I just received my SM-T815C this morning. My last tablet at one point "lost" it's /efs folder, creating all manor problems for me. I now understand that it's possible to back that up, but I hadn't done so when I lost it, and it took me forever to recover.
So now, as I begin my journey with my new SM-T815C, I'd like to start by making a FULL system backup of all directories before I eventually root and possibly install a TWRP. Does anyone have a step-by-step tutorial? I've Googled a bit, but most of the pages I found seem to talk more about Jelly Bean than Lollipop. I'm currently running 5.0.2, and I haven't done any rooting or installing of a custom recovery, but plan to do both eventually (if possible).
Of course it is possible to do a full backup of your whole system. For this, you must have a recovery menu customized. The only solution for you is to follow exactly this post to root your machine and to install the customized recovery .... http://forum.xda-developers.com/tab-s2/general/guide-root-tab-s2-t3205019
It's by this menu , you can do a complet backup of the system....You can chose microscard or usb for the backed up
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I've been sitting on my stock rooted 4.1.2 (1.29.651.10). I used the Viperboy Zip to disable the system write protection.
Yesterday I finally decided to update.
I made my nandroid, relocked my bootloader, and ran the 1.29.651.10 RUU to get everything back to stock.
I booted into system, took at the sprint updates. On 4.4.2, everything seems to work besides the lockscreen weather widget. (IDK)
Re-unlocked, re-flashed TWRP, re-rooted and proceeded recovering my titanium backup files.
While I do appear to have root and can make modifications to the system, they all restore themselves upon a reboot. Is there any easy way to get system write access back? I am unable to remove the bloatware and make other modifications to the system right now?
So, today I upgraded to 6.0 and had a hell of a time (took me 7 hours) and the problem was that when I installed su from twrp it'd soft brick my phone, anyway, that's not the problem, the problem is everything is saving to /storage/emulated and I can't access it without root. I noticed this when I was on OGInsta and I wanted to download a picture, it gave me an error code about how it couldn't find the directory, so I went to my file manager, everything was fine but I accidentally hit up instead of home and it brought me to an empty page. I started messing with the settings of my file manager assuming something went wrong with it, new version etc, and I found it had a root option. I clicked it and gave it root access and went back and I could see the files where I was previously. To make sure I tried to save something on kik, didn't work. I tried accessing my storage from the rar app and it wouldn't. I don't know what's going on or how it even got this way.
How did you install 6.0, what version of su did you install, and how did you fix the soft brick?
Sounds like you have very little idea what your doing and running a ton of random stuff. Probably best to do a system restore, take a step back learn what your doing and do it again properly... but if you can recount the steps you have done it may be fixable.
I like to think I have decent knowledge on what I am doing, I've been rooting phone's and made xposed apps (for myself) since kitkat. I've never had so much trouble with something. And to answer your questions, I figured using nexus root toolkit would he fine, as it always has worked before but I couldn't get it to root my phone. It would soft Brick it for an unknown reason, I left it on for about an hour at one point to make sure it was bootlooping. So then I used adb, flashed boot.img and then recovery. Went into recover and flashed SU 2.52 beta. (this is also how I solved the soft Brick the nexus toolkit was giving me)
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How did you install 6.0, what version of su did you install, and how did you fix the soft brick?
Sounds like you have very little idea what your doing and running a ton of random stuff. Probably best to do a system restore, take a step back learn what your doing and do it again properly... but if you can recount the steps you have done it may be fixable.
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Also, to clearly, I have 2 storage paths. One is "sdcard/" and the other is "storage/emulated/0" I'm not sure if the "storage" folder is new in 6.0, I know 4.+ and 5.+ used "sdcard/". Too see "storage/emulated/0" I need to grant root access to the file manager. And any app the does not have root, cannot access that directory.
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I like to think I have decent knowledge on what I am doing, I've been rooting phone's and made xposed apps (for myself) since kitkat. I've never had so much trouble with something. And to answer your questions, I figured using nexus root toolkit would he fine, as it always has worked before but I couldn't get it to root my phone. It would soft Brick it for an unknown reason, I left it on for about an hour at one point to make sure it was bootlooping. So then I used adb, flashed boot.img and then recovery. Went into recover and flashed SU 2.52 beta. (this is also how I solved the soft Brick the nexus toolkit was giving me)
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you might have knowledge in making apps, but you are missing lots of knowledge when modding your phone. you are going to have to use an app like root explorer, and find where your storage was placed, then move it to the right location. or you can reflash the factory image. ive always just moved my storage back when its happened to me. anyways, flash the factory image the right way, not through a toolkit. then flash any custom kernel(if flashing marshmallow), and supersu.
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I like to think I have decent knowledge on what I am doing, I've been rooting phone's and made xposed apps (for myself) since kitkat.
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Why are comments like this always made by people who take 7 hours to flash a factory image, and make statements like
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So then I used adb, flashed boot.img and then recovery.
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ADB cannot flash factory images.
I didn't need your resume... Just answers to the questions I asked....
Do as simms said and flash factory image with fastboot to fix whatever you did, then a kernel and the lastest supersu.
The emulated storage folder has been there at least since kit kat. My S4 and Moto X, neither of which saw LP both had it.
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Why are comments like this always made by people who take 7 hours to flash a factory image, and make statements like
ADB cannot flash factory images.
I didn't need your resume... Just answers to the questions I asked....
Do as simms said and flash factory image with fastboot to fix whatever you did, then a kernel and the lastest supersu.
The emulated storage folder has been there at least since kit kat. My S4 and Moto X, neither of which saw LP both had it.
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It took me 7 hours because I could figure out what was wrong with it and why twrp kept soft bricking my device. And I'm not worried about emulated. I know that has been there. I'm saying there is 2 folders, /sdcard and /storage. Every app is trying to use the path "/storage/emulated/0/*insert app folder here" and it cannot do that without root. I'm confused as too why all the apps are trying to do that for a default location instead of /sdcard. I've already tried to reflash everything. I even looked up like 5 tutorials to make sure I was doing it right and I was.
Can't really help you with your current situation (other than to advise you to flash a factory image and start over), but if it confirms your sanity the exact same thing happened to me using the rootkit to root my Nexus 6. I should've known better than to use rootkit, but I'm not really used to fastboot having been on Samsung devices and using Odin for everything. I corrected it by flashing a factory image, flashing the modified boot image, flashing TWRP, and then SuperSU. But the whole process was quite a fiasco from what I'm used to and for what I expected from a Nexus phone.
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It took me 7 hours because I could figure out what was wrong with it and why twrp kept soft bricking my device. And I'm not worried about emulated. I know that has been there. I'm saying there is 2 folders, /sdcard and /storage. Every app is trying to use the path "/storage/emulated/0/*insert app folder here" and it cannot do that without root. I'm confused as too why all the apps are trying to do that for a default location instead of /sdcard. I've already tried to reflash everything. I even looked up like 5 tutorials to make sure I was doing it right and I was.
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/sdcard is a simlink, its the same folder.
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Can't really help you with your current situation (other than to advise you to flash a factory image and start over), but if it confirms your sanity the exact same thing happened to me using the rootkit to root my Nexus 6. I should've known better than to use rootkit, but I'm not really used to fastboot having been on Samsung devices and using Odin for everything. I corrected it by flashing a factory image, flashing the modified boot image, flashing TWRP, and then SuperSU. But the whole process was quite a fiasco from what I'm used to and for what I expected from a Nexus phone.
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The rootkit wasn't working for me, it's been a charm for my nexus 5 and from 4.+ and nexus 6 on 5.+, on 6.0 it wasn't working so I tried to flash it on fastboot and I still got the same thing. I'll try it once more I suppose, thank you.
Hi there,
after some attemps I succesfully rooted my fire7. More than one time it happend, that my modding and flashing attemps lead into a bootloop. There was no choice than sideloading 5.3.1 Firmware and going through the whole rooting process again. (Annoying)
In the End I decided to stay with a rooted FireOs since it was the only Rom where screenmirroring worked flawlessly. Now I was wandering if there was a way to create a prerooted and modded backup img, that I can safely sideload. I think it could be possible since I'm still on the 'original' rom whixh I initially sideloaded.
snoerme said:
Hi there,
after some attemps I succesfully rooted my fire7. More than one time it happend, that my modding and flashing attemps lead into a bootloop. There was no choice than sideloading 5.3.1 Firmware and going through the whole rooting process again. (Annoying)
In the End I decided to stay with a rooted FireOs since it was the only Rom where screenmirroring worked flawlessly. Now I was wandering if there was a way to create a prerooted and modded backup img, that I can safely sideload. I think it could be possible since I'm still on the 'original' rom whixh I initially sideloaded.
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No ready-made tools as most require access to a custom recovery (eg: TWRP) for assured recovery. Next best option is the backup/recovery capability built into FlashFire. Note this requires a bootable/functional/rooted/stable ROM to pull off a comprehensive recovery. More of a checkpoint than full restore.
so it's not possible to sideload the backupfile that flashfire created?
It's kind of annoying to go through the kingroot procedure again and again.
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so it's not possible to sideload the backupfile that flashfire created?
It's kind of annoying to go through the kingroot procedure again and again.
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Correct and agree. Lucky we can do anything with this device given bootloader state.
Hello guys and Gals, this will be my first time posting so please bear with me. I have been trying to find the best option to root my Samsung Galaxy Note 3 Sm-n900a for a while now, seems to be one of the harder phones to root... this will be my first time attempting to root a device, so I want to make sure I do everything correctly. I have watched multiple videos and read a lot of threads on the subject but it is hard to find anything that is current and has the proper links to be files needed. if anybody has a good step-by-step walkthrough or video and the time to help me I would greatly appreciate it, if you do respond to the thread please dumb it down I am still learning terminology. I am determined to get this done come hell or high water. so if anybody has a good step-by-step walkthrough or video and the time to help me I would greatly appreciate it. Thank you for helping me put a nail in this coffin i I have been trying to do this far too long.
I just did this over the course of hours. I can't say I'm pleased with any of the explanations on xda-developers or found by Google. Unfortunately, writing up a good, full explanation is beyond me right now.
I did this from the Android 5.0.1? Lollipop "OC3" version (seen as the last 3 characters of the "Baseband version" under Settings -> General -> About device). Apparently this version cannot be rooted, however, you can downgrade your version of Android to one that you can root: Android 4.4.2 KitKat ("N900AUCUCNC2"). Apparently you can do something to stay rooted while manually updating to Android 5.0 Lollipop "OC1," but updating to the current AT&T version "OC3" revokes your root access.
I followed the process listed at https://forum.xda-developers.com/note-3-att/general/root-att-note-3-android-5-0-t3318130/post65467618, but if you are satisfied with having rooted Kitkat 4.4.2, you don't need to do steps 11 and 12. If you want the more recent Android 5.0 OC1, then do steps 11 & 12.
One thing I can do is help you understand some of the things I never saw explained. In the list of instructions you will see some programs you will need. A brief summary of each:
Odin - A program that runs on Windows that will manage some low-level aspects of your phone over a connected USB cable. It is used to install an OS (Kitkat 4.4.2 in this example) after your phone has been Wiped from the boot loader menu (gotten to by turning your phone on holding down VolumeUp + Home buttons). It is nice to have a MicroSD card onto which you can move various things before wiping the phone. (You never need to wipe your MicroSD card. Make sure you don't wipe it when using the Wipe feature in SafeStrap).
Towelroot - This is actual program that roots your phone using a known problem in the phone. After running the program, tap the only button there is to do it. I think this is a safe operation—as in, I think it will tell you if it can't rather than scrozzle your OS.
SuperSU - A program that manages which apps on your phone have root access. After it is installed, when you run a newly installed program that requires root access, SuperSU will pop up a dialog asking you if you want to grant it root access. I saw no indication you can get by without it, even if you don't need to "manage" app root access.
SafeStrap - This is a program that does various things, most importantly installing other operating systems that you previously loaded onto your phone as a file and then letting you choose which one you want to boot to whenever your phone boots up. It installs like a normal program, however from within the program you can "Install Recovery" or "Uninstall Recovery." "Recovery" is a bit of software it inserts into the phone boot process. While booting, if you want to use that software, you tap "Recovery" in the lower left. Tap "Continue" if you just want to boot with the currently active OS (chosen from within the Recovery software under the "Boot" options). With Recovery, you create a new slot for an OS, MAKE IT THE ACTIVE OS, Wipe it (Advanced, NOT format), then can back up a menu and install an OS from your MicroSD card. The purpose of all these shenanigans is so you don't have to lose your working Android install while installing something else.
Titanium Backup - A software backup program that requires root access to work. It also has a ton of other features loosely related to backing up. It is the simplest way to prevent AT&T from updating your version of Android to the unrooted current version. Having said that, it is anything but simple because of the user interface. You might investigate alternative methods for preventing auto-updating.
Be aware that whatever software (e.g., file manager) you use to hunt down files and folders on your phone is probably not going to be showing you everything. There are hundreds of programs that your phone uses, some of which are hidden. Titanium Backup does appear to be capable of showing a true full list of apps (including system apps). This is pertinent, because the AT&T Software Update program is hidden very well.
Potential costs:
$10-20 US approximately for a MicroSD card. There's fast ones that are in that price range. Google for reviews.
$5.99 for Titanium Backup from the Google Play store.
GregJ7 said:
I just did this over the course of hours. I can't say I'm pleased with any of the explanations on xda-developers or found by Google. Unfortunately, writing up a good, full explanation is beyond me right now.
I did this from the Android 5.0.1? Lollipop "OC3" version (seen as the last 3 characters of the "Baseband version" under Settings -> General -> About device). Apparently this version cannot be rooted, however, you can downgrade your version of Android to one that you can root: Android 4.4.2 KitKat ("N900AUCUCNC2"). Apparently you can do something to stay rooted while manually updating to Android 5.0 Lollipop "OC1," but updating to the current AT&T version "OC3" revokes your root access.
I followed the process listed at https://forum.xda-developers.com/no...att-note-3-android-5-0-t3318130/post65467618, but if you are satisfied with having rooted Kitkat 4.4.2, you don't need to do steps 11 and 12. If you want the more recent Android 5.0 OC1, then do steps 11 & 12.
One thing I can do is help you understand some of the things I never saw explained. In the list of instructions you will see some programs you will need. A brief summary of each:
Odin - A program that runs on Windows that will manage some low-level aspects of your phone over a connected USB cable. It is used to install an OS (Kitkat 4.4.2 in this example) after your phone has been Wiped from the boot loader menu (gotten to by turning your phone on holding down VolumeUp + Home buttons). It is nice to have a MicroSD card onto which you can move various things before wiping the phone. (You never need to wipe your MicroSD card. Make sure you don't wipe it when using the Wipe feature in SafeStrap).
Towelroot - This is actual program that roots your phone using a known problem in the phone. After running the program, tap the only button there is to do it. I think this is a safe operation—as in, I think it will tell you if it can't rather than scrozzle your OS.
SuperSU - A program that manages which apps on your phone have root access. After it is installed, when you run a newly installed program that requires root access, SuperSU will pop up a dialog asking you if you want to grant it root access. I saw no indication you can get by without it, even if you don't need to "manage" app root access.
SafeStrap - This is a program that does various things, most importantly installing other operating systems that you previously loaded onto your phone as a file and then letting you choose which one you want to boot to whenever your phone boots up. It installs like a normal program, however from within the program you can "Install Recovery" or "Uninstall Recovery." "Recovery" is a bit of software it inserts into the phone boot process. While booting, if you want to use that software, you tap "Recovery" in the lower left. Tap "Continue" if you just want to boot with the currently active OS (chosen from within the Recovery software under the "Boot" options). With Recovery, you create a new slot for an OS, MAKE IT THE ACTIVE OS, Wipe it (Advanced, NOT format), then can back up a menu and install an OS from your MicroSD card. The purpose of all these shenanigans is so you don't have to lose your working Android install while installing something else.
Titanium Backup - A software backup program that requires root access to work. It also has a ton of other features loosely related to backing up. It is the simplest way to prevent AT&T from updating your version of Android to the unrooted current version. Having said that, it is anything but simple because of the user interface. You might investigate alternative methods for preventing auto-updating.
Be aware that whatever software (e.g., file manager) you use to hunt down files and folders on your phone is probably not going to be showing you everything. There are hundreds of programs that your phone uses, some of which are hidden. Titanium Backup does appear to be capable of showing a true full list of apps (including system apps). This is pertinent, because the AT&T Software Update program is hidden very well.
Potential costs:
$10-20 US approximately for a MicroSD card. There's fast ones that are in that price range. Google for reviews.
$5.99 for Titanium Backup from the Google Play store.
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Life got pretty busy there for a minute... I was able to get Titanium Backup I have had a good SD card for a while now safestrap SuperSU towelroot everything that I need. But this being my first time and not really ever using the software, it's giving me a little bit of anxiety. Before trying process the root I had a couple of questions that I definitely would like to get a solid answer on they might sound stupid but I'd rather sound stupid then not have a phone and ask lol. Okay how about we know I have a Note 3 SM n910a AT&T original carrier swapped over to Metro PCS I'm on one of their $50 plans which I think is unlimited everything but no tether so I have been using PDA and foxfi tethering from my phone to my computer... my roommate has a hotspot but he is rarely home. I need to know if it is possible to complete the root in that situation also the person from the thread that you sent me to confused me as far as making sure you have the ROM pre-downloaded. It just confused me I'm to the point I want to have somebody jump on TeamViewer with me and just make sure I don't screw up too bad.. I did go look at them custom robs as well if anybody would like to share their favorites or what they think is a good easy ROM to be able to play around with it and not mess it up too bad I would love any suggestions from anybody
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Life got pretty busy there for a minute... I was able to get Titanium Backup I have had a good SD card for a while now safestrap SuperSU towelroot everything that I need. But this being my first time and not really ever using the software, it's giving me a little bit of anxiety. Before trying process the root I had a couple of questions that I definitely would like to get a solid answer on they might sound stupid but I'd rather sound stupid then not have a phone and ask lol. Okay how about we know I have a Note 3 SM n910a AT&T original carrier swapped over to Metro PCS I'm on one of their $50 plans which I think is unlimited everything but no tether so I have been using PDA and foxfi tethering from my phone to my computer... my roommate has a hotspot but he is rarely home. I need to know if it is possible to complete the root in that situation also the person from the thread that you sent me to confused me as far as making sure you have the ROM pre-downloaded. It just confused me I'm to the point I want to have somebody jump on TeamViewer with me and just make sure I don't screw up too bad.. I did go look at them custom robs as well if anybody would like to share their favorites or what they think is a good easy ROM to be able to play around with it and not mess it up too bad I would love any suggestions from anybody
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I just ended up stayin on kk rooted on mine. Everytime i goto lolipop i brick it. Its almost a hassle to try. I would odin the kk firmware and use towel root. Install xposed and some root apps. If ures is anything like mine dont debloat it. I debloat lightly. And next reboot get all kinds of spen and other force closes. The note 3 in general seem unstable. But i need to restore m8ne back stock now as its keeps force closing. I will be starting mine over for the 100th time it feels like. Dont let my ramblings discourage you. It is a awsome device and having a lgg5 iphone 5 and a few others my note 3s outer glass is destroyed. Got it like that. I would take the note 3 over the rest if i could get it to run rite more than 2 or 3 days at a time. Ive. Always set all my devices the same way. Debloated them the same but this one is really touchy.... Im on here a lot if u gots any ?s just hollar at me.
If you're still interested in an easy way to root, use Wondershare Dr Phone. It worked for me on stock OC1 and then the just used Flashfire to flash whatever I wanted.
Hey everyone,
I'm over rooting. Had an issue today where a backup refused to restore and in trying to fix it, I've deleted my OS. Yes, I'm bad at this. No big deal, I have backups of all my photos and other important stuff.
I don't really want to do the rooting/flashing thing anymore and just want to get my phone back to normal/out of the box as possible so that it will receive regular OTA updates etc. I just want to simplify things.
TWRP is installed. Is it as simple as flashing the latest official update? Or do I need to relock the phone somehow too?
I was going to follow: https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-3t/how-to/guide-to-revert-oneplus-3t-to-stock-t3676210 but wanted to be sure that it would work even though I don't currently have an OS installed.
Thanks!
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I'm over rooting. Had an issue today where a backup refused to restore and in trying to fix it, I've deleted my OS.
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That isn't root. That is your lack of knowledge of the functions of custom recovery, and what the results will be. Better learning and knowledge, and a little more care could have easily prevented it from happening. You wiped the selections in the "Advanced" wipe section of TWRP. And the fact it's called "Advanced" should have been a good clue to not mess with it, unless you know exactly what you are doing.
It's also an easy condition to recover from.
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I don't really want to do the rooting/flashing thing anymore and just want to get my phone back to normal/out of the box as possible so that it will receive regular OTA updates etc. I just want to simplify things.
TWRP is installed. Is it as simple as flashing the latest official update? Or do I need to relock the phone somehow too?
I was going to follow: https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-3t/how-to/guide-to-revert-oneplus-3t-to-stock-t3676210 but wanted to be sure that it would work even though I don't currently have an OS installed.
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That guide is needlessly complicated. Just download the flash the "full" update zip using TWRP, from here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-3t/how-to/official-oxygenos-5-0-1-android-8-0-t3728119
Make sure you are using a version of TWRP which supports Oreo (if you were on Oreo when you wiped OS, it should be okay). And that is all there is to it. You will be fully restored to stock, and after rebooting, stock recovery will replace TWRP.
You don't need to lock the bootloader to do this, and you don't need it for future OTAs. But a locked bootloader is arguably more secure, if you really don't need custom recovery or root.
On the other hand, if you still want to give root/phone mods a shot; the way to restore, and still have root is the same (flash full update zip). But just flash Magisk or SuperSU before rebooting, and you will be rooted, and still have TWRP.