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[Q] URGENT *Brick My Phone IN Recovery mode only*

flickr.com/photos/krishphilly/50950265 Ok so guys here si what happend and none of the function is working here including all 4 rebbot,partition,wipe tried to select from power button so many times but nothing is happening. Please help

Try this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=731989

Yeah tried many times not working at all <OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 0) thats what messege pop up in on odin screen

stay on "File analysis" for a long time when hit start and when hit master clear it stays on Master Clear start for forever and nothing happening.

You have to get your phone into the following screen to use Odin.
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The picture you showed is the recovery menu. You need DOWNLOAD mode, like the above poster shows a pic of. I wouldn't worry about master clear right now, just get into download mode. Try all the button combo's in the earlier link, or let the phone boot as far as it can, then try adb commands.
Edit, also, did your 3 button recovery/download options work before you tried flashing? That should be the first sentence on every ROM thread, test your buttons before you flash!

Do this:
*Download captivates usb drivers
1.Download 1 click odin stock rom
2.Execute the one click odin stock rom
3.turn off your device
4.press volume down, wile pressing it connect the usb cable to your device
5.Once odin detects it "yellow colored retangle comXX" press start.
6.wait till is done, after that congrats you have reflashed your device with stock rom.

Here is my problem
How can I get there I mean i tried volum keys+powerbutton combo and what I am getting is this picture flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/5095026553/

urkrishpatel said:
flickr.com/photos/krishphilly/50950265 Ok so guys here si what happend and none of the function is working here including all 4 rebbot,partition,wipe tried to select from power button so many times but nothing is happening. Please help
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Also, what ROM were you trying to flash? what were you doing to cause this? If you were flashing an I9000 rom, try holding vol down then plugging in usb, or something similar. The button combo is different for those roms.

If your device is hardware lock't meaning, you cant access download/recovery mode by button combination, your pretty much screwd, unless you had clockworkmod recovery in your sdcard root and a nandroid backup...

bobbylx said:
Edit, also, did your 3 button recovery/download options work before you tried flashing? That should be the first sentence on every ROM thread, test your buttons before you flash!
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Did your buttons work before?
Sent from my GT-I9000 using XDA App

I tried that way and when I connect the USB cable it automatically directly goes in the that recovery mode and even without the usb cable when I tried volume down+power combo it does boot with samsung galaxy logo and screen and then directly goes in the same recovery mode

I was trying to flash cognitionv2.2Beta6 ROM via ROM MANAGER app and I have got stuck with this issue.

did u try pushin the volume keys but not the power while not plugged in and then pluggin usb in?

urkrishpatel said:
I was trying to flash cognitionv2.2Beta6 ROM via ROM MANAGER app and I have got stuck with this issue.
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So you have ClockworkMod Recovery? Have you tried reinstall packages option to get to the ClockworkMod Recovery screen? If you did a Nandroid Backup you're fine. Just select reinstall packages and you should have the green lettering of the Clockwork Recovery and you should be able to get your Nandroid backup running.

Okay, I recently bricked my phone, here's what you do.
First, open up the odin and leave it
Then, turn off your phone.
Third, hold BOTH the volume up and volume down buttons at the same time
Fourth, While holding down both of these buttons, plug in your phone to your computer via USB
Fifth, Odin should detect your phone and a yellow comort thing should show up in Odin.
Sixth, Press START

urkrishpatel said:
I was trying to flash cognitionv2.2Beta6 ROM via ROM MANAGER app and I have got stuck with this issue.
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Got ya.
Well the method that always works for me.
Remove battery
Remove sim card
Put battery in
Hold down both volume buttons
Plug usb
Good luck to you.
Sent from my GT-I9000 using XDA App

Yes so I did
1. open Odin,
2.then press volume down not touching power button
3.then plugin usb while continue pressing power button
and now i have got phone charging symbol on the screen ,
odin detected as com4 device and I have got directly in recovery mode.

pull the battery first
remove your sim and external sd card
open Odin one click
hold volume down (do not touch the power button)
plug in the usb (keep holding the buttons until the download screen appears)
if that doesn't work
unplug the usb
pull the battery
close Odin one click
open odin one click
hold volume up and down
plug in usb (keep holding volume buttons until download screen appears)
press start

yes but it does not seem working as I tried apply update.zip from memory card by pressing power button as selection but nothing happening not even wipe data/partition option

What to do with this...

Have a I896 Rogers. The phone was flashed with an I9000 ROM and is now stuck in recovery mode. The power button will not function as the ok button, none will?? I have tried adb but it doesn't recognize the phone. I cannot get it into download mode no matter what button combinations I use.....

shollywood said:
Have a I896 Rogers. The phone was flashed with an I9000 ROM and is now stuck in recovery mode. The power button will not function as the ok button, none will?? I have tried adb but it doesn't recognize the phone. I cannot get it into download mode no matter what button combinations I use.....
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I'm guessing a jig is your last option?

Does the phone boot normally? Or does it always go to recovery on boot? If it boots normally, you should be able to fix the recovery.

ALWAYS recovery

A jig is probably your only option then.
Make one: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=889128
Buy one: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=9589739#post9589739

I know you said no button combos work, but have you tried this:
From a powered off state, press both volume buttons and then plug in USB
That seems to work when I'm in a pinch (often)
Best of luck.

GGXtreme said:
A jig is probably your only option then.
Make one: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=889128
Buy one: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=9589739#post9589739
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DAMN!!! Thanks for the info and links...

Symmetric said:
I know you said no button combos work, but have you tried this:
From a powered off state, press both volume buttons and then plug in USB
That seems to work when I'm in a pinch (often)
Best of luck.
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I did...just starts by showing battery charge icon, then goes right into recovery..

Edit: Never mind about the CWM recovery. I just re-read and realized your power button doesn't function as enter.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=775911
this almost always works for me, follow the instructions as exactly as possible and see what happens.

scottbot said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=775911
this almost always works for me, follow the instructions as exactly as possible and see what happens.
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So i did that and it puts the phone into POWER RESET or UNKNOWN UPLOAD MODE??
Odin recognizes (yellow box lights up) BUT only goes to SETP CONNECTION and stops??

Help, choose wrong phone for ROM Manger and now stuck in Android Recovery Mode

Help guys.
I have a Samsung Galaxy S Captivate I897. Last night I installed the Clockworkmod ROM Manager in there and was messing around with it.
I choose my phone model to be the the I9000 and then I went into recovery mode to restore the previous ROM, but guess what? It went into recovery mode, the volume up and down buttons select the menu items and it asks me to hit the "OK key" to enter.
The Captivate doesn't have an OK key, it uses the power button. So the Android Recovery Mode here thinks the phone is a I9000 and I can't get it to do anything other than reboot into that mode.
I've tried using the ADB to try to get back into download mode but it's no longer reading the phone. The volume + power buttons to go into that mode has never worked for this phone either.
I'm at a loss at what to do. Is there anyway I can get out of recovery mode and into download mode or back to regular phone usage here? Would I need to take it to an android developer?
Thanks for your help.
Thanks for your help.

vancouverguy said:
Help guys.
I have a Samsung Galaxy S Captivate I897. Last night I installed the Clockworkmod ROM Manager in there and was messing around with it.
I choose my phone model to be the the I9000 and then I went into recovery mode to restore the previous ROM, but guess what? It went into recovery mode, the volume up and down buttons select the menu items and it asks me to hit the "OK key" to enter.
The Captivate doesn't have an OK key, it uses the power button. So the Android Recovery Mode here thinks the phone is a I9000 and I can't get it to do anything other than reboot into that mode.
I've tried using the ADB to try to get back into download mode but it's no longer reading the phone. The volume + power buttons to go into that mode has never worked for this phone either.
I'm at a loss at what to do. Is there anyway I can get out of recovery mode and into download mode or back to regular phone usage here? Would I need to take it to an android developer?
Thanks for your help.
Thanks for your help.
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Shut off the phone, open up odin(DG's flash to stock one) hold the power and the menu button. Once you see the ATT screen release the power while continuing to hold the volume buttons. Once odin recognizes your device flash to stock using the utility. Once this works donate to DG for saving your ass. Also, quit using ROM manager. Just use the update.zip method everyone else uses.

+1 for just using CWM update.zip It is sooo much easier/faster.

Thanks, but it didn't work. My Galaxy S is one of those where the volume + power buttons don't work to get it into download mode.
I did try power + menu as you suggest, but that doesn't work either.

try this
1. open odin.
2. With phone unplugged remove battery
3. with battery removed plug phone into pc via USB
4. with battery still removed simultaneously hold down Vol. + / - (forget about power button just hold down the two vol buttons)
5. While holding down the vol + / - insert the battery (keep the vol buttons down and hopefully DL screen comes up)

silverslotcar said:
+1 for just using CWM update.zip It is sooo much easier/faster.
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I cannot stress this enough.
Also, OP, if the above doesn't work, it might be USB jig time.

pwr isn't used to go into dload mode - that would turn your phone on.
Do this:
Open odin
Remove bat, sim, ext mem card
replace bat
hold vol -/+ and plug in data cable to computer
(should be download mode)
If that fails, then get yourself a jig... gotta search for the thread though - should cost a couple dollars. Then once you're back up... look up the thread to fix the 3 button combo.

You might try turning the phone off then hold VOLUME DOWN and POWER (not vol up/dwn/pwr) to get into download mode. Make sure to remove the sim and sd cards.

I bricked my phone over the weekend and had similar problem you did.the easiest way too get out in to download mode is a jig. Its easy and cheap to do.look on you tube under un brick captivate fort a tutorial.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897 using XDA App

Question about using update.zip to install clockwork recovery after flashing to stock (and avoiding Rom Manager):
Is rooting still required?

doreyu said:
Question about using update.zip to install clockwork recovery after flashing to stock (and avoiding Rom Manager):
Is rooting still required?
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Nope. No root needed

mcord11758 said:
Nope. No root needed
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Awesome, great that would be hugely faster, thanks.

doreyu said:
Awesome, great that would be hugely faster, thanks.
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Once you learn that trick you are on stock for like 2 minutes before you flash

Yeah I'm kind of a lurk but I've been around for about a month just flashing everything, and I had no idea it could be done like this till today. Going to make my next one even faster.
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Nothing seems to work.
I'm going to try the jig method Wednesday morning. Wish me luck!

I tried the jig and it didn't work.
What happened was that it got me back into recovery mode, not download mode. Tried it several times. So unless I'm hitting the wrong points on the phone usb plugin (other than the last two), I'm hooped.
I tried the direct resistor wire to points in usb plugin method. I didn't try the one where I cut open a mini-usb cable and use the plug as a dongle, although I think it may get the same result.
What do you guys think?

[problem] cannot boot into download mode

my phone is GT-I8190
build number : JZO54K.I8190XXAMA2
I am trying to root my phone and I followed these tutorials
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2162335
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2147852
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2185700
but all of them require to boot into 'download mode' while my phone dose not.
it just reboot and give be blank 'black' screen then reboot again to the system.
i've tried also this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=42983168&postcount=192
and still I got the same thing blank screen then reboot to system
I can boot into "recovery mode" but the power button doesn't select anything, while it works fine when the system booted
is there any one face this problem like me ?and is there any way to fix it?
thanks

ahmadssb said:
my phone is GT-I8190
build number : JZO54K.I8190XXAMA2
I am trying to root my phone and I followed these tutorials
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2162335
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2147852
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2185700
but all of them require to boot into 'download mode' while my phone dose not.
it just reboot and give be blank 'black' screen then reboot again to the system.
i've tried also this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=42983168&postcount=192
and still I got the same thing blank screen then reboot to system
I can boot into "recovery mode" but the power button doesn't select anything, while it works fine when the system booted
is there any one face this problem like me ?and is there any way to fix it?
thanks
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Have you tried the right combo mate? Download mode: volume down+home+power
For selecting in recovery mode you can do it with the power button.
PS: This is the wrong thread for your answer.

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AlexGardunio said:
Have you tried the right combo mate? Download mode: volume down+home+power
For selecting in recovery mode you can do it with the power button.
PS: This is the wrong thread for your answer.
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yes I know how to go to download mode via the 3 buttons , this is not my first time using Samsung mobiles and they all the same
and also not my first time doing root and changing rooms
but this is the first time I face this problem and only in this galaxy s 3 mini (I've rooted another galaxy s 3 mini before and there was no problem with booting into download mode)
also I know that the power button is for selection (I already mentioned that in my post )
but it doesn't give any respond (only in recovery mode) while there is no problem with the power button if I used it with any other place in the system
I AM NOT NOOB

ahmadssb said:
I AM NOT NOOB
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lol
but you posted in the wrong section
search through Q&A section solution was provided before

efaustino84 said:
lol
but you posted in the wrong section
search through Q&A section solution was provided before
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Humans make mistakes

AssToast said:
Humans make mistakes
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humans...

Well Mr. Mad-Ungrateful-Expert... maybe you can try buying other phone.

Try this :
makeyourself said:
Your problem sounds similar to this one. I assume when you say 'blank screen' that the screen is powered on?
Power off the phone, hold down VolUp + VolDown + Power for 4 to 5 seconds. Then release ALL AT THE SAME TIME. Now press Volume Up. Now hopefully you will be in download mode even if you can't see that you are. If it doesn't work try it again a couple of times. The reason that you have to press Volume Up is that a warning screen is actually displayed before the phone lets you into download mode.
The phone will give you no other indication that its in download mode and won't 'recognise Odin' when not in download mode. Make sure you have Samsung USB drivers (comes with Samsung Kies) installed on your PC.
Oh yeah and by the way the thread I've linked to suggests you have to reflash the bootloader to fix the 'blank screen' problem.
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efaustino84 said:
lol
but you posted in the wrong section
search through Q&A section solution was provided before
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Sorry about that It's my mistake
AssToast said:
Humans make mistakes
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thank you for understanding

AlexGardunio said:
Well Mr. Mad-Ungrateful-Expert... maybe you can try buying other phone.
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Sorry bro I am not mad and very grateful to all XDA members :good:
I was planning to send my phone to Samsung and let them fix the problem with download mode
but I have to ask here first maybe I can find the solution
Si-R said:
Try this :
Try this :
Originally Posted by makeyourself View Post
Your problem sounds similar to this one. I assume when you say 'blank screen' that the screen is powered on?
Power off the phone, hold down VolUp + VolDown + Power for 4 to 5 seconds. Then release ALL AT THE SAME TIME. Now press Volume Up. Now hopefully you will be in download mode even if you can't see that you are. If it doesn't work try it again a couple of times. The reason that you have to press Volume Up is that a warning screen is actually displayed before the phone lets you into download mode.
The phone will give you no other indication that its in download mode and won't 'recognise Odin' when not in download mode. Make sure you have Samsung USB drivers (comes with Samsung Kies) installed on your PC.
Oh yeah and by the way the thread I've linked to suggests you have to reflash the bootloader to fix the 'blank screen' problem.
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the problem that after the blank screen it reboot again and start to boot the android system
I just need to boot to download mode then I can continue by myself
BTW thank you for your help

ahmadssb said:
Sorry bro I am not mad and very grateful to all XDA members :good:
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:good: hope you solve it.

AlexGardunio said:
:good: hope you solve it.
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Not yet, I posted this topic in various websites hopefully I can get solution
otherwise I'll send it to Samsung and ask them to fix

ahmadssb said:
Not yet, I posted this topic in various websites hopefully I can get solution
otherwise I'll send it to Samsung and ask them to fix
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Try pullng battery for 5 seconds and reinsert then try to boot to download mode.

serophia said:
Try pullng battery for 5 seconds and reinsert then try to boot to download mode.
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I've tried that before nothing happen

Umm maybe if you'd tell us what u did there in the first place, some of us might be able to help you.

Benzonat0r said:
Umm maybe if you'd tell us what u did there in the first place, some of us might be able to help you.
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in fact I'm not the owner of the phone it's for one of my friends
I've already asked him what did he do with the phone but he didn't respond to my email yet
so I'm just waiting now

Have you tried installing the latest firmware for your device with ODIN? Maybe that works.

AlexGardunio said:
Have you tried installing the latest firmware for your device with ODIN? Maybe that works.
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He wan't, but he can't without Download mode

What about the Galaxy S III Mini logo, is it there when he boots into system?

How To Root Android 5.0 With TWRP Recovery Or CFAUTO-ROOT!

Note: This trips knox as always.
This has been tested and working fine on my T800 and other devices that people confired. I'm not responsible for any bricks btw. Twrp Method:
VOLUME UP = RIGHT BUTTON OF VOLUME. VOLUME DOWN=LEFT VOLUME BUTTON
1. Download the twrp.tar on your pc and supersu.zip on your device. Also, download odin on your pc
2. Open odin on your pc.
3. Put device into download mode by turning off the tab s first. Then hold power,home, volume down button all at the same time till download mode comes up.
4. Hit volume up to continue
5. Connect tablet to pc.
6. Hit the ap or PDA button in odin.
7. Select the recovery tar.
8. Untick auto reboot in odin
9. Hit start
10. Now force reboot by holding power,home, volume up and volume down buttons at the same time till it reboots.
11. Power device off again.
12. Reboot into recovery by holding power,home, volume up buttons all at the same time till twrp pops up.
13. Hit install button in twrp.
14. Select the supersu zip you downloaded.
15. Swipe to install and reboot.
Done!
Download links:
supersu zip(download on device): http://download.chainfire.eu/supersu
Twrp T80X(download on pc): http://dl.twrp.me/chagallwifi/
Twrp T70X (download on pc) http://dl.twrp.me/klimtwifi/
CFAUTO-ROOT Method(Confirmed working on Lollipop) Incase twrp fails...
edan1979 said:
Follow these instructions to the letter. Do not touch any buttons or checkboxes that are not listed below to touch!
- Download and unzip the CF-Auto-Root-....zip file (see posts below this one)
- If you end up with a recovery.img and cache.img file, you've extracted twice. You need to end up with a .tar.md5 file - don't extract that one
- (USB) Disconnect your phone from your computer
- Start Odin3-vX.X.exe
- Click the PDA (AP in odin v3.x) button, and select CF-Auto-Root-....tar.md5
- Put your phone in download mode (turn off phone, then hold VolDown+Home+Power to boot - if it asks you to press a button to continue, press the listed button, or run adb reboot download command)
- (USB) Connect the phone to your computer
- Make sure Repartition is NOT checked
- Click the Start button
- Wait for Android to boot
- Done (if it took you more than 30 seconds, you need practise!)
NOTE: Sometimes the device does *not* boot into recovery mode and root your device. Just do the entire procedure again if this happens. If it still will not install root and such, make sure that in Odin "Auto Reboot" is not checked. Then after flashing, manually shutdown your device and boot with VolUp+Home+Power button to boot into recovery manually. This will start the install process.
New to Samsung? Unfamiliar with Odin? Think all the above is a hassle? Get used to it. It's very simple, and us Samsung folk use Odin (or Mobile ODIN ) for everything! It's so very very convenient once you get used to it. Notice the 30 second comment above? For experienced users, the entire process indeed takes only 30 seconds!
Flashing with Odin
1. Put your phone into download mode. To do this turn the phone off and then press volume down+home button+power button at the same time. You will then get a warning saying press up to continue and down to cancel, press volume up and you are now in download mode
2. Start Odin
3.At this point please make sure that ONLY TWO OPTIONS TICKED are "Auto Reboot" and "F.Reset Time" (otherwise you could end up with a very expensive paperweight)
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If there are three files they should have one of PDA/PHONE/CSC in their names look for this and put them in the corresponding section.
5. Plug your device into the computer, wait for the drivers to install and then wait for the ID:COM section to turn blue.
6.ONCE AGAIN CHECK YOU HAVE NOT TICKED RE-PARTITION OR PUT IN A PIT FILE
7.Press start and the flash will begin, once this has started do not remove the usb cable or turn of your computer or the device the phone will reboot once the flash has finished.
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Hello,
I've tried several times and it doesn't work, TWRP not showing, only stock recovery
I've flashed with Modified CF-AutoRoot and it's working.
L.E. : None is working. I get SuperSU update binary Installation failed.
L.E. 2 : I've wiped data/cache a few times and re-downloading the TWRP tar file, and now it is working. Thank you!

Little of topic, but does your theme work okay with lp?

Bataga said:
Little of topic, but does your theme work okay with lp?
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Nah. Totally different ui and stuff. Sucks But I'll work on one for lp in the meantime

DUHAsianSKILLZ said:
Nah. Totally different ui and stuff. Sucks But I'll work on one for lp in the meantime
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Yeah it does! You worked really hard on it

Bataga said:
Yeah it does! You worked really hard on it
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? I can confirm that 4way multiwindow works fine btw

Update: Added CFauto-root method just in case

Works perfect for me with twrp-method. Lollipop is blazing fast. No lag at all.

So.. Is this for previously unrooted devices? If so, does it trip KNOX?

redrol said:
So.. Is this for previously unrooted devices? If so, does it trip KNOX?
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This is for people who want root on lollipop since flashing the new firmware wipes it. And yes it does trip knox. I'll add a note that it does in the first post

Added recovery links for T700/T705. Forgot to do so
-DUHA

Bump. Incase any T705 users needs it ☺
-DUHA

Good looking out @DUHAsianSKILLZ worked like a charm on the upgrade!

DUHAsianSKILLZ said:
3. Put device into download mode by turning off the tab s first. Then hold power,home, volume down button all at the same time till download mode comes up.
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10. Now force reboot by holding power,home, volume up and down buttons at the same time till it reboots.
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Do you really mean to press the volume up and volume down buttons at the same time?
12. Reboot into recovery by holding power,home, volume up buttons all at the same time till twrp pops up.
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I'm sure one of the things new users will find confusing is the precise button combination needed to trigger each of the different boot states, download, recovery and normal modes. Pressing volume up will lead to a boot state different from pressing volume down, since the two buttons are externally the same (the volume rocker). Maybe you can highlight or emphasize the UP or DOWN since it's easy to overlook.

Gondwanaland said:
Do you really mean to press the volume up and volume down buttons at the same time?
I'm sure one of the things new users will find confusing is the precise button combination needed to trigger each of the different boot states, download, recovery and normal modes. Pressing volume up will lead to a boot state different from pressing volume down, since the two buttons are externally the same (the volume rocker). Maybe you can highlight or emphasize the UP or DOWN since it's easy to overlook.
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Edited my post with volume up=right side volume button and volume down=left side of volume button. Also edited a few other things to make it more clear. Let me know if I am missing anything else. Thanks!
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DUHAsianSKILLZ said:
Edited my post with volume up=right side volume button and volume down=left side of volume button. Also edited a few other things to make it more clear. Let me know if I am missing anything else. Thanks!
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Maybe a little confusing for t700/705 users as their volume button is the opposite I believe.
I think your instructions were clear enough. The user of the device should at least know which is up and which is down tbh. No need to spoon feed imo.

Actually, if you install TWRP from odin, you don't even need to download the supersu separately. First, download twrp package for your device. Install it with odin. From my experience, you don't need to disable the auto-reboot option in odin this time (but you need that when you're installing full ROMs and want to keep the custom firmware).
Shutdown.
Boot into recovery, by pressing volume up, power, and home buttons.
Confirm that TWRP recovery is installed.
Now reboot. At the moment you try to reboot, the custom recovery will offer you to install SuperSU. Go ahead and accept it.
Now reboot, go into google play and update your SuperSU.
One nice side effect of installing TWRP this way is that you may want to keep TWRP without having root. TWRT is useful as a recovery for backups etc, but there are some apps, like AT&T Uverse, that will actually break if you have root.