yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Develop] daniel4653:
Should be this one.

http://download.chainfire.eu/325/CF-Root/CF-Auto-Root/CF-Auto-Root-jfltespr-jfltespr-sphl720.zip
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Develop] Robisgnarly:
will this work on MDF?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Develop] daniel4653:
What is MDF, I know its not for the SPH-L720 or the Triband version so I would say no.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Develop] Robisgnarly:
Mdf is what is says in about but I belive its nae?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Develop] daniel4653:
Then yes it will work.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Develop] Junkyardjames87:
Rooted at last.

OK so I just did everything to the T here to root my phone and it is now rooted and official at the same time. View the posted screenshots as well before and after. I am running the tri-band version from sprint and still have spark too.

So yes this does work and supersu turned off Knox for me.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Develop] cor4twenty:
Anyway to do this on a mac? I'm on NAE with non triband version
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Develop] Junkyardjames87:
To my knowledge Odin does not work for the Mac. Please let me know if I'm wrong.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Develop] radji:
To clarify, CF-Auto-Root will work on a L720T and not trip the 0x1 flag or kill the tri-band LTE?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Develop] daniel4653:
It will trip.the Knox.flag. won't kill triband LTE. Only way to kill that is if you flash a SPH-L720 ROM ex: sacs, negalite, triforce.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Develop] Junkyardjames87:
When I rooted, it did trip the Knox flag but supersu turned off Knox in a way and triangle away (play store or Google it) took care of the flag. Only use triangle away once and make sure what triangle away says the counter is at is what you just did before you used it otherwise problems will occur.

After root my LTE. 4G Spark whatever you want to call it works just like it should. The 720 vs. the 720T is only different from the hardware inside is setup for a tri-band setup.

If you flash the programming for a true 720 them you'll absolutely lose your 4G LTE Spark because it was never added into until the 720T came out in the next Gen.

Please anyone else tell me if I'm wrong, I'll admit I've been wrong before.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Develop] radji:
Not sure what you meant by that.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Develop] Junkyardjames87:
Triangle away says itself that errors or other problems may occur if what you do to the phone vs what the counter reads are different numbers.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Develop] aviara:
So is there currently a way to root the sprint s4 without tripping knox?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Develop] Junkyardjames87:
No.

Triangle away takes care of that though.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Develop] daniel4653:
triangle away does NOT reset Knox flag.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Develop] Junkyardjames87:
That's right my bad it takes care of the custom flag and make the phone appear Samsung. SuperSU can like freeze Knox though.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Develop] haxin:
heimdall for mac and linux
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Develop] Magnum72:
Hey all, I'm having some problems getting root to work on the l720 with nae. When going through the process, everything seems to work (ex. phone reboots with red android install, reboots again, and then odin says it passed). However, when checking the phone with root checker, it doesn't pass. Also sometimes the SuperSU installs but doesn't work because of binary error or doesn't install at all.

Am I doing something wrong or missing something?

Edit: Nvm. After going to the app store and downloading/updating SuperSU, it seems everything is checking out now... Weird lol.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Develop] Junkyardjames87:
Thank-you for that tidbit of info.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Develop] cyrusalmighty:
I am trying to root my SPH-L720T on NC6 4.4.2. I have heard others were able to root this version, but I also get the binary not installed error. I tried to update supersu and have tried adding binaries through busybox installer but I still have no root? Any ideas??
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Develop] Junkyardjames87:
Did you try from scratch? Try going completely stock and then try rerooting.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Develop] cyrusalmighty:
Yes the phone is completely stock NC6. I even had the stock recovery but now I tried the twrp recovery. I dont know what else to do.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Develop] Junkyardjames87:
Try flashing a NC6 stock and after that's done turn the phone on and do a little stuff then try rooting it again. After go to the play store and update SuperSU.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Develop] cyrusalmighty:
I have a md5 NC6 file that another xda member posted. I just dont know in what area should I flash it. The file name is L720TVPUBNC6_L720TSPTBNC6_L720TVPUBNC6_HOME.tar.md5. Do i flash via ODIN in BL,AP,CP, CSC, or where?

And do I really need to gain root on NC6 to flash C-Rom 7.0? Or can I just flash the pre-rooted rom?

Edit** I guess I flash it in "PHONE/CP" area of ODIN.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Develop] haxin:
if yo have a custom recovery such as twrp or cwm or philz then yo can flash a custoom rom to yor phone no problem reguardless if yor stock rom has root or not. yo should be able to root yor rom in recovery also.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Develop] ezfilez:
Ive been searching and trying wih no luck.

Every time i try using odin to flash cf-auto-root it fails with no pit partition found.

Tried different computers drivers .. Dif odin ver. Oden sees the phone on the com..

can i flash just the recovery twrp and then supersu manually ..

Thanks

SPH-L720

L720VPUFNAE

4.4.2
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Develop] Junkyardjames87:
Try to redownload another cf-auto-root and see if that works. Follow instructions from the beginning of post one.

Sent from my SPH-L720T
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Develop] ezfilez:
I tried 6 different ones ...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Develop] ezfilez:
<ID:0/004> SetupConnection..

<ID:0/004> Initialzation..

<ID:0/004> Get PIT for mapping..

<ID:0/004> Removed!!

<ID:0/004> There is no PIT partition.

<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Develop] Desertio:
This worked like a champ but now every time my wife tries to turn on wifi it says: you're phones security had blocked am action ..... Any ideas? Thanks
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Develop] Desertio:
I lost root somehow.... Couldn't figure out why. Re rooted. Disabled Knox (that was causing the error message). Now, working like a champ
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Develop] ruff97:
will this work on NG2. i use towelroot to root my unit and today i lost root. I try to use towelroot again but does not work
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Develop] 2WhiteWolves:
CF Auto root @ buzzwyzr says it does, read post 11 and 12, pg 2

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2840591

If you updated to NG2 from NAE read here. It talks about cf auto root

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2836541
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Develop] Hypochondria:
I followed the directions, but my phone doesn't boot up properly. I get to the point where I need to enter my password since the phone is encrypted, but then it just shuts off. Any suggestions?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Develop] killerz298:
Worked like a charm for me on SPH-L720 first try. Thanks!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Develop] Okijaamaka:
Hanged!!!

View attachment 3444367

i did everything but it hanged, please what's the reason forward. been like this for almost 30 minutes
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Develop] F1USGP:
After following the all of the steps my phone is really acting strange. When it boots up I get a bunch of error messages that tell me many things have stopped working. I can't even get into the settings page! And all Google apps crash. I do have internet connection but texting does not work. How can I just re-set it to factory?

Thanks.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Develop] Elpoep:
Hi,

I ran this successfully and have super user on my phone now.

I've tried several things to get this phone, a SPH-L720, back to stock so wifi could be enabled and have had no success.

My goal is to get the phone back to stock with wifi working.

SOFTWARE VERSION: L720VPUFNAE

ANDROID VERSION 4.4.2

BASEBAND: L720VPUFNAE

BUILD: KOT49H.L720VPUFNG2.

I think there may be an issue having the software and baseband on NAE and the build on NG2 -- this is a result from trying SO MANY a things to get this phone to flash back to stock.

As there is a stock recovery on this file SuperSU FREE v2.45 -- how do I use it to get this phone back to stock?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Develop] mattzeller:
Odin Stock (NAE if that's what you want, or NG2) then flash TWRP, flash latest SuperSU from chainfire, then you will have stock rooted with working WiFi.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Develop] Elpoep:
Thanks for the reply.

I successfully rooted the phone with chainfire -- I have superSU Free v2.45 currently.

How do I flash TWRP?

-- I have a TWRP file and its extension is .img btw

I understand if you don't want to explain it but could you send me over to a thread?

I'm PC capable and am new to android / android mods

Thanks again!

---------- Post added at 04:28 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:48 PM ----------

I have Team Win Recovery Project v2.8.4.0 on the phone now.

There are several options -- can you tell me where to go next?

Wipe? Install? Restore?

Quick recap -- this is a SPrint GS4 (SPH-L720).

It is rooted with superSU Free v2.45 and has TWRP installed (developers options and usb debugging all on ).

About the phone:

Android 4.4.2

software version;

L720VPUF

NAE

Baseband Version:

L720PUF

NAE

Build number:

KOT49H.L720VPUF

NG2

I just want the phone to go back to stock and most importantly -- MY GOAL: I'm trying to get WIFI back on the phone.

I don't care if its running NG2 or NAE -- the most recent is preferable but I just want the phone to be able to get WiFi again.

Thanks again!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Develop] mattzeller:
Did you first use Odin to flash stock firmware first?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Develop] Elpoep:
When you are referring to the stock firmware are you talking about SuperSU?

1st I rooted using Odin and superSU Free v2.45

2nd I downloaded the twrp for my phone and used the unzipped tar file and flashed with Odin again -- now I have TWRP on my phone.

I've done nothing with TWRP but boot in recovery to glance at the menu but I'm not sure what I'd do from there.

Phone will not turn on wifi. I don't have sprint service or a sim card in it and wonder if that's anything to do with it. Additionally, if you look at my build and software -- they don't match (NAE and NG2), I don't know if that is important or how to get them to match -- its as if the modem didn't update.

Kernel version is 3.4.0-2162929 -- I don't know what the kernel's designation describes.

What do I do next?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Develop] mattzeller:
Rooting and firmware are two completely different things. Flash stock firmware from here by following this thread: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=61310868

Let it boot to the home screen. Then flash TWRP, boot into TWRP and then flash SuperSU. That will give you rooted stock
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Develop] Elpoep:
The OD2 ROM flash failed in Odin -- from the comments is appears a lot of people who tried that TAR didn't get a PASS in Odin and came out worse than when they came in-- including me.

Now my phone won't get passed the "FIRMWARE UPGRADE ENCOUNTERED AN ISSUE. PLEASE SELECT RECOVERY MODE IN KIES & TRY AGAIN" screen.

In the upper right corner:

Odin Mode

Product name: SPH-L720

Current Binary: Samsung Official

System Status: Custom

Knox kernal lock: 0x0

Knox warranty void: 0x1

CSB-CONFIG-LSB: 0x20

SECURE DOWNLOAD: ENABLE

WRITE PROTECTION: ENABLE

eMAC BURST MODE: enabled

I can still get to download mode and the flash will not work, ODIN says there is no PIT partition-- I get a FAIL message everytime.

I tried flashing TWRP. TWRP gets on there and I can access its menu in recovery mode -- but when I hit reboot it says there is no operating system.

Can I put an operating system on a SD card, boot into twrp and have the phone load an Operating system from the sim card?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Develop] mattzeller:
I flashed using that tar with no problems, make sure you are getting the right one, under your battery does the lable say 720 or 720T?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Develop] Elpoep:
the no PIT PARTITION error kept coming up so I went back into ODIN and checked the PIT box and attempted the flash -- this time it worked.

I'm back to NG2 and the phone boots up fine -- I still don't have WiFi.

So at this point I believe you had advised for me to reinstall TWRP.

I can do that.

Additionally, you advised after installing TWRP I'm to install SuperSU, is that correct?

If so, I can do that as well.

After I install SuperSU -- what do I do next?

My Main goal -- get back to stock and get wifi again!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Develop] Elpoep:
I downloaded TWRP and connected the phone (SPH-L720) to my pc and added the zip for superSU to my external SD card.

I boot in TWRP and try to flash the super user -- it says that it has failed. Error indicates no MD5 file found. Zip authentication fails as well.

I wipe and try again and the flash still fails.

I boot the phone normally and android updates, if I recall correctly, around 135 items and a notification from the SuperSU installer that indicates SuperSU is still not installed and it tells me to try to do it using PLAY or TWRP. As I have no WiFI (the reason I'm doing all of this in the first place) I cannot do it through the play store.

I press the TWRP button and it indicates "An error occured while downloading SuperSU. Please try again later."

-- I have neither service on the phone nor WiFi so I can't download anything form the phone.

The SuperSU installer message additionally indicates I need to install the SuperSU GUI.

How do I finish installing SuperSU on my SPH-L720 that has no internet access?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Develop] EngineManShawn:
I used CF-auto root and got root access. Thanks to all that took time to explain it to me!!!! Phone rebooted fast. Super user su is installed and kinda works says that I need to do something manually? SU binary needs to be updated? what's next Please?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Develop] Elpoep:
-------------------------

SORRY TO BUMP THIS-- does anyone know where I go from here? I checked the files on the sd card and re--attempted to boot into twrp and try to run CF-Auto-Root-jfltespr-jfltespr-sphl720 and all i get are errors.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Develop] mattzeller:
If you have TWRP already, you don't need cf-autoroot. Just flash SuperSU, which version of SuperSU did you try to flash? Beta SuperSU 2.49 always works for me. https://mega.nz/#!SdFwHbjJ!hLd2DW0mMDHUNvQrt6CTBPPvoSp9l5rhhr6GuSM1Uvo
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Develop] Elpoep:
Do I flash this using odin or do I put it on an sd card and flash through twrp?

all i'm trying to do is get my wifi modem to work -- I don't have service and I'm just trying to get the phone to get online via wifi.

I took a jump and directly pasted the zip onto an sd card, slapped it in and booted into twrp and flashed the zip. I see SU in the apps -- now what do I do to get the wifi?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Develop] mattzeller:
When you try to turn WiFi on, what happens?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Develop] Elpoep:
From swiping down on the home screen I'll tap the wifi icon and it'll turn dark green (a darker green than the other sellected attributes like screen rotation) for about a minute then turn grey-- the wifi menu won't open.

I'll try holding down on the wifi button and the wifi menu will then open BUT the wifi on/off button in the upper right corner will just stay grey. I'll try to slide it on -- it stays dark grey and then will slide back to off in a lighter grey color scheme.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Develop] mattzeller:
At this point I would flash full stock tar via Odin and see if WiFi works, make sure you use the correct tar, do you have 720 or 720t? What does it say behind your battery?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Develop] Elpoep:
its a 720 (there is no t): SPH-L720

Do you have a link for a stock tar?

After installing super user am I supposed to configure anything? Do I need to wipe anything before flashing?--

I found a NG2 mode only tar and tried using Odin 3.10 to run it -- if failed.

The notice in the upper left hand corner says:

Odin mode

Product name: SPH-L720

Current Binary: Custom

System Status: Custom

Knox Kernal Lock: 0x0

Knox Warranty Void: 0x1

CSB-CONFIG-LSB: 0x30

WRITE PROTECTION: Enable

eMAC BURST MODE: Enabled

START [224, 1440]

BAR[240, 1440]

Does the write protection prevent the modem tar to run? How do I turn off write protection?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Develop] mattzeller:
http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/database/SPH-L720/

Nope
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Develop] Elpoep:
I flashed it twice with NG2 and it appears to be back to stock -- BUT no wifi.--the NG2 was from another thread I found here on XDA; I found the thread before you supplied the link.

Do I need to put a Sprint sim card in it? I bought it in boot loop and have just been trying to restore it to stock and get wifi on it.

Since NG2 doesn't seem to be working-- which SPH-L720 stock version should I get from this source?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Develop] mattzeller:
Go with the latest from sammobile
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Develop] Night AoX:
Ahh a ChainFire thread.. Bringing back such good memories. Got SPH-720T from your website. Thanks. :) Oh what to flash what to flash..
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Develop] iamdofus:
Not working on latest version of L720t OK3 firmware :(

Auth! (Fail) error in odin
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Develop] ruckstande:
Has this been corrected as of yet?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Develop] Isiel:
It should work as I did root my L720T OK3.

Do you have any idea on how to unlock L720T for international sim card use?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Develop] Prophet6000:
Can you root a 5.01 phone? L720t

<ID:0/004> SetupConnection..

<ID:0/004> Initialzation..

<ID:0/004> Get PIT for mapping..

<ID:0/004> Removed!!

<ID:0/004> There is no PIT partition.

<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)

this just happened to me
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Develop] coolbeans2016:
Picked the smallest post to hit you on. Tried finding another post from you somewhere in this thread..... Samsung Galaxy J3 (2016)....? Have TWRP, and the flashable Chainfire SuperSU from the thread on here roots it but there is some kind of delay so "grant" has to be chosen to get root to apps. ES File Explorer will not find root at all. The "Install SuperSU into/system" under settings is greyed out and has "Not (currently) available in system-less root mode"??!!! When using Link2SD to make SuperSU a system app, it disappears...... Have purchased quite a few of ur great apps (including SuperSU Pro), never had to ask for any help so apologize if this is not the correct way to address this............ Any pointers would be great

Samsung Galaxy J3 (2016)

Software version: J320PVPU1AOL2

Hardware version: J320P02

Model number: SM-J320P

Android version: 5.1.1

Baseband version: J320PVPU1AOL2

Build number: LMY47XJ320PVU1AOL2

SE for Android status is Enforcing

SEPF_SM-J320P_5.1.1_0042

Knox version: KNOX 2.5.1

Standard SDK: 5.5.1

Premium SDK: 2.5.1

Customization SDK: 2.5.0

on & on, once again, my apologies if this is not the correct way to contact you for help. Will continue looking for any pages in posting this.

zach
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Develop] Plague_Bearer:
Confirming that this worked on Android 5.0.1 Hardware Ver. L720T.03 / Software Ver. L770TVPUCOK3

just did it with the original post's CF-Autoroot links, followed Chainfires post which included Odin 3.10.6. The AP button is the new PDA button in Odin. That is really the only difference in the step-by-step list he provides.

Now I need to unlock the simcard, trying to use this on Straight Talk if possible.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Develop] nickhere:
my l720 failed with cfroot when i tried to boot normally it say use keis for recovery

samsung smart switch wont even recognize the phone

I can still pull the battery and get into download mode

Where do i go from here
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Develop] JasonM79:
I too cant use titanium backup.

and root checker says this device does not have proper root access

model sph-L720

android version 4.2.2

baseband version

L720VPUAMDL

Kernal

3.4.0-529760

se.infa@sep-107 #1

Sat apr 27 18:12:21 KST 2013

Builder number

JDQ39.L720VPUAMDL

Selinux Status

permissive
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Develop] JOKERx2:
Follow my instructions-
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Develop] JasonM79:
Well done sir, works great so far, thank you very much.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Develop] pvinodnayak:
Your phone was not stuck, if you uncheck AUTOREBOOT you will get a pass on odin but the phone wont reboot.

you have to remove battery and then restart the phone :)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Develop] JOKERx2:
I figured that a little while ago, lol. Thanks though. I appreciate the tutorial and the help.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Develop] xchampx13:
I am also on a Mac, currently I don't know of a Heimdall version that works with the GS4, so right now I don't believe there's anything.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Develop] wwjoshdew:
Video is DONE!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONzxfyTnWIY

[YOUTUBE]ONzxfyTnWIY[/YOUTUBE]
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Develop] syngensmyth:
I already did Motochopper which does not work obviously. Can I flash this CF-Auto-Root over the top of Motochopper or do I need to flash back to clean stock again?

Sprint Galaxy S4
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Develop] bsimcox:
Thank you Chainfire.. super easy ... much appreciated
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Develop] iceberg111:
Got a question. I got it rooted no problem using this method. TitaniumBackup worked but I am having problem using Es explorer. When trying to use root explorer, I am getting "sorry, test failed. This feature cannot run on your phone." I had no problem with it while on MDC using the motochopper method.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Develop] optimummind:
I used to get that error. I fixed it by flashing a different kernel. If your microSD is formatted as exFat, I recommend flashing either the ktoonsez kernel or agat's.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Develop] buggz2k:
Thanks for this!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Develop] the727kid:
Josh's video made it very easy. Subtitles would of been nice though, didn't really want to listen lol.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Develop] P.Mobile:
this was the easiest root tool ever! worked like a charm.!!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Original Android Develop] miketucky350:
Works perfect no bugs. Ran triangle away after. I rooted mine in the sprint store parking lot!