yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] goodboybond:
Hello everyone,

I apologise if, it probably is, my post is in the wrong place. I am very new to forums and cant seem to find excactly what I'm looking for in this sea of information. I have been trying for over a week now to root my Galaxy S4 which is running 4.4.2 I have followed many tutorials but none seem to work. My latest folly, with ODIN 3.09, is fruitless. Before I go any further I'm wondering if it can be rooted in the first place. My main reason for rooting, as this ROM is quite nice, is to rid the phone of a ton of bloatware and try to improve the battery life, not to mention use superior apps. I'm a novice at this stuff but wouldn't bother others if I could manage it myself. Could some kind soul give me advice on where I'm going wrong, if indeed it is able to be rooted. Also, point me in the correct direction of an appropriate thread if this one is wrong?

Many thanks in advance

Here are the details of my phone (UK version)

GT-i9505

4.4.2

Baseband version - I9505VJUFNB2

Kernel version - 3.4.0-718801

Build number - KOT49H.I9505VJUFNB2

When I'm using ODIN 3.09 I do not get the COM port light up the appropriate colour (yellow I believe) but I do get the "ADDED" text.

Can someone point me in the right direction please? I will be extremely grateful, thank you.

I also have this information on the download screen of my phone, some of which I haven't seen referenced elsewhere, which makes me think it can't be done on this phone or I have missed somnething about the root process.......

PRODUCT NAME: GT-I9505

CURRENT BINARY: Samsung Official

SYSTEM STATUS: Official

KNOX KERNEL LOCK: Ox0

KNOX WARRANTY VOID: 0x0

CSB-CONFIG-LSB: 0x30

WRITE PROTECTION: Enabled

eMMC BURST MODE enabled

Many thanks in advance

Craig
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Joku1981:
1. Your phone have to be in DOWNLOAD MODE for flash through ODIN.

2. You can try to install the latest drivers for ur phone: HERE
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] goodboybond:
thanks for the reply. my phone is/was in download mode, the last part of my post describes that and what is displayed (on the top left) of the screen and as far as I'm aware (Kies3 installed, Dev mode activated & debugging on) all appropriate drivers are installed.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Joku1981:
You dont attach any pic of ODIN showing the errors... and what u are using for root ur phone? The unique that works is CF-Auto-root and this will void ur warranty
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] goodboybond:
I'll post a screenshot when I next get a chance. the phone is out of warranty now.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] goodboybond:
Success :victory: !!! After uninstalling and reinstalling the drivers from the link you kindly posted it worked. I now have a rooted S4 i9505 4.4.2 :D Thank You! :good:

Since then I have been trying to educate myself on the ways of the force. My main reason for rooting the phone was to remove the many apps on the phone I had no desire to use. However, it seems I have opened up a large can of worms and may have bitten off more than I can chew :confused: I'm currently trying to work out how to flash the appropriate recovery image on to my phone because it is not supported by Rom Manager All the links to the relevant information I am reading are dated way back to last year and beyond so I am unsure whether I am following the correct procedures. I have used Titanium Back Up to back up all system & user apps successfully. Now I just need to know, definitively, how to install a Rom Manager compatible recovery image for my phone, which is a lot lot harder it seems :eek:. If you or anyone could point me in the right direction I'd be very grateful :fingers-crossed:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] goodboybond:
So, I managed to install CWM and I carried out (what I thought was) a back up. I then followed a couple of videos on YouTube on how to install a custom rom, I found this...(sorry I can't post links yet as I'm a newbie) I9505_-_Official_Google_Edition_4.4.2_by_Jamal2367_Final-R1.2 and upon trying to install it I am now stuck in recovery. I've read so damn much about all this in the last few days my brain is fried and I don't know where the hell to go next. I'll attach of a few pics I've taken of the screen in the hope that helps to identify what ****-up I've made. I pray someone can help me with this please :fingers-crossed:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] goodboybond:
managed to sort it myself with a lot of pain. there was me thinking these forums would help. Yeah. Cya :rolleyes:
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] rahul8040:
theme chooser for 4.2.2 JB?? please provide the link
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] doctor_droid:
For stock rom??

Not available

Btr to use xposed wid xtheme tools
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cantfindanick:
Hello,

Yesterday i noticed my devices compass is off by 15-20 degrees. When i open up google maps and tap compass icon i can clearly see it is pointing wrong direction. It bothersome problem till now but i needed gps for the first time and took a wrong turn beacuse of it

Any way to calibrate compasses like iphone does ? tried waving it in the air in 8 patern - did not work

Does your's show right direction
[HTC Hurricane] vadimt:
Hi everyone on this forum,few days ago i bought brand new Orange SPV C550,was try reflash to SDA II but by mistake reflashed to SDA1 now my phone don't have signs of life,when trying to power on just come white screen for few seconds,the computer still can see as a smartphone but the phone can't switch on bootloader mode. Someone have any ideas? Would be very appreciate. Thanks!
[HTC Hurricane] vdm1974:
Hi, I have the same smart and maybe the same problem. If you will find answer give me please sign.

Best regards from Ukraine:D
[HTC Hurricane] nhathoa:
I have made a mistake as you, and I know how to fix that problem by Expert. Your Rom was lost the bootfile and you can't fix wiht cable data. Only expert of hardware can fix that problem.

I'm sorry...:(
[HTC Hurricane] Prerna:
Yup, according to what I read in other forums, this is really bad... In short, it means the phone has become a brick.

I got one as well and intend to change the current Orange' rom to any better one, because of a bug which makes the phone freeze sometimes while dialing a number.

I am concerned about finding a proper rom for that model, so as to avoid making a "big mistake".
[7" Kindle Fire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NOX020189:
Hello XDA Community,

I just ordered and received my fastboot cable for my 2013 Kindle Fire HD 7" (Soho) hoping that I would be able to backup the original ROM and flash it to run CyanogenMod, because the Amazon Kindle OS is really lacking. I would also like to have root again since root has been removed after the auto update from 11.3.1 was pushed upon me even know I modified my hosts file (also I just noticed today they just updated the OS again to 11.3.3).

I have been looking around the Internet for a tutorial on how to flash my version of the KFHD, but the only version I can find a tutorial for is Tate. I am also unable to get my ADB server to recognize my Kindle when using the fastboot cable. With the Kindle completely off I hook up my fastboot cable and turn on the device and it is not recognized, and the Device Manager lists the devices as "Soho-PVT-Prod-07". I uninstalled and re-installed the Kindle Fire Drivers and using my regular cable the Kindle is recognized just fine within Windows.

Any assistance would be grand and appreciated!

Thank you all!
[7" Kindle Fire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LinearEquation:
There are no custom ROM's for the SOHO. Attempting to flash one for Tate will more than likely brick your device. There is a root topic on XDA though.
[7" Kindle Fire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NOX020189:
Thank you for the reply. I have been viewing the thread and trying to restore my Kindle back to the 11.3.2.1 using Gran PC's utility, but when it attempts to Install the OS I get the Red Triangle with an Exclamation Mark. Even if I can just get my Kindle back to 11.3.2.1, root, and install Google Apps I will be happy.
[General Questions and Answers] perro777:
I have one issue with my mx tv box (running Linux) with my home cinema my tv is LG 55LA860W and I connected with optical to my home cinema

And when I try to watch a film from my tv box with dts sound it shows me from the beginning the logo recognize the dts the sound starts perfectly to my speakers but only for 15-20 second's after that the sound stops and start one annoying sound,

pls somebody if he can help I will thankful:D

P.s: Sorry for my English
[Sony Smartwatch] hagel:
I have a trip booked to Paris in about a month and I'd like a smartwatch that I'm able to glance at to see directions when I'm walking around the city. Ideally I'd like to not have to buy a data plan while I'm there so I'd be working offline.

I know the Pebble has OsmAnd+ that will deliver turn-by-turn navigation while offline, but I'm curious if there's any app that works in a similar fashion for the Sony Smartwatch 2 as that's the watch I'd rather buy.

I've searched the forums but haven't been able to find anything concrete, I know there's some apps that will display a GPS map but I'm more looking for the directions than just a map.

Any help is much appreciated, even if it's pointing me to a thread that contains this info already :)
[Sony Smartwatch] lexman098:
The "Google maps smartwatch" extension forwards Google maps navigation pretty well, which will give you walking directions with data.
[AT&T HTC One (M8)] jmz:
Absolutely nothing special here. WP turned off. Thats it.

Flash in recovery.

Download

Source
[AT&T HTC One (M8)] Malf8:
Can you clarify for me what write protection this removes? Hate to ask a stupid question but I'm new to htc and this device and just want to knows what's what.
[AT&T HTC One (M8)] jmz:
On stock kernel you are unable to make changes to /system partition even with root. This removes that.
[AT&T HTC One (M8)] Malf8:
Appreciate the info and your efforts, thank you!
[AT&T HTC One (M8)] DirtyDroidX:
Thank you sir. I figured you would post it after I got done doing it myself ?
[AT&T HTC One (M8)] nunyabiziz:
Is this the same kernel as the international m8 or att version?
[AT&T HTC One (M8)] jmz:
They are the same source code
[AT&T HTC One (M8)] WhiteSRT69:
Flashed kernel. Don't have access to SD card
[AT&T HTC One (M8)] jmz:
I'm able to access sdcard just fine.
[AT&T HTC One (M8)] jbag1489:
Knew someone would have this up soon! Thanks jmz!
[AT&T HTC One (M8)] DirtyDroidX:
+1

---------- Post added at 08:33 AM ---------- Previous post was at 08:26 AM ----------

Forked now I can break some ****!

---------- Post added at 08:42 AM ---------- Previous post was at 08:33 AM ----------

Also so this question isn't asked a million times ,"How do I know if the kernel flashed properly?" . Look at your default.prop , it will say ro.secure=0 instead of 1 . Or your changes will stick on reboot. I figure I would just toss that out there before someone felt the need for clarification.
[AT&T HTC One (M8)] WhiteSRT69:
going to try and flash again

edit: flashed again,

phone can see my 32gb Sd card, but not my 64gb. going to format it and see whats up
[AT&T HTC One (M8)] blackburn29:
This kernel likely does not contain exFAT drivers. They are not included in the kernel source from HTC and have to be added back in manually
[AT&T HTC One (M8)] pachi72:
Can this be used on Stock rooted ROM or a custom ROM?
[AT&T HTC One (M8)] Blueoval24:
I'm having the same issue. And older ad I have works but two brand new ones stopped working. Not 100% sure it's related though.
[AT&T HTC One (M8)] PunchLick:
I tried with Google Play Edition Rom and am getting boot loop and cannot get back into the OS.

Anyone help??

Edit: Factory reset fixed the issue.
[AT&T HTC One (M8)] PunchLick:
Edit: Fixed
[AT&T HTC One (M8)] rafine1234:
Is this kernel a substitute for s-off
[AT&T HTC One (M8)] akitten007:
Just wondering, is this kernel compatible with the new ATT ota?
[AT&T HTC One (M8)] heppojo:
Jmz M8 Kernel Remove Write Protection

My friend,

Is this can be done on htc desire 816 dual sim???

---------- Post added at 01:52 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:49 PM ----------

Sir,

Is it valid for HTC Desire 816 dual sim?

Can you explain the procedures please
[AT&T HTC One (M8)] Kiwicrank:
Anyone know if this can work on a Canadian Telus stock rooted rom 4.4.3?
[AT&T HTC One (M8)] pokedroid:
Getting access denied message. Really need stock kernel, anyone else getting access denied?
[AT&T HTC One (M8)] reckless_t:
Link to download not working... Getting access denied too
[AT&T HTC One (M8)] Wonders_Never_Cease:
Old and outdated,hense dead link.
[AT&T HTC One (M8)] reckless_t:
Well I just got my AT&T m8 and its still on 4.4.2 and will be until lollipop... AT&T halted updates. And I just wanted to keep it rooted and stock but get the ability to debloat, so if anyone has a link or file I would appreciate it. I saw flar2 kernel won't work with 4.4.2
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Squida:
Is there an S-OFF tool / method for the M8 Vodafone Australia edition and also a Tampered writing remover?
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] StuMcBill:
No s-off tool yet.

I'm not sure if it will be possible to remove the tampered writing even if we get s-off?
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Squida:
Well someone did it. The app is something like guru boot loader tampered remover or something with guru in it for the HTC one
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] StuMcBill:
I haven't seen it for the M8 yet.
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mr Hofs:
Htc one...Yes because it has s-off too....not the HTC one M8
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Squida:
Did I not say HTC one? Lol

But thanks for the heads up.

Does r/w need s-off because some apps are not installing eg. System apps installer
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Squida:
I would of added M8 if I was talking about it
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] StuMcBill:
You should really post in the HTC one forums then.
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Squida:
It's about the M8 so this forum is the right one... but the Guru I was talking about is for the HTC One not M8. I was saying if it can be done on the HTC One then it should be able to be done on the M8 as well
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cr0is4d3:
I'm waiting for the s-off tools for m8 now, too:laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh:
[Galaxy Note 3 Accessories] GreenXSI:
Hi,

I am looking for a good case for my Note 3. Can anyone please suggest me a leather flip case, with S-View? Also will it work with KitKat?

Also is there any issues to the phone in long term use of S-View cases?

If there are more than one options please suggest all.

Thanks a lot!!
[Galaxy Note 3 Accessories] malybru:
Mod Edit

S-View thread is HERE

Thread closed

malybru

Forum Moderator
[One (M8) Original Android Development] jmz:
Absolutely nothing special here. WP turned off. Thats it.

Flash in recovery.

Wont read exfat partitions

Download

Source
[One (M8) Original Android Development] ZANGETSU786:
Nice one mate.

---------- Post added at 08:44 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:35 PM ----------

Nice one mate. tried it but mine still says " this build is for development purposes only do not distribute outside of htc without written permission. Failure to comply may lead to legal action"
[One (M8) Original Android Development] jmz:
I think you misunderstand. This kernel only allows you to be able to make changes to /system while booted into android. It does nothing more than that
[One (M8) Original Android Development] exSD:
Will this work on Sprint's M8?
[One (M8) Original Android Development] jmz:
nope
[One (M8) Original Android Development] NJGSII:
Gonna need S-Off to be able to flash the modified firmware to do that I believe. Nothing to do with the kernel at all.
[One (M8) Original Android Development] xReaper7x:
Thanks for this, exactly what I was in search for to delete all the bloatcrap on my phone! :D +1 Thanks
[One (M8) Original Android Development] jmz:
Well this is pretty much useless now that [MENTION=4684315]flar2[/MENTION] released his kernel. It was just to hold people over till then. So im really no interested in wasting any time on it. I will step aside for the kernel gurus......
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] py_martinez:
Hello,

I use CWD to make my backups.

The problem is that i can not see them in my es explorer, the cwd folder is empty...

So i am not able to copy them on my PC. Same thing my PC explorer don't find them...

But they exist because i can see and use them in recovery mode !!!

Any suggestion ?
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] clsA:
you are using very old recovery ..try TWRP 2.6.3.3

http://techerrata.com/browse/twrp2/m7

unless your on Sprint or Verizon see their forms for the current recovery
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nkk71:
it's because they're in /data/media/clockworkmod not /data/media/

0

/clockworkmod

you'll need to use a

root-enabled

file explorer to be able to see files in /data/media/
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] py_martinez:
I can flash this new recovery but is there any risk to lose my previous backup?

And what about my pc that is unable to see the cwd backup ?

For info I finished to see the backup, only with root explorer...but with my pc nothing:banghead:

Envoyé depuis mon HTC One avec Tapatalk
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nkk71:
you have no idea how old this is, but here you go:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1991657
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] py_martinez:
Yes ! I've found them, well hidden !!!

If I want my pc to see them (to make a copy) the solution could be to move then in an another folder? (Not in 0 partition)

Envoyé depuis mon HTC One avec Tapatalk
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nkk71:
4.1.2 => sdcard = /data/media/

4.2.2+ => sdcard = /data/media/0/

so if you use a root-enabled explorer and

move

(ie copy & delete) them from /data/media/clockworkmod to either /sdcard/<somefolder> or /data/media/0/<somefolder> then you can see them on your pc.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] py_martinez:
Ok, great solution man:thumbup::)

I am on cwd v 6.0.3.1.

Does it worth to change for last twmrp?

Is it a on touch recovery ? (Usable by touching the screen)

Any risk to lose something (backup) if I flash it?

Same hidden location for the backup folder?

Sorry I am very curious :eek:

Envoyé depuis mon HTC One avec Tapatalk
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nkk71:
you are using a

seriously outdated

recovery!! go ahead try flashing a newer ROM, and enjoy the failed installation and bootloop!!

YES update to TWRP (recommended at the moment for 4.4 ROMs), if you have M7_U/UL model (ie NOT Sprint, Verizon or Dual-SIM), use:

2.6.3.3: http://techerrata.com/browse/twrp2/m7

2.6.3.4: http://techerrata.com/browse/twrp2/m7ul

and there's even 2.7.0.4 floating somewhere here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=51614516

seems 2.7.0.0 has some problems!!

(make sure MD5 is correct, that site does not play nice with download managers)

fastboot flash recovery openrecovery-twrp-2.6.3.3-m7.img

fastboot erase cache

fastboot reboot-bootloader

PS: CWM backups and TWRP backups are not interchangeable!!

so if you want to restore a CWM backup, then you need to reflash CWM.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yoda1998:
So I use TWRP 2.6.3.3 and I am very satisfied with this one. It is a touch custom recovery.

I don't think CWM and TWRP backups are compatible to each other, but I'm not sure, somebody should verify that.

And there is a TWRP folder created in the phones internal storage, that I can access from my laptop just by USB cable without any problems.

I hope I could help!
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] py_martinez:
You helped me!

Thanks for info and links !

I will try all this tomorrow, in fact I never changed my recovery till..8 months because every insertcoin roms were flashed without problems..till yesterday I tried to flash a arhd sense 6 Rom and had infinite bootloops...:mad:

I understood that I was a lot in late :D

Envoyé depuis mon HTC One avec Tapatalk
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] robpegs:
Good evening

Trying to run WeakSauce but get a " unfortunately,Weaksauce has stopped" as soon as I run. HTC One M8 UK (Three)

any ideas?

Rob
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xReaper7x:
Not sure if it's Verizon only but I do think that's the case.
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] robpegs:
From what I read of it, it also does Verizon, from that I'm guess it does most M8's plus Verizon. May be wrong. just need to root this thing..
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xReaper7x:
Try one of the awesome toolkits in the Development section that should work just great! :D
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Aksta:
Did you manage to get this working? I am having the same issue and I also have the Three network one.
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] meelos:
Same issue on O2

Hi guys... I'm having the same issue with HTC M8 locked into O2. Any news?
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] spikeydoo2006:
It won't work for us. WeakSauce is for those people with devices so locked down that they cannot use HTC Dev to unlock their bootloaders like Verizon. If you want root on the international version, you'll still need to unlock bootloader first.
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Aksta:
Right I see. I have unlocked bootloader but when I try the firewater I get stuck at the su command not found. I'm pretty sure the bootloader was done correctly so not sure what the problem is.

If you have any idea I would appreciate your input.
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] meelos:
Yeah I unlocked the bootloader but...

Yeah I unlocked the bootloader using HTC DEV but I'm actually having some trouble with Firewater...

In step 4 of the instructions after I adb shell and try to run su I get the following:

shell@htc_m8:/ $ su

/system/bin/sh: su: not found

127|shell@htc_m8:/ $

and so without this I can't run firewater as root:

127|shell@htc_m8:/ $ chmod 755 /data/local/tmp/firewater

shell@htc_m8:/ $ /data/local/tmp/firewater

error, run firewater as root. su or FU!!!!!!

1|shell@htc_m8:/ $ su /data/local/tmp/firewater

/system/bin/sh: su: not found

127|shell@htc_m8:/ $ fu/data/local/tmp/firewater

/system/bin/sh: fu/data/local/tmp/firewater: not found

127|shell@htc_m8:/ $

Any ideas? :)
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SaHiLzZ:
Flash or boot custom recovery and flash supersu
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] meelos:
Sorry, how can I flash a custom recovery/SU without being rooted?
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SaHiLzZ:
If your bootloader is unlocked, then

fastboot flash recovery nameofrecovery.img
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Aksta:
Can you please explain this in a step by step as I am so lost.
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] meelos:
Follow this guide

Hi I followed this guide:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2708520

Only difference being that sing I have a handset from the UK I used the GSM version of the CWM image instead of the VSW version linked in the thread. Unfortunately I can't post a direct link in this forum but if you enter the parent directory of the img file into your browser you want the cwm_v6.0.4.7_m8gsm.img

Hope that helps. Worked for me.
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Aksta:
Thanks I followed that through and it went through fine but I don't think it is rooted according to the simple root checker app. I can no longer go into the bootloader menu by holding the volume down button and on button. Please advise