've got some great TWRP backups and a ****load of titaniumBU
Just downgrade to PB1 using the stock TAR and unlock your bl from there...
Thank you for the PB1 advice.
Should I be able to accomplish this via Odin?
Is a full wipe/reset required?
Thank you for the PB1 tip
Got that handled, all is up and running, but not rooted
Gunna have to wait till after work for that stuff
Thanks again
OK so now I'm fully stock PB1, where do I want to go from here to acquire root?
Which of these 2 threads shall I follow?
[GUIDE] Unlocking the Galaxys S5 Bootloader using DEV Bootloader [KK-MM], OR...
Working Root Method For 5.0 Lollipop Roms [OE1] [OG5] [OK3] [PB1] [3-3-16]
I ask because above I was advised to "downgrade to PB1 using the stock TAR and unlock your bl from there..."
My question arises from the fact that I had this phone rooted for YEARS before I messed it up, and the thread proclaiming that "S5 bootloader unlock is here!" seems to be only 3 months old. Leading me to wonder, do I need an unlocked bootloader, or merely to acquire root? Seems like a valid question to me. I just want to make sure in advance before proceeding.
SO in summary, this is the question...
Which of these 2 threads shall I follow?
[GUIDE] Unlocking the Galaxys S5 Bootloader using DEV Bootloader [KK-MM], OR...
Working Root Method For 5.0 Lollipop Roms [OE1] [OG5] [OK3] [PB1] [3-3-16]
Also, what file system do I want for my SDcard?
Thank You
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OK so now I'm fully stock PB1, where do I want to go from here to acquire root?
Which of these 2 threads shall I follow?
[GUIDE] Unlocking the Galaxys S5 Bootloader using DEV Bootloader [KK-MM], OR...
Working Root Method For 5.0 Lollipop Roms [OE1] [OG5] [OK3] [PB1] [3-3-16]
I ask because above I was advised to "downgrade to PB1 using the stock TAR and unlock your bl from there..."
My question arises from the fact that I had this phone rooted for YEARS before I messed it up, and the thread proclaiming that "S5 bootloader unlock is here!" seems to be only 3 months old. Leading me to wonder, do I need an unlocked bootloader, or merely to acquire root? Seems like a valid question to me. I just want to make sure in advance before proceeding.
SO in summary, this is the question...
Which of these 2 threads shall I follow?
[GUIDE] Unlocking the Galaxys S5 Bootloader using DEV Bootloader [KK-MM], OR...
Working Root Method For 5.0 Lollipop Roms [OE1] [OG5] [OK3] [PB1] [3-3-16]
Also, what file system do I want for my SDcard?
Thank You
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WS86FHqY6rE with appropriate files worked! Tremendous help for me.
Miilliiee said:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WS86FHqY6rE with appropriate files worked! Tremendous help for me.
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Thx for that. Being able to see the video helped a lot, not because I can't read, but just because I was able to see what was SUPPOSED to happen at each step.
All fixed up now. Thx again.