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Rooting kills my S3 LTE!

Have a very weird and frustrating issue with my UK i9305 on EE.
As soon as it's rooted, no matter what SU app I use, it starts to heat up and leak RAM once booted until it runs out of RAM and restarts. And repeat. Until I unroot it and the problem stops. Initially, I thought it was a problem with SuperSU but I've also tried ChainsDD and Koush's Superuser apps with the same result. It looks like something requesting root access is causing a problem but I don't know what. It has said that it's granting root access to "shell" if that's anything to go by?
I resorted to wiping, flashing a newer 4.1.2 stock ROM (BLL5) but I still have the same problem. Can't for the life of me work out what's going on and really don't want to have to wipe again, especially since it seems not to fix the problem anyway.
Any ideas?

What method of root are you using??
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Which version of SuperSU are you using? This was an issue in V1.0 for all Galaxy phones, and Chainfire has already released a workaround for this in the latest versions.

I've rooted using both CF Autoroot and mskip's toolkit. Same issue with both.
I'm aware of the issue with SuperSU and I've used subsequent versions of it (and indeed different SU apps) without success.
Interestingly, whatever version of SuperSU I try, the binaries can't be updated. I'm wondering if a previous unroot has left me with some relic of SuperSU that is causing me problems.

dave_uk said:
I've rooted using both CF Autoroot and mskip's toolkit. Same issue with both.
I'm aware of the issue with SuperSU and I've used subsequent versions of it (and indeed different SU apps) without success.
Interestingly, whatever version of SuperSU I try, the binaries can't be updated. I'm wondering if a previous unroot has left me with some relic of SuperSU that is causing me problems.
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What about an Odin flash with stock firmware than try and root or flash a pre-rooted stock firmware?
Thanks

I did Odin flash the firmware I currently have but once I rooted, had the same problem.

dave_uk said:
I did Odin flash the firmware I currently have but once I rooted, had the same problem.
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Use Odin v3.0x and flash Stock pre-rooted ROM from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=32929446
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Have you tried rooting without restoring the apps?

Snowstormzzz said:
Have you tried rooting without restoring the apps?
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Thats what I thought reading his problem, never heard of "Shell" asking for SU-Rights

Sent a new phone with 4.3....what would you do?

So I was having issue with my note 3 ( bluetooth issues ) I upgraded to 4.4.2
AT&T sent me a new / refurb phone and it has 4.3 on it.
So Im curious on what you guys would do?
Upgrade to 4.4.2 and stick with all this stupid bloatware
or
Root, and rom it?
If that latter, does anyone have any links to do that ( I used to do it with my S2, S3 and S4 )
thank s

Root it. It's not worth the grief to upgrade it to 4.4.2.
You can root it and use safestrap to install custom ROMs, or just enjoy the stock setup with root.
Sent from my locked down Note 3 via the tapatalk app

ROOT AND ROM it!
I was ROOTED and ROM'd, but I got bit by the OTA Upgrade bug... I went through all the hassle of downgrading, unrooting, resetting, then upgrading.
Now I've got the fresh new bloated OTA official 4.4.2 and NO ROOT.

Should I use Kingo? is that still safe for the Note 3 on 4.3?

well I rooted it with Kingo, However I'm having issues with SafeStrap.
Downloaded the APK and Busybox.
Installed SafeStrap and installed the recovery. When I manually reboot or reboot into the recovery via the app, it just boot as normal

Root it!
I rooted with Kingo, no problems, the first day I got the Note 3 and took the Nb4 update. I was so lucky to catch the KK update and froze it mid-download with ttb. I am so glad!! I wouldn't be able to use this thing without root. I have installed safestrap and roms without issue. (staying on 4.3 roms mind you)

scojosmac said:
well I rooted it with Kingo, However I'm having issues with SafeStrap.
Downloaded the APK and Busybox.
Installed SafeStrap and installed the recovery. When I manually reboot or reboot into the recovery via the app, it just boot as normal
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try uninstalling ss then install it again, make sure it is 3.71 not 3.72. 3.71 doesnt need busybox if im not mistaken.

scojosmac said:
well I rooted it with Kingo, However I'm having issues with SafeStrap.
Downloaded the APK and Busybox.
Installed SafeStrap and installed the recovery. When I manually reboot or reboot into the recovery via the app, it just boot as normal
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I am going to use Kingo tomorrow as well I think. How does get root? Will it have superuser on it after it roots or do you have to put it on the phone yourself?
Thanks.

Krunk83 said:
I am going to use Kingo tomorrow as well I think. How does get root? Will it have superuser on it after it roots or do you have to put it on the phone yourself?
Thanks.
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kingo installs supersu. when supersu installs, click on it and choose disable knox, presto!

i upgraded to nc2 and want to downgrade to mj5 now.. any method ?

anuragsodhi1 said:
i upgraded to nc2 and want to downgrade to mj5 now.. any method ?
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no downgrades from official ota nc2 sir, no root method and no unlocked bootloader.

scojosmac said:
well I rooted it with Kingo, However I'm having issues with SafeStrap.
Downloaded the APK and Busybox.
Installed SafeStrap and installed the recovery. When I manually reboot or reboot into the recovery via the app, it just boot as normal
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Did you try rebooting into recovery via a power menu? That is what the tutorial says it should do. Hold power to bring up the menu and it should then have an option to reboot into recovery. I am going to try safestrap too I think.

[Q] Lost root after installing safestrap

I installed 3.75 B03 safestrap on my S5A from AT&T. After I backed up my stock rom, I noticed that Safestrap was disabled and I lost my root on my phone. Does anyone know what might of happened? I have no custom roms or that sort of thing on my device. Please keep in mind that I just switched from IOS to Android a few weeks ago and am trying to learn everything via google. Thanks for any input on this matter.

When you say sfaestrap is disabled do you mean while your phone is booting it shoss the safestrap splashscreen with a red [Safestrap: disabled] because in that case safestrap is working that just means you aren't currently booted in to a rom slot which is fine. As for loosing root, what all have you done to verify this? Have you considered just rerooting?
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Rakuu said:
When you say sfaestrap is disabled do you mean while your phone is booting it shoss the safestrap splashscreen with a red [Safestrap: disabled] because in that case safestrap is working that just means you aren't currently booted in to a rom slot which is fine. As for loosing root, what all have you done to verify this? Have you considered just rerooting?
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Yes, you are correct. It shows red [Safestrap: disabled]. I used root checker from the play store to check if I was still rooted. It determined that I was not. The weird thing is, I rebooted my device and got root access again. So I rebooted it yet once again and I lost root access. It seems to be an intermittent problem. If I keep rebooting, it will eventually give me root access again. I was also able to successfully backup my stock rom and restore the device to give me root access again as well. I've just been playing around with it to try and figure out what is causing it to lose root access. Any ideas? I do have a 64gb evo samsung class 10 card if that makes any difference.

citron2k1 said:
Yes, you are correct. It shows red [Safestrap: disabled]. I used root checker from the play store to check if I was still rooted. It determined that I was not. The weird thing is, I rebooted my device and got root access again. So I rebooted it yet once again and I lost root access. It seems to be an intermittent problem. If I keep rebooting, it will eventually give me root access again. I was also able to successfully backup my stock rom and restore the device to give me root access again as well. I've just been playing around with it to try and figure out what is causing it to lose root access. Any ideas? I do have a 64gb evo samsung class 10 card if that makes any difference.
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Do you have supersu or superuser or any root manager app like that? If not install one and ser it up(install binaries, etc) and give it another go. If yiu do what exactly happens when you check, does any popup come up asking if you want to grant or disallow access?
Sent from my SM-G900A using Tapatalk

Rakuu said:
Do you have supersu or superuser or any root manager app like that? If not install one and ser it up(install binaries, etc) and give it another go. If yiu do what exactly happens when you check, does any popup come up asking if you want to grant or disallow access?
Sent from my SM-G900A using Tapatalk
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I already had supersu installed. I don't recall ever having to set anything up. So I think everything is set at default. Should I "install SuperSu into /system"?

citron2k1 said:
I already had supersu installed. I don't recall ever having to set anything up. So I think everything is set at default. Should I "install SuperSu into /system"?
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That shouldnt be necesaary. So i assume everything ran smooth with installing busybox(required for safestrap) and any other root applications? The dialogs came up and such? You never answered my question last time, have you already allowed root checker root access, or has it ever asked for it at all?
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Rakuu said:
That shouldnt be necesaary. So i assume everything ran smooth with installing busybox(required for safestrap) and any other root applications? The dialogs came up and such? You never answered my question last time, have you already allowed root checker root access, or has it ever asked for it at all?
Sent from my SM-G900A using Tapatalk
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Yes, I did allow root checker root access. Sorry I missed that question. Further, everything ran smoothly with busybox. I'll just keep an eye on it. I hardly ever have to reboot my phone. Its just a minor hiccup that I have to deal with for now. Thanks for your help in this matter.

[Q] Verizon Maintenance Update KXA21.12-L1.26-3

So this morning I got this maintenance update and now I'm being told that an update is available and that this install is differed. When I click on "select to continue update" I'm told my system is up to date. I've already wiped cache, which did not help. Anyone else experiencing this?

KWKSLVR said:
So this morning I got this maintenance update and now I'm being told that an update is available and that this install is differed. When I click on "select to continue update" I'm told my system is up to date. I've already wiped cache, which did not help. Anyone else experiencing this?
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Are you unlocked and rooted?

Nope, totally stock Verizon 4.4.4. I'm so far out of the loop, I didn't even know I could unlock and root in the first place.

Anyone have a fxz for this update? I have it too, but I am rooted with twrp.
Sent from my XT1060 using Tapatalk

T-Keith said:
Anyone have a fxz for this update? I have it too, but I am rooted with twrp.
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There does not appear to be an FXZ for this.
You can try flashing stock Recovery.img onto your phone and take it. Unlike other OTA's that failed due to Xposed, this one did not give me any issues installing with Xposed still enabled.
NOTE: I'm unlocked bootloader, rooted, running TWRP, with Xposed instaled (MotoXNetActivity module installed). I haven't made any other modifications. I only run apps that require root like AdFree, wifi tether for root, Root Explorer, etc.

KidJoe said:
There does not appear to be an FXZ for this.
You can try flashing stock Recovery.img onto your phone and take it. Unlike other OTA's that failed due to Xposed, this one did not give me any issues installing with Xposed still enabled.
NOTE: I'm unlocked bootloader, rooted, running TWRP, with Xposed instaled (MotoXNetActivity module installed). I haven't made any other modifications. I only run apps that require root like AdFree, wifi tether for root, Root Explorer, etc.
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Thanks, I think this answered my questions in the other thread.
Is there a risk to try running the update with stock recovery and other Xposed modules like Gravity Box? Would they fail similarly to a failed system check like I've had in the past for removing/renaming system apps and such?

[Q] Root N900a OC2?

I have searched the internet for hours now for a tutorial on a root for n900a OC2. Hoping someone on here could provide me with a tutorial or set me in the right direction. I have tried everything I can and I know if you keep trying random **** its going to end up bricking my phone. Thanks.

G S 3 said:
I have searched the internet for hours now for a tutorial on a root for n900a OC2. Hoping someone on here could provide me with a tutorial or set me in the right direction. I have tried everything I can and I know if you keep trying random **** its going to end up bricking my phone. Thanks.
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Only way I know is to Odin back to NC2 and root it [Q] Rooting AT&T Note 3 Lollipop http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-3-att/help/rooting-att-note-3-lollipop-t3201986. These files will wipe your phone clean.

Rooted i747 said:
Only way I know is to Odin back to NC2 and root it [Q] Rooting AT&T Note 3 Lollipop http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-3-att/help/rooting-att-note-3-lollipop-t3201986. These files will wipe your phone clean.
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I downgraded to NC2 but when I rooted and went to go installed the SuperSU binary it tells me installation failed and to reboot my device. When I do this it tells me my phone is no longer rooted?

G S 3 said:
I downgraded to NC2 but when I rooted and went to go installed the SuperSU binary it tells me installation failed and to reboot my device. When I do this it tells me my phone is no longer rooted?
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Use towelroot https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23991606952593961, then click "make it rain" and try Supersu again.

Rooted i747 said:
Use towelroot https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23991606952593961, then click "make it rain" and try Supersu again.
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Same thing. It just tells me something about KNOX, then I try to remove it and it says "Installation Failed! Please reboot and try again. Same thing happens when I say not to remove it. About ready to just give up on rooting and go back to 5.0

G S 3 said:
Same thing. It just tells me something about KNOX, then I try to remove it and it says "Installation Failed! Please reboot and try again. Same thing happens when I say not to remove it. About ready to just give up on rooting and go back to 5.0
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When you phone boots up, does it show a unlocked padlock? When you put towelroot on it and click to "make it rain" does it say "You should now have root, no reboot required" or " This phone isn't currently supported"? Uninstall Supersu restart phone and install Supersu again. It shouldn't be giving you any problem as this is the only baseband that can be rooted.
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Root Checker https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.joeykrim.rootcheck&hl=en make sure you have root

Rooted i747 said:
When you phone boots up, does it show a unlocked padlock? When you put towelroot on it and click to "make it rain" does it say "You should now have root, no reboot required" or " This phone isn't currently supported"? Uninstall Supersu restart phone and install Supersu again. It shouldn't be giving you any problem as this is the only baseband that can be rooted.
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It does show an unlocked padlock. It does say "You should now have root, no reboot required". Uninstalling SuperSU rebooting and installing again did not work.

G S 3 said:
It does show an unlocked padlock. It does say "You should now have root, no reboot required". Uninstalling SuperSU rebooting and installing again did not work.
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Sounds like it's Supersu giving you a problem. This is an older one but still should work. https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23991606952593963

Rooted i747 said:
Sounds like it's Supersu giving you a problem. This is an older one but still should work. https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23991606952593963
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I just checked root checker and its telling me that root access is not properly installed on my device.

G S 3 said:
I just checked root checker and its telling me that root access is not properly installed on my device.
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You did use all four Odin files?

Rooted i747 said:
You did use all four Odin files?
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Yes

G S 3 said:
Yes
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Can you go into Supersu? If you can then go into Supersu settings and do Full unroot and reboot and try towelroot again.

Kingo root https://www.kingoapp.com/ Just click to root again. (mine say N9005 because mine has a custom rom on it).

Rooted i747 said:
Kingo root https://www.kingoapp.com/ Just click to root again. (mine say N9005 because mine has a custom rom on it).
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I ended up using Kingoroot and Super user. Thanks so much for help!

Glad you got it rooted.
NOTE 3

G S 3 said:
I ended up using Kingoroot and Super user. Thanks so much for help!
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Did you use the Kingroot apk or Windows desktop version?

smokarz said:
Did you use the Kingroot apk or Windows desktop version?
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Dont get confused.
he said used Kingo Root, not to be confused with KingRoot...