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Rooting after Kies ICS Update

Hey everyone,
I apologize if this has already been asked; did some searching but didn't really find much.
So I updated my samsung galaxy tab 8.9 wifi to ICS via Kies when the update was released sometime back, not thinking that it would prevent me from being able to root (I know, stupid of me). I always figured Samsung devices were developer friendly, and always had easy ways to root them.
I tried the root instructions posted in all the tutorial posts, and unfortunately they does not work for me (and I presume others). I get a "E:unknown volume for path [/sdcard]" error when trying to access "apply update from external storage" from recovery. I assume this is a change to the bootloader/recovery that Samsung made to prevent unauthorized access (aka, rooting), which is kind of a bummer if you ask me.
When googling for that I found a lot of stuff, but nothing that really told me the best course of action to take for this tablet. Should I hold out for someone to come up with a solution, or would it be best to revert back to 3.2 (if that is even possible), and then "install" the package I saw on the XDA developers front page that gets ICS on the tab with root access. Or is there something else I should do? I've found articles explaining some courses of action, but none explicitly related to the new ICS update that was just released (these were mostly articles referencing the prior 3.2 version).
I realize it was only recently since the update was provided, but any ideas/suggestions would be appreciated. I would like to have root again on ICS if possible!
Thanks.

Was answered several times, e.g. here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=31196953

zemoffm said:
Hey everyone,
I apologize if this has already been asked; did some searching but didn't really find much.
So I updated my samsung galaxy tab 8.9 wifi to ICS via Kies when the update was released sometime back, not thinking that it would prevent me from being able to root (I know, stupid of me). I always figured Samsung devices were developer friendly, and always had easy ways to root them.
I tried the root instructions posted in all the tutorial posts, and unfortunately they does not work for me (and I presume others). I get a "E:unknown volume for path [/sdcard]" error when trying to access "apply update from external storage" from recovery. I assume this is a change to the bootloader/recovery that Samsung made to prevent unauthorized access (aka, rooting), which is kind of a bummer if you ask me.
When googling for that I found a lot of stuff, but nothing that really told me the best course of action to take for this tablet. Should I hold out for someone to come up with a solution, or would it be best to revert back to 3.2 (if that is even possible), and then "install" the package I saw on the XDA developers front page that gets ICS on the tab with root access. Or is there something else I should do? I've found articles explaining some courses of action, but none explicitly related to the new ICS update that was just released (these were mostly articles referencing the prior 3.2 version).
I realize it was only recently since the update was provided, but any ideas/suggestions would be appreciated. I would like to have root again on ICS if possible!
Thanks.
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Check this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1406137
I just got mine rooted and I had the exact same issues as you. It's basically a broken root, as laid out in the OP of that thread I linked. See the How To section, subcategory Fixing Root.

Thanks,
I swear I did search, but apparently didn't know what key words to search for. I apologize for the duplicate post.

I have same issue and have thoroughly trawled the referenced threads. Can't access a root zip from recovery and can't flash a recovery from Odin. As a relative newb would really appreciate a step by step idiot's guide

alexbush said:
can't flash a recovery from Odin.
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Why not? What goes wrong? What recovery file did you try this with?

Tried various versions of cwm. Odin simply freezes although it has a connection to com6. Stock recovery same issue.

[Q]Restore Galaxy S4 Active to Stock AT&T Firmware?

Hello! This is my going to be my first post, so please bear with me.
I own a Samsung Galaxy S4 Active (SGH-I537) from AT&T. I've owned the device for about 6 months now and love it. Recently, I encountered a problem with connecting to GApps/Google services and adding a Google Account.
I rooted my S4 Active with this method from geohot I found here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2347793
After tooling around with it for a day, I had trouble getting on the Play Store. My screen displayed "No Connection; Retry). After trying various solutions I removed my Google Account from the device.
When I couldn't log back in to my Google Account, I disabled 2-step verification and tried application-specific passwords. No avail.
I performed many factory reset, both from the Settings page and by a hard reset. I've wiped all the user data, so I have no apps or anything.
I keep getting this error message, see attachment below.
TD;LR #1 : I rooted my GS4a and I can't use my Google Account. Period.
My guess is that I need to restore the stock firmware onto my Galaxy S4 Active. I haven't been able to find a safe method of doing this yet. I think that this will "restore" my device as if I was doing this to an iOS device (I'm a convert from the Apple ecosystem )
Does anyone know how to flash the stock TouchWiz firmware onto the Galaxy S4 Active. I'm open to alternative solutions too, such as Cyanogenmod or stock Android 4.4.
TD;LR #2 : I need to flash stock firmware or something on my GS4a!
I appreciate all the help I can get. For now, I'm sitting with the Amazon Appstore and Google Chrome for Facebook, Gmail, Twitter, etc.
-Z3RODay

The method used for rooting shouldn't cause any problems with your phone since it only touches a couple files. I doubt that rooting your phone caused GApps to stop working, I'm guessing that either a root file got deleted or another app is incompatible and causing problems.
You're asking how to return your phone to stock and you're correct in that it will "restore" your device, but in doing so it will completely wipe your device and you will lose everything. It will essentially return your phone to the state of when you first pulled it out of the box. This question has been asked and answered a few times and you could probably find the answer by searching, but I'll post the answer here too. For the i537 below are the only known ways to get stock firmware back on your phone:
Devo7v said:
You can Odin back to a pre-release version and have a fully functioning phone, but you will no longer receive official OTA updates (read more about this option here), or
You can take it to the Samsung Experience Shop at your local Best Buy and have them restore your phone to official stock MF3 (read more about this option here).
Other than that I don't really know what else you can do.
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Devo7v said:
The method used for rooting shouldn't cause any problems with your phone since it only touches a couple files. I doubt that rooting your phone caused GApps to stop working, I'm guessing that either a root file got deleted or another app is incompatible and causing problems.
You're asking how to return your phone to stock and you're correct in that it will "restore" your device, but in doing so it will completely wipe your device and you will lose everything. It will essentially return your phone to the state of when you first pulled it out of the box. This question has been asked and answered a few times and you could probably find the answer by searching, but I'll post the answer here too. For the i537 below are the only known ways to get stock firmware back on your phone:
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Thank you so much! I'm going to take my phone to Best Buy tonight. I backed up everything on my SD card which is still intact (Thank God!).

[Q] Google Account Login not working

Ok, my Google services started to tell me i couldn't establish a connection when i was rooted, so i removed hosts. It started working again. Then I unrooted my SM-N900A (Samsung Galaxy Note 3 AT&T),4.4.4, using the unroot from supersu. I backed my phone onto samsung kies and then factory reseted it. However, while setting up my phone, I plugged it in to my computer to restore my data. Now I cannot log into google, and I want to try to avoid root.

Hi there,
Please wait until mods will move this thread to the device specific forum.
Stand by...
Good luck

ConfusedMuch said:
Ok, my Google services started to tell me i couldn't establish a connection when i was rooted, so i removed hosts. It started working again. Then I unrooted my SM-N900A (Samsung Galaxy Note 3 AT&T),4.4.4, using the unroot from supersu. I backed my phone onto samsung kies and then factory reseted it. However, while setting up my phone, I plugged it in to my computer to restore my data. Now I cannot log into google, and I want to try to avoid root.
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I would recommend flashing the stock ROM. I haven't checked on available resources for the Note 3 in a while, but is 4.4.4 available for download? If not does anybody know if flashing any version of KitKat will work?

Agent said:
I would recommend flashing the stock ROM. I haven't checked on available resources for the Note 3 in a while, but is 4.4.4 available for download? If not does anybody know if flashing any version of KitKat will work?
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I don't think 4.4.4 is available for download yet, so I am going to take my phone to AT&T to get it checked. Sorry for being such a newbie if there is a easy solution.

Is there anyway I can root my SM-N900A 4.4.4? I've tried towel root and it's not supported yet.

Restore to Factory Settings for Galaxy S5 OC4

I have searched all over this site for hours, and all I find are old descriptions to restore S5 to factory default. Most of them I know do not work any more.
The guides that I have found to do this are old, and we need a specific guide. Like some mention to use Samsungs old app, Kies. It is now Smart Switch. And Kies wouldn't install factory settings on certain phones including the Galaxy.
I know that with Super SU, I can remove the root from my device. But if my the OC4 is something I downloaded from here, with "rooted" in the title, then I probably shouldn't just use Smart Switch to restore to factory default.
What do I need to download besides Odin? Or if there is an updated article on here for OC4 that I am somehow missing, please give the link. I used FlashFire for the rooting.
Thank you!

Lets say I want to not void my warrenty. How do I get back to factory settings. I want to wipe everything.
My phone is getting too slow, and most of it has to do with rooting. Apps crash, phone camera is almost unusable, and getting back to the home screen takes some time, and major delays in switching apps. I don't want to do this and find I bricked the phone by unrooting with SuperSU, then doing the regular method of restoring factory settings.
Thanks.

Rooting S10 for Data Retrival ONLY

Hi Guys!
I have spent hours and hours trying to find a solution to my problem and it has lead me here so here goes;
My friend has given me a S10 which has had a factory reset done to it, He is in need of retrieving some documents on there which i believe was written in the notepad. The phone hasnt been touched since the factory reset.
Google had led me to the whole dr.fone software > got cracked version > and like everything i have read the phone has to be rooted
Then i see all these one click softwares like iroot, kingroot etc and really didnt hear to many great things about them and really mixed reviews for dr.fone too.
I guess my question is; If i root my S10 then can i retrieve data from before the reset? And if YES to that > Can the phone then be unrooted and back to normal?
If someone could please lead me to a tutorial, i started reading some but they were talking about custom mod's etc where as i just want ROOT > OLD DATA > PHONE BACK TO NORMAL (if possible) i def do not lack skills, just never touched an android phone before and also if somebody could suggest software to use for the data recovery once rooted.
Thanks Guys, hope y'all can help

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