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Rooting Samsung Galaxy S 1900m Canada

my lack of knowledge/terminology been sitting here for hours trying to root my phone with no luck. I know it is doable through ADB but I tried installing it and it didnt work. I tried the one click root method too but when it gets to the "repackage files" step, I just plain don't have the option on the menu, here are the options
reboot system now
apply sdcard:update.zip
wipe data/factory reset
wipe cache partition
format internal sd card
when I press the update.zip it says unverifiable whatever. ( not in the mood to reboot it just for this)
is there anything on here that actually is just straight up for a beginner?
I am completely confused past this point.

Try using Superoneclick v1.5.5
Sent from my GT-I9000 using XDA App

You're on jl2 right?
Problem is: Recovery 3e is verifiing signature on update.zip file, you'll have to get on Recovery 2e in order to root from an unsigned update.zip.
you can probably use the search fonction to find the "how To" easely. It took me less than 10 minutes gettings mine rooted.
Personnaly, all I did is flash another kernel with Odin
http://touristinparadise.blogspot.com/2010/11/samsung-galaxy-s-how-to-install.html

K So I upgraded to the kernel you told me to and it booted up normally I have my market back and the superuser permissions but when I press superuser permissions it doesnt show anything other than settings which only have two trivial options.
what do I do from here.

butterbladez said:
K So I upgraded to the kernel you told me to and it booted up normally I have my market back and the superuser permissions but when I press superuser permissions it doesnt show anything other than settings which only have two trivial options.
what do I do from here.
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That is fine if you have the superuser app show up, that means it's rooted. You won't see anything in there until an app needs superuser permission. Download titanium backup when you first boot it you well be prompted for superuser access click allow then next time you go into superuser app you will draw titanium backup in the list.
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I love you more than anything.
How do I start adding paid apps and stuff for free? possible at all? I downloaded that and busybox

Bump i really need help im not the smartest

bump ive been trying to do this for 5 days now

super one click is the easiest way of all
make sure it is in USB Debug Mode
and that it is connected to a computer that can see your phone in ADB mode
make sure the USB drivers are installed for the Kies and Android SDK

+1 for SuperOneClick
I'm on JL2 i9000m too and rooted with SuperOneClick.

Sup guys, I've got the Bell I9000M in Canada aswell, bought it less than a month ago, and I am not on JL2.
I, instead am on JK4.
What do I have to do to root my JK4 I9000M?
Any replies would be helpful. In the end, I would love to be able to get Darkys Rom on my phone, but no one responds in that thread nor does anyone really know what to do with my phone version.
If anyone could help me out, that would be great. Thanks

Help pls
OK so to start off i had this samsung galaxy s GT-I9000M from bell and i was trying to upgrade it so that my sister could use a newer version of android and not the boring v.2 . ANYWAYS I rooted it then reboot it and it was stuck at the splash screen so i thought it was stuck and i searched for a way to fix it which was to get the PDA PHONE CSC and PIT files and put them in odin and hope for the best. well that turned out horribly wrong. i ended up getting the phone stuck in some boot loop where it flashes a white screen and turns of and it does this constantly :crying::crying::crying: I can still get to download mode but not recovery mode for some reason...... PLS HALP

so my brother brought me his semi bricked n7000 "btw i searched and googled"

so my brother brought me his semi bricked n7000 "btw i searched and googled"
well, yesterday my brother brought me his cellphone which doesn't boot anymore, he wanned to install a custom rom since he saw that i have a fast one (galaxy s I)
so when i asked him what he did , he said he followed all the steps in rootgalaxynoteDOTcom/galaxy-note-roms/kingdroid-ics-rom-v3-0-for-galaxy-note-gt-n7000-best-ics-romtouchwiz-ux/[/url]
but then, his phone didn't boot, so he wiped - reset factory setting, which i read is a BIG NO when you're flashing ICS.
so whats done is done, i am trying to get it back , i can boot in recovery mode/download mode ... i tried out many kernels like AbyssNotekernel42RedTouchCustomLogo or speedmod, and downloaded at least 4 or 5 GB stock roms.
sadly , if odin flash is successful, it stuck on (samsung galaxy note gt-n7000) black srcreen, reboots few times then stays still...
if the odin flash wasn't successful , it keeps stuck on data.img and never goes beyond that .
i did all the steps i could find, wiped data after installed stock GB rom and rebooted, nothing worked
i even used rogue_ET-recoveryonly , and i think it went along format all the way, but still nothing happened after that.
the only thing i haven't tried yet was the repartition + pit file, i couldn't find the PIT , most of the roms have pda/modem/csc ... so if anyone can help out, i would really appreciate it ..
thanks

First thing you should do is check other threads about that around here.
If you can get it into download mode, you could give flashing with Odin a try. If it doesn't get stuck at factory.fs, then you're not superbricked.
If it does get stuck, then you have 2 more hopes:
- HOPE 1
- HOPE 2
If those don't work either...I'm afraid it's off to the Samsung Service center for a shiny new motherboard.
Best of luck to you and hope you get your Note up and running as soon as possible...

thanks, no it doesn't get stuck at factoryfs at all , i did check out most of the threads here, and most of them say "go back to GB with odin and if its stuck on samsung gt-n7000 boot screen just go back with recovery mode and then wipe data / cache " but never worked, so i thought i should ask around here
i'll check out the threads you posted and see what i can come up with

weird, i used the 16gb pit - repartition (check)
and i flashed it with SGN_XX_OXA_KJ1_FACTORYFS through odin.
and its still the same, the flashing with odin was successful and everything went fine, no hanging , no delays or what so ever. after it restarts its stuck on the black samsung galaxy note gt-n7000 screen
im gonna wipe data / cache again but i doubt that would fix anything.
so any idea what could be wrong? specially when the flashing process went fine?
i've already tried like 4 stock roms ,
arabic uae , europe , saudia and the SGN_XX_OXA_KJ1_FACTORYFS
i wonder if i need to put something in boot space in odin "just a thought"
ive tried downloading roms from here [STOCK ROMS] N7000 All stock ROMs + install + Root guide All at 1place,Latest ICS LQ3
and here [STOCK ODEX PRE ROOTED ROMs] for Odin PC no counter & triangle
any ideas?

For OP:
If you are not stucking while flashing from PC Odin then you are not superbricked.
I think you got corrupted /system or other partition; I saw another thread where OP was getting this sort of hang due to filesystem corruption which can't mount.
Entropy512 gave simple dd command based solution for erasing initial 1MB of partition.
Try searching for corrupted filesystem/partition related information. I can't recall exact thread title, sorry.
I hope this will help.
I found the post/thread for you to check: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=27102526&postcount=16

thanks for the reply , even think i flashed the abyss and the 4pda_kernel i still can't get anything when i do adb devices >.>
so im trying to figure out whats wrong

johar123 said:
thanks for the reply , even think i flashed the abyss and the 4pda_kernel i still can't get anything when i do adb devices >.>
so im trying to figure out whats wrong
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Should try to install/reinstall samsung usb driver package. or try reinstall Kies also provide drivers for Note.
If driver is install properly: when connect with PC using usb cable it need to be shown under hardware management as something like "android composite adb interface" or something like that.

johar123 said:
thanks for the reply , even think i flashed the abyss and the 4pda_kernel i still can't get anything when i do adb devices >.>
so im trying to figure out whats wrong
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Also are you trying to connect adb after booting the phone ? Means in a stuck state ? I think you can try enabling ADB thing from CWM rather than trying to boot phone fully.

hmm i can't find an option in CWM that suggests that , still searching
also im trying to find roms that i can install from CWM , are there any GB roms that can be directly installed from CWM ?
thanks.

johar123 said:
hmm i can't find an option in CWM that suggests that , still searching
also im trying to find roms that i can install from CWM , are there any GB roms that can be directly installed from CWM ?
thanks.
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Hi: I understand he means boot the phone into CWM and then connect to PC in that environment. adb need to be run from PC while the phone is booted into CWM recovery.
Still, most of the custom roms are in the .zip format and can be install using CWM. they just now become a bit more difficult to find since dev move on to ICS/CM9 roms. Still try to find some GB roms in the forum such as: rocket GB, litening GB, xtralite GB....
This is the link for Rocket rom GB. Better try v22 than v23.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1380284
Check rom:
http://download.checkrom.com/roms/a...oteHD_V3.zip?iframe=true&width=950&height=420
cheers,

forest1971 said:
Should try to install/reinstall samsung usb driver package. or try reinstall Kies also provide drivers for Note.
If driver is install properly: when connect with PC using usb cable it need to be shown under hardware management as something like "android composite adb interface" or something like that.
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done that already.. everyone is saying is "get into recovery mode" >.>

johar123 said:
done that already.. everyone is saying is "get into recovery mode" >.>
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Yes, recovery mode is in CWM. (in case you have not done it: Enter recovery by,from phone power off: pressing volumeup + home + power and release power when see samsung letter while still hole the other two buttons.)

forest1971 said:
Hi: I understand he means boot the phone into CWM and then connect to PC in that environment. adb need to be run from PC while the phone is booted into CWM recovery.
Still, most of the custom roms are in the .zip format and can be install using CWM. they just now become a bit more difficult to find since dev move on to ICS/CM9 roms. Still try to find some GB roms in the forum such as: rocket GB, litening GB, xtralite GB....
cheers,
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thanks for the reply, i've done it many times, when im in the CWM screen, the adb devices still doesn't show anything >.> maybe im using a wrong kernel? what kernel you guys suggest?

johar123 said:
thanks for the reply, i've done it many times, when im in the CWM screen, the adb devices still doesn't show anything >.> maybe im using a wrong kernel? what kernel you guys suggest?
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hmm. that should be still the problem with usb driver. Have you checked under hardware management if it show the device as "samsung composite adb interface" yet?
kernel should not be the problem with connecting adb. It is the problem with usb driver for Note. Sometime Win7 have problem with driver. You may want to search for another package of samsung usb driver on the web.
I did put some links of GB roms in the post in the previous page. maybe try them first if any luck.
Also try to restart computer to see if the driver issues get solved.
Got to go. Hope that you can solve the problem. GL.

forest1971 said:
hmm. that should be still the problem with usb driver. Have you checked under hardware management if it show the device as "samsung composite adb interface" yet?
kernel should not be the problem with connecting adb. It is the problem with usb driver for Note. Sometime Win7 have problem with driver. You may want to search for another package of samsung usb driver on the web.
GL.
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thanks, i restarted my pc , reinstalled kies, and now it shows under device manager
now i connect to the phone through adb , i appreciate you pointing it out
which method you think i should go for 1st? this one
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=26285877&postcount=12
or unzipping a rom and then pushing it all through adb?
i think i'll go for removing and repartitioning manually, hopefully it'll work
thanks again guys , i'll post the updates here,
lol, my brother called me and he's like "if u can't fix it by the end of the night, fk it, dont bother yourself with it" but to be honest, im too stubborn, i hope i can fix it

looks like deleting and adding partitions back through parted kinda work, for the first time i was able to pass the boot screen after i installed rocketrom from CWM
however, its been 1/2 hour since im stuck on rocketrom loading screen it keeps looping and looping.. i wonder if i should wait more.. or should i try another rom?

finally got rid of the verification -.- was kinda annoying thats why i didn't bother editing posts,
anyways, rocketrom didn't work, so i decided to flash a stock rom instead , the flash through odin went fine, it was great to be able to wipe data without getting stuck , however, it keeps going though samsung animation over and over, i think im gonna leave it like this one the charger till morning, i wonder if it'll be the same
guess i have to google for "samsung loop" , i wonder why this keeps happening though -.-

-.- leaving it for 6 hours on samsung logo animation didn't do the trick , still looping when i woke up, so i guess i'll do some more search on why this is happening.

You have checked partitions and see no error that means the problem lies somewhere else, not partitions. I have no idea yet, but for me I would try some different roms. Small roms have more chance to work, that is the feedback I got from some people:
- try check rom in the link I sent
- try paranoid android which is CM9, or asylum
- extralite
cheers.

forest1971 said:
You have checked partitions and see no error that means the problem lies somewhere else, not partitions. I have no idea yet, but for me I would try some different roms. Small roms have more chance to work, that is the feedback I got from some people:
- try check rom in the link I sent
- try paranoid android which is CM9, or asylum
- extralite
cheers.
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thanks buddy, i appreciate your help, the partition "USED" to give me error when i did the check 9 10 11 , but after removing the partition and reformatting them (and i also removed the cache partition) now its working fine "i suppose" i didn't do another check, but i might will now that you mention it.
i already tried rocket rom, didn't work, stock rom didn't work, so i'll give the others a try at least it doesn't get stuck on the boot screen, but its stuck on the animation logo which is an improvement
thanks again

[Q] whats this? i9001 bricked, damaged partition? cant wipe data, do factory reset.

Hi people,
i dont know where to go! i have read dozen of sites and post... am i right here?
my S+ i9001
PDA i9001xxkq7
Phone: i9001xxkpk
csc i9001dbtkp2
can:
boot in download mode
can boot recovery mode
can be flashed via odin
can NOT:
-boot to system (always hang or freeeze or shuts down when Samsung logo comes)
-data can not be wiped (Processbar starts but never really start doing something) CWM6. I had some other recoverys and they gave me some messages like can not accsess data/csc or something like these messages in other posts.
-can not do anything in recoverymode exepted, wipe cache.
-can not update zip
-can not gain accsess to sdcard ore sideby
-cant reboot in recovery.
i flashed with odin (and Aries.ops):
-broodROM_RC5
-the right StockROM
-phone seems to be bricked
-no access with Quickflash (dont know if debug mode was or is enabled)
i found some people with similar problems with other devices (i9000 // i9100), but not with the i9001. so i write it here.
always the answer was try a full wipe/reset, but i cant or dont know how to it when the recoverymod or stock recovery doesnt do it.
kind regards
Daniel
im Stuck! where do i have to start further steps?

incredibledan said:
Hi people,
i dont know where to go! i have read dozen of sites and post... am i right here?
my S+ i9001
PDA i9001xxkq7
Phone: i9001xxkpk
csc i9001dbtkp2
can:
boot in download mode
can boot recovery mode
can be flashed via odin
can NOT:
-boot to system (always hang or freeeze or shuts down when Samsung logo comes)
-data can not be wiped (Processbar starts but never really start doing something) CWM6. I had some other recoverys and they gave me some messages like can not accsess data/csc or something like these messages in other posts.
-can not do anything in recoverymode exepted, wipe cache.
-can not update zip
-can not gain accsess to sdcard ore sideby
-cant reboot in recovery.
i flashed with odin (and Aries.ops):
-broodROM_RC5
-the right StockROM
-phone seems to be bricked
-no access with Quickflash (dont know if debug mode was or is enabled)
i found some people with similar problems with other devices (i9000 // i9100), but not with the i9001. so i write it here.
always the answer was try a full wipe/reset, but i cant or dont know how to it when the recoverymod or stock recovery doesnt do it.
kind regards
Daniel
im Stuck! where do i have to start further steps?
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---------- Post added at 03:48 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:03 PM ----------
The Same problem with my phone!!
I tried every thing every cwm recoveries and root stock rom and broodrom no boot
Please somebody can help us?
Thank you

I9001 cant format data and emmc
Update,
i finally got an CWM running! aktually 5.5.0.4 but the 6.0.1 and 6.0.2 alsoworked at the end.
now all i cant do is, formatting data and/or mount/format emmc.
Plugged in via USB Cable to PC i can access (internal) sdcard and copy all zips i want. I also cann install them, but i cant wipe data.
i geuss there is an hardware issue, so that all these fine mods are biting on stone, trying to format the "partition"
This results in unbootable systems..i think
At least i tried cm-9-20130220-EXPERIMENTAL-ariesve-rc5 with kernel 3.00, no luck.
i this hardbricked? damaged? i geuss im close to the final. but wich one.....
last try is this hint :http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2173180
but ODIN crashes when trying the MD5 checksum
thanks for reading!
dan

...
tried to reduce the i9001reset.tar.md5 file with repacking it without the cache and system file. but the reset.zip still has 750mb and odin crashes checking the md5.
are there any other methods to check if the data partition or the emmc.ic is damaged? i cant format via CWM or stock recovery, results in endless process...
and Quickflasher also crashed trying to "wipe at start" mmcblk0p17 (data)
greetz from Berlin
Dan

samen problem
I got the samen problem, please some help. (10 hours working on it
I dit odin to stock
odin to recovery 6
formated sd
installed roms
nothing works, cant mount, cant wipe date,
Has it to do something with .ext (i dunno this really and dunno how to change

did you try to wipe data from stock recovery after install stock rom?
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danger
ATTENTION dont try the reset.zip partition recovery as described above! It has killed my phone! i lost any lifesigns from the device, no vital functions over the battery or powersupply. i just cant switch it on again.
this is my end with this!

macar said:
did you try to wipe data from stock recovery after install stock rom?
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yes, i tried but it did not work, neither from stock or custom ROM.

I'm having the exact same problems. It all started when I updated CWM to 6.0.2.8 as recomended by ivendor, in order to flash CM10. Since then I can't wipe data partition, and no matter what I flash (through both Odin and CWM), the phone doesn't boot anymore. Tried to restore original Samsung ROM, no success... Hasn't anyone figure it out? It seems a large number of user have dealt with this issue in the last days, perhaps the coder of CWM 6.0.2.8 should explain how to fix this mess.
I went to a local phone service, and they said they can't do anything, the whole internal memory has to be replaced. I can't believe this.

No solution?
I have exectly the same problem and i tried everything. I still can get to recovery and download mode, because i didnt mess with reseting broken partition. Can this be solved? I didnt find anyhing in threads, and it seems that a lot of people have this kind of problem now. It all happend on my s+ while i was trying to flash CM10 Beta4.

repair in warranty
Ledo13 said:
I have exectly the same problem and i tried everything. I still can get to recovery and download mode, because i didnt mess with reseting broken partition. Can this be solved? I didnt find anyhing in threads, and it seems that a lot of people have this kind of problem now. It all happend on my s+ while i was trying to flash CM10 Beta4.
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OK Guys,
here im back. After killing the phone i called samsung i (i was still in warranty), an then i send it to an repair center of their choice. it tooks two weeks an here i got it back. dont know what they have done. but it didnt cost me anything.
end of story from me
greetz dan

search for emmc bug thread in development section http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2224029
the recovery you have used was compiled over a 3.0 kernel, it has a bug that brick phones, like the galaxy s2 and galaxy note.

New motherboard
incredibledan said:
OK Guys,
here im back. After killing the phone i called samsung i (i was still in warranty), an then i send it to an repair center of their choice. it tooks two weeks an here i got it back. dont know what they have done. but it didnt cost me anything.
end of story from me
greetz dan
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I got my phone back from service in a 4 days and they changed my motherboard. Now I have completely new motherboard (plus I didnt pay a thing because I still got warranty). Obviously they didn't find out whats wrong with my phone so they put new motherboard

Ledo13 said:
I got my phone back from service in a 4 days and they changed my motherboard. Now I have completely new motherboard (plus I didnt pay a thing because I still got warranty). Obviously they didn't find out whats wrong with my phone so they put new motherboard
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I managed to "rescue" my eMMC-bricked phone by doing everything I could find about the eMMC brick bug killed my i9001. No root but I can live with that until someone comes up with a better fix.. Good luck, I wish I had a better step by step instruction list on how I did it but honestly I just frantically tried things over and over in different order and finally got it going.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2234489
I guess...
1. Get TWRP 2.2.2.1 or CWM 5.5.0.4/the new 2.6-based 6.0.2.8 CWM recovery flashed.
2. Use QuickWipe (link in my post to the OP).
3. Use ODIN 4.43 to flash that 1.4GB fixmev2.tar file (I did it at least 2-3 times during different stages)
4. Follow the instructions in the links in my post.
5. Good luck.
6. Wait for the devs to solve this problem permanently with new kernels and ROMs and thank them when they solve it.

Scyphe said:
I managed to "rescue" my eMMC-bricked phone by doing everything I could find about the eMMC brick bug killed my i9001. No root but I can live with that until someone comes up with a better fix.. Good luck, I wish I had a better step by step instruction list on how I did it but honestly I just frantically tried things over and over in different order and finally got it going.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2234489
I guess...
1. Get TWRP 2.2.2.1 or CWM 5.5.0.4/the new 2.6-based 6.0.2.8 CWM recovery flashed.
2. Use QuickWipe (link in my post to the OP).
3. Use ODIN 4.43 to flash that 1.4GB fixmev2.tar file (I did it at least 2-3 times during different stages)
4. Follow the instructions in the links in my post.
5. Good luck.
6. Wait for the devs to solve this problem permanently with new kernels and ROMs and thank them when they solve it.
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EDIT: after it died last night (tried to force root permissions and it would no longer boot) and fiddling to get it back to working condition I tried flashing the file in this post (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=38671295&postcount=2) to reset partitions and the phone is now stone dead... a true brick.. absolutely nothing happens when I try to power up, enter recovery mode, whatever.. it's dead... stone cold..

To Those Who Failed Root, When Odin Does "cache.img"

Heya guys,
Firstly, my original intention was to post this in the official Galaxy S5 Rooting with CF thread. But I cannot because I have less than 10 posts. It is 3:21 for me, so please bear with me posting this in the wrong section for now and move it to the development forums if necessary.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2696537
The problem many of you may be having is that ODIN fails to root your phone, after it says "cache.img". If this happened to you, you will undoubtedly go into a soft boot, with your screen saying "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue" and asking you to connect to KIES.
I have spent many hours trying to figure this out. Unfortunately with my country's expensive internet, downloading 1.4 GBs for a new firmware takes hours, so I have spent the night trying new methods to get out of this soft brick. I never used KIES, and I never attempted to flash a new firmware.
If you're in this same situation, install ClockworkMod Recovery:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2726186
You may be able to tell I am not too big into this scene yet, but installing CWM allowed me to break out of the soft brick, albeit I still don't have root. I knocked KNOXs warranty for nothing, but I'm glad I got my phone to work again (which I got today). By the way, you don't even need to boot into Recovery mode: Just installing CWM got me out of the soft brick, and I have never booted it yet.
I sincerely hope this helps people in a same situation as me. For me it really is a pain to download big things, so I'm happy I found an alternative solution that works. I will probably look for a different root method for the S5 if it exists.

I solved that problem by pulling off my sd card and my sim, my phone is g900h, try that and then try to flash cf root, hopefully it will work.
Sorry for my english.

marcos_capo said:
I solved that problem by pulling off my sd card and my sim, my phone is g900h, try that and then try to flash cf root, hopefully it will work.
Sorry for my english.
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Thanks a lot man. I also solved the problem by taking out sim and micoSD. Way to go.
Also i think the reason it gets stuck at cache.img is because we are too eager to root and fail to charge the battery. My opinion, i could be wrong.

Hi guys.
I faced the same situation trying to root my phone. ......In fact I tried and soft bricked the phone about 20 times and used Kies to download which is slow.
I rooted eventually via chainfire and installed CWM.....Happiness
Now if only l can get a custom AOSP based rom without the bloat?
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Just once on the 2nd day with CF-root, it seems most of us have forgotten to check the USB debugging(Dev.Options)
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Thanks, I will give this a go as nothing seems to be working to actually root my phone.
(Yeah I have dev mode enabled and Samsung backup off).
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Try using USB 2.0 it could be that 3.0 does not work. It took me awhile before I was able to get mine to work, but try USB 2.0 and see if it works.
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You are a life saver man! Installing CWM Recovery helped me to get rid of that screen. Moreover in CWM when I pressed reboot, it asked me to root I choose yes and phone restarted working perfectly fine W/ root! But no permission app was installed hence I installed Super SU + Pro(chainfire) and now everything works the way it should. Super SU even prompted me to turn off Knox
Thanks a ton for sharing this info...cheers!

marcos_capo said:
I solved that problem by pulling off my sd card and my sim, my phone is g900h, try that and then try to flash cf root, hopefully it will work.
Sorry for my english.
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Thanks, that's the only thing that finally worked for rooting my G900H. Tried USB3 and USB2 to no avail, even with USB debugging enabled (which I believe only affects the device when running Android OS). Until I tried with the SD card and SIM removed!

well said, fixed my problem!!! try to share this in mass because i go this article after a long search, when i was about to give up!!! Thanks a lott!!!

Thank you for this thread.
I finally got it working after pulling out the sim + sd, and turning on the usb debugging mode.

marcos_capo said:
I solved that problem by pulling off my sd card and my sim, my phone is g900h, try that and then try to flash cf root, hopefully it will work.
Sorry for my english.
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you SIR just saved my life, thanks

hats off
UnboundDemon said:
you SIR just saved my life, thanks
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hats off
u saved my life
+to get root
flash cf superuser in cwm recovery
but wow..thanks
after a 50000 fone is in soft brick
life sucks
U ROCK

marcos_capo said:
I solved that problem by pulling off my sd card and my sim, my phone is g900h, try that and then try to flash cf root, hopefully it will work.
Sorry for my english.
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Same thing here. Weird man. Had me sweating a lil bit too....lol.

Had the same issue with it freezing at cache.img
I tried taking out the sim and sd card. Still didn't work. Here's what I did to resolve it:
1. Installed CWM as shown in the first post in this thread.
2. Went into to recovery mode, wiped cache, wiped data
3. Went back into odin mode and tried again with the normal CF root procedure which had previously been stalling on cache.img
This time it worked and phone is now rooted.
Thanks guys! Mur

Tanx
Thanks lots. Through i jus installed odin version 3.09 n tried flash on without d sm. And sd card.. Also make sure ur flash in without samsung usb..

Or you can force the phone to reboot into download mode again and flash cache.img only.
That worked for me, but good to know
Enviado desde mi SM-G900F mediante Tapatalk

My s5 got stucked root fail :'(
after a try to root my s5 it got stuck :crying: i cant go to the recovery mode or download mode
on the left corner appears a blue red yellow notation : Recovery mode . . . . Recovery is not Seandroid Enforcing Set Warranty Bit : recovery
:crying:

Hey guys... I am new to xda and i really get confused about these rules about posting any question...... I hope i am not doing anything wrong... Anyway i want help.....
I have galaxy s5 exynos sm g-900h lollipop... i wanted to root it and i did it with cf-auto root by odin everything seemed to be fine.....but after rooting i was unable to access my recovery... it got stuck on samsung logo for like 15 mins or so after that it will reboot normally to my home screen. i even could not do a factory reset because it needed recovery mode...i found no solution for it and left it as it is... Some days after i upgrade my os with Samsung smart switch and it fixed it and I was able to boot in recovery........ After that for some reason i again tried cf auto root and the same problem.. Cant boot to recovery this time it didn't even rooted my phone so i couldn't even install any custom recoveries................ Pls help me out to root my s5 without removing recovery...

Thanks a lot.You just saved my life! Installing CWM Recovery helped me to get rid of that f****g screen.

[Q] wont start new system

I have tried to install by the instructions some "cm-10.1-20130503-NIGHTLY-cooper" and when phone started to boot up he stayed 5 minutes on SAMSUNG screen, I went under shower, finished, went to party, he still havent booted. I rebooted phone by taking out battery, the same...Phone can't accept that update.
After that i tried hard reset and again...same thing.
Than i tried hard reset without installing "cm-10.1-20130503-NIGHTLY-cooper" and same...
Then i downloaded numerous of programs including Samsung Kies, connected my device on "download mode" and I saw installed drivers but it keeps searching for connection...lost like 5 god damn hours on this...couldnt find solution.
Forgot to say i rooted phone first. Before I tried to do this I had some swiss ROM i guess...Now cant find flash files for it. Dowloading just now when I m writing this some Polish firmware flash so i could flash phone over Odin...I hope I will do something.
Can anyone tell me how to start this phone? Even in oldest android version, just so it can boot again?

RESOLVED this problem.
First I saw needed 10 minutes to figure out that I am using old version of Odin.
Downloaded Odin + cooper file that is needed for ignition from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1506891
Then I used mine allready downloaded firmware that i found here http://www.tsar3000.com/Joomla/inde...laxy-ace-firmwares&catid=55:samsung&Itemid=82
with this tutorial here (part C in post) http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1034145
Phone booted successfully with 2.3.6 android on Polish Play
Now I must start again with another ROM, any suggestions?

Bugeera said:
RESOLVED this problem.
First I saw needed 10 minutes to figure out that I am using old version of Odin.
Downloaded Odin + cooper file that is needed for ignition from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1506891
Then I used mine allready downloaded firmware that i found here http://www.tsar3000.com/Joomla/inde...laxy-ace-firmwares&catid=55:samsung&Itemid=82
with this tutorial here (part C in post) http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1034145
Phone booted successfully with 2.3.6 android on Polish Play
Now I must start again with another ROM, any suggestions?
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1. ROOT your device
2. Install CWM 5.0.2.6 Fixed
3. Boot the system and restard... well you are ready to flash a custom rom

allready did that, just aint working...and its better, this phone has week procesor, he cant render system so it stops at booting
nvm i hardly recovered phone with Polish flash files again, not gonna risk more,tnx anyway

Bugeera said:
allready did that, just aint working...and its better, this phone has week procesor, he cant render system so it stops at booting
nvm i hardly recovered phone with Polish flash files again, not gonna risk more,tnx anyway
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ok, ok but the things will go good just when you do those things good
You're welcome mate