How to Root Samsung Galaxy S6 & S6 Edge - Video Guide - T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge

NO WARRANTY: Use at your own risk, I'm not responsible for bricking your device.
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Source: http://autoroot.chainfire.eu/

Thanks for the post, this worked brilliantly! Device rooted, more bloatware disabled.

can any one confirm if it works on the SM-G925I model?
thanks:good:

Just rooted this beauty. Thanks for the instructions!

good job thanks a lot!
good job thanks a lot!:good::good::good:

Just as a reminder, this will trip Knox. Later Samsung pay possibly might not work.

just got my edge and rooted it, thanks for the video. T mobile keeps wanting me to update software (I assume installing this update will break root) Is the update any good? Should I take it and then re-root?
Also how do I get rid of the update reminder? Something I can freeze with Titanium backup? Thanks! Size of updte is 178.67 mb

Google Play Movies streaming is broken after root. Be sure to root using ODIN 3.10.6 and SM-G920T for the edge model to avoid being stuck on the boot screen.

I was just informed by some users on Reddit that CF Auto root prevents the device from going into deep sleep. Is that true? My phone has never been in deep sleep since I've gotten it and I rooted it almost immeditely after I got it.

idksomuch said:
I was just informed by some users on Reddit that CF Auto root prevents the device from going into deep sleep. Is that true? My phone has never been in deep sleep since I've gotten it and I rooted it almost immeditely after I got it.
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I'm scared of rooting my device because of this...... Since we are not using the correct file for our phone but the one for the regular...... Somebody that has their phone rooted can you download cpu spy and reset timers and see if you are going into deep sleep after rooting ?????

This and the possibility that Samsung Pay doesn't work is causing me to hold-off as well. As soon as someone with root can confirm that these 2 (potential) issues don't exist.... Thanks for the work on this thus far!
gdmlaz said:
I'm scared of rooting my device because of this...... Since we are not using the correct file for our phone but the one for the regular...... Somebody that has their phone rooted can you download cpu spy and reset timers and see if you are going into deep sleep after rooting ?????
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ill wait for a proper root

Heard from numerous people that have rooted their tmobile edge this way and none of their phones are going into deep sleep I will definitely wait till this is fixed specially with the non removable battery

gdmlaz said:
Heard from numerous people that have rooted their tmobile edge this way and none of their phones are going into deep sleep I will definitely wait till this is fixed specially with the non removable battery
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That's not correct if the root is done after a clean flash.

dc/dc said:
That's not correct if the root is done after a clean flash.
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What do you mean by clean flash? I rooted my phone after setting up my phone out of the box, then realizing I want to root so I wiped my phone and used cf auto root and now it doesn't go into deep sleep.

dc/dc said:
That's not correct if the root is done after a clean flash.
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Just did root after clean flash...... and blah no deep sleep right after wow this sucks

And you flashed the G920T AutoRoot file?
gdmlaz said:
Just did root after clean flash...... and blah no deep sleep right after wow this sucks
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So, I was able to get Odin installed on my Mac using crossover, it loads fine and I am able to Load the tar file in AP, however I cannot get Odin to see my phone. Anyone have experience with this in Mac?

We found the fix
TO FIX DEEP SLEEP SIMPLY ODIN FLASH STOCK RECOVERY AND DEEP SLEEP WILL BE FIXED AFTER YOU ROOT
925t STOCK RECOVERY
https://mega.co.nz/#!0pJ1lKia!FwUsxK-QimMEPWnrhQFo-4g8rHNRKrgLNKAobDF0ExE
TIME TO ROOT GUYS

Does it matter whether we flash it before or after rooting?
gdmlaz said:
We found the fix
TO FIX DEEP SLEEP SIMPLY ODIN FLASH STOCK RECOVERY AND DEEP SLEEP WILL BE FIXED AFTER YOU ROOT
925t STOCK RECOVERY
https://mega.co.nz/#!0pJ1lKia!FwUsxK-QimMEPWnrhQFo-4g8rHNRKrgLNKAobDF0ExE
TIME TO ROOT GUYS
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Related

Whats the new "Android System Update"?

I just got an android 48.6MB software push on my phone today, anyone know what it is? for that matter where are the software pushes stored?
Perhaps the new EK02 update? It has been push for the past days system wide.
Use the search button, it is your friend...
Either way, its an update to get rid of the LOS issues people were having among other bug fixes. and as far as i know, it is stored in /cache
Didnt see it in /cache unless its hidden, thank you for reply it was EK02
Does anyone know how this would trouble rooting?
I know that I had been rooted, I applied the update (since I knew it was coming and what it was for), error message popped up and phone locked. As a result I used CWM and restored an old backup and sure enough everything is fine. Unrooted, factory reset, applied update. I am good.
Now how do I root? Can I root? What root method? I have been using the ZedoMax 4.1 root with Odin but I am not sure that this is the best root out there. Would any of these revert the update?
Thanks!
Booo 2.3.6/EK02 didnt fix shutter, focus sound now, I still wake the baby up if I take a photo. Is there a Non-Root kill for this that works 100% because I notice if you use the barcode scanner app it doesnt make a shutter noise.
hello all,
Can I do apply this update..?
I ask you because, my phone are only unlocked...I use my phone on Mexico
NOTE: The phone not ROOTED..!!
I waiting your response....
GeoJam3s said:
Does anyone know how this would trouble rooting?
Now how do I root? Can I root? What root method? I have been using the ZedoMax 4.1 root with Odin but I am not sure that this is the best root out there. Would any of these revert the update?
Thanks![/QUOTE}
I'm curious. After you restored an old backup and unrooted/reset, did the update get pushed to your phone again? Here's the easiest way to root
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1342728
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DataHawg said:
GeoJam3s said:
Does anyone know how this would trouble rooting?
Now how do I root? Can I root? What root method? I have been using the ZedoMax 4.1 root with Odin but I am not sure that this is the best root out there. Would any of these revert the update?
Thanks![/QUOTE}
I'm curious. After you restored an old backup and unrooted/reset, did the update get pushed to your phone again? Here's the easiest way to root
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1342728
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Yes. The update pushed to my phone. I didn't know if any of the previous settings would cause my phone to brick, but apparently it worked fine... no problems... flawless root.
Sent from my SPH-D710 using xda premium
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4NDR01D5 said:
Booo 2.3.6/EK02 didnt fix shutter, focus sound now, I still wake the baby up if I take a photo. Is there a Non-Root kill for this that works 100% because I notice if you use the barcode scanner app it doesnt make a shutter noise.
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theres some app for no shutter sound, it acutally might be called that no shutter cant remember..
If not, just flash a rom that has camera sounds removed?
So, I'm on Blazer ROM and I'm getting the update push. Will it brick me if I update? I seriously don't need that at the moment so its in my best interest to figure that out first before I go ahead.
Did anyone else try to update theirs? I have EK02 and Starburst 1.9.8. I just want to make sure this won't brick my phone or do any damage. I'm away from home for another three weeks and I wanna make sure this update won't make mine a useless piece of crap.
Annoying that root ed people are getting the update push as well...
Does that mean it's tied to your acct?
Should probably expect more of these in the future...I wouldn't install it on a root ed phone...
...
Has anyone on a rooted Epic 4G Touch ran this update? And if so, did it unroot or brick anybody? I'm getting tired of getting the update notification pop-up.. I'm either going to follow the guide to removing it, or run the update, depending on any official word that it won't screw up my customized phone... I certainly don't want to have to redo everything.
Thanks in advance!
I tried to run the update it restarted my phone and it give me a explanation mark with green android icon. wtf does that mean??? I restarted the phone now the update message doesn't even pop up assuming it updated it???
Android version : 2.3.4
Kernel: 2.6.35.7 zedomax
hardware version: d710.10
buildnumber: midnight rom 2.0
I blindly installed the OTA yesterday.
I had Rooted stock version of 2.3.4.
Now I have Rooted 2.3.6.
Looked up information all yesterday and all I could see was LOS fix and system RAM was increased by decreasing the OS requirements (somehow). Some people said this
made their phone perform faster.
Right away I noticed I had to reset all my bluetooth connected devices.
No other problems were noticed. I am still rooted, woohoo.
Just tried installing this on the latest Blazer Rom (not the beta one) and got a error after restarting. It then booted into Team Rogue recovery and I rebooted the phone and now it dosen't ask me for a update. My baseband version is eg30 and kernel is ek02. Don't think I am doing something wrong, if I am can someone tell me
chaosbelow247 said:
Just tried installing this on the latest Blazer Rom (not the beta one) and got a error after restarting. It then booted into Team Rogue recovery and I rebooted the phone and now it dosen't ask me for a update. My baseband version is eg30 and kernel is ek02. Don't think I am doing something wrong, if I am can someone tell me
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same thing happened to me on my epic 4g touch. No update message yet.
deziking said:
same thing happened to me on my epic 4g touch. No update message yet.
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Well I think it's a good thing it didn't ask me because I didn't want the update considering I like my ROM. The update only fixes LoS issues and other problems. You can actually find the updated kernel on these forums and flash it to your phone if you have problems with signal otherwise the update really doesn't do much.
You can also flash to Blazer Rom EL13 beta rom and it will improve your data speeds but users have reported slower WiFi speeds. It also gets rid of the update message since its the latest update. ლ(ಠ益ಠლ)
TL;DR: The update is useless unless you have LoS issues.
chaosbelow247 said:
Well I think it's a good thing it didn't ask me because I didn't want the update considering I like my ROM. The update only fixes LoS issues and other problems. You can actually find the updated kernel on these forums and flash it to your phone if you have problems with signal otherwise the update really doesn't do much.
You can also flash to Blazer Rom EL13 beta rom and it will improve your data speeds but users have reported slower WiFi speeds. It also gets rid of the update message since its the latest update. ლ(ಠ益ಠლ)
TL;DR: The update is useless unless you have LoS issues.
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Sweet thanks for the info I'm going to update the kernel when I get home, I have been having Los issues.
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[Q] I think my S4 got bricked

Hi all,
from a big smile to sad face... that is how it's been for the past 24 hours
I rooted the phone then went to back up the stock rom after that wiped data, cache, dalvik then went on trying to instal Omega 4.0 and suddenly i got this message my external sd is unreadable. rebooted the phone and noticed that it takes me directly to the downloader screen. i tried to fix the phone by bringing it back to it's stock condition but no luck. I used Odin and so far it's the only thing the phone responds to but no luck with fixing it... I am trying to download the official stock fw hint this link
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2267895
but it stops and never finishes the whole amount of data... this seems the only way for me revive my phone back to life!
any suggestions what should I do now? it stopped showing the downloader screen now since I flashed the kernel drive for the S4 through Odin and now shows the black screen with the "Samsung Galaxy S4" writing.
by the way it keeps telling me that my phone isn't rooted but I did root it! am using twrp recovery.
I just got the phone from t-mobile 2 days ago and am debating on returning the phone back to them as the phone is still bootable to the recovery and that might revoke my warranty "i guess?"
Is it possible just to walk in to t-mobile store and swap the phone with another one since it didn't pass the 2 weeks returning window? I also got the phone insurance for it.
Please help, I sure need my phone back in working condition...
Omega 4 is for the octa core so thats why your phone bricked. If you can grt into download mode odin the stock files. If you can get into recovery try flashing a rom made for the phone. Dont freak out just read read read and youll be fine.
cwalker0906 said:
Omega 4 is for the octa core so thats why your phone bricked. If you can grt into download mode odin the stock files. If you can get into recovery try flashing a rom made for the phone. Dont freak out just read read read and youll be fine.
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ayeeee ppl trying to reach me over the phone and they can't because of this stupid brick! well stupid me because I didn't know that Omega is for Octa core phone version... Yeah I can get it to download mode and recovery mode but is it possible just flash the stock file from the recovery instead of odin? I am waiting for that stock fw download to finish hint it's on hotfile and going in turtle speed!
your bricked, im pretty sure flashing stock wont help you (hasnt from my past experience) but doesnt hurt to give it a try.
i dont think will just give you another one, even though its in the two week window, because its your fault and not the result of hardware failure. the age old "oh i updated and not it wont turn on" probably wont wort because there are little to none reports of that happening. plus (and this is me assuming, correct me if im wrong) but when in download mode it probably shows custom status, which auto voids any warranty. but once again, doesnt hurt to try.
Unfortunately, from my past experience, your SOL
If the phone turns on and has download and recovery you are not bricked....only soft brick and the odin file should work. Just be patient and wait for it to finish
TheAtheistOtaku said:
your bricked, im pretty sure flashing stock wont help you (hasnt from my past experience) but doesnt hurt to give it a try.
i dont think will just give you another one, even though its in the two week window, because its your fault and not the result of hardware failure. the age old "oh i updated and not it wont turn on" probably wont wort because there are little to none reports of that happening. plus (and this is me assuming, correct me if im wrong) but when in download mode it probably shows custom status, which auto voids any warranty. but once again, doesnt hurt to try.
Unfortunately, from my past experience, your SOL
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yeah i have that feeling but again nothing hurts trying... i hope something will work out
thanks for the cheer up though :good: lol
You can get to download mode so don't worry a bit.just flash stock with odin(is odin available for s4?)
Sent from my LT30p using xda premium
cwalker0906 said:
If the phone turns on and has download and recovery you are not bricked....only soft brick and the odin file should work. Just be patient and wait for it to finish
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fingers crossed!
josephnero said:
You can get to download mode so don't worry a bit.just flash stock with odin(is odin available for s4?)
Sent from my LT30p using xda premium
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I used odin for the flashing in the beginning i think i have odin v307
I am waiting right now for the download to finish, been waiting for the past 2 hours even though it's slow transfer but steady 250kbps, i failed doing that with the fast link and tried it over 15 times! no luck
theatheistotaku said:
your bricked, im pretty sure flashing stock wont help you (hasnt from my past experience) but doesnt hurt to give it a try.
I dont think will just give you another one, even though its in the two week window, because its your fault and not the result of hardware failure. The age old "oh i updated and not it wont turn on" probably wont wort because there are little to none reports of that happening. Plus (and this is me assuming, correct me if im wrong) but when in download mode it probably shows custom status, which auto voids any warranty. But once again, doesnt hurt to try.
Unfortunately, from my past experience, your sol
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yes unbricked!!!
Should I proceed with the rooting again and recover the rom then instal CM rom?
Glad you got your phone back....knew you would like I said only a soft brick....if you do continue and please read always so you know what you are doing before you do it afterall these phones are expensive
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Should I proceed with the rooting again and recover the rom then instal CM rom?
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Yeah go ahead and root again just be careful with the rom you flash make sure its for m919. I stayed with stock because no rom has the options that came with the phone such as motions and gestures and the camera.
Sent from my SGH-M919 using xda premium
cwalker0906 said:
Glad you got your phone back....knew you would like I said only a soft brick....if you do continue and please read always so you know what you are doing before you do it afterall these phones are expensive
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Thanks! indeed they are expensive
atlprettygirl2145 said:
Yeah go ahead and root again just be careful with the rom you flash make sure its for m919. I stayed with stock because no rom has the options that came with the phone such as motions and gestures and the camera.
Sent from my SGH-M919 using xda premium
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I just did the motochopper method and as I am reading now about the possibility of loosing your root access by future OTAs so am planning to flash that file that keeps your root safe even from future updates "SetUID Restriction" I will prolly keep my basic rom and wait for something better in future.
Thanks
atlprettygirl2145 said:
Yeah go ahead and root again just be careful with the rom you flash make sure its for m919. I stayed with stock because no rom has the options that came with the phone such as motions and gestures and the camera.
Sent from my SGH-M919 using xda premium
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Ummm all TW ROMS on the development forum have the exact same features that come with the phone except they're tweaked....
whytechapel_x said:
Ummm all TW ROMS on the development forum have the exact same features that come with the phone except they're tweaked....
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would you suggest me instal the CM? I am debating over here and for sure I will make a good use with the space that can free if I do... hint I have a 64gb msd installed on the phone
the motochopper root didn't go through by the way so I used odin and patched twrp plus did the SetUID restriction thing.
thnx
redshark80 said:
would you suggest me instal the CM? I am debating over here and for sure I will make a good use with the space that can free if I do... hint I have a 64gb msd installed on the phone
the motochopper root didn't go through by the way so I used odin and patched twrp plus did the SetUID restriction thing.
thnx
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Well if you want to flash CyanogenMod, make sure its for the m919. I'm kinda lost though, did you still want all the features that Touchwiz has like air gesture, motions etc? Or you don't care for those?
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Well if you want to flash CyanogenMod, make sure its for the m919. I'm kinda lost though, did you still want all the features that Touchwiz has like air gesture, motions etc? Or you don't care for those?
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am not really decided about that, does it really matter? all i care about is the blazing speed, low battery consumption and for sure the freedom of moving all the apps to the extSD ... I think all these new features are gimmick and it may take another generation for it to get the best of it. I picked S4 over the HTC one just because the 1080p feature and the funny thing is that I missed on there is no HDMI port on this phone! lol no biggie
tell me more about the touchwiz kernel, is it worth it? I don't see many CRs out there at the moment
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am not really decided about that, does it really matter? all i care about is the blazing speed, low battery consumption and for sure the freedom of moving all the apps to the extSD ... I think all these new features are gimmick and it may take another generation for it to get the best of it. I picked S4 over the HTC one just because the 1080p feature and the funny thing is that I missed on there is no HDMI port on this phone! lol no biggie
tell me more about the touchwiz kernel, is it worth it? I don't see many CRs out there at the moment
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Well right now I don't think CM is as stable compared to a TW ROM. FYI there are a lot or ROMS as of now. You have Wicked, Infamous, Darth Stalker, Deathstar. There is also faux and ktoonez kernal available for TW. As for the extsd, you will need to format the card to fat32 for the phone to read it properly.

[Q] root on p607t?

Am I just being stupid or is there a way to root the new note 10.1 2014 edition on t-mobile's network? The model is SM-P607T & I don't see that listed anywhere on odin/s list or anything. Or is it just too soon from release?
Extra info: Baseband P607TUVUANE2, Android 4.4.2, Kernal 3.4.0-1433887
riffy504 said:
Am I just being stupid or is there a way to root the new note 10.1 2014 edition on t-mobile's network? The model is SM-P607T & I don't see that listed anywhere on odin/s list or anything. Or is it just too soon from release?
Extra info: Baseband P607TUVUANE2, Android 4.4.2, Kernal 3.4.0-1433887
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I am looking for this as well since i got one today. It looks like it is the same thing as the P605 which is LTE. The non LTE ones do not use the Qualcomm chip. It also looks like 4.4.2 just came out for the P605 not to long ago and there really isn't anything out for it yet. Bigbuff is talking about updating TWRP to 4.4.2 for the P605. At that time I am sure we will get a recovery and be able to flash SuperSU. If it is out already I have not found it and would like to know as well.
OK so it's not just me then. Usually by the time I get a device all this stuff is out all ready.
I wonder if you can use the international version P605. That's got the qualcomm chip with LTE. I have the 605v and there's been no development for it. Verizon has locked the bootloader, as they tend to do, so we are stuck. If you understand Knox and how that works I would try the P605 method. I tried it on mine and it failed and it didn't cause any damage.
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Have you guys tried to put your tablets into download mode. My underdstanding you need to hold down volume down plus the power button for three seconds, but when I try this mine boots into regular mode and not the download mode. Can someone else try this and see if you get a different outcome?
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Haven't tried it but you have to add home to that as well I thought. Yeah, Google search:
Boot your phone into Download Mode by Pressing and Holding the Volume Down + Home + Power buttons at the same time till you see a warning message on your screen. You’ll be asked to hit the Volume Up to continue into download mode.
draigons said:
Have you guys tried to put your tablets into download mode. My underdstanding you need to hold down volume down plus the power button for three seconds, but when I try this mine boots into regular mode and not the download mode. Can someone else try this and see if you get a different outcome?
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its Power + Vol-D + Home gets you to a screen that says vol up to get to download mode or vol down to reboot. I can get to Download mode by doing that. I am going to try doing the P605 root they have out and see how that goes in asec. Make sure you down the Full Odin Firmware.
http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/3/?download=29807
So you can use this if you need to.
Good luck! I'm not adventurous enough to try it.
WARNING: By doing this your Spen will not work anymore
Ok here is how to root the P607T right now. It is the same way as Root for the P605 right now. After reading http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2766394&page=9
on post 88. Someone with the P605 used the P905 CF-Auto root to root their 605.
here are the steps
1. Download to your PC http://download.chainfire.eu/385/CF-Root/CF-Auto-Root/CF-Auto-Root-viennalte-viennaltexx-smp905.zip
2. Reboot your P607T into Download Mode. You can do this by turning off the tablet. then hold Home + Vol-D + Power you will get a screen that says Press Vol D to get into Download mode.
3. Plug your P607T into your PC.
4. Open Odin 3.07 which is included with the down you already did. You should see a Blue tab that says something like Com1.
5. Make sure the only thing that is checked is Auto-reboot.
6. Click PDA and file the CF-Auto-Root-viennalte-viennaltexx-smp905.tar that was in the Zip file you just unziped.
7. Click start and wait.
Your tablet will now reboot into a P905 recovery and flash SuperSU. It can take awhile for the reboot into recovery to happen so just wait. After this is all done your tablet will boot back into Android. Go into the play store and update SuperSU. SuperSU will keep FCing until you update it in the Playstore.
Now here is the problem we run into if you do all this. After CF-Auto Root is done it is going to put a P905 recovery on your Tablet not a P607T recovery. If you want to get your P607T recovery back for future OTAs you need to Odin the full Firmware for the P607T which you can find here. http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/3/?download=29807 Once they get a working TWRP for KitKat and the P605 we should be able to get everything else we need to get back our old recovery.
Now another problem That I have found as well is that the Spen does not work after doing this. I do not really care because I do not really use the Spen. I know there is a fix in this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2766394&page=9 but I have yet to get it to work because I do not know how to type the *#2663# in phone app and then update wacom firmware from kernel to get the Spen to work. We do not have a Phone app to do that. So you are warned that your Spen will not work after doing this.
Other Wise enjoy root until a better way is out.
LTE still work?
riffy504 said:
LTE still work?
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No clue I don't use LTE I just opened a 200mb line to get the Tablet on EIP. I will pop in my sim when i get home from work and check it for u.
Edit: yes lte still works I am still trying to fix the spen however that still doesn't work.
Also looks like TWRP has a working recovery now for the P607T. here is a link to a odin file for it. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=53138918&postcount=776 I would use that and just flash SuperSU with it. should give you root and hopefully a working Spen.
May be possible to use mobile odin pro and inject root to the stock firmware, without tripping the knox flag?
This works on the note 3, upgrading to 4.3.
Edit: mobile odin requires to have already root, I used it when upgrading to 4.3
to not lose root.
Thanks.
To late... I already tripped stupid knox. hehe I love the samsung note lines but I really REALLY hate knox! Just a reason for them to deny warranty, or else it'd be optional.
That odin file worked great. Now to wait for some custom roms.....
Just jumping in on the got-this-yesterday train and glad to see some folks have jumped on ahead of me. Thanks for the information you've all provided thus far. I'm hopeful that development on this thing will be strong, I'm liking the device so far.
I'm interested in rooting ASAP but I've been out of the Android loop for a little while, so this KNOX thing freaks me out a bit (I'm just getting familiar with what it is). Seems like it is a simple warantee related thing. Is it irreversible? How common is flashing a custom ROM without triggering it? Does it affect usability at all to have it triggered?
I'm interested if flashing this this evening but not really sure what I'm in for as far as KNOX.
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Just jumping in on the got-this-yesterday train and glad to see some folks have jumped on ahead of me. Thanks for the information you've all provided thus far. I'm hopeful that development on this thing will be strong, I'm liking the device so far.
I'm interested in rooting ASAP but I've been out of the Android loop for a little while, so this KNOX thing freaks me out a bit (I'm just getting familiar with what it is). Seems like it is a simple warantee related thing. Is it irreversible? How common is flashing a custom ROM without triggering it? Does it affect usability at all to have it triggered?
I'm interested if flashing this this evening but not really sure what I'm in for as far as KNOX.
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Edit: Originally used root de la vega method for the note3. Mobile odin requires root.
The procedure to inject root with mobile odin pro is on the international note 3 forum.
Worked for my tmo note 3 upgrading to 4.3 and not lose root, but only flashing the original firmware.
Any custom rom, custom recovery or custom kernel will trip knox.
This is not tested yet on the note 10.1 2014.
Will check on the mobile odin thread or Chainfire's blog.
Tripping knox for now is irreversible and voids the warranty.
Normal device operation is not affected. What is lost is the security feature.
Only a concern if your company uses knox, and you use your device for work.
I am going to wait a few weeks, hoping for a no knox tripping root method,
to keep the warranty. But I know that eventually will not care on tripping knox.
Well fudge! I never thought to test the s pen before I rooted. Guess what, it doesn't work.
riffy504 said:
Well fudge! I never thought to test the s pen before I rooted. Guess what, it doesn't work.
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I posted a big huge warning sign saying that the s pen would not work if you rooted
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No I mean it didn't work hardware wise. I thought the touch screen was off by 1/4th an inch but never thought to try the s pen before last night. I even flashed back to stock and it was the same way. Where ever you touched with the s pen it'd either do nothing or it'd randomly draw in a tiny little square up near a corner. The touch screen was really noticeable trying to click on links in chrome cuz I'd always missing, but I thought it was me till I realized the s pen didn't work either. Then I figured it was just the hardware was messed up. Messing around in the drawing app proved that the touch screen was off to a corner by 1/4th an inch. Even if I turned the device around it always was off to that same physical corner.
Oh! Also, I used the new Odin file btw. I assume the s pen works on that one. Never did use the one for the P905, that you posted with that warning.

Just purchased Tab S 10.5... Hyped

What's up fellas. Just picked up a 10.5 tab S (should be delivered tomorrow)
Had a few questions..
I am definitely going to root as I need my titanium backup among others.. Is xposed working on this device?
Mainly for YouTube ad block.
I will be using this as a movie watching device Mainly. Are there any stock based roms that are recommended? I don't want to lose features like multi window by flashing CM.
Also.. I would think a holo or aosp rom theme would be clutch on this device bc of the battery saving factors of an amoled screen, is there anything recommended?
Lastly, any battery saving tips? I usually watch my movies & shows with airplane mode on my Nexus 7, 10 and iPad. Seems to really make a huge difference..
Thanks and I look forward to helping out in this community.
Xposed does work on this device. Stock rooted should be fine for ya, you just need to remove some bloat to remove lag. To save battery, turn adaptative display off and set it to cimema because your watching movies and it would waste battery trying to adjust the tone all the time. Also turn off auto brightness and set it to one that is bright for you. And finally greenify is a good app to hibernate apps after you open them and will stay hibernative until you open it. I got a couple more but cant remeber them right now. Anyway hope you enjoy your tab s! You will see me around the q and a fourms and general fourms most times if you need anything. What version of the tab s did you get? Ex wifi, lte, etc
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Xposed does work on this device. Stock rooted should be fine for ya, you just need to remove some bloat to remove lag. To save battery, turn adaptative display off and set it to cimema because your watching movies and it would waste battery trying to adjust the tone all the time. Also turn off auto brightness and set it to one that is bright for you. And finally greenify is a good app to hibernate apps after you open them and will stay hibernative until you open it. I got a couple more but cant remeber them right now. Anyway hope you enjoy your tab s! You will see me around the q and a fourms and general fourms most times if you need anything. What version of the tab s did you get? Ex wifi, lte, etc
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Thanks for the tips. I have a note 3 so I'm Sorta familiar with the touchwiz bs. I saw a thread on which apps are "safe" to freeze with titanium backup.
Usually someone makes a stock based rom with all the bloat removed but I haven't really seen one yet unless I'm missing it.
I purchased the Tab S 10.5 as I was upgrading my Nexus 7. I was not happy with the Nexus 9. It was built like garbage and had bad battery life and screen bleed. Very disappointed in HTC.
I also purchased the official S book cover which should look absolutely gorgeous.
Is the Chainfire CF auto root the way to go?
Again... Thanks.
FormeriPhoney said:
Thanks for the tips. I have a note 3 so I'm Sorta familiar with the touchwiz bs. I saw a thread on which apps are "safe" to freeze with titanium backup.
Usually someone makes a stock based rom with all the bloat removed but I haven't really seen one yet unless I'm missing it.
I purchased the Tab S 10.5 as I was upgrading my Nexus 7. I was not happy with the Nexus 9. It was built like garbage and had bad battery life and screen bleed. Very disappointed in HTC.
I also purchased the official S book cover which should look absolutely gorgeous.
Is the Chainfire CF auto root the way to go?
Again... Thanks.
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Is it the wifi version? Sm-t800? There is a thread on safe apps to delete but someone said it bricked their tablet doing so. Just know what your deleting and it should be fine. There is one debloated rom but the developer has been really busy so he cant fix some bugs. If you have the supported version for cf auto root, then thats the way to root. Before rooting though, please wait till you root as it will viod your warrenty. Wait like a couple weeks incase you have a deffective device. Reports of bad battery happened on this tablet becuase of a loose battery connector. You should get about 8hours screen on time, so if you dont get that much battery life then it might be deffective. Anyway if everything is good root with cfautoroot. I cant wait till we get Andriod L though! And enjoy your tab s.!
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Is it the wifi version? Sm-t800? There is a thread on safe apps to delete but someone said it bricked their tablet doing so. Just know what your deleting and it should be fine. There is one debloated rom but the developer has been really busy so he cant fix some bugs. If you have the supported version for cf auto root, then thats the way to root. Before rooting though, please wait till you root as it will viod your warrenty. Wait like a couple weeks incase you have a deffective device. Reports of bad battery happened on this tablet becuase of a loose battery connector. You should get about 8hours screen on time, so if you dont get that much battery life then it might be deffective. Anyway if everything is good root with cfautoroot. I cant wait till we get Andriod L though! And enjoy your tab s.!
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Yes.. It is the wifi version.
I'm very familiar with root and rom. Been flashing roms since 2011. Everything from Samsung, Nexus, HTC and LG so I'm familiar with adb to Odin as well as wugfresh toolkit
I'll definitely run it through its paces before tripping Knox and voiding the warranty.. Good looks
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Yes.. It is the wifi version.
I'm very familiar with root and rom. Been flashing roms since 2011. Everything from Samsung, Nexus, HTC and LG so I'm familiar with adb to Odin as well as wugfresh toolkit
I'll definitely run it through its paces before tripping Knox and voiding the warranty.. Good looks
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Lol. I was a complete noob when i got my tab s in july. I knew nothing about andriod and only apple stuff. I never knew you could install custom recoveries and roms until i got my tab s. Anyway we do have a recovery, its twrp. Twrp 2.7.7.something or somesort is the most recommended build since the latest update has some bugs.
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Lol. I was a complete noob when i got my tab s in july. I knew nothing about andriod and only apple stuff. I never knew you could install custom recoveries and roms until i got my tab s. Anyway we do have a recovery, its twrp. Twrp 2.7.7.something or somesort is the most recommended build since the latest update has some bugs.
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I haven't had an ios device since the 3gs lol.
Can you link me to the twrp thread. I can't seem to find it..
Also.. Are we flashing that in Odin as well?
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I haven't had an ios device since the 3gs lol.
Can you link me to the twrp thread. I can't seem to find it..
Also.. Are we flashing that in Odin as well?
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Nope just needs root! Just search twrp in the play store, and it the install, and your device should be chagalwifi if im correct. And done. Now you just have to boot in recovery and it should be there. Heres the thread. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2817100
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Nope just needs root! Just search twrp in the play store, and it the install, and your device should be chagalwifi if im correct. And done. Now you just have to boot in recovery and it should be there. Heres the thread. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2817100
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That's crazy. I've never seen that before where you don't have to flash twrp in Odin on a Samsung device. Crazy.
Do you know if quick boot app works to reboot into recovery or download mode
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That's crazy. I've never seen that before where you don't have to flash twrp in Odin on a Samsung device. Crazy.
Do you know if quick boot app works to reboot into recovery or download mode
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For me I dont use quick boot. But i have a custom reboot menu and it should be the same. Rebooting into recovery works with an app but rebooting into download mode with the app doesnt work. You have to do it with the vol down, home, power buttons at the same time when your turning your tab s on. And yeah custom recoveries are easy to install now. As long you have root, it just replaces a recovery file and done.
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That's crazy. I've never seen that before where you don't have to flash twrp in Odin on a Samsung device. Crazy.
Do you know if quick boot app works to reboot into recovery or download mode
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I used Flashify to flash TWRP and it couldn't be easier.
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I used Flashify to flash TWRP and it couldn't be easier.
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I am considering all options.. Thanks fellas
FormeriPhoney said:
I am considering all options.. Thanks fellas
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Good thing about Flashify is it allows you to make a backup of the stock recovery.
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Good thing about Flashify is it allows you to make a backup of the stock recovery.
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I forgot to make a backup of stock recovery. Lol I only use twrp. But it is recommended to backup stock recovery.
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Good thing about Flashify is it allows you to make a backup of the stock recovery.
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Never used that app before but I'm gonna check it out as soon as i get the device
Sorry to jump in but I just want to make sure.....
You are getting the Exynos chipset version?
At the moment ONLY the Exynos chipset can be rooted......
Congrats on your new purchase. If your as happy as i am with my tab s you are in for a treat. The screen is awesome!
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Sorry to jump in but I just want to make sure.....
You are getting the Exynos chipset version?
At the moment ONLY the Exynos chipset can be rooted......
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Yes I believe only the carrier versions are snapdragon. All the wifi models are Exynos
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Congrats on your new purchase. If your as happy as i am with my tab s you are in for a treat. The screen is awesome!
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Thank you sir. Looking forward to it. Does this tablet suffer from the non reading sdcard bc of Kitkat? I read that there is an app fix for it? I'm currently looking for a good SanDisk card deal. I bought the 32gb version so a 32gb card should suffice
if your gonna but a tab s 10.5 soon see this. While its a semi loop hole and ymmv, I was the buyer and they had no problem reducing the price on a brand new tab
http://slickdeals.net/f/7367948-sam...zzling-white-379-better-than-black-friday?v=1

How to root Galaxy Tab S7(+). (GUIDE)

Download the firmware, and extract "boot.img.lz4" from AP.
Use 7-zip or something else to compress the boot file and choose TAR format.
Use Magisk to patch the "boot.img.tar", and you will get "magisk_patched.tar" in /Download folder.
Flash it as AP and wipe user data. (You should unlock the bootloader.)
Then you have successfully rooted your device.
How to download the firmware.
Use Samfirm to search device model and CSC code.
It seems that Sammobile has not released the firmware of the new Galaxy Tab S7 series.
All working good here, Downloaded your boot tar from the other thread seems fine at the moment.
is there a way to reset Knox afterwards, so I can still use Samsung pass, and not have to deal with Knox yelling at me at boot every time?
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is there a way to reset Knox afterwards, so I can still use Samsung pass, and not have to deal with Knox yelling at me at boot every time?
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Normally, there is no way to reset the Knox. Actually, Knox is protected by an e-fuse. When you flash customized software, the Knox will be tripped, and this is a physical damage, unless you can fix the e-fuse.
What do you lose by rooting the tab?
archit12 said:
What do you lose by rooting the tab?
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Samsung Pass, Secure Folder and the warranty.
Huntyz said:
All working good here, Downloaded your boot tar from the other thread seems fine at the moment.
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Other thread?
Forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-tab-s7/how-to/root-t4154443
Can you still update via software update or would you end up having to flash updates manually after rooting? With regards to rooting, do you lose HDCP? On my Note 7 and Note 9 HDCP become disabled when device is custom (Apps that use it like Netflix refuse to load video due to issues with HDCP)
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Can you still update via software update or would you end up having to flash updates manually after rooting? With regards to rooting, do you lose HDCP? On my Note 7 and Note 9 HDCP become disabled when device is custom (Apps that use it like Netflix refuse to load video due to issues with HDCP)
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Download the latest firmware, and extract the "boot.img.lz4" from AP. TAR it and then patch it. Flash BL, AP and HOME_CSC. Then reboot and flash "magisk_patched.tar" as AP. You will not lose your data.
I can still watch Netflix without any problems.
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Download the latest firmware, and extract the "boot.img.lz4" from AP. TAR it and then patch it. Flash BL, AP and HOME_CSC. Then reboot and flash "magisk_patched.tar" as AP. You will not lose your data.
I can still watch Netflix without any problems.
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OK, I'll try it when my warranty is about to end or I get really bored with my S7+.
I know this is a question that might be better suited for its own thread but I kinda think its a quick answer for you guys.
What do you gain from root on this specific device? I haven't had to root a device in a few years since Android has gotten pretty dammed good for my use case, but what's there to be had from rooting a tablet?
I'm looking forward to my Tab S7+ but if I can make it better with root then I'd love to do it.
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I know this is a question that might be better suited for its own thread but I kinda think its a quick answer for you guys.
What do you gain from root on this specific device? I haven't had to root a device in a few years since Android has gotten pretty dammed good for my use case, but what's there to be had from rooting a tablet?
I'm looking forward to my Tab S7+ but if I can make it better with root then I'd love to do it.
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This is a good question but as I've learnt from posting a similar thread, you will only get defensive and rude answers from this forum.
AhsanU said:
I know this is a question that might be better suited for its own thread but I kinda think its a quick answer for you guys.
What do you gain from root on this specific device? I haven't had to root a device in a few years since Android has gotten pretty dammed good for my use case, but what's there to be had from rooting a tablet?
I'm looking forward to my Tab S7+ but if I can make it better with root then I'd love to do it.
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I have rooted my Tab S7+ what i gained is the ability to add a system wide ad block with adguard doh + firewall with the ability to use a vpn at the same time.
Also bouncer now works seamlessly with a rooted device. I also use warden which blocks in app trackers and loggers from system apps and debloat easily from the device without using adb.
I am able to use tasker to seamlessly adjust apps that are not optimized for tablets in landscape mode so that they work properly on my device.
All of that is only possible with a rooted device and im discovering new tweaks every single day.
Is there any downgrade in widevine when rooting? Or any other issues with video resolution due to rooting?
im still unable to root with Magisk installed ?? any clue ?
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im still unable to root with Magisk installed ?? any clue ?
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Ok, whatcha got and what's the issue...
jhill110 said:
Ok, whatcha got and what's the issue...
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When i flash patched file and reboot into recovery then do Wipe/Factory Reset then restart with
Power + volume up - it goes into boot loob
Only way out is Power + volume down
This way i boot system with no issues however magisk still showes not installed.
ssalkuwari said:
When i flash patched file and reboot into recovery then do Wipe/Factory Reset then restart with
Power + volume up - it goes into boot loob
Only way out is Power + volume down
This way i boot system with no issues however magisk still showes not installed.
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Don't power + volume up. Just re boot from odin and start magisk manager.
If you have to install magisk from there.
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Don't power + volume up. Just re boot from odin and start magisk manager.
If you have to install magisk from there.
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what do u mean reboot from Odin ? do you mean after I finish flashing through Odin i should just simply reboot ? by Power + Volume down

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