yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] Ryjon90:
Got it. Taking for days to download. Thanks for your help and prompt responses.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] galaxys3man30:
Yw buddy np and yea it will take awhile probably a million people to download it at one time
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] galaxys3man30:
MJA odin file is up

http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] churchey360:
Hey is there anyway you can post the actual download link its not letting me create an account on sam mobile so i can download it lol.

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Nvm im downloading now
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] SpringerRider:
I used this method about a week ago and have been happier than a Geico customer. But yesterday, I was a recipient of a multimedia, group text message and when I replied, the message failed. I did subsequent tests and discovered that I can't send Mms.

Any ideas?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] galaxys3man30:
That's really a network issue buddy rooting won't cause any problems like that buddy call sprint and see if they are working on the network buddy could even try re flashing the modem or update profile and prl
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] mikesal57:
Some questions..

Hi All..

I have gotton to the MJA through OTA updates....

Now , when I root and add a recovery....it will trip the Knox counter..

Will:

1) Cannot go back to prior MDC , MDL, and MF9 ROMS without issues?

2) How about going forward...can updated firmwares work with a tripped MJA KNOX counter ?

Thxs

Mike
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] wsoxfan1214:
Will this work with TWRP too?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] mikesal57:
I guess no comments....:(
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] Androidious:
You did that on GS4s with the new (Knox enabled) boot loader?? And how did you do that :)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] Counterfeit7485:
Issues rooting

So I've tried this method several times now without success. The first attempt installed supersu but after reboot supersu says "There is no SU binary installed. This is a problem!" Even after another restart I get the same issue. So I tried uninstalling supersu and retrying the root procedure. After odin resets phone it boots up and no supersu app installed, so I went to the play store, downloaded it and installed. Same error message as before and more attempted on the root have ended in the same issue. Any suggestions?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] diazr1843:
Hi everybody. no sound no phone call and video issues after I updated to mja modem without bootloader from mf9.any help suggestions will be greatly appreciate is been three days with out phone calls or sound. I'm on stock rom 4.3. Phil recovery.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] Counterfeit7485:
No one? I'd like to get my phone rooted again but for some reason this method isn't working
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] novasource:
My experience:

I had to install CF Auto Root twice to get root

CF Auto Root does not install SuperSU. You have to download it from Play Store.

I had to do the Knox Removal Script at http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2507931 to get past annoying security blocks
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] galaxys3man30:
Wow I didnt even have all this trouble at all worked on first try for everyone that tried it for me sorry for all the problems and that's where I got the script from was there just I edited to just remove the knox stuff and thats it idk why its giving everyone problems I thought I was sure fire way to root 4.3 my bad guys
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] novasource:
It's not a big deal, but you may want to note this in the top.

There is a chance that it is because I had a rooted stock 4.2, went back to unrooted stock, upgraded to 4.3, and then tried re-rooting. So I had SuperSU on it before.

On the Knox thing, I think you should be more clear about it in the top post. I didn't need to edit the Knox Removal Script, but you may want to clarify that all you really need to do is run the Knox Removal Script and not the larger script that removes all the Samsung stuff.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] Counterfeit7485:
Well I give up :( I'm thinking maybe this isn't working for me as I odin'd the full mja 4.3 software, not just ran the update from 4.2.2 :( Hopefully someone finds a way to root this!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] galaxys3man30:
Wait wait dont give up what software was you on before you did the 4.3 update
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] Counterfeit7485:
I was running ☆ ★| ROM | MDL & MF9 | iNTriNsiC | Simplicity is Performance | Odexed | 10/6/13 |★ ☆.....decided I wanted to try the 4.3 update without reading in to the whole knox update much. Instead of odin stock mf9 and then ota to mja, I waited for the FULL mja 4.3 odinable install and ran it. Now I'm unable to get root.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] eyecon82:
i also had to download superSU from the play store...but the root worked and stuck for me

I had mf9 rooted....i then unrooted, went through all the OTA's to get to 4.3, and then rooted again with this method without issues

are you guys sure you are running odin as administrator?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] novasource:
Same here.

Also same here.

Admin privileges on the PC are about doing admin stuff on the PC and have nothing to do with admin privileges on the phone.

Assuming Odin is indeed requesting admin privs on the PC because it really needs them and not for unrelated reasons: if Odin needs admin and you aren't giving it, then Odin won't be able to do a thing to your phone.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] eyecon82:
well i never ran into any problems otherwise...i ran root checker....says i have root...all my rooted apps work....

i was able to also create a backup, although something odd apps with CWM, which is when i go to restart from the CWM menu, it says root may be lost...but it sticks...

also if i click "go back" from the reboot menu in CWM, it reboots it anyways
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] Counterfeit7485:
I think my issue is that I didn't run the OTA update to 4.3, I odined the full 4.3 stock rom to my phone. I didn't go from 4.2.2-OTA-4.3.....I went straight 4.3 like my phone never had another version on it, like it came with 4.3 from factory. So...I think we need to figure out how to root 4.3 as if the phone came from factory with 4.3 on it, not an ota to 4.3 if that makes sense.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] galaxys3man30:
I think that is your problem you wasnt mf9 before flashing 4.3 since 4.3 was a patch update for the most part but you can goto www.sammobile.com/firmwares and get the full odin tar file for 4.3 and flash that and then try rooting it buddy do that and report back
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] Counterfeit7485:
This is exactly what I did and why I believe this method is not working for root. From what I've read the rest of you have just installed the OTA update to 4.3, whereas I odined the FULL 4.3 tar file.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] galaxys3man30:
Dang it this hard lol wish I could hold your in my hands I could fix it then or see what exactly its doing
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] endwhysee.bk:
Will this trip the knox ?. Cause im kinda gettin confused . And dose tripping rhe knox even matter?.

O.Nice a Galaxy S4
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] galaxys3man30:
Yes this will trip knox buddy and to me it dont matter cuz once you remove all of the knox files and such you wont have any problems with it
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] endwhysee.bk:
Quick question what is knox and what is it use for?.

O.Nice a Galaxy S4
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] daniel4653:
Google.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] eyecon82:
Exactly, doesn't matter.

Make sure everyone unroots, and then does the ota upgrade

THEN... you use this method
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] galaxys3man30:
Agreed buddy
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] Doballa:
Tripping the knox counter voids the samsung waranty.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] galaxys3man30:
No it dont it voids the knox warranty not the phones warranty
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] prc292:
Just wanted to throw this out there. I rooted with this method and rebooted to find the superuser app was not installed. So I thought I would download the app from the playstore. I accidently downloaded chainsdd superuser app and got the no binaries installed message. I realized what I did and installed chainfires su app. And turns out root was successful and all was well. So check that you got the right app from the store. Dumb mistake but..
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] eyecon82:
No it doesn't

Yep. Same thing here. It's 1 flaw with this method that I've ran into so far
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] Counterfeit7485:
Ah man you got me all excited that I messed up but that wasn't the case :( I tried both apps neither work.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] prc292:
Sorry bud. But I do have one more suggestion. Re download the correct cf autoroot and try again (with the new files) Sounds crazy. But this has also happened too me. Root failed over and over. Re downloaded and worked first try
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] Counterfeit7485:
Yea I've already tried that several times with no go.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] prc292:
How about just flashing the pre rooted stock mja zip. There's a thread for it
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] Counterfeit7485:
I'm pretty sure you have to have a customer recovery to flash that since it's a .zip file in which case I'd need to be already be rooted.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] prc292:
You can flash Philz cwm recovery with Odin. No root required
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] aypanthony:
I was on MF9(w/ Hotspot mod) rooted with the stock recovery. I undid the Hotspot mod but did NOT unroot. I then installed MJA from the zip. I lost root, but still have SU installed.

Based on some of the issues, I should not use this method to root......correct?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] galaxys3man30:
No and yes really but I thought I clearly stated in the op that I unrooted and took the ota and that this method would work if you took the ota
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] Samip430:
I'm new to using Samsung devices. I opened Odin but I see no yellow box, or any colored box for that matter
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] galaxys3man30:
Open odin then plug ur device in
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] Samip430:
ya I tried that originally. no luck :/
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] galaxys3man30:
You dont see any words like COM with any number behind it? If you look in the botton left corner it can tell whats wrong and also run as administration too
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] churchey360:
Did you download the latest drivers?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] galaxys3man30:
Yea what he said
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] tones160:
Is there a good reason why i should update to MJA? lol. Will update using this method soon enough.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] chadharrop:
With this method of rooting does it brake anything or will I have full functionality of stock rom. Is it rooting that trips knox or the installation of the custom recovery. Any input on using Mobile Odin versus custom recovery.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] daniel4653:
I believe its rooting that causes it to flag because it doesnt pick up Samsung things.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] btoddweber:
Sorry for the noob question...just got an S4 and had MJA..used this and whenever I update SuperSu it asks if I want to rwmove knox or try? ? Anykne else seen this?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] btoddweber:
Ok just an update...succesfully gained root and upon updating the binary it detected knox and asked if I wanted to disable it and I said yes andnit said it successfully disabled knox.

Just putting that out there
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] chaos67731:
Ok, I have Oden3.07 - drivers installed from samsung and for the life of me I can't get the yellow box to show up.

I have rebooted my pc(w7-64bit) and phone 3 times.

Sorry, I have been with HTC from the days of my Hero. . . So I might been a little off on some of the Samsung stuff .
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] ParkerParker:
You on download mode? Could it be a bad USB?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] chaos67731:
I am in download mode, but I have been using a old plug that was around my computer. . . . I will try the one that came with it now.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] ParkerParker:
Hope it works, if you have the correct sammy drivers you should be able to look through your files on your phone when plugged in, just a thought, hate getting stuck when sh&# is getting serious on Odin :)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] chaos67731:
So far, I have had no luck.

I have Kies installed, the drivers from Samsung. Odin loaded up and in downloaded mode.

Its odd, I can even browse the files on the phone when its pluged in.

I have also tried the plugs on the back and front of my computer. . along with two new USB plugs that came with the new s4's I got.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] ParkerParker:
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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] chaos67731:
Got it - Install drivers with Kies

So after installing drivers over and over I used Kies to install the drivers and it works great!

So in anyone else is having this problem, give that a try.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] pariah1570:
mk2 update

I just got a replacement phone, dropped my old one in a cooler. It is updated to mk2, was just curious if this method will work with the mk2 update. I need my root
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] sdpluth:
Stumped in rooting SPH-L720

Ok, I got a replacement phone (SPH-L720). Took the OTA to MJA. Still full stock MJA firmware/OS (No MK2 update yet).

I followed the steps in the OP. CF Autoroot passed.

Phone booted. Had superuser but upon launch got error that binary was not installed.

I deleted SU. went to play store and downloaded SU. Same error.

I have repeatedly tried ODIN/CF autoroot. Always passes.

Since the first attempt SU is never installed and I have to go to play store to download. But every time I get the same error about a problem with the binary.

Any suggestions? I really need to root this phone to get my backups installed.

Can I just bypass CF-autoroot and PC odin a rooted MJA ROM?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] Counterfeit7485:
^----Same issue I had, still haven't found a root method for MJA :/
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] jeremyglass:
Brand new out of the box Sprint S4. Did the OTA to MJA before I left the store. Tried to ODIN the CF-AUTO-Root by jfltespr files from 11/20/13 and 9/5/13. I get the pass notification and then it restarts and the Chainfire script comes up and completes. No superuser in file drawer so I downloaded it from Play store. Went to update installed version with new binary and it FAILS when gaining root access.

Any help would be appreciated.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] jeremyglass:
Bump for some help!!!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] mikesal57:
Unfortunately this is not working as it should with the OTA MJA Update...

It seems like the CF-ROOT is not rooting phone....Super User not being installed

Please help...

Mike
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] toakster:
Download super su from play store, roots phone just doesn't install app. At least that's what the other six people said a few pages back :p:thumbup:

sent from my Venomous S4
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] jeremyglass:
I can confirm this ^^^^ is INCORRECT. I installed superuser from play store as well as root checker and they both fail to get root privileges. Also Ti Back up will not run (needs root). I have ODIN'ed 3 different versions (date) of the one provided in the OP. Need a dev to chime in on why it is not working.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] Ryjon90:
I just went through all the steps in the OP. I installed SuperSU from the play store. Super SU said its binaries weren't up to date and Titanium said it didnt have root. I then flashed this in recovery and now all is well. This is the second time since MJA came out that I have followed the steps in the OP and had success rooting.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] jeremyglass:
So are you saying

before

I can confirm I have root access I should flash the Custom Recovery (step 3)? I tried to flash the SU v0.98 in the stock recovery and I get a fail. I am not saying the OP instructions are wrong I am just wanting to know weather to proceed further in the process (step 3) before confirming I have root access. I got the same errors as you so did you just proceed to step 3 without confirming you had root access?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] sdpluth:
Unfortunately, I am also one of the several who are having difficulty rooting following this method. I have repeatedly tried to follow the OP directions. Re-read and tried again to no avail. I certainly have not ruled out operator error, but at this point my error is not obvious to me and I would greatly appreciate some suggestions.

Ryjon90 are you saying the CF-root that you linked to in your post (CWM-SuperSU-v0.98.zip) was the key that worked for you rather than the CF-autoroot that is linked in the OP (for me CF-Auto-Root-jfltespr-jfltespr-sphl720.zip)?

Prior to getting my replacement phone I had been using the TWRP custom recovery. Would switching to CWM custom recovery affect my ability to use my backups in any way?

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BTW - Super SU doesn't tell me that its binaries are not up to date. It tells me the binaries are not installed and cannot be installed. Then the program closes out. I don't have any opportunitiy to update or change anything from within the SU app.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] Ryjon90:
Sorry. I seem to have mislead. Just ran the steps again. Let me go through the steps I actually took.

- I do run Steps 1 & 2 from OP

- Boot up and verify root

- Flash Philz recovery

I then flash a ROM and for some reason here is when my Super SU flips out and says binaries are outdated, but wont update in app. It is here that I flash the other file I linked.

I was getting my steps mixed up. But I have followed steps from this post 3 times now with success. I am a bit puzzled as to why it appears to lose root (if that is indeed what is happening) after I flash a ROM.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] jeremyglass:
That is my problem.....I can not verify root.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] Ryjon90:
Well when I flash a rom it fails to verify and then flashing the other file fixes it... but I already have a custom recovery flashed. I can't say if its ok to just flash a recovery pre verifying root or not. Not sure I see any issues with it but I dont want to be responsible.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] Counterfeit7485:
FINALLY have root.....ok this is what I did.....

1. Download This and put it on your SD card

2. Use odin 3.xx to install a custom recoveryin download mode(yes you can do this before you have root!) I installed philz recovery but as long as it is .tar or .md5 recovery it should work with odin

3. Boot phone to recovery and install supersu zip

4. Boot and check root....after booting I had to install supersu from the play store and update binaries but it actually worked!

Hope this helps everyone!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] sdpluth:
Thanks! Definitely will give this a try tonight.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] jeremyglass:
Did you have success?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] maestro2mil:
I have had my Sprint SPH-L720 device since Black Thursday, 11-28-13. First tried the CF-Auto Root and tripped Knox, plus didn't work. Second attempt using ODIN 3.07 failed too. Third attempt used this post, didn't work. Then did full reset of phone. Decline'd every pop-up that said "Google will check for harmful behavior", when finished, SU Root app was in Apps and opened without "no binaries error". Downloaded RootChecker App (by joeykrim) from Google Play store, ran and voila! Root!

Next steps, followed this post instructions:

1) Download philz_touch_6.00.8-jfltespr.tar.md5 from http://d-h.st/users/philz_touch/?fld_id=18376#files

2) Installed via ODIN 3.07, select "Auto Reboot" & "F. Reset Time" in Odin 3.07.

3) From PDA choose tar file downloaded in step 1.

4) Waited for reboot, waited about 2-3 minutes for "Pass" notification in Odin

5) Power down phone.

6) Unplugged USB from phone, press Volume-UP + Power for several seconds until blue-red-yellow words.

7) CWM 6.x is working!

Note: the hardest part for me was getting root on my 4.3 MJA OTA updated phone. Everything else worked flawlessly from the posting. This is just a quick summary of my success, follow full posting by galaxys3man30 for full guide.

Device: SPH-L720, Ver: 4.3, Baseband: L720VPUEMJA.

I hope this post helps some of you running into the same difficulty I have and those of you who may fear installing CWM6 on your SGS4 variant.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] jeremyglass:
Awesome!! Thanks everyone for the help. I am rooted and now on to flashing! Thanks again!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] sdpluth:
I finally got a chance to give this method a shot and it worked great! I

I followed these instructions for everything except I installed TWRP recovery. No problems.

Thanks to everyone!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] cjever19:
This worked for me on MK2. Had to Odin CF-Auto-Root first, then Odin CWM 6.0.4.4. Had Cyanogen mod ready to install on sdcard. Went straight from Odin/download mode to Recovery, flashed Cyannogen 10.2 and Gapps, :good::)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] Tracker Tim:
I had a hardware issue and had to get a new S4 from Sprint. I can not get my new MJA to root. I have tried everything above with no luck. Any ideas?

Installed Philz

Tried Cf Autoroot via Odin

Tried Su directly to sd card

Reset phone and tried all the above

Thanks, Tim
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] Tracker Tim:
Tried Odin 1.85 instead of 3.07 and it worked. Go figure?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] DJDotkom:
thanks!

Thanks a bunch! Rooted!!! now if i can figure out how to do this on a mac...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] ZuperBlahq:
doesnt work on my phone. i just bought it and 4.3 was installed when they activated it at the store
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] daniel4653:
You are doing something wrong as it is working for others.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] aypanthony:
This method works fine. No problems and root stuck the first time. I ended up installing Philz Recovery instead of TWRP or CWM. Flashed the MK2 hotspot mod and now I am as happy as a clam.

Thanks!!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development] en11gma:
ok im confused about post #1 a bit

it is said that you can take an OTA if you "unroot"

so i am knox = -0x1

i just odin'd the stock official mk2 tar.md5 on these forums.

it says:

"settings>more>about device>SELinux status>Enforcing"

"settings>more>about device>Secure boot status>Samsung"

"settings>more>about device>status>Device Status>Official"

what would happen if i take an OTA?