They shipped me a phone with a rootable ROM (G920AUCU1AOE2, May 3rd, 2015)
Is it possible to dump / backup every bit & byte of this phone and fully recover before I modify *anything*?
I'm not new to rooting, but I think some of the threads I've read about about corrupt IMEI's or bricking the phone have me more nervous than usual (to say nothing of the fact that this is a $950 computer I'd rather not destroy).
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I have an uncommon problem with rooting my new Samsung Galaxy S II HD LTE. I live in Poland and bought the phone from Hongkong (btw I have some doubts about originality of this device). I've been trying everything to break the root access, but I failed every time. At the moment I loaded Android 4.0.4. with Odin (Phone wouldn't update automatically so I found the update on the Internet).
MY DEVICE Baseband: SHV-E120L.FG11.1351.LT
Firstly, I've been trying just to use SuperOneClick, which crushes just after clicking "ROOT". It can't even recognise my device connected via USB. Then I tried flashing custom ROMs/Mods with Odin, but I couldn't find software matching to my baseband (I don't know if it matters). I also failed to load any recovery (I still can't find how to flash .img files, while i don't have sdcard). Besides I have been doing lots of internet research and nothing matches my problem. After a week of spending about 2h daily trying to root the phone I went to service point, where they told me there is hardly anyone in Warsaw, who would be able to root my device, because it was bought from abroad and they don't have proper equipment to do that... (?)
As you see I'm in lost position, at least one of you had similar problem and know how to fix it. I'm very desperate to root my phone because I've got tons of korean U+ bloatware and I have this "no caller ID" problem with messages... Also this model has shorter battery life than I was expecting, so I hope to be able to load kernel, managing processor voltage.
Waiting for replies asap!
I'm new to XDA so please forgive me any slips. I didn't find a section for this exact device and I hope here is the right place to put this thread.
Ok here we go thank you to whoever takes the time to answer these sorry if I sound uneducated in this field but I have no idea what I am doing really.
1) I am running a Galaxy S4 through Koodo (Canadian) sgh-i337m baseband I337MVLUFNE1 the build number is the same but with KOT49H. added to the front of it, my question is is it possible to unlock my bootloader I've seen posts about AT&T locking theirs or something and I wasn't sure.
2) Secondly I've rooted my phone using Odin and how can I tell if my bootloader is unlocked? (keep in mind im not too tech savvy with the android OS yet)
3) What would happen if I flashed Cyanogenmod onto my device and it wasn't unlocked? I bought ROM Toolbox pro
4) How do I go about doing anything in recovery mode everytime I go through it shows a dead android guy and doesn't give me many options?
5) How do I change my boot screen, I tried a few methods but I don't think I am deodexed (which i don't know what it means really) and it tells me i cant change themes etc with ease, when i tried that x-(something) program to deodex my device it couldn't detect the device through the usb or it took ridiculously long and I quit out.
Thank you very much to whoever can help me out, I'm not sure where my Koodo GS4 falls in relation to canadian GS4's etc so I don't want to mess it up.
Hi everyone, I'm purchasing an S6 next week and I have a few questions. I'm not a Android expert, so excuse my ignorance on some of these questions. I have been a Blackberry user for over 10 years and have a samsung tablet I sometimes use so I know enough to get by.
1. From what I have read there is a Samsung Knox which is a counter that will detect if the phone is rooted and it can possibly void the warranty. I have Att and I hate bloatware on my phones, so based on a previous post i made, it appears the only way to remove these apps is by rooting. Is there a way to flash a custom rom without tripping this counter or is it too soon to tell?
2. Lets say I keep the factory OS that came with the phone and I upgrade the OS, OTA when Samsung/ATT releases the next version of android in the future, is it possible to downgrade to the older version (or current lolipop) without tripping Knox and voiding any warranty or as soon as the phone is flashed with a new OS it is not under warranty anymore?
3. If i understand correctly Knox keeps track of how many times the phone has been flashed and if it has been rooted? If the phone is flashed with an older version of android released by Samsung/ATT is it still going to keep track of this or only when it is flashed with a custom rom?
4. Lastly what is the best backup software for backing up app data? I believe I had downloaded Keiss for my tablet but that is not compatible with S6 so Smart Switch and Helium I have read are the best options unless there are others you guys recommend.
Cheers
Hey, everyone! I used this method 2 years ago to root my phone so I could use it as a hotspot on my grandfathered unlimited Verizon plan. I disabled any kind of updates and am still rocking Android 6.0.1 on Kernel 3.18.20-eng. I really want to update to something newer/faster, but I read that depending on how I rooted my device, there is a possibility of bricking it if I do something wrong. I'm sure the answers are somewhere in the forum and I apologize for any redundancy in my asking, but it's hard to know what's safe for the method I used. It's been a long time since I did anything with the phone so I'm not familiar with the terminology about which methods lead to bricking during an update.
How do I go about updating my phone now? I used the method exactly as described in the linked post. Keeping root would be preferred if I can still use Xposed, but it's not necessary.
Thanks!
Flashing stock firmware via Odin shouldn't cause any issues (Using AP, BL, CP and Home_CSC), it's basically the same as an OTA, but I don't think you'd be able to keep root. It's dependant on that engineering bootloader, and Nougat or Oreo use different bootloaders which I don't believe ever had engineering bootloader leaks.
It should still technically run if you chose to not flash the bootloader file (BL) but flash everything else, I accidentally used the Marshmallow bootloader with Nougat, but it broke the vibration and the notification LED which I noticed right away. It could have potentially broken more things but since I flashed the new bootloader right after I never had the chance to discover more faults. But that was Exynos, Snapdragon may run worse or better on the wrong bootloader version.
The other risk is Snapdragon devices don't allow downgrades on stock bootloaders, so if you upgrade you may not be able to go back, but the engineering bootloader might be different.
Hello,
I have an LG G4 H815 with android 6.0 software version v20p-EUR-XX
I have sent this phone in for repair a long time ago and of course because of protocols they deleted my entire data. I've been wanting to recover some of the images that were on my device storage (screenshots are almost always saved on the device storage). I've tried numerous softwares such as dr fone in which it will tell me their root service has failed and that I need actual root acces to recover files.
A couple years ago I succesfully recovered files from my Samsung Galaxy ace, however this phone I already had rooted.
So I have a few questions now;
1. I have ended up using the device numerous months after, how much will this reduce my chance of even recovering the lost files from before the formatting?
2. To root the phone I need to unlock the bootloader, however this also deletes all files on my phone. Will rooting even give me my lost files back as by that time my phone will be formatted TWICE?
3. Does anyone know (prefferbly experience with the same phone as I do) a software that might be able to recover the files without full root acces?
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J
Wishesforall said:
Hello,
I have an LG G4 H815 with android 6.0 software version v20p-EUR-XX
I have sent this phone in for repair a long time ago and of course because of protocols they deleted my entire data. I've been wanting to recover some of the images that were on my device storage (screenshots are almost always saved on the device storage). I've tried numerous softwares such as dr fone in which it will tell me their root service has failed and that I need actual root acces to recover files.
A couple years ago I succesfully recovered files from my Samsung Galaxy ace, however this phone I already had rooted.
So I have a few questions now;
1. I have ended up using the device numerous months after, how much will this reduce my chance of even recovering the lost files from before the formatting?
2. To root the phone I need to unlock the bootloader, however this also deletes all files on my phone. Will rooting even give me my lost files back as by that time my phone will be formatted TWICE?
3. Does anyone know (prefferbly experience with the same phone as I do) a software that might be able to recover the files without full root acces?
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J
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Data recovery isn't very reliable on android.
Try the EaseUS data recovery software on Windows.
If the space where the data was stored has been deleted and then overwritten since the deletion, it's gone, if the space has been formatted, its gone.
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