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[How-To] Update to I537_OC7 - 5.0.1 and KeepRoot

**You can begin the following process from 4.4.x Build/ROM or higher but you must already have Root Access**
**Required** FlashFire - Play BETA - PREVIEW
**Caution!** The following process is only for the I537 AT&T S4 "Active" variant. Use on any other device may result in a hardbrick!
Download:
- I537_OC7_Stock_Rooted_ROM
- I537_OC7_Stock_Rooted_Deodexed_ROM
Pevious Builds:
- I537_OC6_Stock_Rooted_ROM
- I537_OC6_Stock_DeOdexed_ROM
Set your screen timeout setting to 10 mins before beginning!
1. Place the ROM onto your device (use either internal or ext-sdcard).
2. Open the FlashFire app and "Agree" to the Terms and Conditions.
3. Press "(+)" twice to bring up the "Actions" menu.
4. Select "Flash Zip or OTA" and locate and select the ROM. Leave "Auto-mount" unchecked under the "Options" menu and press the checkmark to continue.
5. From the main menu Uncheck all options under "EverRoot" and set "Reboot" setting to "Download."
6. Press the lightning bolt then "Ok" to begin the flash.
7. Once the flash is complete and the device reboots into "Download" mode, flash the I537_OC7_Bootloader using Odin's PDA/AP slot.
The screen will turn black then display the contents of your system before beginning the flash. FlashFire will pause for about 1 minute while flashing the "system" partition. Once complete your device will reboot and pause on the AT&T splash screen for 1 - 2 minutes (15 - 20mins for DeOdexed version) before completely rebooting. Done!
Tip: for blazing fast speed turn off animations from Developer Options and reboot!
Known Issues:
- None!
Optional - Enable Native Tethering:
- I537_OC7_TetherAddOn
- I537_OC6_TetherAddOn (Flash using FF's "Flash zip or ota" option.
Notes:
1. The above process will not affect your Knox Warranty Flag.
2. The process will update your Modem, Non-hlos, System, Kernel, and Stock Recovery.
3. No need to wipe prior to flashing! The ROM will automatically perform a factory data reset.
4. To learn more about FlashFire's capabilities on locked bootloader devices see here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=60070810&postcount=2
Credits:
@thisisapoorusernamechoice - for capturing the ota update and for his system dump.
@Chainfire

muniz_ri said:
**You can begin the following process from any Build/ROM but you must already have Root Access**
**Attention** The following process is only for the I537 AT&T S4 "Active" variant. Use on any other device may result in a hardbrick!
Instructions:
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First of all, thank you thank you thank you so much for this. Yeah I grabbed you the OTA's but thanks to you (and of course Chainfire & his FlashFire) we can go from KK to LP with root. And on day one of the OTA. Awesome. :good: So down to business, and I hope I'm not getting ahead of myself or barking up the wrong tree, but hear me out on this one. @Joe-Tech was generous enough to port his regular S4 Google Play Edition (Pure Nexus) 4.4.4 Rom over to our phone. Could we repeat that for this OC6 build, using say, this rom as a base (or another if that turns out to be incompatible for whatever reason)? I doubt I have the expertise to pull that off but if it would help I'd get to work on another masterpatch and speaker phone fix

thisisapoorusernamechoice said:
First of all, thank you thank you thank you so much for this. Yeah I grabbed you the OTA's but thanks to you (and of course Chainfire & his FlashFire) we can go from KK to LP with root. And on day one of the OTA. Awesome. :good: So down to business, and I hope I'm not getting ahead of myself or barking up the wrong tree, but hear me out on this one. @Joe-Tech was generous enough to port his regular S4 Google Play Edition (Pure Nexus) 4.4.4 Rom over to our phone. Could we repeat that for this OC6 build, using say, this rom as a base (or another if that turns out to be incompatible for whatever reason)? I doubt I have the expertise to pull that off but if it would help I'd get to work on another masterpatch and speaker phone fix
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I have an LP 5.0.1 base, ported using that ROM that you mentioned, but we all know safestrap is not compatible yet with 5.x and FlashFire can only flash TW base rom from my experience, and it still on beta phase, so let just cross fingers, i know something coming soon

Joe-Tech said:
I have an LP 5.0.1 base, ported using that ROM that you mentioned, but we all know safestrap is not compatible yet with 5.x and FlashFire can only flash TW base rom from my experience, and it still on beta phase, so let just cross fingers, i know something coming soon
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You're the man. Thanks for this info. I'm going to make a masterpatch, hopefully it'll be needed soon. Obviously I'll be happy to test anything if and whenever something like this does happen. If I can do anything at all to help that along just let me know. I was not aware FF could only flash TW base roms, shoot
Still loving your 4.4.4, I'm torn on taking the update if it means going back to touchwiz with no current AOSP option

thisisapoorusernamechoice said:
You're the man. Thanks for this info. I'm going to make a masterpatch, hopefully it'll be needed soon. Obviously I'll be happy to test anything if and whenever something like this does happen. If I can do anything at all to help that along just let me know. I was not aware FF could only flash TW base roms, shoot
Still loving your 4.4.4, I'm torn on taking the update if it means going back to touchwiz with no current AOSP option
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Only way im thinking to boot the new LP ROM, is to use @muniz_ri method so we can upgrade and keep root. So now we going to be on the OC6 kernel and baseband, since the gpe can boot without flashing the kernel. Then we can flash the GPE 5.x ROM, either with safestrap or FlashFire, and we can also use Odin to flash the stock kernel/partitions. But too bad none of them worked for me after the upgrade, FF will sit there for ever try to get root permission.

Joe-Tech said:
But too bad none of them worked for me after the upgrade, FF will sit there for ever try to get root permission.
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Were other rooted apps able to get root permission?

thisisapoorusernamechoice said:
Were other rooted apps able to get root permission?
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Nope I even tried root checker, the su app is there on the app drawer, i was able to updated from the play store, but still wasn't working though.

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Joe-Tech said:
Nope I even tried root checker, the su app is there on the app drawer, i was able to updated from the play store, but still wasn't working though.
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Just had a thought, probably nothing. When doing the kitkat to lollipop update to keep root with flashfire, would it help anything to convert flashfire to a system app before doing the update? Sorry if this is a stupid question

thisisapoorusernamechoice said:
Just had a thought, probably nothing. When doing the kitkat to lollipop update to keep root with flashfire, would it help anything to convert flashfire to a system app before doing the update? Sorry if this is a stupid question
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I don't think it will make any difference.

@muniz_ri: This is great, thanks for all your work on this. As I understand it, this method will update you to OC6 with root if the original firmware was already rooted. So my question is then, if a user has already taken the OC6 update and would like to root afterwards is it currently impossible? Is the only way to root OC6 to downgrade back to NE3, root, and then follow your instructions to update to OC6 with root?
I'm guessing a root vulnerability hasn't been found for the Samsung 5.0 firmware yet, but I just wanted to check.
Also, I posted this in the other thread, but has anybody actually downgraded from OC6 to NE3 successfully? I don't want to give people wrong information.

Okay, I need some help here. I'm not quite understanding this:
1. Extract the I537_OC6_Stock_Rooted_Firmware.tar from the .rar and place it and the I537_OC6_Stock_Partitions.zip onto your device (use either internal or ext-sdcard).
Place what where? I used WinRAR to extract the file? What is the OC6 stock partition?

mikelets456 said:
Okay, I need some help here. I'm not quite understanding this:
1. Extract the I537_OC6_Stock_Rooted_Firmware.tar from the .rar and place it and the I537_OC6_Stock_Partitions.zip onto your device (use either internal or ext-sdcard).
Place what where? I used WinRAR to extract the file? What is the OC6 stock partition?
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Extract the tar from the rar. Leave the zip as is. Copy the tar and the zip to your phone's internal memory or external SD card, somewhere it'll be easy for you to find

Devo7v said:
@muniz_ri: This is great, thanks for all your work on this. As I understand it, this method will update you to OC6 with root if the original firmware was already rooted. So my question is then, if a user has already taken the OC6 update and would like to root afterwards is it currently impossible? Is the only way to root OC6 to downgrade back to NE3, root, and then follow your instructions to update to OC6 with root?
I'm guessing a root vulnerability hasn't been found for the Samsung 5.0 firmware yet, but I just wanted to check.
Also, I posted this in the other thread, but has anybody actually downgraded from OC6 to NE3 successfully? I don't want to give people wrong information.
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Correct, you will need to go back to NE3 then use towelroot before starting this process. And yes, the aboot qfuse counter determines whether or not you can downgrade. I checked it and it does allow for downgrading.

mikelets456 said:
Okay, I need some help here. I'm not quite understanding this:
1. Extract the I537_OC6_Stock_Rooted_Firmware.tar from the .rar and place it and the I537_OC6_Stock_Partitions.zip onto your device (use either internal or ext-sdcard).
Place what where? I used WinRAR to extract the file? What is the OC6 stock partition?
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If all of the above is beyond your level of understanding I strongly suggest you reconsider attempting to modify your phone.

muniz_ri said:
Correct, you will need to go back to NE3 then use towelroot before starting this process. And yes, the aboot qfuse counter determines whether or not you can downgrade. I checked it and it does allow for downgrading.
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Great thanks, one more question: Would it be possible to use something similar to W0lfdroids method of rooting? So on stock OC6, flash the NE3 kernel (since downgrading is possible), root with Towelroot, the flash back to the OC6 kernel. Just thinking about it I'm guessing it wouldn't work because you wouldn't be able to boot 5.0 with a 4.4.2 kernel, but I figured I'd ask.

Devo7v said:
Great thanks, one more question: Would it be possible to use something similar to W0lfdroids method of rooting? So on stock OC6, flash the NE3 kernel (since downgrading is possible), root with Towelroot, the flash back to the OC6 kernel. Just thinking about it I'm guessing it wouldn't work because you wouldn't be able to boot 5.0 with a 4.4.2 kernel, but I figured I'd ask.
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Did not bother to try since it has not worked on any 5.0 release so far.

muniz_ri said:
Did not bother to try since it has not worked on any 5.0 release so far.
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Any chance I can implore you to try it since there will inevitably be a bunch of people already on the OC6 firmware asking how to root it and will get pissed when they find they have to wipe their phone? Or maybe you could just provide the stock OC6 kernel and I can convince @thisisapoorusernamechoice to give it a shot?

For what it's worth, just went through the process in post 1. Everything went fine, but after the Galaxy S4 boot screen, it goes black and stays. I can boot to download mode and stock recovery, so it's not a major issue, and likely something I did. I'll mess with it a bit more then Odin back to stock and start over.

bobbylx said:
For what it's worth, just went through the process in post 1. Everything went fine, but after the Galaxy S4 boot screen, it goes black and stays. I can boot to download mode and stock recovery, so it's not a major issue, and likely something I did. I'll mess with it a bit more then Odin back to stock and start over.
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A couple questions:
What firmware were you coming from?
How long did you wait?
Did you have Xposed enabled?

[Q] S6 active root

Hey has anyone found a root method for the active (g890a) I've tried everything even CF Autoroot I can't find a darn thing anywhere.

no progress at all...
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So I'm seeing where @designgears has taken the most recent update OF3 and merged it with a previous version that is rooted (I'm way over simplifying because this is so beyond my pay grade).
OF3 is the same update the AT&T Active just received.
So would it be possible to Odin back to that previously rootable version, then apply designgears update? Assuming I don't care about Knox and warrant... Or would I just end up with a brick?
Im willing to try it if someone with more experience can outline the exact steps.
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A safer option might be to offer your phone to designgears, and have him work his magic. AoN

brobinson2102 said:
So I'm seeing where @designgears has taken the most recent update OF3 and merged it with a previous version that is rooted (I'm way over simplifying because this is so beyond my pay grade).
OF3 is the same update the AT&T Active just received.
So would it be possible to Odin back to that previously rootable version, then apply designgears update? Assuming I don't care about Knox and warrant... Or would I just end up with a brick?
Im willing to try it if someone with more experience can outline the exact steps.
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If you have taken OF3 update I am pretty sure you can't odin back due to them patching the pingpong root expoit. You can try to flash just the OE2 kernel and try pingpong root as well. I am 99% sure that once you update to the OF3 bootloader you are stuck on OF3 without root.
If someone has the OTA of OF3 I can make the same flashable like I did with the S6.

I'm pretty sure the active shipped with an update kernel already regardless of OF3 or earlier. And the kernel patch is what blocked the ping pong root.
I have the active too and even before the update couldn't find anything on a valid root. But I also didn't try.

designgears said:
If you have taken OF3 update I am pretty sure you can't odin back due to them patching the pingpong root expoit. You can try to flash just the OE2 kernel and try pingpong root as well. I am 99% sure that once you update to the OF3 bootloader you are stuck on OF3 without root.
If someone has the OTA of OF3 I can make the same flashable like I did with the S6.
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Alright, I've taken the OF3 OTA update already...it's a done deal. Do I have the OTA files laying around somewhere on my phone still?
And assuming you can make a flashable file from an OF3 OTA file, that would give me a safety net if I attempted to ODIN an early S6 OE2, yes?
So brick or not, I could test this hypothesis and get back to a stock unrooted pro ably with a blown Knox fuse?
When the student is ready, the teacher will appear.
Cheers.
b.
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brobinson2102 said:
Alright, I've taken the OF3 OTA update already...it's a done deal. Do I have the OTA files laying around somewhere on my phone still?
And assuming you can make a flashable file from an OF3 OTA file, that would give me a safety net if I attempted to ODIN an early S6 OE2, yes?
So brick or not, I could test this hypothesis and get back to a stock unrooted pro ably with a blown Knox fuse?
When the student is ready, the teacher will appear.
Cheers.
b.
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The build numbers might be the same but there are extra things in the active rom that are not present in the s6 rom and vise versa. Also the s6 active did ship with the ping pong root exploit fixed....

New 08/05/15 update

AT&T software updater just downloaded a new update.
The file is 301.08mb
What's the word?
Going to try and upload the file soon.

DOWNLOAD LINK:
https://mega.co.nz/#!SUoTFIJR!zhmzM7DUyN_4MWhdUbI-9JHask3l_PJQG9FHTX5flNk

File info:
Android version: 5.0
Baseband version: G900AUCU4BOF3
Kernel version: 3.4.0-4432708
Build number: LRX21T.G900AUCU4BOF3
Upgrade file size: 301MB
Software update includes
Device security enhancements
Patch Info:
AT&T Patching Devices Against Stagefright Vulnerability
I am assuming this update would break root?

Any chance you collected an url for the source? (if possible)

Upgrade Device Software for the Samsung Galaxy S5 (G900A)

No, I mean is there a way on an S5 to collect the actual OTA url used to download that file. On Nexus phones it is often used to help validate the OTA someone hosts. No offense, but I'm not trusting a random stranger that posts an "ota". I'd like to know if there is a way to confirm via a direct url from the vendor.
EDIT: As in this article - http://www.droid-life.com/2014/06/05/download-nexus-ota-url-file/

davidalindsey said:
File info:
Android version: 5.0
Baseband version: G900AUCU4BOF3
Kernel version: 3.4.0-4432708
Build number: LRX21T.G900AUCU4BOF3
Upgrade file size: 301MB
Software update includes
Device security enhancements
Patch Info:
AT&T Patching Devices Against Stagefright Vulnerability
I am assuming this update would break root?
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Not necessarily but it will definately update your bootloader leaving you with no way to unbrick should something go wrong other than BestBuy or an ATT store. I am checking it out to see if there is a safe way to update and keep root. Stand by...

@muniz_ri
Sounds good.
@zenrage
I have no ideal how to pull up the OTA File URL.
I assure you the one I uploaded is a direct copy and paste from my / cache/ fota folder on my phone.

muniz_ri said:
Not necessarily but it will definately update your bootloader leaving you with no way to unbrick should something go wrong other than BestBuy or an ATT store. I am checking it out to see if there is a safe way to update and keep root. Stand by...
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This is another 5.0 version and it is rootable. I will upload a new ROM to update and keeproot.

I just tried to collect the url, and failed. the logcat was dumping tons of data. And since it was my first attempt at logcat for this new device, I connected it only after the start of the download was flushed from the log. . I dare not interrupt the ongoing download, as I have no clue how Samsung/AT&T would handle an incomplete download.
Protip: if you gonna try to logcat the url - be frickin fast!

Not sure if this is the right place to ask this question, but how would I update from OC4 to this new build? I'm using my att s5 with T-Mobile so I can't get ota's. Thanks!

Its_Tim said:
Not sure if this is the right place to ask this question, but how would I update from OC4 to this new build? I'm using my att s5 with T-Mobile so I can't get ota's. Thanks!
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I have rooted att s5 on t-mobile and I use this to update . just make sure to backup apps and data.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/att...w-to-update-to-g900aof2-5-0-keeproot-t3149146

Did this update last night on my wife's S5 and it still has root.
I also did it on my G870A and my root is still working.

jackinct said:
Did this update last night on my wife's S5 and it still has root.
I also did it on my G870A and my root is still working.
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Is your bootloader still OA1, or it got updated as well?

Bad juju
Stock, unrooted AT&T S5 on 5.0.
Just did the update and now all of my apps on the SD card show grayed and uninstalled.
All else looks OK. Any pearls of wisdom?
EDIT - rebooted on its own about 5 minutes later and hung at the "globe". Had to pull the battery to restart. Still no SD apps.

My wife just installed this (stock, unrooted) and she is having an issue with the phone waking up. Massive lag for it to do so. I'm think I'm gonna hold off for my rooted phone.

davidalindsey said:
DOWNLOAD LINK:
https://mega.co.nz/#!SUoTFIJR!zhmzM7DUyN_4MWhdUbI-9JHask3l_PJQG9FHTX5flNk
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Taking that how can i update my phone?
Im stock and unrooted of2
How i zip that file?
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xBlue_ said:
Taking that how can i update my phone?
Im stock and unrooted of2
How i zip that file?
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If you're stock unrooted why not just update normally?

geicogecko said:
If you're stock unrooted why not just update normally?
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Bcuz im outside from USA and i need zip file i cant get ota
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davidalindsey said:
DOWNLOAD LINK:
https://mega.co.nz/#!SUoTFIJR!zhmzM7DUyN_4MWhdUbI-9JHask3l_PJQG9FHTX5flNk
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If I download this, I can sideload it thru adb to do the update? I'm not on wifi so I can't take the OTA.
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AT&T Software update 8/10/2015

Currently downloading 129.49MB.
Updated, it's still 5.02 G925AUCU2AOF4

morbidz said:
Currently downloading 129.49MB.
Updated, it's still 5.02 G925AUCU2AOF4
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most likely the stagefright fix..

The S6 (non-Edge) is getting an update today as well. Likely the same OF4 security enhancement for Stagefright that the Active received some time ago.

I just finished installing it. Only change I can tell so far is the stagefright fix (the detector app now reports my phone as secure, whereas a couple of days ago it didn't)

I assume the process is unroot, apply update, reroot? Or does this patch PingPongRoot too?

I don't think you can regain root access after you update beyond OF3. PingPong only works on versions prior to OF3. I purchased my S6 Edge with OF3 already installed on it. Very bummed and optimistically wishing someone will find a way to root OF3 and beyond. I hope they are not making it more and more difficult to root with these new "mandatory" updates that the phone apparently updates without consent. It gives you the ability to "postpone" the update but at one point or another applies the update automatically.

Ugh well I mistakenly updated tonight thinking the latest version was e2.
I attempted ping-pong root beta 6 and it failed.
At a loss. Please update me if anyone finds a new root method.

definitely i guess i will just wait for it

could someone grab this OTA please and upload it. i need it to fix a phone.

el_venga said:
could someone grab this OTA please and upload it. i need it to fix a phone.
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Yes please.
At least all the libstagefright*.so libraries
Thanks in advance.

Vaira said:
Yes please.
At least all the libstagefright*.so libraries
Thanks in advance.
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i downgraded to OF3 and got baseband unknown. thats my issue. you need root to apply the libraries btw.

does anybody have a system dump for this update?

Man, I'm still stuck on G925AUCU1A0C9. I have yet to receive ANY update since I got it on launch day.

spotdog14 said:
Man, I'm still stuck on G925AUCU1A0C9. I have yet to receive ANY update since I got it on launch day.
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do a odin update to OF3. afterwards you are supposed to get OF4.

Would someone grab the OTA update (before applying). dkcheung on the regular S6 forum wants a FlashFire modified version to keep PingPong root. Already have the OF3 Odin files necessary, just need the OTA to be able to patch the modem.bin and boot.img as well as fix up the OTA for FlashFire.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=62390878&postcount=8
The file will be located in /cache/fota/XXXX.cfg (in reality, it's a zip file)

I can't access that directory without root
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OF3 update
[email protected] said:
I don't think you can regain root access after you update beyond OF3. PingPong only works on versions prior to OF3. I purchased my S6 Edge with OF3 already installed on it. Very bummed and optimistically wishing someone will find a way to root OF3 and beyond. I hope they are not making it more and more difficult to root with these new "mandatory" updates that the phone apparently updates without consent. It gives you the ability to "postpone" the update but at one point or another applies the update automatically.
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same here...if u find rooting for OF3 then update me too

wesgarner said:
Would someone grab the OTA update (before applying). dkcheung on the regular S6 forum wants a FlashFire modified version to keep PingPong root. Already have the OF3 Odin files necessary, just need the OTA to be able to patch the modem.bin and boot.img as well as fix up the OTA for FlashFire.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=62390878&postcount=8
The file will be located in /cache/fota/XXXX.cfg (in reality, it's a zip file)
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of3 root is needed to grab OF4 ota

el_venga said:
of3 root is needed to grab OF4 ota
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I am assuming he can root OF3 OTA when he gets the update, in which case we can then pull OF4 OTA and root that update as well. Unfortunately, my phone isn't pulling the OF3 update to post so if anyone could send him the file that would be awesome.
@wesgarner thank you for the help, I will send you the file if my phone pulls down the update (phone says up to date as of now) as soon as I can get it.

Hoping this is what you need. This is the OTA update I got while being on OE2.
https://mega.nz/#!1JIQGKza!RP-nSirrdXy4joEtVaXGy7QW6UtlTcbbiVQf-vuq2lc

G920a of3 root with srsroot

Please i try to root my device G920A with of3 by using srsroot.exe the program tell me root done but after that the device restart and appear it's not rooted ... please any one can solve my problem ....i'm search about this problem but without any solation

smart19900 said:
Please i try to root my device G920A with of3 by using srsroot.exe the program tell me root done but after that the device restart and appear it's not rooted ... please any one can solve my problem ....i'm search about this problem but without any solation
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there is no known root method for OF3 and later firmware. There is also no known way to roll Back To earlier firmware if you arrived at OF3 via OTA updates.
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dandrumheller said:
there is no known root method for OF3 and later firmware. There is also no known way to roll Back To earlier firmware if you arrived at OF3 via OTA updates.
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"OF3 via OTA updates" stupidly I updated a bestbuy I suppose this doesn't make a difference? Also is there a link where we can keep updated on 0f3 root?

shawn2323 said:
"OF3 via OTA updates" stupidly I updated a bestbuy I suppose this doesn't make a difference? Also is there a link where we can keep updated on 0f3 root?
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No, if you reached OF3 via official updates without prior root, you're committed. No known way of rolling back and no current root.
Just monitor the general and development subforums here - if a new root exploit is found it will be big news around here. However, I personally don't expect to ever see root for 5.x. MAYBE if/when we get MM something might materialize, but there is very little đeveloper interest left in this variant because it's so locked down. Plus we're now half way through its life cycle. I'm certainly not counting on it.
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I've been lurking around this week. I saw devs in GSMHosting talking (here and here) about [KERNEL] UniKernel v8-0002 COH9 [G920 /925] being compatible to G920A.
Can anyone confirm this?
Thanks

shichemt said:
I've been lurking around this week. I saw devs in GSMHosting talking (here and here) about [KERNEL] UniKernel v8-0002 COH9 [G920 /925] being compatible to G920A.
Can anyone confirm this?
Thanks
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Those methods appears to require either a downgrade to 5.0.2. Which, as indicated, triggered an sboot error, or flashing unikernel, which is not possible on the 920a due to locked bootloader. Unless something has changed recently (which would have likely been well publicised here) neither of these proposed methods appear to work.
While it's possible unikernel is compatible with 920a, we have no way to flash it.
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