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SM-N900W8 4.4.2 Kit Kat Available

The SN-N900W8 Version of the Note 3 is finally seeing its Official Kit Kt Update.
The first carriers seeing the update are in Canada. Hope The rest of America will see it soon enough.
Please check Software updates in your phone or go to the usual sites to download and install via ODIN.
Please also report if you install this version in phones from other regions/providers, like South America.
Regards

You can download it from:
http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/
http://samsung-updates.com/device/?id=SM-N900W8
Just be sure to use your correct model and Odin version according to the instructions in each site.
Everything is under your own risk as usual.
I updated via ODIN without doing Resets or CleanUps, and it upgraded to 4.4.2 pretty nice, while keeping all my apps and without losing data.

do you lose root when you update from 4.3 to 4.4?

BakaB said:
do you lose root when you update from 4.3 to 4.4?
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Yes you do.
But there are already tools to get it again from the 4.4.2 baseline.

Suroky said:
Yes you do.
But there are already tools to get it again from the 4.4.2 baseline.
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Can you point me in the right direction.
I did an updated to 4.4.2 (KK) with Kies successfully, but I can't get root back.
Tried CF-Autoroot as before, but my recovery always says "recovery is not seandroid enforce" and just reboots to normal phone without supersu.
Any help by anybody would be appreciated.

Suroky said:
You can download it from:
http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/
http://samsung-updates.com/device/?id=SM-N900W8
Just be sure to use your correct model and Odin version according to the instructions in each site.
Everything is under your own risk as usual.
I updated via ODIN without doing Resets or CleanUps, and it upgraded to 4.4.2 pretty nice, while keeping all my apps and without losing data.
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I wonder if the bootloader kept the same advantages there were pretty unique to the W8 model with the initial leak?

xclub_101 said:
I wonder if the bootloader kept the same advantages there were pretty unique to the W8 model with the initial leak?
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Well. It seems like there are no new catchs or caveats, and everything is still the same as cool as before.

bailliab said:
Can you point me in the right direction.
I did an updated to 4.4.2 (KK) with Kies successfully, but I can't get root back.
Tried CF-Autoroot as before, but my recovery always says "recovery is not seandroid enforce" and just reboots to normal phone without supersu.
Any help by anybody would be appreciated.
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Friend: I think you better go and read the info in the Android Development Threads. The information there is very complete and fine.
Please be aware that the current root methods over 4.4.2 are for other models not the W8.
I think somebody needs to jump in here and test ways to do root. To be Honest, I don't do root with my Note 3, as I still have to find a reason to do it. For me everything is working nice without Root.

I was thinking about flashing official 4.4.2 for Telus/Koodo, but I haven't really seen anything that says it's rootable at the moment, so I'm hesitant to upgrade to stock 4.4.2. I'm really just looking for the latest Telus/Koodo modem from 4.4.2 (currently running MJ4 baseband), I'm pretty happy with CM11. Can I just extract the modem.bin from the 4.4.2 file from Sammobile and flash it with Odin?

I rooted my Bells Note 3, and it tripped knoxes.. Can I upgrade with Kies? or will it brick it?
I started the process with Kies and said rooted devices may fail if phone is rooted..
Anyone know for sure?
Thanks

Spydawg said:
I rooted my Bells Note 3, and it tripped knoxes.. Can I upgrade with Kies? or will it brick it?
I started the process with Kies and said rooted devices may fail if phone is rooted..
Anyone know for sure?
Thanks
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Probably can't un-trip the knox but so what... I don't expect to get warranty so I'll do the best way, Odin and correct firmware. Then you'll have to re-root again. But you're knox tripped, meh..

3rdcoast said:
Probably can't un-trip the knox but so what... I don't expect to get warranty so I'll do the best way, Odin and correct firmware. Then you'll have to re-root again. But you're knox tripped, meh..
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Is there a working root method yet for this firmware? I heard that there isn't atm.
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We've been rooting our 4.4.2 software for a while over at - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2614772
See part two.

3rdcoast said:
Probably can't un-trip the knox but so what... I don't expect to get warranty so I'll do the best way, Odin and correct firmware. Then you'll have to re-root again. But you're knox tripped, meh..
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I'm not worried about knox, I just don't want to brick the device..
I downloaded N900W8VLUCNB7_N900W8OYACNB7_N900W8VLUCNB7_HOME.tar.md5
Can I install this with odin 3.09 ?
Thanks

Oogar said:
We've been rooting our 4.4.2 software for a while over at - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2614772
See part two.
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Thanks. I heard that the N9005 CF works on latest Canadian official 4.4.2 (CF for N900W8 apparently doesn't work on latest), was waiting for confirmation.
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Flashed 4.4.2 bell firmware with Odin but my baseband is still mj4 ?! Build is nb7...
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Spydawg said:
I'm not worried about knox, I just don't want to brick the device..
I downloaded N900W8VLUCNB7_N900W8OYACNB7_N900W8VLUCNB7_HOME.tar.md5
Can I install this with odin 3.09 ?
Thanks
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It worked for me, Odin 3, Sammobile download like yours. Let it update and boot all the way settled. Re-rooted and TWRP. So far it's working fine.

3rdcoast said:
It worked for me, Odin 3, Sammobile download like yours. Let it update and boot all the way settled. Re-rooted and TWRP. So far it's working fine.
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If you have the time can you do a step by step guide on how you did the kit kat update, together with root and twrp, and if possible tell us where you got the right files from? Its kind of confusing what we can install and not install on our phones since there are so many different models for the note 3 and no one wants to trip knox if they dont have to.

xperia_x10 said:
If you have the time can you do a step by step guide on how you did the kit kat update, together with root and twrp, and if possible tell us where you got the right files from? Its kind of confusing what we can install and not install on our phones since there are so many different models for the note 3 and no one wants to trip knox if they dont have to.
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Here is a quick and dirty guide of how I flashed and rooted 4.4.2 on my Bell Note 3.
1 download carrier firmware from sammobile
2 unzip to single tar file (N900W8VLUCNB7_N900W8OYACNB7_N900W8VLUCNB7_HOME.tar)
3 put phone in download mode (make sure you see the red/white text at the top i.e. if knox is tripped etc.)
4 open odin 3.09 as admin
5 click AP and select the tar file and then click start
6 wait
7 once phone is booted
8 download CF Root -> CF-Auto-Root-hlte-hltexx-smn9005.zip
9 I used odin supplied in the CF zip (Odin 3.07)
10 Select AP then -> CF-Auto-Root-hlte-hltexx-smn9005.tar.md5
11 Click Start
12 Wait for phone to reboot
13 Enjoy Root
At this point I also installed TWRP 2.7.0.0

jebise101 said:
Here is a quick and dirty guide of how I flashed and rooted 4.4.2 on my Bell Note 3.
1 download carrier firmware from sammobile
2 unzip to single tar file (N900W8VLUCNB7_N900W8OYACNB7_N900W8VLUCNB7_HOME.tar)
3 put phone in download mode (make sure you see the red/white text at the top i.e. if knox is tripped etc.)
4 open odin 3.09 as admin
5 click AP and select the tar file and then click start
6 wait
7 once phone is booted
8 download CF Root -> CF-Auto-Root-hlte-hltexx-smn9005.zip
9 I used odin supplied in the CF zip (Odin 3.07)
10 Select AP then -> CF-Auto-Root-hlte-hltexx-smn9005.tar.md5
11 Click Start
12 Wait for phone to reboot
13 Enjoy Root
At this point I also installed TWRP 2.7.0.0
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Thank you so much for this, I followed all the steps and everything worked perfectly , also knox stayed at 0

[Q] Root/Bootloader procedure

Just acquired a Sprint S5 with 6.0.1 and PH3 firmware. I've never had a Sprint device before, I've always used Verizon. What's the procedure for root/bootloader on Sprints version?

You can root the G900P on PH3 with CF-Auto-Root. It WILL trip Knox if not already tripped.
More info: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1980683

Megado said:
You can root the G900P on PH3 with CF-Auto-Root. It WILL trip Knox if not already tripped.
More info: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1980683
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Don't care about Knox, just wanna be able to use my kernel on this phone.

The correct version of CF-Auto-Root to use is available at https://autoroot.chainfire.eu/ - just search for G900P. It says the build ID is for PCA but it also worked perfectly for me on PH3.

Megado said:
The correct version of CF-Auto-Root to use is available at https://autoroot.chainfire.eu/ - just search for G900P. It says the build ID is for PCA but it also worked perfectly for me on PH3.
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Is there a way to get twrp on it currently?

After I rooted with CF-Auto-Root, TWRP was easy to install using TWRP Manager from the Play store.

Megado said:
After I rooted with CF-Auto-Root, TWRP was easy to install using TWRP Manager from the Play store.
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Can't I just Odin twrp and install SuperSU through recovery? I'm new to sprint phones, thanks for the help.

CF-Auto-Root installs a version of SuperSu as described by Chainfire at the link in my first post. I suppose you could install TWRP with Odin but I don't think SuperSu will be of any use without root. I'm not really an expert.

Twrp will install the binary on its own, it will say supersu not detected, you'll need to install the apk/app of su. Unrooted ever? Interested to know if the new magisk works for galaxy s5

Sorry to piggy-back, but is there any type of process for unlocking the bootloader? Is the bootloader already unlocked on these phones? I've seen conflicting posts, but they're all old.

thunder2132 said:
Sorry to piggy-back, but is there any type of process for unlocking the bootloader? Is the bootloader already unlocked on these phones? I've seen conflicting posts, but they're all old.
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Looking for actual unlock as well, I'll post here if I fine something

thunder2132 said:
Sorry to piggy-back, but is there any type of process for unlocking the bootloader? Is the bootloader already unlocked on these phones? I've seen conflicting posts, but they're all old.
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I haven't tried yet, but it's looking like you should be able to Odin flash twrp, then from there either install root or flash ROMs. But I can't get anyone to confirm for the PH3 update

Beeko said:
I haven't tried yet, but it's looking like you should be able to Odin flash twrp, then from there either install root or flash ROMs. But I can't get anyone to confirm for the PH3 update
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Well, if no one knows I'll give you guys an update when I try it.

Well. We're going to have to wait a bit longer. The eBay listing for it said it was in "very good condition" and was described as having minor scratches on the sides of the phone. When I got it, it looked like this: http://imgur.com/a/qfywD
I powered it on anyway, thinking maybe I could fix the power charger tab, and put a tempered glass protector on it to cover up the weird issues with the glass. That was, until I tried the capacitive buttons, which didn't work. No lights on them either. Now I'm waiting for the seller to respond to my return request. Friggen rip-off.

thunder2132 said:
Well. We're going to have to wait a bit longer. The eBay listing for it said it was in "very good condition" and was described as having minor scratches on the sides of the phone. When I got it, it looked like this: http://imgur.com/a/qfywD
I powered it on anyway, thinking maybe I could fix the power charger tab, and put a tempered glass protector on it to cover up the weird issues with the glass. That was, until I tried the capacitive buttons, which didn't work. No lights on them either. Now I'm waiting for the seller to respond to my return request. Friggen rip-off.
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Ouch, looks like it needs a new digitizer. I recommend Swappa instead of ebay.

I had a good experience with ubuyrite or something like that, let me return an s4 that wasn't to my liking, then let me return I t for full price when I wanted an s5

Ok, so I got my new S5, upgraded to PH3, then downloaded CF-Auto-Root from here: https://download.chainfire.eu/408/CF-Root/CF-Auto-Root/CF-Auto-Root-kltespr-kltespr-smg900p.zip
I already had adb configured, so I enabled developer options, then used adb to reboot to the bootloader (download mode). Drivers were auto detected on Windows 10. I opened the bundled version of Odin in the auto-root folder and flashed the bundled tar.md5 file. After the reboot I had SuperSu installed and working. Rebooted back into download mode, then did the same process to flash the TWRP 3.0.2-0 tar from the TWRP website. I'm currently doing a backup and we'll see if I get a working ROM installed today.

thunder2132 said:
Ok, so I got my new S5, upgraded to PH3, then downloaded CF-Auto-Root from here: https://download.chainfire.eu/408/CF-Root/CF-Auto-Root/CF-Auto-Root-kltespr-kltespr-smg900p.zip
I already had adb configured, so I enabled developer options, then used adb to reboot to the bootloader (download mode). Drivers were auto detected on Windows 10. I opened the bundled version of Odin in the auto-root folder and flashed the bundled tar.md5 file. After the reboot I had SuperSu installed and working. Rebooted back into download mode, then did the same process to flash the TWRP 3.0.2-0 tar from the TWRP website. I'm currently doing a backup and we'll see if I get a working ROM installed today.
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Is ph3 marshmallow? If you're bored try to go back to LP? I'm interested to know if it's possible. Returning to kitkat is blocked on the sprint s5s once at lollipop, I was wondering if marshmallow did the same

andrew2432 said:
Is ph3 marshmallow? If you're bored try to go back to LP? I'm interested to know if it's possible. Returning to kitkat is blocked on the sprint s5s once at lollipop, I was wondering if marshmallow did the same
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Yeah, PH3 is the latest version of MM. Are you wanting me to Odin back to LP, or just install an LP based stock ROM?

thunder2132 said:
Yeah, PH3 is the latest version of MM. Are you wanting me to Odin back to LP, or just install an LP based stock ROM?
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Odin or I was wondering if twrp would bring it back, you don't have to, I just remember kit Kat getting blocked when lollipop came out.

Help rooting cricket s7 g930az

I've looked everywhere and haven't found anything on rooting for the 930az. Found an xda rep that said his root or the root he got if from was for all s7 . Followed the instructions step by step till I reached flashing ,then my phone got stuck in a bootloop .luckily I found a post on the inputs of Oden to return to stock but I'm still persistent on finding a root for it please help!!!

Jay351 said:
I've looked everywhere and haven't found anything on rooting for the 930az. Found an xda rep that said his root or the root he got if from was for all s7 . Followed the instructions step by step till I reached flashing ,then my phone got stuck in a bootloop .luckily I found a post on the inputs of Oden to return to stock but I'm still persistent on finding a root for it please help!!!
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When you say flashing, fhalsing what exactly got you the bootloop? Was it flashing the engineering Boot.img through Odin or the fix S7 zip through Flashfire... Or something else?
I don't have a Cricket branded S7, but always offering to help you research.
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POWerSUrgeSW3 said:
When you say flashing, fhalsing what exactly got you the bootloop? Was it flashing the engineering Boot.img through Odin or the fix S7 zip through Flashfire... Or something else?
I don't have a Cricket branded S7, but always offering to help you research.
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Thanks for the help it was https://youtu.be/KawiIZ4bAV8
As soon as I got to the boot.img and downloaded it to my phone that when it started.

Jay351 said:
Thanks for the help it was https://youtu.be/KawiIZ4bAV8
As soon as I got to the boot.img and downloaded it to my phone that when it started.
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Only a few things I can think to ask:
1) You are using the Odin version by PrinceComsy... not the original version of Odin?
2) When you download the engineering boot image, you're downloading it for your phone model (S7 for S7, S7 Edge for the S7 Edge)? Maybe you accidentally downloaded the wrong one?
3) When uploading the boot image through Odin, the boot image TAR file is in the AP slot of Odin?
4) Last thing I can think is easy, is the boot image is still a TAR file correct? Its not a ZIP or any other file extension?
Have you tried downloading the image again? I invite you to check out a thread I'm part of if you want another location to download the S7 engineering boot image, that thread located here and the boot image file can be downloaded directly from here

POWerSUrgeSW3 said:
Only a few things I can think to ask:
1) You are using the Odin version by PrinceComsy... not the original version of Odin?
Yes and I tried the original also
2) When you download the engineering boot image, you're downloading it for your phone model (S7 for S7, S7 Edge for the S7 Edge)? Maybe you accidentally downloaded the wrong one?
Correct s7 for s7
3) When uploading the boot image through Odin, the boot image TAR file is in the AP slot of Odin?
Yes
4) Last thing I can think is easy, is the boot image is still a TAR file correct? Its not a ZIP or any other file extension?
I made sure it was still a tar file.
Thanks for your help I'll check it out
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Jay351 said:
POWerSUrgeSW3 said:
Only a few things I can think to ask:
1) You are using the Odin version by PrinceComsy... not the original version of Odin?
Yes and I tried the original also
2) When you download the engineering boot image, you're downloading it for your phone model (S7 for S7, S7 Edge for the S7 Edge)? Maybe you accidentally downloaded the wrong one?
Correct s7 for s7
3) When uploading the boot image through Odin, the boot image TAR file is in the AP slot of Odin?
Yes
4) Last thing I can think is easy, is the boot image is still a TAR file correct? Its not a ZIP or any other file extension?
I made sure it was still a tar file.
Thanks for your help I'll check it out
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You're welcome, just trying to figure it out. Though I see this is a common thing, so I wonder what is different with the Cricket version?
And you're rooting the Nougat version of the phone? This seems to be a topic floating around with no one explaining it. I've tried looking to see if maybe the processor might be somehow a "reduced" version of the 820 compared to the others... but everything makes it look like it should work.
Only other thing I would say is go back through all the steps, and make sure you're not accidentally skipping one. I did that a bunch of times when I first started off. I ended up printing off instructions and making note edits. Took me a few different sets of instructions until I found a formula that worked for my G930P
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POWerSUrgeSW3 said:
Jay351 said:
You're welcome, just trying to figure it out. Though I see this is a common thing, so I wonder what is different with the Cricket version?
And you're rooting the Nougat version of the phone? This seems to be a topic floating around with no one explaining it. I've tried looking to see if maybe the processor might be somehow a "reduced" version of the 820 compared to the others... but everything makes it look like it should work.
Only other thing I would say is go back through all the steps, and make sure you're not accidentally skipping one. I did that a bunch of times when I first started off. I ended up printing off instructions and making note edits. Took me a few different sets of instructions until I found a formula that worked for my G930P
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I'm sorry no we haven't received the update yet I'm still on 6.0.1. Do you mean like mixing up the steps and finding which worked with your phone?
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Jay351 said:
POWerSUrgeSW3 said:
I'm sorry no we haven't received the update yet I'm still on 6.0.1. Do you mean like mixing up the steps and finding which worked with your phone?
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Oh I'll have to go back and do some rereading then, because I thought I saw some websites saying that phone was already on Nougat. If you're still on MM this should be easier I would think... hmmm
For me, it took me about 4 or 5 different threads of talking about how they rooted their Sprint S7 phone, for me to find the right instructions for myself to root my phone. But I know along the way I would miss a step, then my phone wouldn't boot or bootloop like yours. That's why I went back and printed out instructions and checked off to make sure I didn't skip anything. After awhile I could wrap my head around it.
Just saying we are all human, so it's easy to skip a step. Though it doesn't seem like you're the only one having this problem. But if all the branded US phones are pretty much rooted one way or another, I don't see why yours would be any different.
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POWerSUrgeSW3 said:
Jay351 said:
Oh I'll have to go back and do some rereading then, because I thought I saw some websites saying that phone was already on Nougat. If you're still on MM this should be easier I would think... hmmm
For me, it took me about 4 or 5 different threads of talking about how they rooted their Sprint S7 phone, for me to find the right instructions for myself to root my phone. But I know along the way I would miss a step, then my phone wouldn't boot or bootloop like yours. That's why I went back and printed out instructions and checked off to make sure I didn't skip anything. After awhile I could wrap my head around it.
Just saying we are all human, so it's easy to skip a step. Though it doesn't seem like you're the only one having this problem. But if all the branded US phones are pretty much rooted one way or another, I don't see why yours would be any different.
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Your probably right I'll try those steps again and see if anything changes. The only model I see that's close to g930az would be the at&t which is g930a. I know I got lucky with the last attempt to try with it in soft brick. I just don't want to try to many and it be completely screwed. Because on cricket you have to buy all of you phones up front well at least I had to with mine. I'll try it again and let you know if it worked or I have a paper weight haha. Thanks again
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Jay351 said:
POWerSUrgeSW3 said:
Your probably right I'll try those steps again and see if anything changes. The only model I see that's close to g930az would be the at&t which is g930a. I know I got lucky with the last attempt to try with it in soft brick. I just don't want to try to many and it be completely screwed. Because on cricket you have to buy all of you phones up front well at least I had to with mine. I'll try it again and let you know if it worked or I have a paper weight haha. Thanks again
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With following the steps you are and what you have happening, you should be OK with being able Odin back to factory firmware.
Yeah Cricket is kind of the double edge sword, you have to buy the phone up front, but they have CHEAP prices for good service. I had them when I first moved to Arizona and would have kept them, if I didn't travel so much.
Report back if anything changes.
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Jay351 said:
I've looked everywhere and haven't found anything on rooting for the 930az. Found an xda rep that said his root or the root he got if from was for all s7 . Followed the instructions step by step till I reached flashing ,then my phone got stuck in a bootloop .luckily I found a post on the inputs of Oden to return to stock but I'm still persistent on finding a root for it please help!!!
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hey can you help get my s7 g930az back to stock. i also happen to be stuck in a bootloop and i've searched everywhere and nothing

leonardo879 said:
hey can you help get my s7 g930az back to stock. i also happen to be stuck in a bootloop and i've searched everywhere and nothing
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Do you have the stock firmware and Odin? Flash that will get you back to stock and functional. Does take awhile to flash the full imagine, but can pretty much fix any software brick issues.
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POWerSUrgeSW3 said:
Do you have the stock firmware and Odin? Flash that will get you back to stock and functional. Does take awhile to flash the full imagine, but can pretty much fix any software brick issues.
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Yes i have the stock firmware and Odin but it always fails. is there any other way to fix it? i tried smart switch and it stops at 69% and it says error so idk what else to try.

leonardo879 said:
Yes i have the stock firmware and Odin but it always fails. is there any other way to fix it? i tried smart switch and it stops at 69% and it says error so idk what else to try.
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What's the failure error? OEM Unlock in Android was turned on correct?
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POWerSUrgeSW3 said:
What's the failure error? OEM Unlock in Android was turned on correct?
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It says "Encrypt Error" in smart switch. What does OEM Unlock mean?

leonardo879 said:
It says "Encrypt Error" in smart switch. What does OEM Unlock mean?
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By default the phones are locked so someone can't steal your phone and Reimage it. If you boot your phone up after trying to flash do you get an FPR or some sort of error like that?
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POWerSUrgeSW3 said:
By default the phones are locked so someone can't steal your phone and Reimage it. If you boot your phone up after trying to flash do you get an FPR or some sort of error like that?
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No it doesn't. The phone is just stuck in a boot loop after i tried installing a .tar file in Odin that i got from a youtube video showing how to root it but it doesn't work so now i'm stuck on he boot loop.

leonardo879 said:
No it doesn't. The phone is just stuck in a boot loop after i tried installing a .tar file in Odin that i got from a youtube video showing how to root it but it doesn't work so now i'm stuck on he boot loop.
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Yes but if you try to Odin back to the stock firmware what happens then?
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POWerSUrgeSW3 said:
Yes but if you try to Odin back to the stock firmware what happens then?
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It says "Fail. Model Mismatch fail" something a long that

leonardo879 said:
It says "Fail. Model Mismatch fail" something a long that
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I would recommend going to sammobile or updato to get the firmware for your phone. Sounds like you have the wrong model. If you need help I can help in an hour or so when I get home.
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Samsung galaxy T-mobile SM-920T 7.0 Nougat.

Trying to figure out for the life of me how to root.
On odin I get stuck at get pit mapping.
Tried numerous ways and apps too root, nothing.
I don't know what else to do.
Tried different computer.
My oem usb broke bought another one.:crying:
Don't know if that's the problem.
Never had a problem flashing custom recovery to any Samsung device before.
Couldn't find ways to downgrade.
Oem and debugging shows unlocked.
What do I Do?
Plz help.

Idk wish i had note 5 can you odin a prerooted stock rom
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I get stuck at "get pit mapping" with everything I try to flash with odin.

Back in the day when I first rooted this device on Marshmallow I just used this simple YouTube tutorial. Does it not work on 7.0?
EDIT: If not the same guy has a video for 7.0 as well, but it roots with Magisk(instead of SuperSU), which I personally don't like.
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bogarty said:
Back in the day when I first rooted this device on Marshmallow I just used this simple YouTube tutorial. Does it not work on 7.0?
EDIT: If not the same guy has a video for 7.0 as well, but it roots with Magisk(instead of SuperSU), which I personally don't like.
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I don't know if it's my computer or usb cord or driver issue.. but I get stuck at get pit mapping... every time..

Dethbytes said:
I don't know if it's my computer or usb cord or driver issue.. but I get stuck at get pit mapping... every time..
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Some simple things you can try that I saw worked for others with this issue on XDA:
1) MAKE sure your Odin is up to date.
2) Try a different USB slot.
3) Try a different USB cord.
4) Some even had luck bypassing this issue by running Odin on a Windows Virtual Machine.
There are also many other threads like THIS out there on XDA that you can search for answers.

Dethbytes said:
Trying to figure out for the life of me how to root.
On odin I get stuck at get pit mapping.
Tried numerous ways and apps too root, nothing.
I don't know what else to do.
Tried different computer.
My oem usb broke bought another one.:crying:
Don't know if that's the problem.
Never had a problem flashing custom recovery to any Samsung device before.
Couldn't find ways to downgrade.
Oem and debugging shows unlocked.
What do I Do?
Plz help.
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Don't root with odin. Install twrp recovery and flash the magisk or super user zip. If you can't flash anything you need to reinstall samsung usb drivers. And I don't mean auto install via Windows I mean download the exe manually. And get the right twrp. Google twrp and your device name. I've never had this issue

Samsung Health not working after OREO update

Hi Guys,
Yesterday I updated my phone via Odin to Oreo, but unfortunately samsung health says that my phone is rooted and it is not working anymore. ( Of course my phone is not rooted, I used stock firmware)
I think the problem is I used different region code firmware. Am I right? How can I use the app again? Wait for my original country's firmware and update via Odin would be a solution?

baalint said:
Hi Guys,
Yesterday I updated my phone via Odin to Oreo, but unfortunately samsung health says that my phone is rooted and it is not working anymore. ( Of course my phone is not rooted, I used stock firmware)
I think the problem is I used different region code firmware. Am I right? How can I use the app again? Wait for my original country's firmware and update via Odin would be a solution?
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It detects Knox is 0x1. To fix this you must root your phone, go with root browser to the root of the device (/) then /efs. There you'll find a file "factory.prop". Open it and add there "ro.config.tima=0". Then you can unroot/reflash stock ROM and s health works

andrei1412 said:
It detects Knox is 0x1. To fix this you must root your phone, go with root browser to the root of the device (/) then /efs. There you'll find a file "factory.prop". Open it and add there "ro.config.tima=0". Then you can unroot/reflash stock ROM and s health works
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thanks for your quick reply, Is this a permanent change or can I fix this by flashing my phone's original country firmware?
Actually I don't want to root my phone as it has warranty till the end of this year..

baalint said:
thanks for your quick reply, Is this a permanent change or can I fix this by flashing my phone's original country firmware?
Actually I don't want to root my phone as it has warranty till the end of this year..
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Check in Download Mode, if it says Warranty Void 0x1 then it has at one time either been rooted or had custom flashed to it, in which case Warranty is void anyway and you might as well root

*Detection* said:
Check in Download Mode, if it says Warranty Void 0x1 then it has at one time either been rooted or had custom flashed to it, in which case Warranty is void anyway and you might as well root
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It is still 0 (0x0000)
What about to downgrade back to Nougat? Will it work again?

baalint said:
It is still 0 (0x0000)
What about to downgrade back to Nougat? Will it work again?
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I thought your knox was 0x1, but in this case try just to wipe data of S health
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andrei1412 said:
I thought your knox was 0x1, but in this case try just to wipe data of S health
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not working... I did full wipe
Googled it and everybody recommends to root the phone in case of above S health bug... but I am looking for another solution ... Surprisingly this is the only app which thinks I am rooted...

Found it. I need to flash all components not Just AP in odin

And it works?

Yes! It is working now. You need to flash every stuff from the downloaded zip. Thankfully SamMobile attached everything you need.
:good:
As I see a lot of people facing this issue,and all "expert " recommends root. But there are other options too.
Anyway, thank you for all help

baalint said:
Yes! It is working now. You need to flash every stuff from the downloaded zip. Thankfully SamMobile attached everything you need.
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As I see a lot of people facing this issue,and all "expert " recommends root. But there are other options too.
Anyway, thank you for all help
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Experts recommend root if your KNOX is 0x1 because that is the only solution, if you fail to read up on how to flash firmware and end up with a problem because of your own fault, and fail to mention in your main post that you didn't flash the firmware correctly, we are not psychic, we can only go on the info you give us
Next time, learn how to flash firmware the correct way first

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Experts recommend root if your KNOX is 0x1 because that is the only solution, if you fail to read up on how to flash firmware and end up with a problem because of your own fault, and fail to mention in your main post that you didn't flash the firmware correctly, we are not psychic, we can only go on the info you give us
Next time, learn how to flash firmware the correct way first
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That's true, that was my mistake... in good old Times as I remember only AP was included in the ZIP,and that was enough.

baalint said:
That's true, that was my mistake... in good old Times as I remember only AP was included in the ZIP,and that was enough.
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Yep, with my S5 that was the method, but instructions for S7 are under the download on sammobile's site and all over this forum
As a rule when I get a new phone I spend a good few weeks reading threads before I attempt anything, even a simple stock flash, saves possible bricks and other problems like this one
Anyway good it's working again

I have the exactly same issue knox is 0x0 but Samsung health isn't working, can you please explain the exact steps about the following message how can i run Samsung health in g955u secure folder is also not working
Yes! It is working now. You need to flash every stuff from the downloaded zip. Thankfully SamMobile attached everything you need.