I was wondering if anyone is working on a root method for the Samsung Galaxy J7 (SM-j737p) Refine. I have the Boost Mobile version. I would be glad to do some testing but I am not a developer.
Interested in this also. It runs on an Exynos 7 Octa 7885 chipset.
After the 700 and 727, I've found myself now with the 737P.. Dying to root. Willing to test.
I haven't come acros this variate before and I'm only in need of a stock ROM.
big_rudy1-1 said:
After the 700 and 727, I've found myself now with the 737P.. Dying to root. Willing to test.
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I haven't come acros this variate before and I'm only in need of a stock ROM.
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I am not really looking for anything other than stock, myself, either...
But since there is legitimately-purchased software that is useful to me that requires root, that part is important.
I got fed up with Cricket's control-freak attitude, and that I happened to get us on a plan for at least 1/3 less than Cricket, with this device on their free list...
Boost and Samsung don't seem to be as paranoid as Cricket, and I believe it's merely difficult, as it should be, to root this rather than impossible by design.... Difficult, as I guess that from a vendor's standpoint, being swamped with "I bricked it" calls probably got a bit old...
But, yeah... being able to rather painlessly root the beast, with a TWRP set up for this model, and at least a bit of documentation as to how to get it back to factory if I screw it up would be very, very welcome.
I had the ZTE-comparable device to this, and really, this is a sweeter phone... elegant to look at, a big enough screen for my mongo fingers, and enough operating headroom so I don't get impatient waiting for some noble coder to come up with the goods...
Spoke with the guy that did the Galaxy A8 twrp and asked him if he would work on the 737p and hes considering it. Give the man some support so we can finally get out damn phones a recovery and possible root
I have rooted the j737PVPU1ARG3 using magisk
Imth3j0k3r said:
I have rooted the j737PVPU1ARG3 using magisk
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And I believe I've seen the method to do that, but for many, if not most, it's pretty tedious, and really not what most would be willing to try... Lots of potential pitfalls without a simpler method, and really, the possibility of making a paperweight, for many.
I'll be looking to try it, and am trying to find a stock firmware somewhere... Just at present, and always, I'm grateful for those whose passion is development... My programming chops are decades old and rusty...
But remember, the vast majority of members are not idiots... just not quite as technically adept as others, and I'm among those that really would rather wait for a simpler method, and an at least a decent how-to... Done it before with other devices, and I've been around here for years...
It's a seriously rocking device, better than the comparable ZTE I used with Cricket, I know that neither Boost, Sprint, nor Samsung are quite as much paranoid control freaks as Cricket, StraightTalk and the rest...
I am more than certain that it's just merely difficult, as it really should be... "What does this button do?" is not a good thing to hear... I doubt that it's impossible, and I would gather that the code structure is at least similar to its predecessors in the J7 line... has to be...
Is there a way to attach files to these comments if so I have the stock firmware and factory firmware both
Does anyone have version 2 firmware for the j737p refine?
Imth3j0k3r said:
Is there a way to attach files to these comments if so I have the stock firmware and factory firmware both
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Just upload to dropbox and post the link here.
Imth3j0k3r said:
Is there a way to attach files to these comments if so I have the stock firmware and factory firmware both
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OMG please do it would be much appreciated I have had a bricked phone for a while now
DropBox, Mega Upload, or Google drive will work just fine thank you!!
Imth3j0k3r said:
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Could you please paste the stock firmware that you used? Having trouble tracking down a verified version.
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Imth3j0k3r said:
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Could you please post a link?
Imth3j0k3r said:
I have rooted the j737PVPU1ARG3 using magisk
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Can you post a link to the boot img or pm to me
I am going to be using a Raspberry Pi 3b for heimdall and I don't have very much experience with it, i downloaded the ARJ2 4 part rar, extracted got the 4 part tar.md5 and then in their respective folders .tar. now i have an ap folder with boot, carrier, recovery, system, userdata, and vendor.img.lz4. Do i just extract with rar into .img folders, and I have the correct boot image for magisk to patch? Then do i want a tar or img for flashing with heimdall, I was flashing any file anyone sent for the j327p but I had odin money for a new phone!! Please do not respond if you are not positive. Heimdall is not the easiest to use in my opinion but I'm new to linux. Thanks for your help.
This is a link to the J737P-VPU2ARJ2 BOOT and recovery img.lz4
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This is a link to the J737P-VPU2ARJ2 BOOT
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I patched the boot.img file via magisk and used Odin to upload it, but it failed.
I used magisk to patch boot image and heimdall on raspberry pi 3 b to flash it!! Awesomeness!!
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I actually had a lot of problems, but it finally worked, I'm not exactly sure what I did wrong. Heimdall is not as easy to get directions, it asks for a lot of different things to input. I'm new to using it, I think I was having problems with not using, sudo heimdall-frontend because it was fine first time I did that. I may have been flashing to much stuff in the wrong order, I was stuck on first screen with kernel length to long. I finally got it with sudo and boot img
Hey man, I also have a SM-J737P but it's the Virgin Mobile variant.. Will this work with it? And what does this Heimdall method do exactly?
Could you please include the steps? I also have a Raspberry Pi 3 b.
Thank you for your time¡
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Hello, those of you who have soft bricked and can still access download mode, there is a method a user and I @giantpear discovered to bring your phone back to life by flashing the KDZ of the Peurto Rican 810.
Instructions can be found at this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/g4/general/guide-lg-g4-stock-firmware-to-stock-kdz-t3107848
Kudos to @hyelton for his original thread
Note: Remember you are flashing the Puerto Rican Firmware for your phone, not the original stock US KDZ as there is not one yet.
Note: I am not the creator of this thread I am merely re-posting what we found through test in that thread tonight.
Note: I am not sure moving forward if you were to continue to try to root or flash what model method you would want to try. I would say we should wait for a TOT method before trying anything else.
On the positive note, I now have a heavily debloated phone with zero ATT apps on it.
Hope this helps any who have lost their phone attempting root these past few days.
I approve But yeah it should be posted here in the mean time. Until we do get an official A&T TOT.
But this is great for either needing to go back to stock due to soft-brick, or if you like that pure software feeling.
Please make it known that this method isnt compatible for Low Effort Root AT&T H810 10g. I just tried and failed. Reflash the kdz and it all went well. I already submitted a system dump file to #thecubed. Hope we can get a rooted system img shortly.
Kudos @giantpear
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Kudos @giantpear
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@user787 Thank you! Your KDZ link saved at least a dozen ATT 810s. Power to XDA!
This is awesome news! I wish I would have found @user787 post earlier! Hopefully all the other lost H810 souls will see this post soon.
If anyone discovers downsides of using this KDZ, please post what you find in this thread. I've got a replacement phone coming and need to decide if I should keep this one or the AT&T phone. So far I'm liking this variant much better!
You guys should enter donation information in your profile. I'll buy you a beer or two!
would be awesome to make a combo rom with this and root for stateside AT&T phones. A factory heavy debloat rom would be nice since you are guaranteed that the removed apps won't cause issues.
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I've got a replacement phone coming and need to decide if I should keep this one or the AT&T phone. So far I'm liking this variant much better!
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I am with you, I think I will be sending back the warranty replacement they are sending me!
Although the process of bricking and pulling back (thanks to you guys) was a pain in the ass! I really like this ROM. I like it better than the one that came with my phone and so far I have no issues. When this version gets root I think it is the best case scenario. Thank you again for helping us all out!
Next I need to decide if I should take the updates available for it. I see there are ones available but none are being forced.
Edit never mind just app updates.
Sent from my LG-H810 using XDA Free mobile app
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When this version gets root I think it is the best case scenario.
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There's a root script out we can run on our system.img file, it just needs to be run on Linux. I'll try to set up a machine tonight if someone doesn't beat me to it.
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There's a root script out we can run on our system.img file, it just needs to be run on Linux. I'll try to set up a machine tonight if someone doesn't beat me to it.
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That's over my head, but I looking forward to it. Let me know if there is anything I can do to help.
Has anyone checked to see if they get good 4G LTE speeds with H810PR? I don't have good 4G coverage (or much data left) to test on. I just ran an LTE speedtest and I maxed out at 11.35 Mbps.
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Has anyone checked to see if they get good 4G LTE speeds with H810PR? I don't have good 4G coverage (or much data left) to test on. I just ran an LTE speedtest and I maxed out at 11.35 Mbps.
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Testing just now
noamaniac said:
Note: I am not sure moving forward if you were to continue to try to root or flash what model method you would want to try. I would say we should wait for a TOT method before trying anything else.
On the positive note, I now have a heavily debloated phone with zero ATT apps on it.
Hope this helps any who have lost their phone attempting root these past few days.
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Another soul back from the dead.
Has anyone re-tried the Low Effort Root again?
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Another soul back from the dead.
Has anyone re-tried the Low Effort Root again?
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I tried and failed. However i already send a system img of PR to thecubed so we can get root
I've tried low effort root on my H810 last night and it worked perfectly. I've already installed a bunch of root apps and everything is working great.
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I tried and failed. However i already send a system img of PR to thecubed so we can get root
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It worked perfectly fine for me on my H810. At what point did it fail for you?
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I am with you, I think I will be sending back the warranty replacement they are sending me!
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I got the warranty replacement phone today. It's brand spanking new with H81010b firmware. I may pull an image off it later in case someone needs it, but I still think I'm sending the phone back. My original works too well to take a chance with new hardware.
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It worked perfectly fine for me on my H810. At what point did it fail for you?
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You probably used the 10g file on 10g system. I tried the 10g root file on PR system since my phone bricked earlier. I had to flash PR kdz to bring it back to life
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You probably used the 10g file on 10g system. I tried the 10g root file on PR system since my phone bricked earlier. I had to flash PR kdz to bring it back to life
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Oh I see. Ouch. Yeah I do have 10G system but I see what you're saying now.
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My original works too well to now to take a chance with new hardware.
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It might be because it was dead and now anything is better than that, but I feel like my phone is running better than before I tried to run Low Effort Root!
*******ALL IS FINE NEVERMIND THIS POST******
Do not use any mods unless you know what you are doing. If your phone cannot boot, there is no going back. There is no way to restore at the moment. So again do not modify the system or anything that you are unsure will work, don't end up with a paperweight.
Mods please leave this here until things are sorted out. Or until if/when we are able to restore to stock, or a custom ROM is released.
If you need help getting AdAway working, or changing emojis; feel free to ask I'm sure myself or others will help you in this thread.
Yup i wish this was started earlier lol
So is there something spexial we need to do for adaway? Already done the whole root process
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So is there something spexial we need to do for adaway? Already done the whole root process
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i just installed the apk from f-droid and it worked.
xamius said:
So is there something spexial we need to do for adaway? Already done the whole root process
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I installed the dev version from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2190753
Just enable system-less from preferences and you're set.
Here's a question. Can you enable multi-user on the V20 through build prop like we could on other phones? Inserting:
Fw.max_users=3
Fw.show_multiuserui=1
I installed the latest ad away from f-droid, and changed the default hosts file from /system to /data before enabling it, and it works fine.
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Here's a question. Can you enable multi-user on the V20 through build prop like we could on other phones? Inserting:
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Fw.show_multiuserui=1
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Yes, you just need to be aware of the limitations on some of the system apps and features.
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I installed the latest ad away from f-droid, and changed the default hosts file from /system to /data before enabling it, and it works fine.
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Yes, you just need to be aware of the limitations on some of the system apps and features.
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What limitations are there?
This is nothing new, though. Everyone attempting this should know full well that these are early days and using an exploit before we even have stock images to restore with is always risky. My motto is "keep it stock." Aside from ad blocking and a few other tweaks in build.prop, I keep flashing and other more serious mods to a minimum until there are methods to restore. I'm looking into seeing how TWRP handles the new tot's, but it looks like I'm going to have to cobble it together, which will take some time.
Edit: After looking around, it seems like an update of lgup is needed before any v20 firmware can be flashed, which I would bet will be on the way sometime later this month with the release of the unlocked (carrier free) variant.
So whats the scene update here for the V20? Just 1 variant is bootloader unlocked? What's the flash/root method and what models is it confirmed to work with?
RoOSTA
roosta said:
So whats the scene update here for the V20? Just 1 variant is bootloader unlocked? What's the flash/root method and what models is it confirmed to work with?
RoOSTA
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/v20/development/h918-recowvery-unlock-v20-root-shell-t3490594 & so far T-mobile has the only unlocked bootloader AFAIK.
apps that use build.prop tweaks like l speed work well on my phone and I left kernel and CPU tweaks alone.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/v20/development/h918-recowvery-unlock-v20-root-shell-t3490594 & so far T-mobile has the only unlocked bootloader AFAIK.
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So single SIMs only can be rooted - or this 1 model?
i'm assuming lgup is LG's version of Odin? what twrp repo were you looking at? I heard nandroid backups were screwed up too
I just got my V20 today from T-Mobile. I traded in my note 7 finally (very sad ) i felt i had too because i fly a lot. I didn't want to be on the news as a domestic terrorists lol Anyways can i install viper safely or should i wait? It an ad blocker are my must haves
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i'm assuming lgup is LG's version of Odin? what twrp repo were you looking at? I heard nandroid backups were screwed up too
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Yeah. The little bit I know about it is that it flashes .tot and .kdz files. What I'm understanding is that there's a missing .dll in order to use the .tot files we have now.
Hook up with @jcadduono. He's been the point man with getting root.
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I just got my V20 today from T-Mobile. I traded in my note 7 finally (very sad ) i felt i had too because i fly a lot. I didn't want to be on the news as a domestic terrorists lol Anyways can i install viper safely or should i wait? It an ad blocker are my must haves
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I have can confirm that version of ad blocking works, I had to use ES file explorer to move file to system/bin and followed steps and everything works fine from there. I started using this after they took AdFree down. RIP
http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/software-hacking/ads-adblocker-v1-0-t3283855
Unbrick Method Link Here?
You think unbricking phones like this would work?
http://techxat.com/restore-lg-v20-stock-romfirmware-unroot/
So there's no restore for a bricked device at the moment?
tApPeD fROM mY nExUs 6
So does anyone know if us T-Mobile users are "safe"? Lol I've flashed things like fonts, iOS emojis, Google assistant, dual speaker mod, and changed some UI sounds and everything seems ok but just wondering if there are certain limitations
So im wondering if anyone has repair firmwares for the USA SM_G955U. i recently installed a U2QK4 update OTAusing ADB from the ATT section and everything went bad from there. I was told i may not be able to downgrade but thats not the problem. I CANT DO ANYTHING WITH MY PHONE NOW! IT HAS NO RECOVERY AT ALL IT JUST FLICKERS THE BLUE SCREEN WITH THE ANDROID AND A TEXT APPEARS OCCASIONALLY ON THE FLICKERING SCREEN WITH A WHOLE BUNCH OF FAILS. THERE IS NO UPLOAD MODE AT ALL. I CAN ONLY ACCESS DOWNLOAD MODE WHICH MAKES NO SENSE TO FLASH ANYTHING CAUSE NOTHING WORKS. THE ONLY THING THAT IS FLASHABLE ON NON-MODDED AND MODDED ODIN IS CP! I DONT EXACTLY UNDERSTOOD WHAT HAPPENED. EVERYTHING WAS OPERABLE AND THEN THE PHONE ENCRYPTED ITSELF,REBOOTED ANDA BLUE SCREEN WITH A CARD WAS FLASHING AND ALL WENT TO HELL. TRIED REBOOTING AND THATS WHERE IT ALL BEGAN! I HAVE NEVER EXPERIENCED THAT ON A PHONE BEFORE!
ITS BEEN DAYS SINCE THIS HAPPENED AND I WAS TOLD THE FIRMWARE WAS BEING UPDATED FROM THE OP AND STILL NOTHING! I DONT THINK PEOPLE SHOULD POST THINGS TO FLASH WITH JUST A WARNING ON HERE, THEY SHOULD TEST IT BEFORE POSTING BECAUSE PEOPLE LIKE ME GET CURIOUS AND WANT TO FLASH THINGS,BUT, THE POSTER DOESNT HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT IT DOES!NOT HIS FAULT AS I AM TO BLAME,
ILL SAY IT HERE AGAIN SO PEOPLE DONT THINK IM BLAMING ANYONE,
I I AM TO BLAME!!!!
OKAY, BUT, NOW I AM STUCK WITH A $950 PAPERWEIGHT! AND HONESTLY I WANTED TO BRICK IT, BUT, I THOUGHT WARRANTY OR INSURANCE WOULD COVER IT IN WHICH THEY WONT BECAUSE ATT IS GETTING CRAPPY WITH THEIR CUSTOMER SERVICE. IT SEEMS I HAVE BEEN LEFT IN THE DARK WITH NO CLUES OR HELP.
SORRY FOR CAPITAL LETTERS FORGOT TO TURN IT OFF AND AM NOT ABOUT TO RE-TYPE.
IF ANYONE KNOWS WHAT TO DO OR HOW TO FIX THIS PLEASE HELP.
(AND GETTING A NEW PHONE WONT HELP, SO THAT RESPONSE IS SHOT)
LOOKING FOR A FIX. THANKS IN ADVANCE
Please, don't SHOUT!
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Please, don't SHOUT!
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Haha I didn't know text could be so loud shoot I even hurt my ears while I typed this hahaha
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Haha I didn't know text could be so loud shoot I even hurt my ears while I typed this hahaha
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Few things:
U2QK4? I don't think that's a model number for a firmware... We certainly haven't seen a U2 g955/0u firmware yet...
And sammobile has it as u1aqk3 for vzw so tmb should be u1qk4.
Can you double check what you flashed?
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So im wondering if anyone has repair firmwares for the USA SM_G955U. i recently installed a U2QK4 update OTAusing ADB from the ATT section and everything went bad from there. I was told i may not be able to downgrade but thats not the problem. {screaming redacted }
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1. A good, new odin that will flash an official package.
https://odindownload.com/download/Odin3_v3.12.3.zip
2.Not the latest firmware, but a solid base (which you can then use to OTA updated to the latest patches)
https://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/galaxy-s8/SM-G955U/ATT/download/G955USQU1AQC9/129108/
Download both, use the former to flash the latter. Let us know how it goes!
EDIT: AND IF IT DOESN'T WORK! Please attach a screenshot of Odin and a picture of your phone (if you can). It'll help us get you squared away.
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Few things:
U2QK4? I don't think that's a model number for a firmware... We certainly haven't seen a U2 g955/0u firmware yet...
And sammobile has it as u1aqk3 for vzw so tmb should be u1qk4.
Can you double check what you flashed?
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I'm pretty sure norbarb, the provider of the U2BQK4 firmware knew that it was for the N950(note 8) and posted it in his adb update thread. I bought a new motherboard and will not ever update from that person again because of what has happened. I am not bashing him I just don't want to go through this mess again. and so far I've gotten a bootloader's to flash by using the.elf files from a u2b file from the note 8. Still no recovery and stuck at the bootloader's screen. Can still get into download mode.
The quickest fix I know is for a new motherboard.
Thanks guys
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I'm pretty sure norbarb, the provider of the U2BQK4 firmware knew that it was for the N950(note 8) and posted it in his adb update thread. I bought a new motherboard and will not ever update from that person again because of what has happened. I am not bashing him I just don't want to go through this mess again. and so far I've gotten a bootloader's to flash by using the.elf files from a u2b file from the note 8. Still no recovery and stuck at the bootloader's screen. Can still get into download mode.
The quickest fix I know is for a new motherboard.
Thanks guys
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You wouldn't be able to flash n8 firmware on a s8. Secure boot / Knox would stop you
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You wouldn't be able to flash n8 firmware on a s8. Secure boot / Knox would stop you
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Well idk know ALL I KNOW IS HE PROVIDED A U2BQK4 FILE AND I CANT FIND IT ANYWHERE ELSE EXCEPT ON A NOTE 8 !
podagee said:
Well idk know ALL I KNOW IS HE PROVIDED A U2BQK4 FILE AND I CANT FIND IT ANYWHERE ELSE EXCEPT ON A NOTE 8 !
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Lol no need to capslock everywhere. Just download and flash stock and it will be fine. You can get to download mode right?
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eregev said:
1. A good, new odin that will flash an official package.
https://odindownload.com/download/Odin3_v3.12.3.zip
2.Not the latest firmware, but a solid base (which you can then use to OTA updated to the latest patches)
https://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/galaxy-s8/SM-G955U/ATT/download/G955USQU1AQC9/129108/
Download both, use the former to flash the latter. Let us know how it goes!
EDIT: AND IF IT DOESN'T WORK! Please attach a screenshot of Odin and a picture of your phone (if you can). It'll help us get you squared away.
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All due respect but aqc9 is ancient and full of bugs that will make your experience with your phone sub par. Just go to updato.com and download the latest version for your carrier and device. By default updato is slow but if you use a download manager it flies. I can get 3MB/s easily
i honestly dont think people read in these forums. But everyone surely knows everything.
I am starting to get annoyed with that. PLEASE READ CAREFULLY:
1. i have flashed a rom provided by norbarb in the AT&T forums(he took it down) G955USA1US2BQK4,
2. after installing that update, phone went haywire, encrypted and erased everything except download mode,
3. ABSOLUTELY NO RECOVERY AT ALL,
4. nothing will flash over, NOTHING!! phone error: SW REV ablFAILED 1>binary >2 ODIN error. FAIL(AUTH) and FAIL dismatch model in non-modded ODIN and modded odin.
5. i got a bootloader to flash using abl files from a U2b (meaning bootloader 2) from another file U2BQK5 provided from a third party pm.
6. stuck in a bootloop at bootloader screen,
7. STILL NOTHING FLASHES OVER.
8. EDL cable needed per eli, went ahead and ordered another motherboard.
IF ANYONE CARES OR DECIDES TO BADGER ABOUT REPAIR FIRMWARE, PLEASE CHECK OUT GSM FORUMS, THERE ARE OTHER FORUMS WITH USEFUL INFORMATION ABOUT REPAIR FIRMWARES.
thank you all for your help. i just went ahead and ordered another motherboard cause i found it easier and less stressful to deal with less people who do not read the OP.
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Lol no need to capslock everywhere. Just download and flash stock and it will be fine. You can get to download mode right?
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All due respect but aqc9 is ancient and full of bugs that will make your experience with your phone sub par. Just go to updato.com and download the latest version for your carrier and device. By default updato is slow but if you use a download manager it flies. I can get 3MB/s easily
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yes i can but nothing will flash
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yes i can but nothing will flash
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My friend. You keep saying you download stuff from PM or from other sources yet it doesn't seem like you have bothered to try any of the links I or others on here have posted for you. Especially trying the latest Odin can help with software mismatch errors.
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Lol no need to capslock everywhere. Just download and flash stock and it will be fine. You can get to download mode right?
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All due respect but aqc9 is ancient and full of bugs that will make your experience with your phone sub par. Just go to updato.com and download the latest version for your carrier and device. By default updato is slow but if you use a download manager it flies. I can get 3MB/s easily
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No you're right it is ancient BUT it does have a direct update path straight to last month's security patch. And, maybe most importantly, OP could be using an older ODIN and hasn't tried the new one so I figured an older firmware has best shot at being compatible, he can OTA from there.
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My friend. You keep saying you download stuff from PM or from other sources yet it doesn't seem like you have bothered to try any of the links I or others on here have posted for you. Especially trying the latest Odin can help with software mismatch errors.
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No you're right it is ancient BUT it does have a direct update path straight to last month's security patch. And, maybe most importantly, OP could be using an older ODIN and hasn't tried the new one so I figured an older firmware has best shot at being compatible, he can OTA from there.
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hey bro, just to clarify with you i have flashed every file that there is from the links provided and from the forums i have about 8 copies of each file haha looks like i wont be running out soon. seems like the reason it crashed is the memory test that the rom i flashed inflated too much. i think it damaged my board which is okay i have another coming.
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hey bro, just to clarify with you i have flashed every file that there is from the links provided and from the forums i have about 8 copies of each file haha looks like i wont be running out soon. seems like the reason it crashed is the memory test that the rom i flashed inflated too much. i think it damaged my board which is okay i have another coming.
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Say what now? What made you think it was the memory test? What made you think it was the board or an actual hardware issue with the phone? A memory test can't 'inflate' anything much less can it damage your memory or the actual board.
I had a problem with my device from a badly restored backup where my modem would crash the machine to upload mode moments after booting on anything but a stock rom, and even that the radio didn't work and it would rebolt about 30 times to get to a state where it finished booting at all.
Needless to say I fixed it (I'm still here) but I essentially had to implement my own repair procedure and after about 30 hours total of working in it over two days I managed to get it working enough that I could get a rooted os booted and could then do another restore with a good backup.
If you problem sounds similar (iirc it was in the same general area) and it is then I'm afraid you wasted your money, as all you need is a restore of those partitions outside the rom part of your nvram.
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Say what now? What made you think it was the memory test? What made you think it was the board or an actual hardware issue with the phone? A memory test can't 'inflate' anything much less can it damage your memory or the actual board.
I had a problem with my device from a badly restored backup where my modem would crash the machine to upload mode moments after booting on anything but a stock rom, and even that the radio didn't work and it would rebolt about 30 times to get to a state where it finished booting at all.
Needless to say I fixed it (I'm still here) but I essentially had to implement my own repair procedure and after about 30 hours total of working in it over two days I managed to get it working enough that I could get a rooted os booted and could then do another restore with a good backup.
If you problem sounds similar (iirc it was in the same general area) and it is then I'm afraid you wasted your money, as all you need is a restore of those partitions outside the rom part of your nvram.
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I've been messaging with Eli and he said an EDL cable would fix the problem as it needs the deep flash. What would be your suggestion? I have been trying everything and I noticed somewhere saying windows 8 had problems with Odin software so I am currently installing a fresh copy of windows 10. Any suggestions would be appreciated
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I've been messaging with Eli and he said an EDL cable would fix the problem as it needs the deep flash. What would be your suggestion? I have been trying everything and I noticed somewhere saying windows 8 had problems with Odin software so I am currently installing a fresh copy of windows 10. Any suggestions would be appreciated
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Snapdragon right?
partcyborg said:
Snapdragon right?
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Yes snapdragon G955U AT&T
podagee said:
I've been messaging with Eli and he said an EDL cable would fix the problem as it needs the deep flash. What would be your suggestion? I have been trying everything and I noticed somewhere saying windows 8 had problems with Odin software so I am currently installing a fresh copy of windows 10. Any suggestions would be appreciated
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I thought windoze 10 was the "worst" because of the driver signing gotcha . This was true of me and my alibaba smart watch . For me, I had to resurrect an old h.d. with windoze 7 . . .
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I thought windoze 10 was the "worst" because of the driver signing gotcha . This was true of me and my alibaba smart watch . For me, I had to resurrect an old h.d. with windoze 7 . . .
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Yeah windows 7 is the best but I kinda like the metro theme with 8 and 10, though 8 is bad........
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Say what now? What made you think it was the memory test? What made you think it was the board or an actual hardware issue with the phone? A memory test can't 'inflate' anything much less can it damage your memory or the actual board.
I had a problem with my device from a badly restored backup where my modem would crash the machine to upload mode moments after booting on anything but a stock rom, and even that the radio didn't work and it would rebolt about 30 times to get to a state where it finished booting at all.
Needless to say I fixed it (I'm still here) but I essentially had to implement my own repair procedure and after about 30 hours total of working in it over two days I managed to get it working enough that I could get a rooted os booted and could then do another restore with a good backup.
If you problem sounds similar (iirc it was in the same general area) and it is then I'm afraid you wasted your money, as all you need is a restore of those partitions outside the rom part of your nvram.
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still waiting on a reply from you
https://www.dropbox.com/s/pyp5n11ibmtzvr0/G892_ENGROOT.tar?dl=0
Please, don't overshare! Leave some of the magic to be discovered
So how do I turn this into root access on my g892u?
Is this file for flashing in Odin? Please elaborate for those of us who lack expertise.
Thanks a million to anybody who is working on a root for this amazing phone!!
Anyone try this yet? And I assume this is the engineering BL. Based off the title, so wouldn't we still need someone like chainfire to release root for the device? Also I wonder if this is for 892A or 892U.
To many unanswered questions.
I flashed this and it did work for the T-Mobile 892U variant. However all it appears to be is the unlocked/engineering bl and nothing more. It does seem to be a step in the right direction. I was successfully able to flash back to stock afterward so we do at least have that small comfort that the stock images are out. I tested flashing the s8 and s8 plus images and there's no compatibility between this and them. If anyone can find anything more I'll use my phone as the guinea pig for it.
If someone has the 892a like myself and we are on bootloader 2, we don't currently have Odin files to return to stock. The only files available are BL1. I assume the u fw is still on the same BL as the released Odin files.
It is. Have you tried flashing this and then following up with the fw for the u to see if it can put the a on the u fw? And last I looked you do have Odin files for the a. Let me find the link.
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https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s8/how-to/sm-g892a-galaxy-s8-active-stock-odin-t3667204
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It is. Have you tried flashing this and then following up with the fw for the u to see if it can put the a on the u fw? And last I looked you do have Odin files for the a. Let me find the link.
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Those are ota zips posted, the a Odin files are still BL1, so we can't use them anymore. And I have not tried flashing u for that exact reason. The inability to get back.
And a locked bootloader...
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And a locked bootloader...
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The bootloader doesn't need to be unlocked to reflash fw w Odin. That's the point of having the Odin files.
How does that work, having multiple bootloaders? I've never had to deal with that before.
You don't have multiple bootloaders.s, you would flash the engineering BL in place of our current. But again there is no way to revert right now.
So I have the a active I understand I cannot revert back but will this achieve root?
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So I have the a active I understand I cannot revert back but will this achieve root?
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Theoretically it could but we would need a way to implement SU you can try this and then install SuperSU but I have a feeling that we need a binary built for this phone.
If what you are asking is if only flashing this file and Odin will give you root the answer is no however it is the first step to root assuming that the Eng bootloader allows root. I won't test this or go any further until there are Odin files released for bootloader 2
Had a feeling that would be the case, I didn't want to try anything until I knew for sure. If we're on BL2 wouldn't this never technically work since it's BL1?
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Had a feeling that would be the case, I didn't want to try anything until I knew for sure. If we're on BL2 wouldn't this never technically work since it's BL1?
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I don't know, sometimes the Eng AP is still flash able.
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infyrno676767 said:
I flashed this and it did work for the T-Mobile 892U variant. However all it appears to be is the unlocked/engineering bl and nothing more. It does seem to be a step in the right direction. I was successfully able to flash back to stock afterward so we do at least have that small comfort that the stock images are out. I tested flashing the s8 and s8 plus images and there's no compatibility between this and them. If anyone can find anything more I'll use my phone as the guinea pig for it.
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Infyrno was able to flash it to his 892u per his post, I'm not sure what BL he was on, or what BL the 892u is at perhaps T-Mobile is still on BL1
Help me please?
I'm looking to root my phone, and got here with all my looking. Can someone point me in the right direction from here? It's my understanding that this isn't all I need, or is it?
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I'm looking to root my phone, and got here with all my looking. Can someone point me in the right direction from here? It's my understanding that this isn't all I need, or is it?
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You are correct this is only the Eng bootloader. We do not have full root confirmed yet.
This isn't even an "engineering" bootloader, it's just the one from the factory firmware called "combination" on the various sites online. It's the active version of the same one used to root the s8 s8+ and n8
The real engineering bootloader and boot won't boot on our phones, as somehow the engineers devices are marked for it
I can't find much info about this phone, is it possible to root it in a similar manner to the other J7 variants?
Please someone help!
I know that most of you genius cell phone programming people have the nicest newest phones but some of us need to purchase the lower-end ones because its all we can afford. And because I can only afford this phone with its tiny little 16 gig bull stuff I really really would appreciate it tremendously if you guys could take the time out of your day to find out a way to root my device. Please someone one I'm begging you.
Really interested in rooting J7 Crown
I'm also interested in rooting my J7 crown. I bought 2 more for my kids as well. Going to be using them with google fi so I don't want all the samsung/tracphone/straight talk software, just a clean install of basic android.
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Did some digging around trying to figure out the specs on this phone:
Chipset: Exynos 7884
CPU: 1.5GHz Octa-core
GPU: Mali G71
RAM: 2GB
Internal Storage: 16GB
(source: mobitabspecs.com)
I also found this about the Exynos 7884:
The Exynos 7884, meanwhile, has the same setup as the Exynos 7885. Two Cortex-A72 cores are accompanied by six Cortex-A53 cores, but with a lower clock speed.
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(source: sammobile.com j7 duo review )
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Also I'd be willing to verify images, but I'm not a developer.
If some grabs me a boot img I'll patch it with magisk
I'll try to grab mine.
FenyxFyrez said:
I'll try to grab mine.
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PosT it here
RomLord14495 said:
PosT it here
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Is there any updates on this phone can it be rooted
boot.img
i too have this device and if someone can give me a quick rundown on how to pull the boot.img, I'd be more than happy to share it!
tripdiggler said:
i too have this device and if someone can give me a quick rundown on how to pull the boot.img, I'd be more than happy to share it!
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Look around online I think you can use adb
sm-s767vl
I obtained an inoperable device from a friend. He tried rooting, tried flashing, even tried to flash a factory binary thinking he could circumvent Straight Talk's ridiculous bootloader unlock policy, but in the end, he pretty much bricked it. It wouldn't boot into recovery, it wouldn't boot into download mode, and it was stuck in some sort of device test mode. I was able to find out that in that factory binary mode, Odin was able to recognize the device and connect to it. I flashed the BL, AP, CP, and CSC files in Odin 3.13 I think was the version. Now it's back to stock. On the plus side, doing so removed the Google account associated with the phone. I am trying to pull the 'boot.img' file so you can patch it.
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I obtained an inoperable device from a friend. He tried rooting, tried flashing, even tried to flash a factory binary thinking he could circumvent Straight Talk's ridiculous bootloader unlock policy, but in the end, he pretty much bricked it. It wouldn't boot into recovery, it wouldn't boot into download mode, and it was stuck in some sort of device test mode. I was able to find out that in that factory binary mode, Odin was able to recognize the device and connect to it. I flashed the BL, AP, CP, and CSC files in Odin 3.13 I think was the version. Now it's back to stock. On the plus side, doing so removed the Google account associated with the phone. I am trying to pull the 'boot.img' file so you can patch it.
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Link to firmware and factory binary.am gonna need it for development
tripdiggler said:
I obtained an inoperable device from a friend. He tried rooting, tried flashing, even tried to flash a factory binary thinking he could circumvent Straight Talk's ridiculous bootloader unlock policy, but in the end, he pretty much bricked it. It wouldn't boot into recovery, it wouldn't boot into download mode, and it was stuck in some sort of device test mode. I was able to find out that in that factory binary mode, Odin was able to recognize the device and connect to it. I flashed the BL, AP, CP, and CSC files in Odin 3.13 I think was the version. Now it's back to stock. On the plus side, doing so removed the Google account associated with the phone. I am trying to pull the 'boot.img' file so you can patch it.
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So a way to bypass FRP, good to know.
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It is not allowing me to post urls
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is there a way to circumvent this issue?
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It is not allowing me to post urls
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is there a way to circumvent this issue?
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Pm me
So did you ever do this I kinda wanna root my phone
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Pm me
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Is there a way to root straight talks galaxy j7 crown? If so please advise
You can't root tracfone devices.
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mohhaxs said:
You can't root tracfone devices.
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why can't you root trac fone deviecs???
j7 crown
tripdiggler said:
I obtained an inoperable device from a friend. He tried rooting, tried flashing, even tried to flash a factory binary thinking he could circumvent Straight Talk's ridiculous bootloader unlock policy, but in the end, he pretty much bricked it. It wouldn't boot into recovery, it wouldn't boot into download mode, and it was stuck in some sort of device test mode. I was able to find out that in that factory binary mode, Odin was able to recognize the device and connect to it. I flashed the BL, AP, CP, and CSC files in Odin 3.13 I think was the version. Now it's back to stock. On the plus side, doing so removed the Google account associated with the phone. I am trying to pull the 'boot.img' file so you can patch it.
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Hey Trip do you have the firmware you flashed for the j7 crown? I sure could use it? pm me if you can
Not being able to root this thing is terrible. There are firmware files for it out on the Internet now, but I have not been able to make any progress with working on this thing.