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[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] dannymac77:
Samfirmware isnt associated with samsung tho right? Think home page even mentions these are all kies rips
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] shivrajsingh:
try SRS root. it can root most android phones. Install PDAnet, if you dont have drivers for your phone. it will install generic drivers
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] shabbypenguin:
anyone know where to snag one of these bad boys for under 150? or even anyone with one live in the tampa bay area and willing to let me play on it for a bit?
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] svtthis:
Wish I was closer I live on the other coast(cocoa beach area). I would lend you mine in hopes of a root access.
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] tazmaniondvl:
Qvc.com
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] shabbypenguin:
i dont like leaving projects left behind, and as the founder of the Official Unloved Devices Hit Squad (OUDHS) this device kind of falls within the brackets of qualifying :P. i dont promise anything but at the time when root does become accessible i can do cwm easily enough while i work on attempting to get root/stock files, chances are sooner or later a generic root exploit will come out that affects this device and you guys will be in business.
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] Proud2banoob:
QVC and HSN.com both run specials for $149.99. I think HSN is doing it now. Do a Google search for the galaxy light and one of them will appear at the top of the list.
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] shabbypenguin:
Thanks guys for the info, im gunna keep checking craigslist and ebay in hopes i might find one to snag a bit cheaper than that.

so bad news is i downloaded kernel source and this phone is indeed patched against CVE-2013-6282, which is the get_user/put_user expoit (saferoot). i thought it may have just been the script that may have needed tweaking but massive props to samsung for security watching, CVE-2013-6282 was listed on 10/25, the galaxy light was announced on 10/16. obviously you guys may not feel the same way as it means it blocks it for root access, but its good that samsung is getting better about securing their phones against exploits and vulns :).
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] strwbrrycke:
I know this isn't a contribution to this thread at all but does anyone know if this phone stands a chance to be rooted or if it's even possible? This is honestly the first time I'm hearing of an Android device that's impervious to rooting. Is it normal for a relatively new device to take this much time to get root and this is just how it always goes before someone eventually gets root or is this an unusual case? I'm getting depressed as I'm about to switch phones and I can't get this device if there's no way to root it. My most important apps require root access which I'm sure is the case for most of us. If someone could straight up say an eventual root is possible or it's never going to happen (which is still crazy to me) it'd be much appreciated.
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] shabbypenguin:
root is possible in just about every case. these things take time on smaller devices due to the lesser degree of people working on them. as it stands right now root will happen, just not sure when. if we knew if the bootloader was indeed in the free and clear then it would put my mind a bit more at rest, unfortunately at this time no way to know without someone risking bricking their phone.
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] awd_fan:
ROM build date is Oct 6 2013, they caught it early. Good for security, bad for root junkies.

HSN is selling them at 149.99 with free shipping, QVC same price, but charges tax and $10 shipping. All the Ebay listings I've seen want more.

Edit: shopcelldeals on Ebay is selling used for 124.99 free shipping
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] Daytona1445:
Hey guys, I have been following this thread for a little while now, I just got one of these phones about 2 weeks ago. I really want to remove the bloatware on it. This is my first Android phone but I am not completely new to Android.

I didn't see anything with a search so I was wondering if anyone has looked at the Octoplus Box option? I know they aren't cheap but they claim to have at least some things working on it.

I wouldn't mind paying to have my phone rooted if someone has the Octoplus Box near me and it really works.

Just wanted to add to this that Octoplus has two videos on them working on this phone on youtube, not sure why but the videos are labeled as t339 but you can see in the videos that they say t399 and shows them selecting the t399 software.

I don't have enough posts to put in the links
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] shabbypenguin:
anyone mind doing me a few favors?

adb shell

cat /proc/cmdline > /sdcard/cmdline.txt

cat /system/build.prop > /sdcard/build.prop

cat /proc/cpuinfo > /sdcard/cpuinfo.txt

the last one will more than likely contain your serial number, be sure to edit the text to remove it before uploading, thanks in advance
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] tazmaniondvl:
Will cpuz from market give what you need
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] tazmaniondvl:
Here are screenshots of what that gives you
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] tazmaniondvl:
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[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] awd_fan:
cmdline permission denied. Tried dumping previously, got an empty file.
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] shabbypenguin:
thats discouraging, but i at least confirmed about a possible smushed together cwm build to get temp root. thanks for the files :)
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] awd_fan:
Take a look at this
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] shabbypenguin:
what is this?

edit: the blaze 4g is a massively different device and the cwm probably wont work out well, i would really suggest against trying to flash that.
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] awd_fan:
That is in the T399's /system/etc. Think it's the backup copy that is used to overwrite any custom recovery flashed.
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] shabbypenguin:
usually its a copy of teh recovery bianry there and it uses the recovery-from-boot.p to crate a new stock recovery image, what you atatched is the apextmo (blaze 4g) CWM

from the default.prop within it
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] awd_fan:
Sorry, I was being hasty. Didn't double check what I was looking at.
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] tazmaniondvl:
Cars sent me this, said it works on t337 and that it's close to our device, can anyone try it as I'm not tech savy enough to try adb

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http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=44165374
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] shabbypenguin:
unfortunately, that is the perf exploit, which i am unsure if this device is weak to or not, but that script by itself will not work, the addresses of the exploit change per device. also its worth noting this is more akin to the international SGS3 i9300 just a mini version of that with LTE so many of the qualcomm things wont work with it.
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] tazmaniondvl:
Have we looked into root methods that work with that?
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] shabbypenguin:
the latest exynos exploit i can think of is exynos abuse which was patched a while back ago. stuff like saferoot and cydiaimpactor are your best shots at a root exploit as they target all of android stuff. as it stands your best hope currently seems to be a cwm to get root via that.
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] tazmaniondvl:
These were both suggested on the website for cydiaimpator. Unfortunately samsung really covered everything with this device.... maybe one day someone will find another exploit. But as it looks right now, nothing will work on this device.
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] shabbypenguin:
oh yea i was merely commenting about how cydiaimpactor was a generic android wide exploit, i didnt think it would work. samsung was one of teh first OEM's to patch it with the s4, and that was on MF* firmwares, you guys are on even later than that.
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] tazmaniondvl:
What would we need to build a cwm? I really want to get rid of all this bloatware. It takes up so much space... and with root we would be able to tweak cpu settings. And other things with xposed
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] shabbypenguin:
usually you have a boot.img or recovery.img and are able to go from there. due to the lack of stock files im instead gunan try making a mashup one, if it gets far enough for it to boot so i get adb its a done deal and ill be rooted and then can dump the other partitions and root everyone else.
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] tazmaniondvl:
Not trying to get a eta, but how far along is that?

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I was about to try root de la vega but it exludes Exynos based phones. Grrrrr
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] shabbypenguin:
oh id say probably about a month or so? gutta save up the fundage to get the phone first then i can begin work on it.

yea root de la vega is a system.img trick, you need teh stock firmware for your device in order to leverage the same exploit.. you guys dont have the system.img.
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] Daytona1445:
I have to ask again since it looks like my first message my have been overlooked, has anyone looked at what the Octoplus box is doing?

Octoplus lists that they can do the following

SGH-T399 - added world's first Direct Unlock, Repair IMEI, Repair Network, Write Firmware, Read/Write Security, Read/Write EFS, Read PIT, Reboot in Download/Recovery Mode.

I don't know if any of that helps or if any of their file types can be converted into anything else but I would think that its worth looking at.
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] awd_fan:
Octoplus connects with a serial interface, could be used to read and write to nand and IC's. Documentation on their website is poor, but it sounds like root is required to do anything useful. $328+subscription fees, and probably useless, no thanks.

[MENTION=2614663]shabbypenguin[/MENTION]: I'll kick in $20 if you're serious about buying/rooting this beast.
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] shabbypenguin:
i am indeed serious, wife wants me off of ting with my sprint galaxy nexus and on the tmobile 30 dollar plan. i was going to save up for a moto x, but the specs on device make it worth getting over the moto x based on specs vs price. i mean heck it has specs that compare/beat the moto g and its cheaper. hence why i all of a sudden "appeared" in this thread as i intend to buy and use one as my personal device. i have a few things listed up on craigslist to sel and accelerate the phone purchasing time window, i just dont wish to have everyone think im placing the order in the next week or so when it could be a bit longer than that.

id like to thank you for the offer, but ive had people kick in money towards a device before and it almost always ends up turning sour in the end. ill probably only do root, cwm, twrp, a stock based rom and maybe a tweaked kernel. while that sounds like a lot right now once all those things are out people tend to expect more like porting cm or doing something awesome with the kernel etc. due to the chipset in this device and the issues they had with aosp roms on the i9300 and the note 2 series aosp will probably never happen. if i buy the phone for myself with my own money then i dont "owe" anyone anything and if in a year or so it comes time to move on no one feels like they got cheated out of their donation.
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] Proud2banoob:
A stock-based rom and twrp would be perfect for what I want to do with the phone. It's really funny to me, how little love this phone gets at the T-Mobile store. These people are such sheep.
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] shabbypenguin:
people tend to see commercials and make their minds up before they go into a store, since im buying off contract i decide with my wallet. my daughter has the samsung axiom and it is pretty much the same device save for the chipset (it has a nice qualcomm chipset). the reason why sales reps dont push it is they get a far better commission on a note 3 sale than they do a smaller less expensive phone.
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] Proud2banoob:
The folks who work there want the pricier phones because it will help sell more expensive phones, you are correct, but why they don't understand why I would want one, is frustrating. They don't understand the tech, which is sad. I guess I'm a nerd.
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] Proud2banoob:
The commission is the same regardless of phone. People just want glamour phones.
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] Bradyz:
Shabbypenguin, you should check out ebay item 131093711238 (sorry it wont let me post a link since I just signed up for an account)

Its only $119.00 for the phone. Not sure why this company has so many of them. I just bought one myself and it gets here today. I would love to have this phone rooted and debloated.
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] shabbypenguin:
thanks for the tip. hopefully they will have something again when i have the money together :)

edit: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Great-Condition-Samsung-Galaxy-Light-T-Mobile-/131093711238 for anyone interested. the listing says used so this is prolly a fairly large cell phone shop that sells tmobile phones and they got some in as returns, refurbs, replacements etc and after having enough stock build up they prolly are just trying to clear inventory.
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] Daytona1445:
They seem to be on top of things, I ordered my phone from them new late on a Friday night and it shipped on Saturday and I got it the following Tuesday. It took longer to get a decent screen protector and case from companies that are much closer to me.
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] tazmaniondvl:
What case did you get? I've been looking found some good ones on Amazon for less then $10
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] GJSmith3rd:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00H3P7M60/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] awd_fan:
Decent 2 piece hard case, don't get the screen protector they offer

http://www.ebay.com/itm/For-Samsung-Galaxy-Light-T399-T-Mobile-Rubberized-Hard-Case-Cover-Accessory-/390717364317?pt=US_Cell_Phone_PDA_Cases&var=&hash=item5af891d85d

Good screen protector thus far

http://www.ebay.com/itm/171185653936?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] shabbypenguin:
can someone take a picture of download mode clear enough to read the text there? it was mentioned earlier in the thread someone flashed a custom recovery from another device or was i imagining things?
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] @root@:
rooted ???

I could not find a way to root this device but the really sad thing is that no one has ever find a way to root it yet.

I have tried the saferoot method and changed the code to make it loop through all kernel address ( to get ptmx_open_address) but it failed since the kernel is patched.

All known vulnerabilities have been fixed and the bootloader is locked :(

Installing a custom recovery wont make it boot (Stuck on logo) and using CF-Auto-Root patch wont work either (msg: firmware upgrade encountered an issue .....).

In fact, CF-Auto-Root patch can flash the recovery but since the bootloader is locked it will not flash the cache partition in order to copy the original recovery.

Anyway, the phone has already been rooted ( by unlocking boxes) but no one has posted the boot.img and recovery.img yet.

I guess the best option is ask these guys. :laugh:
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] shabbypenguin:
the bootloader status is what im trying to figure out, you have flashed a custom recovery? i dont expect cf-root to work, it doesnt support your device.
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] @root@:
I know that the cf-root wont work on this device but my goal was to check the bootloader status.

Odin cannot flash the cf-root. If the bootloader was unlocked it should not fail in flashing.
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] shabbypenguin:
ok im more concerned with custom recovery, you mentioned what happens when you flash that, am i correct in that you had previously tried it? did odin flash it? it just wouldnt boot into recovery mode? or did you get some source of locked bootlaoder screen?

normally a samsung device would be unlocked, but i ran into an international model that is locked earlier this week, and tmboile has started to lock devices.

for anyone who cant make out the blurry text. the last thing i wish to do is buy a locked bootloader phone, if its unlocked then i can work with that... if its not....

youll know if it has a locked bootloader if you flash some custom software using odin, it will boot up into download mode and have red text telling you there was a booting error. if your phone doesnt boot up or gets stuck on the bootanimation/splash screen that doenst mean you have a locked bootlaoder it just means your software isnt working.
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] @root@:
http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=40834107

the exact same experience and I can boot in Odin Mode ("Custom Binary") without errors

Of course, I have not tested all partitions but I think it is the same.
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] shabbypenguin:
ok so your custom binary counter is tripped? and your phoen functions normally? if so thats awesoem to hear and means you do indeed have a unlocked bootloader. for a min i was nervous thinking i was gunna have to find some other phone to look into buying.

anyways im bored today so im gunan compile a special recovery, if anyone is brave enough to flash it hopefully it boots up, i dont expect much in terms of being useable (in fact i know the partitions will be off so it will be useless for flashing things.) but its to see if i can even get cwm booting before i get the phone :)
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] @root@:
well, It is "locked bootlader" or "locked flash".

mine can only boot in Odin mode since I made several tests... "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again“.
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] shabbypenguin:
ah ok well, mind testing since you dont have much to lose anyways? https://mega.co.nz/#!5UZGCDRD!B-qu1d3vxK1PlHUEwh3It6k2UrJLBWfWbChWw73E81s
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] @root@:
let me convert it to tar first and do md5sum.

I just tried a recovery and made it boot like normal but does not continue (stop at logo screen).
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] shabbypenguin:
its already in tar format and flashable.
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] @root@:
Yeah I thought it was zip

Anyway, Fail:laugh: both recovery and normal boot
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] shabbypenguin:
dont suppose it got far enough for adb eh? thanks for trying though :)
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] tazmaniondvl:
Is this good news or bad news?
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] shabbypenguin:
good news in that we can have custom recovery, bad news in that unless something else comes up yall are just waiting on me :(
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] tazmaniondvl:
What do you mean something else comes up
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] shabbypenguin:
Someone may have a root exploit they are holding onto til the s5 comes out and then release it, sometimes they coem out at random times, like bin4ry's adb root came out of nowhere. others are around android releases, like the masterkey bugs and 4.3 source coming out, and then others are based on devices coming out :).

so if something comes out before i get mine then that would fall under the "something else" :). lets hope for that so you guys can enjoy root faster.
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] tazmaniondvl:
would getting the stock firm help?

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nevermind, according to samsung tech support it is not possible to obtain the stock firmware package
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] shabbypenguin:
yea they dont do anything of teh sort, we are gunna have to make an odin tar ourselves after we root.
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] tazmaniondvl:
http://www.xda-developers.com/android/build-clockworkmod-recovery-the-old-fashioned-way/

not tech savy but would either guide posted here help with a custom recovery?
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] shabbypenguin:
ive built and ported recovery to 16+ devices and not a single one was done using the builder website, IMO it tends to break things more than anything else because people expect a fully working image and most of the time it doesnt.

the issue is i can build cwm all day long, but until i know how to pack the ramdisk with the zimage the phone wont boot it. you find the numbers needed from the stock images (which we dont have yet). so until someone either gets me a recovery.img i wont be able to build a successful cwm :(.
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] tazmaniondvl:
and the only way to get that is with a stock firmware, or an update from samsung...
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] shabbypenguin:
or by dumping it ourselves :)
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] tazmaniondvl:
but to do that dont we need to be in recovery?
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] shabbypenguin:
nah, just rooted adb shell
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] tazmaniondvl:
and for that you need the device in hand to obtain correct?
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] shabbypenguin:
its not mine to give away, plus if the exploit doesnt go public then there is a far less chance of it being patched so that it can be used on more devices. with the current plan i can get teh device, root it and then make images that will root everyone else. if it indeed had a locked bootloader than it wouldnt have worked.
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] Proud2banoob:
Sounds like nothing, yet... Getting closer, tho.
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] usa10241976:
thanks
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] Daytona1445:
Not sure if anyone has checked or noticed but the Kies software was updated a few days ago and no longer gives a message about not supporting updates on this phone.

I know this doesn't really help with anything right now but I just wanted to share the info.
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] shabbypenguin:
anyone see if you can do a firmware recovery and grab the tar? if so then i could root yall that much sooner :D
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] Saintfyre:
Wish I was at home so I could plug away at that and get one.

Very interested in seeing this come to fruition, just snagged one of these for my little brother I added to my plan but damn the thing is full of crap.

Thank you everyone working on this!
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] Daytona1445:
Kies just downloaded another update.

After taking the case off my phone so I could pull my battery to get my serial number I tried the following

After going to Tools, Firmware Upgrade and Initialization it wanted the model number and serial number from the back of the phone.

Once I entered the info it told me that the SGH-T399 does not support initialization.
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] tazmaniondvl:
If you could tell me what I need to do, I will give it a try
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] Demonoid111:
This could mean Samsung is preparing to launch an update for this device.

The waiting game continues...

:mad:
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] Proud2banoob:
They need to send Kit Kat for it.