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[Samsung Galaxy Mega] ValenteL:
HI [MENTION=4449541]Tilagoon[/MENTION]

And all French People.

If You have a Rom whit CSC not French, and If You have one Customer Recovery, rooted and Knox invalidated You can flash this Mod.XEF whit 27 French operators:

https://meocloud.pt/link/f3b6946e-c1a8-4334-839d-01dc214b36cb/I9205-NA2-XEF-OXXCNA1.zip/

After full wipe to validate it and Custom Restore data only from Your last Backup Rom to restore Your appl's and screens (On recovery) You must have XEF by default and Your screens alright.

If You try it give feedback. Tested on my Mega.
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] ceejhay00:
Hi ValenteL

... First i used Odin 3.07

....2nd i flashed the tar file Philz touch recovery

....3rd it's ok reboot...

.... Power + volume up

.... booting recovery no two red lines...

What should i do with this one...

---------- Post added at 02:11 AM ---------- Previous post was at 02:00 AM ----------

Should i use odin 3.07... or Odin 3.09

Where could i download odin 3.09

Thanks.....
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] Tilagoon:
Hi [MENTION=4232254]ValenteL[/MENTION]

Thanks for the french people ! :good:

But I'll not be able to test it as I am using Cyanogen mod 11 and I think your mod is only for stock ROM ?? :confused:
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] Final5k:
Just to confirm about the new CNA2 firmware - if we root using the method on this thread, does that increase any of the counters? thanks.
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] ValenteL:
Sorry but now I don't Know. I have always the two red lines. What Your Kernel?

I use only 3.09 but I thing 3.07 is also good.

Take the 3.09 from here attached.
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] ValenteL:
I don't know the CM's because I use only Stock for now. I flashed already many, many, CM, Aosp, Aokp... on another devices but I'm tired from them.

But the CM11 not have in /system /csc, /sipdb, /VODB, /SW_Configuration.xml and /CSCVersion.txt?

I not remember about.
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] ValenteL:
Yes. See OP.
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] Tilagoon:
Hi Valente,

I have checked and in the directory System/csc there is only one file: feature.xml tha's all !!

They must use another system !

But as there is no updtae for CM with it's not a problem.

Cheers
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] ValenteL:
Hi Tilagoon

I had curiosity and downloaded two CM11 Rom's to see. I extracted it to see in /system and both not have anything about CSC.

The csc is used also to create the APN to 3G/4G but here the Rom create the APN from file /system/etc/apns-conf.xml. This file have APN's from all operators GSM of world. Are by order number, You can see Your operator on it and the APN that You have on Settings/more networks/Mobile Networks/Access point (APN). If touch on APN whit a green light You see all parameters that are on file.

I remember me this from Honeycomb time and a Asus Transformer wifi only. And I create the way to it have a 3G dongle and had been Wifi/3G also. Whit help from some tools of Dev's. Then I managed here that file to put the 3G working.

Old Times.
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] ceejhay00:
Heres my kernel version
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] ceejhay00:
Hi got rooted thanks to every one everything works fine.. for now... youtube is working supersu is also responding well thanks a lot... :rolleyes:
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] hbkrossi:
try that on my mega 9205 XEF 4.2.2 NA2.....i cant get past Step 2 at all....after i succesfully flash Philz recovery via Odin 3.09...reboot..turn off.....Volume Up+Power button....Its bring me the STOCK RECOVERY....not the Philz recovery....why?:(
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] Tilagoon:
After you flash Philz recovery you have to reboot immediately in recovery mode otherwise the recovery is overwritten by the stoke one !!
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] hbkrossi:
You mean i have to untick Auto-Reboot from Odin when flashing philz recovery?:confused: if so...then the instruction in OP need some correction...:(
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] Tilagoon:
Yes , this is one way todo it !

This seems to be new with the latest ROM's
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] mwarrington1992:
I got the message about the SU Binary not installed, unlike the op I flashed the latest Super user apk (1.93) and this worked for me. Maybe try them all for yourself but the one that was suggested in the first post (1.80) did not work for me at all. Hope this helps others.
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] m.kaya:
does it flag the knox counter to 0x1 or still remain 0x0 after rooting ?

and how about the wifi, cause from what im reading people have problems with there wifi..

and can we turn back to stock/unroot

Im a bit cared cause dont want to brick my phone, and kinda newbie at these things with rooting mega 6.3

About my mega 6.3 attachment..

EDIT:

NVM rooted with Kingo Android Root, its been rooted flawless but im flagged 0x1 ( pain in the @$$ )
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] starmaster10:
Yes the counter will go to 0x1 when you root the device and you can still use a custom recovery and it should not effect your wifi..as I have knox in my phone with a custom recovery and rooted..still have the stock rom as that is were it can get bad if you try to flash a custom rom..otherwise your phone with just custom recovery and rooted should still work fine and you can still make backups of your rom. :)
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] Carnage:
Can i use latest philZ recovery and superSu on this method?.Because i read some users had a success root using latest superSu(v1.93) and how about using latest PhilZ recovery(V6.19.3)?.Attached about device.

Edit: flash latest philZ recovery using odin untick auto reboot.Reboot to recovery and flash latest SuperSU. Reboot to system.install busybox stericson. Put SuperSU apk in sd card and reinstall it.open SuperSU and it will ask to invalidate knox,choose yes.Using Root explorer go to system/app and delete SuperSU apk and all knox thingy.in recovery if it ask to fix su choose yes.Done!.Works well for me.
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] starmaster10:
Yes it should work..even with knox on your phone i see..but it will still work to have a custom recovery and have root. :)
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] Carnage:
Yup!..tested and work fine!
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] Funkitaly:
wifi off

Hi guys!

My first post after registering.

Hope to help in the future.

In the meantime, i tell you my Mega story ;)

I rooted the stock firmware with the standard procedure, by flashing with Odin:

boot.img.tar

i9200-cwm-recovery.tar

Galaxy-Mega-Root.tar

and launching supersu.apk on my sd (ver. 1.80)

then, after a few days, i flashed the latest release from Samsung,

WITHOUT REBOOTING

and, before restarting, i flashed again CWM-recovery and installed SUPERSU.ZIP (1.80) on my sd.

Restarting in recovery mode, i installed again supersu.

Result:

i was knoxed 0x1 anyhow, but no knox app was installed.

Problem was:

no Wifi (it seems there's no stock apk running), google play store crashing continously, no emulated sdcard

So i decided to reinstall the new samsung OS, but then couldn't get root in any way if not thru PHILZ+vcoreroot2+supersu 1.93 procedure

AND FINALLY

here i'm again, rooted, i'd better say ROTTEN, without WIfi and play store.

Advice?

Thanks in advance and good work.

It was hard for me to flash and reflash for the fist time!

I'm glad of taking part of this whole new world for me and of this great community.

Good wind,

Funkitaly

Genoa
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] Frezi Evan:
Yeah.. It works fine. But i do not understand about custom recovery. Why need it ?
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] trurl3:
It depends on what you want to do with your rooted phone. But first answer to yourself a question: why you need root? And if you really need it? Those are very closely connected things and if you do not know for what is custom recovery I suspect you do not know for what is root at all. So maybe stay on safe side and do not attempt to rooting your unit... rooting and modding could be dangerous for your precious phone (at least my Mega is REALLY precious to me :) ) so you have to be prepared to take proper actions in case something went wrong. Are you ready for problems? Be careful not to become customer like there:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=wwleOote5M0

Please no offence... it's only hypothetical situation :)
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] jojox1:
hello,

I want to know if people have the same problem as me.

I explain:

I like my rooter with the Roma-XEF I9205XXUCNA2.

I often network losses (I capture I put the phone it does not move and when I look at 2 h after I received missed calls and I get the message not registered to the network), for example I capture 3or the 4g, I am also wifi. By cons I have no indication as to what logo I'm h + h or 4g. I only have wifi notification bar.

First picture = wifi enabled home = no notification h + or 4g

Photo 2 = I disable wifi

Photo 3 = I see the bar h +

Thank you I hope I have been clear enough in my problem.
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] Tilagoon:
If you activate Wifi and data together Wifi will have priority over data that's why you don't see H or H+ when Wifi is active.

The telephone calls don't use data or Wifi

Check how many bars you have in the notification bar to see the signal strength !!
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] Frezi Evan:
Thank for you suggestions..:fingers-crossed:
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] jojox1:
Ok i dont said why sometime is working normally & 1 hours after not work.

Je pense que tu dois etre tilaggon de planete galaxy.

Je piges pas le delire pourquoi jai des deconnexions, exemple je capte je le pose, et le lendemain il a pas bouger entre temps, impossible d'appeller ni de recevoir (non enregistre sur le reseau).

Je vais donc attendre patiemment la 4.4 qui tarde a venir.

Merci
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] Tilagoon:
Oui, je vais aussi sur Planete Galaxy :cowboy:

Quand tu perds le réseau perds tu aussi la connexion Data ??

Es-tu sur du réseau là où tu habites ??? Memem problème avec un autre phone au meme endroit ???

Tu peux peut etre essayer de changer de modem ! Lequel as-tu ?? (parametres/plus/A propos de l'appareil)
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] Funkitaly:
maga galaxy root knox

Apparament il n'y a pas moyen d'avoir au me^me temps le wifi et le root.

Je suis bien content de vo^tre contribution au forum, et je Vous remerçie, mai je Vous rappelle que içi Tout devrait e^tre en anglais.

Je suis Geno^is, mon pato^oit est francique de base, MAIS on a perdu une guerre (le français 2) et la langue doit suivir celle du vainqueur

Please contribute to solve the main problem rooted wifi OR plain vanilla stock installation?

Grazie, Merci, Rhanks,

Maxita
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] Tilagoon:
Yes you are right about English in this forum !

About your wifi problem : if you want to root the latest stock ROM's (the one with Knox) you have to follow what is explained in the first post of this thread and it should work.

Did you follow this procedure or the standard root procedure for the Mega ??
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] themian:
can somebody teach me here how to root I9205XXUCNA3 kernel 3.4.0-2338537. i tried this method but no luck :(
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] n4n0Br4in:
Sorry If my question (may be) not in the right thread...

I've updated my phone to the latest firmware (with knox).

If I root it, it will get knoxed 0x1.

If flash back to stock ROM (the latest one) and give up my root access, will the knox counter back to 0x0??
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] Carnage:
Knox will still remain 0x1..once tripped,in cannot be reset..until someone come with solution.
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] n4n0Br4in:
Man...this knox really a pain in the a$$....

Thanks anyway for the answer.:)
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] Atrax2010:
Need more detailed guide, please.

Hey guys, I need a bit of assistance here.

I just got my Mega i9205, and I wanted to root it, almost started doing it, but now I see there are two methods, and if you use wrong one, you can brick the phone?

Can someone explain how to work in Odin, where do I put these files I downloaded, in PDA or Bootloader section or where?

I usually work with HTC, never with Samsung so I don't get this.

I understand I have to flash that custom kernel first, then recovery, then stock kernel, but how? And is that method even ok for my device.

Thank you.
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] sytauro:
After using vcoreroot-v2 to root, I lost wi-fi access. I wonder if you did make on Odin flashable modem to fix this?

How can I get one to try?

Thank you very much.
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] Tilagoon:
The Modem has nothing to do with the WiFi.

Wifi is handled by the Kernel and this is why you get this problem after flashing with the wrong procedure.

To recover Wifi you have to flash the stoch ROM.

And if you want to root it use the dedicated procedure for Knox ROM's.
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] sytauro:
Broken wi-fi

Same wi-fi issue. vcoreroot-v2 does this.

I tried the downgrade recovery method by megalomanic14 http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2615124

It fails for me too.

I am at my wit's end.

Anyone with suggestions please?
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] sajjad220:
My wifi not working!

I did everything [MENTION=4232254]ValenteL[/MENTION] said (I think) and my wifi wont turn on could someone please help me out this is my bros galaxy mega 6.3 i9205 and im freaking out caz the wifi isnt working PLEASE HELP ME SOMEONE!!!!!!
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] Tilagoon:
To make everything back to work you have to flash the stock ROM (with Odin) which is available HERE . :)
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] sajjad220:
THANK YOU

THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH!!!!!!! it worked! but do i have root now or what?
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] Tilagoon:
Glad you recover your phone :good:

Now you have a stock ROM, no root just like out of the box !

If you want to root you have to follow the given procedure but as you have seen it doesn't always work fine !!

If you want a rooted ROM without Knox you can flash the Megafire BMJ2

This is an excellent ROM.:good:

You have to flash it in recovery mode which mean you have first to flash a CWM recovery.

I would recommend Philz Recovery take the last version in format tar.md5 and flash it with Odin.

You will be then able to flash the ROM in recovery mode.
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] sajjad220:
i rooted (i think)

so i flashed it with philz recovery got supersu but what is a rooted rom and after i get rooted how can i use all the rooted features
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] Tilagoon:
To flash the Megafire ROM you have just to flash Philz recovery with Odin then reboot in recovery mode make the wipes and flash the Megafire ROM that's all.

Your ROM will be routed and all the applications which require root access will be working.

Now if you don't want to root just stay like you are now..
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] sajjad220:
Great!

ok thx for everything i decided to root and everything went great:good:.
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] edriclim:
Hi guys, I'm new to my i9205 mega..

I'm currently using i9205XXUCNA3.

Decided to root and i have read the OP instruction but how do I get into download mode and use odin to start flashing files?

Sorry I'm new to mega :)
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] Tilagoon:
To go to download mode:

Switch off the phone

Hold together Volume down + Home + Power till you get the download screen and confirm with volume up ;)
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] zxrzxrxp:
hello help help!? I'm Italian and I have I9205XXUCNA2, I do it at all costs the root, can I use your guide? with the other guides after the cwm the phone loses wi-fi, full memory, playstore ko, sorry but I use a translator
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] Tilagoon:
Yes if you use this guide you should be able to root your ROM CNA2 ;)
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] zxrzxrxp:
hello, I managed to install cwm without losing wifi and memory, I also installed superus from cwm, but nothing like this amlgrado to screen, why?
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] Tilagoon:
Try to update supersu with Google Play.
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] zxrzxrxp:
hello, do not accept the font size to that root as possible? other software,, how about installing an unofficial ROM? if so, which one?

Can I ask you a favor? you can try to install from the market fontsize and see if it really magnifies the characters, reboots ok by me but the characters are always small does not change anything, yet supersu asks me if ovglio accept, mah! thanks
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] m1diman:
Did what it said on the tin

After 2 days of nearly pulling my hair out trying to root and install custom rom on my Mega 6.3. I finally came across this thread. Ok I have not installed a custom ROM yet as I am about to go away for a few days and dont have the time to do it at the moment but it is rooted with Knox disabled. I have rooted stuff before with out any problems so really had me confused.Had no idea what Knox was let alone that it existed. Folllowed OP's instructions ane ensured I had extracted the APK on to the SD card before going any further. As soon as it had booted up after flashing philz and installing Superuser 1.80, I manually installed the superuser apk. I ran it and was informed of KNOX and asked if I wanted to disable it. I of course said yest and root checkr confirms my phone is indeed rooted.

A big thanks to all.. Planning on installing Liquid Smooth but if anyone has any better recommendations I'm all ears ;;)
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] edriclim:
:) I'm using i9205XXUCNA3. Followed exactly the instruction in OP and successfully rooted my mega! Thanks a lot!
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] lauri_ylonen:
hi every body

i have i9200 I9200XXUDNE4 4.4.2 and knox is 0x1

phone is root but Signal is too weak And most of the time after call show write not registered on network

how disable knox 0x1 to 0x0 for downgrade FW

help me please
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] trurl3:
There is no help for you... as for now nobody knows how to reset knox counter...
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] sixpathofpain:
can someone guide me properly to root my device here's my phone firmware

i9205 (France)

Product Code: XEF

PDA: I9205XXUCNA2

CSC: I9205OXXCNA1

MODEM: I9205XXUCNA2
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] edriclim:
You can follow the instructions in OP..
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] fautiq:
noob question here.. after flashed the philz recovery via odin, when we open the recovery mode, will it show philz recovery or stock recoery?

cause mine still show stock recovery after i flashed the philz recovery:confused::confused::confused:
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] Tilagoon:
When yu flash Philz recovery you have to reboot immediately inrecovery mode.

If you reboot the system the recovery will be overwritten by the stock one.

To do that:

In Odin untick "Auto-reboot" then flash the Philz recovery, when done switch off the phone with a long press on the power button.

Then reboot in recovery and the Philz's one will be there :good:
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] privmsg:
hi guys,

i using I9205XXUCNA3, try to follow the step, but end up get this error while flash the UPDATE-SuperSU

E:/failed to verify whole-file signature

can someone help me with this.

Thank you
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] orangekid:
Here's my issue.

I tried to root the "old way" with the kernel flash thing because I didn't realize I had a ROM with knox. So I had the whole borked kernel no wifi issue. To fix it I just flashed a stock ROM tar thru odin that did not have a data parition. So now everything works fine.

I then flashed philz and then went into philz and flashed the SU1.8 that is linked in the OP, but it says no binary blah blah and I get some thing from the phone saying "unauthorized access to a secure area has been blocked..."

The reason I need to root is to back up all my apps WITH data using mybackuproot or TB or whatever, but for this I cannot wipe my data partition.

Is there any way I can get real root just to back up my apps without wiping the data partition from where I am?
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] inamie:
My luck with superuser 1.65..

rooting with this method make our device not perm root, so cannot backup efs :(

but no problem to backup or modified system data :D
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] shahrudeen:
Samsung Galaxy mega gt 19205, after root.. Google play crash.

Hi All,

Samsung Galaxy mega gt 19205, after root.. Google play crash.

Had tried everything mention here, finally download kies and hit emergency firmware recovery.

and all is well again.
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] noob_noob1337:
Galaxy mega twrp root room
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] Streetranpu:
I'm new to this, and I tried flashing this using Odin (AP mode), and after my phone resets it just loads the samsung logo then turns black.
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] sholsten:
I'm sorry. I installed the new Rom in the OP.
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] ValenteL:
Good. The XXUCML1 is a good Rom for me. But why You want downgrade to J2? Be optimistic, upgrade only Your Mega, it thanks You.

BTW, my try on Note 3 that have the same bootloader partition from Mega called "aboot.mbn". The first module from Rom to be flashed by Odin is this aboot.mbn. The Knox bootloader installed control before flash what will want be flashed. If it see that is a older bootloader, abort, fail the Odin and not damage anything.

At this step the phone not start. But we have the Download Mode. I flashed by Odin the Customer Recovery and at start rebooting the Rom Installed start and work very well. Nothing damaged.

I repeat, this is my try on Note 3 that bring the Knox installed from origin. On Mega I9205 I not tried nothing and not try in future. But in my opinion must be the same. Any way if You want try, make it at Your responsibility, alright?

If You have a Backup rom from J2 made by Customer Recovery You can restore it and must work well. Tried this also on Note 3.
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] sholsten:
I really wanted to know if the bootloader is locked in case I want to try the Custom Roms. I don't want to brick my phone.
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] Traine:
is the new update comes with JB 4.3 or still at 4.2?

pls tell me cause im rooted and im using AOKP
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] sholsten:
Sorry, but it is still 4.2.2
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] marlikcoc:
Hi i dont found download link for i9205-cwm-recovery.tar.md5 please help me
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] Droidphilev:
hi,

You have a download link for your package Thering?
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] ValenteL:
It was on THIS Thread. Now there are here the new GTI9200-I9205_CWM_6.0.4.5_Recovery.tar. I tried it, You can use it's same.

You can see the link for this new HERE.
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] marlikcoc:
please download link for your package please help me sorry English is not my language

GTI9200-I9205_CWM_6.0.4.5_Recovery.tar dont work on UCML1 i tested
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] ValenteL:
Is here attached inside the zip. You must flash .tar.md5 by Odin.
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] Traine:
Can we use TWRP recovery to flash that zip file?
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] ValenteL:
I never use the TWRP. I don't like it. But What Zip File?
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] marlikcoc:
after all Stage device has root (i9205) but the Message stop youtupe why?
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] ValenteL:
For me is the same. Is because it is installed on system/app and must be something wrong whit. When I delete knox appl I delete also the Youtube from here. After I download it from Play Store and is installed on data/app. And no more problems, it work well.
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] marlikcoc:
Thank you
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] sholsten:
So, I still don't know; does this Rom lock the I9205 boot-loader?
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] ValenteL:
This Rom don't lock anything. Is the Knox Bootloader that is the first from a new type of bootloaders, that block and not permit many things.

To understand what is the Knox and is bootloader and kernel read this:

https://www.samsungknox.com/en/overview/technical-details See also the video How to Use on it...

On the first attachment we see at left the usual Android, at right we see the Android whit the Samsung Security System Knox in white and the usual until now in blue. Whit this System people can have like two phones on one. A personal whit his own appl and a second secured to work on Enterprises and Governments and others.

The Knox Bootloader protect the secured part and not permit the flashing by Odin some files that it consider not secured like the oldest bootloaders.

For example I quote this from that doc/link:

Samsung KNOX offers a multi-faceted security solution rooted in the tamper-resistant device hardware, through the Linux kernel and Android operating system. The first line of defense against malicious attacks, Samsung KNOX is currently approved to run on US Department of Defense networks. (If flag 0x0, my opinion).