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[GT-N80xx/SHW-M480x] CF-Auto-Root

Check your device model ! Settings -> About device -> Model number. See the third post for exact support model numbers. If your device is a totally different model, it will not work (may even brick) !
CF-Root is the root for "rooting beginners" and those who want to keep as close to stock as possible. CF-Root is meant to be used in combination with stock Samsung firmwares, and be the quickest and easiest way for your first root.
Donate
CF-Root has been available for many devices and has clocked over 8 million downloads. This is not even counting custom ROMs that already include it. Don't be a leech, buy me a beer (and use the "Thanks" button!). Imagine if every CF-Root user has donated me $1...
What's installed
- SuperSU binary and APK
- Stock recovery
Installation and usage
Flash the CF-Auto-Root package as PDA in ODIN (details on how to do that are in next post), and your device should reboot into a modified recovery (signified by a large red Android logo) and it will install SuperSU for you and restore the stock recovery, and reboot back into Android.
If you don't get to the red Android logo, boot into recovery manually ("adb reboot recovery", or boot while holding Power+VolUp+Home).
Using this root increases your flash counter. You should run Triangle Away (see below) after rooting to reset the counter. Note that if you want to run custom kernels or custom recoveries, your flash counter will be set to 1 at every boot. Either configure Triangle Away to reset the counter at every boot (Play version only) or only reset the counter when you need to go into warranty.
Did you see the red Android logo during rooting, but SuperSU does not appear? This may sometimes occur due to left-over files and settings, however, you can usually install SuperSU from Google Play at this stage and it'll just work.
Not included - Triangle Away
Triangle Away can be used to reset the flash counter after installing CF-Root. The flash counter keeps track of how many custom firmwares you have flashed, as this voids warranty. (No idea what this about ? Read up on it, you will want to use this !)
Not included - adbd Insecure
As this CF-Root does not include a custom kernel, adb shell does not have root access by default (you can still get it by typing su inside the shell), nor is adb remount supported, nor will adb push and adb pull work on system files. adbd Insecure can be used to remedy this situation. (No idea what this is about ? Don't worry about it !)
CF-Auto-Root homepage
http://autoroot.chainfire.eu/
CF-Auto-Root main thread
[CENTRAL] CF-Auto-Root
For requests for new roots and generic discussion - please keep device specific discussion in the thread you are viewing now.

ODIN Installation (detailed)
- Follow these instructions to the letter. Do not touch any buttons or checkboxes that are not listed below to touch!
- Unzip the attached Odin3-vX.X.zip file
- Download and unzip the CF-Auto-Root-....zip file (see posts below this one)
- If you end up with a recovery.img and cache.img file, you've extracted twice. You need to end up with a .tar.md5 file - don't extract that one
- (USB) Disconnect your phone from your computer
- Start Odin3-vX.X.exe
- Click the PDA button, and select CF-Auto-Root-....tar.md5
- Put your phone in download mode (turn off phone, then hold VolDown+Power to boot - if it asks you to press a button to continue, press the listed button, or run adb reboot download command)
- (USB) Connect the phone to your computer
- Make sure Repartition is NOT checked
- Click the Start button
- Wait for Android to boot
- Done (if it took you more than 30 seconds, you need practise!)
- NOTE: Sometimes the device does *not* boot into recovery mode and root your device. Just do the entire procedure again if this happens. If it still will not install root and such, make sure that in Odin "Auto Reboot" is not checked. Then after flashing, hold VolUp+Power (for several seconds) to boot into recovery manually. This will start the install process.
New to Samsung? Unfamiliar with Odin? Think all the above is a hassle? Get used to it. It's very simple, and us Samsung folk use Odin (or Mobile ODIN ) for everything! It's so very very convenient once you get used to it. Notice the 30 second comment above? For experienced users, the entire process indeed takes only 30 seconds!
You may now optionally want to install and run Triangle Away to reset the flash counter.

Download
2013.05.20 --- CF-Auto-Root
SuperSU: v1.30
Download:
GT-N8000: CF-Auto-Root-p4noterf-p4noterfxx-gtn8000.zip
GT-N8010: CF-Auto-Root-p4notewifiww-p4notewifixx-gtn8010.zip
GT-N8013: CF-Auto-Root-p4notewifi-p4notewifiue-gtn8013.zip
GT-N8020: CF-Auto-Root-p4notelte-p4noteltexx-gtn8020.zip
SHW-M480K: CF-Auto-Root-p4noterfktt-p4noterfktt-shwm480k.zip
SHW-M480S: CF-Auto-Root-p4noterfskt-p4noterfskt-shwm480s.zip
SHW-M480W: CF-Auto-Root-p4notewifiany-p4notewifiany-shwm480w.zip
--- History ---
2013.05.20: SuperSU v1.30
2013.02.20: SuperSU v1.05
2012.12.02: SuperSU v0.98
2012.10.26: SuperSU v0.96

Hi and thank you for all this. Since we still have the stock recovery, I suppose we would be able to receive OTA updates?
Will root remain after updating the OS?

StefGou said:
Hi and thank you for all this. Since we still have the stock recovery, I suppose we would be able to receive OTA updates?
Will root remain after updating the OS?
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OTA depends on a lot of factors, but it certainly wont be the recovery being the problem
If root remains depends on several factors as well. If you have SuperSU Pro and have enabled Survival Mode under settings, usually it'll stay.

Chainfire is here!!! I certainly hope this is the beginning of some dev action on this tab. Good work!
Sent from my GT-N8000 using Tapatalk 2

Great to see you in this section Chain... I immediately hit the donate button and a couple of €uros are heading your way. (hey folks... please show some appreciation and do the same!)
Question: Not that I desperately need it but is it no longer possible to install those "*.zip file mods" like I used to do with my old Note1 using CF-Root? (if not, what do I need to do if I want to do it?)
Brgds... /Tubgirl

CF-Root is no longer support custom recoveries like CWM, you can flash those separately if you wish.
Personally I don't use them at all anymore. I flash .zip mods with Mobile ODIN.

Chainfire said:
CF-Root is no longer support custom recoveries like CWM, you can flash those separately if you wish.
Personally I don't use them at all anymore. I flash .zip mods with Mobile ODIN.
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Thanks... so you're telling me that those 'zip mods' can be installed with mobile Odin (or PC Odin for that matter)? I had no idea, hehe. I thought CWM had to be used for that.
Since I seem to have your attention... is there any other way to make the equivalent of a "CWM backup" using Mobile Odin or any other tool?
Brgds... /Tubgirl
Sent from my GT-N7100 via Tapatalk 2

Tubgirl said:
Thanks... so you're telling me that those 'zip mods' can be installed with mobile Odin (or PC Odin for that matter)? I had no idea, hehe. I thought CWM had to be used for that.
Since I seem to have your attention... is there any other way to make the equivalent of a "CWM backup" using Mobile Odin or any other tool?
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Only Mobile ODIN Pro can install these zip mods, not Lite, nor PC ODIN.
As for backup/restore, I personally just use Titanium Backup for what's important, but such a feature may be coming to Mobile ODIN in the future.

I'm already heading over to the Play Store to buy Mobile Odin Pro!
Thanks... /Tubgirl
Sent from my GT-N7100 via Tapatalk 2

Chainfire said:
As for backup/restore, I personally just use Titanium Backup for what's important, but such a feature may be coming to Mobile ODIN in the future.
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Hes talking about a nandroid.
If you add that, ill buy mobile Odin.
The work you do is phenomenal Chainfire btw. You must be a very experienced programmer, or very intelligent (or both).
Must also be going rich from all the donations and paid apps. Even i bought one of your apps (TriangleAway) and i never buy apps lol
Anyways, Keep doing what you're doing
Sent from my GT-N8013 using xda app-developers app

Is flashing CWM Recovery possible?
Sorry i havent checked previous pages yet.

Finally. I see u here.
Thanks, chainfire!
Sent from N7105, at the corner of this rounded earth.

Thank you to support korean devices
Sent from my GT-I9100 using xda premium

Mr. Chainfire Touch his magic hand here. Thanks

thankx was worried, i lost the root access after the ota update
i used chainfire auto root and its done thanks

HI and 1000 Thanks to Chainfire... for My N8010 CF-AUTO-ROOT is OK ,reset Flash counter with Triangle Away ,and Mobile Odin pro is installed.On question: with Mobile Odin Pro is the solution for install Chrack´s ICS 4.0.4 XXALI3 DBT Rom v1 is with Update ZIP ???

JB XXBLJ9
CF-Auto-Root works on OTA JB XXBLJ9 @ N8000

thedid63 said:
HI and 1000 Thanks to Chainfire... for My N8010 CF-AUTO-ROOT is OK ,reset Flash counter with Triangle Away ,and Mobile Odin pro is installed.On question: with Mobile Odin Pro is the solution for install Chrack´s ICS 4.0.4 XXALI3 DBT Rom v1 is with Update ZIP ???
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Yes.

[SGH-T999] CF-Auto-Root

Check your device model ! Settings -> About device -> Model number. See the third post for exact supported model numbers. If your device is a totally different model, it will not work (may even brick) !
CF-Root is the root for "rooting beginners" and those who want to keep as close to stock as possible. CF-Root is meant to be used in combination with stock Samsung firmwares, and be the quickest and easiest way for your first root.
Donate
CF-Root has been available for many devices and has clocked over 8 million downloads. This is not even counting custom ROMs that already include it. Don't be a leech, buy me a beer (and use the "Thanks" button!). Imagine if every CF-Root user has donated me $1...
What's installed
- SuperSU binary and APK
- Stock recovery
Installation and usage
Flash the CF-Auto-Root package as PDA in ODIN (details on how to do that are in next post), and your device should reboot into a modified recovery (signified by a large red Android logo) and it will install SuperSU for you and restore the stock recovery, and reboot back into Android.
If you don't get to the red Android logo, boot into recovery manually ("adb reboot recovery", or boot while holding Power+VolUp+Home).
Using this root increases your flash counter. You should run Triangle Away (see below) after rooting to reset the counter. Note that if you want to run custom kernels or custom recoveries, your flash counter will be set to 1 at every boot. Either configure Triangle Away to reset the counter at every boot (Play version only) or only reset the counter when you need to go into warranty.
Did you see the red Android logo during rooting, but SuperSU does not appear? This may sometimes occur due to left-over files and settings, however, you can usually install SuperSU from Google Play at this stage and it'll just work.
Not included - Triangle Away
Triangle Away can be used to reset the flash counter after installing CF-Root. The flash counter keeps track of how many custom firmwares you have flashed, as this voids warranty. (No idea what this about ? Read up on it, you will want to use this !)
Not included - adbd Insecure
As this CF-Root does not include a custom kernel, adb shell does not have root access by default (you can still get it by typing su inside the shell), nor is adb remount supported, nor will adb push and adb pull work on system files. adbd Insecure can be used to remedy this situation. (No idea what this is about ? Don't worry about it !)
CF-Auto-Root homepage
http://autoroot.chainfire.eu/
CF-Auto-Root main thread
[CENTRAL] CF-Auto-Root
For requests for new roots and generic discussion - please keep device specific discussion in the thread you are viewing now.
No CWM and such ?
I have personally moved away from permanent custom recoveries, and I am no longer supporting them. On newer devices they cause flash counter and OTA flashing issues. If you really want one, others do provide versions of CWM and TWRP for most devices. Personally I just use Mobile ODIN to install ZIPs and Titanium Backup for my backup/restore needs. I do always want root though, and as such I'm still supporting CF-Auto-Root as quick way to root.

ODIN Installation (detailed)
- Follow these instructions to the letter. Do not touch any buttons or checkboxes that are not listed below to touch!
- Unzip the attached Odin3-vX.X.zip file
- Download and unzip the CF-Auto-Root-....zip file (see posts below this one)
- If you end up with a recovery.img and cache.img file, you've extracted twice. You need to end up with a .tar.md5 file - don't extract that one
- (USB) Disconnect your phone from your computer
- Start Odin3-vX.X.exe
- Click the PDA button, and select CF-Auto-Root-....tar.md5
- Put your phone in download mode (turn off phone, then hold VolDown+Home+Power to boot - if it asks you to press a button to continue, press the listed button, or run adb reboot download command)
- (USB) Connect the phone to your computer
- Make sure Repartition is NOT checked
- Click the Start button
- Wait for Android to boot
- Done (if it took you more than 30 seconds, you need practise!)
- NOTE: Sometimes the device does *not* boot into recovery mode and root your device. Just do the entire procedure again if this happens. If it still will not install root and such, make sure that in Odin "Auto Reboot" is not checked. Then after flashing, pull the battery, and boot with VolUp+Home+Power button to boot into recovery manually. This will start the install process.
New to Samsung? Unfamiliar with Odin? Think all the above is a hassle? Get used to it. It's very simple, and us Samsung folk use Odin (or Mobile ODIN ) for everything! It's so very very convenient once you get used to it. Notice the 30 second comment above? For experienced users, the entire process indeed takes only 30 seconds!
You may now optionally want to install and run Triangle Away to reset the flash counter.

Download
2013.05.20 --- CF-Auto-Root
SuperSU: v1.30
Download:
SGH-T999: CF-Auto-Root-d2tmo-d2tmo-sght999.zip
--- History ---
2013.05.20: SuperSU v1.30
2013.02.20: SuperSU v1.05
2012.12.02: SuperSU v0.98
2012.10.30: SuperSU v0.96

Wow this should make it very easy to root for some. I appreciate the idea of straying away from custom recoveries and just using Odin. That is the safest bet. With all the problems with partitions being messed up etc. It's a great idea. I'm a crackflasher so I appreciate my backups.... and being untethered.
Sent from my SGH-T999 using xda premium

This is Awesome!
Thanks for bringing this over for us!
You can never have too many CF-apps!!! :good:
BTW, Mobile Odin is easily the most useful app I have!
Thank you for all of your work!

wow this is gonna help a ton of new peeps to the world of rooting, thanx op.

I have updated all the CF-Auto-Root downloads. The scripts have been slightly improved, the roboto font is now used, and SuperSU has been updated to v0.98 !
There is no need to flash the updated version if you are currently successfully rooted (you'll have gotten the latest SuperSU from Google Play updates already).

Chainfire said:
I have updated all the CF-Auto-Root downloads. The scripts have been slightly improved, the roboto font is now used, and SuperSU has been updated to v0.98 !
There is no need to flash the updated version if you are currently successfully rooted (you'll have gotten the latest SuperSU from Google Play updates already).
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Thanks for your support to our device.
Sent from my SGH-T999 using xda premium

Thanks!
This worked perfectly, thank you so much. Since this was a free app and I bought the SuperSU Pro version to say thanks

Root in under a minute, why is this not pinned?? I was having some issues with WiFi calling so I ODIN'd back to ICS and it resolved them. Did the OTA update to JB from Tmo's servers but was missing root horribly. Can't believe how easy it was.

Thank You Chainfire
scrim said:
This worked perfectly, thank you so much. Since this was a free app and I bought the SuperSU Pro version to say thanks
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Ditto on the Thank You,
I got the older version of Root and bought the Odin Pro for a thank you to Chainfire!
As we all KNOW, Chainfire Rocks! Props to him man, Major Props!
Aloha from Hawaii

Just used on the Stock Canadian JB update and as everything else chainfire does worked perfectly. Absolutely amazing work, I have tried to buy the pro version of all your software is that better then directly donating?
You rock, saved me a massive headache rooting 3 guys at work phones!

Chainfire Always comes through with the best gear. Everytime I need something from Chainfire, I always buy it. My way of saying thanks.
R2142

Rooted my S3 in about 27 seconds from start to finish. Wow, pretty simple.
Now what I'm understanding is you guys are suggesting NOT to install a CWM or TWRP recovery? and just flash the roms from Odin?
---------- Post added at 10:51 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:07 PM ----------
Sorry quick question: I know you don't support custom recovery modes like CMW and TWRP, and I notice CF AUTO ROOT flashes stock recovery... so as a noob, am I to understand that correctly, if I were to install TWRP (for example) and decide its not for me or simply want to go back to stock recovery, I could simple re-run CF AUTO ROOT? and it would re-write the stock recovery mode?

Should Auto Reboot be checked in Odin? Its checked by default and it is not mentioned to uncheck it unless one runs into problems.
Sent from my SGH-T999 using xda premium

Chainfire said:
- Follow these instructions to the letter. Do not touch any buttons or checkboxes that are not listed below to touch!
- Unzip the attached Odin3-vX.X.zip file
- Download and unzip the CF-Auto-Root-....zip file (see posts below this one)
- If you end up with a recovery.img and cache.img file, you've extracted twice. You need to end up with a .tar.md5 file - don't extract that one
- (USB) Disconnect your phone from your computer
- Start Odin3-vX.X.exe
- Click the PDA button, and select CF-Auto-Root-....tar.md5
- Put your phone in download mode (turn off phone, then hold VolDown+Home+Power to boot - if it asks you to press a button to continue, press the listed button, or run adb reboot download command)
- (USB) Connect the phone to your computer
- Make sure Repartition is NOT checked
- Click the Start button
- Wait for Android to boot
- Done (if it took you more than 30 seconds, you need practise!)
- NOTE: Sometimes the device does *not* boot into recovery mode and root your device. Just do the entire procedure again if this happens. If it still will not install root and such, make sure that in Odin "Auto Reboot" is not checked. Then after flashing, pull the battery, and boot with VolUp+Home+Power button to boot into recovery manually. This will start the install process.
New to Samsung? Unfamiliar with Odin? Think all the above is a hassle? Get used to it. It's very simple, and us Samsung folk use Odin (or Mobile ODIN ) for everything! It's so very very convenient once you get used to it. Notice the 30 second comment above? For experienced users, the entire process indeed takes only 30 seconds!
You may now optionally want to install and run Triangle Away to reset the flash counter.
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Thank you Chainfire
Sent from my SGH-T999 using xda premium

LoopDoGG79 said:
Should Auto Reboot be checked in Odin? Its checked by default and it is not mentioned to uncheck it unless one runs into problems.
Sent from my SGH-T999 using xda premium
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Did you end up leaving it or unchecking it?

ticojpunk said:
Did you end up leaving it or unchecking it?
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I left it. Strange though, I used the provided odin and those options were greyed out, and auto reboot was checked. It was really straight forward. It was so well made, I was compelled to help out chainfire and bought triangle away.
Sent from my SGH-T999 using xda premium

Just used this method to root a brand new T999. Fresh out of the box I did the OTA update to Jellybean, checked it out for a few hours as-is, then just rooted it now. I have Titanium Backup installed and I'm already freezing bloatware. Thanks so much for this method! Worked fantastic. Chainfire rules, but you all know that already.

Does this work on the latest 4.1.1 jb os?
Sent from my Nexus 4 using xda app-developers app

Galaxy GIO to root

I have just bought a S5660, and it cannot get rooted , I have used a few update.zip and used oneclick without success
here are the details:
baseband version: S5660XXKT6
android version : 2.3.6
kernel version [email protected]#1
build number: GINGERBREAD.XXKTI
can someone help me?

http://www.mediafire.com/?coocq359vv15w5p
Try this. Also , are you sure it`s not rooted ? Verify if superuser is installed or get a file manager like Root Browser Lite and try to access root files.

I am sure it is not rooted. Il will compare tonight the file you provide with the ones I got.

If you want to root your gio just install a rom
Sent from my GT-S5660 using Tapatalk 2

fsosson said:
I have just bought a S5660, and it cannot get rooted , I have used a few update.zip and used oneclick without success
here are the details:
baseband version: S5660XXKT6
android version : 2.3.6
kernel version [email protected]#1
build number: GINGERBREAD.XXKTI
can someone help me?
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Seek, and you shall find; http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1111414 and http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1623393 and
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1397120
And if it still wont root, then post here again with maybe a little bit more info about what's wrong --> e.g. what recovery have you installed, what error message do you get, etc...
- H

hhaznadar85 said:
Seek, and you shall find; http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1111414 and http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1623393 and
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1397120
And if it still wont root, then post here again with maybe a little bit more info about what's wrong --> e.g. what recovery have you installed, what error message do you get, etc...
- H
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Hi,
I have used latest update.zip files to root my GIO. Maybe the way I do is wrong.
I have installed ROM Manager, I have rebooted my GIO in system recovery mode. But in the bottom of the screen and before applying update.zip there is a message:
--- Appling Multi-CSC --
Can't access to '/system/csc/MST/system'.
I can apply update.zip without any error message but it does not root the phone.

fsosson said:
Hi,
I have used latest update.zip files to root my GIO. Maybe the way I do is wrong.
I have installed ROM Manager, I have rebooted my GIO in system recovery mode. But in the bottom of the screen and before applying update.zip there is a message:
--- Appling Multi-CSC --
Can't access to '/system/csc/MST/system'.
I can apply update.zip without any error message but it does not root the phone.
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Dude!! DON'T USE ROM Manager it will hard brick or phone. Just use the original way to root ur device.
Sent from my GT-S5660 using xda app-developers app

batman38102 said:
Dude!! DON'T USE ROM Manager it will hard brick or phone. Just use the original way to root ur device.
Sent from my GT-S5660 using xda app-developers app
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OK. Could you please explain how to?

http://db.tt/XZRwKuZS
Flash this via cwm.
It worked for me on gingerbread so it must work for you too.
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jkoetsier said:
http://db.tt/XZRwKuZS
Flash this via cwm.
It worked for me on gingerbread so it must work for you too.
Sent from my GT-S5660 using xda premium
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I have rebooted in recovery mode, launched CWM then applied the Update.zip you linked but the phone is not rooted

Weird
I think only option is installing custom rom which is pre rooted
Sent from my GT-S5660 using xda premium

dont unzip the file to root the phone...... just put it as it is on a sd card and follow the instructions you were given.
The First Step In Modification of you Gio is Rooting , everything starts from Rooting. Many Applications Require Root access for working.
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How to Root Samsung Galaxy gio
Download root gb updated.zip file. and copy to SD card (not in any folder)
1. Shutdown/Power Off your Gio.
2. Put your phone in recovery Mode(press: Home button + Power button toghether)
3. In recovery mode, select Update from SD-card(Use Volume keys to navigate and home button for enter).
4. Search for the root gb updated.zip file on your SD-card
5. Run the update
6. Reboot
Phone will be turned on , An App SuperUser will be added , its mean you successfully done rooting , now you must be thinking you have done rooting and nothing really changed, let me tell you my friends its the first step real thing begins after this , read the whole thread and you'll find much more things than you imagined.
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Also there is this video that might help
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvdNt6-JCQc

s!mon said:
dont unzip the file to root the phone...... just put it as it is on a sd card and follow the instructions you were given.
The First Step In Modification of you Gio is Rooting , everything starts from Rooting. Many Applications Require Root access for working.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
How to Root Samsung Galaxy gio
Download root gb updated.zip file. and copy to SD card (not in any folder)
1. Shutdown/Power Off your Gio.
2. Put your phone in recovery Mode(press: Home button + Power button toghether)
3. In recovery mode, select Update from SD-card(Use Volume keys to navigate and home button for enter).
4. Search for the root gb updated.zip file on your SD-card
5. Run the update
6. Reboot
Phone will be turned on , An App SuperUser will be added , its mean you successfully done rooting , now you must be thinking you have done rooting and nothing really changed, let me tell you my friends its the first step real thing begins after this , read the whole thread and you'll find much more things than you imagined.
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Also there is this video that might help
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvdNt6-JCQc
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Yes, SuperUser app is present but for ex. ROM Manager tells the phone is not rooted, in terminal app I cannot su

Philadel isjsocop
fsosson said:
I have rebooted in recovery mode, launched CWM then applied the Update.zip you linked but the phone is not rooted
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I have found what is going wrong, /system is full so binaries cannot be copied ...

If you see superuser then your phone is rooted. You can install this app as a rooted phone can only have it. It is Titanium backup. And uninstall Rom Manager, its useless for this phone and can cause you trouble.

I guess superuser is not totally installed, /system is full and su command is not present in xbin

fsosson said:
I guess superuser is not totally installed, /system is full and su command is not present in xbin
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do you see superuser icon on your phone?

Yes I do, but there is no su command available and (just for ex.) ROM Manager says the phone is not rooted
How can I be sure the phone is rooted ?

fsosson said:
Yes I do, but there is no su command available and (just for ex.) ROM Manager says the phone is not rooted
How can I be sure the phone is rooted ?
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There is an app called Root checker on the market, otherwise you can install apps like Titanium backup, coz if it is rooted then it will install this app.

I have installed Titanium backup and it says it cannot aquire root privileges ...
As I said /system is full so I guess there is not free space to copy binaries
Does anyone know how to clean up?

I'm stuck. I can't get root back after update to 4.3 - Tried everything

Right guys, usually I'm quite good a figuring these things out myself but this one has me stuck. I've tried loads of suggestions and I'm sure I'm doing something wrong somewhere.
Basically I've just flashed SlimBean, the Android 4.3 version. When I opened SU it says that there is no SU binary installed and that it can't install them. I researched that error message and I have tried the following.
Re-Root using Odin and CF Autroot. The process worked but I still don't have root access. (I checked that I have root enabled in the developer options)
I read that I need to flash SU v1.51 but I now don't have a custom recovery so can't flash the ZIP. I tried using ROM manager which won't work because I don't have Root access.
I decided that I need to flash a custom recovery so I downloaded one from TeamWin (the TAR/MD5 version for Odin) and tried to flash it with Odin. Unfortunately Odin detects my phone, starts file analysis, then crashes. I decided to try flashing it using Goo Manager. This said that it had worked but when I rebooted I still get the stock Android recovery
I tried to flash a CWM recovery using Odin but again it crashes. I was using Odin v3.07 but I downloaded v3.09 and it still doesn't work.
So I HAVE done some searching and tried to resolve myself but I'm stuck now. I could be missing something simple. Any ideas people?

Settings > Developer Options > Root Access then select Apps and ADB. If you can't see developer options go to about phone and tap 6x version number.
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Yes mate. That's what I meant in my original post when I said that I'd enabled root.
Thanks for trying to help though, I appreciate it.
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chasabi said:
Yes mate. That's what I meant in my original post when I said that I'd enabled root.
Thanks for trying to help though, I appreciate it.
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Have you tried framaroot? Not sure if it supports Note 2 but it doesn't require custom recovery afaik

xcly said:
Have you tried framaroot? Not sure if it supports Note 2 but it doesn't require custom recovery afaik
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Never heard of that to be honest. I'll have a bit of a search and see if it will work for the Note 2.
Thanks.

xcly said:
Have you tried framaroot? Not sure if it supports Note 2 but it doesn't require custom recovery afaik
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Problem solved. I didn't directly use Framaroot but when searching for it I stumbled across Philz Touch Recovery which actually did flash with Odin (strange why CWM or TWRP wouldn't work with Odin) so you did help indirectly
From there I flashed DrKetan_MultiTool-AromaVxx.zip and got my Root back.
Thanks

chasabi said:
Problem solved. I didn't directly use Framaroot but when searching for it I stumbled across Philz Touch Recovery which actually did flash with Odin (strange why CWM or TWRP wouldn't work with Odin) so you did help indirectly
From there I flashed DrKetan_MultiTool-AromaVxx.zip and got my Root back.
Thanks
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I use Philz too but didn't tell you as I though there was a whole problem with custom recoveries in general :$
Glad you sorted it out though

chasabi said:
Problem solved. I didn't directly use Framaroot but when searching for it I stumbled across Philz Touch Recovery which actually did flash with Odin (strange why CWM or TWRP wouldn't work with Odin) so you did help indirectly
From there I flashed DrKetan_MultiTool-AromaVxx.zip and got my Root back.
Thanks
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Can you tell me how you did it? I'm fairly new and don't want to brick my phone....again.
I keep having the same trouble with root access as you described and want to give Philz a try.
Thank you bunches!
Irene

One thing I have noticed myself, that unless you are Running Probam which has Super SU as it's native Root, then you will encounter this problem. Installing SuperSu on many 4.3 Roms will break root, from what I have read and tested. Use the built in superuser instead. But it is good to know that Philz works.
So until SuperSu is updated, don't use it.
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PrimoWorks said:
Can you tell me how you did it? I'm fairly new and don't want to brick my phone....again.
I keep having the same trouble with root access as you described and want to give Philz a try.
Thank you bunches!
Irene
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Download Philz touch Recovery and the SuperSu and Busybox flash file. Place the SuperSu/Busybox flash file onto your phone internal or external memory card. Then open up Odin and select Philz file in the PDA section. Put your phone into download mode by holding Power, Volume Down, Home, you will see the menu asking you to go into download mode. Choose yes. Connect your phone and a yellow or blue box will show up in Odin to let you know it's connected.
Leave the boxes with tickmarks and what not. Then click Start and it will flash. It should reboot your phone.
When rebooted turn off phone. Then Hold Power, Volume up and Home button to boot into Philz recovery choose install zip file and navigate to the SuperSu/Busybox file and choose it to flash. Flash file. Optional but always a good idea, wipe cache/dalvik cache after then reboot phone.
Full instructions and files needed can be found here 2nd post:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2032849

[Q] Lost root and Recovery with TWRP after Update

Okay be gentle...
After the last update to JSSR15R I lost root and SU, doing the rebbot into recovery (vol down + power button) TWRP launches but when I select to go to recovery via the vol buttons and select it with the power button, all I get is the exclamation point android.
While I'm not a total idiot (debatable of course), is there a way to re-establish root and su without wiping off 15gigs of music and playlists and starting from scratch? Rooting the Nexus 7 (flo) the first time (at least for me) was a fight I eventually won, but for me it was a fight. tia Tutor

Same thing happened to me. I installed TWRP via goomanager. Then, I flashed SU update. Now I'm back rooted and going strong.

Like previous poster mentioned, just reinstall twrp and su.
Your bootloader should already be unlocked. Unlocking the bootloader is the only step that causes you to lose data.
Reinstalling twrp and su will not cause you to lose data, unless you had locked after installing them last time, and now need to unlock again to reinstall.

I reinstalled TWRP via the playstore but while it shows my directory file structure it won't install my copy of Update SuperSU 1.5.1.zip also I went to install goomanager but the descrription says you have to have root prior to installing.
As a sidenote while in TWRP if I go into rebooting the device none of the actions work except when I hit the "Bootloader" option the a error box pops up stating the option isn't available on your device. Tutor

Only way I know of to install TWRP is go to the TWRP web site and download it from there to your PC. You will find flash instructions on the web site.
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Download Goo manager from Playstore. Choose Flash Roms, It will tell you that you need a custom recovery to do this and ask if you have one or would like Goo to find one. Choose find one for me and it will download and install TWRP 2.6.3.0. After said process is complete flash SU update. Profit..

Same happened to me, but I reflashed TWRP and root access... Just curious how come that never happened with Clockwork Mod recovery being lost after applying an update to the system on the old N7.

If you don't want to lose root or recovery, it is very simple.
Boot to twrp
Install OTA update.zip
Install SuperSU 1.55 update.zip (Prior to reboot, use 1.55 as 1.65 has issues)
You will maintain root and keep twrp if you do it in this exact order.

sfhub said:
If you don't want to lose root or recovery, it is very simple.
Boot to twrp
Install OTA update.zip
Install SuperSU update.zip (Prior to reboot)
You will maintain root and keep twrp if you do it in this exact order.
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Can TWRP generally find the latest OTA update.zip on it's own?

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Can TWRP generally find the latest OTA update.zip on it's own?
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Nope, download the ota manually and place on your virtual sdcard, then boot to twrp and select the file for install

installing through goomanager didn't work for me. It would say it installed but wouldn't really install. I did it using the fastboot method instead and that seemed to work fine.

Well nothing I seemed to do would allow me to re-root the Nexus 7 after the 15R update, I finally went as re-rooted from scratch using the sticky post at the beginning of this subdivision forum for the Nexus. Back up and running in root and su... thx to all those that attempted to help me thru this

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Well nothing I seemed to do would allow me to re-root the Nexus 7 after the 15R update, I finally went as re-rooted from scratch using the sticky post at the beginning of this subdivision forum for the Nexus. Back up and running in root and su... thx to all those that attempted to help me thru this
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I used Wugfresh tool. Everything worked until I flashed the updated SU 1.65. I could never get root. I read earlier that others were using SU 1.5, so I manually went back into TWRP and flashed SU 1.5 and bam, had root! Then SU upgraded itself via the play store to the newer version. Go figure!

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I used Wugfresh tool. Everything worked until I flashed the updated SU 1.65. I could never get root. I read earlier that others were using SU 1.5, so I manually went back into TWRP and flashed SU 1.5 and bam, had root! Then SU upgraded itself via the play store to the newer version. Go figure!
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The update.zip for SU 1.65 is broken. A "placeholder" install script was included that does nothing.
IMO SuperSU 1.55 is the best version to use right now. The install script works, it doesn't mess with a bunch of file permissions for your *other* files in /system to support the new ota survival mode, and it has the fix for the problem that used to break the OTA installs.