Related
Hi to all
I wish to root my Note (GT-N7000) and am trying to follow the method described in Dr Katan's post here.
Download the [CWM zip] and put in your Ext SDCARD ] And [ SUPERSU-Busybox-Installer.zip] to SD card (internal memory)
Reboot to recovery.
Choose apply update from external storage. (use vol up/down to select, power to enter)
Choose CWM.zip and wait until CWM recovery appear.
Choose install zip from sdcard (Now use touch function to select choice)
Choose and Install SUPERSU-Busybox-Installer.zip
Reboot
You are done and now your device is Rooted
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I am running the following stock ROM:-
Android Version
4.0.3
Baseband Version
N70000XXLPT
Kernel Version
3.0.15-N7000XXLQ2-CL605927
[email protected] #3
Build Number
IML74K.XXLQ2
When I hold the power button, I don't see any 'Recovery' option (The only options are 'Silent mode', 'Data network mode', 'Flight mode', 'Power off' and 'Restart'). What am I missing/doing wrong..?
Many thanks to anyone who can help.
PS. Apologies for posting this in the Q&A section. I'm relatively new so can't yet make a post in the relevant development thread.
only custom ROM users get the APM (advanced power menu)
you will have to do it manually, Power off the phone and hold volume UP + Home + Power all at once
let go when you see the GT-N7000 screen
azzledazzle said:
only custom ROM users get the APM (advanced power menu)
you will have to do it manually, Power off the phone and hold volume UP + Home + Power all at once
let go when you see the GT-N7000 screen
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thankyou VERY much. I did it, but haven't tried the rooting procedure yet. In the recovery menu, I saw a message about CSC being successfully applied. What does this mean...?
not sure what CSC stands for but it happens to us all, Dont worry about it, Its a good thing that it was applied successfully
Csc is country sales code. And yes as azzledazzle said, its normal to see that message.
Sent from my GT-N7000 using xda premium
I have now run into a few problems and would be very glad for some advice.
I have tried to root following the instructions below in the OP.
Download the [CWM zip] and put in your Ext SDCARD ] And [ SUPERSU-Busybox-Installer.zip] to SD card (internal memory)
Reboot to recovery.
Choose apply update from external storage. (use vol up/down to select, power to enter)
Choose CWM.zip and wait until CWM recovery appear.
Choose install zip from sdcard (Now use touch function to select choice)
Choose and Install SUPERSU-Busybox-Installer.zip
Reboot
You are done and now your device is Rooted
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
All went well (or so I thought) but I have 2 problems:-
I don't think I'm properly or fully rooted. After following the above steps, I installed Mobile Odin Pro (v2.45) and attempted to flash CF-Root-SGN_XX_XEU_LQ2-v5.6-CWM5.zip. I extracted the tar file, placed it on the external SD card and ran it using Mobile Odin Pro. However, upon rebooting, I see that my baseband, kernel version, build no. etc. are still showing exactly the same info in the 'About phone' section under Settings, ie.
Android Version
4.0.3
Baseband Version
N70000XXLPT
Kernel Version
3.0.15-N7000XXLQ2-CL605927
[email protected] #3
Build Number
IML74K.XXLQ2
Is this normal or have I missed an important step? I saw on another thread that perhaps I should have extracted both the tar and zimage files from the CFRoot zip, and then flashed? If so, could someone kindly tell me exactly what to do. For info, SU seems to have installed ok and has granted the necessary permissions to CWM and Mobile Odin Pro as root apps but I can't get into or use either app. What am I missing or doing wrong?
After rebooting, I can no longer use Mobile Odin Pro so cannot attempt a proper flash of whatever kernel I should be using. I can mostly now not get past the 'Loading...Checking SuperUser support...' splash screen. During this period, I see a pop-up which confirms the app has been 'granted SuperUser permissions for an interactive shell'; this pop-up usually appears several times during this loading period. Very occassionally, it gets past the Loading screen but then stays for an equally lengthy time at the next 'Loading...Detecting device model...' screen. If it gets past that, it then fails to detect any device model so I cannot use the app. What am I doing wrong? I've tried rebooting several times - no joy. I've tried uninstalling and then reinstalling the app - again, no joy.
If anyone can help me out of my rooting misery, I'd be really grateful.
One more thing - I'm not completely clear how I revert to/reinstall a stock ICS ROM once I am properly rooted or from where the phone is now? Can someone please just clarify this for me.
Apologies for the long post - just wanted to give as much information as possible.
Many thanks to all who can help
im not so sure but when you installed cwm and buzybox you did so to flash a custom rom
if you flash a custom rom you will keep the phone root and so on (supersu ecc...)
else you loose partially the root and you need to reflash the apps you lost on rebbot
so choose good cutom ics and go for it
you might try cssie xlite....180 mega
or Rocket Rom 7 700 mg
both work well
p.s. never full wipe or factory reset on ics cfroot kernell....
just do t with abyss kernel 4.2 if you need it and read about eemmmc bug crack
p.s.2 look for drkeatan posts and chasmodo....they made good walkthrough pro
lorekarf said:
im not so sure but when you installed cwm and buzybox you did so to flash a custom rom
if you flash a custom rom you will keep the phone root and so on (supersu ecc...)
else you loose partially the root and you need to reflash the apps you lost on rebbot
so choose good cutom ics and go for it
you might try cssie xlite....180 mega
or Rocket Rom 7 700 mg
both work well
p.s. never full wipe or factory reset on ics cfroot kernell....
just do t with abyss kernel 4.2 if you need it and read about eemmmc bug crack
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thanks for the reply. I only rooted in order to use certain root apps (Root Explorer, Titanium Backup etc) and was under the impression that the CF-Root-SGN_XX_XEU_LQ2-v5.6-CWM5.zip was basically a slightly modified stock ICS ROM with CWM included..?
largeruk said:
Thanks for the reply. I only rooted in order to use certain root apps (Root Explorer, Titanium Backup etc) and was under the impression that the CF-Root-SGN_XX_XEU_LQ2-v5.6-CWM5.zip was basically a slightly modified stock ICS ROM with CWM included..?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
The way I've always rooted is to run the adb script on a gb from, can be found in dr K's post. You need to be rooted before you can flash cwm kernel, 2 separate processes (although combined in some scripts.
There is also a thread somewhere with pre-rooted stock roms, so you could flash one of those as normal with PC Odin and then flash cwm kernel. Might be easier.
Sent from my GT-N7000 using xda premium
hello,
i am from India
i have a galaxy note and was updating it to the new version as i was still on 2.3.6
after updating to ics i got another 7mb update which i downloaded and the phone restarted and got stuck at Samsung logo .
can anyone please help me recovering back my phone.
my phone has the official Samsung software i have not updated any unofficial ROM.
rosh08 said:
hello,
i am from India
i have a galaxy note and was updating it to the new version as i was still on 2.3.6
after updating to ics i got another 7mb update which i downloaded and the phone restarted and got stuck at Samsung logo .
can anyone please help me recovering back my phone.
my phone has the official Samsung software i have not updated any unofficial ROM.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Remove battery, insert it after 5-6 minutes and then try to boot. Can you enter download mode (vol down+home+power button combo)? so that further solutions can be provided just in case if you can't boot after removing battery.
jeetu1981 said:
Remove battery, insert it after 5-6 minutes and then try to boot. Can you enter download mode (vol down+home+power button combo)? so that further solutions can be provided just in case if you can't boot after removing battery.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
yes i can enter the download mode..it says volume up for continue and volume down for cancel n restart
rosh08 said:
yes i can enter the download mode..it says volume up for continue and volume down for cancel n restart
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Ok good, did you try removing battery?
If removing battery isn't helping and if you are okay with root and custom kernel then flash some safe kernel using pc odin and then wipe to see if that helps. If you don't want to root or flash custom kernel then download stock Indian GB firmware from dr.ketan's thread and flash it using pc odin and then wipe in stock recovery.
Flashing stock GB will allow you to update to ICS using kies or even OTA.
Ok.great!now download any gb or ics rom dr ketans thread or from jeetu signature.
After downloading the rom,you need to download kies on your pc and odin as well.after downloading all this put your phone in download mode and now open odin and select pda tab and select your rom which would be in tar format.
Now connect your phone thru usb cable and after connecting you will see yellow light which means your phone is detected.
Now click on start and sit back till it pass.
Hit thanks button
Sent from my GT-N7000 using xda app-developers app
jeetu1981 said:
Ok good, did you try removing battery?
If removing battery isn't helping and if you are okay with root and custom kernel then flash some safe kernel using pc odin and then wipe to see if that helps. If you don't want to root or flash custom kernel then download stock Indian GB firmware from dr.ketan's thread and flash it using pc odin and then wipe in stock recovery.
Flashing stock GB will allow you to update to ICS using kies or even OTA.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
hey thanks for the info.. a small favour .i want my phone to be unrooted and like original so can u tell me from where can i download dr.ketan's firmware and how do i install it as i dont hav any knowledge abut this..
rosh08 said:
hey thanks for the info.. a small favour .i want my phone to be unrooted and like original so can u tell me from where can i download dr.ketan's firmware and how do i install it as i dont hav any knowledge abut this..
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
here is the thread, download Indian GB firmware (post #2) and follow tutorial in the thread itself.
Step 1: Download appropriate stock ROM on your PC/Laptop and Unzip it.
Step 2: Download PC Odin3-v3.04
Step 3: Stop all firewall/antivirus programs runninig in your PC, and then run ODIN.
Step4: Start your gNote in DOWNLOADER mode (by pressing Vol. Down+Home+Powerkey)
Step 5: Connect your gNote (in downloader mode) to your PC/Laptop
Step 6: Select appropriate (PDA) file in the unzipped stock ROM and click START in Odin
After few minutes.... when your gNote restarts, you are done. Enjoy...
(u may get the detailed guide and download links from http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1424997 (thanks dr.ketan!!)
jeetu1981 said:
here is the thread, download Indian GB firmware (post #2) and follow tutorial in the thread itself.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
hey does GB mean gingerbread if so does it mean i have to downgrade my firmware ..wont that be a problem ???
it says If you have flash GB ROM over ICS/custom ROM, you mat get FC/crashing , in that case just restart in recovery and wipe cache and wipe data.
how do i restart in recovery and wipe cache and data???
rosh08 said:
hey does GB mean gingerbread if so does it mean i have to downgrade my firmware ..wont that be a problem ???
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
yes Gingerbread and there is no problem in downgrading, i won't suggest you to flash ICS rom as you cannot wipe in ICS, it can brick your phone, so best is to downgrade to GB , wipe and if everything goes well then update to ICS officially.
jeetu1981 said:
yes Gingerbread and there is no problem in downgrading, i won't suggest you to flash ICS rom as you cannot wipe in ICS, it can brick your phone, so best is to downgrade to GB , wipe and if everything goes well then update to ICS officially.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
it says If you have flash GB ROM over ICS/custom ROM, you mat get FC/crashing , in that case just restart in recovery and wipe cache and wipe data.
how do i restart in recovery and wipe cache and data???
rosh08 said:
it says If you have flash GB ROM over ICS/custom ROM, you mat get FC/crashing , in that case just restart in recovery and wipe cache and wipe data.
how do i restart in recovery and wipe cache and data???
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
FCs and boot loop is normal after flashing GB over ICS, use vol up + home+ power combo and then release power button once you see galaxy note logo, you will be in stock recovery. Navigate using vol up and down and home to confirm.
jeetu1981 said:
FCs and boot loop is normal after flashing GB over ICS, use vol up + home+ power combo and then release power button once you see galaxy note logo, you will be in stock recovery. Navigate using vol up and down and home to confirm.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
i downloaded the gb version from ur signature and did the steps as followed ..my cell has started up and gone back to 2.3.5 version ..but there is a small problem i think it is a rooted version as it has two extra versions in the menu option thr is cwm n superuser...
stuck on startup logo
i was flash CyanogenMod 10 from CWM after flashing while wiping data it stops, i remove the battery and starts but it stucks on logo screen,After this problem i try to flash from download mode with odin many time i flashes but it stops between flashing, many rom i hav tried but the logo screen still stuck.
please send me the solution
rosh08 said:
i downloaded the gb version from ur signature and did the steps as followed ..my cell has started up and gone back to 2.3.5 version ..but there is a small problem i think it is a rooted version as it has two extra versions in the menu option thr is cwm n superuser...
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
That is pre rooted. If you need to lose root and cwm just flash stock gb from dr ketans thread in development section, it will overwrite and erase root.
Sent from my GT-N7000 using xda app-developers app
rosh08 said:
i downloaded the gb version from ur signature and did the steps as followed ..my cell has started up and gone back to 2.3.5 version ..but there is a small problem i think it is a rooted version as it has two extra versions in the menu option thr is cwm n superuser...
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
The link in my sig is for pre-rooted GB rom, If you do not want rooted one then you should download the stock firmware from the link I have provided earlier.
But it's good that your phone is up now
---------- Post added at 01:32 AM ---------- Previous post was at 01:28 AM ----------
grpc7fvktr said:
i was flash CyanogenMod 10 from CWM after flashing while wiping data it stops, i remove the battery and starts but it stucks on logo screen,After this problem i try to flash from download mode with odin many time i flashes but it stops between flashing, many rom i hav tried but the logo screen still stuck.
please send me the solution
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Can you boot in cwm recovery, if so then did you try full wipe in cwmr or flashing some other custom rom? I have seen lot of users with this issue and then wipe or fresh flash solves the issue.
And have you ever used odin earlier, just want to make sure you have proper drivers installed.
fixing pertrified samsung logo screen
rosh08 said:
hello,
i am from India
i have a galaxy note and was updating it to the new version as i was still on 2.3.6
after updating to ics i got another 7mb update which i downloaded and the phone restarted and got stuck at Samsung logo .
can anyone please help me recovering back my phone.
my phone has the official Samsung software i have not updated any unofficial ROM.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Actually, I was having the same issue as you for about six hours through the night til daybreak. Pittied myself when my experiental process came to a hault ending with the ever-so bright lightbulb beaming from my cranium. Not without the "where the hell where you five hours ago" expression S-beamed across my face. But anyway, all you would have had done is:
1) Hold the Volume Up + Home Button + Power Button (hold this last)
2) When in Recovery Mode, selcet and execute "Wipe cache partition" (FIRST), then select and execute "Wipe data/factory reset"
3) Select and execute "Reboot System Now"
4) Wait a few minutes (not the dreaded and feared time fearing that the damn thing still functions properly). And you should be greeted with the regular, expected setup process.
warr77 said:
Actually, I was having the same issue as you for about six hours through the night til daybreak. Pittied myself when my experiental process came to a hault ending with the ever-so bright lightbulb beaming from my cranium. Not without the "where the hell where you five hours ago" expression S-beamed across my face. But anyway, all you would have had done is:
1) Hold the Volume Up + Home Button + Power Button (hold this last)
2) When in Recovery Mode, selcet and execute "Wipe cache partition" (FIRST), then select and execute "Wipe data/factory reset"
3) Select and execute "Reboot System Now"
4) Wait a few minutes (not the dreaded and feared time fearing that the damn thing still functions properly). And you should be greeted with the regular, expected setup process.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
will doing this erase the data on my phone?
akshay19gupta said:
will doing this erase the data on my phone?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Wipe data/factory reset" will erase the apps and data you installed and get it back to rom defaults. but will not erase the data on internal storage like pics videos and other stuff.. It may delete the smemo snote data so be sure to make a backup
Hi there,
I have a rooted Galaxy Note N7000 running JellyBean 4.1.2. and I've got a ton of apps/photos/videos/messages... etc.
and I've sensed the phone is getting slow. I've removed all the unnecessary apps and deleted photos/videos etc..
but its still slow.
so anyway I decided to start from scratch, I decided to unroot the phone and install a stock rom. delete all photos/videos/apps.. everything.
so I downloaded the official latest stock rom released from samsung for my region. (N7000JPLSB_N7000OJPLSB_XSG)
and I've looked at many many pages on the internet and some site different methods than other, which got confusing.
finally i decided i'd go with the method mentioned in this page:
rootgalaxynote(dot)com/galaxy-note-unroot/how-to-unroot-galaxy-note-gt-n7000/
(sorry for the link formatting it wouldn't let me post a url)
the problem is, at the end of the page it says to do a “Wipe data/factory reset”. However, I have read on many sites and threads that you should never do a factory reset on stock Rom!
So now i'm confused.
1- is the method mentioned in the page i linked above correct and safe?
2- will the method above delete everything? ie: photos/videos/apps.. etc (which is what i want) if not, how do i achieve that?
3- do i do a Wipe data/factory reset? or not?
Thanks in advance.
What's your current config?
nokiamodeln91 said:
What's your current config?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
sorry i don't understand. i'm really new to this. What do you mean by current config?
What rom are you running and what kernel. Rooted.
1.Download a stock rom for n700
2.Install odin on your pc
3.Go to download mode by pressing the vol + , power button + center button
4.press vol +
You are in odin flash mode for ur mobile.
Open odin on ur pc
Check if ur phone is detected. If the upper box is yellow and it shows a COM usb port.
Browse the stock rom file a .tar.md5 file in the PDA section let everything as it is.
Press flash and wait and note things happen.
The yellow box will turn green with PASS written on it.
Reboot ur phone.
A simple how to
Sent from my GT-N7000 using xda app-developers app
Right. Here my info:
Baseband Vesion: N7000XXLSO
Kernel Version: 3.0.31-906407 / [email protected] #3 / SMP PREEMPT Tue Feb 19 22:05:07 KST 2013
Build Number: JZO54K.N7000JPLSB
Flash Philz kernel and boot into cwm recovery. The go to mounts and storage and format system, data, cache and preload. This will completely erase the trace of old system. Then go back to advanced menu and choose reboot download. Then flash the rom as per reply by above member.
Before doing this just make sure you have a working usb connection because after the steps there won't the any rom on phone to boot till you flash the new now.
nokiamodeln91 said:
Flash Philz kernel and boot into cwm recovery. The go to mounts and storage and format system, data, cache and preload. This will completely erase the trace of old system. Then go back to advanced menu and choose reboot download. Then flash the rom as per reply by above member.
Before doing this just make sure you have a working usb connection because after the steps there won't the any rom on phone to boot till you flash the new now.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
HI, thanks for your reply, i found Philz Kernel, but what is cwm recovery? and how do i boot into it?
To boot in CWM, you shut down your Note. And then you press Vol-, Home and Power for recovery Mode.
bakkouz said:
HI, thanks for your reply, i found Philz Kernel, but what is cwm recovery? and how do i boot into it?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Recovery mode is a mode in which you have control on Android file systems, internal and external SD cards. It run without Android.
Thanks, about the Kernel though.. as I said I found the page regarding Philz kernel, but there are so many of them i really don't know which one to download. there are so many threads intertwined it get really confusing.
is it the one in here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=31911682&postcount=3
should i download the JPLSB one? will this root my phone (again?) cause i don't want it rooted.
should i even download the kernel? i mean do i really need to? is it because my current kernel will cause problems?
bakkouz said:
HI, thanks for your reply, i found Philz Kernel, but what is cwm recovery? and how do i boot into it?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
1 - Flash Philz kernel
2 - Go to Recovery Mode
3 - Go on "Mount & Storage"
3 - Format ALL ! (Data, Cache, System, Emmc etc ...) Save whant you want to save before.
4 - Go in Advanced, Format Dalv. cache.
5 - Shut down your phone (remove your battery)
6 - Turn on your note in Odin Mode (Vol+, Home & Power)
7 - Flash your last Touchwizz stock rom with Odin.
I'm French, I've do this manip, I'm on XXLT4 full stock. Fast & Economic. (2,5 days)
KalamiGeek said:
1 - Flash Philz kernel
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Ok. great. but:
1- i have no idea how to flash a kernel.
2- which kernel to chose?
- PhilZ-cwm6-JPLSB-UAE-5.00.5.tar.md5
or
- PhilZ-cwm6-JPLSB-UAE-5.00.5-signed.zip
cause in the thread it says the zip will root the phone, and i don't want to root the phone, can i flash using the tar.md5 one?
bakkouz said:
Ok. great. but:
1- i have no idea how to flash a kernel.
2- which kernel to chose?
- PhilZ-cwm6-JPLSB-UAE-5.00.5.tar.md5
or
- PhilZ-cwm6-JPLSB-UAE-5.00.5-signed.zip
cause in the thread it says the zip will root the phone, and i don't want to root the phone, can i flash using the tar.md5 one?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Check .tar.md5
Find Odin v3.04. Put philz kernel .tar.md5 on Pda case. And flash it
bakkouz said:
Ok. great. but:
1- i have no idea how to flash a kernel.
2- which kernel to chose?
- PhilZ-cwm6-JPLSB-UAE-5.00.5.tar.md5
or
- PhilZ-cwm6-JPLSB-UAE-5.00.5-signed.zip
cause in the thread it says the zip will root the phone, and i don't want to root the phone, can i flash using the tar.md5 one?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Yes, use tar.md5 file with Odin PC as previously shown.
That file is Philz kernel and add ROOT by default. To avoid root add, use philz_installer.cfg as indicated in the Philz thread.
Ok great, thank you for all the help.
i just hope i don't brick the phone
HI just one last fast question please...
as for philz_installer.cfg it says to put it in /sdcard/clockworkmod/philz_installer.cfg
but i don't have a clockworkmod folder.
should i create it? or put on directly on /sdcard main folder?
Don't use the tar file. It will cause a yellow triangle. Use the zip version. Place it on external sd card. Don't worry about cfg file for now. Boot into recovery and choose apply update from external storage. Choose the zip and flash. After it completes, click on reboot system. The again boot into recovery and you should see cwm
nokiamodeln91 said:
Don't use the tar file. It will cause a yellow triangle. Use the zip version. Place it on external sd card. Don't worry about cfg file for now. Boot into recovery and choose apply update from external storage. Choose the zip and flash. After it completes, click on reboot system. The again boot into recovery and you should see cwm
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I've often used Odin PC to flash new ROM's, for example Stock LT4 and Stock LT5, no problem, no yellow triangle. To avoid it in the future, please explain when and why we get the trouble triangle yellow. Thanks.:good:
you will get a yellow triangle if you flash anything else that stock roms using PC odin. you will also get an increased counter. nothing to worry if you are out of warranty though
End of support. Thread closed.
If you get stuck in recovery and can't boot into Android, you need to install the stock recovery to get Android to boot.
Stock recovery flashable zip located HERE.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
READ THIS POST BEFORE INSTALLING ANY CUSTOM RECOVERY
CWM Recovery 6.0.4.8
(TWRP is in post 3, Philz Touch in post 4)
Click HERE for the latest version.
Please report any bugs here in this thread.
Thank you to everyone who has (and still will) help in testing!!!!
Credits go to:
@Unjustified Dev for device and kernel source trees
and of course Koush and the CyanogenMod team
Watch THIS VIDEO tutorial for a step by step visual guide for performing the instructions listed below (thanks @Tomsgt for the video).
Instructions:
1. Download ODIN on your computer.
2. Power off the device.
3. Restart in "Download Mode" by holding the "HOME" button, "Volume Down" and "Power" all at the same time (for about 5 seconds).
4. Hit the "Volume Up" to enter download mode.
5. Start the ODIN exe program. Un-check Auto Reboot. See notes about ODIN below.
6. Connect the device via USB to your computer. Verify the device shows as "Added" in the Message box. If it doesn't show then you need the Samsung USB drivers (just install KIES to get them). Also need to enable USB debugging.
7. Select "PDA" (or AP) then choose the recovery file you want to flash. (Unzip the file you downloaded so that you have a file named "recovery.tar.md5".)
8. Hit "START". Wait for Odin to finish (~10-15 seconds). The message area will display "RES OK" when finished.
9. Restart directly to recovery mode before rebooting into OS.(Hold POWER, Volume UP, and the HOME button all at the same time. When you see the Samsung Logo, let go of the POWER button, but keep holding the Volume UP and HOME until you see the recovery screen).
Notes about ODIN
--Make sure that "Re-Partition" is NOT checked.
--Auto Reboot can be un-checked if CWM doesn't flash correctly on your device. Some have reported that un-checking Auto Reboot fixes this issue. If you un-check Auto Reboot, you will need to reboot the device yourself (refer back to step 9).
After you get the custom recovery working, you can flash the latest SuperSu zip to get root.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Watch this video to learn about the navigation issues and Rainbow Mode: http://youtu.be/iCNdxlNzdBI
If the highlight doesn't move on the recovery menu, the selection actually does change. Go ahead and hit Power to select. If the menu goes blank, just hit Volume Up or Down to get it to reappear.
It appears that the menu navigation issue only happens when you use the button combination to boot into recovery. If you use the Quick Boot app or "adb reboot recovery", it seems to work properly. Only use the 3-button method to boot into recovery.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Flash at own risk!!!!
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Click HERE for the latest version.
Stock recovery flashable zip located HERE.
Nice!
Sent from the can using two ply
TWRP is reported to be causing problems for now. Please use CWM or Philz Touch (post 4) for now.
TWRP 2.7.0.1 (unofficial)
Click HERE to download the latest version.
I do not have a T110, so this recovery has not been tested by me. Please report if it works for you.
Same install instructions as above.
After installation, you may experience slow behavior in recovery if you use the button combination to boot into recovery. Using Quick Boot from the play store or any other software method to boot into recovery will solve this problem.
Internal card gets mounted as "/data/media/0".
Please report any issues here in this thread and be sure to include which recovery you are using.
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
If you already have root, you can extract the recovery.img from this zip and flash it without Odin by using Flashify from the Play Store.
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Click HERE to download the latest version.
Unofficial Philz Touch Advanced CWM recovery HERE for testing.
Credits to Phil3759. Original thread located HERE.
Hey hey hey...
Sent from my SPH-L710 using Tapatalk
You are awesome!!!!!
This is so very awesome....thank you!!!!
Sent from my SM-T110 using xda app-developers app
This is amazing, super fast devs rooting the tab 3 lite in no time.
Now it's waiting for a good stock Google rom to speed up this nice tab and losing the awful touchwhizz laggynes.
I have tryed almost all your custom recoverys CWM and none were working. When i try to eneter in recovery i got only blackscreen and the device it is seen by adb
But TWRM is perfect!
Thanks
Getting a notification to update but I haven't rooted yet so I'm not sure if I should.... Had my tab for about a week now....it says some kind of security update anybody else get this
Sent from my SM-T110 using xda app-developers app
mhopewell41 said:
Getting a notification to update but I haven't rooted yet so I'm not sure if I should.... Had my tab for about a week now....it says some kind of security update anybody else get this
Sent from my SM-T110 using xda app-developers app
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Security is something else. Not software update.
It is a new protection from samsung, generaly with knox from 4.2.2 software and newer!
TWRP updated to version 2.7.0.0
Hi, thanks for the share of recovery, i have a problem tho, the device is in a bootloop of recovery, i press reboot to system in twrp and it reboots to twrp, if i power off the tablet and power on it boots to twrp, i've factory reset but stills reboots to twrp, what can i do?
sewa2k said:
Hi, thanks for the share of recovery, i have a problem tho, the device is in a bootloop of recovery, i press reboot to system in twrp and it reboots to twrp, if i power off the tablet and power on it boots to twrp, i've factory reset but stills reboots to twrp, what can i do?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Did you wipe anything while booted into recovery? I sounds like system or boot was wiped. You may need to flash the stock firmware in Odin.
Sent from my SM-T310 using Tapatalk
gr8nole said:
Did you wipe anything while booted into recovery? I sounds like system or boot was wiped. You may need to flash the stock firmware in Odin.
Sent from my SM-T310 using Tapatalk
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Stuck in bootloop in recovery as well after rooting. Using CWM recovery and did not wipe anything at all. Going to try again.
sewa2k said:
Hi, thanks for the share of recovery, i have a problem tho, the device is in a bootloop of recovery, i press reboot to system in twrp and it reboots to twrp, if i power off the tablet and power on it boots to twrp, i've factory reset but stills reboots to twrp, what can i do?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
mhopewell41 said:
Stuck in bootloop in recovery as well after rooting. Using CWM recovery and did not wipe anything at all. Going to try again.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Me to.. and im looking for a solution..
Streykatorato said:
Me to.. and im looking for a solution..
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Try wiping cache.
gr8nole said:
Try wiping cache.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Didnt work.. tried.. any other solution?..
Streykatorato said:
Didnt work.. tried.. any other solution?..
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Tried a full data wipe?
Sent from my SCH-I605
gr8nole said:
Tried a full data wipe?
Sent from my SCH-I605
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Yup.. tried that too..
I saw a lot of confusion about the China Mobile TD-LTE version of the S5 in the owner's thread, also the explained method uses files that are not easily available and that, in my opinion are not up to standards. In general the procedure to obtain ROOT access and install Google Apps is not different than for any other phone and you need to use standard well known resources.
I will assume you are on the latest firmware, not that it should make any difference, but I only tested that one. At the moment the latest available firmware for the SM-G9008V is CHM-G9008VZMU1ANH3.
RECOVERY
1. Install Samsung USB drivers on your PC
2. Download Odin 3.07 on your PC
3. Download an ODIN flashable recovery onto your PC g9008v-cmw-recovery-6.0.4.8-en(0420).tar.md5 - 12.33 MB
4. Open odin, click the PDA button, navigate to the recovery file (tar file) you just downloaded, MAKE SURE only F. Reset Time is selected, do not select Auto reboot, this is very important!
5. Boot into download mode (hold the menu button, power button, and volume down button all together simultaneously until the device reboots)
6. When you see that odin detects your device(a colored indicator will turn on) click start
7. When Odin is done, disconnect the USB cable and pull out the battery, then boot into Recovery (hold the menu button, power button, and volume up button all together simultaneously until the device reboots)
8. Once in CWM recovery select "reboot system now". CWM will eventually ask you if you want to disable recovery reflashing and you'll be good to go (it may not ask, but in that case you are good to go anyway). This happens only at the first boot after recovery flashing.
If you do not carefully follow steps 6-7-8, the stock ROM will reflash the stock recovery and you'll have to repeat the process.
ROOT
1. Download SuperSU flashable zip from Chainfire UPDATE-SuperSU-v2.14.zip - 2.5 MB
2. Copy UPDATE-SuperSU-v2.14.zip on your External SD Card
3. Boot the phone into recovery mode (shutdown the phone, then start it pressing Volume+/up, home button and power for several seconds)
4. Select "install zip" and then "choose zip from /storage/extSdCard", locate UPDATE-SuperSU-v2.14.zip on your phone and proceed with the installation.
5. Reboot the phone and look for SuperSU, open the app and it will alert you of the presence of KNOX and ask if you want to disable it, go for it, it may take some time.
GOOGLE APPS
1. Download the KitKat official signed package from Cyanogen gapps-kk-20140105-signed.zip - 83.1 MB
2. Copy gapps-kk-20140105-signed.zip on your External SD Card
3. Boot the phone into recovery mode (shutdown the phone, then start it pressing Volume+/up, home button and power for several seconds)
4. Select "install zip" and then "choose zip from /storage/extSdCard", locate gapps-kk-20140105-signed.zip on your phone and proceed with the installation.
5. Reboot your phone and you're done.
To remove/hide bloatware I suggest to use Titanium Backup.
CHANGELOG
16/10/2014
- updated SuperSU to 2.14
- added additional steps to avoid automatic stock recovery reflash
I added some steps to avoid stock recovery reflash, forgot that very important step!
Hi bubbl3,
I was wondering if you have tried to install the gapps without a custom recovery.? The reason I am asking is that when I try to flash gapps with stock recovery I get an error message that says: signature verification failed. Tried with and without root.
I don't have exactly your phone but close, Sm-g9008w.
//Jaco
Jaco_dk said:
Hi bubbl3,
I was wondering if you have tried to install the gapps without a custom recovery.? The reason I am asking is that when I try to flash gapps with stock recovery I get an error message that says: signature verification failed. Tried with and without root.
I don't have exactly your phone but close, Sm-g9008w.
//Jaco
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Gave up on trying on stock recovery and installed custom recovery, then everything went smoothly.
//Jaco
Jaco_dk said:
Gave up on trying on stock recovery and installed custom recovery, then everything went smoothly.
//Jaco
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Yes, sorry for the late reply, you cannot flash the gapps in stock recovery.
Which recovery did you flash on your G9008W, the one in this thread?
bubbl3 said:
Yes, sorry for the late reply, you cannot flash the gapps in stock recovery.
Which recovery did you flash on your G9008W, the one in this thread?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
No problem at all, just meant I was forced to test a bit in the blind, as it really hard to find any information regarding the SM-G9008W.
Yeah, I used your recovery as your phone got almost the same firmware version(G9008WZMU1ANH3), so I expected that it would work and it worked like a charm.
How much bloatware did you remove with Titanium? I got a few things apps I am not sure if I can remove without any consequence.
Jaco_dk said:
No problem at all, just meant I was forced to test a bit in the blind, as it really hard to find any information regarding the SM-G9008W.
Yeah, I used your recovery as your phone got almost the same firmware version(G9008WZMU1ANH3), so I expected that it would work and it worked like a charm.
How much bloatware did you remove with Titanium? I got a few things apps I am not sure if I can remove without any consequence.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thanks for the confirmation, there's some people that will appreciate as there is no official english recovery for the 9008W.
I basically removed all the chinese stuff and a couple of samsung apps.
bubbl3 said:
Thanks for the confirmation, there's some people that will appreciate as there is no official english recovery for the 9008W.
I basically removed all the chinese stuff and a couple of samsung apps.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
@Jaco_dk : there is a specific CWM for the SM-G9008W, you may want to flash this one to avoid any hidden incompatibilities: http://www.studenikin.ru/svarom/files/g9008w-cwm-recovery-6.0.5.0-en(0715).tar
bubbl3 said:
@Jaco_dk : there is a specific CWM for the SM-G9008W, you may want to flash this one to avoid any hidden incompatibilities: http://www.studenikin.ru/svarom/files/g9008w-cwm-recovery-6.0.5.0-en(0715).tar
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Hi. Even I have the Chinese version G9008W and was looking how to root it with English language.
The link you gave is of a Russian site. Is the recovery in English? Are the recoveries given in OP in English?
Thanks for your replies.
gverma1 said:
Hi. Even I have the Chinese version G9008W and was looking how to root it with English language.
The link you gave is of a Russian site. Is the recovery in English? Are the recoveries given in OP in English?
Thanks for your replies.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Yes, both recoveries are in English.
bubbl3 said:
I saw a lot of confusion about the China Mobile TD-LTE version of the S5 in the owner's thread, also the explained method uses files that are not easily available and that, in my opinion are not up to standards. In general the procedure to obtain ROOT access and install Google Apps is not different than for any other phone and you need to use standard well known resources.
I will assume you are on the latest firmware, not that it should make any difference, but I only tested that one. At the moment the latest available firmware for the SM-G9008V is CHM-G9008VZMU1ANH3.
RECOVERY
1. Install Samsung USB drivers on your PC
2. Download Odin 3.07 on your PC
3. Download an ODIN flashable recovery onto your PC g9008v-cmw-recovery-6.0.4.8-en(0420).tar.md5 - 12.33 MB
4. Open odin, click the PDA button, navigate to the recovery file (tar file) you just downloaded, MAKE SURE only F. Reset Time is selected, do not select Auto reboot, this is very important!
5. Boot into download mode (hold the menu button, power button, and volume down button all together simultaneously until the device reboots)
6. When you see that odin detects your device(a colored indicator will turn on) click start
7. When Odin is done, disconnect the USB cable and pull out the battery, then boot into Recovery (hold the menu button, power button, and volume up button all together simultaneously until the device reboots)
8. Once in CWM recovery select "reboot system now". CWM will eventually ask you if you want to disable recovery reflashing and you'll be good to go (it may not ask, but in that case you are good to go anyway). This happens only at the first boot after recovery flashing.
If you do not carefully follow steps 6-7-8, the stock ROM will reflash the stock recovery and you'll have to repeat the process.
ROOT
1. Download SuperSU flashable zip from Chainfire UPDATE-SuperSU-v2.14.zip - 2.5 MB
2. Copy UPDATE-SuperSU-v2.14.zip on your External SD Card
3. Boot the phone into recovery mode (shutdown the phone, then start it pressing Volume+/up, home button and power for several seconds)
4. Select "install zip" and then "choose zip from /storage/extSdCard", locate UPDATE-SuperSU-v2.14.zip on your phone and proceed with the installation.
5. Reboot the phone and look for SuperSU, open the app and it will alert you of the presence of KNOX and ask if you want to disable it, go for it, it may take some time.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thanks for your detailed step-by-step instructions. Just wanted to reconfirm in Step 8 when it asks to disable recovery reflashing - do I have to say 'yes' (disable recovery reflashing) or 'no' (don't disable recovery reflashing).
Thanks
gverma1 said:
Thanks for your detailed step-by-step instructions. Just wanted to reconfirm in Step 8 when it asks to disable recovery reflashing - do I have to say 'yes' (disable recovery reflashing) or 'no' (don't disable recovery reflashing).
Thanks
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
You should answer 'yes' (disable recovery reflashing)
bubbl3 said:
Yes, both recoveries are in English.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Great! I had got this phone pre-rooted by the vendor and he has messed up deleting apps and deleted important stuff like keyboard, etc. I will be flashing latest stock Samsung firmware from Sammobile.com and then try your method to root. Hope that goes through fine. Will I have to flash GAPPS as well?
Also, I hope I don't lose my dual SIM functionality by rooting the stock ROM. Will I?
Thanks
gverma1 said:
Great! I had got this phone pre-rooted by the vendor and he has messed up deleting apps and deleted important stuff like keyboard, etc. I will be flashing latest stock Samsung firmware from Sammobile.com and then try your method to root. Hope that goes through fine. Will I have to flash GAPPS as well?
Also, I hope I don't lose my dual SIM functionality by rooting the stock ROM. Will I?
Thanks
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
You will have to flash GAPPS as the original stock ROM doesn't include them, also I don't see how you can loose dual SIM functionality if you flash the stock ROM.
bubbl3 said:
Thanks for the confirmation, there's some people that will appreciate as there is no official english recovery for the 9008W.
I basically removed all the chinese stuff and a couple of samsung apps.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Yes, I had a lot of problems finding any informations about the G9008W, that's also why I decided to write in your thread, hoped others could find it useful.
Nice, I will try to remove as much as possible myself then.
bubbl3 said:
@Jaco_dk : there is a specific CWM for the SM-G9008W, you may want to flash this one to avoid any hidden incompatibilities: http://www.studenikin.ru/svarom/files/g9008w-cwm-recovery-6.0.5.0-en(0715).tar
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thanks for the help, however I don't have any problems what so ever, so I think I will keep using yours for now.
Does it work on SM-G9006W?
bubbl3 said:
I saw a lot of confusion about the China Mobile TD-LTE version of the S5 in the owner's thread, also the explained method uses files that are not easily available and that, in my opinion are not up to standards. In general the procedure to obtain ROOT access and install Google Apps is not different than for any other phone and you need to use standard well known resources.
I will assume you are on the latest firmware, not that it should make any difference, but I only tested that one. At the moment the latest available firmware for the SM-G9008V is CHM-G9008VZMU1ANH3.
RECOVERY
1. Install Samsung USB drivers on your PC
2. Download Odin 3.07 on your PC
3. Download an ODIN flashable recovery onto your PC g9008v-cmw-recovery-6.0.4.8-en(0420).tar.md5 - 12.33 MB
4. Open odin, click the PDA button, navigate to the recovery file (tar file) you just downloaded, MAKE SURE only F. Reset Time is selected, do not select Auto reboot, this is very important!
5. Boot into download mode (hold the menu button, power button, and volume down button all together simultaneously until the device reboots)
6. When you see that odin detects your device(a colored indicator will turn on) click start
7. When Odin is done, disconnect the USB cable and pull out the battery, then boot into Recovery (hold the menu button, power button, and volume up button all together simultaneously until the device reboots)
8. Once in CWM recovery select "reboot system now". CWM will eventually ask you if you want to disable recovery reflashing and you'll be good to go (it may not ask, but in that case you are good to go anyway). This happens only at the first boot after recovery flashing.
If you do not carefully follow steps 6-7-8, the stock ROM will reflash the stock recovery and you'll have to repeat the process.
ROOT
1. Download SuperSU flashable zip from Chainfire UPDATE-SuperSU-v2.14.zip - 2.5 MB
2. Copy UPDATE-SuperSU-v2.14.zip on your External SD Card
3. Boot the phone into recovery mode (shutdown the phone, then start it pressing Volume+/up, home button and power for several seconds)
4. Select "install zip" and then "choose zip from /storage/extSdCard", locate UPDATE-SuperSU-v2.14.zip on your phone and proceed with the installation.
5. Reboot the phone and look for SuperSU, open the app and it will alert you of the presence of KNOX and ask if you want to disable it, go for it, it may take some time.
GOOGLE APPS
1. Download the KitKat official signed package from Cyanogen gapps-kk-20140105-signed.zip - 83.1 MB
2. Copy gapps-kk-20140105-signed.zip on your External SD Card
3. Boot the phone into recovery mode (shutdown the phone, then start it pressing Volume+/up, home button and power for several seconds)
4. Select "install zip" and then "choose zip from /storage/extSdCard", locate gapps-kk-20140105-signed.zip on your phone and proceed with the installation.
5. Reboot your phone and you're done.
To remove/hide bloatware I suggest to use Titanium Backup.
CHANGELOG
16/10/2014
- updated SuperSU to 2.14
- added additional steps to avoid automatic stock recovery reflash
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I have seen these threads for a while and I couldn't find anything related to my SM-G9006W, even on other threads, I didn't see anything about SM-G9006W. I also recently updated it to Lollilop 5, not sure if that make more complicated to install GAPPS. If you know anything about how to root this phone and install GAPPS, please let me know, I would be really appreciated. Thank you
Hi. G9008W has got Lollipop update. I plan to flash it after downloading from sammobile site. Will this method be still valid to root the phone running Lollipop? Will this CWM work? Of course, I'll flash Lollipop CM gapps. Thanks.
Sent from my Nexus 5 using XDA Free mobile app
gverma1 said:
Hi. G9008W has got Lollipop update. I plan to flash it after downloading from sammobile site. Will this method be still valid to root the phone running Lollipop? Will this CWM work? Of course, I'll flash Lollipop CM gapps. Thanks.
Sent from my Nexus 5 using XDA Free mobile app
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Hi gverma1,
Have you tried it yet?
I am downloading the lolipop update right now, and I was wondering exactly the same if the CWM will work with Lolipop, as I need google play.
I will try and see if Chainfire is willing to make a new CFAuto root for Lolipop for SM-G9008W when I am done with downloading the firmware.
//Jaco
Downloading here myself. But on checking CWM versions for other phones including other S5 variants, the version required seems to be 6.0.4.8 whereas we have 6.0.5.0 here. So I don't think there would be any issues.
gverma1 said:
Downloading here myself. But on checking CWM versions for other phones including other S5 variants, the version required seems to be 6.0.4.8 whereas we have 6.0.5.0 here. So I don't think there would be any issues.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Hi gverma1,
I just finished updating to Lolipop, and I installed the 6.0.5.0 and it works just fine.
However it didn't like the PA Gapps Nano, got stuck att starting up apps. So I am going to test some different once now.
Update. The Gapps actually worked after a factory reset.
//Jaco.