Quick rooting question. - T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I plan on installing a rom that is pre-rooted. Aside from backing up all I need to do is flash a custom recovery then boot to the recovery and flash the rom No need to root it first. Is this correct?

ElAguila said:
I plan on installing a rom that is pre-rooted. Aside from backing up all I need to do is flash a custom recovery then boot to the recovery and flash the rom No need to root it first. Is this correct?
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Correct

ElAguila said:
I plan on installing a rom that is pre-rooted. Aside from backing up all I need to do is flash a custom recovery then boot to the recovery and flash the rom No need to root it first. Is this correct?
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yes, that is correct, how did it go, is your fingerprint sensor working correctly... let me know...

mdiaz33685 said:
yes, that is correct, how did it go, is your fingerprint sensor working correctly... let me know...
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Finger print sensor works great on mine rooted and custom rom.
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mdiaz33685 said:
yes, that is correct, how did it go, is your fingerprint sensor working correctly... let me know...
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If you backup a ROM and restore it with fingerprint saved it will not work. I have learned this the hard way.

It went like butter. Very smooth. I used odin to put twrp on it and then installed dynamic rom and so far no issues. I haven't tried the fingerprint sensor yet.
Update: It works fine on mine.

Brava27 said:
If you backup a ROM and restore it with fingerprint saved it will not work. I have learned this the hard way.
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ElAguila said:
It went like butter. Very smooth. I used odin to put twrp on it and then installed dynamic rom and so far no issues. I haven't tried the fingerprint sensor yet.
Update: It works fine on mine.
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just got home from work, and taking care of the my kids..
it happened to me also, I screwed up my fingerprint sensor... this is my 2nd phone..
I just installed twrp, , and made my 1st backup, but I delete my stored fingerprints 1st without root...
I am doing my 2nd backup with root on stock rom.

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CWM Recovery problem

Hi, I followed the guide to install CWM and it seemed to go fine, but when I power on the phone and tap the vol-down key nothing happens, I do get the vibrations as I'm doing it though. Is CWM really necessary to install a custom rom? Cos I might just skip it.
You can't flash a custom rom without cwm recovery.
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karthikys1 said:
You can't flash a custom rom without cwm recovery.
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O lol, I guess I need to solve this then. I thought I just used FlashTool to flash the rom and viola, rom is on.
Does anyone have any ideas what I might be able to try to figure out why CWM isn't working? Any way to see if CWM is actually on my phone? (Maybe it's just not there, rather then not working).
Edit: Rom Manager seems to think I have CWM installed, also I did a Nandroid Backup which seemed to be configured to use CWM so I don't know if it's there or not, or working or not
Which guide did you follow? And how did you make a Nandroid Backup?
I followed this guide.
I downloaded Nandroid Backup Root, it created the backup without rebooting the phone, so it never needed to boot into CWM.
Astralogic said:
I followed this guide.
I downloaded Nandroid Backup Root, it created the backup without rebooting the phone, so it never needed to boot into CWM.
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That's what I thought. The fact that it can create a backup doesn't mean it has a recovery installed, it doesn't use a recovery to create it. If the LED is lighting up at boot, and it is vibrating, and it doesn't get back in, I don't know what the problem would be. I'd try reinstalling CWM, and FYI, you should use V8; V9 has issues.
At the very least, if it really is installed, you should have a "recovery.tar" and "chargemon" file in /system/bin/.
Antiga Prime said:
That's what I thought. The fact that it can create a backup doesn't mean it has a recovery installed, it doesn't use a recovery to create it. If the LED is lighting up at boot, and it is vibrating, and it doesn't get back in, I don't know what the problem would be. I'd try reinstalling CWM, and FYI, you should use V8; V9 has issues.
At the very least, if it really is installed, you should have a "recovery.tar" and "chargemon" file in /system/bin/.
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I don't have those files so CWM is not installed. I can't find v8 of CWM for Xperia T but I found this file "CWM4XperiaT_v8i_JB.zip", is that it?
Astralogic said:
I don't have those files so CWM is not installed. I can't find v8 of CWM for Xperia T but I found this file "CWM4XperiaT_v8i_JB.zip", is that it?
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It clearly says "Xperia T" in the name of that file... yes, that's it. Now I'm wondering what you installed, if you didn't install that one, or V9.
Antiga Prime said:
It clearly says "Xperia T" in the name of that file... yes, that's it. Now I'm wondering what you installed, if you didn't install that one, or V9.
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V8 works perfectly, it's installed fine.
I am going to follow this guide to install cyanogenmod, do I need to obtain a bootloader unlock code? Or should I just skip right to installing the ROM?
Edit: Oops forgot the link: http://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Install_CM_for_mint
Astralogic said:
V8 works perfectly, it's installed fine.
I am going to follow this guide to install cyanogenmod, do I need to obtain a bootloader unlock code? Or should I just skip right to installing the ROM?
Edit: Oops forgot the link: http://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Install_CM_for_mint
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First of all, yes, you need an unlocked bootloader. You can't flash custom kernels on a locked bootloader. Secondly, I've never tried that tutorial (I have a TX), but I'm assuming it should work fine, but, personally I'd either go with FXP, or one of the OMNI builds here in XDA, since, as far as I know, developers here have more fixes than what I've seen on FXP and/or CM.
Also, there are a easier ways to flash your ROM, since you already have a custom ROM. I don't think it's necessary to have to fastboot the kernel first.
Edit: The Carbon ROM I'm on also has a T version. The reason I'm on this ROM (and previously OMNI) was because FXP/CM roms have/had a battery drain that was never fixed, something that was fixed here on XDA.
Antiga Prime said:
First of all, yes, you need an unlocked bootloader. You can't flash custom kernels on a locked bootloader. Secondly, I've never tried that tutorial (I have a TX), but I'm assuming it should work fine, but, personally I'd either go with FXP, or one of the OMNI builds here in XDA, since, as far as I know, developers here have more fixes than what I've seen on FXP and/or CM.
Also, there are a easier ways to flash your ROM, since you already have a custom ROM. I don't think it's necessary to have to fastboot the kernel first.
Edit: The Carbon ROM I'm on also has a T version. The reason I'm on this ROM (and previously OMNI) was because FXP/CM roms have/had a battery drain that was never fixed, something that was fixed here on XDA.
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There's a problem My bootloader is not unlockable... does this mean I've been wasting my time?
Edit: There is this guide, it makes no mention of unlocking the bootloader so it might work?
Astralogic said:
There's a problem My bootloader is not unlockable... does this mean I've been wasting my time?
Edit: There is this guide, it makes no mention of unlocking the bootloader so it might work?
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No, that tutorial won't work. Never follow a guide for flashing ROMs that wasn't meant for your phone. Your phone didn't even exist yet when that guide was written.
If you can't unlock your bootloader then there is no way you'll ever be able to flash a custom ROM, because, like I mentioned earlier, custom ROMs have custom kernels, and custom kernels need an unlocked bootloader.
I wouldn't consider it a waste, it's always useful to have a recovery installed; with it you can at the very least backup and restore, flash deodexed/zipaligned stock ROMs, such as this one, flash files, and even have access to ADB if your phone doesn't boot up, which can save you from having to wipe everything, etc., so not a complete waste of time.
Antiga Prime said:
No, that tutorial won't work. Never follow a guide for flashing ROMs that wasn't meant for your phone. Your phone didn't even exist yet when that guide was written.
If you can't unlock your bootloader then there is no way you'll ever be able to flash a custom ROM, because, like I mentioned earlier, custom ROMs have custom kernels, and custom kernels need an unlocked bootloader.
I wouldn't consider it a waste, it's always useful to have a recovery installed; with it you can at the very least backup and restore, flash deodexed/zipaligned stock ROMs, such as this one, flash files, and even have access to ADB if your phone doesn't boot up, which can save you from having to wipe everything, etc., so not a complete waste of time.
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Ok, well, I learned a bit in the process, and I still have an Xperia SP bootloader to unlock, then flash cyanogenmod, so I'm in a better position to handle that now, thanks for all the help guys.

[HELP] Can not write any custom roms.

I can no longer write any custom roms to my N6. Started with PURE 3.5 but now effects any rom i try to flash. I have brought my N6 back to factory state multiple times even relocking it. Only thing I can do is Fastboot flash N6 image from google manually piece by piece. I do have working 5.01 and phone works. Roms either hang or have errors. or just write the boot.img file. TWRP works other wise i can backup and restore, I am using 2.8.3.1. I have searched all over for a fix....
There used to be some weird mounting stuff that would make roms not boot. Thought that was worked out in pure shamu 3.1 ish.
Where do the roms hang? Did you ever fix permissions using twrp? Any kind of log you can pull?
dipstik said:
There used to be some weird mounting stuff that would make roms not boot. Thought that was worked out in pure shamu 3.1 ish.
Where do the roms hang? Did you ever fix permissions using twrp? Any kind of log you can pull?
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I had no problem updating Pure for over a month from like 2.0 to 3.4.
they all hang when writing to system as far as i can tell. happens regardless of Pure....from a fresh clean image of 5.0 or 5.01 i can not flash any roms. driving me nutzo....i can no longer flash pure 3.4 either but i can restore the phone from a nandroid backup i had on my pc and run Pure 3.4 just fine.
Did you wipe everything except internal storage first? I had this issue earlier until I realized that I forgot to do that when coming from the stock ROM.
Pilz said:
Did you wipe everything except internal storage first? I had this issue earlier until I realized that I forgot to do that when coming from the stock ROM.
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yes and both cache.....
also made sure system not mounted.
very frustrating.
Bignoze73 said:
yes and both cache.....
also made sure system not mounted.
very frustrating.
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That is very odd, did you try reflashing TWRP or using a different version.
Pilz said:
That is very odd, did you try reflashing TWRP or using a different version.
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mutiple times......tried all versions of TWRP too.
I can write a custom kernal like elementalx no problem.....just not roms.
Bignoze73 said:
mutiple times......tried all versions of TWRP too.
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It doesn't make sense considering you also flashed back to stock. Have you also tried to flash a ROM from your PC rather than from your phone? There has to be some reasonable explanation for why it's not working.
Pilz said:
It doesn't make sense considering you also flashed back to stock. Have you also tried to flash a ROM from your PC rather than from your phone? There has to be some reasonable explanation for why it's not working.
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how do you do that? the custom roms dont have system.img file like N6 image. The Pure 3.92 is in .dat format, another rom is folders. I also get checksum errors when extracting.
I also noticed in the last 24 hours there are 2 other threads with people have almost the same issues flashing roms. I think it has something to do with TWRP but no matter becuase no version works for me.
Bignoze73 said:
how do you do that? the custom roms dont have system.img file like N6 image. The Pure 3.92 is in .dat format, another rom is folders. I also get checksum errors when extracting.
I also noticed in the last 24 hours there are 2 other threads with people have almost the same issues flashing roms. I think it has something to do with TWRP but no matter becuase no version works for me.
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If you restore your stock recovery on your phone you could try this.
Make sure TWRP is not installed on your phone and that the stock recovery is installed and working:
Have TWRP in your platform tools folder named however you want
Then use "fastboot boot recovery 'whatever you named TWRP' "
This will boot TWRP without installed it. Then try to flash the ROM using TWRP. You can also use the"adb push" to sideload the ROM onto your phone so you can find it via TWRP.
nope did not work.....roms just hang or flash new boot.img only.
i even tried erasing recovery partion and reflashing stock than twrp 2.8.3.1......that did not work either....something is stopping TWRP from writing to system.
thanks for your help
Bignoze73 said:
nope did not work.....roms just hang or flash new boot.img only.
i even tried erasing recovery partion and reflashing stock than twrp 2.8.3.1......that did not work either....something is stopping TWRP from writing to system.
thanks for your help
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You're welcome, have you tried to contact some of the devs here to see if maybe they could help? I think the worst case scenario would be to RMA the phone.
Pilz said:
You're welcome, have you tried to contact some of the devs here to see if maybe they could help? I think the worst case scenario would be to RMA the phone.
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RMA the phone??? ?What are you gonna tell them?? ? That you can't flash any custom Roms through TWRP?? ?
laureanop said:
RMA the phone??? ?What are you gonna tell them?? ? That you can't flash any custom Roms through TWRP?? ?
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No obviously not look, but if you have other issues (in assuming you might if you can't flash a ROM) then that's the worst case scenario option.
Pilz said:
No obviously not look, but if you have other issues (in assuming you might if you can't flash a ROM) then that's the worst case scenario option.
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This is a tough one cause if his factory image works without issues they're gonna have no reason to send him a replacement
laureanop said:
This is a tough one cause if his factory image works without issues they're gonna have no reason to send him a replacement
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That's true, but there must be something wrong if he can't flash anything else so I'm sure he could find some issues.
Pilz said:
That's true, but there must be something wrong if he can't flash anything else so I'm sure he could find some issues.
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Is there a tool or command to do a full memcheck of both ram and storage
rgraville said:
Is there a tool or command to do a full memcheck of both ram and storage
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I'm not sure I've never had the need to do one from adb or fastboot
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I'm not sure I've never had the need to do one from adb or fastboot
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yeah its pretty nuts....how can I return a phone that works fine other than the fact it wont flash a custom rom?
Must be another way to write a rom but TWRP......
thanks!
Bignoze73 said:
yeah its pretty nuts....how can I return a phone that works fine other than the fact it wont flash a custom rom?
Must be another way to write a rom but TWRP......
thanks!
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I assume you are also out of the return window. Well if you are unlucky or lucky (depending on how you view it) you could have an issue eventually. They will RMA for burn in, camera issues etc... The camera issue was common in the earlier production models that I had. There should be another method, I would look into it if you have time.

[RESTORE] Factory Restore 24A zip

Here's a fast way to do a full factory restore so you can take an ota without erasing your internal storage.
This will not however remove the rooted message for a warrant claim.
Check MD5's before flashing.
Step 1: Flash Flash KK24a System Restore 1st.
Step 2: Flash KK24a Bootstack Restore 2nd.
Warning: You will loose your custom recovery after reboot.
Download: KK24A System Restore
https://mega.co.nz/#!kEljCSTY!qPS7oSXokZRg3j60FNzgmeA7sbpda8IMB-4uFTJuMxI
MD5: d3926bcb4b2938e33020c1e8b540414b
Download: KK24A Bootstack Restore
https://mega.co.nz/#!0E00kb6K!wH1bJHbFuqTQpZo2QKLeBrpf21slTgnOSMstivVS7Qs
MD5: dce61ff31f060164bb89962ffe8a1b8c
Reserved....
Can't do 27a restore as System.img is too big for a zip to be flashed. Its over 2.2gb. Needs to be under 2.1gb for custom recovery to flash it. I can't get it compressed under 2.1gb.
This is cool thanks!
Way cool !! Thanks!
Can i use this to upgrade from 4.2.2 ?
berz said:
Can i use this to upgrade from 4.2.2 ?
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Yes.....
@MicroMod777, just to make sure before I proceed, I lose my custom recovery (in op), but I'm assuming I maintain root? I've read from others root is kept through 27a, and that Freedom Tools also restores recovery. Am I correct on all? Thank you!
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@MicroMod777, just to make sure before I proceed, I lose my custom recovery (in op), but I'm assuming I maintain root? I've read from others root is kept through 27a, and that Freedom Tools also restores recovery. Am I correct on all? Thank you!
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You'll loose root, but root detection is still there. You can use my freedom tools to get custom recovery on 27a.
You'll loose root, but root detection is still there. You can use my freedom tools to get custom recovery on 27a
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Excellent, thank @MicroMod777. One more question; after I flash this, I'm unrooted, no custom recovery. If I root the 24a using ioroot25 (but not a custom recovery), will the root maintain through the updates to 27A? I recall reading somewhere on here that it did. Thanks for your work!!
njstein said:
Excellent, thank @MicroMod777. One more question; after I flash this, I'm unrooted, no custom recovery. If I root the 24a using ioroot25 (but not a custom recovery), will the root maintain through the updates to 27A? I recall reading somewhere on here that it did. Thanks for your work!!
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Not really sure, but you can always use Stump Root on 27A. Can take up to 10 minutes for it to root through brute force:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-g3/orig-development/root-stump-root-lg-g3-sprint-verizon-t2850906
I am pretty sure root maintains with the OTA 27A.
Awesome. This is great for when I gotta go to stock real quick for some fix or something and will real helpful once lollipop is out
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hi... noob question... sry... how can I install this zip... on my custom recovery?!? ... thanks for any answer
kuribox said:
hi... noob question... sry... how can I install this zip... on my custom recovery?!? ... thanks for any answer
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noob answer.... Read the Original Post other wise known as the OP.
And if that doesnt work then read it 15 times more... [emoji41]
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Can i use this to downgrade from lollipop ?
hoangan12 said:
Can i use this to downgrade from lollipop ?
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Yes, but why?
MicroMod777 said:
Yes, but why?
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my phone has problems with touch. very difficult to turn the power button, many touch up
to turn on the screen. flash kdz and tot file failed >"<
MicroMod777 said:
Reserved....
Can't do 27a restore as System.img is too big for a zip to be flashed. Its over 2.2gb. Needs to be under 2.1gb for custom recovery to flash it. I can't get it compressed under 2.1gb.
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Looks like they may have patched that in twrp recently.
https://github.com/omnirom/android_bootable_recovery/commit/78ab0c5807c17e343cc4fa9af86ea2d787e0e047
Though this could also just be for backups over 2gb... But they split those anyway.
Yoinx said:
Looks like they may have patched that in twrp recently.
https://github.com/omnirom/android_bootable_recovery/commit/78ab0c5807c17e343cc4fa9af86ea2d787e0e047
Though this could also just be for backups over 2gb... But they split those anyway.
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Now using zerofree in linux to fix that problem.
MicroMod777 said:
Now using zerofree in linux to fix that problem.
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I haven't had to use it on my LP system images. I used 7zip to compress one with zerofree, the other without zerofree, and the difference was around 8MB. I'm assuming LG didn't add too much junk info. this time around.

5.1.1 update root

Hey guys I create this section for people interested root device s6 , anybody get root for phone please share way for people because I can't used phone without root
I have questions, how to make root ,what's file need to edit , what is kernel.....
Thanks
Have you updated to 5.1.1 yet?
fixy32 said:
Hey guys I create this section for people interested root device s6 , anybody get root for phone please share way for people because I can't used phone without root
I have questions, how to make root ,what's file need to edit , what is kernel.....
Thanks
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Ya there's root already for 5.1.1.
Go to the unified dev section for GS6 and grab the unified kernel. You'll need to unlock bootloader first in dev options then flash the latest TRWP recovery in Odin. Then flash the kernel and you'll have root.that's the version, so take a look at the details before flashing.
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Yes, He is correct! I followed the instruction and have root on my sm-g920t......awesome!
jzero88 said:
Ya there's root already for 5.1.1.
Go to the unified dev section for GS6 and grab the unified kernel. You'll need to unlock bootloader first in dev options then flash the latest TRWP recovery in Odin. Then flash the kernel and you'll have root.that's the version, so take a look at the details before flashing.
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Please share url for the wtrp recovery I'm on 5.1.1 stock
Thanks
fixy32 said:
Please share url for the wtrp recovery I'm on 5.1.1 stock
Thanks
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/gal...d-development/kernel-stockmod-kernel-t3100395
download the kernel. put phone into download mode. open odin. click ap, select kernel file. click start. fixed.
Im on 5.1.1 and I tried rooting today, got stuck in boot loop. This fixed it right away and now I am rooted.
hope it helps.
Anyone have the stock OF6 G920T kernel, maybe TWRP flashable?
id10terrordfw said:
Anyone have the stock OF6 G920T kernel, maybe TWRP flashable?
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I just uploaded the tar
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24052804347771401
i rooted my t-mo s6 with the above method, but the phone feature broke... can't hear the person i'm calling at all. i'm not sure if the mic is broke since i cannot hear the person on the other end...
i should have kept the phone on 5.0.2 @[email protected]
I finally have root, TWRP, call audio and data without tripping knox on my stock GS6 5.1.1. I didn't think it was possible. Am I wrong? Has this been done already and I'm just late to the game?
please share the method you used, because when i root my s6 on 5.1.1, i get no call audio...
I'm wondering if it's even worth rooting this phone. Setup wise I was able to disable and hide all bloatware with a $1.50 app. If I could get xposed working with temp root. I'd be a happy camper.
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dnaL0R said:
please share the method you used, because when i root my s6 on 5.1.1, i get no call audio...
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I installed the engineering sboot in download mode with odin, then allowed to restart rom, booted back to download mode, then v3 of the unified Kernel for sm-920T in download mode with odin, booted the rom, back up my efs, installed TWRP v12 (g925t_of6_aou_twrp_recovery_v12) with Flashify, rebooted into download mode and flashed g920t_of6_aou_kernel_v1.tar kernel.
I did get the security manager prompt after the restart but there is a way to freeze that prompt with Titanium Back up. I'm looking for that now
Are you sure you still haven't tripped Knox?
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Are you sure you still haven't tripped Knox?
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Just checked. KNOX WARRANTY VOID: 0 (0×0000) is what it shows. I installed a custom rom (Xtrestolite) and all I needed to do was reflash the second kernel again to get audio back. Fingerprint is the only thing that isn't working so far.
I can post an image of the bootloader screen if you'd like.
jabreu203 said:
Just checked. KNOX WARRANTY VOID: 0 (0×0000) is what it shows. I installed a custom rom (Xtrestolite) and all I needed to do was reflash the second kernel again to get audio back. Fingerprint is the only thing that isn't working so far.
I can post an image of the bootloader screen if you'd like.
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I tried it myself and I can confirm it works. Thanks you! And I thumbprint scanner also doesn't work for me but I guess I can wait for that fix
GeorgeNYer said:
I tried it myself and I can confirm it works. Thanks you! And I thumbprint scanner also doesn't work for me but I guess I can wait for that fix
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Please hit the "Thank you" button if it works for you. You are very welcome. Glad that it worked for you.
GeorgeNYer said:
I tried it myself and I can confirm it works. Thanks you! And I thumbprint scanner also doesn't work for me but I guess I can wait for that fix
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Fingerprint scanner won't work cause that bootloader is a 5.0.2 bootloader.
jabreu203 said:
I installed the engineering sboot in download mode with odin, then allowed to restart rom, booted back to download mode, then v3 of the unified Kernel for sm-920T in download mode with odin, booted the rom, back up my efs, installed TWRP v12 (g925t_of6_aou_twrp_recovery_v12) with Flashify, rebooted into download mode and flashed g920t_of6_aou_kernel_v1.tar kernel.
I did get the security manager prompt after the restart but there is a way to freeze that prompt with Titanium Back up. I'm looking for that now
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great job, thanks! could you please make a new post in general to increase visibility?
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great job, thanks! could you please make a new post in general to increase visibility?
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Since Sammy issued a DMCA for the sboot, that's probably not a good idea

Is there an easy way to unroot?

I'm using chroma ROM and my satellite provider requires it's app to run on an unrooted phone. I'd there an easy way to unroot my Nexus without having to wipe?
slekkas said:
I'm using chroma ROM and my satellite provider requires it's app to run on an unrooted phone. I'd there an easy way to unroot my Nexus without having to wipe?
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Flash the system image from a factory image. If your kernel is modified, flash the boot IMG as well.
Use wugs toolkit.
Evolution_Tech said:
Flash the system image from a factory image. If your kernel is modified, flash the boot IMG as well.
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So just to get this straight and I don't screw up my phone. I find the stock rom same version as my chroma which is LMY48B. I extract it and using fastboot I install system.img and boot.img? My phone is unencrypted right now... Will it get encrypted?
And when I need root again I must just install it along with Franco Kernel I'm using?
I appreciate the help...
Nickchapstick said:
Use wugs toolkit.
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I installed it on my laptop but even though my phone is rooted I don't see an option to unroot... Maybe because I didn't use regular rom and used chroma instead?
slekkas said:
So just to get this straight and I don't screw up my phone. I find the stock rom same version as my chroma which is LMY48B. I extract it and using fastboot I install system.img and boot.img? My phone is unencrypted right now... Will it get encrypted?
And when I need root again I must just install it along with Franco Kernel I'm using?
I appreciate the help...
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First, why are you trying to unroot?
You would download a factory image form the Google developer page. Extract twice, and grab the system image from there. Yes, match the version your phone is currently on.
Evolution_Tech said:
First, why are you trying to unroot?
You would download a factory image form the Google developer page. Extract twice, and grab the system image from there. Yes, match the version your phone is currently on.
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I'm trying to unroot because my satellite provider uses an app like sky go that requires your phone to be unrooted... I need to watch a game sometimes when I'm at work.
slekkas said:
I'm trying to unroot because my satellite provider uses an app like sky go that requires your phone to be unrooted... I need to watch a game sometimes when I'm at work.
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Have you considered multi ROM? You could have your rooted normal set up and a non rooted as well.
Can't you just go into supersu settings and unroot? That way you can stay on chroma
Kreateablaze said:
Can't you just go into supersu settings and unroot? That way you can stay on chroma
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Depends on how deeply his situation is looking for root files. The unroot feature of SuperSU doesn't remove everything.
Evolution_Tech said:
Have you considered multi ROM? You could have your rooted normal set up and a non rooted as well.
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My friend I didn't know this was possible with the nexus 6. That would really interest me.... I already have twrp installed. Is there an easy guide you can point out for me?
slekkas said:
My friend I didn't know this was possible with the nexus 6. That would really interest me.... I already have twrp installed. Is there an easy guide you can point out for me?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3074529
Evolution_Tech said:
Depends on how deeply his situation is looking for root files. The unroot feature of SuperSU doesn't remove everything.
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Tried this keeps telling me that I need to unroot. So i'm about to start the multi rom procedure
Evolution_Tech said:
Have you considered multi ROM? You could have your rooted normal set up and a non rooted as well.
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How about the encryption? Chroma is unencrypted. If the second rom is encrypted what happens there?
I'm also trying to find a stock rom that is not pre-rooted to install from recovery. Can you show me the latest I can get?
Evolution_Tech said:
Have you considered multi ROM? You could have your rooted normal set up and a non rooted as well.
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My friend I installed multirom and used an older Chroma rom that wasn't pre-rooted. it worked like a charm.... Now I can just go to this rom and use all my apps that require the phone to be unrooted.... Again thanks for the idea....
Can I just ask what version of chroma wasn't pre rooted? I want to do the same if possible. Thanks
Drefsab said:
Can I just ask what version of chroma wasn't pre rooted? I want to do the same if possible. Thanks
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well, 2 months ago it was being called older.. anyways, the far majority of roms do not have root. you need to flash the supersu file shen flashing the roms, for root. but, to flash a rom, yoh need an unlocked bootloader and twrp recovery. most apps that check for root will still think that you have root though.
simms22 said:
well, 2 months ago it was being called older.. anyways, the far majority of roms do not have root. you need to flash the supersu file shen flashing the roms, for root. but, to flash a rom, yoh need an unlocked bootloader and twrp recovery. most apps that check for root will still think that you have root though.
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i must have fell asleep during this development lol
far as i have ever seen, its rare for a rom to not be rooted, however, more frequently devs have had it off by default, and its a treasure hunt to find where to turn it on.
i do always flash the su zip, to avoid this tedious hunting though.
bweN diorD said:
i must have fell asleep during this development lol
far as i have ever seen, its rare for a rom to not be rooted, however, more frequently devs have had it off by default, and its a treasure hunt to find where to turn it on.
i do always flash the su zip, to avoid this tedious hunting though.
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cm based, probably have root. aosp roms, the far majority do mot have root. you need to grab it if you want it
simms22 said:
cm based, probably have root. aosp roms, the far majority do mot have root. you need to grab it if you want it
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yup I found that most are pre-rooted, though found cleancore that works great. I've just installed multirom and that booted into it then tested a couple of apps that are blocked on root (Banking app and Sky Go), and happy days they work great.
Its annoying and rather wasteful having have a second rom just to run a couple of apps but at least now I can use the apps on my device if I want to. Thanks
Typical apps block hacking (root) so the work around instead of unrooting is to go deeper with the hacks/mods

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