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My SM-G920i S6 successful rooting experience

Just wanted to share my experience rooting my S6 successfully.
Don't know yet if I have the deep sleep bug yet - but I will update this thread after a few days of use.
Model: S6 64GB SM-G920i
Firmware: G920IDVU1AOD1 (Updated OTA before rooting)
Steps I tried:
- Used Odin v3.10.6
1. Tried flashing twrp-2.8.6.0-zeroflte.img.tar.
This failed. When trying to go into recovery mode (volume up + home + power button), I just went to normal recovery.
My phone was still functional at this point - but no custom recovery and no root.
2. Tried flashing "CF-Auto-Root-zeroflte-zerofltedv-smg920i.tar.md5"
This resulted in my phone being stuck on the black and white Galaxy S6 boot screen.
Luckily I could still get into download mode (volume down + home + power button). I had to do volume down + power for 6 seconds to hard reset the phone as you can no longer pull the battery out.
3. Then i tried flashing "CF-Auto-Root-zerofltetmo-zerofltetmo-smg920t.tar.md5"
The phone rebooted, then rebooted by itself a 3 times (without reaching launcher), then finally the launcher/lock screen came up!
I downloaded Root Checker and confirmed that I now have root!
I hope my experience can help others out there....
Happy rooting!

Awesome thanks for sharing this tip.
Do post if you have any unusual battery drain with the sleep mode bug. Hopefully it doesn't impact you and us.
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Mine's got deep sleep issue after rooting

1ns4nity said:
Just wanted to share my experience rooting my S6 successfully.
Don't know yet if I have the deep sleep bug yet - but I will update this thread after a few days of use.
Model: S6 64GB SM-G920i
Firmware: G920IDVU1AOD1 (Updated OTA before rooting)
Steps I tried:
- Used Odin v3.10.6
1. Tried flashing twrp-2.8.6.0-zeroflte.img.tar.
This failed. When trying to go into recovery mode (volume up + home + power button), I just went to normal recovery.
My phone was still functional at this point - but no custom recovery and no root.
2. Tried flashing "CF-Auto-Root-zeroflte-zerofltedv-smg920i.tar.md5"
This resulted in my phone being stuck on the black and white Galaxy S6 boot screen.
Luckily I could still get into download mode (volume down + home + power button). I had to do volume down + power for 6 seconds to hard reset the phone as you can no longer pull the battery out.
3. Then i tried flashing "CF-Auto-Root-zerofltetmo-zerofltetmo-smg920t.tar.md5"
The phone rebooted, then rebooted by itself a 3 times (without reaching launcher), then finally the launcher/lock screen came up!
I downloaded Root Checker and confirmed that I now have root!
I hope my experience can help others out there....
Happy rooting!
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Help Me A Lot... Thanks

Thank you so much. This saved my brand new Samsung S6.
For anyone in Australia on Telstra, our S6 build number is: LRX22G.G9X0IDVU1AOD1, at least mine is and I went through exactly the same process as OP.
I can't believe the root for the G920I is labelled as such on the CF-Auto-Root Repository when it bricks this version of the G920I.
Thanks again...:good::good::good::good::good::good::good:

I am running a SM-G920i with a build number LRX22G.G920IDVU1BOE3 (New Zealand-Spark) and can confirm the above fix does indeed work. I was tearing my hair out after using the Autoroot download for the 920i and it reporting as successful in Odin but then remaining stuck on the blue download screen and when hard rebooted using the volume buttons and power button it remained stuck on the samsung startup screen.
I Flashed the 920T version in Odin and the same thing appeared to happen, successful install reported, blue download screen remained, but when I did the hard reboot it went into recovery, installed root as I expected and after rebooting a couple of times is fully operational.
Thanks for the fix (that sinking feeling that occurs when something goes wrong with your new toy has gone).

1ns4nity said:
Just wanted to share my experience rooting my S6 successfully.
Don't know yet if I have the deep sleep bug yet - but I will update this thread after a few days of use.
Model: S6 64GB SM-G920i
Firmware: G920IDVU1AOD1 (Updated OTA before rooting)
Steps I tried:
- Used Odin v3.10.6
1. Tried flashing twrp-2.8.6.0-zeroflte.img.tar.
This failed. When trying to go into recovery mode (volume up + home + power button), I just went to normal recovery.
My phone was still functional at this point - but no custom recovery and no root.
2. Tried flashing "CF-Auto-Root-zeroflte-zerofltedv-smg920i.tar.md5"
This resulted in my phone being stuck on the black and white Galaxy S6 boot screen.
Luckily I could still get into download mode (volume down + home + power button). I had to do volume down + power for 6 seconds to hard reset the phone as you can no longer pull the battery out.
3. Then i tried flashing "CF-Auto-Root-zerofltetmo-zerofltetmo-smg920t.tar.md5"
The phone rebooted, then rebooted by itself a 3 times (without reaching launcher), then finally the launcher/lock screen came up!
I downloaded Root Checker and confirmed that I now have root!
I hope my experience can help others out there....
Happy rooting!
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hey plz help me tried everything and using cf auto root method my phone keeps on rebooting....any suggestions?
thanks in advance..

stuck in odin mode

Hi,
When I tried turning on my Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 this morning, it didn't work, as if the battery was completely flat. That was unexpected as I though it was almost full. When I put the tablet on charge, it started in Odin mode writing "Downloading... Do not turn off target!!".
Now when I press the on/off button for something like five seconds, it reboots. If I press on/off + vol down + menu, then I enter a menu giving me two options: continuing or rebooting. In both cases the result is the same: going back to the Odin screen. Here is the exact output:
ODIN MODE
PRODUCT NAME: SM-P900
CURRENT BINARY: Custom
SYSTEM STATUS: Custom
KNOX WARRANTY VOID: 1
RP SWREV: A1
The tablet was rooted one year ago and I haven't play with ROMs and firmwares since then. I have absolutely no idea why it started in Odin mode.
I am currently downloading a firmware to try upload it to the tablet using Odin. Is it a smart move? Any advice?

Make sure your volume button is not stuck. Test it when the tablet is off to see if it response normally up and down.

Beut said:
Make sure your volume button is not stuck. Test it when the tablet is off to see if it response normally up and down.
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It seems OK to me. Moreover, if I start pressing on/off + vol down + home to enter the Odin menu, I get two different behaviors pressing vol up or vol down: either reboot (and then Odin mode) or going to Odin mode. So I think these buttons work fine.

Are you able to get into recovery?
If it were me I'd try to run through the root process first, reflashing the modified recovery. If that doesn't fix it then yeah most certainly a full wipe would work since you're still able to get into download mode anyway.

muzzy996 said:
Are you able to get into recovery?
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You mean pressing on/off + vol up + home? No, it doesn't work.
If it were me I'd try to run through the root process first, reflashing the modified recovery.
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So basically, I try to root again my tablet as I did the first time? (Sorry for these questions, I'm not very fluent with all these things.)

I can't flash anything using Odin. It gets stuck at the "Initialzation.." step. I tried different versions of Odin and different USB ports (but not cables, I only have one). It might be related to the fact that I'm using Virtualbox. I will try to find a native Windows.
In the mean time, any idea?

Samsung SM-T210 brick ?

Hello,
I've got a problem with my Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 7.0 SM-T210 . Here's what i've done:
1. I've flashed him with TWRP recovery using ODIN.
2. Recovery didn't work, but main OS booted fine.
3. I did something stupid. I've clicked factory reset and confirmed it.
4. Now device boots up, tries to go into recovery mode and fails and it's stuck in a loop. (logo shows up, then black, litted screen, then power off)
I have no connection with PC - dmesg on Linux is totally silent, Windows doesn't see the device too. Can't do anything.
Is there anything I can do ? Is there a "hardware" way to reset it without using JTAG (just tell it to boot into main OS instead of recovery)? I'm an electronic but i don't specialize in phones and tablets so I don't have JTAG interface and it's pretty expensive.
Best regards and thanks in advance for any help.

Ok nevermind. I've got it working.
Somehow the download mode went to HOME+POWER+VOLUME DOWN instead of HOME+POWER+VOLUME UP as it was normally.
I was able to flash newest CWM and everything is working fine.

kratistos said:
Ok nevermind. I've got it working.
Somehow the download mode went to HOME+POWER+VOLUME DOWN instead of HOME+POWER+VOLUME UP as it was normally.
I was able to flash newest CWM and everything is working fine.
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Download mode on Samsung has ALWAYS been volume down+home+power or volume down+power, not volume up.
Recovery on Samsung has ALWAYS been volume up+home+power or volume up+power. Most if not all devices use the volume up to boot to recovery.
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phone not booting, charging, doing anything

So I had a rooted samsung galaxy s8+ with magisk on android noughat and I wanted to update it to oreo, so I updated it using Samsung Switch, but then my apps started to crash a lot and it seemed like it wasnt rooted anymore (all my root apps were not working and event magisk was saying that it was not rooted). So I made a factory reset, run TWRP and tried to run the magisk root again, but then i got a bootloop. After that i tried to run firmware which i found on pangu.in in odin (I basically just followed this video "How to Fix Boot Loop || Stuck on Samsung logo S8 plus Samsung Galaxy S8 Plus review" on YT) and than it frosed in samsung loading screen for about 15min and after that i hard reseted it and since than the phone is completly not doing anything. Is there any solution to this, or i just completly destroyed my phone? I tryied every possible key combinations, but neither of them is doing anything.

Have you tried holding Power + Volume Down for 10-15 (maybe more) seconds? simulates a battery removal. Worked for me when phone seemed unresponsive.

JeffDC said:
Have you tried holding Power + Volume Down for 10-15 (maybe more) seconds? simulates a battery removal. Worked for me when phone seemed unresponsive.
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Yes. I tried every combination I know.
power + vol down
power + vol down + bixby
power + vol up + bixby
If there is any other combiantion that could work, i would be really thankful for it.

negjo said:
Yes. I tried every combination I know.
power + vol down
power + vol down + bixby
power + vol up + bixby
If there is any other combiantion that could work, i would be really thankful for it.
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Have you a SD card installed you could put new firmware on and boot from there.

deakodude said:
Have you a SD card installed you could put new firmware on and boot from there.
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Yes I have, how can that be done?
Btw. I realy dont know how, but few minutes ago I just randomly tried to turn it on and I managed to get into download mode (after about 1000 tries). Unfortunatelly the phone turned off again before I managed to ge to the computer and run Odin. But I might keep trying to boot it into download mode and this time be prepared to put a new firmware into it.

negjo said:
Yes I have, how can that be done?
Btw. I realy dont know how, but few minutes ago I just randomly tried to turn it on and I managed to get into download mode (after about 1000 tries). Unfortunatelly the phone turned off again before I managed to ge to the computer and run Odin. But I might keep trying to boot it into download mode and this time be prepared to put a new firmware into it.
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Put Sd card in adapter if you have one in laptop install firmware to card, boot firmware from card.
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deakodude said:
Put Sd card in adapter if you have one in laptop install firmware to card, boot firmware from card.
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But you need to get into recovery mode to do that, dont you ?

negjo said:
But you need to get into recovery mode to do that, dont you ?
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Sorry missed you can't get into recovery.

So I somehow managed to get into download mode and i wanted to flash new firmware, but it got stuck on sboot.bin.lz4 (apparently it was bcs of outdated odin), so i restarted it and since than everytime I try to charge it, it shows loading screen and I still cant do anything (go to recovery mode or download mode). When I unplug the charger it again turns off and I still cant do anything. This is really weird.

It would seem like your phone needs charging, low charge would seem consistent with it switching off when charger not connected.
Suggest leaving on charge for 60 to 90 minutes then try previously given advice.
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Galaxy S7 Stuck on Download Mode.

My phone is Galaxy S7 SM-G930F on stock Rom, bootloader,,,etc. Never flashed or rooted. During a call it froze and rebooted into Download mode.
Since then I am unable to reboot to any mode but Download mode. It exits by pressing power and down or all buttons together but boots only into download mode.
Before that I noticed that the phone was becoming hot during calls and battery life was much shorter.
Any Help with this problem?
Thanks

Try flashing the same ROM to the phone using Odin.

Sounds like you need to reflash the stock rom via Odin, but before you do that last thing to try before going down that route is to boot into recovery and do a wipe/reset. Be aware doing either of the aforementioned options will unfortunately mean loosing all your user data and apps.
I can't tell from your post but it seems that your handset seems to not want to stay off after pressing the power and volume down buttons? If this is the case then do the following to get into recovery -
Press power and volume down untill the phone powers off, then very quickly press and HOLD the "volume up, power and home" buttons to get into recovery before the phone has a chance to reboot. Then you will see the reset option to set the phone back to factory defaults.
If the above doesn't work then your gonna have to download the latest version of the stock rom from sammobile for your country and then follow this little guide on how to flash a stock tom via odin.

You could also try using Reiboot for Android to exit Download mode in one click. You can find it here: https://www.tenorshare.com/products/reiboot-for-android.html