It seems like it is possible to update from the OE2 update to OF3 and still keep root on the ATT Galaxy S6, so I think it'd be possible to do the same for ATT Edge.
See this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/att-galaxy-s6/general/g920aucu2aof3-flashfire-update-t3156221
Can anyone with more knowledge and expertise of the subject see if it's possible with our Edge devices?
I also found an S6 thread that showed success updating from OF3 to OF4 (i believe OF4 has that stagefright fix) while still keeping root.
See here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/att...920aucu2aof3-to-of4-flashfire-update-t3181135
I'm fairly certain it's possible, just don't have the knowledge to do it myself. I'm sure a lot of Edge users are not updating past OE2 because they want to keep root since you can't downgrade back to OE2.
Thanks for your input in advance!
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I’m guessing this has already been asked but I didn’t find a good answer for it, so I will ask here. I recently got my Verizon S6 Edge (SM-G925V) and was able to root it using Ping Pong and had no problems at all (with Super SU installed) – kudos to Keen Team. I’m on G925VVRU1AOC3 now (stock) but maybe a week ago, I started receiving a notice to install an OTA update. Should I install the OTA and if so, should I unroot my phone prior to installing the update? Sorry if I seem cautious but I've not seen this discussed about the S6 Edge and I definitely don't want to trip KNOW or brick my phone.
Thanks in advance,
UCG
UnderCoverGuy said:
I’m guessing this has already been asked but I didn’t find a good answer for it, so I will ask here. I recently got my Verizon S6 Edge (SM-G925V) and was able to root it using Ping Pong and had no problems at all (with Super SU installed) – kudos to Keen Team. I’m on G925VVRU1AOC3 now (stock) but maybe a week ago, I started receiving a notice to install an OTA update. Should I install the OTA and if so, should I unroot my phone prior to installing the update? Sorry if I seem cautious but I've not seen this discussed about the S6 Edge and I definitely don't want to trip KNOW or brick my phone.
Thanks in advance,
UCG
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If you read the q&a section on the ping pong root sub forum you will learn that thee ota cannot be installed after you have achieved root. Perhaps the best thing to do is unroot using odin then install the ota
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Download smart switch onto your PC and update thru that way. It will update and you will loose root but all your data is not touched. Then you use pingpong to reroot.
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Download smart switch onto your PC and update thru that way. It will update and you will loose root but all your data is not touched. Then you use pingpong to reroot.
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Thanks @dansto82 and @Snowby123, I actually did those things. I did the ODIN thing, it didn't work (the reason I posted this thread was because I saw what to do for AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, but no Verizon steps). So when ODIN and factory resets didn't work, I ran the Verizon utility that comes with the phone and I did the "repair" (which downloads and installs a fresh copy of the stock ROM) and then I updated from OC3 to OE2 and that toasted my phone (and I can't downgrade either). The device actually works until it finishes booting up, then the touch screen has issues and performance is slower than my big wheel in a blizzard, but at least root is gone because I have to send it back now. The setup process runs without issue until it completes (so it isn't the physical screen). Either way, my S6 Edge 128GB OC3 phone ended up not liking the OE2 update. and I just got off the phone with Verizon and they are sending me another one. Let's hope that works.
Got my replacement phone (came with OC3). Updated to OE2 and rooted, works great. I guess caution when unrooting the Verizon S6 Edge to do an OTA.
It appears that once you install the OF1 update you can't flash back to OE2
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Hi all, so I'm looking to root my new Galaxy S6 from AT&T. My current version is 5.0.2, but the kernel was built after May 15th, so the Ping Pong method is not supposed to work. My question is, will the CF-auto root method work, and if so which files should I download. A bit new to Samsung phones, thanks I have attached my info here.
When did you get the device? The OF3 firmware update, which you have, pushed out only a couple days ago.
I haven't been following the CF auto root thread closely, but I don't believe it will currently work on ATT due to the locked bootloader. I may be wrong though as things may have changed over the past couple months. You will very likely trip knox if it does work though.
As far as i know you can not root it for now. You gotta wait some more time i guess
http://forum.xda-developers.com/att-galaxy-s6/help/s6-active-root-t3135960/page6
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
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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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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.
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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.
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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....
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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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
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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
Been a while, but wondering if there is any threads out there to manually update beyond OE2 without loosing root and tripping Knox. Last time i recall there was a way to change part of the OS but not the kernel to 5.11 but I'm more interested in 6.x and if anyone has figured it out.