I've just got myself a new phone, the Samsung GALAXY core LTE a few weeks ago and now I'm wanting to root it so I can customize it even more than it already is and while it runs android 4.4.2 and it's an awesome phone, Kingo Root doesn't seem to be able to connect with it.
The model number is SM-G386W
Any suggestions?
I am interested in knowing how to do this as well
Galaxy Core LTE is basically the Galaxy Avant (tmobile) with different branding. The Galaxy Avant has a chainfire root. Submit the recovery image for your firmware to the main chainfire thread (search for it) and chainfire should be able to provide a odin flashable file. Keep in mind your bootloader must be unlocked.
do you know how to unlock this phone? thanks
Can root SM-G386W same way as SM-G386T
I took the plunge and tried the Chainfire Autoroot method provided for the SM-G386T on my Canadian SM-G386W (Koodo variant) and it rooted fine. I have verified root and removed system apps with 3C Toolbox via the Xposed framework. Thus, it is clearly good to go root-wise. The instructions are here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=54768458&postcount=1
Warning: this method will trip your Knox counter to 0x1 as Chainfire warns. So, if that concerns you do not use this method.
jcurtis said:
I took the plunge and tried the Chainfire Autoroot method provided for the SM-G386T on my Canadian SM-G386W (Koodo variant) and it rooted fine. I have verified root and removed system apps with 3C Toolbox via the Xposed framework. Thus, it is clearly good to go root-wise. The instructions are here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=54768458&postcount=1
Warning: this method will trip your Knox counter to 0x1 as Chainfire warns. So, if that concerns you do not use this method.
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i'd like to root my canadian SM-G386W too, but i have a concern:
In the thread you cite they say somewhere that the rooting script flashes recovery.img from
T-mobile sm-g386t, which would prohibit future updates if flashed to sm-g386w phone....
Sorry for my ignorance, but is there a way to fetch recovery.img from my sm-g386w phone?
in order to binary compare it at least with the one from existing root kit,
or better yet, to submit it to chainfire for a kit specificallydesigned for sm-g386w..
Download the Odin tar.md5 from sammobile and extract. I would do it myself but I don't have > 10 posts and can't post on the request thread...
Sent from my SM-G386W using XDA Free mobile app
johpan said:
Download the Odin tar.md5 from sammobile and extract. I would do it myself but I don't have > 10 posts and can't post on the request thread...
Sent from my SM-G386W using XDA Free mobile app
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Thank you.. i will try.. i do not have 10 posts either, but i guess
it is not difficult to get them...
In the mean time, here is what i found:
https://twitter.com/srsroot/status/540567541576650752
#SRSRoot: samsung SM-G386W (Build: KOT49H.G386WVLU1ANI1) #Android 4.4.2 Now Supported for #Root at http://www.SRSRoot.com
Do you know guys if this SRSroot is a reliable root provider?
J.Tichi said:
Do you know guys if this SRSroot is a reliable root provider?
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I tried SRSroot. pretty sure there just garbage. reboots the phone a couple times, claims to succeed. then Root checker says "not rooted" and when you try to undo root with SRSroot it also says device is not rooted unroot failed
we just really need someone to convert the G386 stuff over for the G386W. there the same damn phone. it just seems no one wants to touch the G386W because its only carried by Wind Mobile Canada. no love for the Canadians i see.
heres what happens.
SRS does this:
---= SRS One-Click-Root v4.7 =---
6:57:57 PM - Starting ADB Server..
6:58:02 PM - Manufacturer: samsung
6:58:02 PM - Model: SM-G386W
6:58:02 PM - Android Version: 4.4.2
6:58:02 PM - Build ID: KOT49H.G386WVLU1ANH7
6:58:02 PM - Board ID: MSM8226
6:58:03 PM - Chipset Platform: msm8226
6:58:03 PM - Getting OffSets.. : 0x8003 0x8005 (False)
6:58:03 PM - Query Server for Best Method.. Found Rootkit: 4
----= Start Rooting Process.. Please Wait =----
6:58:06 PM [+] Testing exploit: root4 (please wait..)
6:58:09 PM [+] Device Reboot #1 (Wait till it's started)
6:59:34 PM [+] Device Reboot #2 (Wait till it's started)
7:00:48 PM [+] Remounting /system Filesystem as R/W..
7:00:49 PM [+] Installing SU Binary...
7:00:49 PM [+] Installing SuperUser APK...
7:00:49 PM [+] Remounting /system Filesystem as R/O..
7:00:55 PM [+] Rooting Complete !
Then Rootcheck does as shown in the attachment.
then unrooting says:
---= SRS One-Click-Root v4.7 =---
7:11:01 PM - Starting ADB Server..
7:11:06 PM - Manufacturer: samsung
7:11:06 PM - Model: SM-G386W
7:11:06 PM - Android Version: 4.4.2
7:11:07 PM - Build ID: KOT49H.G386WVLU1ANH7
7:11:07 PM - Board ID: MSM8226
7:11:07 PM - Chipset Platform: msm8226
7:11:07 PM - Getting OffSets.. : 0x8003 0x8005 (False)
[x] Device is not rooted, UnRooting not needed.
johpan said:
Download the Odin tar.md5 from sammobile and extract. I would do it myself but I don't have > 10 posts and can't post on the request thread...
Sent from my SM-G386W using XDA Free mobile app
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Hey, folks, I still do not get it.. successfully connected my device in the download mode to odin 3.07 (taken from the chainfire root package for SM-G386T),
and my device is visible there (windows 7 downloaded correct drivers automatically in the process).
in "Odin" I do see the options to flash the files ONTO the phone (as explained in the Avant root thread cited above ),
but I do not see any options to download any images FROM cellphone TO the computer!
How do you get recovery.img FROM cellphone to the computer?
My undersanding is that chaifire requires this file recovery.img from SM-G386W in order to make root toolkit for canadian version...
thank you for your suggestions...
J.Tichi said:
How do you get recovery.img FROM cellphone to the computer?
My undersanding is that chaifire requires this file recovery.img from SM-G386W in order to make root toolkit for canadian version...
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Once you download the tar.md5, you can unzip using 7z or other extraction tool and it'll be in the extracted files.
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Once you download the tar.md5, you can unzip using 7z or other extraction tool and it'll be in the extracted files.
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Ah! thank you..
I've got the recovery.img from the G386WVLU1ANI1 Kooodo/Telus firmware for SM-G386W dated 2014 Sept 3 from here:
http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/download/35905/G386WVLU1ANI1_G386WOYA1ANI1_KDO.zip/
and now since I have more than 10 messages I'm going to post a request in the
CF-Auto-Root thread here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1980683
Hopefully a few fellow Canadians are gonna benefit from that too
N.B. Still i'm curious what can I use to extract the firmware images directly from my Samsung phone.
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UPD. Ouuups. Got an error while uploading recovery.img:
Your file of 9.61 MB bytes exceeds the forum's limit of 8.00 MB for this filetype.
Predictably, zipping it does not help much to reduce its size..
Folks, will you kindly join my request here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1980683&page=78#post58282353
so that chainfire might kindly consider downloading recovery.img for SM-G386W from sammobile
http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/download/35905/G386WVLU1ANI1_G386WOYA1ANI1_KDO.zip/
Hi Big_BadAss,
I appreciate if you could help me on this. Thank you.
Do you think that your rooting method will work for this phone (my friend's):
It's with Virgin/Bell and Notice it's auto-updated to 4.4.4.
SM G386W 4.4.4
G386WVLU1ANJ1
KERNEL 3.4.0-2988301
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BIG_BADASS said:
Hello friends,
I successfully rooted SM-G386W with SM-G386T method. You may get Odin and the tar.md5 file for SM-G386T here:
http://download.chainfire.eu/480/CF...oot-afyonltetmo-afyonltetmo-smg386t.zip(CLICK THE VERY BOTTOM LINK TO DOWNLOAD)
Refer to the following links on full VISUAL aided instructions:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dy-cD5_7aLo
http://androidxda.com/root-samsung-galaxy-avant-sm-g386t
Best of luck!
Best regards,
BIG_BADASS
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Hello all,
I successfully rooted SM-G386W with SM-G386T method. Get Odin and the tar.md5 file for SM-G386T here:
http://download.chainfire.eu/480/CF...Auto-Root-afyonltetmo-afyonltetmo-smg386t.zip (CLICK THE VERY BOTTOM LINK TO DOWNLOAD)
Refer to the following links on full VISUAL aided instructions:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dy-cD5_7aLo
http://androidxda.com/root-samsung-galaxy-avant-sm-g386t
Best of luck!
Best regards,
BIG_BADASS
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BIG_BADASS said:
I successfully rooted SM-G386W with SM-G386T method. You may get Odin and the tar.md5 file for SM-G386T here:
http://download.chainfire.eu/480/CF...oot-afyonltetmo-afyonltetmo-smg386t.zip(CLICK THE VERY BOTTOM LINK TO DOWNLOAD)
Refer to the following links on full VISUAL aided instructions:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dy-cD5_7aLo
http://androidxda.com/root-samsung-galaxy-avant-sm-g386t
Best of luck!
Best regards,
BIG_BADASS
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Hello all,
I successfully rooted SM-G386W with SM-G386T method. Get Odin and the tar.md5 file for SM-G386T here:
http://download.chainfire.eu/480/CF...Auto-Root-afyonltetmo-afyonltetmo-smg386t.zip (CLICK THE VERY BOTTOM LINK TO DOWNLOAD)
Refer to the following links on full VISUAL aided instructions:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dy-cD5_7aLo
http://androidxda.com/root-samsung-galaxy-avant-sm-g386t
Best of luck!
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I confirm. It works!.. All that stuff about recovery.img I was talking about above is not important.
After rooting, odin just flashes back the ORIGINAL recovery.img.
Glad to finally have rooted phone. It is mostly important in order to fix SD card permissions.
Greetings!
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J.Tichi said:
After rooting, odin just flashes back the ORIGINAL recovery.img.
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N.B.
No, I was wrong actually.. it indeed flashes the recovery from SM-G386T (t-mobile) , as stated above in the thread,
but who cares...
it works, and it is rooted, and those stupid SD card permission restrictions are gone!
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BIG_BADASS said:
Hello Sintoo,
It should work, as long as your hardware is the same, or similar. Rooting the devices installs custom firmware, which is unique to each device (and similar devices), regardless of the software installed.
I didn't get the 4.4.4 update. I get an error message saying that an unauthorized firmware has been installed onto the device, whenever I tried to auto-update. So I un-rooted the device to see if the update is available. I do not get the error message anymore, but there is no indication of a software update either.
Best regards,
BIG_BADASS
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How exactly did you unroot? just flashed stock firmware from sammobile using odin? or some other way (without hard reset) is possible too?
thanks!
Koodo SM-G386W (same as mine) did not have any update up to today....
BIG_BADASS said:
There's a "full unroot" option in the SuperSU settings. Then reboot your phone and to be on the safe side, use Samsung Kies to install the original firmware for your device. All you must enter is the model number and serial number. It will identify the original firmware and install it for you.
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Hm.. interesting, thank you... However, did you also observe that SuperSU full-unroot restores original recovery partition ( that from SM-G386W Koodo, ending with .. ANI1 )?
E.g. now, after rooting, when I boot into recovery (by holding Volume-Up/Home/Power buttons)
I can see that the recovery partition is now from t-mobile SM-G386T (ending with ..ANG6),
while the rest of the firmware is from Koodo SM-G386 (..ANI1 ), as you can see from the android settings/ about device.
Can you tell pls whether the recovery partition is back to ... ANI1 after you did full-unroot via SuperSU?
thank you!
N.B. I have Kies3, but I do not see any place to t enter is the model number and serial number... Which Kies are u using?
BIG_BADASS said:
I didn't keep track of the recovery partition after the SuperSU uninstall, but after I have re-installed the original firmware, it's back to ...ANJ1 Bell Canada firmware
In Samsung kies 2.6 or 3: Tools> Firmware Upgrade and Initialisation.
After that, the program will guide you for the next steps
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Thank you!
Hm.. "Curiouser and curiouser!" (C)
How does SuperSU know what exactly is the original recovery partition for your particular phone, in order to restore it?
Or ... are you describing the situation after you also refreshed your phone via Kies?
My situation now (after rooting) is the following:
- t-mobile SM-G386T branded recovery partition (..ANG6 ending) is showing when boot into recovery,
- while the rest of the firmware is still the original SM-G386W Koodo (..ANI1 ending).
- OTA update attempts now fail telling me that i have an unauthorized firmware,
- while Kies tells me that everything is OK and ..ANI1 firmware is the latest one...
So, Kies apparently ignores recovery partition change, which may be good, since it might rewrite all, if a 4.4.4 or 5.xxx update is available..
N.B. It seems no 4.4.4 update to SM-G386W is available so far, mention of it on page 2 is a mistake...
Bell users-Android 5.0 Lollipop update
SM-G386W Android 5.0 Lollipop update available for Bell Mobility clients. 4G LTE network access is stronger.
BIG_BADASS said:
SM-G386W Android 5.0 Lollipop update available for Bell Mobility clients. 4G LTE network access is stronger.
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Bell's site still says its on 4.4.2
BIG_BADASS said:
SM-G386W Android 5.0 Lollipop update available for Bell Mobility clients. 4G LTE network access is stronger.
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Can you provide a link or screenshot of this? This is what I personally really want to do to my g386w is get android 5 on it.
I rooted a Fido and rogers version of this phone both using the cf auto root above and the twrp from that phone no problems
I am desperately looking for a stock s7 rom for my US cellular model. I was doing a OTA update and It failed, tells me to connect to smartswitch then smartswitch fails to support my device. SOMEONE PLEASE HELP
CollinWalka said:
I am desperately looking for a stock s7 rom for my US cellular model. I was doing a OTA update and It failed, tells me to connect to smartswitch then smartswitch fails to support my device. SOMEONE PLEASE HELP
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I also desperatly need this. Root messed up my device so badly.
CollinWalka said:
I am desperately looking for a stock s7 rom for my US cellular model. I was doing a OTA update and It failed, tells me to connect to smartswitch then smartswitch fails to support my device. SOMEONE PLEASE HELP
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No problem, REMAIN CALM!
Here are the firmwares for your device:
http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/database/SM-G930R4/
Just download the latest version.
Now, to install/flash the firmware here are the instructions on this page
To flash just follow the instructions on the first page, there is no need for you to change the home_csc, just follow the instructions carefully.
(Basically everything above "*** You can always find the LATEST firmware in msg #2".
If anything else arises just reply to this thread, hope it works out!:good:
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Anthonyrules144 said:
I also desperatly need this. Root messed up my device so badly.
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Forgot to mention that the firmware link in my first reply is for the OP's device model, just go on SamFirmware and search your model.
The rest is the same
Boot loop
What if in stuck in a bootloop and therefore not able to set up a secure start up pin?
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What if I'm not able to set up a secure start pin before flashing since I'm stuck in a boot loop?
Here are the firmwares for your device:
MahaDEVELOPER said:
No problem, REMAIN CALM!
http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/database/SM-G930R4/
Just download the latest version.
Now, to install/flash the firmware here are the instructions on this page
To flash just follow the instructions on the first page, there is no need for you to change the home_csc, just follow the instructions carefully.
(Basically everything above "*** You can always find the LATEST firmware in msg #2".
If anything else arises just reply to this thread, hope it works out!:good:
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Forgot to mention that the firmware link in my first reply is for the OP's device model, just go on SamFirmware and search your model.
The rest is the same
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I have a samsung galaxy s6 with smg920f on the back. Since bought, I didn't get android marshmallow and clicking the update manually button doesn't do anything, it doesn't work and neither does it say 'no updates are available'. When trying to update via odin, the update failed saying that the model number was smg920p instead of smg920f as found on the back of the phone.
Smg920f is unlocked version of sprint, and as I'm not in the US, it will not push the update and installing firmware for sprint will not work on my carrier. It seems that the phone will not receive any update. What should be done and is there any way to update it?
Have you tried using SmartSwitch to update?
Using smartswitch also cannot update it. How can the device say its smg920p if on the back is smg920f?
Which Firmware do you try to flash via Odin? I mean which exact Model number and CSC
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And also this thread belongs in the q'n'a section.
I tried to flash the smg920f firmware but ut failed. Using phone info app, it said it's a smg920c instead
Hello.
I received this used samsung S7 g930f as a gift from another country.
And its previous owners synced google account is lost and basically i have no access to the phone and or dev options (for OEM and debug mode)So i was searching for info about some sort of forced root or fully wiping the phone and installing a fresh OS or something.
Open to any ideas that might get this phone working.
ThaKid1 said:
Hello.
I received this used samsung S7 g930f as a gift from another country.
And its previous owners synced google account is lost and basically i have no access to the phone and or dev options (for OEM and debug mode)So i was searching for info about some sort of forced root or fully wiping the phone and installing a fresh OS or something.
Open to any ideas that might get this phone working.
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You could try restoring via Odin but if you mean it's locked to his Google account it will ask for old owners email and password during setup
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ThaKid1 said:
Hello.
I received this used samsung S7 g930f as a gift from another country.
And its previous owners synced google account is lost and basically i have no access to the phone and or dev options (for OEM and debug mode)So i was searching for info about some sort of forced root or fully wiping the phone and installing a fresh OS or something.
Open to any ideas that might get this phone working.
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There are ways of bypassing the Google account lock though