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hi
i followed the video to root my samsung galaxy s3 and it worked great with 4.1 android on the phone.
i wanted to update the os and so i used kies to do it as it wouldnt let me do it as it was rooted,
the os is now 4.3, but following the instructions on the video now wont let me root the phone.
is there as way that optus has put a antiroot product on my phone, if so is there anyway to go around it.
i know about the root counter, could i go into that and set the root to the the one i had on it when the os
was 4.1.
my phone is a i9300
philipdk said:
hi
i followed the video to root my samsung galaxy s3 and it worked great with 4.1 android on the phone.
i wanted to update the os and so i used kies to do it as it wouldnt let me do it as it was rooted,
the os is now 4.3, but following the instructions on the video now wont let me root the phone.
is there as way that optus has put a antiroot product on my phone, if so is there anyway to go around it.
i know about the root counter, could i go into that and set the root to the the one i had on it when the os
was 4.1.
my phone is a i9300
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Download Odin
Connect your phone
Download the one for your carrier do your research lol and find out which one you needa download http://live.samsung-updates.com/index.php?device=GT-I9300T
after the download is finished
Extract to desktop
on odin select pda and navigate to the file you just saved to your desktop
then begin the process
you will not lose anydata during this progress but i recommend you backup your stuff incase something goes wrong
Done your on 4.3 DONT ENABLE KNOX
enjoy:good:
Rooted the phone, decided I didn't really care or need to have a phone rooted. Phone was fine. So I decided to grab the stock ATT firmware and reload it via Odin. All goes well until the very end when the phone tells me:
SECURE CHECK FAIL : system
Pretty sure this is related to the locked boot-loader. I cannot get into recovery mode, and I cannot boot into regular android, but I can get into download mode. It just fails after nearly completing everything using different Odin versions, and I've used two different firmware files. I was on 4.4.2 and had all of the latest ATT OTA updates.
Everything is still listed as official and KNOX is 0x0 and KNOX Warranty void is 0x0. I guess Kies emergency firmware recovery doesn't work with the Note 3.
What are these Odin files, and where did you obtain them? Add far as I know there is no Odin flashable file for 4.4
You're going to have to visit a Samsung kiosk at a Best Buy and see if they can fix it. If not, you're probably screwed, and will have to try for a replacement, or send to Samsung for service.
I tried unrooted with SuperSU and it still shows custom, KNOX still shows 0x0 the real issue is how to remove customer and get back to official without bricking.
raduque said:
You're going to have to visit a Samsung kiosk at a Best Buy and see if they can fix it. If not, you're probably screwed, and will have to try for a replacement, or send to Samsung for service.
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This was the recommendation from my local att corporate store. It's also what worked. The Samsung consultant let me restore my phone with her computer. She didn't realize how to get it into download mode. Either way, the Samsung program flashed the phone. It was super easy to use. Certainly meant for an non tech person. Same instructions as doing an emergency firmware recovery within Kies.
Attempted to root, no rooted kernels currently working for this model. now attempting to get back to stock. Anyone seen the SM-N920R6 firmware?
try rooting it with kernel for the n920p model. that worked for me
Mr.niceguy09 said:
try rooting it with kernel for the n920p model. that worked for me
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Does this really work? for the n920r6?
DEATHoWAR said:
Does this really work? for the n920r6?
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It worked for me. Be very careful tho. once you root it, you can,t go back since there is no stock firmware for these model.
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It worked for me. Be very careful tho. once you root it, you can,t go back since there is no stock firmware for these model.
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Why did your phone throw the custom binary by frp lock? Did you do OEM unlock first?
Sent from my SM-N920R6 using XDA-Developers mobile app
SM-N920R6 stock firmware
I grabbed firmware for the SM-920R6 from SmartSwitch so I can probably help you out. I know how you feel, it's sad how hard it is to find anything for this phone! If you need the firmware I'll have to upload it to google drive or something this evening...
Successful un-brick and root of SM-N920R6
Using the software SamFirm and manually entering in all of the information for my phone I was able to download the correct SM-N920R6 firmware.
Here is what I had to type in the SamFirm program:
Model: SM-N920R6
Region: LRA (This really isn't a "region" it's a sales code which is why it took me forever to figure out - it can be found in System/csc/customer.xml but will be the same for all Cellcom customers)
*SELECT MANUAL CHECK BOX AND ENTER THE FOLLOWING*
PDA: N920R6WWU1BPD3
CSC: N920R6LRA1BPD3
Phone: N920R6WWU1BPD3
***MAKE SURE YOU CLICK "Decrypt automatically" (check box on right side) before you download so you get the usable zip file as well (you won't need the .enc4 file it also downloads (that is the original encrypted file)).
***You'll also want to click the "Check Update" button before downloading the firmware, but you'll get the prompt to do this by the SamFirm program.
Once you have the firmware unzipped just place it in the "AP" section on the Odin program, hit start, and you're all set!
Happy un-bricking, Cellcom customers!!
Note: After your phone reboots with the stock firmware if it hangs on the screen that has a Samsung logo dimming in and out just reboot into download mode (hold power, volume down, and home button simultaneously), and then restart the phone from the download mode menu (i.e. don't go to "continue" on the download mode screen). I tried the above recovery method a few times and it only hung on this screen once, but I was able to get out of it using the method I just described without issue.
**********************CONTINUE READING**************************
If you were frantically looking for the firmware as I was you may be telling yourself, "I'm never going to try to root this thing again!" But wait! You now have the ultimate "Un-rooting" tool at your disposal (the stock firmware!).
That being said I went further in search of achieving a successful root and..was successful! (The root achieved was using CF Auto Root which leaves the stock firmware alone. Unfortunately no custom kernels exist as of this post for this phone so this is as best we can do at the moment.
I used the file "CF-Auto-Root-nobleltespr-nobleltespr-smn920p.tar.md5" (as users pointed out above to start this thread - the "p" version works for the SM-N920R6). You just need to download that file and flash it the same way as you flashed the firmware (i.e. put it in the "AP" section of Odin and hit start. It takes a few minutes and after it's done showing all of its text as it installs the program on your phone your phone will have a black screen - don't worry it just needs to be turned on and you're rooted!
mcfasa09 said:
The root achieved was using CF Auto Root which leaves the stock firmware alone. Unfortunately no custom kernels exist as of this post for this phone so this is as best we can do at the moment.
I used the file "CF-Auto-Root-nobleltespr-nobleltespr-smn920p.tar.md5" ...
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This trips knox, right? Can you still use Samsung Pay?
It does trip KNOX and as a result you cannot use Samsung Pay on the device (Even if you flash stock back Samsung Pay will forever be disabled on the device).
Its been a week since i got my note 5 sm-n920r6 , the person i bought it from told me to of a issue with it. He told me ever since update to naugat 7.0 the back button stop working so am seeking from anyone who can help me to get marshmallow 6.0 to downgrade to 6.0, please.
If someone who might still be on 6.0 on their note 5 SM-N920R6 can extract it from their phone or other means ,it would truly appreciated.
I use the samfirm to get the 7.0 firmware so i could flash to stock when i want, here is a link of the firmware for the SM-N920R6 if anyone might want it: https://mega.nz/#!IJYFEa5T
To access the firmware use this key: !e94lEjxPChsStdqniA2R6DwPe0s3bgvdDvvOLHmtRlM
desmond462 said:
Its been a week since i got my note 5 sm-n920r6 , the person i bought it from told me to of a issue with it. He told me ever since update to naugat 7.0 the back button stop working so am seeking from anyone who can help me to get marshmallow 6.0 to downgrade to 6.0, please.
If someone who might still be on 6.0 on their note 5 SM-N920R6 can extract it from their phone or other means ,it would truly appreciated.
I use the samfirm to get the 7.0 firmware so i could flash to stock when i want, here is a link of the firmware for the SM-N920R6 if anyone might want it: https://mega.nz/#!IJYFEa5T
To access the firmware use this key: !e94lEjxPChsStdqniA2R6DwPe0s3bgvdDvvOLHmtRlM
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Does SamFirm trip knox? I hate being stuck on Marshmallow
aXnumeric said:
Does SamFirm trip knox? I hate being stuck on Marshmallow
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I cannot say because i didn't notice whether it was trip or not, not that it bother me if it did. But i did manage to find the marshmallow firmware and flash back to marshmallow from naugat successfully, even though it didn't fix back button and now am back on naugat firmware.
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For those of us who are using this model N920R6 , i have being able to flash custom roms from the Sprint section without any issues. When i flash custom roms for other models i find i must flash the twisted kernel v2 for sprint model or your own stock kernel but even with that i have no data, so i don;t use those roms. But as for the sprint custom roms they run faultless with normal bugs that might be in a custom roms.
At first when i get this model i was piss because their is actually no support for this model until i try the sprint custom roms,it was awesome and now bit more happy.
Hi all. Succesfully rooted my S8 Tab Ultra and was running fine for the past week.
Just rebooted the tablet and its showing "Custom Binary(boot) Blocked due to remaining installment balance" I've read around the forum and apparently its for people who haven't paid for the device fully which I have, paid in full on pre order.
The only way it seems to get it to boot is to flash the original firmware my model is SM-X900NZAFXAR and I can't find the firmware does anyone know how I can get the tablet to boot?
Tried Samsung support but they didn't help
Hello! Get SamFirm at https://samfirmtool.com/ (v0.5.0 is the latest), for model put SM-X900, for Region put XAR. I haven't received mine yet (not until the middle of next month), but this is the closest I could find to what should be the correct firmware. Click "Check Update", then click "Download". It's been too long for me away from Samsung - I don't remember if it matters if you let it decrypt automatically or not. The answer should become apparent, though. At worst, you'll just have to redownload the firmware with the option to decrypt unchecked in SamFIrm.
You can check your CSC (Region) by (copying/pasting someone else's instructions):
go to settings - about - software information - service provider SW ver. The region code (CSC) will be written there.
I don't know if your CSC will match XAR. I don't find anything for XAA or XAS yet in SamFirm.
Good luck! This is concerning since I had planned on rooting mine.
Thanks for the reply. I've downloaded the XAR firmware but now I have another problem getting the USB device not recognised. Device descriptor request failed. Tried locking the bootloader again now its stuck with a Hash fail on boot and wont turn off. Can't unlock the bootloader again. 99% sure its not the laptops fault its the one i rooted on but will try another pc tomorrow. Will have to try Samsung again as although I have rooted which voids warrenty its there mistake on my device thinking it has finance outstanding that has caused the failure.
Cheers
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Thanks for the reply. I've downloaded the XAR firmware but now I have another problem getting the USB device not recognised. Device descriptor request failed. Tried locking the bootloader again now its stuck with a Hash fail on boot and wont turn off. Can't unlock the bootloader again. 99% sure its not the laptops fault its the one i rooted on but will try another pc tomorrow. Will have to try Samsung again as although I have rooted which voids warrenty its there mistake on my device thinking it has finance outstanding that has caused the failure.
Cheers
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You got the latest Samsung drivers installed, as linked to in the SamFirm\Samsung Driver subfolder? (link leads to https://samsungusbdriver.com/category/download)
Wait... Is OEM Unlock still enabled in Dev Options? It might be salvageable even though you have locked the bootloader...
Thank you edor for the help the tablet is running again now however it is unrooted now and the OEM unlock option is missing. The USB fault was resloved using a different PC not sure whats going on with my laptop.
Once in download mode i was able to download the XAR version of the Tab S8 Ultra fimrware from SamFirm and reflash with Odin which brought it back.
I'm not sure if running XAR csc will cause problems? I am in the UK I think my csc originally was OXM which is the universal one but cant find an OXM version at the moment.
fkofilee I actually locked the bootloader from the download mode menu which i shouldnt have. I don't have the option now so think I need to wait for the OEM unlock to show in settings.
For anyone else who has the "Custom Binary(boot) Blocked due to remaining installment balance" Need to reflash back to original firmware to boot and apparently it will re-check in 7 days so cannot be rooted in that time.
I have an open ticket with Samsung to try and find out why my tablet thinks it has finance. The confirmed on the phone that it was paid in full.
I wonder if the S7 Bootloader that i rooted had anything to do with it. Will retry with the bootloader when i can and report back.
@Jono0907 I'm glad you got it back working. I apologize if the XAR firmware has anything to do with your OEM unlocking not being available. Thank you for the advice for myself and for others to follow if we encounter the same problem. You had used the S7 bootloader? I would expect that to be the problem but as I said, I'm rusty on Samsung, and totally unexperienced in Samsung tablets - I only know what I've read in this section so far.
My tablet is working because of your advise so I'm happy. Found the EUX firmware which feels like it should be what my tablet should be running so will flash that and see if Unlock comes back. Tried all the tricks with date/time to try and trick it but no luck.
Also was going to add my experience with Samsung support. He agreed that if the tablet was wrongly reporting it was in finance then it wouldn't have been my fault but also said Samsung would not help because I had rooted the device. He didnt talk about reflashing firmware just said that I needed to send it to them for a new motherboard to repair Knox at a cost of at least $400(£300)
I planned to root s8 ultra, now afraid. So, is it safe to root it, and can someone put here whole procedure?
Many thanks
It's pretty much always safe because you can go back to "Download Mode" and reflash the original firmware.
It will however trip Knox which is Samsungs securityh (Done by breaking a physical fuse on the motherboard) which cannot be undone. This voids the warrenty and could cause problems with Google Pay and other things.
The basic process for rooting the S8 is
1. The process requires OEM Unlocking which some carriers in USA seem to be blocking. If you can OEM unlock it will be an option within the developers options in settings. Sometimes it doesn't show up right away.
2. Download SamFirm and get the firmware for your device. The Model for the Non-5G Tab S8 is SM-X900 and put in the CSC code for your region. Samsung simplified CSC codes before the release of the Tab S8 so you can see the list on wikipedia when searching for the tablet it is probably better to look up how to check your CSC code on your tablet to make sure you are getting the right one.
3. Install Magisk Manager on your tablet. Extract the firmware and copy the AP file to your tablet. Open Magisk Manager and point it at the AP file that you copied. Once complete it should give you a Magisk Patched file copy it back to your computer.
4. Install Odin and Samsung USB drivers. In Odin Select the Magisk Patched file for AP then add the BL file that you downloaded from SamFirm and the CSC file. (This will factory reset the tablet). You can leave CP and Userdata blank.
5. Reboot the tablet into Download Mode. This can be done by powering it off connecting it the the PC and when you see the charge symbol hold down Volume up and Volume down till you get to the Download Mode Menu. From here you need to press the option for OEM Unlock and then go to the download screen. Now press start in Odin.
That's pretty much it
ivanox1972 said:
I planned to root s8 ultra, now afraid. So, is it safe to root it, and can someone put here whole procedure?
Many thanks
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I want clearly explanation, I don't know about this.
Jono0907 said:
It's pretty much always safe because you can go back to "Download Mode" and reflash the original firmware.
It will however trip Knox which is Samsungs securityh (Done by breaking a physical fuse on the motherboard) which cannot be undone. This voids the warrenty and could cause problems with Google Pay and other things.
The basic process for rooting the S8 is
1. The process requires OEM Unlocking which some carriers in USA seem to be blocking. If you can OEM unlock it will be an option within the developers options in settings. Sometimes it doesn't show up right away.
2. Download SamFirm and get the firmware for your device. The Model for the Non-5G Tab S8 is SM-X900 and put in the CSC code for your region. Samsung simplified CSC codes before the release of the Tab S8 so you can see the list on wikipedia when searching for the tablet it is probably better to look up how to check your CSC code on your tablet to make sure you are getting the right one.
3. Install Magisk Manager on your tablet. Extract the firmware and copy the AP file to your tablet. Open Magisk Manager and point it at the AP file that you copied. Once complete it should give you a Magisk Patched file copy it back to your computer.
4. Install Odin and Samsung USB drivers. In Odin Select the Magisk Patched file for AP then add the BL file that you downloaded from SamFirm and the CSC file. (This will factory reset the tablet). You can leave CP and Userdata blank.
5. Reboot the tablet into Download Mode. This can be done by powering it off connecting it the the PC and when you see the charge symbol hold down Volume up and Volume down till you get to the Download Mode Menu. From here you need to press the option for OEM Unlock and then go to the download screen. Now press start in Odin.
That's pretty much it
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Succesfully rooted a magisk patched AP. Then later I tried to flash another one with an updated firmware, resulting in a soft brick. Does reflashing unpatched stock rom via Odin wipe all my data? Even if I flash HOME_CSC?
emko7 said:
Succesfully rooted a magisk patched AP. Then later I tried to flash another one with an updated firmware, resulting in a soft brick. Does reflashing unpatched stock rom via Odin wipe all my data? Even if I flash HOME_CSC?
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Sorry mate never done the HOME CSC flash I've always been happy to wipe the device hopefully someone here knows?
emko7 said:
Succesfully rooted a magisk patched AP. Then later I tried to flash another one with an updated firmware, resulting in a soft brick. Does reflashing unpatched stock rom via Odin wipe all my data? Even if I flash HOME_CSC?
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Uh-oh. I was just getting ready to update to the latest firmware, Maybe I'll have to wait, see how this plays out.
lloydsw said:
Uh-oh. I was just getting ready to update to the latest firmware, Maybe I'll have to wait, see how this plays out.
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For what it's worth on my S8 Ultra, I updated from rooted April update to rooted May's update perfectly fine without wiping data. Always do backups, though, things happen.
roirraW edor ehT said:
For what it's worth on my S8 Ultra, I updated from rooted April update to rooted May's update perfectly fine without wiping data. Always do backups, though, things happen.
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Yup, worked fine on my S8. Sigh of relief!
I am rooted and running a rooted stock rom. I have no need for the tablet to be rooted and I want to go back to stock to see if it has gotten any better than it was when i rooted. I am currently downloading the stock firmware but it is seriously taking forever. Is there a github somewhere with the stock firmware someone can point me to.
You can try using Frija to download the firmware directly from Samsung's servers. Other than that, Sammobile is your best bet, but downloads are pretty slow.
Either way, once the firmware is downloaded, extract the files within it and use Odin to flash.
As for whether it will be better....Probably not. Samsung loves to stuff bloatware into their firmware, and the Tab A series are low end devices. I have a Tab A 8.0 that I ended up running an AOSP GSI on, and it's still slow as frozen snot.
Recently installed the latest version of Samsung's firmware - X200XXS2CWD2. After debloating, you'll be able to speed up the system.
However, that doesn't even come close to the increased performance you'll gain by flashing a GSI. The only problem is finding one which works well with this device