Galaxy S6 (SM-G920F) Android 6.01 Root and Media Recovery Help, Some questions. - Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Phone: Galaxy S6 SM-G920F No carrier
Firmware/Base Band: G920FXXS4DPJ2
Kernel Version: 3.10.61-882157 [email protected] #1
Compilation number: MMB29K.G920FXXS4DPJ2
Running Official Rom
Thanks in advance to anyone that helps me with this, I need it.
A girl deleted more than 4000 videos and images I had in my phone, almost all the 128Gb of the phone where full. Now I want to recover them but for some reason almost no Android Recovery Software recognizes my phone properly and when they have, the recovery program freezes or a particular program finds some files but not the ones I'm interested in and asks me to root my phone to be able to perform a better recovery.
The problem is that apparently there is no auto-root or ping-pong root for my Firmware and Android Version. I think the logical solution in this case is to flash a different Firmware, one that can be rooted and then do it and see if I can recover the files.
If I am not mistaken flashing a different Firmware is something that you have to be careful with. I don't know which firmware should I flash to be able to root my phone. I am from Spain and I know SamMobile website where you can find all the Firmwares, but from all the ones from Spain none has and auto-root method.
I am open to installing a Firmware intended for a different country if that means root access to be able to recover my pictures and flash back a Firmware for my country once I recover them. The thing is I don't know which Firmware to Flash nor if it is safe to do it. For example there are severral Android 6.01 based Firmwares for my phone in my country but some are for example 1 month old and others 9 months with many in between. If I had the 1 month old Android 6.01 Firmware would I be able to Flash a 6-9 month old Android 6.01 Firmware or is it dangerous?
Can you reccommend me a specific Firmware that would not brick my phone? and be english language please no Russian, Chinesse or a exotic language, that I would be lost with?

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[Q] Need the Rom for SHV-E150S

I have been looking for the official firmware of SHV-E150S for the past three days, and I came up empty.
I have tried various methods, such as the KIES hack, without any luck.
In case you are wondering SHV-E150S is the Korean version of the Galaxy Tab 7.7 LTE
The problem with SHV-E150S is that since it's not a popular phone in Korea, Samsung is neglecting its support for the phone.
Thus, there has not been a single firmware update since its release early this year. So I do not think I can use KIES to obtain the firmware
I am really desperate right now, and any help to find a firmware for SHV-E150S will be greatly appreciated.
By the way, according to the KIES registry information, the Software Revision version is E150SKRFB25, which I'd assume it to be the firmware version.
Also, if other (foreign) firmwares can be used for the phone, please give me some pointers or directions.
I really don't care about maintaining the locality or korean-specific aspects of this phone
Thanks in advance.
I didn't even know there was a Korean LTE version, let alone one with PHONE functions. I wonder if a dev can hack an image of that tab to work on the i815 to gain phone functionality. The E150S seems to have different LTE bands tho ;[
E150S: http://pdadb.net/index.php?m=specs&id=3436&c=samsung_shv-e150s_galaxy_tab_7.7_lte_m16
i815: http://pdadb.net/index.php?m=specs&id=3257&c=verizon_samsung_sch-i815_galaxy_tab_7.7_lte
I can dream, right ?
Sorry tho. I Wish I could help.
Maybe a dev here can help you obtain CWM for the device so that you can create a stock nandroid image?
Actually all I need to do is root the phone, since I need it for development.
Since a rooted firmware does not exist, I just assumed that I would need the stock firmware for rooting.
Please correct me if I am wrong, and let me know how to root it without getting the stock firmware.
This root method has worked so far for the 6800, 6810 and i815 versions. Maybe it would work for you?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=21584547&postcount=1
ngeroons 41.75.
Thanks for the input,
But it says,
E:signature verification failed
Installation aborted.
And, something funny about my tablet is that it seems like it's not reading from the SD card. I had to save it in the tablet for the recovery tool to see the file.
Problem Solved!!
I finally got the firmware thanks to
samsung-update.com
SAMMOBILE
The firmware for SVH-E150S can now be found at either
sammobile.com
samsung-updates.com/latest-firmware
It seems like I can't post the urls since I am new to this forum....
So can't write down the full URL, but I figure most of you should know these websites already
GalaxyTab 7.7 LTE - ICS_UH11
http_://www_.mediafire_.com/_?aqt3cf3pijp9j
Rom file download via the following link.
Ps. '_' Delete
must root shv-e150s
Dear kthlee,
It appears you were able to download the ROM image and root your galaby tab. I bought a shv-e150s in Korea last year. And I very much want to root it to get rid of several annoyances that are useless if you are not in Korea. Can you perhaps post a step-by-step of how you did it? I know how to download the image from sammobile, that is not the problem. What to do afterwards is what I do not know. I fear I will just end up with a newly formatted tablet, still not rooted. Thank you in advance.

Can a root device be upgraded?

Hi all
A week ago a rooted my Samsung Galaxy S6 device following this post: http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s6/general/root-pingpongroot-s6-root-tool-t3103016
All was OK. At that point my device is using the Android Version: 5.0.2
The question I have is that now the version 5.1.1 (Lillipop) has been released, I would like to know if my rooted device can still be upgrading when the new version is released in my region (Mexico) by the phone provider. (Telcel). In case it cannot be updated automatically, I guess I will need to do it manually or unroot my device. In that scenario, Does someone know a good tutorial how to do that?
Regards!
@LesthadMK, sure you can update rooted devices. But it may not be possible via OTA update. You will have to download the full firmware and install it manually.
Because root makes changes to system partition, OTA fails when you have rooted. If you unroot and flash stock recovery and kernel back, then OTA may work. Otherwise, simply flash the full firmware, in .tar format using Odin software, and you're good.
It's good to have full firmware saved on PC anyway, as if in case you brick your device, you can fix it by installing your device's firmware manually.
If you need help with 5.1.1 firmware installation on your s6, let me know the build no. of your device.. I will guide you to page you need to look at.
Thanks for the help. I have download Odin in case I need to do it manually.
Also, mentioned that yesterday I read an article saying that using the Samsung software "Smart Switch" in an rooted device will upgrade the device to the newest version (which I don't know if it it's true or not) Any way this is the link I found:.... Well seems since I'm newby I cannot post some external links. So just google it as: How to Use Smart Switch to Update Your Galaxy S6—Even It's Rooted.
By other hand, this is the build number for my device: G920IDVU1AOE3, so if you can help me to know how to upgrade that version that would be very helpful
Regards!

[Completed] Galaxy S6 (SM-G920F) Android 6.01 Root and Media Recovery Help

Phone: Galaxy S6 SM-G920F No carrier
Firmware/Base Band: G920FXXS4DPJ2
Kernel Version: 3.10.61-882157 [email protected] #1
Compilation number: MMB29K.G920FXXS4DPJ2
Running Official Rom
A girl deleted more than 4000 videos and images I had in my phone, almost all the 128Gb of the phone where full. Now I want to recover them but for some reason almost no Android Recovery Software recognizes my phone properly and when they have, the recovery program freezes or a particular program finds some files but not the ones I'm interested in and asks me to root my phone to be able to perform a better recovery.
The problem is that apparently there is no auto-root or ping-pong root for my Firmware and Android Version. I think the logical solution in this case is to flash a different Firmware, one that can be rooted and then do it and see if I can recover the files.
If I am not mistaken flashing a different Firmware is something that you have to be careful with. I don't know which firmware should I flash to be able to root my phone. I am from Spain and I know SamMobile website where you can find all the Firmwares, but from all the ones from Spain none has and auto-root method.
I am open to installing a Firmware intended for a different country if that means root access to be able to recover my pictures and flash back a Firmware for my country once I recover them. The thing is I don't know which Firmware to Flash nor if it is safe to do it. For example there are severral Android 6.01 based Firmwares for my phone in my country but some are for example 1 month old and others 9 months with many in between. If I had the 1 month old Android 6.01 Firmware would I be able to Flash a 6-9 month old Android 6.01 Firmware or is it dangerous?
Can you reccommend me a specific Firmware that would not brick my phone? and be english language please no Russian, Chinesse or a exotic language, that I would be lost with?
Hi !
You can use any firmware which matches your device variant only if your device is NOT locked on a network , preferable an European version downloadable from samsung firmware website
It doesn`t matter how old it is , you can flash back and forth any firmware available for your device
Good luck !

ROOT & Stock ROM for SM-J727S Galaxy J7 May 2017

Hi guys,
I was hoping someone could help me out. I have rooted before (long time ago) but I can't seem to find a lot of information on this specific phone (SM-J727S). I have been searching online (and across many dodgy looking websites, thanks No Script!) and this is about all that I have found:
The Galaxy J7 is also known as the Galaxy Wide 2 in South Korea
http://pdadb.net/index.php?m=device&id=11601&c=samsung_sm-j727s_galaxy_wide_2
It was released on May 2017, runs Android 7.0 (Nougat) and uses the Exynos chipset
TWRP has a release for the J700 series but I'm not sure if it would work on the J727S
https://twrp.me/devices/samsunggalaxyj7exynos.html
The source code for the system has been released, but I couldn't find a stock ROM (which made me reluctant to try TWRP)
http://opensource.samsung.com/reception/receptionSub.do?method=sub&sub=F&searchValue=j727s
This is the closest I got to a Stock ROM but I don't trust the site, is this site trustworthy? (again, I came across too many dodgy sites to just download anything)
https://stockromupdate.com/2017/07/26/stock-rom-sm-j727s-samsung-galaxy-wide-2/
The KingRoot method currently will not work and is asking me to wait for an update (phone is probably too new to root?)
The closest thing I can find on this forum are these posts (but none reference the J727S model)
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-j7/development/root-sm-j727p-galaxy-j7-perx-td-lte-t3611202
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-j7/help/root-sm-j727p-galaxy-j7-perx-galaxy-j7-t3598117
So, I'm hoping someone could point me in the right direction. Thanks in advance
I'd thought I'd mention that the bootloader is unlockable in this phone. I had read elsewhere that other people cannot access the 'OEM Unlock' option on their version of the J7. It isn't the case with this phone
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-j7/help/galaxy-j7-pop-galaxy-halo-t3647805/page2
I also got a message from Google talking about my accounts being accessed by a 'J7 Pop'. I guess the Galaxy Wide 2 is also known as the J7 Pop?
So, I'm still on the track of rooting this device. I'm just gonna update any relevant stuff here.
The closest TWRP that I can find is for the 2016 version of this phone, it has the same Exynos chipset.
I'm thinking of trying this, but are there any problems with flashing the wrong version of TWRP? (Will I brick the phone? Or will it just error-out on recovery and boot normally?)
https://twrp.me/devices/samsunggalaxyj72016exynos.html
I also found (what I believe to be) the Stock ROM for this type of phone, you have to sign up to the site in order to download it. It is specific to SK Telecom (Korean telecommunications provider)
https://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/samsung-galaxy/SM-J727S/SKC/download/J727SKSU1AQD6/172065/
If someone can advise about going forward with the similar TWRP version I'd appreciate it. Cheers!
EDIT: Kinda answered my own question, from the TWRP download page https://dl.twrp.me/j7xelte/
Downloading an image for a different device, no matter how similar, usually does not work.
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Any way to request an TWRP version?
I am Korean, and it's very hard It's angry me............................
XDDDD I'm from South Korea too and the J727S is customized with the Knox Enrollment Service that blocks the wifi and cellular data AND apk installization. (trying to uninstall it )
I found this: https://www.androidinfotech.com/2018/02/root-samsung-galaxy-wide-2-sm-j727s-nougat.html
anyone habe twrp for this model ????
Hi.. I've this model also.. tried to downgrade..but it can't..always failed
My friend was installing the twrp to root a J7 metal.
Now the cell phone does not restart, and I do not know what the **** it did KKkkkkkkkkkk
It wants to remove the twrp without formatting the device.
If installing the original rom by Odin using home_csc does it return to normal without formatting?
Restore
CPI Justiceiro said:
My friend was installing the twrp to root a J7 metal.
Now the cell phone does not restart, and I do not know what the **** it did KKkkkkkkkkkk
It wants to remove the twrp without formatting the device.
If installing the original rom by Odin using home_csc does it return to normal without formatting?
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If you have the firmware file the phone was on at the time he tried to Root it just flash the files using Odin an you should be good !
peter couniaz said:
If you have the firmware file the phone was on at the time he tried to Root it just flash the files using Odin an you should be good !
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This is will make a clear data???
He canoot loose the data from the phone..
Home CSC file !
CPI Justiceiro said:
This is will make a clear data???
He canoot loose the data from the phone..
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If he flashes the Home CSC file it may restore data but he may have to start from scratch ! Sorry an good luck !
P.S did he have it backed to Google if so Google will give the option to restore when you sign in !
Very hard to find twrp or cwm foe this model..also the combination file..and upgreded to android 9..

Firmware, CSC and Samsung

Hello, I wanted to ask a few questions
After a firmware flash with XPG CSC code for example is it possible to change the CSC code to THL and vice versa?
Is there really any way to lower firmware to a lower version?
If so, what file / path do I need to do this?
what is the differences between OXA and OXM?
Is there a place where you can read about the new changes that Samsung has made in recent years in terms of security that can not flash firmware to an older version and can not change CSC codes?
I know how to root a phone and use ADB (ADB in a very basic way)
Thanks!
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This post has some information
Fail to flash with odin to downgrade from android 10
About a year ago, I downloaded firmware for N960F from updato and downgraded from Pie to Oreo using Odin and it went all so well. This time around I'm trying to downgrade from Android 10 to the exact same firmware version I used back then, just...
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But since about the s8-s9 days Samsung implimented anti rollback , wich are not so clear , some phones cand downgrade to a previous version and some dont due the firmware setting the minimun version bar higher so to speak .
Wich model are you trying to downgrade?

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