Hi everyone.
I'm looking for some information in regards to flashing my phone. I'm running on an old Galaxy S4 SGH - i537 which does not have carrier support for anything past 4.3. Unfortunately, this has now become an obstacle as apps require 4.4+ for downloading. I was wondering if anybody could point me in the right direction in order to find out if my phone is rootable, and if so, what ROMs can I flash onto it?
Thanks in advance.
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Hi everyone,i got some questions about rooting a samsung galaxy tab gtp1000 running in 2.2 froyo android.
Does rooting a galaxy tab without flashing anything to it has risk of bricking it ?
Well I just want to uninstall old apps and install some apps required root access such as sixaxis controller support,droidwall,adblocker for browsers,new sywpe (mine has preinstalled sywpe and unable to upgrade to latest version).
Well iam not really sure what does rooting means.does rooting means example creating a adminstrator account and has access to everything ? without any risk except upgrading android version like 2.2 to 2.3 ?
Hope someone can answer my question
Thank you very much
dc2mx said:
Hi everyone,i got some questions about rooting a samsung galaxy tab gtp1000 running in 2.2 froyo android.
Does rooting a galaxy tab without flashing anything to it has risk of bricking it ?
Well I just want to uninstall old apps and install some apps required root access such as sixaxis controller support,droidwall,adblocker for browsers,new sywpe (mine has preinstalled sywpe and unable to upgrade to latest version).
Well iam not really sure what does rooting means.does rooting means example creating a adminstrator account and has access to everything ? without any risk except upgrading android version like 2.2 to 2.3 ?
Hope someone can answer my question
Thank you very much
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You should be able to use SuperOneClickRoot if you're going to stay with froyo (2.2) and shouldn't have to worry too much about bricking anything (these devices are hard to brick in general worst you do is soft brick and have to go back to stock) Rooting is exactly like having adminstrator access. If you're thinking about going to 2.3.x you'll want to find a pre-rooted rom.
Hi again,thank you for your reply.i just rooted my galaxy tab today using superoneclick,at first the app crash for unknown reason.second it went not responding.but i tried it third time and waited awhile to finish installing files to my galaxy tab and i finally got the successfully rooted message.
By the way, my Galaxy Tab GT P1000 is now still running in Android 2.2 Froyo Rooted.can i just update the firmware to 2.3 gingerbread through official samsung kies program on pc ? Or i have to unroot my galaxy tab to update to official ginger bread 2.3 update ?
And just to let you know that i just deleted mine preinstalled swype and installed new swype beta.not sure if it's safe to install an official update.
Before i rooted my tab the samsung kies program found a new firmware update for my tab which has some long code and jpi something i can't remember it correctly,not really sure if it is gingerbread update
I just notice that when i open more than 2 apps some apps automatically closes itself.does anyone know what is causing it ?
Samsung kies kinda sucks since the usb connection kept disconnecting it's kinda hard to backup stuff.not to mention backup some small files takes ages too.
That's how I got started. First I rooted my tab, after seeing how easy that was I tried a new ROM. After seeing how easy that was, the next thing I know I've been through 3 different ROMs now.
Then I hear about the newest version 2.3.5, which is suppose to rock. So I decide to go back to stock, so I can have a clean flash of the newest version. That is where I made my mistake. I grabbed the wrong version (GSM instead of CDMA) and soft bricked my tab. After following some advice I got, I eventually hard bricked my tab.
RESEARCH! If you decide to try new ROMs research and read the thread fully and if you still not sure ask questions.
Well that is what i am doing now.trying to confirm if it's safe to do it and that.anyway i hope someone will answers my questions soon
Hi can someone help answer my questions at post 3
Hi all I'm a new on the Site and to rooting so I don't know if this is the right thread. I tried to root a captivate glide and succeeded at flashing the remove carrier iq kernel for att using Odin3. I can't figure out how to get the rooted rom to the device. How do I do that? Any help would be appreciated
Here is your device's forum... Samsung Captivate Glide
I am not sure if I am posting this in the correct place. I really need some assistance on this because I have found that it's impossible to fix. I have a galaxy S5 ATT SM-G900A RUNNING 4.4.4. I rooted the phone and didn't enjoy everything crashing. After following a guide my phone is now soft bricked. If somebody could please point me in the direction of a 4.4.4 software download or make a copy of their ATT s5 I would be really greatful. And again sorry if this is in the incorrect place
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I am not sure if I am posting this in the correct place. I really need some assistance on this because I have found that it's impossible to fix. I have a galaxy S5 ATT SM-G900A RUNNING 4.4.4. I rooted the phone and didn't enjoy everything crashing. After following a guide my phone is now soft bricked. If somebody could please point me in the direction of a 4.4.4 software download or make a copy of their ATT s5 I would be really greatful. And again sorry if this is in the incorrect place
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see [INDEX][FAQ][Q&A][ALL-IN-ONE][ATT][SM-G900A][Jul.01.2014]
This thread will be moved to AT&T Galaxy S5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting
You need to flash the NCE file then take the OTA updates to get back to 4.4.4 OA1.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/att...w-to-unbrick-flash-to-stocknce-g900a-t3077652
Hi guys,
I've rooted my S4 active couple of month ago. Now i recognised, that the new Lolipop was available and I wanted to flash it with ODIN.
Guess what happened to a dumb'ss like me??? Exactly, it didn't worked.
Description:
- Could start the phone, but always got notifications that the NFC-Service was disabled (again and again). Also some other notifications where on the screen, working with the phone was impossible.
- So i flashed the stock recovery: I9505XXUAMDE
- Then I flashend the stock kernel: I9505XXUBMEA
Now i wanted to go back to 4.4.2 - but when I wanted to flash I9505XXUFNB8 - ODIN said I had no permission and on the Download-Modus-Screen of my S4 there was error: START [224, 1440]
Do you have any recommondadions for me? Although I was flashing my samsungs very often in the past, now I'm bit of confused why it didn't work anymore.
Please help, because I don't want to buy another phone :-/
S4 Active model number is either GT-I9295 or i537.
None of them is known to accept firmware, recovery or kernel made for I9505.
I537 has locked bootloader =difficult to customize. I9295 has stock lolipop and root advice in dedicated thread General section.
Slow down and start to identify your phone model and select corresponding stock TW ROM.
Problem solved
Hi guys,
thanks for the advice. That was a huge mistake of mine. Sorry for the confusion. For better solving the problem and if somebody comes across this thread, I want to post the solution:
- I flashed a stock recovery.
- Then I flashed a Stock Firmware found on sammobile.
There you go. Thanks guys
Forgive me I am a noob. I recently rooted my AT&T S5 cause was waiting for the 5.0 update to come out. I decided to go back to stock and upgrade and removed the root all except the bootloader still appears with custom when starting phone and is only trace of root is all can seem to find but is keeping me from installing new 5.0 as it gets to 28% and restarts says unable to install instillation interrupted. How can I replace bootloader with stock one and where may I find one? Any and all help appreciated. I am running 4.4.4 android and is a SM-G900 AT&T S5 with kernel G900AUCU2AOA1.
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Install Samsung Kies on your PC/MAC, and try flashing a new firmware with Kies. Follow the on screen instructions
I have tried that and tell me that my software is up to date have also tried a few different stock roms which were supposed to work with my phone with Odin and they all fail.
Flash the file in this thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/att...w-to-unbrick-flash-to-stocknce-g900a-t3077652
Thank you very much for the help and sorry has taken so long to get back and let you know it worked great. Thank you so much