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[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] hypergamer1231:
it is definitely possible i have rooted it and working perfect just follow these steps

(Remember you might permanently loose warranty)

1) Install 4.3 rom and do all the setup

2) Dont touch or install knox at all

3) go to download mode and flash cf root as pda as you would normally imp use the odin provided by CF

4) after booting the phone dont do anything first update supersu from playstore

5) open supersu and update binary remember in this step you might get and error saying supersu tried to access and has been stopped but u can ignore it

6) you should have full root now

if you need help let me know..... The 4.3 leak is awesome though I just got 27000 in antutu but the phone is soooooo smooothh and fast and battery life is better camera works awesome so i would say root it and njoy

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i have already flashed cf root and it still didnt trigger isnt that weird but anyways if it says status and binary custom that means warranty is gone anyways but who cares am loving my S4 and here in india atleast in mum to the svc center i visit nobody checks the binary counter :cool:
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] sacomais:
Thank you for your quick reply.

So you're saying it's the normal procedure for flashing cf auto root?

I already flashed 4.3 and it's been running good so far.. i'll wait for a couple of charge-decharge cycles to see if battery life is actually good. And for warranty i don't worry about it so as soon as i get to my pc i'm rooting my phone so i can restore my TiBu backup.

Again, thank you for your help. Regards
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] hypergamer1231:
2 things here yes follow the steps above to the word and you should be ok and when you restore titanium backup dont again strictly dont restore appdata just and just restore apps and dont restore any system apps from 4.2

I wouldnt mind if you pressed the thx button!!!! Just kidding bro tc:D
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] sacomais:
thank you for your advice. and i'll do the thanks button thing as soon as i learn how to since i've never done that before :sly:

again, thanks many
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] D™:
Working perfect with 4.3 Stock JB. Follow the steps given above and all goes well. Remember to freeze all Knox application using TB.:good:
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] sergeroyal:
Unable to get Root!

I followed the above steps exactly but can't seem to get root, I am getting:

"There is no SU binary installed, and SuperSu cannot install it. This is a problem! If you just upgraded to Android 4.3, ..."

I flashed the new 4.3 firmware via odin, booted and got to homescreen, then rebooted and reflashed the cf auto root via odin and then booted again to homescreen, updated supersu without touching anything else, opened SuperSu and got that error message,

Any help would be appreciated,

Best Regards
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] hypergamer1231:
which odin did u use to flash cf root
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] bala_gamer:
i have flashed mj5 and rooted with cf root via odin yet im not seeing anything like warranty bit 1 or 0 in download mode :)

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flash it with odin 1.85 which comes along with cf root zip
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] sergeroyal:
odin 3.07

should i use 1.85 ?
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] hypergamer1231:
Try to flash cf root again and then just open supersu see what happens

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Yes yes people root will not work I repeat cf root won't work on 4.3 if u use any other odin version apart from the one bundled with cf root by chainfire
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] sergeroyal:
Installed again with odin 1.85 and working great, duno how i missed that!

Thanks man!
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] Narenji89:
Was your warranty bit increased?
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] mashaal95:
Guys Please Help :(

I tried installing the latest firmware (the official one) and now it seems that I cant go back to older firmwares nor can I install the new one! I was on CM before trying to install the latest one. Can anyone please help? :(
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] hypergamer1231:
Use odin 1.85 and flash the Russian firmware don't disconnect the phone till you see the setup screen you should be OK
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] rl421403:
Can we consider this as a good news. Or may be counter is still hidden. :(

Sent from my Galaxy S4
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] bala_gamer:
regardless of this, the hidden counter there is already triggered for me since i rooted and flashed custom stuffs on 4.2,
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] Narenji89:
Android 4.3 recovery is different than 4.2 so I think Chainfire should update cf-auto-root
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] hypergamer1231:
Well he knows more than all of us and he will update it please have patience
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] edulimajunior:
What ROM? Russian or Asian?
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] drziddo:
No root for me at all with this or with motochopper.

Any work around available for root?

I've tried everything posted here and still no root.

Thanks in advance.

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How to freeze that without SU access?
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] D™:
Just flash chainfire supersu using Odin v 1.87(included in package).

After booting update the SuperSu or install it from playstore.

open SuperSu and update the binaries.

Here don't reboot. just install TB and freeze knox and its applications. Reboot now.
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] drziddo:
Done, thanks a lot.

Everything is ok now.

However, it never worked with russian FW.

Just saying...
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] Barhoom-P1000:
Hello

I updated the software to the official 4.3 ROM

and I did what you had said exactly but I have a problem

My binary counter is 1 now :crying:

Anyway the device is rooted, but when I give any aplication a root access ...

This messege appears

What should I do ?

I used odin 1.85
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] hypergamer1231:
There's no way to reset the counter at all but to avoid that message I have unchecked reauthorization and default access is kept to grant from su settings again this is risky because all apps will have auto root access then so do this only if you are sure and at your own risk this works for me though
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] drziddo:
Yes it is
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] sergeroyal:
yes it is now 1
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] Barhoom-P1000:
Thx For replying but I don't want that :confused:

any other ideas ??
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] Oodie:
Happened to also . I was just furious . Nothing helped :/

At last found the issue .

It's just i had an outdated cfroot . Just download from the link and you'll find that the sizes are bigger than the version you have.

just flash it with odin

this is the link : http://download.chainfire.eu/326/CF-Root/CF-Auto-Root/CF-Auto-Root-ja3g-ja3gxx-gti9500.zip

p.s. - you'll get the same error . but after updating supersu & log in to the app you'll be able to update the binary & you'll see you are rooted .

p.s. 2 - Just saw that your issue is not what i had . sorry .

just tick " Do not show for 30 days " and click on view apps & close it . annoying msg will be gone :D ( atleast for 30 days i guess )
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] HassanM:
Just wondering if CF has come up with fully functional/compatible Root for S4 i9500 (version 4.3) ????

Thanks in advance...
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] moutraca:
How to reset warranty bit: 1 after update to I9500XXUEMJ5
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] Xajel:
Currently there's no way to reset it, some guys think that it might be impossible to reset
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] Arjav23:
What about downgrading to 4.2.2?

Try that

Try to get official status on that

Then update via kies or ota

Sent from my DEATH NOTE with Shinigami by my side!
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] caj_54:
I downgraded back from official 4.3 to CrashRom 4.2.2 using nandroid backup.
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] mashaal95:
Could you please upload your nandroid backup? I dont have any backup to downgrade to :(
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] mateenf:
Just download the official firmware from samfirmware and flash using ODIN :good:
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] mashaal95:
That doesnt work :(

Flashing from odin is blocked and when I try to flash it, it shows that this version is unsupported!
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] Narenji89:
You should downgrade bootloader and there's no solution yet.

But there's a way for galaxy s3

Maybe someone do it in future for s4
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] caj_54:
Sorry, but my nandroid backup has a lot of my personal items on it and I don't know how to upload it without my personal items.
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] ignaciojn:
There's no way to reset Warranty Bit to 0 at the moment, even if you downgrade.

When you upgrade back to 4.3, it'll be in 1.
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] stevan588:
I just rooted my Galaxy 4 (GTi 9500) Android 4.3 (Russia) with CF Autoroot and after installing Super Su the device is full rooted and working.
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] harysick:
is it work too for asian region? i am on XSE (Indonesia) 4.3 :confused:
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] tugrul_27:
pls support 9500 universal versiyon

Triangle away pls support 9500 universal versiyon:crying:
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] pawandeep:
I have tried multiple times even with latest version of CF Autoroot and also tried to install superuser by custom recovery but no luck,

I have deleted all KNOX related stuff through AROMA File manager.

can you please provide me steps you have taken to install ?

Thanks in advance ...
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] ahaan7:
can i root my s4 i9500 running official android 4.3 through this cf root?
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] Abhkamath:
Can someone please provide the working link of files and instructions for root and cwm recovery for 4.3 ??
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] tabenf:
Mabe this wil help http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2494509
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] Arjav23:
Yup

Sent from my DEATH NOTE with Shinigami by my side!
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] Abhkamath:
It did. Thank you. :D Now fully rooted with cwm and removed knox too :)
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] 95mediatech:
friends need some HELP i just Rooted the 4.3 firmware with CF-AutoRoot and sinstalled CWM

also flashed the KNOX remover zip by [MENTION=3264599]degra[/MENTION]tedShawdow but still SuperSU gives me a message that i need to root manually

how can i do that,, please help friends.

+ i heading to university tomorrow so the clock is ticking!

i just have one night to successfully root access my device.

all help i am thank full.

i got this message in SuperSu

There is no SU Binary installed.

SuperSU cannot been installed.
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] dibartolodroid:
I've had the same pb ... I dl update.supersu.zip put it on my extsdcard uninstall supersu boot on cwm 6.0.4.4 flash update.supersu.zip reboot system open supersu update binaries ans ... that's it ... I hope it Will work for you ...

Envoyé depuis mon GT-I9500 avec Tapatalk
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] 95mediatech:
thanks i will try now btw link for it???
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] dibartolodroid:
Hère it is maté

http://download.chainfire.eu/351/SuperSU/UPDATE-SuperSU-v1.65.zip

Envoyé depuis mon GT-I9500 avec Tapatalk
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] 95mediatech:
thanks alot i will tell you after i had success with it.

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THANKS!!!! alot for your help dear friend...

i will never forget this help... you save my life.

now i have purposes that i have ROOT. even WB is counted to 1

worked flawlessly in just a minute.

thanks i am bit afraid actually.
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] dibartolodroid:
Me too because the root is very unstable ... sometimes i boot in recovery ans when i reboot the system i have lost the root ...

Envoyé depuis mon GT-I9500 avec Tapatalk
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] 95mediatech:
so that means i need to flash the Root File every time i lose my time after reboot?

i also can say, root is stable when rebooting but didn't tried boot into recovery after that

i also lose my CWM couple of times cause of flashing the CF auto-root several time.
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] unmanarc:
I can't encrypt the phone after cf-auto-root + stock russian 4.3...

then, if I try to reinstall the stock firmware (4.3) without the cf-auto-root, the encryption works again...:angel:

(FYI: The phone is not encrypted at root-time, so I'm not here asking why when I installed cf-autoroot, the phone does not recognize the encryption password anymore)

any ideas?
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] nawashy:
Hi there,

well as far as I understand there are 2 types of 4.3 roms, the Russian one which is 4.3 but still have the old boot loader and the new 4.3 with the knox enabled boot loader.

unfortunately I had upgraded to the UAE version of the 4.3 which have knox enabled boot loader

I tried to root with cf-auto-root but it failed twice through Odin, it gives me a connection failed but then I decided to read more about the Knox boot loader, and from what I read I feel a bit scared to root my device since I'm not sure if the boot loader warranty status when turns to 1 will it allow

me to flash custom roms at later stage. will applications in the near future check this flag and my not run if it's 1. not sure.

I was running 4.2.2 with cwm and I took a backup from the phone if I restored that will it override the knox boot loader and restore the 4.2.2?

this also means that I have to install cwm on the 4.3 knox is that ok?

thanks for your help
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] lukair1983:
Where did you find this info about old bootloader in russian 4.3 firmware?
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] Narenji89:
What odin version did you use to upgrade to 4.3?
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] nawashy:
I'm very sorry for I can't find where did I got that information from I had been searching for quite sometime but not sure where did I get it from.

I maybe wrong

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Odin ver 3.07
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] nawashy:
How did you downgrade?

I mean since you upgraded to 4.3 it should have the knox boot loader, so you have to root it and install cwm or something

and I guess that this will trigger the knox to set the warranty bit to 0x1 (and this is unrecoverable)!
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] caj_54:
Unfortunately, yes. My warranty bit: 1. I'm just hoping nothing happens to my S4 now.
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] Honchay:
I was on 4.2.2 and did root to backup my efs folder and files...! Then installed the Russian firmware of JB 4.3 through odin without any wipe and my warranty bit was at 0, status Official :D Keeping all my data, everything its ok.
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] tabenf:
Hi friend all new firmware has knox bootloader, you wil be able to install roms if you are rooted but rooting puts warranty bit to 1 if you dont care about warranties then this means nothing, and recovery you must install Cwm 6.0.4.4 by [MENTION=4944297]S.a.M.e.R_d[/MENTION] as that is the only working one right now!

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Yes it should be like that rooting sets of warranty bit to 1
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] Spartan199:
Any idea why i get this. I followed all the steps?
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] dingo99:
I believe this is knox. I think you should check the checkbox and press it.

don't forget to update supersu.
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] Spartan199:
Thanks mate. Was just a pesky notification. Can i remove knox?
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] dingo99:
well, I froze it with titanium backup.
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] ahaan7:
hey guys how you people dealing with knox counter? is it safe rooting i9500?
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] ignaciojn:
Depends of your definition of "safe". Root works just fine, but you get Warranty Bit: 1.

It meants your warranty might be permanently void, and you won't be able to run the Knox container. Not a deal breaker for me.
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] Spartan199:
Okay i removed knox :D
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] ahaan7:
okay if you wanna go to the service center in case than?
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] tollboy:
Then you wi have to pay for the services.

If you dont want to do that. Then rooting is not ur thing mate.
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] Narenji89:
Does the latest version of cf-autoroot for i9500 contain 4.3 recovery or the old 4.2 one? Has anyone checked out?
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] skivnit:
after 4.3 update some apps are having trouble, galxsim for example says phone is not rooted
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] mw86:
Remove knox if you havent or disable it...
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] skivnit:
nvm it was xprivay stopping su shell comands.

however when i reboot into recovery and reboot phone, before rebooting it says (root neeeds to be fixed) i press no..i dunno why i keep getting that msg in cwm recovery
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] mw86:
Common in recovery just ignore it and hit no as you have been.
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] skivnit:
Thanks. I thought something broke when flashed 4.3

Sent from my Perseus powered octa
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] jaswinky:
Has anyone tried this?

Hi all,

I have one question for Chainfire or someone experimented. I have read a lot about this issue of JB4.3, Knox, root and the "knox counter". After read what I get clear (please, correct me if I am wrong) is that we can flash new JB4.3 (in my case I didn't yet but I will try by OTA) and then install root with CF-Auto-Root by Chainfire (updating Super-SU and binaries and deleting all knox archives), and the phone will work with full root, but with the knox counter to 1 so we lose the warrantee. Is this ok?

Now, correct me again if I am wrong, but the reason of increasing the counter is to flash by Odin something (CF-auto.root in this case), yes?. Two question:

- I know that Mobile Odin by Chainfire doesn't work yet for i9500 but if it would work, would counter get increased by flashing the cfroot by mobile odin?

- If the problem is to flash any rom or cf-root or something over the new JB4.3 (which using knox, it would check this and would increase the counter), has anyone tried to flash CF-Auto-Root by odin inmediately after flashing 4.3, I mean, flash 4.3 ROM without check "Auto Reboot" mark in odin, and inmediatley after this without rebooting S4, flash CF-Auto-Root, reboot, and delete knox. I understand doing it like this knox couldn't check yet the second cf-Root flashing, isn't it? By OTA the process could be to get off the battery inmediately after the ROM update flashing or just push Vol-/OFF/Home just after the screen gets off after the update to enter in downloading mode to flash root before stock bootloader starts.

Maybe I am telling something stupid, but...
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] NIK3SH:
Simple cause of this all is,

Samsung has introduced security flag in exynos 5 which prevents resetting custom flash counter.

And I think if we try your procedure to flash cf auto root before installation of FW may also create issue cause odin copies new FW to system cache and hit command to install it which proceed after reboot by bootloader...
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] jaswinky:
Thanks. I have updated it normally, with counter increasing, of course. What I am not clear is why there are a lot of posts, blogs, etc about it and complicated procedures like flashing different files and kernels, or flashing a pit file and repartitioning with the rom, or explaining you have to flash with odin 3.09 instead of 3.07, or even, explaining the necessity of make wipe data (factory reset) (!!!) , it is not needed... In my case It failed by OTA, I tried by kies and it failed again in the middle of the downloading, so I check the version on kies (MJ5 TTT in my case) and I flashed directly the ROM by odin. Then I made the procedure by Chainfire, flash the cf-auto-root, reinstall supersu, update the binaries and delete all knox files. Everything is ok.

Thanks all!

EDIT. Here is the first practical consequence of the counter set to 1. If you try to update the ROM again by OTA (also maybe by kies), you will prompt «your device has been modified. Software updates are not available», even if you flash exactly the same Rom version, so we will need to be alert on the forums for software updates in the future...
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] Narenji89:
Can you explain the procedure of rooting?

You just flashed cf-auto root and reinstalled supersu from play store?

Cause I've heard it's necessary to install supersu.zip through cwm or twrp after flashing cf-auto root on 4.3 roms

And one thing else could you please take a pic from recovery that's flashed by cf-auto root?

Tnx a lot
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] sunny1119:
I am on latest version 4.3(I9500XXUEMJ9) i tried rooting twice through auto-root CF but dont seem to get root access all the process in odin goes perfect but wen i try to use any apps with root they wont work...i tried whole process twice and both time got pass but still root dosent seem to work...can anyone help? tnx in advance
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Original Android Development] jaswinky:
After flash the cf-auto-root, phone restarts, then go to google play and search for supersu by chainfire, you will note it is not installed, install it, open supersu, and follow instructions to update binaries, then I yhink it asks you to reboot, and then you are root and ready to delete all knox files.

No, supersu not only can be installed by CWM recovery, but both procedures. the one explained before, which I made, cf-auto-root doesn't install any custom recovery, it let stock recovery installed, because this you must go yourself to google play and update (or install) supersu; second procedure is when you install a custom Recovery, then you can flash directly supersu from the zip suplied by chainfire. So in my case I still have stock recovery.

Has anyone actived in 4.2.2 ads blocking via ROM Toolbox? Does it work now in 4.3? I get a message "Failed mounting the system read/write", and really host file isn't in the path shown... It seems as if 4.3 has changed any mounting tags... Thanks.

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Go to google play, search for supersu by chainfire manually and install (or update) it. Then open supersu and update binaries (just follow instructions). You can download "root checker" app to easily check root.