yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S 4 General] summan971:
flashed Phils touch in odin and tried your ROM but it kept failing and soft bricked the phone. soo i reflashed stock SKT-E330SKSUCNB2-20140219180043 which brought the phone back to life.

CWM had an option to root which i tried no luck. CWM would not read 64GB SD card. So i replaced it with smaller 32GB card which CWM could read. Through CWM have run ROOT_E330S_I9506 file several times ans checked root.....no root :crying:

Knox 0x1 so might as well try to continue rooting any suggestions Root Kung Fu Daddy?::rolleyes:
[Galaxy S 4 General] JohnnyInBriz:
I rooted E330L NB2 with this: [ROOT][GUIDE]SGS4[I9506-E330s][DOWNLOAD][4.4.2 SUPPORT]
[Galaxy S 4 General] i900frenchaddict:
You've flashed SKT-E330SKSUCNB2-20140219180043 ? It's Android 4.4.2, so you need to flash the root file ROOT_E330S_I9506_v2.zip to be found in the 1st message of this thread(note: it's the V2 version, original version won't work), then before rebooting, you must flash the SU update too.

SU update: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/44770684/UPDATE-SuperSU-v1.93.zip
[Galaxy S 4 General] summan971:
Flashed ROOT_E330S_I9506_v2 then UPDATE-SuperSU-v1.93

(thanks down under)

0. Odin3.09: KERNEL-SKT-E330SKSUAMG3-1372940795 (not sure if this made a difference)

1. Odin3.09: PhilzTouch5.15.0

2. Odin3.09 :SKT-E330SKSUCNB2-20140219180043 (4.4.2) 'You've flashed SKT-E330SKSUCNB2-20140219180043 ?'.....

yes

:

3.SD Card Cat10: ROOT_E330S_I9506_v2

4.SD Card Cat10: UPDATE-SuperSU-v1.93....

5. Root Checker to check root (Play Store)

# Root Checker. longer than average wait.more than 10 mins Not sure if the checker software is able to recognize the root

I figure if the device is rooted I should be able to remove bloat wear can you suggest an app? so that i can try it out to be sure.

I'm not sure if its 4.4.2 but i could only hide unwanted bloatwear now i have the option to freeze it.

Any Advice will be appreciated while root checker checks (first attempt not rooted) second attempt and i'm waiting for a result Result: Unrooted.
[Galaxy S 4 General] summan971:
e330s .7 extract

contents of zip file

1. does not flash in odin - .

<ID:0/008> Added!!

<ID:0/008> Odin v.3 engine (ID:8)..

<ID:0/008> File analysis..

<ID:0/008> SetupConnection..

<ID:0/008> Initialzation..

<ID:0/008> Get PIT for mapping..

<ID:0/008> There is no PIT partition.

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

<ID:0/008> Removed!!

file 2 and 3 run. it must have something to do with the E330L/S variant

no where closer to a Root

At least I've learnt how to brick and unbrick my phone

cont..Update i've noticed after playing with SuperSU that a knox restriction was stopping the delete of bloat wear. I changed it and deleted all Korean Apps through Root App Delete the Super SU. However Rook Check is telling me root is unavailible???!!!

On reinstalling #Root Checker.....ROOTED :)
[Galaxy S 4 General] summan971:
Update i've noticed after playing with SuperSU that a knox restriction was stopping the delete of bloat wear. I changed it and deleted all Korean Apps through Root App Delete the Super SU. However Rook Check is telling me root is unavailible???!!!

What is going on?

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Mind boggeling however Root Checker is telling me i'm rooted. a Knox tweak was needed in Super SU.

Any suggestions on overclocking?:cool:

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Rooted. Knox was blocking SuperSU many thanks daddyo you:good: rock
[Galaxy S 4 General] i900frenchaddict:
As long as we don't have a custom kernel, we can't overclock :(
[Galaxy S 4 General] summan971:
Overclocking

:(boo hoo. I've removed my bloat wear and have noticed hardly any improvement in the AnTu Tu score. however i'm happy that i can get rid of the t store stuff and Nate software i was getting pinged every day.

I spotted a SHV E330S on antu tu scoring 4500 the best i have got out of it was 36118 which is a huge difference. Would you know how a better score could be achieved? Do you think it could be a cut down version of the stock rom or something similar to the stock rom with its guts ripped out?

Over clocking can wait.
[Galaxy S 4 General] MrJack:
SHV-330L 4.4.2 Root Method

What method do I use to root my SHV-E33L with 4.4.2? Will the link work for me.

Thanks

Jack
[Galaxy S 4 General] JohnnyInBriz:
If you have SHV-E330L use the method in post #162 in that link. It worked for me with both NB2 and NB3
[Galaxy S 4 General] MrJack:
Worked great, Thank You! Rooted my SHV-E330L with 4.4.2
[Galaxy S 4 General] mostyle1:
Rooting confirmation

I think I found the answer to my question (confirmation of rooting). Root Checker does the job as well, but from the phone itself: Settings -> More -> About device (the bottom option) ->Status -> Device status: Custom (this was stated as 'Official' before the rooting, but changed to 'Custom' when I successfully rooted the device - JB 4.3/I9506)

M
[Galaxy S 4 General] mostyle1:
Re-flashed stock

So to the issue above; I had to re-flash (cause I found no way of repairing the Messages system and it wouldnt read my SIM) stock firmware using Kies3.0, but surprisingly not everything went back to default as when I got the phone. The apps I'd downloaded disappeared, and of course the pre-installed ones (Samsung WatchOn, Samsung Link etc) were re-installed. However, the widgets in the home screen (Flipboard, Outlook and so on) were not re-installed.

Now, I have a qs with regards to the whole process. Is it possible to only root? like, without flashing, or do I have to flash to get root access? Confused, cause apparently one can root without flashing for some devices. :confused: I'm running JB 4.3 on I9506.

Thanks.
[Galaxy S 4 General] wilmooo:
Hello!

First of all, thank you OP for this great thread.

However I need some minor help. This rooting method failed on my device, since after flashing CWM, i don't get an option in recovery mode to "install ZIP" ?! There's no option for that when I'm in recovery mode.

Therefore, I'd be very pleased if someone told me how to get STOCK recovery back in my phone :) Can I just flash STOCK 4.3 firmware with Odin?

Cheers!

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I'm actually having the same issue as mentioned here --> http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=50348583&postcount=19

Any solutions??
[Galaxy S 4 General] QYOBZ:
i got tethered root

hi, i just follow the op instructions... it get my device rooted... but when my phone gets off or restarted... it doesnt have a root anymore... help..
[Galaxy S 4 General] summan971:
Soft Bricked E330s

I soft bricked my phone after trying to reinstall stock firmware.

Phone was previously rooted then unrooted after removing bloatweare but i noticed that i had removed my music player too thus the reason for returning to stock to start over.

E330SKSUCNB3_E330SSKTCNB3_E330SKSUCNB2_HOME.tar.md5 will not flash in odin.

1philz_touch_6.13.0-e330s only kitkat: will not flash in odin

PhilzTouch5.15.0 was used to flash then root originally and will not flash either.

Kies goes as far as starting the install then stops stating that it does not recognise the device.

Current Binary is 'custom'

System Status is ' custom'

and i have a horrid yellow triangle in the middle of my screen (in odin mode!)

any input would be appreciated i'm toying with the notion i might need a newer verzion of philz touch but there are so many. I didnt use the latest version to recover it the first time i bricked it however the phone has had a upgrade to SUCNB3 since then.

I rooted with PT 6.13-e330s which all worked fine:(
[Galaxy S 4 General] glacier00:
Phone rooted.

Works like a charm :D. Thanks. :cool:

Tested on Samsung Galaxy S4 GT-19506 4.3 Jelly Bean.
[Galaxy S 4 General] colorian:
I'm having a problem myself.

i9506 on Android 4.3 JB. I installed the Philz Touch recovery and applied the v2 zip from the first post. Now when I boot my phone, I get one of those irritating notifications saying that something tried to access a secured part of my phone; Supersu updates through Google Play and seems to give root access to apps like TitaniumBackup sometimes, however the app Supersu itself doesn't work, cannot update the binary and freezes when toggling the "enable superuser" option.

After a reboot, the su binary seems to have disappeared entirely since that is what the app reports.

Any ideas as to how I can solve this problem?

Thanks!

Kenneth
[Galaxy S 4 General] BlackJack'89:
:)

Use titanium backup to delete all knox app ;)

Inviato dal mio SM-G900F utilizzando Tapatalk
[Galaxy S 4 General] colorian:
It seems that the Knox app was indeed the problem. Before I got your reply, I found the update of Supersu in this thread and I flashed it immediately after flashing the root-zip, then I rebooted. Turns out that this Supersu update detects the Knox app and is able to work around it; root now works like a charm!

Thanks for your help.

Kenneth
[Galaxy S 4 General] whoknowshimself:
100% worked on my Galaxy SHV-E330S 4.4.2 NB2.
[Galaxy S 4 General] breaker12:
I'm currently using the official 4.3 from Samsung. I just want to ask, if I root it using the method above and decide to update to KitKat via Kies, will it unroot my device or do something terrible? Please help me decide. Thanks!
[Galaxy S 4 General] dragosh32:
Has anyone tested it on SHV E 300 S?
[Galaxy S 4 General] breaker12:
Will this work on Galaxy S4 i9506 SHV E300S with firmware 4.4.2? Will i just follow the steps in the first post? Thanks for those who will clarify. :)
[Galaxy S 4 General] xenix96:
Ill update first post asap .... thanks for reporting back after testing on SHV E330S/K/L devices!!!!

Cheers
[Galaxy S 4 General] xenix96:
Root Method on 1st Post is updated.

Cheers
[Galaxy S 4 General] breaker12:
Thanks for updating, sir. Will I be ableto root it using your method if I'm using Kitkat? Thank you.
[Galaxy S 4 General] breaker12:
I have a problem. After installing Philz CWM recovery, I can't find any option for install zip from SD card in recovery mode, only apply updated from external sd card. But even if I try to use it to apply the packages to root my phone, it doesn't work. Pleassee help. Is it possible to switch from Philz to Chenglu's recovery? How?

I already tried following your steps just like in first post but can't go to download mode since CWM by Philz is already installed and goes to recovery mode. Thank you!
[Galaxy S 4 General] bRKcRE:
I have a similar issue..... Gt-i9506, running 4.3 official from Samsung. I flashed philz cwm, but when I try to boot into philz, I keep being sent to the default recovery, not Philz cwm..... Kinda stuck with what to do from this point.. I have tried flashing philz cwm again, but the same issue occurs. Kinds dissapointed at this point as my bootloader has switched to telling me I have a custom os installed, but really I don't, I can't even flash superSU to gain root, as I can't get into philz cwm, only the stock recovery...
[Galaxy S 4 General] xenix96:
its the same root procedure since years i just only added the update package from Chainfire.....so i dont know why it should not work?!.....

Cheers
[Galaxy S 4 General] a_t_u_l:
In my case I had to remove the battery for cwm to load or else it would return to original . Refer to my earlier post for the issue.
[Galaxy S 4 General] breaker12:
How to do it sir? Please specify the steps. Thank you!

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I know it's supposed to work, sir. I just want to ask if it is possible to switch from Philz recovery to Chenglu's CWM? So I can root my phone. Please help. Thanks!
[Galaxy S 4 General] dc_power!:
If rooting is your goal, then do you not have access to a pre-rooted image for your Phone? (which can be flashed with Odin)
[Galaxy S 4 General] a_t_u_l:
Before flashing with Odin, un select restart / reboot. After you get the pass message remove the battery. Now insert the battery and go to download mode to run the zip file.
[Galaxy S 4 General] breaker12:
Sorry sir I'm really a beginner and can't understand instructiona easily. Where do I have to unselect the reboot? In odin software on my pc? Where can I also see the pass message? If it is okay with you, please give me step by step instructions to go to download mode if I have philz touch installed as it goes to recovery mode. My aim is to root my phone, the easiest way possible. Thank you! :)
[Galaxy S 4 General] bRKcRE:
Well, since I am not rooted yet, I actually need root to properly backup all my apps and settings before I can flash a new rom.... I'm not interested in flashing a rom that is nothing to do with my mobile service provider, as I do want the official updates..... What I want to know is why can't I boot into cwm?
[Galaxy S 4 General] dc_power!:
I was implying that if you have access to a pre-rooted image of the same stock rom which is currently running on your Phone, that would be easily flashed with Odin (as long as it isn't reset to allow you to perform your backups).

The rooting procedure shown in the OP of this thread works, so you might want to read/try again. Perhaps you've missed something.

One more thing, getting OTA updates is hit and miss (more often miss) once your stock firmware marks its status as modified/custom due to flashing custom boot/recovery images, triggering the knox flag or flashing a pre-rooted image... so be beware.
[Galaxy S 4 General] RubenMMS2:
Can i overwrite another Custom Recovery ?

Hello xenix96 and XDA members,

I have 1 question, i have already installed via Odin the custom recovery :

Philz_Touch _CWM_6.3.7_V5.15.0_unofficial.tar

but i´m having problems to make an restore from an backup i have made before.

I would like to install the other custom recovery : Chenglu_cwm_recovery_6.0.3.7(0905)-fix-exSdcard.tar

Should i make before any wipe or something or can i install it via Odin directly overwritting it?

Thanks and best regards:o
[Galaxy S 4 General] STi MAN:
Finally i can root mine
[Galaxy S 4 General] xenix96:
Try to make a factory reset / wipe for new rom .....flash via odin your official samsung firmware where you did the backup......reboot into android....reboot into download mode and flash philz cwm again.....reboot into cwm and make again factory reset......now try restore....should work now.

i use only the philz cwm and noticed the restore of a previous backup dont work sometimes when the current rom version/csc/baseband/etc. doesnt match the backuped one

would be nice when you report back :)

Cheers

btw.... you cant use other cwm to restore when you backuped with philz cwm.... only for info.
[Galaxy S 4 General] fiferifick:
may i know if it is possible to flash a stock i9506 firmware to e330s? i dnt want and need those korean apps..
[Galaxy S 4 General] bubo_mkd:
help!!!

Can anyone help me. When i download the cwm file i can't open it. They apear like a RECOVERY.IMG file and i can use it in odin

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cmw file is dolwnloaded like a recovery.img file and i can't use it in odin.. please help :(
[Galaxy S 4 General] xenix96:
you dont need to open the cwm file..... juat download it and fire it up with odin.

Cheers
[Galaxy S 4 General] bubo_mkd:
re

I tried but odin can read only .tar .md5 and .smd file. but this file what i have downloaded is .img file and i cant to add in odin
[Galaxy S 4 General] xenix96:
All cwm files on server are .tar files .....if you unpack it is .img.....

Cheers
[Galaxy S 4 General] xenix96:
INFO

Hello guys!

I contacted the moderators to clean and close this thread.

Cause i sell my device so i cant maintain this thread in future.

Thanks for the nice time with you guys with this phone! :)

Cheers
[Galaxy S 4 General] malybru:
Mod Edit

Thread closed at the request of the [OP]

malybru

Forum Moderator
[Galaxy S 4 General] Cr4z33:
Can you explain better WHEN did you connect the phone?

Pay attention to the instructions. ;)

Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S4 LTE+ (GT-I9506)
[Galaxy S 4 General] funkyirishman:
Ok downloaded Odin from link in first post and it worked

However clicked on start and success rebooted but went to install Titanium Backup from market and it said phone not rooted?

Anyone have this issue?
[Galaxy S 4 General] puschel_1:
So, just flash it with Odin? Anything else? No problem that Philz CWM is alread installed?

Thanks!
[Galaxy S 4 General] Cr4z33:
You only flashed the custom recovery (aka CWM).

Now you have to go on reading to install the root ZIP.

Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S4 LTE+ (GT-I9506)
[Galaxy S 4 General] Tiger1205:
Hi i´m from Germany and i Have the 330S also the korean version.

Did I understand the root instruction correctly? I need first the Odin stuff to do then later the Zip root stuff?

When the phone is rooted with the zip and a new firmware is releasd 4.3.1 or 4.4 and i update it with Kies, then phone is then unrooted again?

So I think I will need a new rooted firmware again? Or is the rooting once a time to do?

Greetings

Tiger1205
[Galaxy S 4 General] funkyirishman:
Doh!!!

Success and Hueston we no longer have a problem we are now rooted and time to get rid of the crap and no more ads me hopes. Can the boot animation be changed anyone try an app for this?

Any good themes out there?

Cheers
[Galaxy S 4 General] norrgrd:
I'm getting stuck in Odin when I try to flash CWM.

Getting

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

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

Any suggestions? It's the international i9506

Nevermind. After trying two different computers and two (original) USB cables it worked.

Thanks a lot!
[Galaxy S 4 General] Cr4z33:
Ask here for everything that doesn't have to do with this rooting guide:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2368159
[Galaxy S 4 General] funkyirishman:
Will do

One thing turned off phone last night and when turned on this morning phone was set to German Language not sure why. Changed it back to English but have not booted it again recently to se if same thing happens
[Galaxy S 4 General] Grommett:
Hey guys, Not sure if it's my end but I cannot download the first file. I get an error page on Firefox that says "The connection to the server was reset while the page was loading." I've also tried using Google Chrome.

Edit: I've had a friend try with no avail.

Is there a mirrored link I can use to get this file?
[Galaxy S 4 General] zimmen:
Here u go :D

https://mega.co.nz/#!d9V2jIyC!bye4zg0HgdfmSDJYhe2BrRQHzE5aRu8QsxlJy8Wft-U
[Galaxy S 4 General] haigel:
looking forward somebody can make 4.4 custom ROM!

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sure, you can change boot animation after rooted, but cannot use .zip file...
[Galaxy S 4 General] MrKalach:
I want to add some information. Use only original CABLE! Otherwise odin can't read PIT mapping.
[Galaxy S 4 General] Cr4z33:
Use quality cable instead. :D

I used the one of a S4 Chinese clone and it was good.

Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S4 LTE+ (GT-I9506)
[Galaxy S 4 General] MrKalach:
First I tried to use Chinese cable(I'm using it for development and it's working fine) and got brick :)
[Galaxy S 4 General] Numero17:
with this recovery it's possible downgrade?
[Galaxy S 4 General] boart:
Downgrade? Yes. You could install every rom you want.

Gesendet von meinem GT-I9506 mit Tapatalk
[Galaxy S 4 General] Numero17:
I try with 4.2.2 but fail why?
[Galaxy S 4 General] den10:
Sorry If this has been asked to death, but does the i9506 have knox? (I don't see any knox warranty void line in odin, instead it says Qualcomm secureboot:0x1b)
[Galaxy S 4 General] Numero17:
Yes it works fine
[Galaxy S 4 General] funkyirishman:
Ok keep having this problem after rooting and using Titanium to remove bloatware

Do the removal and then go in and clear cache and Dalvik and phone boots up ok but everytime it keeps reverting back to German language and want it set to English

This is bug in the phone or something else anyone else experience this?
[Galaxy S 4 General] kotsios:
Cant flash the custom recovery.

I tried several times to flash both of the recovery files of chenglu and phills but they do not seem to get installed, odin gives me PASSED message but still i cant boot into custom recovery so i can install root zip! Am i doing anything wrong? I am following the steps very carefully but is there something i am missing??
[Galaxy S 4 General] xenix96:
i got this bug too but otherwhise...

i set language to german and got after a fresh reboot engilsh language :) but not everytime

cheers
[Galaxy S 4 General] stxfreak:
can i also just flash the cwm and root without flashing any rom, just staying official and remove bloat? if i understood everything right, running the old bootloader on 4.2.2 knox shouldnt be tripped as long as you stay on this bootloader.
[Galaxy S 4 General] xenix96:
currently with 4.2.2 bootloader your right since i cant see Knox in it

Cheers :)
[Galaxy S 4 General] fl4me-on:
My i9506 should arrive within the next days. Once I get it I will try to root it using Kingo (kingoapp.com) and post the results here.

I found some nice Youtube videos where people are rooting their Galaxy Note 3 (what - as we all know - is hardware wise pretty similar to our device) without tripping KNOX: youtube.com/watch?v=jTCH0gmRT0A

The thing that amazes me the most about this program is not only that it offers one-click-root but also one-click-unroot with restoring everything back to official!

Since the i9506/E330 is currently not listed in the supported devices section of Kingo I am pretty curious if it works. At least they are advertising on their main page with "All Devices Supported" so I am pretty optimistic.

Has someone of you made any experience with this program and would like to share them in the meantime?

[XDA won't let me put any links to external sites, as long as I have less than 10 posts, so I had to change them to plain text - sorry for that!]
[Galaxy S 4 General] xenix96:
i know this kingo app but currently i9506 is not supported. So use it when you know how you bring back you device if you get a hard/softbrick. the devs from kingo app also say that .... and if you search on google/xda you will find people who tried that on unsupported devices with hard and softbricks.

so i only want alert you and think about that twice before you do that since currently you wont trip any knox thing on i9506 with 4.2.2 firmware bootloader if you root it over cwm....
[Galaxy S 4 General] fl4me-on:
My bad, I did not know that! I thought the worst thing that could happen is that Kingo did not recognise my device and that's it. I was not aware that it tries to root even if the device is unknown to it :confused:

The reason why this app got my attention was a post on their Facebook site a couple of weeks ago where they listed a table of all Galaxy S4 variations (including the i9506). With this in mind I thought that by now all of them should be supported and maybe they just missed to update the "Device"-section on their homepage.

I already had some softbricks/bootloops using CWM on my current device (Galaxy S2) but was luckily able to fix them every time. In order to avoid this from happening to my S4 this Kingo app sounded pretty nice... But as I can tell by your reply you do not seem very keen about it at all :/
[Galaxy S 4 General] slimshouki:
Dear xenix,

I am in the process of comparing between the i9505 and the i9506 and I really dont know which one to purchase specially they are prized the same!! but I am sure that i9506 is much stronger in terms of processor but i9505 is better in terms of support and development so I am fearing that i9506 will not get much support or development in the near future so I'd like your advice as a i9506 user. Appreciate your reply