[GUIDE][ROOT][CWR/TWRP][DEODEX][OVERCLOCKING] SGH-S730M - Samsung Galaxy Discover
Somebody take the attached file, and repost it. Im done with XDA. Don't bother me please, I have other thing to worry about. I will keep the files online for a month, hopefully someone will take over and upload their own links.
Sorry, but some things in life are way more important than this.
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andronald said:
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THIS THREAD IS INTENDED TO USE ONLY FOR THE SGH-S730m, AND NOT FOR ANY OTHER PHONE. I CANNOT CONFIRM THAT IT WILL WORK ON ANY OTHER SGH-S730 VARIANTS, SO USE THIS THREAD AT YOUR OWN RISK. I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DATA LOSS, OR BRICKING THAT IS A RESULT FROM YOU CHOOSING TO ROOT. HOWEVER, IF YOU SOFT BRICK YOUR PHONE, IT CAN BE FIXED VIA CLOCKWORK RECOVERY (TO BE POSTED SOON)
WARNING ABOUT USING ODIN: IF YOU ARE A NOOB, ONLY CLICK ON THE BUTTONS I TELL YOU TO CLICK, AND NOTHING ELSE. I ACCIDENTALLY SOFT BRICKED MY PHONE BECAUSE I HIT THE WRONG BUTTON WHILE USING ODIN.
AND LASTLY, ROOTING WILL VOID YOUR WARRANTY.
What you will need to do this:
What you will need before you start:
A computer with a internet connection, and running Microsoft Windows XP or higher, with at least one working USB hub.
A Samsung Galaxy Discover - SGH-S730m
Samsung USB Drivers: Here
UnlockRoot Free (you don't need the paid version): Here
The Odin Flashing program and Clockwork Touch Recovery bundle:Here
** Please click on "File" then "Download" inside of Google Drive
Rooting the SGH-S730m
1. Download and install UnlockRoot Free on your PC (here if you like to procrastinate). YOU DO NOT HAVE TO INSTALL BLOATWARE!!! PLEASE READ SETUP INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY!!!
2. Download and Install Samsung USB Drivers (here as well). If it prompts you to reboot for any reason, then reboot your Computer.
3. After all of this is over, you have to prepare yourself for the hardest part of this whole process, and maybe the most complicated dilemma you will ever face in the entirety of your lives.
4. Turn on your phone if it isn't already. Wait for the phone to fully boot.
5. Plug your phone into the computer via USB.
6. Run UnlockRoot on your computer and click the "Root" Button (when it prompts you to install bloatware apps on your device, say no).
DO NOT UNPLUG YOUR PHONE UNTIL UnlockRoot SAYS IT IS OK TO DO SO!!!!
Congratulations, you have should now have a rooted SGH-730m in proximity to your hands!
DIAGNOSTICS:
If by any reason, you feel unsure as to if your phone is actually rooted or not:
Install a root checking app.
These apps will tell you if your phone has root access or not.
Try Root Checker from the Google Play Store.
Install a terminal emulation app.
In these apps, type the command "su" (without quotes). If you get "permission denied" you have not rooted your device. If it prompts you for root privileges (ie a popup appears) then your device is rooted!
Try Terminal Emulator from the Google Play Store.
If you are a n00b (like me occasionally), and you fail to understand why something works, or, the exact opposite: Don't worry! You probably thought the auxiliary headphone jack was the USB port, or, thought you should unplug your phone early, despite me warning you not to do that. That's okay, you can get it fixed.
If you somehow managed to soft brick your phone, or, it boots to a black screen, then you can also continue to the next step.
Installing Clockwork Mod Recovery
This is when things start to get scary. If you are a beginner Odin person, then you must follow these steps very carefully, or you might brick your phone.
1. Download the Odin Flashing Application. All you need to do is extract the folder inside of the zip and place it onto your desktop.
2. Right click on the .exe file inside of the odin folder and select “Run as Administrator”
3. Now that odin is running:
4. CLICK ON THE PDA BUTTON
5. When the file window appears, browse to the desktop directory (your desktop) and select recovery.tar.md5
6. 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.
7. To boot into recovery, just turn of the phone and press the upper volume button.
That should be IT!
A TriangleAway patch (a way to get rid of the yellow triangle that might appear on boot) post will follow eventually!
Please post any mistakes (or broken links) of this OP below. I will try to fix the instructions accordingly. I am not always online, but it may appear that I am. Please post questions, or corrections on this thread.
I will directly attach some files tomorrow, so there wont be any broken links.
Please click thanks if it works!
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UnlockRoot Free installed from your link starts with a "buy now" screen and is asking for serial number. Can you post a link for the free version?
Re: How to Root the Samsung Galaxy Discover + Clockwork Mod Recovery Mode
mike.tfc said:
UnlockRoot Free installed from your link starts with a "buy now" screen and is asking for serial number. Can you post a link for the free version?
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I've updated both links in the OP to the following:
http://downloadcdn.betterinstaller.com/installers/9/9/UnlockRoot_downloader_by_UnlockRoot.exe
Sent from my SGH-S730M
I just bought a unlocked Galaxy Discover, so wanted to say thank you for helping get root on it.
has anyone started working on a new rom for it, or a way to overclock the cpu a bit to help make it perform a little better, 800 MHz is a tad on the slow side but usable, if we can get it bumped up to at least 1 GHz that would be a big improvement.
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doctor_evil said:
I just bought a unlocked Galaxy Discover, so wanted to say thank you for helping get root on it.
has anyone started working on a new rom for it, or a way to overclock the cpu a bit to help make it perform a little better, 800 MHz is a tad on the slow side but usable, if we can get it bumped up to at least 1 GHz that would be a big improvement.
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Is there an unlocking procedure available for Galaxy Discover? TIA.
I wasn't able to install ClockWorkMod, it said "Setup Connection" and didn't go any further. It happened in different version of Odin.
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menaceinc said:
I wasn't able to install ClockWorkMod, it said "Setup Connection" and didn't go any further. It happened in different version of Odin.
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Make sure you boot into download mode.
I've modified the CWM Recovery Install Guide.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I777
thanks it is working.
Thanks! It worked.
andronald said:
Make sure you boot into download mode.
I've modified the CWM Recovery Install Guide.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I777
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How to unlock the phone
mike.tfc said:
UnlockRoot Free installed from your link starts with a "buy now" screen and is asking for serial number. Can you post a link for the free version?
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Is there any procedure how to unlock this phone?
Thanks
mike.tfc said:
Is there an unlocking procedure available for Galaxy Discover? TIA.
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I bought mine unlocked from Amazon, and I've seen them for sale on ebay also.
I have seen sites that claim to be able to unlock the Galaxy Discover S730M so you should be able to get a unlock code for it.
I finally had a chance to try this out, was able to root with no problems thanks OP. MY only remaining annoyance with the stock rom is the lock screen. I'd like to replace the swipe to unlock screen that Samsung used on this with the stock ICS unlock screen. Can you recommend any that would work with CWM if flashed to the s730M?
andronald said:
If you like this thread, or, find it useful in any way: Please press the "thanks" button, or, if you are generous enough to make a donation, please press the "Donate to me" button on the right side of this post.
***** Original thread is here *****
***** Please thank Ivdoan (and donate to him if you can), he is the mastermind behind finding and implementing root for this phone *****
THIS THREAD IS INTENDED TO USE ONLY FOR THE SGH-S730m, AND NOT FOR ANY OTHER PHONE. I CANNOT CONFIRM THAT IT WILL WORK ON ANY OTHER SGH-S730 VARIANTS, SO USE THIS THREAD AT YOUR OWN RISK. I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DATA LOSS, OR BRICKING THAT IS A RESULT FROM YOU CHOOSING TO ROOT. HOWEVER, IF YOU SOFT BRICK YOUR PHONE, IT CAN BE FIXED VIA CLOCKWORK RECOVERY (TO BE POSTED SOON)
WARNING ABOUT USING ODIN: IF YOU ARE A NOOB, ONLY CLICK ON THE BUTTONS I TELL YOU TO CLICK, AND NOTHING ELSE. I ACCIDENTALLY SOFT BRICKED MY PHONE BECAUSE I HIT THE WRONG BUTTON WHILE USING ODIN.
AND LASTLY, ROOTING WILL VOID YOUR WARRANTY.
What you will need to do this
What you will need before you start:
A computer with a internet connection, and running Microsoft Windows XP or higher, with at least one working USB hub.
A Samsung Galaxy Discover - SGH-S730m
Samsung USB Drivers: Here
UnlockRoot Free (you don't need the paid version): Here
The Odin Flashing program and Clockwork Touch Recovery bundle: Here
** Please click on "File" then "Download" inside of Google Drive
Rooting the SGH-S730m
1. Download and install UnlockRoot Free on your PC (here if you like to procrastinate). YOU DO NOT HAVE TO INSTALL BLOATWARE!!! PLEASE READ SETUP INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY!!!
2. Download and Install Samsung USB Drivers (here as well). If it prompts you to reboot for any reason, then reboot your Computer.
3. After all of this is over, you have to prepare yourself for the hardest part of this whole process, and maybe the most complicated dilemma you will ever face in the entirety of your lives.
4. Turn on your phone if it isn't already. Wait for the phone to fully boot.
5. Plug your phone into the computer via USB.
6. Run UnlockRoot on your computer and click the "Root" Button (when it prompts you to install bloatware apps on your device, say no).
DO NOT UNPLUG YOUR PHONE UNTIL UnlockRoot SAYS IT IS OK TO DO SO!!!!
Congratulations, you have should now have a rooted SGH-730m in proximity to your hands!
How to verify your 730M is rooted
If by any reason, you feel unsure as to if your phone is actually rooted or not:
Install a root checking app.
These apps will tell you if your phone has root access or not.
Try Root Checker from the Google Play Store.
Install a terminal emulation app.
In these apps, type the command "su" (without quotes). If you get "permission denied" you have not rooted your device. If it prompts you for root privileges (ie a popup appears) then your device is rooted!
Try Terminal Emulator from the Google Play Store.
If you are a n00b (like me occasionally), and you fail to understand why something works, or, the exact opposite: Don't worry! You probably thought the auxiliary headphone jack was the USB port, or, thought you should unplug your phone early, despite me warning you not to do that. That's okay, you can get it fixed.
If you somehow managed to soft brick your phone, or, it boots to a black screen, then you can also continue to the next step.
Installing Clockwork Mod Recovery
This is when things start to get scary. If you are a beginner Odin person, then you must follow these steps very carefully, or you might brick your phone.
1. Download the Odin Flashing Application. All you need to do is extract the folder inside of the zip and place it onto your desktop.
2. Right click on the .exe file inside of the odin folder and select “Run as Administrator”
3. Now that odin is running:
4. CLICK ON THE PDA BUTTON
5. When the file window appears, browse to the desktop directory (your desktop) and select recovery.tar.md5
6. Now shutdown your phone. Boot into odin download mode by turning the phone (release the power button as the phone vibrates) and holding the lower volume button and home key. Follow the instructions (press the upper volume button) to continue with download mode.
7. Inside of odin, press the "Start" button.
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 clockwork recovery, hold down the upper volume and power key until the first vibration, then just hold the volume key.
That should be IT!
How to recover from a soft brick
YOU MUST HAVE A MICRO SD CARD WITH AT LEAST 500 MB OF FREE STORAGE SPACE TO DO THIS!
To reduce confusion, please remove any backups that you may already have (which would be funny, you wouldnt have to do this anyways).
1. Download the rooted stock CWM Recovery Image (.zip) I made from here, to your device (preferably a computer).
2. Extract ALL of the contents of the zip file to the root directory of your micro SD Card. The folder should be named "clockworkrecovery".
3. Remove the SD card from the remote device, and turn off the SGH-S730m.
4. Remove the back plating from the phone, and insert the micro SD card into the phone.
5. After putting the phone back together, boot into recovery by holding down the upper volume and power key until the first vibration, then just hold the volume key.
6. Using the volume keys as scrolling keys, scroll down using the lower volume until you see "backup and restore". Touch the menu item.
7. Touch the "restore" option.
8. If you extracted the zip file the exact way I told you to: you should see a menu option. If you didn't do what I told you to, you may see "No files found". If it says "cant mound /sd" (or something similar), you probably have a bad SD Card, or, forgot to put it in correctly.
9. Click on the menu item.
WAIT FOR THE PHONE TO BE 100% DONE RESTORING YOUR BACKUP TO THE PHONE! YOU COULD HARD BRICK THE PHONE (BECAUSE CWM RECOVERY WRITES TO THE BOOTLOADER). DO NOT TURN OFF THE PHONE, THE PHONE IS NOT FROZEN IF IT WONT RESPOND FOR A WHILE.
10. If you did this correctly, you should have a rooted, restored SGH-S730m!
A Triangle Away Tutorial will come soon!
Please post any mistakes (or broken links) of this OP below. I will try to fix the instructions accordingly. I am not always online, but it may appear that I am. Please post questions, or corrections on this thread.
Please click :good: if it works
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doctor_evil said:
I finally had a chance to try this out, was able to root with no problems thanks OP. MY only remaining annoyance with the stock rom is the lock screen. I'd like to replace the swipe to unlock screen that Samsung used on this with the stock ICS unlock screen. Can you recommend any that would work with CWM if flashed to the s730M?
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I just use holo locker from the market.
Re: [GUIDE] Samsung Galaxy Discover Root + CWM Recovery + Soft Brick Repair
doctor_evil said:
I finally had a chance to try this out, was able to root with no problems thanks OP. MY only remaining annoyance with the stock rom is the lock screen. I'd like to replace the swipe to unlock screen that Samsung used on this with the stock ICS unlock screen. Can you recommend any that would work with CWM if flashed to the s730M?
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Unless we have custom ROM devs for this device: there is no way to actually remove the samsung lockscreen.
Does anyone know what system apk handles the lockscreen? It probably requires some deox work on some system files.
If you are looking for an app, try Holo Locker from Google Play Store. I use it for both the 730M and I777. It can glitch though, but it works!
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I777
andronald said:
Unless we have custom ROM devs for this device: there is no way to actually remove the samsung lockscreen.
Does anyone know what system apk handles the lockscreen? It probably requires some deox work on some system files.
If you are looking for an app, try Holo Locker from Google Play Store. I use it for both the 730M and I777. It can glitch though, but it works!
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I777
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Ok, I wasn't sure. I had seen where they were able to edit a file in the policy.jar file here to change it back to the stock lock screen on a touchwiz rom.
I wasn't sure if it could be done on this one.
Re: [GUIDE] Samsung Galaxy Discover Root + CWM Recovery + Soft Brick Repair
doctor_evil said:
Ok, I wasn't sure. I had seen where they were able to edit a file in the policy.jar file here to change it back to the stock lock screen on a touchwiz rom.
I wasn't sure if it could be done on this one.
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The ROM has to be Dedeoxed first (according to the OP of the thread you linked).
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Root S730M
Tried yesterday and it worked on the phone from Bell. Thanks!
Thanks for the efforts
Bricked my wifes phone trying to get it to work on Koodo for picture messageing. Luckily I was able to use ODIN to load Clockwork loader and load your backup. It is back to a telus phone but for the first time since we switched to Koodo I was able to send a text from the Galaxy discover.
When I built a new APN for Koodo it showed up at the top and Telus was second. This was previously Telus at the top even though I had the Koodo enabled not the Telus it would not send a picture.
Now the funny thing is my LG optimus won't send a picture and I have changed nothing. Koodo is driving me nuts. and it's a short trip. http://forum.xda-developers.com/images/smilies/laugh.gif
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Normrdt said:
Bricked my wifes phone trying to get it to work on Koodo for picture messageing. Luckily I was able to use ODIN to load Clockwork loader and load your backup. It is back to a telus phone but for the first time since we switched to Koodo I was able to send a text from the Galaxy discover.
When I built a new APN for Koodo it showed up at the top and Telus was second. This was previously Telus at the top even though I had the Koodo enabled not the Telus it would not send a picture.
Now the funny thing is my LG optimus won't send a picture and I have changed nothing. Koodo is driving me nuts. and it's a short trip. http://forum.xda-developers.com/images/smilies/laugh.gif
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LG is working again?????
Latest in the Telus moving to Koodo Saga. Both the LG P500 and the Samsung SGH S730M do not send MMS. I loaded ICS on the LG from Oxygen and can now send MMS from the LG. Carrier shows as Telus. The Samsung recieves just fine but will not send MMS. I tried switching MPS code.dat in EFS to KDO from TLS but it did not work. Does anybody know what settings might be changed to make this phone a KOODO phone or think it's a KOODO phone. Or even a plain google phone. Thanks:fingers-crossed:
Normrdt said:
Latest in the Telus moving to Koodo Saga. Both the LG P500 and the Samsung SGH S730M do not send MMS. I loaded ICS on the LG from Oxygen and can now send MMS from the LG. Carrier shows as Telus. The Samsung recieves just fine but will not send MMS. I tried switching MPS code.dat in EFS to KDO from TLS but it did not work. Does anybody know what settings might be changed to make this phone a KOODO phone or think it's a KOODO phone. Or even a plain google phone. Thanks:fingers-crossed:
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Are you referring to the customer sales code?
It is embedded everywhere in the Android operating system.
Commonly known as the CSC.
I will post as many locations of the csc code as I can find.
As a note, if you install Holo Launcher from Google play, you can add "activities" to your homescreen, giving you access to hidden apps that require dial pad access.
One activity is called "preconfig". DO NOT TRY TO INSTALL OTHER CERTIFICATES: IT WILL RESET YOUR PHONE AND THE CSC WILL REMAIN THE SAME: TLS.
I will try to help. I wish I knew more about this phone's structure.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I777
So I tried following the guide at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2195283.
Got to the step where I try to get TRWP on the phone through Odin, but instead of Pass I get Fail. Re-partition was unchecked.
Kies was running in the background also trying to connect to the phone and I really hope that didn't mess it up. I didn't notice. Right now the phone is just sitting in download mode, I'm not sure what I should do at this point.
I have a T989 running on 4.1.2, everything stock.
dihnekis said:
So I tried following the guide at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2195283.
Got to the step where I try to get TRWP on the phone through Odin, but instead of Pass I get Fail. Re-partition was unchecked.
Kies was running in the background also trying to connect to the phone and I really hope that didn't mess it up. I didn't notice. Right now the phone is just sitting in download mode, I'm not sure what I should do at this point.
I have a T989 running on 4.1.2, everything stock.
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Re-download TWRP and try again.
http://techerrata.com/file/twrp2/hercules/openrecovery-twrp-2.5.0.0-hercules.tar
the spam protection on this forum is absolutely atrocious, i couldnt reply to you with a quote because it thinks I'm a spambot.
Well I held down the power button on the phone and it turned off, then booted properly. This has scared me off from rooting, the guide just doesn't explain what is happening enough in each step and I'm not comfortable just blindly following a guide where something like this has already gone on. I followed the guide perfectly, something went wrong and I don't know why.
If you can suggest a bomb-proof guide that is updated to apply directly to a T989 on 4.1.2 I might try again, but at this point it's just not worth the risk.
Thanks though!
Could be due to kies running. A lot of guides specifically say to not have it running at the same time.
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dihnekis said:
the spam protection on this forum is absolutely atrocious, i couldnt reply to you with a quote because it thinks I'm a spambot.
Well I held down the power button on the phone and it turned off, then booted properly. This has scared me off from rooting, the guide just doesn't explain what is happening enough in each step and I'm not comfortable just blindly following a guide where something like this has already gone on. I followed the guide perfectly, something went wrong and I don't know why.
If you can suggest a bomb-proof guide that is updated to apply directly to a T989 on 4.1.2 I might try again, but at this point it's just not worth the risk.
Thanks though!
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You probably can't quote because you have less than ten posts. That's the only reason I can think of for it to do that.
If you can get into download(Odin) mode (turn phone off, then hold volume up+down+ plug in usb)and flash the file I posted it should work. After that, just boot into TWRP recovery(turn phone off then hold volume up+ power button until you feel vibration then let go of power button) and click on reboot and then system and TWRP will ask if you want to install SU. Slide the slider to the right and you will be rooted.
If you have more questions just ask. It's not as hard as it sounds.
gc84245 said:
Could be due to kies running. A lot of guides specifically say to not have it running at the same time.
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Ok thanks for the help (you too meekrawb). I'll try again with the more recent TWRP and no kies running. If it works I will tell the author of the guide to include a note to not have kies running.
Update: Root was successful following guide. I had to use the open source superuser and the TWRP 2.5 though
dihnekis said:
Update: Root was successful following guide. I had to use the open source superuser and the TWRP 2.5 though
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Glad you got it working. Welcome to XDA.
I have a Galaxy Tab S 10.5. I've done a little research on the web and am thinking of rooting my Tab S using the Odin/CF Autoroot method. My primary reasons for wanting to root are:
1. Samsung keeps reinstalling stuff that I remove. Namely New York Times and something else that I can't remember (blame alcohol).
2. For some strange reason I cannot drag and drop files (my comics and books for example) to my external SD card. I'm still trying to figure out what that 64 GB can possibly be good for if I can't install apps or drop my music/files onto it.
Even with the bit of research that I've done I have some lingering questions that hopefully some kind soul can maybe answer. These are:
1. As towelroot doesn't seem to work on my device, is there any other method for rooting that won't trip knox (Kango seemed a little untrustworthy to me)?
2. After rooting will I be able to get firmware/software upgrades through Samsung or will I need to find these elsewhere?
3. I pretty consistently see that "Samsung drivers" are suggested to have before rooting. I'm a little confused by this reference what does it mean?
4. Samsung pushes it's screen clarity/resolution as something called "adobe rgb". Is this something I'll need to replace or will I lose picture clarity?
Thanks for all the great work you guys do and thanks in advance for any help!
1. As of now no way to root without tripping Knox
2. You will need to unroot to get ota's. Stock recovery is also a must for ota
3. I just installed kies then made sure it's not running while doing rooting process
4. You will not lose picture quality.
The only con I can see to rooting is tripping Knox. That external SD issue is the very thing that made me pull the trigger on rooting. the super Samsung rom has some great added features and fixes the SD card issue if you want to flash a rom I would recommend that one it's great. Good luck
NerdFurgison said:
1. As of now no way to root without tripping Knox
2. You will need to unroot to get ota's. Stock recovery is also a must for ota
3. I just installed kies then made sure it's not running while doing rooting process
4. You will not lose picture quality.
The only con I can see to rooting is tripping Knox. That external SD issue is the very thing that made me pull the trigger on rooting. the super Samsung rom has some great added features and fixes the SD card issue if you want to flash a rom I would recommend that one it's great. Good luck
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Thanks for the fast reply. Just a few more quick questions:
1. I couldn't find what OTA stood for (well I saw about 30 things). Where would I find a stock recovery or will one be created during the rooting process.
2. So before I start this madness I should install KIES and then kill the process before I begin?
Once again I really appreciate the quick response.
I can copy files from the internal memory to SD card with my unrooted device. You don't have to use third party app to copy.
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I can copy files from the internal memory to SD card with my unrooted device. You don't have to use third party app to copy.
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Right but try getting a third party app to write to the SD card like es file explorer or whatever. Only option is my files app
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occam_oc said:
Thanks for the fast reply. Just a few more quick questions:
1. I couldn't find what OTA stood for (well I saw about 30 things). Where would I find a stock recovery or will one be created during the rooting process.
2. So before I start this madness I should install KIES and then kill the process before I begin?
Once again I really appreciate the quick response.
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Ota is over the air update. If you are just planning on rooting and staying on the stock rom you don't need to mess with the recovery but if you plan on flashing roms or kernels or anything you will need a custom recovery.
Okay so I downloaded Odin 3.07, Kies, CF Autoroot, and CWM. I've seen several people mention "drivers" for the Samsung but the only driver I can seem to find is a USB driver which I installed from the Samsung website. To start the process I fire up Odin, click on PDA and select the CF Autoroot file. At this point the device is NOT plugged in. I turn the power completely off, then back on while holding down PWR + VOLUME DOWN + HOME BUTTON. I let go of these button once I see the Samsung Galaxy Tab S (powered by android) logo. It flashes something a little too quick to see with the green Android guy standing up, then I get a screen where he's laying down with an exclamation mark coming from the hatch in his stomach. At the top left of the screen it says:
Android system recovery <3e>
KOT49H. T800XXU1ANFB
Volume up/down to move hightlight;
power button to select.
reboot system now
apply update from ADB
etc...etc...etc...
Bottom left it says:
#MANUAL MODE#
At this point I plug the Galaxy back into the PC but neither the PC nor Odin see it.
At some point I'm supposed to press VOLUME UP but no matter when I seem to press it after holding down PWR +VOLUME DOWN + HOME BUTTON I always get to the above screen. Any ideas?
OK that is recovery you need to be in download mode. When the tab is off hold volume down, home, and power til you see a screen warning you of using a custom os . It will say press volume up to continue or down to cancel. Press volume down thenYou should see a picture of a green android and underneath it, it should say downloading now do not turn off target after hitting that screen open Odin then plug it in you should see a yellow Com port pop up on Odin.
NerdFurgison said:
OK that is recovery you need to be in download mode. You should see a picture of a green android and underneath it, it should say downloading now
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Turns out you have to be smarter than a third grader, which I apparently am not. In portrait mode holding volume to the LEFT is volume down, while RIGHT is volume up. Finished and rooted. Thanks for the great help!
If you want to go further and install a custom recovery the easiest way is to install twrp manager and follow the instructions and it flashes it for you
NerdFurgison said:
If you want to go further and install a custom recovery the easiest way is to install twrp manager and follow the instructions and it flashes it for you
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Mind if i ask you a question while your here.. on my note 3 i didn't use any program to root. I used odin to install twrp and than used twrp to flash supersu than installed the supersu program. .. can rooting be done via this method on the tab s 10.5?
occam_oc said:
Turns out you have to be smarter than a third grader, which I apparently am not. In portrait mode holding volume to the LEFT is volume down, while RIGHT is volume up. Finished and rooted. Thanks for the great help!
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Don't feel bad, I've done it and I'm sure many other have as well
cherylbaker said:
Mind if i ask you a question while your here.. on my note 3 i didn't use any program to root. I used odin to install twrp and than used twrp to flash supersu than installed the supersu program. .. can rooting be done via this method on the tab s 10.5?
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To be honest I'm not real sure, this is the first Samsung I have owned since the captivate, so it's been awhile lol, I have been using lg devices for awhile...n4, g2, g3, and my tab was an hp TouchPad running android til I finally upgraded to this.
Hey guys in the many years I've been into android I've never owned a Samsung and never owned a note. ...so here's my question. ...
I'm used to having to unlock the bootloader to do any custom rom flashing....I've been scouring these note 4 threads (all variants) and can't seem to find anything pertaining to unlocking the bootloader...so I'm wondering if anyone could drop a few lines or a link to help me understand the process of rooting/unlocking bootloader/recovery/flashing for the note 4....my apologies if this has already been covered or if is a dumb question but I'd like to have all the info i can before doing any modding to my phone
spleef said:
Hey guys in the many years I've been into android I've never owned a Samsung and never owned a note. ...so here's my question. ...
I'm used to having to unlock the bootloader to do any custom rom flashing....I've been scouring these note 4 threads (all variants) and can't seem to find anything pertaining to unlocking the bootloader...so I'm wondering if anyone could drop a few lines or a link to help me understand the process of rooting/unlocking bootloader/recovery/flashing for the note 4....my apologies if this has already been covered or if is a dumb question but I'd like to have all the info i can before doing any modding to my phone
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Assuming you have the Sprint variant, and the drivers, for your computer, download the latest version of Odin, the latest TWRP, and Chainfire's SuperSu zip. Place the SuperSu zip on you phone's storage (either internal, or external micro sd). Place the TWRP tar file, in the "PDA" or "AP" slot (depends on version of Odin), uncheck auto reboot. Power phone off, and boot into download mode (hold volume down, and the physical home button, and press the power button. You should get a warning about custom operating systems- press volume up. Connect phone to computer, if everything is set up correctly, you should see a "com" number appear near the upper left of the Odin program. Uncheck "auto reboot", press start- process should go very quickly. Once it completes, hold the volume up, and the home button. Without releasing, the other buttons, press and hold the power button, until the phone reboots. If the phone doesn't reboot, and you're certain TWRP flashed, without errors. Pull the battery. Again hold volume up, and home, and press power. As the phone powers on, you should see the recovery booting text, at which point, you can release the buttons. Flash Chainfire's SuperSu zip, in TWRP, if you want root.
tldr: Odin TWRP, flash SuperSu in TWRP
currentuserjade said:
Sprint Root - http://download.chainfire.eu/585/CF-Root/CF-Auto-Root/CF-Auto-Root-trltespr-trltespr-smn910p.zip
Sprint TWRP Recovery - http://www.techerrata.com/file/twrp2/trltespr/openrecovery-twrp-2.8.1.0-trltespr.img.tar
1. Flash CF-Auto-Root
Reboot
2. Flash TWRP Recovery
Reboot
3. Rejoice!
Both of the above linked files are installed through Odin.
I used Odin included in the CF-Auto-Root zipfile for both flashes. Be sure to only flash through the PDA button in Odin, and nothing else.
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Much thanks. ..so i don't need to worry about bootloader then. ..just basically root and run
spleef said:
Much thanks. ..so i don't need to worry about bootloader then. ..just basically root and run
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That's it
So, I got a galaxy tab s 10.5 today for Christmas. In my excitement to root it I think I may have screwed up, given that this is my first Samsung device (I've rooted and done a bunch with a Nook HD+, but this seems to be a bit of a different beast). Basically, I was following the steps outlined here http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-tab-s/general/cf-auto-root-chainfire-t2881826 and now I think I've got my tablet stuck in download mode and have no idea how to get it out. I'm stuck on a screen that says "no command" and "now send the package you want to apply to the device with 'adb sideload <filename>."
I don't think Odin did anything as when I ran it the tablet and the computer didn't do anything, the log it displayed was short, and it ended with "(succeeded 0/failed 0)." Again, I'm a total noob at this, but I didn't actually do anything to the tab outside of getting it into download mode, correct? I did NOT remove the usb cable from it until it was clear (I'd say 10 minutes or so) that Odin wasn't doing anything to it.
I've tried holding the power button down by itself as well as holding down the combination to get into download mode and I'm not getting any response. Is there any way I can get out of it or will letting the battery completely drain solve the issue?
Hold power, home, both vol up and down buttons for atleast 10 seconds or more. Then it should reboot.
Being a noob ,is just the reason to read in to it,every device is different and root methods also.
So put your exitetement aside however it's too late now,so follow instructions in post 2
Hope you got out brotha. @DUHAsianSKILLZ is always on top of everything haha.
Ripx88 said:
Hope you got out brotha. @DUHAsianSKILLZ is always on top of everything haha.
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Whaaaat? Im everywhere