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How to root stock 4.3 GE?

So I updated to all stock 4.3 GE but can't flash the needed superuser zip. Do I need to flash a custom recovery than root and after that flash stock recovery back? Is there any way to root with stock recovery directly?
Thanks.

pr0x2 said:
So I updated to all stock 4.3 GE but can't flash the needed superuser zip. Do I need to flash a custom recovery than root and after that flash stock recovery back? Is there any way to root with stock recovery directly?
Thanks.
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Yes, you need custom recovery for root. No need to change recovery back until the next update is due at which time I believe you will have to unroot and go back to completely stock which can be done by running the RUU again.

pr0x2 said:
So I updated to all stock 4.3 GE but can't flash the needed superuser zip. Do I need to flash a custom recovery than root and after that flash stock recovery back? Is there any way to root with stock recovery directly?
Thanks.
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I believe you would need to flash CWM or TWRP then flash the superuser.zip then flash back the stock recovery afterwards.

can someone post the superuser.zip?

http://bit.ly/13F784c

gunnyman said:
http://bit.ly/13F784c
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thanks. confirmed latest TWRP working on 4.3 and flashed supersu. had to install an update from the play store. it was without drama.

Flash boot.img from Device

Like the title says, I want to flash a kernel (boot.img) on the device using a terminal. I know it's possible, but I can't find the guide for it anymore.

Hmm,
I have done it via flashtool and recovery but never heard of it being done via terminal on any xperia phone.
If you have unlocked the bootloader and have recovery installed then a lot of boot.img come with a recovery .zip that can be flashed in recovery. Can you let me know which boot.img you want to flash and if your bootloader is unlocked.

gregbradley said:
Hmm,
I have done it via flashtool and recovery but never heard of it being done via terminal on any xperia phone.
If you have unlocked the bootloader and have recovery installed then a lot of boot.img come with a recovery .zip that can be flashed in recovery. Can you let me know which boot.img you want to flash and if your bootloader is unlocked.
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I want to flash the kernel for CM10.2 builds. Yes I have unlocked my bootloader (I couldn't live with a locked one )

paxy97 said:
I want to flash the kernel for CM10.2 builds. Yes I have unlocked my bootloader (I couldn't live with a locked one )
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Ok then, just flash the .zip for those roms in recovery
It will install the kernel automatically

gregbradley said:
Ok then, just flash the .zip for those roms in recovery
It will install the kernel automatically
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Oh I didn't know that. I remember on my old Xperia Mini that this wasn't possible. Thanks dude

gregbradley said:
Ok then, just flash the .zip for those roms in recovery
It will install the kernel automatically
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I got installed a custom Kernel, device rooted, bootloader unlocked and CWM installed.
If I try to install the Kernel "boot.img" from Flashtool or CMD, he said: "Sending 'boot.img (9,7MB)'..." and it remains blocked there, if I flash directly the ROM from CWM it says: "Installation aborted (Status 7)". Anyone can help me, please?

Which kernel are you using now?
Which exact kernel are you trying to flash now? (please provide the download link or link to the page where it is)
Why are you trying to install the kernel separately, just flash the Cm10.2 .zip in recovery and it will install the kernel in the flashing process.

[Q] Will OTA from Sense 4.3 to 4.4 unroot and wipe my custom recovery?

Hello,
I have a Developer Edition (unlocked) with Stock 4.3 at the moment, is rooted and with TWRP 2.6.3.0 custom recovery, my phone is asking me to upgrade to 4.4. My questions are:
- What would be the results of the upgrade?
- It will flash over my custom recovery without problems?
I guess I will loose root and custom recovery but I can flash them again, my main concern is that the OTA will not flash correctly for being rooted and with custom recovery. Thanks a lot for those that know the answer and want to help me.

gustavorod said:
Hello,
I have a Developer Edition (unlocked) with Stock 4.3 at the moment, is rooted and with TWRP 2.6.3.0 custom recovery, my phone is asking me to upgrade to 4.4. My questions are:
- What would be the results of the upgrade?
- It will flash over my custom recovery without problems?
I guess I will loose root and custom recovery but I can flash them again, my main concern is that the OTA will not flash correctly for being rooted and with custom recovery. Thanks a lot for those that know the answer and want to help me.
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i guess you cant flash official OTA through custom recovery..u need stock recovery to do this

gustavorod said:
Hello,
I have a Developer Edition (unlocked) with Stock 4.3 at the moment, is rooted and with TWRP 2.6.3.0 custom recovery, my phone is asking me to upgrade to 4.4. My questions are:
- What would be the results of the upgrade?
- It will flash over my custom recovery without problems?
I guess I will loose root and custom recovery but I can flash them again, my main concern is that the OTA will not flash correctly for being rooted and with custom recovery. Thanks a lot for those that know the answer and want to help me.
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Actually, you won't be able to do an OTA update when you've a custom recovery (you shouldn't even get it in the first place, sometimes it comes through), if you try to apply the OTA, you'll boot back to the TWRP recovery.
So, you should either go full stock (recovery & ROM), then do an OTA. Or flash some 4.4 Custom ROM.

By itself the phone alerted me that the OTA download is available and wants to download and flash itself as it did when it upgraded from 4.2.2 to 4.3 so I am not planning to flash through TWRP...

gustavorod said:
By itself the phone alerted me that the OTA download is available and wants to download and flash itself as it did when it upgraded from 4.2.2 to 4.3 so I am not planning to flash through TWRP...
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it will download OK, but when it reboots to start installing, you'll just see the TWRP screen and nothing is gonna happen; because the OTA expects stock recovery.

Thanks!!!!
I guess I better flash another 4.3 or 4.4 by myself, I just thought the OTA would be better first to upgrade to the latest firmware...

gustavorod said:
I guess I better flash another 4.3 or 4.4 by myself, I just thought the OTA would be better first to upgrade to the latest firmware...
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you can do two things:
1- get s-off and flash any firmware you want
2- "download & install later" the OTA, once downloaded pull it to your PC, the OTA file will contain a "firmware.zip" which is signed and can be flashed in fastboot ruu mode (you have to issue the flash command twice!!!), which would upgrade your firmware (including hboot, kernal and recovery), but will leave your rom intact
----- because it flashes recovery, you need to reflash custom recovery
----- and, kernel (boot.img) you'll need to reflash the custom one (or dirty install the ROM), otherwise the ROM won't boot up

nkk71 said:
you can do two things:
1- get s-off and flash any firmware you want
2- "download & install later" the OTA, once downloaded pull it to your PC, the OTA file will contain a "firmware.zip" which is signed and can be flashed in fastboot ruu mode (you have to issue the flash command twice!!!), which would upgrade your firmware (including hboot, kernal and recovery), but will leave your rom intact
----- because it flashes recovery, you need to reflash custom recovery
----- and, kernel (boot.img) you'll need to reflash the custom one (or dirty install the ROM), otherwise the ROM won't boot up
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I've looked around for a CWM compatible version of the Dev Edition + Root, but I'm not finding one. Is anyone aware of a CWM-packaged version that I can flash using CWM on a rooted device? Reverting to stock to pick up the OTA seems like a long way to go

Download TWRP for G800F and stock recovery image?

Can someone help me find the download for a good working newest as is stable copy of TWRP that I can flash? Also, I would appreciate finding the stock recovery so I can always install it back again if I need to. With my S4 mini I found some guide that let me take the recovery I extracted from the stock firmware image and turn that recovery file into a version that odin can use, something about embedding hashes or something? Not sure. So if I can just download the stock recovery that would be helpful instead of having to flash the entire firmware.
Or is there a way to selectively only flash the recovery from the entire image?

techbeasts.com/2014/12/06/install-twrp-recovery-samsung-galaxy-s5-mini-g800f/
s.basketbuild.com/devs/rutvikrvr/kminilte/twrp

Thanks. Do you know a method for me to obtain the true default recovery?

sorry, I don't understand... Do you need original recovery?

Downgrading from Marshmallow if I have custom recovery

Hi everyone, this question was asked already but I just want to make sure that it's safe to flash a 5.1 based ROM over a currently active Marshmallow ROM using TWRP using only the usual wipes? I remember that I had to flash a custom boot image with a PC or something like that in order for the custom recovery to work on my K3 Note, which I received with Marshmallow installed, so I'm not sure if I can hop back to 5.1 if phone never even had it installed. Any advice?

livgrave said:
Hi everyone, this question was asked already but I just want to make sure that it's safe to flash a 5.1 based ROM over a currently active Marshmallow ROM using TWRP using only the usual wipes? I remember that I had to flash a custom boot image with a PC or something like that in order for the custom recovery to work on my K3 Note, which I received with Marshmallow installed, so I'm not sure if I can hop back to 5.1 if phone never even had it installed. Any advice?
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Yes, IT IS SAFE but there are some points to note:
Every Rom Zip contains a boot.img file which is also flashed when the zip is flashed.
You do not need to replace boot.img in order to install TWRP, but you need it to flash SuperSU.zip to your device or install xposed
Remember You need to wipe data partition (No need to wipe Internal) in order to continue.

Thanks for the reply. I don't know why, but I remember when I was installing TWRP I couldn't boot into it until I flashed a new boot image or something like that. All I could boot into was the stock recovery or something like that. I needed to use SP flash tools and flash something in order to get it to work. So it's safe for me to try 5.1 ROMs? They seem to be more stable than custom Marshmallow ROMs....

livgrave said:
Thanks for the reply. I don't know why, but I remember when I was installing TWRP I couldn't boot into it until I flashed a new boot image or something like that. All I could boot into was the stock recovery or something like that. I needed to use SP flash tools and flash something in order to get it to work. So it's safe for me to try 5.1 ROMs? They seem to be more stable than custom Marshmallow ROMs....
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You must have flashed the recovery.img ( and also the boot.img) because my root methods mention them.