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I am trying to help a friend root her phone. About a year ago, she had someone else help, and they did something wrong. The result is that her phone has a Superuser app, but it's not functional and has no root capabilities - of course she can't get rid of Superuser as it's a system app.
So first off... is there a way to flash this phone back to out of the box condition? I know for Motorola phones, for example, you can use RSD Lite to flash the firmware. I know nothing about Samsung phones, is there an equivalent way?
And then to continue - how do we go about rooting it properly? Is there a custom recovery we can install on the phone so she can make nandroid backups in case something goes wrong in the future?
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Kernel 2.6.35.7-T759UVKE8-CL205219
Build number ULTIMOBILE-T759-2.3.4-CBW-101211-1.3 - so I assume she has Android 2.3.4.
She has Cincinnati Bell, rather than a "big" phone provider - but from what I understand they just piggyback off of T-Mobile anyway... not sure if this changes anything.
I'm sorry if these questions have been answered a million times, I would just like some pointers so I don't end up in the same situation again.
drfsupercenter said:
I am trying to help a friend root her phone. About a year ago, she had someone else help, and they did something wrong. The result is that her phone has a Superuser app, but it's not functional and has no root capabilities - of course she can't get rid of Superuser as it's a system app.
So first off... is there a way to flash this phone back to out of the box condition? I know for Motorola phones, for example, you can use RSD Lite to flash the firmware. I know nothing about Samsung phones, is there an equivalent way?
And then to continue - how do we go about rooting it properly? Is there a custom recovery we can install on the phone so she can make nandroid backups in case something goes wrong in the future?
Some more details:
Kernel 2.6.35.7-T759UVKE8-CL205219
Build number ULTIMOBILE-T759-2.3.4-CBW-101211-1.3 - so I assume she has Android 2.3.4.
She has Cincinnati Bell, rather than a "big" phone provider - but from what I understand they just piggyback off of T-Mobile anyway... not sure if this changes anything.
I'm sorry if these questions have been answered a million times, I would just like some pointers so I don't end up in the same situation again.
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Wrong phone this is t679 you have t759
Edit: they don't have their own forum but they do have threads so Google it
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theAPANT said:
Wrong phone this is t679 you have t759
Edit: they don't have their own forum but they do have threads so Google it
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Sorry - I just know it's called the Samsung Exhibit. If a mod wants to move this somewhere, be my guest. But I'd still like help if anyone here knows.
A factory reset might get rid of superuser. Otherwise try rooting again. A quick Google search brought this up: http://www.androidegis.com/how-to/easily-root-your-samsung-exhibit-4g-sgh-t759-how-to/
Zerg rush should work.
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No zerg does not work with 2.3.6
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Hey guys, I do no not own this phone (just picked up a Nexus 5) but, my dad does. He has been waiting for MONTHS to get his hands on this. It is his first Android device and he was able to ditch his work iPhone for it. However, he has been having an absolutely horrible experience:
I was remotely walking him through setup (moto transfer with iCloud to gmail account, etc etc).
- He turned on his phone, set up wifi, entered account credentials, played around for a minute or two.
- After this, he was prompted for an update, I told him to accept it
- After he accepted it, the phone WILL NOT TURN on. It boots to the homescreen, says it is "activating" the device, then it needs to restart.
- When it restarts, he sees the following attached screenshot.
I am assuming this was the Kit Kat update. I know tons of people have had problems with this (yes, I read the forums before posting, even though it is not my device). However, everyone with problems seemed to be rooted/not on stock. He is COMPLETELY stock.
If he chooses to reboot normally, he gets the homescreen, activation, then, it turns off and goes back to the attached screen.
If he chooses recovery, it goes back to this screen.
I'm not sure how an OTA could jack a phone up that was completely stock.. But it has happened.
Is there anything I can do remotely to help him start using his new phone? As I said, he has been excited for months for this phone and now just wants to throw it against the wall.
Is this screenshot the fastboot screen? If so, can I use the "fastboot erase cache" command?
Any *detailed* answers would be greatly appreciated... I'd love to get this working for him ASAP.
Thanks everyone!
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This is a pretty horrible out of box experience for something he was so excited about. I'm hoping this is something I can just do while remotely controlling his PC... I feel bad for the guy
fastboot erase cache
and then flash a stock recovery
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waiflih said:
fastboot erase cache
and then flash a stock recovery
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Not having this phone myself, how do I flash a recovery if I can't access current recovery or boot? Can I flash with a locked bootloader? Is the screen my dad is seeing the fastboot screen?
Any ideas how a stock out of the box phone would encounter this?
Thanks!
Sorry it's just hard to not have a device and jump into this when there are a million threads and it is completely different than any device I've owned (also I have no hands on time with it).
Thanks again. The more details the better so that I can do this remotely.
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yes that screen is fastboot mode, so u can download the files for ur rom here
http://sbf.droid-developers.org/ghost/list.php
and use fastboot to flash only recovery
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Ok. I will have to figure out how to flash sbfs via fastboot then. I'm assuming it is a simple set of commands. I will try and find a tutorial when I am not driving. Thanks
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EmperorX said:
Ok. I will have to figure out how to flash sbfs via fastboot then. I'm assuming it is a simple set of commands. I will try and find a tutorial when I am not driving. Thanks
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Which model/carrier of phone does your dad have?
Xatt said:
Which model/carrier of phone does your dad have?
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He's on Verizon, 16gb.
So confused as to how this happens fresh out of the box. Don't know how it's possible. I'm determined to fix it for him today though so he doesn't have to wait even longer
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If he just bought it, why are you messing around with this? Take it back to the retailer you bought it from and tell then what happened... Get a new phone...
AT&T Moto X rocking rooted 4.4
theraffman said:
If he just bought it, why are you messing around with this? Take it back to the retailer you bought it from and tell then what happened... Get a new phone...
AT&T Moto X rocking rooted 4.4
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He got it customized from MotoMaker... If it's a relatively simple fix (and it's not a hardware issue) I'd rather do it myself so he doesn't have to wait yet again for who knows how long.
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waiflih said:
yes that screen is fastboot mode, so u can download the files for ur rom here
http://sbf.droid-developers.org/ghost/list.php
and use fastboot to flash only recovery
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I'm assuming I can use any of the builds from verizon there? I'd like to get him to update OTA and see if it works this time or not... Was thinking about flashing one of the three 4.2.2 ones
EmperorX said:
He got it customized from MotoMaker... If it's a relatively simple fix (and it's not a hardware issue) I'd rather do it myself so he doesn't have to wait yet again for who knows how long.
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EmperorX I work for Moto. If you wouldn't mind providing the IMEI I'll get our engineers to take a look. You can PM me. Thanks!
I found this toolkit:
However, i'm assuming the fastboot menu will not work to just flash stock as you need to be in "Android or hboot"
The fastboot screen I took the picture of is not the same thing as hboot correct?
They are interchangeable terms. Hboot refers typically to an HTC bootloader
gunnyman said:
They are interchangeable terms. Hboot refers typically to an HTC bootloader
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Awesome, looks like I may be able to fix this for him after all. Just need to remotely get androidsdk and adb setup on his computer with RSDlite as backup if this toolkit doesn't work and I *should* be able to make this happen. I think i've got enough info to do this now. Thanks guys!
EmperorX said:
He got it customized from MotoMaker... If it's a relatively simple fix (and it's not a hardware issue) I'd rather do it myself so he doesn't have to wait yet again for who knows how long.
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Gotcha, makes sense not to want to go through all that. Sorry this happened to your dad. First I've heard of an issue this big on the moto x.
AT&T Moto X rocking rooted 4.4
theraffman said:
Gotcha, makes sense not to want to go through all that. Sorry this happened to your dad. First I've heard of an issue this big on the moto x.
AT&T Moto X rocking rooted 4.4
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He was on the phone with Motorola "tier 2" support this morning for 3 hours. Their solution was to order a new phone and expedite shipping and return the old one when it gets here. I'm going to try this way first. They said this happens to "1 in 10,000" people. Lol, he's a lucky guy!
Well, now it's stuck on the fastboot screen with the following error:
No valid PIV block in SP for system
piv validation failed (system)
boot up failed
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EmperorX said:
Well, now it's stuck on the fastboot screen with the following error:
No valid PIV block in SP for system
piv validation failed (system)
boot up failed
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Sounds like the phone's partitions are all jacked up. Get a new phone is the solution.
EmperorX said:
Well, now it's stuck on the fastboot screen with the following error:
No valid PIV block in SP for system
piv validation failed (system)
boot up failed
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what probably happened was your dad never activated the phone then tried to take an ota or something like that and it got all jacked up. Alternatively, he could have (for some reason) gotten the 4.4 OTA even though the phone was on original stock FW. This could have f'd the phone up if it skipped the 4.2.2 OTA. If you need to help you dad out, download teamviewer or logmein (remote computer access programs) and just guide him through when to plug the phone in etc.
Not sure about the error you are getting but it could be because you are flashing the wrong FW for the phone, possibly an older FW or an updated FW and the order you are flashing it could be causing the error. You can fix this relatively easily if you were more familiar with fastboot. I can try and walk you through some stuff as well on gchat if you need some help. I could also remote into your dads computer and do everything that needs to be done (he could then remove my ability to remote in clearly). All that being said Im fairly busy so just answering some questions for you would be easier but more time consuming for your dad. For starters, you probably should be flashing the 4.2.2 FW found on sbf. it is the middle fw for verizon on the list. You also can probably just use rsdlite since he hasn't set the phone up. It is super easy. Just go to the thread for rsd lite back to 100% stock and you will be good to go. Then make sure he activates and sets the phone up and everything before he takes the OTA this time.
OK so I have this great ATT note 3. I have it rooted (mj5). I haven't done much with it because as far as I know I can't get a custom recovery yet Correct??
I am having issues with a few things and I'm a little concerned with the phone. For 1 I have a hard time starting up my phone some times. It seems to keep restarting and I have to keep taking the battery out and it will work after a few times. 2nd the volume sometimes gets messed up with things I do.
I've been rooting for maybe close to 1 year now and by no means a expert here but I've never failed doing it.
So here is my question, I would like to know if there is anything I can do now to get a custom recovery now that some time has gone by. I see a lot of things going on but it's all things I've never seen or read about before. I'm just looking to get pointed in the right direction from the point I'm at right blessed which is rooted with Mj5.
Or do I unroot and if so how?
also any of these options am I going to lose everything on my phone? Any help is greatly appreciated.
Thanks!!
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Look at the safestrap thread. It is our version of recovery for locked bootloaders
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itmaster85 said:
Look at the safestrap thread. It is our version of recovery for locked bootloaders
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Would you be able to send me a link to the one your using? I just want to make sure I'm looking on the right thread.
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enzosly said:
Would you be able to send me a link to the one your using? I just want to make sure I'm looking on the right thread.
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At the top of this page if you just click where it says AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note 3 you will see all our sections. Click on the Android Development link then search around there for safestrap by hashcode.
enzosly said:
OK so I have this great ATT note 3. I have it rooted (mj5). I haven't done much with it because as far as I know I can't get a custom recovery yet Correct??
I am having issues with a few things and I'm a little concerned with the phone. For 1 I have a hard time starting up my phone some times. It seems to keep restarting and I have to keep taking the battery out and it will work after a few times. 2nd the volume sometimes gets messed up with things I do.
I've been rooting for maybe close to 1 year now and by no means a expert here but I've never failed doing it.
So here is my question, I would like to know if there is anything I can do now to get a custom recovery now that some time has gone by. I see a lot of things going on but it's all things I've never seen or read about before. I'm just looking to get pointed in the right direction from the point I'm at right blessed which is rooted with Mj5.
Or do I unroot and if so how?
also any of these options am I going to lose everything on my phone? Any help is greatly appreciated.
Thanks!!
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I had rooted myself on SM-N900A on MJ5 using Kingo and also used kingo to unroot too. No issues / No Knox tripping.
Rooting
So I have the ATT N900A and have tried rooting it or at least looked into it so far but when the forums say only certain version available I never find one that actually says N900A. I have seen others, but to be honest I am freshly new to all of this and I am learning it all slowly but surely. Can I get some help any one?
enzosly said:
OK so I have this great ATT note 3. I have it rooted (mj5). I haven't done much with it because as far as I know I can't get a custom recovery yet Correct??
I am having issues with a few things and I'm a little concerned with the phone. For 1 I have a hard time starting up my phone some times. It seems to keep restarting and I have to keep taking the battery out and it will work after a few times. 2nd the volume sometimes gets messed up with things I do.
I've been rooting for maybe close to 1 year now and by no means a expert here but I've never failed doing it.
So here is my question, I would like to know if there is anything I can do now to get a custom recovery now that some time has gone by. I see a lot of things going on but it's all things I've never seen or read about before. I'm just looking to get pointed in the right direction from the point I'm at right blessed which is rooted with Mj5.
Or do I unroot and if so how?
also any of these options am I going to lose everything on my phone? Any help is greatly appreciated.
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Those are not normal issues to have on your phone, and I don't think they are related to the rooting; I think they are indicative of larger issues with the phone. I would unroot it so it looks stock, and assuming the problems persist, take it back to AT&T.
If unrooting fixes it, ofc, reroot and do it right this time (I don't know what method you used, or what might have gone wrong)
Do that BEFORE messing around with our poor-substitute for a custom recovery (safestrap) and custom ROM's.
DrAzzy said:
Those are not normal issues to have on your phone, and I don't think they are related to the rooting; I think they are indicative of larger issues with the phone. I would unroot it so it looks stock, and assuming the problems persist, take it back to AT&T.
If unrooting fixes it, ofc, reroot and do it right this time (I don't know what method you used, or what might have gone wrong)
Do that BEFORE messing around with our poor-substitute for a custom recovery (safestrap) and custom ROM's.
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Well its funny because I did root my phone using the Vega root files but lol I just looked last night and I'm not rooted anymore... Maybe I took a update with out realizing it?? Ok so now that I'm not rooted what do I do?
If I just do a restart from stock what thread should I look at?
Or do I root again using the kingo .com thing? Wow I'm so lost with this phone. I have the s4 HTC one, nexus 5 and never have had these issues. Just when I start to think I'm getting g good at this
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enzosly said:
Well its funny because I did root my phone using the Vega root files but lol I just looked last night and I'm not rooted anymore... Maybe I took a update with out realizing it?? Ok so now that I'm not rooted what do I do?
If I just do a restart from stock what thread should I look at?
Or do I root again using the kingo .com thing? Wow I'm so lost with this phone. I have the s4 HTC one, nexus 5 and never have had these issues. Just when I start to think I'm getting g good at this
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Sigh - always, first thing after rooting, always freeze OTA updates, and wait to upgrade before people here say it works and there's a root available!
Since you're having suspicious issues, I would want to put on clean MJ5 firmware before continuing - get the system into a known state before continuing.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2559715
This will erase everything on your phone.
I would hold off on rooting and first check if the issues you mentioned in the OP are fixed, and if they are, then you can chalk it up to a software problem (pin the blame on the OTA update), and follow the instructions in that thread to get root.
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Sigh - always, first thing after rooting, always freeze OTA updates, and wait to upgrade before people here say it works and there's a root available!
Since you're having suspicious issues, I would want to put on clean MJ5 firmware before continuing - get the system into a known state before continuing.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2559715
This will erase everything on your phone.
I would hold off on rooting and first check if the issues you mentioned in the OP are fixed, and if they are, then you can chalk it up to a software problem (pin the blame on the OTA update), and follow the instructions in that thread to get root.
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That's what I will do.
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I have gone to the XDA sites, and just about all of them and I did as instructed, I even tried troubleshooting multiple times. Whether it was using framaroot, supersu, even motoroot. All failed and I even downloaded them from my computer and transfered it to my phone. All while following these instructions thoroughly, it always says my device isn't connected and I even installed drivers to recognize it, still nothing. If it would just recognize my Moto i'd be done and have a rooted Moto X. Unfortunately since I am a new user I can't copy links. Ive spent countless hours on this, someone please help me I would REALLY appreciate it.
There is no root for devices with lock bootloaders
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No root for 4.4.4 Moto X right now.
Do we know if a root for the AT&T xt1097 may someday be possible?
L0hki said:
Do we know if a root for the AT&T xt1097 may someday be possible?
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Crystal ball says...definitely maybe
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Hello XDA, I recently rooted / unlocked my N6. I used WugFresh NRT to do so. However, I did not like the process of rooting so I (using NRT) flashed stock + unrooted and then factory reset followed by an OEM lock. Reading about lollipops new way of OTA, can I perform OTAs? Or is it too late?
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Hi,
As long as you are now stock, no system partition changes and Stock recovery, you should get and be able to install an OTA.
But, I don't own the device, so I'll have your thread moved to your device section in case there's something I don't know about the N6 in particular.
Good luck!
Thanks! I'm a newb to this whole technology stuff. My first nexus device as well. I soft bricked it too while attempting to remove a ROM.
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TheSkillfulTroll said:
Thanks! I'm a newb to this whole technology stuff. My first nexus device as well. I soft bricked it too while attempting to remove a ROM.
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Not sure if this is of any value to you but considering the device apps are similar it may be used.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/google-nexus-5/general/stock-checker-zip-prepare-ota-t2927865
Oh to be honest I'm done with rooting for now. Ill wait till 5.0.2 comes out if I OTA good then great but if it fails (hopefully ill still be able to access phone if it does) I'll then flash and root. Hopefully its not the latter
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Oh to be honest I'm done with rooting for now. Ill wait till 5.0.2 comes out if I OTA good then great but if it fails (hopefully ill still be able to access phone if it does) I'll then flash and root. Hopefully its not the latter
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If your completely stock and unrooted their is nothing to worry about. You will indeed get updates.
Even with lollipops new way of checking?
They check blocks
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if you are rooted and on TWRP. Just download the 5.0.1 image. Extract it till you see the system.img and boot.img. Also download twrp and run
fastboot flash system system.img
fastboot flash boot boot.img
I then reboot and then run
fastboot flash recovery whateverthefilefortwrpis.img
after that restart to system and twrp will ask if you want to install supersu. I let it install and now i'm on 5.0.1. Everything is intact and no wipe is required.
I don't think you quite understand what I am asking... I had 5.0.1 , I rooted and unlocked using NRT. I installed a ROM, didn't like it and attempted to remove. At the attempt to remove it, I screwed up and the setup wizard wouldn't start, so I FORCE FLASHED USING NRT Stock and unrooted. This allowed me to start the phone and use it, I factory reset then relocked the OEM. I do not want to root nor unlock, I am asking if that, after these events, and lollipops new way of OTA, will I be able to update via OTAs?
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What is the new way lollipop handles OTA's?
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Back then, it used to check file by file which was easily avoidable. Now, it checks a whole block of a partition, if it sees something as small a byte changed, it aborts. You can read more NY just googling Nexus 6 OTA root.
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Back then, it used to check file by file which was easily avoidable. Now, it checks a whole block of a partition, if it sees something as small a byte changed, it aborts. You can read more NY just googling Nexus 6 OTA root.
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It's not hard to understand, actually quite simple. If you have flashed the stock image then there is nothing to worry about and there is no need for assumptions. Yes, you will receive OTAs. No need for the "what if" and "how about," if you aren't willing to accept an answer, don't ask a question.
If you're 100% stock then you will get ota.
Oh okay, thanks for the help! Once 5.0.2 rolls out, if it does not work, I'll just have to do it within NRT
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