I was going through this team andriod article about rooting my phone and it said I have to install TWRP for Galaxy S7 and it gave another guide that I went though.
But the end of that second guide says to get out of a TWRP boot loop I need to make TWRP Permanent on Galaxy S7 but to do that I need a rooted phone, so I continued on with the first guide on rooting my phone.
So I went though the rest of the rooting guide and now when rebooting my phone it says "verification failed unable to restart your device samsung s7" and gives me the option to reset. I slide this reset option and on resetting it brings me into a TWRP menu for about 5 seconds then tries to boot the phone again but the same verification error keeps coming up and now the phone is stuck in this loop.
I've been able to get back into the TWPM menu and tried to wipe my phone but it fails with a red ending message of "Unable to mount storage".
I'm in the middle of downloading the stock firmware from SAMMobile, a stock firmware from theandroidsoul.com and someone had posted a stock firmware on a google drive account on this site which I'm going to download after.
What are my options here? Can I still root my S7 and get into my phone? Can I get access to my phone's files or are they now permantantly lost?
Any advice and guidance would be great, thanks.
RootingRooter said:
I was going through this team andriod article about rooting my phone and it said I have to install TWRP for Galaxy S7 and it gave another guide that I went though.
But the end of that second guide says to get out of a TWRP boot loop I need to make TWRP Permanent on Galaxy S7 but to do that I need a rooted phone, so I continued on with the first guide on rooting my phone.
So I went though the rest of the rooting guide and now when rebooting my phone it says "verification failed unable to restart your device samsung s7" and gives me the option to reset. I slide this reset option and on resetting it brings me into a TWRP menu for about 5 seconds then tries to boot the phone again but the same verification error keeps coming up and now the phone is stuck in this loop.
I've been able to get back into the TWPM menu and tried to wipe my phone but it fails with a red ending message of "Unable to mount storage".
I'm in the middle of downloading the stock firmware from SAMMobile, a stock firmware from theandroidsoul.com and someone had posted a stock firmware on a google drive account on this site which I'm going to download after.
What are my options here? Can I still root my S7 and get into my phone? Can I get access to my phone's files or are they now permantantly lost?
Any advice and guidance would be great, thanks.
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I can assure you that I did not need to use TWRP at all in order to root my Sprint SM-G920P S7 a couple of days ago.
I did have to use ADB on a Windows machine and run a root.bat file from the directory where it was located on PowerShell and go through a questionnaire type little blue DOS rooting program while the phone was on DL mode. Can get you the exact link if you need it however its in a different place where I am located right now so I cant post you the link at the moment. Its an XDA thread.
You have a sprint s7 (non edge) or what carrier you got?
I hope its not a Sprint QualComm chipset like mine as you are unable to change carriers if you want to go to T-Mobile or someplace else with a Qualcomm Chipset Sprint S7
I have a very similar issue as OP. I did install the no-verity-opt-encrypt which I guess is what OP needs but for me that did not help. I still get the verification failed but I am able to boot into TWRP and access the phone via ADB etc.
However I also get the "unable to mount storage" which I guess might be the main issue since it can not clear the cache.
oskarolw said:
I have a very similar issue as OP. I did install the no-verity-opt-encrypt which I guess is what OP needs but for me that did not help. I still get the verification failed but I am able to boot into TWRP and access the phone via ADB etc.
However I also get the "unable to mount storage" which I guess might be the main issue since it can not clear the cache.
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Update: I had missed the step where you had to format data. After that everything worked.
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Hi, I'm relatively new to this forum and I've been trying almost all day to root my phone...
First, I had problems trying to get a working recovery (they just crashed to random colors/or loaded fine and then rebooted like nothing happened). Tried with CWM Recovery but it seems this model is not supported atm, tried with TWRP v2.8.3.0 and also crashes... ATM the only custom recovery that has started without going haywire is TWRP v2.8.0.0 (at least for my phone).
I prefered using 'fastboot boot recovery.img' before 'flash' since it's the first time I'm trying to root a phone. The recovery mode starts okay and I also placed the UPDATE-SuperSU-v2.46.zip in the internal storage before hand. I try to install the .zip file and all goes well, no errors and a blue 'Successful' message. This is where the 'root' procedure fails. Since you can reboot or go home to check other stuff I just tried rebooting the first time and it asked me that I had a SuperSU in the device and that if I wanted to install it to have root. I obviously swiped to install it and it displayed for a split of a second the window from before and just shut down and rebooted...
I tried several other methods to try and root my phone after this failure, but none worked. I checked again if trying this procedure would serve a purpose but I got the same thing always. But since I saw the process so many times I could see for a moment a red line saying something like 'E: failed to copy su binary to /system/bin (...)' but couldn't read more because it was a split of a second there xD. I googled this weird error and I found that my /system is in read only state and not writtable... But to change it to writtable I need root too it seems <_<)
So, any help? I'm sorry if this long text makes someone just look away but I don't really know how to explain my problem in more simple words xD. Any help will be appreciated .
EDIT: Forgot to say that my phone has its bootloader unlocked already and it has USB Debugging enabled.
Moto G LTE x1040
System version (as my phone says) 21.31.1.peregrine.retla.retla.en.01 entcl
Build: KXB21.14-L1.56-1
OS: KitKat 4.4.4
Please help
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So here is a string of steps I've already been through in trying to save my bricked Nexus 6: [Can't post outside link yet...]
Basically I got the 'your phone is corrupt' message from google and it kept forcibly shutting down. It would not boot up so someone suggested I side load a rescue OTA. At this point recovery existed and I went through all the steps and had it installing, only to fail mid-way through (~52%) and give me a 'read error' on my command prompt. I started the whole process over again just fine and it got to 73% before 'read error' failing again. I thought no big deal, I'll just keep doing this until it gets to 100%. Nope, recovery is gone. I cannot get there anymore. I start into Fastboot mode and scroll to recovery and hit power and it just goes to a new Fastboot screen and keeps flashing every time I try to select it. The Bootloader logs give me a 'failed to validate boot image: ret=-1' message and says 'Boot up failed.'
I can't find a single guide online that doesn't require recovery mode to work. At this point I don't care about my data and just want to get this phone working again before I throw in the towel and pay Motorola $175 for a refurb. I'm just barely over a year too. The Nexus 'expert' gave up and blamed the memory and maybe he is right but I wanted to run this by you guys first. This phone was completely stock and unrooted.
The only reason why I feel there is still a chance is because when I connect USB my computer reads it as an Android Device in Device Manager with 'Android Bootloader Interface' as a sub device. If the computer can read it, isn't there a chance that some kind of software exists that can forcibly load a new bootloader onto this phone without recovery? I'm 'competent' with computers and android phones but I haven't rooted or done any custom stuff in years so I'm at a loss for what's out there.
Thanks in advance for any help you can give me, even if it's to tell me I'm SOL.
Ok so far I have tried to load a custom recovery but that requires an unlocked bootloader. Then I tried using a toolkit to flash stock as a soft-bricked device but that also requires an unlocked bootloader and I can't unlock the damn bootloader. You know, I thought I was just playing it safe by leaving this phone as-is instead of playing around with it but it looks like I screwed myself by doing so.
Is this the wrong forum for this question?
JQ3 said:
Is this the wrong forum for this question?
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Sorry for the delay
We have a dedicated help section for your device here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6/help
Ask there to receive help
Good luck
I was trying to root my Huawei Mate 9 using SuperU and TWRP, i got TWRP to work but when I put SuperU on the phone I couldn't find it (being first time ever rooting a phone) and somehow I came to the conclusion to go to wipe and wipe, i did that and restarted my phone and it was blank, it fully started up but only the bottom buttons were showing and if i changed the volume that would show but noithing else was there couldnt do anything but turn it on and off and change the volume, so now I'm trying to flash a firmware onto my phone so i can at least use it becasue I need it and nothing is working, ive put a update.app onto a sd card and tried using that and just I don't know what to do, I can load bootloader and get into TWRP and I can get into eRecovery but when I try download and recovery it just spits out an error saying 'getting package info failed'
Please help I'm not sure what other infomatiuon you need so just reply with anything and I'll reply right away thank you :c
Sirsyorrz said:
I was trying to root my Huawei Mate 9 using SuperU and TWRP, i got TWRP to work but when I put SuperU on the phone I couldn't find it (being first time ever rooting a phone) and somehow I came to the conclusion to go to wipe and wipe, i did that and restarted my phone and it was blank, it fully started up but only the bottom buttons were showing and if i changed the volume that would show but noithing else was there couldnt do anything but turn it on and off and change the volume, so now I'm trying to flash a firmware onto my phone so i can at least use it becasue I need it and nothing is working, ive put a update.app onto a sd card and tried using that and just I don't know what to do, I can load bootloader and get into TWRP and I can get into eRecovery but when I try download and recovery it just spits out an error saying 'getting package info failed'
Please help I'm not sure what other infomatiuon you need so just reply with anything and I'll reply right away thank you :c
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You can start over by flashing the full update.zip.
What exactly did you wipe?
Anyway, you can flash back stock firmware using: https://forum.xda-developers.com/mate-9/how-to/guide-mate-9-flash-update-package-t3593108
Hello. I've never bothered trying to root a phone before, but getting tired of the forceware apps being a buggy PITA you can't even disable/remove, so thought it was time to root for more control.
However, there are so many old posts, old tut videos, updates to software that might be superseded by newer software by the time you get to the last page, etc. that I'm not actually sure what's what or where to start, so figured I'd ask and hopefully get accurate info from you guys/gals that are more in the loop on the most current methods using the latest software.
Phone in question seems to be a 2015 J700PVPU2BQJ2 software version w/ J700P.03 version hardware updated to 7.1.1 and it's through Virgin. I ONLY want to root the phone, and nothing more, while trying to keep the phone as close to factory image as possible., and prefer using a PC to do it. Thought Auto-Root might be way, but it looks like it's not in use anymore?
Again, I'm new to phone rooting and the lingo, so treat me with kid gloves, thank you.
J727P
Nupid Stoob said:
Hello. I've never bothered trying to root a phone before, but getting tired of the forceware apps being a buggy PITA you can't even disable/remove, so thought it was time to root for more control.
However, there are so many old posts, old tut videos, updates to software that might be superseded by newer software by the time you get to the last page, etc. that I'm not actually sure what's what or where to start, so figured I'd ask and hopefully get accurate info from you guys/gals that are more in the loop on the most current methods using the latest software.
Phone in question seems to be a 2015 J700PVPU2BQJ2 software version w/ J700P.03 version hardware updated to 7.1.1 and it's through Virgin. I ONLY want to root the phone, and nothing more, while trying to keep the phone as close to factory image as possible., and prefer using a PC to do it. Thought Auto-Root might be way, but it looks like it's not in use anymore?
Again, I'm new to phone rooting and the lingo, so treat me with kid gloves, thank you.
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ok you have an older phone the J700P you can start by downloading odin an twrp recovery an superSU zip you can get twrp from here !https://twrp.me/devices/samsunggalaxyj72015qcomsprint.html
an odin from here
https://mega.nz/#!nYVDXBAC!_cTWbW4_Ow8sZMWcZvO7bVwEEBFlD1DQsB5NeFhj1EY
An just google latest superSU zip to find that !
good luck !
step 1 enable oem in development settings !
step 2 put phone into download mod an flash twrp then boot into twrp recovery an flash superSU zip !
Thank you for the info. I'm presently confused. Here's what I've done:
I ran Odin and flashed with twrp-3.2.1-0-j7ltespr.img.tar. It went through successfully going off odin's message.
Vol. up + home + power. It'll eventually show a yellow triangle with the white trash can guy on it's side stating "No Command". Power + up gets the Android Recovery screen.
At this point, am I supposed to choose the Wipe Data/factory reset option? I see tuts that seem suggest I should already be in the twrp UI or something. I've tried watching vids and looking at a handful of tuts, but either they are the wrong phone, too old, the button combos show something else entirely, etc.
Thanks!
Anyone? Videos show the buttons vol. up + home + power as booting right into twrp recovery gui. For me, it's going into "Android Recovery" screen. Is there an extra step with Odin or something that I missed? Or am I supposed to wipe/boot in the Android Recovery screen and it'll boot the twrp recovery gui? If bricking something I'm not familiar with wasn't a concern, I'd be courageous with it.
I tried the twrp-3.1.1-2-j7ltespr.img.tar and same thing. Odin says it's a success. Phone boots up to normal phone screen. Videos show the person's phone booting right into Twrp recovery. Mine acts like nothing changed. Root checker says unrooted. The Twrp app says unrooted. OEM Unlock and Debugging options in phone are selected, and I have it set for manual updates.
Anyone have an idea what's going on here?
J700P
Nupid Stoob said:
I tried the twrp-3.1.1-2-j7ltespr.img.tar and same thing. Odin says it's a success. Phone boots up to normal phone screen. Videos show the person's phone booting right into Twrp recovery. Mine acts like nothing changed. Root checker says unrooted. The Twrp app says unrooted. OEM Unlock and Debugging options in phone are selected, and I have it set for manual updates.
Anyone have an idea what's going on here?
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Ok when flashing twrp with Odin first uncheck auto reboot in options flash twrp pull battery replace battery an boot into twrp an flash superSU zip then reboot system !
Thank you so much Peter! That did the trick THANK YOU :good:
For posterity to anyone else w/limited root knowledge with a SM-J700P Virgin variant running 7.1.1 (and what was most recent factory updates until this point); Flashed the twrp-3.2.1-0-j7ltespr.img.tar again w/o auto reboot in options of Odin, pulled battery once safe (i.e. you get the "Pass" message from Odin confirming everything went as planned) to get out of the downloading screen, replaced battery, booted the recovery (vol up + power + home) and it finally booted into the twrp recovery gui. Selected the "Install" option, then went to where the supersu.zip was stored on the SD (I created a separate "supersu" folder via PC connection for easy locating; internal phone memory card looks to now be unlocked, so can most likely use that if you don't have a SD card). Checked the "reboot once installed option" in the gui box and swiped to install supersu,zip and verified it was rooted via app after phone fully booted back up.
BTW, If anyone gets a hang/crash in Odin immediately after trying to select a twrp tar image in the "AP" box, try downloading the twrp image via PC instead of the through the phone (the legit twrp site that has the repository of past/current .tar), and just put it somewhere like Odin folder on desktop. Somehow, mine were getting corrupted via phone download through the twrp app, and Odin would NOT recognize the file was bad/corrupt when trying to select it via the AP box and hangs instead of giving a warning message. I ran into this earlier on then noticed the file was too small for some reason after viewing it on my PC, hence the Odin hang that needed a task manager kill.
I hate to necro an old thread but I still do not want to create an entire new topic for a single question. If I was to follow this info will it wipe the phone or will it simply root it while keeping all data on the phone? I ask as it is my wife's old phone and she would be pissed if I wiped her apps and everything on accident since she wont be able to remember what she had.
Edit: also when I add the TWRP file to odin it immediately hang/crashes like OP mentions but I am already DLing via pc. any thoughts?
So I decided to manually update my galaxy s8+ since samsung oficially stopped suporting it for future feature updates and my phone started to get too slow, so my idea was to put the lighter lineage os on it.
To do that, first, I first had to get root.
To do that, I followed an step by step guide and I finished it (im new so i cant put the link to the guide, but it's form androidinfotech/.com and the title is "Root Samsung Galaxy S8 Plus SM-G955F Pie 9.0 using TWRP"). Then I finally rebooted my phone to see if I had root installed, and an error popped up: Verification failed, unable to restart your device, that after a little of research I realized it was quite a common error on samsung devices.
After that I checked threads of people that this had happened to and it said to reboot in twrp, which of course, I installed before rooting my phone, and wipe the data and some other steps.
But the problem is that after hitting reset and inmediately hitting the button combination for recovery mode, it just launched recovery mode for a few seconds and then the screen goes black inmediately after, and sends me back to the verification failed error. So basically I can't initiate in recovery mode.
I've tried other keys combinations and they either don't work or aren't of any use. Also, I can acces download mode, if that is of any use.
Does anyone know what to do here or something?
Figured it out
turns out i hadn't wipe the data properly. from that verification failed screen i turned my phone off like you normally do it, with the power button. then accessed the recovery mode after the phone was off. that was why i couldn't access the recovery mode before. after that, i found a fix for the error that showed while wiping data and then i re installed everything i had installed before and rebooted and now everything works. hope this helps someone...?
Guy this quite helped me but my trial for s8+ exynos 9.0 at first I successfully flashed twrp via Odin but the files (magical zip,mmstate zip ,some security patch zip with noverity zip ) allowed me to root well only to end up with 1gb internal storage, I then reflashed stock how ever after that I can't flash recovery via Odin as its always shows failed official binary allowed only. I'm sure its possible to root but am missing something important. Hope to gain some enlightment as a newbie. Thanks in advance
Abdul-Hanan. B. Jonathan said:
Guy this quite helped me but my trial for s8+ exynos 9.0 at first I successfully flashed twrp via Odin but the files (magical zip,mmstate zip ,some security patch zip with noverity zip ) allowed me to root well only to end up with 1gb internal storage, I then reflashed stock how ever after that I can't flash recovery via Odin as its always shows failed official binary allowed only. I'm sure its possible to root but am missing something important. Hope to gain some enlightment as a newbie. Thanks in advance
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homie, youre best off posting up an entirely new thread with your issue as most folks will likely miss a post like this on a year old thread. the 1gb of storage is usually fixed with a factory reset done in recovery. If not, youre going to have to flash the stock FW on it again via Odin to tell its storage table how much storage it actually has