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[Completed] [Q] Galaxy Note 3 Root - Odin stuck at cache.img, can't boot

Hi all,
So I've decided to root my Exynos International Galaxy Note 3 (SM-N900) using Chainfire's CF-Auto-Root. Problem is, Odin gets stuck at cache.img, then fails after a couple of minutes. Phone then displays BSOD whenever I try to boot. I can access download mode again, but not recovery. My phone is stock 4.2.2.
It's the first time I have such a problem, I flashed a couple of phones before without any trouble. I searched XDA for a solution and tried other Odin versions, different cable/ports, even tried on another computer, still doesn't work.
My first concern is not to lose any data as I didn't back anything up. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Feel free to ask about any missing info.
Thanks!

I see. It didn't say on the XDA thread it was only for Lollipop, but I checked in CF's website and you're right. I've wanted to update to LL ages ago but I didn't get it through OTA. The only LL release that's available for SM-N900 in SamMobile is Russian :/ I don't know if I should flash that one...
Would it be safe to flash back my stock 4.2.2 to at least get my phone back working? Or would the Russian release work for me (assuming it has language choice)?
Also, once I choose which ROM to use, would I loose my data when I flash it? I assume it is flashed the same way than root.
Thanks!

Hi, thank you for using XDA Assist. I assume you've seen this,http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2466423. In regards to flashing a Rom you should always clear data, dalvic cache and cache before flashing. That will erase data so backup first. You should look into titanium backup on the play store.

jd1639 said:
Hi, thank you for using XDA Assist. I assume you've seen this,http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2466423. In regards to flashing a Rom you should always clear data, dalvic cache and cache before flashing. That will erase data so backup first. You should look into titanium backup on the play store.
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Yes, that is the thread I've used to flash the root. Now I have a BSOD phone and need to fix it without losing data :/ I didn't back up so I guess flashing ROM is out of the question. Any suggestions ?

GST_Diandre said:
Yes, that is the thread I've used to flash the root. Now I have a BSOD phone and need to fix it without losing data :/ I didn't back up so I guess flashing ROM is out of the question. Any suggestions ?
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You're not going to like it, but you need to flash the stock firmware in Odin and lose your data. It's the only way to get your device working again.
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jd1639 said:
You're not going to like it, but you need to flash the stock firmware in Odin and lose your data. It's the only way to get your device working again.
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I'm surprised. Can you at least explain why the root didn't work? I did everything as stated in the tutorial. I didn't expect a simple root operation would result in me losing everything on my phone; some data I cannot afford to lose.
Also, the phone says that using Kies in recovery mode is what should be done. Kies doesn't recognize the phone as needing repair. Any info?
Thanks !

GST_Diandre said:
I'm surprised. Can you at least explain why the root didn't work? I did everything as stated in the tutorial. I didn't expect a simple root operation would result in me losing everything on my phone; some data I cannot afford to lose.
Also, the phone says that using Kies in recovery mode is what should be done. Kies doesn't recognize the phone as needing repair. Any info?
Thanks !
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Sorry, but live and learn. Always backup before doing any thing new on your phone. Especially rooting and flashing roms as they sometimes go wrong and rooting bypasses some of the safe guards the manufacture builds into the phone to avoid problems. Kies is crap. Learn to use Odin, if your rooting and roming you'll need it sooner or later. And you're at the sooner stage.
Edit, I'd really try asking your question here, http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-note-3/help. I'm not sure on your device if you can go back to nb1, 4.4.4, firmware. I'm assuming there is no 5.x firmware for your device at this time. You can check at sammobile.com. But Samsung has updated the bootloader with each update and you have to flash the firmware with the same bootloader version. You can't go backwards.
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jd1639 said:
Sorry, but live and learn. Always backup before doing any thing new on your phone. Especially rooting and flashing roms as they sometimes go wrong and rooting bypasses some of the safe guards the manufacture builds into the phone to avoid problems. Kies is crap. Learn to use Odin, if your rooting and roming you'll need it sooner or later. And you're at the sooner stage.
Edit, I'd really try asking your question here, http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-note-3/help. I'm not sure on your device if you can go back to nb1, 4.4.4, firmware. I'm assuming there is no 5.x firmware for your device at this time. You can check at sammobile.com. But Samsung has updated the bootloader with each update and you have to flash the firmware with the same bootloader version. You can't go backwards.
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I will, thank you. I can't afford losing anything as of now. Really hope there's a way of getting it to boot back up.

GST_Diandre said:
I will, thank you. I can't afford losing anything as of now. Really hope there's a way of getting it to boot back up.
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SOLVED. I can't believe how easy it was. I was about to flash it over from scratch but then it struck me.
Chainfire ships Odin with all its root bundles, a version where you cannot untick "Auto Reboot". Because of Auto Reboot being ticked, Odin freezes at "cache.img". It might not freeze for some people but for me, having Auto Reboot activated causes the freeze
Downloading a different version of Odin (any version, I used 3.09) that allows changing parameters and LEAVING EVERYTHING UNTICKED BUT F. RESET TIME works like a charm.
Don't forget to reboot your phone after Odin displays PASS or RESET (Long press power).
I'm going to PM Chainfire about this, and tell a max of people about it.
Thank you for your support
EDIT: Also going to NANDroid my phone. I'm tired of panicking over failed roots

[Q] How do i un root my s6 from the pingpongroot?

So i rooted my s6 thinking that it would be like a jailbreak and i was wrong.. can someone give me a link to a video or some info on how to unroot it. Thanks!

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3096000
Might be a place to start.
Normally this is something you look at before rooting you device so you know how to if you run into problems

Go into super su app and choose full unroot

I second what krelvinaz said, head over to that thread and start back to stock and start fresh

bash_array said:
Go into super su app and choose full unroot
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I was going to use the SuperSu to do the Full unroot. If I did that, then installed the current Verizon OTA, could I then re-root using pingpong? Or does this OTA disable the ability to root again? I've read so many posts and articles from various sources, some say yes, some say no. The more I dig the more conflicting info I find.
The only reason I rooted in the first place was to swap out the mixer_paths.xml file. I'm curious if the OTA will wipe that moded file out. But that's probably another discussion.
Thanks

I rooted first and a day later took ota. After ota pingpong root just needed to "download data" or whatever then root worked fine.
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jboogie555 said:
I rooted first and a day later took ota. After ota pingpong root just needed to "download data" or whatever then root worked fine.
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Really? Bummer, mine isn't taking the update. I've tried several times and it just fails after the download and after the reboot to install. Nothing bad happens after that, it just boots up like normal. Then it harasses me again and again to do the update.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=61279830
Easy process

DAS3D said:
Really? Bummer, mine isn't taking the update. I've tried several times and it just fails after the download and after the reboot to install. Nothing bad happens after that, it just boots up like normal. Then it harasses me again and again to do the update.
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I think what you are talking about is you were rooted and tried to take the Ota and it wouldn't install correct? If that's the case, yeah you have to unroot or Odin the new version then reboot.
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Use the verizon upgrade utility that is on your phone when it's plugged in as an installer. Make sure your battery is charged all the way too.
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MrWicked1 said:
I think what you are talking about is you were rooted and tried to take the Ota and it wouldn't install correct? If that's the case, yeah you have to unroot or Odin the new version then reboot.
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Thanks a lot for your help!
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Use the verizon upgrade utility that is on your phone when it's plugged in as an installer. Make sure your battery is charged all the way too.
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That did the trick! Thanks so much. It worked just like it should have. Afterwards I did have to rerun pingpong, but that took about 2 seconds and I'm back to normal now with the update. Thanks a million!

I did that, as I usually do when I sell my phones.... It bricked it and I could reinstall stock.

Unrooting options
To summarize the unrooting options:
1. Unroot with SuperSu - By some reports this method does not work
2. Odin stock rom - Wipes the device and data, ?trips knox?
3. Use the Verizon Update Utility - Upgrades the devices to latest OTA
I am on 5.02 Stock (AOC3), rooted, Knox not tripped.
I am really not interested in wiping my device or updating to the latest OTA.
What I want to do is *temporarily* unroot to see if I can get Android Pay working again.
Has anyone had any luck with method 1 above? If android pay and your credit cards are activated/verified while unrooted, can you then re-root and still have Android Pay work?
I really miss using Android Pay... but not enough to lose root!!!

If you go into the superuser app and click the enable superuser to turn it off you can activate a card with android pay. You won't lose root this way.
I did that with my bank card and once my card was listed in Android pay I reenabled superuser and everything works fine.
I'm also using root cloaker but I don't know if it's needed.
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Awesome!!! That was too easy.
Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!

@dobosininja
Is your android pay still working? I was able to use Android pay for only a short period ~1 day. Now I get the message "This card cannot be used right now" It doesn't matter what card I use or whether SuperSU is enabled. Maybe it is detecting SuperSU itself.
What app / procedure did you use for cloaking? Did it trip your knox?
Thanks!

sdpluth said:
@dobosininja
Is your android pay still working? I was able to use Android pay for only a short period ~1 day. Now I get the message "This card cannot be used right now" It doesn't matter what card I use or whether SuperSU is enabled. Maybe it is detecting SuperSU itself.
What app / procedure did you use for cloaking? Did it trip your knox?
Thanks!
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Mine is still showing my card being attached, but I have not used it lately.
I am using root cloak plus, but I can't guarantee it works.
My knox is not tripped since I rooted with ping pong that didn't trip it.

sdpluth said:
@dobosininja
Is your android pay still working? I was able to use Android pay for only a short period ~1 day. Now I get the message "This card cannot be used right now" It doesn't matter what card I use or whether SuperSU is enabled. Maybe it is detecting SuperSU itself.
What app / procedure did you use for cloaking? Did it trip your knox?
Thanks!
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If I'm correct, the Token needs to refresh from time to time. It may be that that process is detecting the root.
I'd try the Root Cloak he mentioned.

Root ATT S4 On 5.0.1

Hey guys! im Cole. Im new around here .
Anyways I managed to fix my phone from a soft brick using the 5.0 OTA Update and decided to root the phone.
Also This Didn't trip Knox for me. Im on 5.0.1
NOTE: I am not responsible if you happen to brick/Break your ATT GALAXY S4 (I337)I DO NOT KNOW IF THIS WORKS ON THE I337M
Anyways on with the rooting tutorial:
Ok, On your S4 I recommend that you have the OTA Package which you can get from Here https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=95916177934552137
And You should have at least 50% battery life left.
Ok. Go and download Kingroot V4.5 http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/apps-games/one-click-root-tool-android-2-x-5-0-t3107461
Install it. It should say that root access is unavailable. Click on Try to root.
It takes around 3 to 5 minutes to get root access. once done you should see at the top Root Successful or something like that.
If it fails I suggest that you either try again or just give up on rooting your phone.
But since ATT Has a LOCKED Bootloader we cant install a recovery i think. Anyways I hope you guys found this tutorial working and have fun rooting.
Oh yeah I forgot: Thank You Kingxteam for providing us with kingroot

DoJCole said:
Hey guys! im Cole. Im new around here .
Anyways I managed to fix my phone from a soft brick using the 5.0 OTA Update and decided to root the phone.
Also This Didn't trip Knox for me. Im on 5.0.1
NOTE: I am not responsible if you happen to brick/Break your ATT GALAXY S4 (I337)I DO NOT KNOW IF THIS WORKS ON THE I337M
Anyways on with the rooting tutorial:
Ok, On your S4 I recommend that you have the OTA Package which you can get from Here https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=95916177934552137
And You should have at least 50% battery life left.
Ok. Go and download Kingroot V4.5 http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/apps-games/one-click-root-tool-android-2-x-5-0-t3107461
Install it. It should say that root access is unavailable. Click on Try to root.
It takes around 3 to 5 minutes to get root access. once done you should see at the top Root Successful or something like that.
If it fails I suggest that you either try again or just give up on rooting your phone.
But since ATT Has a LOCKED Bootloader we cant install a recovery i think. Anyways I hope you guys found this tutorial working and have fun rooting.
Oh yeah I forgot: Thank You Kingxteam for providing us with kingroot
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Working Ha ? I Am Lollipop 5.0.1 .. I Need To Root Now .. Please Help Me

Can anyone confirm that this works? I remember someone posted a kingoroot here in the att s4 forums and it put a lot of junk on the phone
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It works. I'm using it to edit my coc host file. I'll add some screen shots to this post to confirm that this works. Oh yeah. Kingroot just installs purify which I removed like any other app
I'm using my phone so I just looked up photo uploader.
I can't upload images yet since I'm new but this does work as long as it's the newer kingroot I had to reflash the 5.0update last night because I installed a recovery and as all ways it fails due the locked bootloader so I tried to root again and it works fine.

Will kingoroot delete all user data and everything?
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schhy said:
Will kingoroot delete all user data and everything?
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I suppose you mean Kingroot not Kingoroot. And no it will not

also guys: This is not using kingoroot. I am using kingroot. They are two completely different applications for root.

DoJCole said:
also guys: This is not using kingoroot. I am using kingroot. They are two completely different applications for root.
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Thanks for clarification. Kingoroot was the shady one
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links are dead

I ended up finding them on my own. Kingroot mobile didn't work but the desktop version rooted. I'd rather the binary was SuperSU for compatibility nags with titanium but it works.
Rockin' a l337 with Goldeneye v49.1 + Wanam Xposed and loving life on AT&T's 4G LTE network

Thanks! I rooted my AT&T I337 running stock 5.0.1. App method did not work. I used the kingroot desktop program from the thread here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/apps-games/one-click-root-tool-android-2-x-5-0-t3107461
If you don't like the kingroot su binary, check out super sume in the play store. It replaces kinguser with supersu. Costs $1. Well worth it imo.
Edit: I'm on build OC4.

aaronautical said:
Thanks! I rooted my AT&T I337 running stock 5.0.1. App method did not work. I used the kingroot desktop program from the thread here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/apps-games/one-click-root-tool-android-2-x-5-0-t3107461
If you don't like the kingroot su binary, check out super sume in the play store. It replaces kinguser with supersu. Costs $1. Well worth it imo.
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SuperSU is free.
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schhy said:
SuperSU is free.
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Yes. But, you can't just install SuperSU binary and use it to replace the KingSU binary. It fails.
Rockin' a l337 with Goldeneye v49.1 + Wanam Xposed and loving life on AT&T's 4G LTE network

buggerritt said:
Yes. But, you can't just install SuperSU binary and use it to replace the KingSU binary. It fails.
Rockin' a l337 with Goldeneye v49.1 + Wanam Xposed and loving life on AT&T's 4G LTE network
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Ah, ok. Good thing I opted to flash kitkat and go from there.
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schhy said:
Ah, ok. Good thing I opted to flash kitkat and go from there.
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Cool story.
But, this is so simple. Instead of having to flash this and that with flashfire and safestrap, you can just go straight from lollipop, use a one click root tool, and then use another one click app to switch to SuperSU and remove the other. It's simplicity, compared to keep root method, is great. Now, if we could just get someone to figure out how to do it with one step, we'll be golden. Many are thinking there is still no way to root straight from lollipop. This works. So, if these cats can do it, then another dev can figure out how to get SuperSU injected instead of Kingroot. If that can happen, then safestrap can also be updated to work with lollipop instead of having to swap kk kernel. This is progress.
edit: When I'm wrong, I'm wrong. I tried several times to update to 0C4 after using this method. It failed every time. Then, I flashed the rooted 0C3 with flashfire and the update worked flawlessly. I wouldn't suggest this kingroot anymore to anyone. Cheers.
Rockin' a l337 with Goldeneye v49.1 + Wanam Xposed and loving life on AT&T's 4G LTE network

Anyone tried to root stock OC4? Using this method

Worked for me
Desktop version worked for me even did the sume 1.00 thing. All rooted with Lolipop and SuperSU

What recovery to use
What recovery can I use because I used Flashing to flash ClockworkMod Touch and on restart I trying to goto recovery I got a Yellow triangle saying "there is unauthorized att software found on this phone". Can I use TWRP or some new one I heard about called Philz?

tpedreira said:
What recovery can I use because I used Flashing to flash ClockworkMod Touch and on restart I trying to goto recovery I got a Yellow triangle saying "there is unauthorized att software found on this phone". Can I use TWRP or some new one I heard about called Philz?
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I answered your question in another thread you started.
Snapping along on stock rooted 0C4 I337, wishing for some good up to date lollipop ROM's to throw into flashfire

xelerater01 said:
Anyone tried to root stock OC4? Using this method
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Just used KingRoot to root my I337 with OC4. Took a few minutes and then took off with a percentage rapidly climbing to 100%. Unfortunately for those of us who cannot read Chinese you have to feel your way through the user interface.
Here are some notes to help (I should have grabbed screen shots and will try to do so):
Make sure your PC has the I337 drivers and they work.
Enable developer mode on the I337.
Download and install the desktop version of KingRoot.
Connect the I337 to the PC with USB. Let Windows do its handshake stuff.
Launch KingRoot, it will find the phone and give you a screen (all in Chinese) showing how to turn on USB Debug mode. For English that is in Settings | More | Developer Options. Check the USB debugging box.
Phone will ask to verify the computer RSA key, accept it.
Phone also asked twice to allow Google to check for security threats. I declined both.
KingRoot will see that it can talk with the phone and do its thing.
A few minutes later I had KingRoot and root access on my 5.0.1 OC4 phone as verified with Root Checker Basic. It has survived a power cycle with battery removal.
Added screen shots from phone. Need to get some from KingRoot.
When KingRoot has everything ready you will see some Chinese text followed by Root on a blue (IIRC) button. Click that to launch the rooting.

Pingpong root no longer working?

I recently had to odin back to stock OE2 on my device and am trying to re-acquire root access however Pingpong root keeps telling me my device is unsupported when I attempt to Download Data as per the instructions. I rooted originally with Pingpong many months ago when my device was brand new so dont understand why this is failing. I am rooted now via Kinguser but dont like it as I would prefer to have SuperSU installed so that I can use flashfire. Anyone have any ideas? Its almost like Pingpong is not downloading any updated data, I have verified that my build number is right so totally stumped. Anyone have any ideas on how to get Pingpong to work again or another means of getting SuperSU installed and the binary to update?
Additional note: I never took any OTA updates, was on OE2 ever since unboxing the phone nearly a year ago.
Attached is a screenshot of my build version.

Which version of ping pong root are you trying? Not sure if that matters though.

Tried both versions listed, beta5.1 and beta6. Both say device not yet supported. I am thinking that the pingpong app is just no longer downloading the data required.

i wonder if i make a flashfire back up of certain partitions, if you can flash my backup and get the result your wanting. Im thinking just system partition. Since its a verizon gs6, you think it would work? Obviously i wont do the efs partitions.

Fe Mike said:
i wonder if i make a flashfire back up of certain partitions, if you can flash my backup and get the result your wanting. Im thinking just system partition. Since its a verizon gs6, you think it would work? Obviously i wont do the efs partitions.
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I cant use FlashFire since I cannot get SuperSU installed and the binary to update. I'm stuck with this stupid kingroot which I have to re-run every time I reboot the phone to get root. I need Pingpong to start working again

JM1084 said:
I recently had to odin back to stock OE2 on my device and am trying to re-acquire root access however Pingpong root keeps telling me my device is unsupported when I attempt to Download Data as per the instructions. I rooted originally with Pingpong many months ago when my device was brand new so dont understand why this is failing. I am rooted now via Kinguser but dont like it as I would prefer to have SuperSU installed so that I can use flashfire. Anyone have any ideas? Its almost like Pingpong is not downloading any updated data, I have verified that my build number is right so totally stumped. Anyone have any ideas on how to get Pingpong to work again or another means of getting SuperSU installed and the binary to update?
Additional note: I never took any OTA updates, was on OE2 ever since unboxing the phone nearly a year ago.
Attached is a screenshot of my build version.
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I am having the exact same problem. But what is so bad about Kinguser? I haven't used that but is that the only other way to get root on OE2 if pingpong doesn't work?

flooritnfly said:
I am having the exact same problem. But what is so bad about Kinguser? I haven't used that but is that the only other way to get root on OE2 if pingpong doesn't work?
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Nothing really I guess, other than having to re-run the root process every time I reboot my device. Not to mention I cant get Flashfire to run with it so that I can switch to one of the custom roms that are available. Really have major buyers remorse with this bloody phone.

JM1084 said:
Nothing really I guess, other than having to re-run the root process every time I reboot my device. Not to mention I cant get Flashfire to run with it so that I can switch to one of the custom roms that are available. Really have major buyers remorse with this bloody phone.
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Hey you can download supersume app from google play it is a paid app that takes you from kingroot to SuperSU semmlessly without losing root
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[email protected] said:
Hey you can download supersume app from google play it is a paid app that takes you from kingroot to SuperSU semmlessly without losing root
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I've used it successfully many times on the s5 verizon and I has worked 100% of the time
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[email protected] said:
Hey you can download supersume app from google play it is a paid app that takes you from kingroot to SuperSU semmlessly without losing root
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I've used it successfully many times on the s5 verizon and I has worked 100% of the time
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Wow thanks for this tip! Worked like a charm for me, Just had to make sure I was on an older version of Kingroot first then Super Sume worked its magic.

how to unroot and go back to stock w/o loosing data?

How do I unroot and go back to stock firmware without loosing data?
Thanks,

you don't. All you can do is use Helium https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.koushikdutta.backup&hl=en . That is one way of moving data back from unrooting the phone.

MrSteelX said:
you don't. All you can do is use Helium https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.koushikdutta.backup&hl=en . That is one way of moving data back from unrooting the phone.
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Nah there was a way by using Odin to flash the stock firmware everything exept CSC home or something like that.
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seanvree said:
Nah there was a way by using Odin to flash the stock firmware everything exept CSC home or something like that.
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You answered your own question . Flash with Odin, got CSC make sure use regular CSC not CSC home which will erase user data.

tyrone1 said:
You answered your own question . Flash with Odin, got CSC make sure use regular CSC not CSC home which will erase user data.
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Right. That's what i thought. Where can I get the latest firmware that has it split up like that?
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seanvree said:
Right. That's what i thought. Where can I get the latest firmware that has it split up like that?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/tmo...ate-g930tuvu3apg1-firmware-available-t3414146
This where I got it from. The user muniz_ri posted it maybe 2 or 3 posts down

Isnt there a feature within SuperUser that allows to unroot and return to normal status? I used this feature after rooting and uninstalling several programs / apps and then selecting this option, restarting with no root.

Eighthourblink said:
Isnt there a feature within SuperUser that allows to unroot and return to normal status? I used this feature after rooting and uninstalling several programs / apps and then selecting this option, restarting with no root.
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It would unroot but I think you would still have the engineering boot and would give the lag issues. The phone would be difficult to use.
By flashing back to stock it would be not rooted and smooth
I been rooted and running this phone a couple week with no problems.

So I flashed without using either CSC file. Just left it blank and it running great just FYI
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Running great meaning you didn't lose any data?
Also would Knox trip if we were to unroot with deleted stock apps? Or would the ODIN just put them back?

dino1394 said:
Running great meaning you didn't lose any data?
Also would Knox trip if we were to unroot with deleted stock apps? Or would the ODIN just put them back?
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I would also like to know if i could use this process to see if i can remove root and return to original stock without losing any data on my phone?

Eighthourblink said:
I would also like to know if i could use this process to see if i can remove root and return to original stock without losing any data on my phone?
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I restored without flashing any of the csc files and can confirm no data was loss. However I don't have the LTE icon anymore but 4G+...there's a few subtle differences I've noticed as well too that wasn't like that before so I'm not sure what happened. But it's working lag free and cool again.
Checking for software updates results in a cannot process error as well

dino1394 said:
I restored without flashing any of the csc files and can confirm no data was loss. However I don't have the LTE icon anymore but 4G+...there's a few subtle differences I've noticed as well too that wasn't like that before so I'm not sure what happened. But it's working lag free and cool again.
Checking for software updates results in a cannot process error as well
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Yeah I just noticed I'm not getting updates either.
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Actually I just realized that samsung pay is still not on my phone after ODIN. and instead of calender it's now called S planner. All the ODIN did was remove root and put the tmobile bloat back
Interesting.

dino1394 said:
Actually I just realized that samsung pay is still not on my phone after ODIN. and instead of calender it's now called S planner. All the ODIN did was remove root and put the tmobile bloat back
Interesting.
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Sad news. Kinda had my hopes up as this would delete all root files. Guess not. All i want is to have a bloat free phone without any traces of root.