yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] shiruuu.samad:
Will this work on s4 i9500 4.2.2 JDQ39.I9500XXUAMDK build number? I think I don't have Knox,
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] :
As far as I remember I root my S4 while on 4.2.2
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] shiruuu.samad:
What about KNOX? Is it showing 0 multiple by anything? 0*1 or 0*2?
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] :
Knox was tripped and always be tripped everytime you root your SAM device
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] shiruuu.samad:
Please understand that I don't have Knox!!
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] :
Just give it a try. How did you loss knox on i9500?
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] shiruuu.samad:
Because Knox was introduced in s4 i9500 4.2.2 I9500XXUAMDl and I have MDK. If u want Knox free phone search in store for old stock!
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] avadis99:
Dilemma for "correct" rooting

Thanks to you, and great means you render to us, I learnt always to root my phone after firmware upgrade.

My main concern is that, does the build number if it is XXUGNF6 (which I have now and not rooted yet) or say XXUGNB6 or most root links which are posted for I9500XXUFNB3, should be checked to be exact with the "How to root" instuctions, as for 4.4.2 android it always directs to the CF-Auto-Root-ja3g-ja3gxx-gti9500.zip file to root.

I always go through worried state till I root my device and dread the firmware upgrades for that.

Does the CF-Auto-Root as such works with all baseband versions as long as it is 4.4.2?

Also does different versions of ODIN makes difference in successful rooting?

PLEASE reply to put me out of this torture :confused:!

Thanks zillion
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] gp545:
CF-Auto Root file works on all 4.4.2 firmwares.. :)

Swyped from GT-I9500
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] avadis99:
Thank you really, actually I took the risk and did it yesterday and all was fine.
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] waa2398:
I can't download the file.
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] anusy_81:
Samsung Galaxy S4 Black Edition i9500

Please help me

how to root Samsung Galaxy S4 Black Edition 4.4.2 KitKat i9500

is CF-Auto-Root work to root this phone

can i use CF-Auto-Root-ja3g-ja3gxx-gti9500.zip to root The Samsung Galaxy S4 Black Edition i9500 not Black mist

Please help me

Thank you
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] adnanschat:
Yes you can root your phone with this method. Follow instructions carefully and make sure Odin detects your phone. Use Samsung drivers.
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] anusy_81:
Thank you for your help this tip of root working for the S4 GT-I9500 Black edition Black box

Best Regards
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] gdskang:
will this work on i9500 4.4.2

I have the i9500 with kitkat 4.4.2, baseband number is DDUFNI1 and build number is XXUFNI2. Will this process work on it ?
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] shiruuu.samad:
Yes I should work on all 4.4+ firmwares

Hope I helped hit thanks
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] Interface23:
Its worked. Perfect. I just rooted my S4 I9500 Kitkat 4.4.2.:D
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] ophirb:
Will this work on the leaked official lolipop?
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] NIK3SH:
Yes...
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] jclarel:
Did you try it yourself? You confirm that it works on Android 5.0.1 too?
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] :
Is that Leaked Official Lollipop for i9500?
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] ophirb:
Yes it is and it worked for me.
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] NIK3SH:
I haven't try it practically but it should work as bootloader seems to be same like Android KitKat...
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] berkay2578:
I know you guys are annoyed of posts like this but I have a KOT49H.I9500XXUGNH2 4.4.2 with knox stock running on my phone and the download link is for the 5.0.1 ROM(ja3g). Will it work without bricking my device? Also if it's not much trouble, what does Knox being triggered mean other than breaking warranty?

edit: nvm, I went ahead and flashed it. all good!
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] siamak1364:
hey guys

one of my friend tried to root his gt-i9500

but he downloaded CF-AUTOROOT for wrong device model. he started the root process & now the process stopped in odin shows "Failed" in odin. Now the device shows this message : "firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again".

what I have to do?

Please Help ?
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] pradeepunde:
Root official Lollipop 5.0.1 on I-9500 black version

Hi All, I have S4 GT-I9500 black version with official lollipop 5.0.1. Build number is ....XXUHOC1. Can I use this to root the device?

Thanks in advance for help!
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] sasuketobi:
I have the same build and none of the root methods seems to work on this build. Let me know in case you're able to root your mobile :good:
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] pradeepunde:
I have and it has worked successfully. I did the chainfire auto-root and that was successful. Then I did a few changes in the original ROM to support in-call popup etc.

Then, I wanted more :) and installed Philz touch recovery using ODIN and installed the frapeti ROM 5.1.1 and now I am very happy.

1. I just followed the steps in the chainfire-auto root thread. Follow threads http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2419762 and http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2292615

2. Install philz touch recovery. Refer to http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2276803

The above steps worked for me.

Hope the above helps!
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] sasuketobi:
I have tried the same process again, flashing the AutoRoot zip was successful but the device doesn't boot to android even after clearing the cache. Reflashed the firmware and it booted fine. Dunno what's wrong.

Thanks for your help.
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] pradeepunde:
Just curious...what file exactly did you flash using odin? The extension should not be zip. You need to unzip that and flash the .tar.md5 file. Please check if you have done the same.
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] sasuketobi:
flashed the tar file :) the scripts were executed successfully in the temp recovery too but the device fails to boot into android. gets stuvk in the samsung boot animation
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] scoobydoo99:
Get PIT for mapping?

GT I9505 - completely stock.

Downloaded and unzipped CF-Auto-Root-jflte-jfltexx-gti9505.tar.md5, downloaded ODIN 3.10.

Followed instructions in the install post and can get no further than 'get PI for mapping'?

Tried all different USB ports on the laptop, tried rebooting tried ODIN 3.07 - I'm baffled?

Plan was to install Imperium ROM after rooting with CF Auto Root and installing TWRP.

Anyone shed any light on my problem? Thanks.

ID:0/006> Added!!

<ID:0/006> Odin v.3 engine (ID:6)..

<ID:0/006> File analysis..

<ID:0/006> SetupConnection..

<ID:0/006> Initialzation..

<ID:0/006> Get PIT for mapping..
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] zozoz13:
Wrong thread man. This is for I9500.

Sent from my Galaxy S4
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] NIK3SH:
First of all your thread is wrong...

Second,

Regarding your issue and error logs it seems you have checked "repartition" check box...

Kindly use odin which is included in CF AUTOROOT only so there won't be any chance of mistakes...

Best Luck...
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] robertobsc:
Hi guys,

I'm still using 4.4.2. Will the last auto root version work in my i9500?

Thx!
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] dlegric2:
Yes it will.
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] Darik07:
Hi guys!

I am totally new at this of rooting and I am kind of stuck here with my galaxy s4 gt i9500 4.4.2. The thing is that I have followed every instruction of about 5 diferent guides to activate the root of my i9500 but I don't know what I have missing because the phone don't do anything but stay the same. When I enter to whatever aplication that need root permissons always get a message saying "This phone isn't in root mode". I already try about 35 times to do the root but every time I get the same result. I don't know what to do now =S. Need some help.

Thank you.

PD. Sorry for my bad english. =P
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] vkcskn:
Worked!!!!

Many Thanks, it worked. it is good you collated and presented well. I am happy!!!!:laugh:

I use samsung gt-i9500 indian black edition (faux leather).
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] AndroidDeveloperLB:
OP, please update the instructions for Odin, to have "AP" in case "PDA" is not shown.

That's because starting from certain version of Odin, it shows "AP" and not "PDA".

Of course, in the CF files, Odin has it as "PDA".

Other than that, thank you for this contribution.
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] alicarbovader:
Hi there! My GT19500 failed to root. ODIN said "fail" and now im stuck on the screen saying "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies and try again." Please help.
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] chetu97:
Rooting Video Tutorial For I9500

Rooting Video Tutorial for I9500 : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkMKij3LVvs
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] Swarnava:
will i get OTA update if i root using CF autoroot?
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] krasCGQ:
No.

Sent from my ASUS_Z00AD
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] dixonleong:
sorry, does this works on stock 5.0.1 version ??
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] krasCGQ:
Should work on any stock firmware.

Sent from my ASUS_Z00AD
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] Samy86:
Thanx so much for your support...
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] duendemago:
My noob question: Guys, at the TWRP page, when downloading any of the .TAR files listed there, all I can see in my PC is a .RAR file, when I unrar it, it gives me a .iMG file. So when opening ODIN it can't list any of the downloaded files because the dont have .TAR extension. What I'm doing wrong? Thanks
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] krasCGQ:
Don't unpack. Flash it straight via Odin.
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] vasyadubov:
to root samsung SM-320H

Tell me please. Does the appearance of possible CF-Auto-Root on Samsung SM-320H
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] onlinerj:
Used CF auto root on i9500 with 5.0.1 and September 2016 Security patch level. Everything works perfectly. Thank a ton!
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] D3al:
Greetings friends.

I root my I9500 with CF-AR long time ago. (4.4 version). I want to unroot these so I went to SuperSU and did a full unroot in order to receive updates

It didnt work. Can you help me?

GT-I9500

4.4.2

Baseband: I9500XXUGNF6

Compilation: KOT49H.I9500XXUGNH2

Kernel: 3.4.5-2434847
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] mauriciognr:
This is a video i made about rooting the S4s 9500 and 9505 on LP 5.0.1 with CF autoroot. Hope this is ok with OP.

[YOUTUBE]YRuSDOXbVuQ[/YOUTUBE]

PD: Is in spanish
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] Vadrieldur:
Thanks for the info but with any custom recovery or kernel you can't update the firmware via OTA.
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] DjeMBeY:
Correct but CF-AutoRoot doesn't include any of them so no problem with OTA.. :p
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] romeo26222:
without reading that thread,All what I did is restore to stoke then used CF-AUTO_ROOT and I have rooted and have OTA and system official status..
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] prodigyX:
Can anyone confirm this working on XXUAME1? Thanks :)
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] Akhil:
Yes it works on XXUAME1.

Sent from OCTA CORE S4
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] avetny:
Chainfire :angel: how is your vacation sir?
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] wishmaker738:
reposting same question.....does it work with these models?
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] iznee:
Just a question though...if root using this method and update via ota..the new firmware will loose root right?
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] romeo26222:
Yes..
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] Rosies:
Thanks! Working like a charm :)
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] huzefa_from_kuwait:
Help !

Tried all methods, cant get any of them to work.
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] engloa:
Do you have the samsung usb drivers installed in your system? You can also try to use other odin versions.
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] amirsh77:
Yes, it does. (alan didam :D goftam ye comment bezaram postam bere bala, ye thank ham vase shoma :D)
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] apurvapatel:
Try a different usb port. One that is directly connected to the motherboard (at the rear of the cpu usually), not the front ones or not even the usb hubs. Also may be you using another usb cable.. other than the one that comes in the package?
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] huzefa_from_kuwait:
Mine went fine after I changed to another PC (Windows 2003).

Now there is another problem I am into.

I had put my email in Samsung App so when I put the same one in the new mobile, it downloaded all the apps in my new mobile that I had in the old one.

Super Su was in the old one and then came in the new one and I think rooting could not overwrite it or something.

But now when I open Super Su , it gives me binaries out of date, then normal or twrp

Clicking normal says "installation failed" whereas twp takes me to the recovery mode, where there is nothing also.

As I read it I should download the SuperSu 1.30.zip , put it in the external card, reboot to recovery , select update from zip

and select this SuperSu to update the binaries..

Kindly guide me if this is the correct way or else I might end up bricking my phone.

Thanks.
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] wwatfa:
hi,

is triangle away working on the I9500

i have heard that it is not working and might cause the phone to brick / is this true ??
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] rubenswing:
read this https://plus.google.com/+Chainfire/posts/CsGDaGqMHsX
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] wwatfa:
thx alot ... all clear now
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] sozofriend1234:
Hi,

Installed the CF_Auto-Root and to my surprise, the system shows custom in download mode. Both the options are custom.

Tried checking software update but that too shows as the device has been modified.. :crying::crying:
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] DjeMBeY:
Why are you surprised?? It was always like that.. :p

CF-AF contains Custom Recovery but by the end of rooting process Stock Recovery is restored from cache... This whole process is changing BINARY & SYSTEM Status to CUSTOM..

Visit my thread for more info. Try to flash OFFICIAL STATUS MOD and it should go back to OFFICIAL but it WON'T reset the Hidden Binary Counter..

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2255190

good luck and please report how it went ;)
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] sozofriend1234:
Hi

Hi,

Tried your OFFICIAL STATUS MOD but it only gave me Binary status as samsung but system status is still custom. No OTA check as it shows my phone as modified.. :crying::crying:

If I flash complete OTA update from SAMMOBILE using ODIN, that should get it to official status right??
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] Gillion:
You will get OFFICIAL status... but your binary counter will not be reset.

The binary counter is now hidden from view.

You need an app for that (Triangle Away does not support GT-I9500 at the time of this post : 27/May/2013)
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] DjeMBeY:
Well, you need to wipe data/cache or perform FACTORY DATA RESET and it will go back to OFFICIAL.

OTA will work again but remember that it is just TEMPORARY solution as HIDDEN BINARY COUNTER will NOT be reset to 0.

You must wait for Chainfire, hopefully one day, the Triangle Away will get updated and I9500 will be supported.. Fingers crossed! :)
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] ocaldini:
Chainfire

Hello master. I'm your true fan.

There's a little mistake on thread about downloading here:

"Other models

International Samsung Exynos GT-I9505"

It's not Exynos as you know, , fix it so that people can undestand it better.

Long to see Mobile Odin working on both models.

hugs

:)
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] huzefa_from_kuwait:
Also I cant uninstall it, plus I cant update it by market or anything.

Please help.

Thanks.
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] maranello69:
did you flash SuperSU from recovery?

tell us what you need help for, to root or unroot?
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] huzefa_from_kuwait:
See I will try to explain.

I had an Ace plus rooted and super su installed.

I took S4 and put my email address in samsung and all my apps in the old phone started to download in the new one.

So SuperSu came in the new one also (before it was rooted)

Now I tried to root S4 as mentioned in this post. Things went fine.

But after the phone restarted SuperSu won't start (I dont know how it was before rooting)

Root checker on S4 says "not rooted"

SuperSu says "The SU binary needs to be updated continue?"

Cancel quits the app and continue gives me "normal" and "TWRP/CWM"

Normal gives me Installation failed and TWRP / CWM takes my phone to recovery mode.

I can't update or uninstall this app from market.

Should I try to reinstall just SuperSU or try to root the phone again.

Please Advice,

Thanks.
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] rl421403:
Thanks for this Chainfire.

I successfully rooted my I9500 with this and everything working great.

Except, SSH is not working on it. I used QuickSSHd and it gives error that "It has trouble finding dropbear's PID".

Strangely this works with other root methods including wanam's kernal. Can you please check it.

I have been using your auto root on S3 and do want to use this on S4, but SSH access is much for me. Thanks.
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] maranello69:
leave the superSU app as is and use CF-AutoRoot to root your device properly again, through Download Mode, just follow the stepts described on this topic's first page
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] Trek55:
Mine now rooted..but I like to flash factory rom and like to keep it rooted, do I flash factory rom through odin and re-rooted again? just confused don't want to make mistake..can someone help? thnks.
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] maranello69:
Yes,

if you'll flash the factory rom through Odin3, you'll loose root automatically, after flashing is done you can use CF-AutoRoot to root again the new firmware
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] Trek55:
Thank you for your explanation..
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] huzefa_from_kuwait:
Working 100%

Mine rooted, I have confirmed with root checker

I did it twice and it didn't work because of SuperSu already there before rooting, so here is what I did (it was by co-incidence)

From market I couldn't do anything to SuperSu, so I downloaded it from Aptoide and installed the apk

After that I got uninstall option from the market, so I uninstalled it from there.

After uninstall also , it was there but when I tried to root the phone again, it worked like a charm !

Maybe this will help someone.
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] killer_metallica:
Got this phone yesterday, tried to root it but didn't work.

Loaded the PDA file in Odin (Win7), then put the phone in Download mode (pressed the volume up button when required), but when I plug it to my computer, nothing shows up.

I press start in Odin and it's like the phone was never plugged.

Pretty sure I've missed something basic (a driver or something), but I'm pretty new to Samsung's (and Windows).

Any help would be nice, ta'.
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] maf23:
You have to install KIES first in order to load Samsung drivers then before you launch ODIN, CTR+ALT+DEL then Start Task Manager, you search for kies (maybe more than one process) right click End process.

Afterwards launch ODIN put the phone in download mode and plug it then you should notice that the left square in ODIN turned green then you are good to proceed. ;)
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] killer_metallica:
Thank you mate, worked like a charm.

Gotta love Beirut as well!
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] maranello69:
no need to install that Kies crap for USB drivers, just get them from here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=961956
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] Pure+:
Could this be used with mobile Oden pro? Or does it require desktop version of Oden?

Sent from the Pure HTC One using Tapatalk 4
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] Gillion:
I highly recommend you use odin.

Sent from my GT-I9500
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] krabman:
Anyone tried this on AME2 yet? Saw it posted up and it appears to be the latest possible version. Was thinking of reverting to it to see what it fixes... Right now my phone still has lag in any launcher on any of the roms except for the Rambone one (which I haven't tried) so I think I'd rather have root and a stock rom than this constant annoying lag.
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] body150165:
So guys.. you all root the phone with this method, but the triangle is there as TA is not working with this phone yet. Do you just accept this triangle in your status bar all the time?
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] Pure+:
Are you sure the triangle stays in the status bar at all times? That would suck.

Sent from the Pure HTC One using Tapatalk 4
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] hazri1974:
Are sure for real?...mine dont have that kind of counter at status bar....weird lol
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] nani67:
rooting using ubuntu

Hi friends,

recently my windows 8 crashed and lost all the data...

now am running on ubuntu 13.04.

is there any way i can flash my S4 from ubuntu..

or should i have windows for these tools to work.
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] krabman:
Just for a point of reference I flashed this on the recently released Chinese AME2 and it worked.
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] phati:
This worked on my Chinese 9500 as well. But I can't get a CWM running, it always goes back to stock recovery.
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] Gillion:
Do some researching on hemidal.

Sent from my GT-I9500
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] phati:
Baseband version: I9500ZCUAME2

I can't get one CWM listed anywhere working when I try to flash using Odin 304/307. Nothing works.

I did get Adam Kernel 1.31 loaded.

Basically I would like to flash a rom to this phone but I can't get a CWM working, it always reverts back to stock recovery.

What am I doing wrong? Thank You in advance.

EDIT:

This worked: cofface CWM 6.0.3.2 RECOVERY & ROOT&UNROOT (EASY and WORKING) V3.0
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] maranello69:
there's no triangle in the status bar, not even on the boot menu, you have messed something up if you see a "triangle in your status bar all the time"
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] tjongi:
Thanks

it works. My phone rooted :D Nice Work :)
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] nolimit88:
thx i using odin 1.85 fail must use odin 3 .v3.07 work for me in my case