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[Root]ATT SGS3 Tested working! Reset flash counter! Simple

First off, let me say that I did not develop this stuff and all thanks should go to those that did. Special thanks to noobnl, mskip and TeamEpic for all their work.
So here we go.
General Disclaimer:
Use these tools and this guide at your own risk. Doing these things wrong/improperly/etc. has the ability to completely ruin your device and YOU assume all risk and responsibility if that happens.
Also note that Rooting WILL violate the manufacturers warranty on the device making it ineligible for warranty repair. If you have insurance on the device however they MAY still replace it for the cost of your deductible.
Root Method Starts Here.
1. Download and install the Samsung USB drivers from Samsung's website
2. Turn on Debugging on your Phone
* Open Settings
* Select "Developer options" in the System section
* Check the box for "USB Debugging"
3. Plug you phone up to your computer using the USB cable and allow the drivers to install.
4. Download CMW_SuperUser_v3.07.zip from the bottom of this post
* I recommend making yourself a nice little GS3 folder in your downloads folder for all this stuff so it's easy to find
* DO NOT UNZIP!!
5. Copy CMW_SuperUser_v3.07.zip on to the Root of your GS3s INTERNAL storage (if you put it into a folder, you may have a hard time finding it later, but that's on you).
* DO NOT UNZIP!!
6. Unplug you phone
7. Power off your phone
^^ once u have now odin time......
1. Download Odin3-v3.04 from the bottom of this post
2. Extract Odin3-v3.04 into it's own folder somewhere where you can easily find it.
3. Download fixboot.tar from the bottom of this post to somewhere you can easily find it.
4. Reboot your phone into download mode
* Hold down Volume Down, Home and then power until Warning!! message is displayed
* Press Volume Up to continue.
5. Your phone should now be in download mode and displaying a green Android and say Downloading. If it is not, power off your phone by holding down the power button and then try to get into Download mode again. Do NOT progress until you have done so.
6. Go into the folder you extracted Odin3 into and run Odin3 v3.04.exe
7. Connect your phone to your computer via USB
8. In Odin, the COM box all the way to the left should turn blue and it should say Added!! in the Message area.
** Click on PDA and in the Open window that pops up navigate to and open the Tar With CWM from below file you downloaded earlier
** Verify that Auto Reboot and F. Reset Time are checked
** Click Start. Once the process is completed you device should automatically reboot and there will be a green PASS! box in the upper left of the window. You can then close Odin.
** Power off your device and boot into Recovery mode
* To boot into Recovery mode: Hold down Volume Up, Home and then the Power button until you are in Recovery (it should say CWM-based Recovery at the top of the screen)
**. Install CMW_SuperUser_v3.07.zip that you copied onto your internal memory
* Navigating ClockWorkMod Recovery: Use the Volume Up and Down arrow keys to change the highlighted option and the home key to select an option. The Back softkey works, but will not be lit and will take you back one screen.
Installing a zip:
* Select "Install zip from sdcard" (Yes, I know it's on the internal storage.)
* Select "Choose zip from sdcard"
* Select the zip you want to install; in this case CWM_SuperUser_v3.0.7.zip
* Select "Yes" to begin installing
**. Once the process has completed use the Back arrow to get back to the main recovery screen (remember, it works, but it's not lit) and select "reboot system now." Once your device boots up you should now be 'Rooted,' but there's still a few more things to be done
Reset counter: triangle away from playstore and reset the counter.
15. Install BusyBox. There are actually several ways to do this, but the BusyBox app in the Google Play Market is quick and easy. Install it, grant it SuperUser permissions and it'll walk you through the rest and advise you when to update.
16. Update your Binaries.
* Open the Superuser app
* Get into settings (the wrench icon in the upper right of the screen)
* Select Su binary under the General section towards the bottom of the list
* Select Update
**.Your device is now rooted and all set.
** optional: update cwm using rom manager or use img from clockworkmods website. Flash through adb.
Links:
First make sure you read all of the above:
Triangle away:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1494114
New Odin Tar with Stock Kernel: http://www.mediafire.com/?d1t0av7u1e6d3xx
Odin Tar with CWM: http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1148060&d=1340384923\
CWM Su fix (flash this in CWM after): http://www.mediafire.com/?0e86q6rexr7g8g4
after that
Hit thanks on Everyone mentioned in this post including myself
Special thanks:
noobnl, mskip and TeamEpic For root CWM
FennyFatal for stock Kernel
Me for Tar and Method testing
IRC for testers
TheSoberRussian for letting me pull his boot.img
^^ hit thanks on everyone here or ill eat u.

Now time to wait for ROMS!
This needs to be sticky

TheSoberRussian said:
Now time to wait for ROMS!
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mine will go up as soon as i get the device xD
no more blind deving

Here's Odin again....

Yay. I'll give this a go (via Heimdall in Linux) as soon as I get my phone. In the meantime... I'll let you other guinea pigs below this post test it out.
Ohhh how I love root. Let me count theee ways: ClockWorkMod recovery (and nandroid backups), ROMs, TitaniumBackup, AdAway (/system/etc/hosts), adb over wireless, free wifi tethering, permanent debloating, kernel overclocking, CIFS (windoze) network shares, poking around /data/data in a root adb shell, yadda yadda...

Nice. I got my gs3 today
I'm going to wait a week before I do any rooting. Just to feel the phone out
sent from my GALAXY SIII

Process not working for me! I finished the ODIN flashing OK as usual but when going to recovery I end up in stock 3e recovery and not CWM!
Even tried adb reboot recovery and ended in stock 3e recovery too!
Can you check if you uploaded the correct boot.img?

Sweet ty
Sent from my Xoom using xda premium

Great job, can't want to see more from the dev's. Now to add to my reference thread. b:

From the TMO forum:
qbking77 said:
Here's a how to video for everyone!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Soapch0c5U
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Original thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1726725

mp2ning said:
Process not working for me! I finished the ODIN flashing OK as usual but when going to recovery I end up in stock 3e recovery and not CWM!
Even tried adb reboot recovery and ended in stock 3e recovery too!
Can you check if you uploaded the correct boot.img?
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Same cant get into CWM recovery

ghost77 said:
Same cant get into CWM recovery
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The T-Mobile and Sprint root guides root by installing a new recovery.img and this one installs a boot.img.....
No worries here as phone works correctly although the flash counter changed to custom and indicates the 3 times I flashed with ODIN!

Remember, this time its UP VOLUME home and power

duckfart said:
Remember, this time its UP VOLUME home and power
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I am used to flashing my Samsung phones almost weekly! In fact I also own an International GS3 and I know how to enter recovery; problem is I reach the stock recovery and not CWM recovery!

+1 not working, 3e instead of CWM.

mp2ning said:
Process not working for me! I finished the ODIN flashing OK as usual but when going to recovery I end up in stock 3e recovery and not CWM!
Even tried adb reboot recovery and ended in stock 3e recovery too!
Can you check if you uploaded the correct boot.img?
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Same here, still booting me into 3e recovery.

Got inpatient and did Sprint root method , and now have root

ghost77 said:
Got inpatient and did Sprint root method , and now have root
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I figured all variants of US GS3 could have the same recovery but I am not about to try and soft brick it!

I just went to the spring thread and downloaded the clockworkmod.tar file and followed the instructions in THIS thread but instead of flashing the fixboot.tar i did the clockworkmod.tar from the other thread. Now have working root.

my bad man i thought it would have CWM ill fix now

[Q] Need some help on flashing rom.

O.k my wife got an AT&T Samsung Galaxy S3 when they first came out I bought it for her and it has this rom build on it l747UCALG1 and mine which I just bought about three days ago have this build on it l747UCALH9. Her build I was able to root if need be but my phone I can't and I am already on 2 count of the custom binary and I can't reset it since some how I can't root the phone the developers are seeing all of this stuff that we are doing to the phones and I believe they are trying to stop us. But anyway can some one tell me since I have a copy of her stock Firmware how can I just flash my phone or what have you with her stock firmware which is l747UCALG1 so I can root my phone. Also if you don't mind please leave me a clear step-by-step way to do it and if it works without doing any damage at all to my phone, and if I want to later go back to the stock that is on my phone now I can but I don't think I will unless I have to send or take it in ever for warranty repair or just sale it. If this works right leave me your e-mail or if you have a paypal account give me that address or what have you and I will send you a donation.. (Thanks)
Sincerely,
System Network Admin

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1739426
OR
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1746665

How to Revert to Old Firmware & Root Newest Release -
Hello and welcome to XDA.
I understand your concern to root your device especially with it being on the latest firmware, but I will do my best in order to explain every step to you in the utmost detail. I am currently on I747UCLH9 with a Custom ROM. Meaning I kept the Modem & Bootloader and kicked the Kernel and Firmware. Before I begin, I would like to ask you to thank to all the Developers / Posters who made & put this content together as this would not be possible without them. I will link all of their original posts at the end of this. Be sure to give credit to every one of them and please make sure to give thanks to them. I take absolutely NO CREDIT for any of these links/steps whatsoever. I simply researched and compiled them in order to help you. With that being said, let us begin.
Before anything you must remember this. After you are finished downloading whatever items you need, you MUST (and I cannot stress this enough) FACTORY RESET YOUR DEVICE. Reason being is because a lot of other people have tried this same process of downgrading without wiping and ended up getting startup boot errors. Be sure to NOT sign into your Google account. This is just a warning, follow the steps below to know when you should begin this process.
All files you download should be saved on your desktop. Personally I prefer to make a separate folder for these kind of delicate things. Keeps it organized so you don't forget where you are.
Make sure your phone IS NOT plugged in to your computer as of right now & you have NO external SD card.
Now;
Let's begin.
Before you start be sure you have the Samsung USB drivers installed. Which you can get from Samsung's website or here.
Samsung USB Drivers
Also be sure that you have WinRAR installed as well which you can get right here.
WinRAR
To be on the VERY SAFE side you must download ADB (Android SDK). What you must do is when it asks you for where you would like to install it, you MUST ONLY CLICK "Local Disk C:" . AND THATS IT. The best thing is to keep it here so when you have to execute a command line, it will be very simple. You will have a folder called "android" here. THAT IS YOUR ADB FOLDER. You will understand what I mean shortly. *Note* this is for CWM-T (ClockworkMod Touch).
Android SDK
1. Download the stock rooted LG1 Firmware. I747UCLG1 Stock + Root Only.
2. Right-Click the LG1 Firmware you just downloaded and extract it. It is currently root69.stock_ATT_I747UCALG1.7z ; the extraction process will turn it into the correct .tar file (Flashable file type with Odin)
3. Now that you have the Stock ROM, you need..well ODIN! Here's the link. Odin 3.07.
4. Since it is in .zip format you need to extract this as well. You will end up with 4 files. Right-Click on the Odin3 v3.07.exe and run it as administrator. Now you are at the Odin screen with nothing there -_-".
5. Factory reset your phone. Just let it boot up but DO NOT sign into your Google account, just click through skip everything head straight to your Settings, then Developer Options & make sure USB Debugging is enabled/checked. Back out of your settings completely and you are at the home screen.
6. Now, just hit the power button and turn your device off. After it is completely turned off hold the Volume Down + Home button. While holding these 2. Press and hold the Power button. You should now be holding all three buttons at the same time waiting for a green lettered screen to come on (Download Mode). Use the phone keys to select the option to continue. Your phone will now say Downloading, do not turn off device. (Or along those lines).
7. After selecting the option that sends your phone to the screen with the text "Downloading, Do not turn off device." You should be holding your phone in hand with USB plugged into your computer but your device is not connected. Odin is open on your computer screen with nothing still. From here just plug your phone in and you will see a pop-up in the first box of many under the Odin logo which says "COM: #".(#: Being a select number of your device. This is of no importance, as long as you see this pop up.) Once you see this your phone will be ready to be flashed back. Just click the PDA button and browse to the root69.stock_ATT_I747UCALG1.tar file. (Be sure you click the .tar and not the .zip.)
8. Check to make sure no other boxes should be checked except for Auto-Reboot.
9. Press Start and wait for the process to finish.
10. Everything should go through fine and your phone will start back up and you will be on LG1. You are now on stock firmware BUT rooted. Unplug your phone, Skip past everything once again and make sure USB Debugging is enabled. Keep your phone unplugged & don't forget to close ODIN.
Now before you do anything. You need a Custom Recovery AKA CWM. Well in this case we will be installing the latest touch version.
11. Download the latest ClockworkMod Touch from here. This link is saved in a way specifically from their website. You can either go to www.clockworkmod.com and browse the ROM Manager tab for the 6.0.1.4 Recovery. OR you can just right click the link provided right here and press "Save As..." this file will come up and asked to be saved as recovery-clockwork-touch-6.0.1.4-d2att.img. RENAME IT AS "recovery.img" without the quotes & save it.
ClockworkMod Touch 6.0.1.4
12. Now that you have this file. Plug in your phone to your computer and in the root folder of your phone storage and copy the recovery.img file to it; which is the first folder that pops up when you press open when you plug your phone in. (Remember no SD CARDS!)
13. Now, click the Start button on your taskbar and in the search bar type cmd. Now you will see cmd.exe; press enter and you will see the Command Prompt open. If you saved the Android SDK the way I told you to, you can copy and paste the line below. If you saved it somewhere else you can change the folder simply by browsing to the android folder. Make sure you click on the "platform-tools" folder. NOT the "platform" folder. Also whichever directory it is you must add a "\" at the end so it will find the location correctly.
cd C:\android\platform-tools\
14. Now you are in the directory time to run ADB Shell and flash that recovery! Copy and paste or type the following; I recommend you copy and paste the last line as it gets tricky. After the SU command your phone will be detected.
First you type adb shell
following that su
and finally dd if=/sdcard/recovery.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p18
As you can see in the last command it is named recovery.img there are no special characters or numbers or symbols to mess with the flashing. After you run this command you will an output similar to the following.
14004+0 records in
14004+0 records out
7170048 bytes transferred in 1.430 secs (5014019 bytes/sec)
Finish up this step with the following command
reboot recovery
15. Your device will now restart and head straight into recovery. Congrats you now have LG1 Stock + Root with CWM-T. Unplug the USB and press "Reboot System".
TO UPGRADE BACK TO LH9 WITH ROOT AND CWM-T
Before I begin.
You must remember that this step REQUIRES you download 4 files to go on the root of your phone memory. Your phone should now be on the home screen. Plug it in and open your phone memory. With that being said you need the following files. The Rom, Modem, Bootloader, and Kernel. You will be flashing them in this following order as well.
16. Download the following pieces and save them to the root of your phone's memory. Be sure to remember which file has what name so when you enter the recovery you aren't lost as to which to flash first.
I747UCLH9 ROM Download
I747UCLH9 Modem Download
I747UCLH9 Bootloader Download
I747UCLH9 Kernel Download
17. After everything has finished transferring, remove the phone from the computer and turn your phone. Remember how you got into download mode? Well instead of holding Volume Down + Home, you hold Volume Up + Home. While holding these two press and hold your power button until you see it says Samsung Galaxy S III. If you look at the top left hand of the screen while it's JUST turning on. You will see some blue text flash. When you see that you know your entering the recovery and can release the buttons.
18. You are back at the recovery. You must now do the following. Touch the options as I list them. Follow these steps precisely.
- Wipe Data/Factory Reset
- Yes -- Delete all user data
- Wipe Cache
- Yes - Wipe Cache
- Advanced
- Wipe Dalvik Cache
+++++Go Back+++++
- Install Zip from SD Card
- Choose zip from SD Card
Now choose them in the following order, ROM, Modem, Bootloader, and finally Kernel.
WAIIIITTTTTTTT! After you are finished flashing the Kernel you MUST do the following. Click options as I state them.
- Wipe Cache
- Yes - Wipe Cache
- Advanced
- Wipe Dalvik Cache
- Advanced
- Fix Permissions
+++++Go Back+++++
Reboot System
19. Wait for your phone to reboot and NOW you can sign into your Google account. Go past everything go into your App drawer first and check for Superuser/SuperSU once you see that, go into your settings and check your ROM, Modem, Bootloader, Kernel. Yes. They are bone stock with root. Congrats you achieved maximum upgrade with root.
Now I would like to give my shout-outs; Thanks; and share the following posts that helped me compile this. I couldn't have done it without you guys.
neverends - Samsung Drivers & Odin provided. Steps to flash with Odin as well.http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1722686
mrRobinson - I747UCLG1 Stock root injected file. Location of Odin, and commands to execute ADB shell to flash recovery.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1739426
drothenberger - Provided CWM Flashable version of I747UCLH9. Blessing, really. Stock root with latest FULL update without having to revert back to LG1 stock.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1896773
ALSO
Thanks to you all above; the CWM Team, CM10/AOKP Team, Moderators & Posters alike. None of this would have been possible without you. Keep up the good work. Bless -

jaysoblitzed said:
Hello and welcome to XDA.-
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You made an awesome guide!! Hope he made a generous donation. Thanks!!

werked said:
You made an awesome guide!! Hope he made a generous donation. Thanks!!
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Thank you, I really appreciate that. I don't accept donations I simply did it to help those who wanted/needed it
Sent from my T&K Blessed SGH-I747

I do not see the 4 download links for the ROM, Modem, Bootloader and Kernel. Can you post them.

I will fix the links but if you simply look at the people / threads I have given credit to at the bottom of my guide you will see drothenberger's thread. He has the original links there. Mind you, you MUST scroll down to the part where it says "PIECES:" and download following his links. Don't worry I will re-post them accordingly.
Sent from my T&K LH9 Blessed SGH-I747

Does upgrading from rooted LH9 from a rooted LG1 trip flash counter since we are installing 4 separate files instead of 1 .tar?
thanks!

Solutions found for Samsung Galaxy Discover(SCH-R740C)

Initial instructions can be found here. but i will detail them out further.
Disclamer: these files are meant specifically for the Samsung Galaxy Discover(SCH-R740C). Use on any other device will result in an instant brick of device. Use these files at your peril, you assume any responsibility for loss or damage that may result from use of these files or procedures.
You have been warned.
now to the goodies.....
List of supplies:
1. Phone (SCH-R740C)
2. USB cord that syncs with the PC
3. USB drivers installed for the phone
4. Files from this location. click here
HOW TO UPDATE DEVICE FROM 4.0.4 TO 4.1.2​
easiest method is to use simple upgrade tool from here or here under downloads then software.
the simple upgrade tool will update the device if like mine, the OTA method failed.
ROOTING​
NOTE:this method only works for devices already running 4.1.2. for rooting 4.0.4, use kingoroot which can be found here
before starting, please make sure you have "UPDATE-SuperSU.zip" copied to the root of your external SD card which you can download from here
+++to install CWM:
Follow these steps very carefully, or you might brick your phone.
1. Download Odin package and CWM-recovery-amazing3gcri-eng.tar.md5 from here Extract Odin to a known location and copy the tar.md5 files to the same location
2. Right click on the .exe file inside of the odin folder and select “Run as Administrator”
3. Now that odin is running:
4. Place you galaxy discover in download mode:
4a. With phone off hold vol - and power button
4b. Wait for the phone to present it warning menu release vol - and power
4c. press Vol +
5. CLICK ON THE PDA BUTTON
6. Browse to the appropriate sub directory and select "CWM-recovery-amazing3gcri-eng.tar.md5"
7. Press Start.
DO NOT DISCONNECT, UNPLUG, PLAY WITH ANY BUTTONS, OR CLICK ANYTHING ON EITHER THE PHONE OR COMPUTER UNTIL ODIN HAS FINISHED FLASHING CLOCKWORK RECOVERY ON YOUR PHONE.
8. To boot into recovery, turn off the phone, now press and hold the volume up button, press and hold the power button, wait for phone to boot to recovery, release both buttons. ignore the triangle at the bottom of the screen, that will get fixed later
9. Now highlight "Install ZIP". select "choose from sdcard"
10. Scroll to "UPDATE-SuperSU.zip", and select using power button. another menu will pop up with "- - Yes Install UPDATE-SuperSU-v1.94.zip" use power button to select it.
11. Wait for the magic.....
12. Once it is done, go ahead and pull battery and reboot device.
+++At this point, your device if the steps above have been followed to a T, should be fully functional(rooted) and running 4.1.2.
TO INSTALL NEAR-STOCK DEODEXED 4.1.2​
1. Download "deodexednearstock4.1.2SCH-R740C.zip" from here. and put it onto the root of your external SD card.
2.reboot phone into CWM recovery
3.(recommended but can be skipped if on 4.1.2)once in recovery, use the volume keys to highlight wipe data/factory reset. use the power button to select it.
3a. use volume keys again to highlight " Yes - Wipe all user data". and use the power button to select it. wait until it is done
4.highlight "Install ZIP. select "choose from sdcard"
5. scroll to "deodexednearstock4.1.2SCH-R740C.zip", and select using power button. another menu will pop up with "- - Yes Install deodexednearstock4.1.2SCH-R740C.zip" use power button to select it.
6. wait for the magic.....
7. once it is done, go ahead and pull battery and reboot device. it may take about up to 10 minutes or so to get into the device itself to get it set back up.
+++at this point you should be on stock(except for launcher and browser) deodexed 4.1.2
just a word of warning, you'll have to install a web browser into it. when i first installed NakedRom from it's original form, it did not come with one. And to get Google Voice Search to work, just let it update from the Play Market.
TO REMOVE TRIANGLE ON BOOT​
1. Go into download mode again (volume down + power and then volume up)
2. Plug in the phone.
3 Open Odin and select PDA and open "stock_recovery.tar.md5"
4. Make sure phone recognizes, and hit start.
4a. Again, same as last time, do not touch device until it says complete.
5. When it's done, pull battery and reboot device.
+++At this point the triangle should have gone away but just to make sure.....
6. download and install triangle away from chainfire. here's the link
7. follow these instructions here. it's a youtube video about an S3 but the way you work the application should be really close to what's shown. run the application and let it do it's thing.
now device is completely stock (except the ADW launcher and root)
credits/ kudos; thanks to cowboyenvy for providing the initial tutorial.
chainfire for his wonderful softwares. and the gentleman who ported NakedRom to this device (to which this is all based off of).
just a word of warning, you'll have to install a web browser into it. when i first installed NakedRom from it's original form, it did not come with one. And to get google voice search to work, just let it update from the market.
the rom is fully deodexed so you should see a little bit of a speed improvement.
please feel free to let me know if there's any issues with this release and i will fix them as they are found for now as this device is the one i primarily use as of right now.

REriginal post
will have files in their respective locations in less than 20 minute from this post

schizoidd said:
will have files in their respective locations in less than 20 minute from this post
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ignore this quote. everything's ready

no longer developing on....
I am no longer Deving on this device. I have a HTC Desire 510 now that I have been working on an will release things for it as needed

But I will be keeping links alive until cricket stops CDMA support in July of this year

warnings
just an FYI, maxing out the processor speed not only greatly reduces battery life of the device but also shortens the usable life of the device even after changing the battery
by the end of my device's life, it was only good for making calls, surfing the internet, sending texts, etc. but I couldn't play even the simplest of games (like 2048) without my device freezing

TWRP / Root for note 3 neo. 100% working. all files in one place

Hi friends today I am going to tell you how to root note3neo lollipop stock rom. Plz follow all steps. I have successfully rooted without any problem but I have heard that some are loosing their imei. So make a backup as soon as you are in twrp. Now the process as follows.
Do it at your own risk.
First Download the below file. It contains all the files including the USB drivers.
Link -: https://mega.nz/#!C99gxYDR!wkIse-u4wfCKIn-p3iH-6QSjtZ74p8Zom82-uRjqdcY
Now follow the steps below.
Installation
1.)Turn on usb debugging in developer option.
Tap the Settings option.
Tap the About Phone option.
Keep tapping the Build Number option (seven times) until it says you are a developer.
Tap the new Developer Options menu that appears.
Make sure that the USB Debugging option is checked.
2.)Power off your device, press and hold Volume Down + Home + Power buttons at the same time until you see a Warning with a Yellow Triangle.
3.)Now press Volume Up button. Your phone now is in ODIN MODE (Download Mode).
4.)Open Odin on PC. ( Odin is available in the link zip file )
5.)UNTICK everything
6.)Connect Phone to PC using USB Cable.(You will see added message on Odin)
7.)On Odin click on PDA(till version 3.07) OR click on AP(after version 3.09)
8.)Select the twrp.tar.md5
9.)Press on start.
10.)Remove battery quickly after Odin says pass before it boots up.
11.)Insert battery again. Press Power + Volume Up + Home button, and hold till you see the Samsung logo.
12. Next it will boot into twrp. Now first I suggest you to make a backup.
13. Now flash the SuperSU.zip file which I have provided in the zip.
Done. Your mobile is now rooted.
. Please Thank me If Helped
Now this is for the people who want xposed.
Download the file below and extract it.
https://mega.nz/#!uw8hRJQL!lnFobDr36EzNZhH15ibnIejnn9TsIIkYGDMPCOilfnA
You will find 2 file. One of apk and other is of zip.
Install the apk file. Next reboot to recovery and flash the 2nd file which is of zip.
Reboot will take some time.
Done

thanx bro

Samsung Galaxy Tab S 10.5 (can't get out of retail demo mode)

I purchased a used Samsung Galaxy Tab S 10.5 on ebay. Originally it had Android 4.4.2
When I turned it on the device is in retail demo mode.
I have tried the following
1) passwords found on this forum such as (5444, M729Q16K8546, blue, unlimited, easy, galaxy)
2) none of these worked
3) Can not deselect "samsung retail mode" in settings/security/administrators
I tried updating to android 6.0.1 by doing the following but the retail mode is still there
It will not enter into download mode so I did the following
1) Enabled developer options on tablet
2) Used command "adb reboot download"
3) Installed Android 6.0.1 stock rom (T800XXU1CPH7_T800XAR1CPH4_XAR.zip) from sammobile.com
4) Tablet installed and updated Android
5) Retail mode is still there and I still can not get rid of it
Any suggestions are greatly appreciated
Thanks

Never had a retail demo device so my answer may be limited.
Did you tried/are able to install TWRP ?
If you can get TWRP you can try to make a complete factory wipe (Advanced Wipe > check all the boxes > wipe)
Then reboot to download mode (Reboot > Download)
Install the stock rom again
Here is the link: https://forum.xda-developers.com/ga...p-2-8-6-1-unofficial-sm-t800-805-807-t3074633
Flash it via odin

I have tried to do TWRP but can not get it to work. I did not use the apk I was using ODIN on my pc. I was using a TWRP file twrp_3.0.0-0_T800. Not sure if that was the issue or not.
Here are the steps I used:
1) put phone into download mode by using adb on pc (adb reboot download)
2) In ODIN
a) turn off autop reboot
b) select AP file twrp_3.0.0-0_T800
c) wait for success in ODIN
3) tablet never rebooted so I used these keys (press at same time until reboot power+vol down+vol up+home)
4) Tablet rebooted into normal running mode

If you don't enter in recovery right away you flash it the system will revert the changes back. so if the system start to boot normally you need to flash via odin again.
I recommend you to flash the version i linked, as it is more compatible with MM bootloader, also turning off auto reboot is a very important thing.
You need to press all the buttons together power+vol down+vol up+home, (press power last) . when the screen light up release the volume up button (the next to power button) and keep holding the rest.
also...
You can try one trick that i use sometimes, it will give you more time to make the key combination, connect the device to the charger and press and hold power+vol up until the screen turn off, it may show a battery icon, so you disconnect the charger and wait the icon go away. the device should be turned off now. so you basically press and hold vol down+home+power (press power last)
If you done the combination correctly and the screen became black, don't worry, it is a bug, just wait some time (1 min i think) and press home key, it should show the recovery.
It can be a pain in the a** sometimes... but trust me, it generally works.

Ok, so far so good. It took a while but I got into TWRP. But I can't seem to select the image file.
I have it on an external MicroSD in the root. File is called T800XXU1CPH7_T800XAR1CPH4_XAR.zip
I can browse files on the list on the left. But I can't seem to find the file
Did I miss a step?

Somehow after going through menus, it recognized the file
But when I tried to install it, I got these errors
Zip Signature verification failed!
Error installing zip file /sdcard/download/T800XXU1CPH7_T800ZXAR1CPH4_XAR.zip
Could not find 'META-INF/com/google/android/update-binary' in zip file
Error installing zip file /sdcard/download/T800XXU1CPH7_T800ZXAR1CPH4_XAR.zip

you got me wrong, in the TWRP what you need to do is make a complete wipe (Wipe > Advanced Wipe > check all the boxes > wipe)
then you need to enter in download mode. (Reboot > Download)
and flash the rom via odin!
extract the zip on your pc, it should be a .Tar file, select AP mode on odin, select the .tar and flash it in there.

I apologize for the confusion. Those steps worked!!
I think part of the problem is that I did not extract the firmware file. I kept trying to flash the TAR file.
I did a wipe in TWRP
Then rebooted into download mode
Flashed extracted firmware file in ODIN in AP Box
Then the tablet rebooted and was in setup mode like a brand new tablet!! Who hoo.
Works great
Thanks for all the help