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Root G1 with Latest update

Hey guys I have a stock G1 that was given to me and I can't access the wifi settings thus I cannot sign in. I believe I have the latest update. Anyone know a way around this?

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=452316

B-man007 said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=452316
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Does not work with the very latest AOSP update : (

cars1106 said:
Does not work with the very latest AOSP update : (
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You need to root your phone.....Read the stickys at the top of this section to learn how

It has been rooted before. then I unrooted it gave it to someone to use, it got updated and I don't have a sim with data and now I can't do anything with it. I guess I will have to downgrade via SD stick somehow through the recovery menu and try and run the exploit again.

if your one of those one-click rooters....your out of luck
you will have to root the old fashion way.....hint: RC29 DREAIMG.nbh

B-man007 said:
if your one of those one-click rooters....your out of luck
you will have to root the old fashion way.....hint: RC29 DREAIMG.nbh
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Yup, I had the same issue, downgrade to RC29, then follow this:
**Originally Posted by dizzydevil111**
please make sure you have rc29 or lower by typer (enter)reboot(enter)
if the phone reboots then you have rc 29 or lower.
if not, follow this guide to downgrade to rc29
2. Mount your SD card in Windows and reformat it as FAT32. The HTC
bootloader won't be able to see the RC29 (or RC7) image otherwise. Make
sure you back up all your files first!
3. Download the appropriate image (RC29 for USA or RC7 for UK) from
http://koushikdutta.blurryfox.com/G1/DREAIMG-RC29.zip or
http://koushikdutta.blurryfox.com/G1/DREAIMG-RC7.zip . This is a DOWNGRADE
to the Android version that contains a root shell bug (this exploit just
seems too easy). I got these files from the forum thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=442480 .
4. Extract the DREAIMG.nbh file from the downloaded zip archive and copy it
to your SD card (again, for me, this had to be formatted as FAT32, not just
regular FAT which is the default). Don't put it in a folder, just stick it
directly on there.
5. Disconnect the SD card the right way (eject, unmount, or otherwise tell
your OS you are unplugging it) to make sure the data gets written. If you
used an SD card reader, put the SD card back in your phone.
6. Make sure your phone has a full battery, then turn it off. Turn it back
on by holding down the CAMERA and POWER buttons. This should get you into
the HTC bootloader (the funky red, green, and blue screen).
7. If everything was done correctly, the bootloader will detect the image.
You'll be taken to a different screen that asks you to press the POWER
button to install the image. Do this, but beware, you will lose all your
saved data on your phone (with the exception of things that are synced with
Google's servers, like contacts, calendar, Gmail, etc.).
8. Wait for the update to complete. The progress bar will fill up, then
all the steps will say OK beside them, and finally, it will ask you to press
the "action key" (I think this means click the trackball). DO NOT do
anything until you see this message. The progress bar needs to DISAPPEAR,
not just fill up.
9. You now have the stock RC29 installed. Take out the battery, put it
back in, and turn on your phone. It should ask you to activate your Google
account again -
once you have this done type on the phone again (enter)setprop persist.service.adb.enable 1(enter)
your pc should now pick this up as an android adb device
point it to the correct drivers found in the file called androidusbwindows
once that installs, extract the adb file anywhere on your pc. (best place is root directory)
open up a dos command prompt and type (cd ..<enter>)
then type (cd ..<enter>)
then type adbshell
should look like this thereafter
$
referring to the dollar sign
then copy the following line into your dos command prompt and press enter
(am start -a android.intent.action.MAIN -n com.android.settings/.Settings)
please make sure that you copy the contents of adbwin.zip in your ROOT FOLDER or else you will be going through hell
voila you should be able to access wifi
pm me if it worked for you

[Q] S3 LTE I9305 - Unable to boot, corrupt OS? and data recovery

Hi all,
I hope you can help as something very strange and unusual has happened to my Galaxy S3 LTE i9305 (on Orange in UK). Samsung technical support tell me they've not heard of the issue before as do the official repair shop. I have never installed any unusual software or tried to access the internals etc.
On Sat 26th Oct, in the evening, the phone was connected via USB to my laptop charging. There was no data transfer taking place, and the laptop was idle. The phone was not in use, nor was I nearby but randomly it showed the Samsung splash screen logo - it looked a little weird as it was pure black but with random speckles of coloured dots (which made it look like a Galaxy - I thought perhaps I hadn't noticed it before). I was unable to reset so took the battery out and replaced. It did the same thing and then on the second time of removing hte battery the screen became completely white with black marks generating a fuzzy effect - it's been like this ever since.
I get the white fuzzy screen if attempting to turn the phone on, or attempting to recovery mode, however if going to the install option (which I assume happens before Android boots), the screen is absolutely fine and proves not to be at fault. I should add the screen is cracked slightly, it has been since April and is not the cause of this random error.
Tech support tell me that they'll happily accept it back but ultimately, they will wipe the phone and send back as reconditioned. I've tried to connect via Kies, device not found - nor is it when connected to a computer - infact the computer tries to 'install device drivers'.
I'm sure everyone says this however I am an organiser of a large local festival in the UK and the phone has some very important detail storesd in the ColourNote app which I need to access - also the contacts appear not to have synced with GMail since May.... I'm desperate to access these files, for money too potentially, but cannot afford to go down the simple, wipe and reformat easy option. Can you help? Do you know any software that can access data from the internal memory card (note I've removed the external card which contained the photos) How about once the phone has been wiped, to try and see if anything can be recovered then.
Would really appreciate your support, this developer community is my last option and you're normally so awesome, as can't find any reference to the problem online.

Is your colour note app not synced ??
You can try RECUVA data recover.
You need to read the faqs and guides first .
Including the one that covers storage and recovery ..
Samsung reject warranty on phones that have damaged screen .

JJEgan said:
Is your colour note app not synced ??
You can try RECUVA data recover.
You need to read the faqs and guides first .
Including the one that covers storage and recovery ..
Samsung reject warranty on phones that have damaged screen .
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Hi,
....no I had never set it up. So ironic that was on the to do list in the app.
I'll look into Recuva, is that for before or after I send it off. Is there much chance do you think?
Yes, sorry. I meant to say I also have phone insurance which covers the screen so will have it off to them first, and then onto Samsung - ie 2 places of data wiping!
Thanks for your reply though,
Kind of hoping I may just be able to fix the problem, even if only temporary, but realise it's unlikely

s_boddy said:
Kind of hoping I may just be able to fix the problem, even if only temporary, but realise it's unlikely
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Hi mate,
You can try flashing just the system (and boot) images if you think it's a software issue.
That way your data partition will be intact.
Instructions:
Step 1) Download the Stock ROM you want to use
Step 2) Rename the file from .tar.md5 to just .tar
Step 3) Open the .tar with WinRAR or something similar
Step 4) Extract: system.img (and boot.img if you want the Kernel)
Step 5) Create ODIN file from .img files http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1484304
Step 6) Flash the new ODIN file to restore your firmware to Stock!
On Windows you can use Cygwin to run these commands if you don't have access to Linux.
NOTE 1: That guide uses recovery.img as an example but you can replace that text with system.img on the first line.
NOTE 2: If you are adding more than one file (eg. system.img & boot.img) simply list them one after the other with a space between each file.
NOTE 3: Do not include data.img, it WILL wipe your data! Do not include cache.img, hidden.img, these MAY wipe your data!
Best of luck, I hope this helps you out :fingers-crossed:
Have a great day!
-Shaz

So, here’s how you can recover data from a Soft-Bricked Android smartphone:
1. Once you’ve installed a custom recovery on your device, open it using the specific method for your device. E.g for Samsung you can turn off the device completely, then turn it on by pressing and holding Volume Up + Home + Power Key and you will be able to access the recovery. These methods vary for different devices.
2. Once in CWM or TWRP Recovery you will find a number of options.
For CWM Recovery, select “Mounts & Storage > Yes”.
In Mounts and Storage menu you will find some more options, from the list select “Mount USB Storage or the option depending upon your choice.”.
Now connect your phone to your PC using the data cable.
As soon as you connect your phone to your PC, the USB Storage / Internal Storage will open up in folder view.
You can copy all of your files to your PC now.
3. For TWRP Recovery, Select “Mount > USB Storage”.
Connect your phone to your PC and it will open up the USB / Internal Storage.
3. Copy your desired files.
That’s all! You can easily recovery all of your data stored on the internal storage of your Android device.

[Q] Can not ADB my device?!

I have a Verizon Galaxy Tab 7 (SCH-I800) and I can not link up to it in ADB.
I have installed the Android Development Kit, Samsung drivers, and downloaded CM10.1.
I was able to contact the tablet in command prompt through heimdall and push clockworkmod recovery.
I'm following this guide:
http://rootzwiki.com/topic/33743-ext...rd-only-guide/
I've removed the internal memory card.
I've modified the update.sh file and rezipped everything.
I just need to know WHY adb cannot find my device. When I type "adb devices" in the command line NOTHING shows up. I've tried reinstalling the samsung driver, reinstalling the driver that came with heimdall, and updating the samsung driver via windows update.
By the way, this device would bootloop at the verizon loading screen, could not be updated, and could not load its original android OS, therefore I cannot turn on debugging or anything like that. Alls I can do is access the "PC connection" yellow screen and the CWM bootloader I pushed with Heimdall.

By "Internal" Memory ya meant "External" Memory right? as the Internal Memory is the 16GB Flash ROM.
In any case all pedantry aside. Did you remember to check the USB Debug Setting?
I think you can find this under the Wi-Fi Settings (On the Samsung Stock ROMs), IIRC it should be near the "Samsung Kies / Media Player / USB Storage" Settings. On CM10 Builds you'll find it in the "Developer Settings" near the bottom of the List.
Pretty sure you have to check this "Flag" before you can use ADB on your Device...
In that case consider yourself bricked!
In this case I'd recommend you find the Overcome Recovery Package: HERE
Install such Driver that you may need, then fire up Odin3 v1.7
Then set your Device into Download Mode (e.g. Hold Volume Rocker down + Power till you enter the Download Mode Screen)
Pit -> gt-p1000_mr.pit
PDA -> GB_Stock_Safe_v5.tar
Phone -> modem.bin**
Most People would just use the XXJPZ (GSM modem.bin), here but, since you have a CDMA Phablet, you'll have to find and pick the correct modem.bin File that is the best match for your CDMA Device. This is also likely why your now soft-bricked.
Hopefully after all this rigamarole you'll land up on a Stock, non-branded Samsung Gingerbread 2.3.3 ROM.
To which I would just download This, and that should give you Root.
Without all that tedious mucking about with ADB.

The internal chip has failed. I cannot boot the device whatsoever. I removed it as the link states. Therefore i cannot check off debug mode on the tablet. I will try your suggested method and report back

Don't look at Overcome method if you have a CDMA tab.
It will only brick your tab if it ever worked at all.
Regarding bad internal memory, there are two chips. The OneNand 512MB and the MoviNAND 16GB.
If your OneNAND is the one broken, removing the MoviNAND achieved nothing.
The bootloader, modem, (and is it /system too of stock rom?) sits on OneNAND.

If you look at the link I posted, my tablet was doing the same exact thing as pictured in the link. Saying it could not mount any files or anything. No matter what I did, it would just get to the verizon loading screen and keep flashing "verizon".
I haven't tried the "overcome" method as it didn't really seem like it'd work.
I want to ADB my device to push the new ROM to it. I've already formatted the SDcard as suggested in the guide. Since clearly no one is clicking the link and reading the guide, I'll post it:
Summary:
- Open up the device and take internal SD Card out.
- Re-assemble the device.
- Partition the external SD Card (3 partitions, two small ext4 and one big FAT32)
- Modify ICS or later ROM's update.sh to use partition 3 as external SD Card.
- Flash modded ROM via CWM (and Google Apps optional).
- Enjoy
Taking it appart:
Don't panic!, if you can use a screwdriver and build with Legos you are qualified to do this!
iFixit does a wonderful job of showcasing how to open the device up that I rather link to them than try to out-do them.
Follow their guide until step 13 then refer back to this guide. http://www.ifixit.co...Teardown/4103/1
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To actually remove the Internal SD Card (that is not soldered to the board but in-fact glued to it), I recommend you take an exacto knife (or other small blade or thin screwdriver) and slide it around the edges gently; once the edges are loose, take your screwdriver under the chip and just pop it up.
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There will be adhesive residue on the board, I recommend using some gentle solvent to remove it (I used a cloth with a little paint thinner).
Put everything back together (just follow the iFixit guide on reverse) and feel proud that you are done with the hardware mod.
Partition your external SD Card
I used three partitions (all primary, not logical) , two 500 MB ext4 and a FAT32 with the rest of the space.
Linux users will probably not require much help on deciding what software to use, but for Windows users MiniTool Partition Wizard does a good enough job.
Do note that your device will perform according to your external SD Card, so it's not a bad idea to invest in a category 10 SD Card.
Modifing the ROM:
Download your ICS / JB ROM of choice, unzip it and open update.sh
Edit both line 31 and 35 to be as bellow
SD_PART='/dev/block/mmcblk0p3'Save and zip back.
Loading the Modded ROM to the SD:
Because we messed with the SD Cards, CWM will have a bit of trouble finding the external SD Card (until we flash our ROM).
Go ahead and connect your device to your computer and ADB the following command:
adb shell "echo /dev/block/mmcblk0p3 > /sys/devices/platform/usb_mass_storage/lun0/file"
That will allow you to access your SD Card from your PC, just copy your modded ROM to it.
Now, issude the following command:
adb shell mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p3 /sdcard
This will allow you to install the .zip file from CWM, go ahead and do that.
After checking partition types, your device will reboot and appear on a countdown to find the external SD Card, go ahead and reboot it manually before it does automatically (reboot to recovery with volume up).
Flash the .zip again, this time the installation will go successfully and you will have a working device.
Optionally, flash your desired Google Apps.
Now if we could get back to my original question, does anyone know why this device will not allow me to ADB it even when it's in download mode (a.k.a volume down/power button)
I actually got my tablet to boot up this morning for about 1 minute, then it shut off for no reason and did the "verizon" flash again when restarted.

priyana said:
Don't look at Overcome method if you have a CDMA tab.
It will only brick your tab if it ever worked at all.
Regarding bad internal memory, there are two chips. The OneNand 512MB and the MoviNAND 16GB.
If your OneNAND is the one broken, removing the MoviNAND achieved nothing.
The bootloader, modem, (and is it /system too of stock rom?) sits on OneNAND.
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Please correct my but, what other then the modem.bin File could brick such a CDMA Device?
AFAIK as long as he picks the correct CDMA modem.bin it should work alright?
In the case that I am in error, then how does One recover such a CDMA Device then?

I can easily recover this device if I can get the ADB commands to start working. I feel like no one is reading the instructions. If you look at the link where the instructions are, there is a screenshot of his device. All of that "unable to mount" etc is what was happening to my device, hence why I removed the failed chip.
If I could get my device to show up in ADB, I wouldn't be asking this question!
By the way, I'm on an HP DV6. I tried all this in windows 8 and got nothing, so I installed a backup hard drive and put windows 7 on (this is what I'm on now) to see if that'd make a difference. Still nothing. I also tried on my old Gateway desktop but in download mode my old PC (still USB 1.1 1GHz celeron 512mb ram) the PC has no clue what the tablet is.

So I finally got this thing to boot into 2.2. Now the touch screen is unresponsive and the battery goes to 0 as soon as it's unplugged. Going to take it apart in the morning and make sure everythings connected. Might try a new battery but if this thing doesn't show more promising results soon I'm going to just say screw it and get rid of it.
Edit: Touch screen works but is flipped. If I slide my finger side to side nothing happens. If I slide it up and down i can awkwardly unlock the device. I'm guessing reload the factory image?!

the CDMA device is of different hardware. Not just the modem.
I am not technical enough to explain the difference. But I know Overcome method will brick it.
EliteEmerz: can you at least share how you get the PC to detect your device again?

priyana said:
the CDMA device is of different hardware. Not just the modem.
I am not technical enough to explain the difference. But I know Overcome method will brick it.
EliteEmerz: can you at least share how you get the PC to detect your device again?
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If you put it into download mode it shows right up in my device list, drivers for "samsung USB device" load up. I can contact the tablet through heimdall to load bootloaders, images, etc.
For some reason I got it working pretty good last night except the touch screen issue. I reloaded the stock rom again and am playing with the SD card partitions since that's how I got it to boot up the last 2 times. I dont even care if I can load Jellybean on, I just want a working tablet.

By the way, this is SOLVED.
It will now boot up using a Stock ROM plus the zImage + recovery from clockworkmod
My touch screen is flipped (so I have to slide up and down to get it to swipe side to side) but at least it's on now. Made a new thread to address the flipped touch screen issue!!

Galaxy S5 SM-G9008V Owners' Thread

Hello all!
I was very lucky today to be able to pick up the China Mobile variant of the Galaxy S5, one day early, and 1000 RMB cheaper! I've attached some photos to this post of both the handset, and the phone in the official S-View case to show what it looks like. Hopefully as other people pick up this variant of the phone, we can collect our findings here, and be able to help each other out as needs be.
First impressions are good. This is the single-sim version of the handset, and has 16GB of storage. No Google Services, unfortunately, but hopefully that will be something that will be rectified soon once people cleverer than I am get their hands on it and root it, etc.
If anyone has any questions, please ask away and I will try to help to the best of my ability!
edit: been a couple of days of usage now, and just received first update from the network to build number KOT49H.G9008VZMU1ANCH 2014-3-26.
Anyone else out there picked up the same model? Hopefully, there are some enterprising people out there working on root and recovery, as the phone is a little gimped without any Gapps on it!

Hi,
Thanks to bubbl3 there is a much better and easier version available. Did that with my phone today after upgrading to the latest official ROM and really worked perfect... :good:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s5/general/how-to-gain-root-install-gapps-t2904863
Cheers,
bobopopo
Hi
got the G9008V (Samsung S5 - China Mobile TD-SCDMA/TD-LTE Version) and I am struggling with the following three questions:
1. I do not need the device to be rooted; I still want to be able to receive OTA-Updates - but I want to install Google Apps. Is that possible?
2. If the device needs to be rooted, is it possible and did anyone do it successfully yet? In this thread this model is not listed: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2696537 (On Taobabo already many shops offering rooting of the device but I prefer to use some offical version from XDA Developers to understand the process better.)
3. Did anyone already spot Custom ROMs for downloading? Links are appreciated.
I had a fruitful exchange
also e in this forum to unchain my HTC S720t; hopefully this can be also done for the SM-9008V...
Cheers,
bobopopo

Hi bobopopo,
Glad to hear I'm not the only one!
I've had the phone for a week now and have successfully rooted and installed Gapps. As far as I'm aware, it's necessary to root in order to do this. I used the universal root method shown in the Android Development section of this forum, and the recovery image which I got from a Chinese message board http://www.tdbeta.cn/thread-134676-1-1.html - be aware the recovery menu is in Chinese, so you may need a Chinese speaker/reader to help you with it if you don't speak Mandarin.
If I can help further, please let me know!

Hi Cocytan,
yes, feels good not to be the only one...
Sounds good that you managed to install the Google Apps, that will make life easier (if you are relying on Google stuff).
I have never rooted a Samsung phone (I only used HTC for a decade) but should be workable. I can deal with a Chinese CWM Recovery but for convenience I would prefer an English version. (Just for the convenience of others, the description of the universal flashing process can be found here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2717061 )
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By the way, this looks also like a good resource: http://www.shuaji.net/samsung/s5/ It appears that they also have custom ROM for download - but it does not seem to be clear what this ROM is about. I would like to have a standard non-Chinese ROM (e.g. Singapore) that comes with the China Mobile radio stack. I have that for my S720t and it is clear of any China Mobile rubbish what is quite nice. Hopefully someone will have the knowledge and mercy to provide something like that...
Will try on the weekend, thanks so far!
br
bobopopo

Successfully rooted now and with Google Apps
Hi,
As it took me quite some time to get the courage and read through various threads until I finally successfully rooted my Samsung S5 G9008V I would like to quickly list what I did. It was actually quite simple and I would like to say a special thanks to Xiaolu (here named Chenglu) to compile an English CWM recovery file for me.
So here is what I did:
1. Followed Ricky310711's tutorial at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2699648 on 'recovery' with Odin 3.07 and by flashing Xiaolu's g9008v-cmw-recovery-6.0.4.8-en(0420).tar.md5 - 12.33 MB
2. After that proceeded with thread from 1. and step 'root" by downloading the universal rootkit S5rootkit.zip and putting it on the SD (you only need this file, nothing else to do).
3. Put the S5 into recovery mode (Volume+/up, home button and power for several seconds).
4. Select 'install from zip' and locate S5rootkit.zip on your phone (probably on external SD card). Execute installation, should end with a success message.
5. Download matching Google apps for the Android version (at the moment 4.4.2) and put them on the SD card as well (I took these: http://goo.im/devs/BaNkS/GApps/4.4.2)
6. Put the S5 into recovery mode (Volume+/up, home button and power for several seconds).
7. Select 'install from zip' and locate 4-11_GApps_Standard_4.4.2_signed on your phone (probably on external SD card). Execute installation, should end with a success message.
Thumbs-up to all contributors, especially to Xiaolu for his quick help on an English recovery file.

Hi bobopopo, special thanks for your detailed instructions above. I recently purchased a galaxy s5 in China for my wife's birthday next week and it wasn't until I got it home that I realised it was missing all of the things that make her nexus (2 years old) a google phone. Really. Not. Cool. She uses all those features and I've been at this since Thursday trying to get the phone ready for her birthday on Wednesday (added to this I can only really work on it when she's not at home because I don't want her to see the phone).
Anyway, following your instructions I've put the phone in recovery and rooted the device, all worked like you described. I will say however that her phone doesn't have an SD card, so I put all those files on the internal memory and it still worked fine, I could locate them and install and it then gave me the successfully installed notice.
After rooting the phone I installed: gapps-kk-20140105-signed.zip that is a package of all the google apps supposedly. I also installed all the .zips that were the last link in your post above. However, it seemed upon rebooting the phone that no new apps, calenders etc were installed. So I went online and downloaded google play and gmail apk. This time they installed (prior to the root they wouldn't), but none of them will open.
Does anyone know what I'm doing wrong or what I need to do next? Do I need to install an international ROM perhaps, and if so, does anyone have a link and some instructions?
We're still in China by the way, and on her nexus she has no problem accessing google play because we bought that phone in Australia. Her gmail and calender and google drive all work over the wifi here too.

Hi otby,
I am not an expert on the google apps but I also encountered problems before (unexpected shutdowns etc.)
If I understand you correctly, you have used a different file than I did. My file (see link in my instructions above installed flawless and worked out fine. Maybe you just try the same file? If your wife is using the calendar sync then you need to install separately (also under the link above). All works well for my wife's phone; so if you have the same phone with the same original stock ROM it should be reproducable. Maybe the gapps that you installed do not match the ROM.
Please also make sure the following:
1. Check that your phone is really successfully rooted.
2. Make sure that you really install the gapps when being in recovery mode. The file I used was giving a lot of feedback during installation and also confirmed in the end that the installation was successful.
Installing an international ROM according my experience should kill the radio function of the phone (because this thread is about the G9008V which is China Mobile 4G which relies on TD-SCDMA standard which is mostly used by China Mobile only). If you install an international ROM your phone will be flashed with a different radio stack and does not know how to connect to the China Mobile network anymore. I did that with a HTC S720t and all I was left with was a PDA with wifi. So better do not try that.
My wifes phone still has the original ROM, just rooted and with Google Apps. To clean up the useless China Mobile rubbish from the ROM you can e.g. use Titanium Backup to free it from bloat ware (but be careful not to kill the ROM).
Good luck with the Google apps; maybe someone else with more experience than me can also comment on why your Gapps did not install successful.
If you can get it running, that phone will really rock; so keep on trying...
Cheers,
bobopopo

Again, thank you very much for your reply - yesterday I was searching for an international ROM and thank god I read your message before installing, the phone is exactly the same model and carrier as yours (she's already with China mobile so it was an easy choice), if we lost radio... Thanks.
Ok I'll try and install them again - I too get messages of success after installing - and see how that goes. Also, do the apps just appear in the apps section of the phone or do you have to do something in settings for them to be selected/show up? The link you posted for the Gapps is a link to six separate zip files (and I installed them all separately just in case I've done that wrong), should it have been one file?
I will get onto Titanium Backup to remove the bloatware, thanks for that suggestion.
Back to it!

Am planning to buy this : http://pdadb.net/index.php?m=specs&id=5932&c=samsung_sm-g9008v_galaxy_s5_td-lte
Is this worth the price? Am gonna give it to my partner.

Hi otby,
any success? Otherwise I think you can also search on Taobao and try to find some Chinese guy in your city to get it done for you. If you live in a larger city that should be no big deal..
Cheers
bobopopo

bobopopo said:
Hi,
As it took me quite some time to get the courage and read through various threads until I finally successfully rooted my Samsung S5 G9008V I would like to quickly list what I did. It was actually quite simple and I would like to say a special thanks to Xiaolu (here named Chenglu) to compile an English CWM recovery file for me.
So here is what I did:
1. Followed Ricky310711's tutorial at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2699648 on 'recovery' with Odin 3.07 and by flashing Xiaolu's g9008v-cmw-recovery-6.0.4.8-en(0420).tar.md5 - 12.33 MB
2. After that proceeded with thread from 1. and step 'root" by downloading the universal rootkit S5rootkit.zip and putting it on the SD (you only need this file, nothing else to do).
3. Put the S5 into recovery mode (Volume+/up, home button and power for several seconds).
4. Select 'install from zip' and locate S5rootkit.zip on your phone (probably on external SD card). Execute installation, should end with a success message.
5. Download matching Google apps for the Android version (at the moment 4.4.2) and put them on the SD card as well (I took these: http://goo.im/devs/BaNkS/GApps/4.4.2)
6. Put the S5 into recovery mode (Volume+/up, home button and power for several seconds).
7. Select 'install from zip' and locate 4-11_GApps_Standard_4.4.2_signed on your phone (probably on external SD card). Execute installation, should end with a success message.
Thumbs-up to all contributors, especially to Xiaolu for his quick help on an English recovery file.
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Is it ok to do this on a G9008V that was purchased via China mobile with a 2yr contract ?
Can they pick up on it or does it mess with the data package contract I have ?

CWM is NOT working with my S5 G9006V, but i can't root (. Sorry.

Can you help me out
bobopopo said:
Hi otby,
I am not an expert on the google apps but I also encountered problems before (unexpected shutdowns etc.)
If I understand you correctly, you have used a different file than I did. My file (see link in my instructions above installed flawless and worked out fine. Maybe you just try the same file? If your wife is using the calendar sync then you need to install separately (also under the link above). All works well for my wife's phone; so if you have the same phone with the same original stock ROM it should be reproducable. Maybe the gapps that you installed do not match the ROM.
Please also make sure the following:
1. Check that your phone is really successfully rooted.
2. Make sure that you really install the gapps when being in recovery mode. The file I used was giving a lot of feedback during installation and also confirmed in the end that the installation was successful.
Installing an international ROM according my experience should kill the radio function of the phone (because this thread is about the G9008V which is China Mobile 4G which relies on TD-SCDMA standard which is mostly used by China Mobile only). If you install an international ROM your phone will be flashed with a different radio stack and does not know how to connect to the China Mobile network anymore. I did that with a HTC S720t and all I was left with was a PDA with wifi. So better do not try that.
My wifes phone still has the original ROM, just rooted and with Google Apps. To clean up the useless China Mobile rubbish from the ROM you can e.g. use Titanium Backup to free it from bloat ware (but be careful not to kill the ROM).
Good luck with the Google apps; maybe someone else with more experience than me can also comment on why your Gapps did not install successful.
If you can get it running, that phone will really rock; so keep on trying...
Cheers,
bobopopo
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I'm new to this but a fast leaner.... I been trying to install the my magazine apk and nothing,I'm rooted and all I also changed the permissions and all still nothing,can you please please me out,thanks

bobopopo said:
Hi otby,
any success? Otherwise I think you can also search on Taobao and try to find some Chinese guy in your city to get it done for you. If you live in a larger city that should be no big deal..
Cheers
bobopopo
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Yes, I was finally successful last on Monday. My own fault, I had downloaded the gapps from the links you gave but as I mentioned, although they installed, they didn't actually show up on the phone - I believe this is because they were in individual zip files as opposed to one zip file containing them all, but being a noob and seeing as how it worked for you, I can't say for sure.
What worked for me was downloading the Kit Kat 4.4.2 Gapps file that I found {I'm not allowed to post links yet, as I haven't reached 10 posts, so just google search for Kit Kat 4.4.2 Gapps file} I had tried it last week but for some reason it hadn't downloaded properly. I gave it another try and this time the file was 83.1M, as it says on the webpage. This time it worked. I simply transferred the .zip file to the internal memory of the phone (I don't think it matters which folder, as long as you remember where you put it) and installed, then rebooted the phone and all the google apps were there and I could access google play store and gmail.
Since then, I've taken your advice and downloaded titanium backup, gotten rid of the bloatware, bought an SD card and backed everything up to it. You're right, this phone is awesome. I bought this for the wife, and I already have an iphone 5, but she's been using it for a couple days now and it is infinitely better than the iphone. I could go on, but seeing as this is the xda forums it'd be like preaching to the proverbial choir, I'll only say my next phone isn't going to be an iphone.

need help
do you have a cwm recovery for SM-G9006V link?
my device is Galaxy S5 SM-G9006V.
please help me!
actually I need to install "play store" on my SM-G9006V.
dear sir, Can u help me?

Hi,
I tried following your instructions to get my Samsung Galaxy S5 (SM-G9008V) flashed, I'm stuck on the 1st step, ODIN won't detect my phone in download mode.
I running windows 8.1, I went thru Ricky310711's tutorial and tried all the self help I could do.
any suggestions would be appreciated.
bobopopo said:
Hi,
As it took me quite some time to get the courage and read through various threads until I finally successfully rooted my Samsung S5 G9008V I would like to quickly list what I did. It was actually quite simple and I would like to say a special thanks to Xiaolu (here named Chenglu) to compile an English CWM recovery file for me.
So here is what I did:
1. Followed Ricky310711's tutorial at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2699648 on 'recovery' with Odin 3.07 and by flashing Xiaolu's g9008v-cmw-recovery-6.0.4.8-en(0420).tar.md5 - 12.33 MB
2. After that proceeded with thread from 1. and step 'root" by downloading the universal rootkit S5rootkit.zip and putting it on the SD (you only need this file, nothing else to do).
3. Put the S5 into recovery mode (Volume+/up, home button and power for several seconds).
4. Select 'install from zip' and locate S5rootkit.zip on your phone (probably on external SD card). Execute installation, should end with a success message.
5. Download matching Google apps for the Android version (at the moment 4.4.2) and put them on the SD card as well (I took these: http://goo.im/devs/BaNkS/GApps/4.4.2)
6. Put the S5 into recovery mode (Volume+/up, home button and power for several seconds).
7. Select 'install from zip' and locate 4-11_GApps_Standard_4.4.2_signed on your phone (probably on external SD card). Execute installation, should end with a success message.
Thumbs-up to all contributors, especially to Xiaolu for his quick help on an English recovery file.
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Please Help
bobopopo said:
Hi,
As it took me quite some time to get the courage and read through various threads until I finally successfully rooted my Samsung S5 G9008V I would like to quickly list what I did. It was actually quite simple and I would like to say a special thanks to Xiaolu (here named Chenglu) to compile an English CWM recovery file for me.
So here is what I did:
1. Followed Ricky310711's tutorial at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2699648 on 'recovery' with Odin 3.07 and by flashing Xiaolu's g9008v-cmw-recovery-6.0.4.8-en(0420).tar.md5 - 12.33 MB
2. After that proceeded with thread from 1. and step 'root" by downloading the universal rootkit S5rootkit.zip and putting it on the SD (you only need this file, nothing else to do).
3. Put the S5 into recovery mode (Volume+/up, home button and power for several seconds).
4. Select 'install from zip' and locate S5rootkit.zip on your phone (probably on external SD card). Execute installation, should end with a success message.
5. Download matching Google apps for the Android version (at the moment 4.4.2) and put them on the SD card as well (I took these: http://goo.im/devs/BaNkS/GApps/4.4.2)
6. Put the S5 into recovery mode (Volume+/up, home button and power for several seconds).
7. Select 'install from zip' and locate 4-11_GApps_Standard_4.4.2_signed on your phone (probably on external SD card). Execute installation, should end with a success message.
Thumbs-up to all contributors, especially to Xiaolu for his quick help on an English recovery file.
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I live in Shenzhen. I just got the same phone but I cannot seem to get the root to work. Can you please help me? 18820959126 or WeChat JasonCOvers

Thanks! Do you have the s5rootkit.zip?
bobopopo said:
Hi,
As it took me quite some time to get the courage and read through various threads until I finally successfully rooted my Samsung S5 G9008V I would like to quickly list what I did. It was actually quite simple and I would like to say a special thanks to Xiaolu (here named Chenglu) to compile an English CWM recovery file for me.
So here is what I did:
1. Followed Ricky310711's tutorial at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2699648 on 'recovery' with Odin 3.07 and by flashing Xiaolu's g9008v-cmw-recovery-6.0.4.8-en(0420).tar.md5 - 12.33 MB
2. After that proceeded with thread from 1. and step 'root" by downloading the universal rootkit S5rootkit.zip and putting it on the SD (you only need this file, nothing else to do).
3. Put the S5 into recovery mode (Volume+/up, home button and power for several seconds).
4. Select 'install from zip' and locate S5rootkit.zip on your phone (probably on external SD card). Execute installation, should end with a success message.
5. Download matching Google apps for the Android version (at the moment 4.4.2) and put them on the SD card as well (I took these: http://goo.im/devs/BaNkS/GApps/4.4.2)
6. Put the S5 into recovery mode (Volume+/up, home button and power for several seconds).
7. Select 'install from zip' and locate 4-11_GApps_Standard_4.4.2_signed on your phone (probably on external SD card). Execute installation, should end with a success message.
Thumbs-up to all contributors, especially to Xiaolu for his quick help on an English recovery file.
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Thanks for this great walkthrough! The link to download the s5rootkit.zip file from the original maker isn't working anymore -- any chance that you still have it and could share it? I'm really missing the google apps on my phone Thank you!

@flollop - i have it, if you give me an email address i can send it to you

kistvan80 said:
@flollop - i have it, if you give me an email address i can send it to you
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That would be great, thank you! I'll PM you my email address. Thanks!

Galaxy Tab Active 2 - forum ? for question on new tablet

My apologies for posting a question on what is most likely the wrong forum - but after 15-minutes of searching, I could not find the right forum for a new Galaxy Tab Active 2 question.
This is a question more related to software and may be more generic ?
My wife is the owner of a new Galaxy Tab Active 2 , and she is struggling to have her many Android applications installed not on the 16-GByte internal memory, but instead on a 128 GB microSD card she has in the Tablet. She has found various guides, but they either are not applicable to Active2 (as their menu options don't exist on Active 2) or they simply only work for some apps but not the necessary/important to her applications that she wants to transfer to the microSD card. In particular she would like the application "Line" ( https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=jp.naver.line.android&hl=en ) and also "WhatsAPP' (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.whatsapp&hl=en) configured such that all their data goes on the microSD card. Unfortunately (especially for Line) she has not been able to do such.
Can anyone point me to the correct forum area ?
Again - my apologies for likely posting in the wrong area.

I own tab active 2 sm-390 too. 16gb is really not enough. We can only wait some professional to root the machine. Once root, we can try 'adaptive storage' or other app like 'App2SD' to save internal storage.

Just want to update you that I solve the storage problem.
1) You need to download the firmwire , extract the 'boot.img' file. Then, copy the file to your tablet.
2) Then, you have to install Magisk Manager and run the manager to patch the 'Boot.img'. In setting, remember to set the output file to odin format.
3) Copy the patched file to computer. In computer, run odin to install the patched file to tablet.
4) The tablet will then be reset. Now, the tablet is already rooted.
5) Then, run Apps2SD, you can move all apps to SD.
I am now have around 50 apps installed.

Please a step by step
Awesome!
You are such a genius to give us this good news
Can you please provide us a step by step guide and also the links to the files so that we can follow.
Thank you so much

How are you getting root.

I have the galaxy tab active 2 / T395 and have tried all the stand alone apks out there that claim they can root any android device; 'KingRoot, KingoRoot, OneClickRoot, z4mod.z4root, Rootmaster and Framaroot'. But do absolutely nothing for the T395 active 2.
However I can confirm that 'mark.mccv' method of rooting DOES WORK for the T395.
I guess the days of using CF-Auto Root & TWRP are over for the newer Nougat 7.1.1

mark.mccv said:
Just want to update you that I solve the storage problem.
1) You need to download the firmwire , extract the 'boot.img' file. Then, copy the file to your tablet.
2) Then, you have to install Magisk Manager and run the manager to patch the 'Boot.img'. In setting, remember to set the output file to odin format.
3) Copy the patched file to computer. In computer, run odin to install the patched file to tablet.
4) The tablet will then be reset. Now, the tablet is already rooted.
5) Then, run Apps2SD, you can move all apps to SD.
I am now have around 50 apps installed.
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You forgot to mention, when installing the 'patched_boot.img' you need to turn 'OFF' both the FRP & OEM locks. Otherwise, when trying to flash the 'patched_boot.img' through Odin on the PC.
The devices download screen shows 'custom binary boot file' blocked by the FRP & OEM locks......
For anyone stuck on this ROOT process , you turn off the FRP lock by just deleting your Google accounts from your devices settings page.
Remove, turn OFF the OEM lock , by going to 'settings' > 'developers tools' > 'oem unlock'
On flashing the patched_boot.img , you will see a verification screen page after reboot, which forces you to reset, reformat your device. So back up your files beforehand.
Once reset, your device is rooted, ready to install busybox , adaway etc.

Well Crap...I just got my Nice, New, Sparkleing Tab Active2 and cant root it yet. I have the New US version SM-T397U Unlocked model. cant find a Stock firmware on Sammobile as of yet...any ideas?
EDIT: Neeeevermind... I did a lil hacking and cracking (for about 26min, lol) to find the files I needed for the SM-T397U. If anyone is looking for em let me know and I'll shoot em' your way. Guessing I'm the first person to root a T397U, hope more will follow. I havent even had this thing 6 hours yet. Thanks for the write up and all those that contributed to the tools and info.
Crap: posetd this is two threads, realized i was typeing in the wrong one, cut and pasted and still hit send. oops

Worked perfectly, Thank you very much!
WARNING: THIS WILL WIPE EVERYTHING ON YOUR TABLET.
Backup all of your important files before you flash the patched boot.img using odin.
I tried to backup my app data using samsung switch and it worked, but didn't restore most of my device settings and all of my app data.
(Good thing I kept backups for my important apps that had in app backup functionality - like Nova launcher and Squid)
Also, If you are having any trouble, then you can take a look at this thread (more detailed): https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-tab/help/how-to-root-samsung-galaxy-tab-active-2-t3775664
Last thing, you probably won't be able to get OTA updates after you perform these steps, it doesn't matter though since this tablet isn't going to be updated that frequently (The 8.0 update is going to come at the end of 2018, source)

Did App data remain after rooting
mark.mccv said:
Just want to update you that I solve the storage problem.
1) You need to download the firmwire , extract the 'boot.img' file. Then, copy the file to your tablet.
2) Then, you have to install Magisk Manager and run the manager to patch the 'Boot.img'. In setting, remember to set the output file to odin format.
3) Copy the patched file to computer. In computer, run odin to install the patched file to tablet.
4) The tablet will then be reset. Now, the tablet is already rooted.
5) Then, run Apps2SD, you can move all apps to SD.
I am now have around 50 apps installed.
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Hi mark.mccv
Please confirm if the data remained (i.e. was not erased) after the rooting?
Thanks in advance.

I just came across a little gem, my uncle Gave me his T397U that he used to use for work, but has since upgraded!!!! I was so stoked until I powered up to realize that’s its full on knox mdm and is running what I’m assuming is the OS from his job, accessing reg samsung os at all is only possible through safe mode at the present moment ...I apologize if I’m in the wrong area, I’m vey New and honestly not even navigating around the boards to efficiently just yet ! Hopefully someone will want to throw me a bone! Thank you all for the amazing plethora of information!!!!