I've recently upgraded phones and have decided to root my S5 active. Unfortunately, I am not running the NE4 version of the firmware, therefore, I am not able to use Towelroot. I've done quite a bit of digging trying to solve the problem to no avail. I've tried using Odin to either downgrade my firmware or install a custom/rooted firmware but Odin gives an "Auth" fail. I've done as much research as I can into why I get an auth fail and nothing I've seen suggested has helped. I've tried installing firmware through the SD card, looked into sideloading firmware but that seems to be only for updates as far as I can tell. I am well and truly at a loss and was hoping someone could help.
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can anyone give me some step by steps for rooting this phone? i've been on the google all day now and nothing has worked.
i've tried supposed 1-click methods like kingroot, king-O-root and towelroot. each one fails.
i've also tried slightly more advanced method where you use odin to install a custom recovery thingy and then subsequently install SuperSU using the recovery booting up mode, but odin would "FAIL" too.
as you can tell i'm not savvy as far as all the terminology is concerned but i've been troubleshooting and building PCs (windoze T_T) since i was 11. these smart phones are a whole nother ball game though.
i'm not scared to get my hands dirty i just need a method and/or resources that actually WORK.
help me xda, you're my only hope....
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Hallo,
First off some details:
I have a galaxy s3 i9300.
I was attempting to install android 4.4.
Due to "error 7" this was a lot harder then it should have been ( the versions of cwm that i could get to work gave error 7 and newer versions did not load)
Eventually i installed philz touch version 6 wich was able to install this kitkat file: http://forum.xda-developers.com/devdb/project/dl/?id=11372
(back-to-n00t_ROM_V9).
However the screen stopped responding, the solutions found using google (take our battery, factory reset, unscrew the back and check a connector) did not work.
I think i got android 4.4 running, the other buttons work fine and i can acces the recovery and the download mode.
During my process i downloaded a kernel of a s2
(https://emilgeorgejames.wordpress.com/2015/03/02/how-to-fix-eerror-status-7-with-cwm-recovery-while-flashing-cyanogenmod-11-kk4-4-4-on-samsung-s-ii-gt-i9100g/)
Which, as far as i can see seems to be the problem, however i dont know anything about kernels etc. i tried installing s3 kernels from here (http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s3/general/ref-galaxy-s3-stock-kernel-bootloaders-t2189063) which did not solve the problem
Take note, i am very new at this, i spend some time today trying to get android 4.4 working which is all the experience i have with this subject.
In advance, thank you all for any help you can provide.
I hope i dont have to buy a new phone.
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I wasn't too sure where exactly I should place this thread I am sorry. I have an S4 Mini SGH-I257M and I've rooted it once before. After updating my phone to the version 4.4.2 I lost root access. I tried every method to root it and nothing worked. Generally when I used the threads that were about the SGH-I257M, in Odin it would be stuck at RESET even after the phone restarted itself (checked and had no root access). I browsed some more and people said I can use the same method as the GT-I9195. For this one in Odin it said PASS, except when I installed the S4Mini_Rootkit, the SuperU thing wouldn't install and still I had no root access.
Please help! Thank you!
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So i rooted my phone months ago and now Android 6.0.1 is out, since you cant update rooted phones OTA anymore, im clueless on how to get android 6.0.1
I currently have Android 5.0.2
My Device is a Samsung Galaxy S5 Plus
Please someone help me.
Edit: i tried googling it but theres so many different posts and some of them are really old so ive no clue which ones are good and which ones are bad.
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I have at&t i337 Ver 5.0.1 firmware OK2. Out of contract
I want to rid myself of the bloatware, my principal objective.
I worry about not getting security updates once rooted, (even though at&t is not quick about doing updates anyway). Do I just track the forums here to look for updates? Will i have to go back to kitkat for every update.
And second I have a mac air computer, so odin may not be easily done without ready access to a pc.. I understand I have to odin back to 4.4.4 and then update with rooted rom.
Thanks for your all's opinion.
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