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[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dedei:
woo thanks!
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RBucci:
Hi all, thank you for reading this. I'm sure I'm not the only one here that has this problem;

I've got a Samsung Galaxy S5 SM-G900H and I've tried countless times to root it. It rooted halfway. How? Well, being a n00b in a developer's forum is really tough but I'll try to exemplify:

So I succesfully rooted my phone via Philz CWM to later install Chainfire's Root App from Google Play store. But I can't run "Game Killer" without it posting "Root access needed" when I THOUGHT I rooted my phone. So I downloaded Root Checker Pro and then I kinda understood why.

Has this happened to anyone before? I've never had this rooting problem (used to own a Galaxy S4 before this one and a Samsung S2 before that one)..

PLEASE HELP!

Oh, and I can't use CF-Auto-Root method because it get's stuck at CACHE and I can't make it past there (EVEN if I change the Odin versions). My guess is that it's got something to do with Philz being there. I dunno..

HOW CAN I COMPLETELY ROOT MY BELOVED S5 G900H?

Thank you in advance!
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RBucci:
Bump?
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fffft:
Yes and yes. Incomplete roots are a common issue and happen to many people. It can happen because you missed a step, because the rooting method is out of date or perhaps some app is interfering. You simply need to root again.

It would probably suffice to update SuperSU and update or install busybox. But if you prefer, uninstall SuperSU, then run your root again. If you run into difficulties, then look for advice on how to disable Knox, use one of the newer rooting methods or flash a stock firmware image and start from scratch.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] YMatrix:
2 ways:

1) This has been noted before. If you get stuck on the cache during the flash process, you should remove battery + sim + sd and re insert them and flash again.

2) Not being able to flash with Philz usually is caused because of the recovery version. Since you have G900H it could very be that problem, so if you didn't try my advice from above, I would try to use a different recovery (CWM / TWRP).
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RBucci:
Thank you YMatrix for taking the time to respond. I will reply as soon as I'm able to do so and post a reply with the steps for the successful alternatives.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RBucci:
And fffft for the quick response! Thank you both. I will post feedback ASAP.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RBucci:
Nope. Did not work. I made a full wipe, formatted system, formatted data, formatted media, formatted cache, made a full full wipe of everything, flashed original unbranded firmware and then followed the CF-AUTOROOT method to encounter the same fail...
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RBucci:
Is there a manual way that I can copy the su file into system and set the setuid permissions?

I'm doing my best and tried everything and nothing and no way seems to grant me core root like it's supposed to..
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dieselboy:
Just an idea,, why not unroot then use towel root? I didn't need to go to all that trouble to root my device. Just a couple of clicks with towelroot app.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RBucci:
Because when I attempt to root with Towelroot it says that my device is not currently supported..

I've tried almost every combination/steps.. It gets rooted but it doesn't root the core.. I don't know how to put it in words. N00b disadvantages..
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dieselboy:
Hmm in that case I would post a message on the xda-dev forum. Oh wait :rolleyes:

Sorry I'm not much help here. I'm not sure why my Australian S5 is supported and yours is not (towelroot).
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RBucci:
Well, I'm not sure either. One very strange thing as well is that in Terminal Emulator, when I type "whoami" it says unknown.

I still can't access full root.

I do, however, have SuperSU installed and working properly but it's like a fake root or something..
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RBucci:
The result is still the same.. Help? Please?
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pelpa87:
Well RBucci, i'm with the exact same problem. thought semi-root, happenned to me before, with the S4 and S3, i ve simply fixed it, re rooting with another version of CF-AUTOROOT.

But now, there's no other version of it, for S5. i have the same varian (G900H) as you. CF-ROOT get stuck after writing Cache.img, and throwing "Write error".

please, let me know if you find a work around for it, i'll be doing the same.

i guess we have the same phone, i'm from argentina, probably we have the same variant of "H" version..

---------- Post added at 04:11 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:06 PM ----------

Question, have you tried downloading busybox from market and trying to install it?

does it erease itself after rebooting?
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pelpa87:
Finally working full root!

as you asked here is what i've done.

put a sim card in the phone, (never put a simcard in the phone before), enter developers options, marked USB debbuging, unmarked verify potencial risky apps pushed by ADB (sorry if the translation isnt exact i have the phone in spanish) is right below USB Debuggin Option.

-turn off phone

-Remove SIMCARD

-Enter Download mode

-Flash via Odin 3.09 Chainfire CF-AUTOROOT for G900H

-and enjoy.

try it mate. it worked for me
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pelpa87:
here some screenshots, one checking root, another one checking busybox.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RBucci:
You're the man!

I'm going to delete everything (FULL WIPE) and reinstall stock firmware to test it from scratch. I'll let you know how it goes.

Hopefully I'll be posting back from a fully rooted phone.

Thanks, bro!
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] UnboundDemon:
I had the same issue, got stuch on cache, so i turned it off, removed the battery, took the sim AND the sd card away, and tried the cf-autoroot again, it worked, have full root on the s5 :)
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] G33KilleR:
OMG

I've found the problem !!!

Hi everyone

You have to use CF-Root with Odin 1.85 ! It works perfectly :laugh:

Samsung SM-G900H

A Panda French.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] u1988:
But, what about Towelroot?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2783157

CF-Root will trip the Knox to 0x01!

Be the way if the knox is trip to 0x01

can I still go back to rom stock from samsung and still get OTA?

what about if i chace to ASOP non-stock rom can I still get back and keep the OTA?

The knox dons't block me to get OTA or flash back rom stock?

Thank you!
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pelpa87:
TOWELROOT Is no supported for H variant!!
[MENTION=5939216]RBucci[/MENTION] have you tried flashing another firmware? and trying to root it? there is a Mexican firm that seems pretty similar to the one you have.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RBucci:
[MENTION=4575505]pelpa87[/MENTION] I tried everything.. I tried like 4 different firmwares but they all throw the same result.. Muggle root jajaja
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yoseph1998:
My samsung galaxy s4 (GT-I9500) does not go past the samsong logo with the i9500 and the samsong name.

I put a new simcard in my phone, and after my phone started it asked me to update the phone to a new release. I obviusly clicked OK.

my phone started updating, just like it normally updates, but this time the screen goes black in the middle of the update. I turn on my phone, and it starts installing, then suddenly it turns off again.

when i turn it on it loads the first boot logo, then i get a black screen like the phone was never on.

i tried everything:

battery of and on

wipe data/factory reset (from - volume up, home button, and power button)

wipe cache partition

and apply update from cache has an empty recovery folder.

i tried to boot in safe mode.

and nothing worked

I want to reinstall jellybean(or any os that works) on the phone, but since i can go to settings and allow usb debbuging, my computer does not recognize it even when it is on doenloading mode (volume down, home, and power button) from my ubuntu turmenal.

I am willing to root my phone or anything to get it working without paying money.

How do i fix this? please help!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MAX 404:
Hi mate ,

Plan A

Go here

http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/

Download an official stock rom flash with Odin , should be fine , no warranty problem

Plan B

Follow this:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=52256997&postcount=4657

I made that post for Omega rom I9500 but it should be fine for any rom of your choice

Get root method of your choice

Get the recovery of your choice

Follow procedures for above

Pull the externalSD card if you have it , if not buy one , copy into it ( pc or another phone) the custom rom of choice and flash......
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lennyz1988:
You can't just use downloade mode in Ubuntu. You need to download Heimdall to use download mode. You can use this guide for flashin the stock rom.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2317311
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yoseph1998:
for plan A, i am confused, should i put that in my sdcard, and open the recovery menu?

and for plan B, inorder for me to root my device i need to enable usb debugging, i cant do that, but will putting the phone in download mode and not enabelling usb debugging work?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MAX 404:
Hi ,

Plan A

If for flashing stock rom , stock rom can only be flash by Odin

You need to be in download mode ( Turn off the Galaxy S4 and boot it into Download Mode by pressing and holding Volume Down, Home and Power buttons together. Once you see the Galaxy S4 Logo, release the Power button and continue holding the other two buttons. Click Volume Up to continue into Download Mode), have USB drivers installed in your PC , have the stock rom of choice in your PC ( what version you had before the problem?) and Odin program

See Odin Procedure

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkonj2dICq8

Example of settings when flashing a stock rom

Country: Unknown

Version: Android 4.4.2

Changelist: 875187

Build date: Fri, 28 Feb 2014 12:23:39 +0000

Product Code: PNT

PDA: I9500UBUFNC1

CSC: I9500PNTFNC1

MODEM: I9500UBUFNA2

Instructions

Extract (unzip) the firmware file

Download Odin v3.09

Extract Odin zip-file

Open Odin v3.09

Reboot phone in Download Mode (press and hold Home + Power + Volume Down buttons)

Connect phone and wait until you get a blue sign in Odin

Add the firmware file to AP / PDA

Make sure re-partition is NOT ticked

Click the start button, sit back and wait a few minutes

Also read this thread

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2265477

Plan B

No need for debbuging , you have to root ( using Odin) and you have to install a custom recovery ( using Odin) ...then after that you copy in your SDcard ( take SD card out , use your pc or other phone) the custom rom of choice , insert SD card again in your phone , enter recovery , go to the menu , choose install zip from SD card select custom rom and flash.

Either plan A or Plan B you do not have to enter in OS of the phone ( you cant anyway)

Read well all the threads before you do anything , you must be 100% clear , ask all the questions you need BUT read first until you have an idea of what you want to do
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lennyz1988:
Just a sidenote:

You don't need to root if you want to use a custom recovery. You can just flash the recovery and flash the rom you want.
[AT&T LG G3] MFister:
Hey guys, i noticed that the AT&T store says the wireless charging on the circle case says it's for powermat. Is it possible to get qi chargin with another back/case? I thought all the G3's were supposed to be Qi charging compatible.
[AT&T LG G3] bigdbag:
Check out this thread. http://xdaforums.com/lg-g3/accessories/d850-qi-charging-mod-t2809994
[AT&T LG G3] MFister:
Thanks!
[AT&T LG G3] Kmac_thp:
Thanks At&t for taking away a nice feature! Keep taking my $250 each month though! jerks

---------- Post added at 12:45 AM ---------- Previous post was at 12:00 AM ----------

Just saw this on an ebay listing for a LG Quickview case and wireless base.

[IMG="wanker"]http://www.mntgener8.com/eBay/items/CPACC/CPCSE/QCIRCLE_WCD100/notice.jpg[/IMG]
[AT&T LG G3] Pilz:
I agree but at least it has some form of wireless charging. Now if they can make a PWA back like the qi one I'll be happy.
[AT&T LG G3] antawnm26:
Qi charging: this

back cover has 4 pins and in theory Qi charging should be possible http://www.ebay.com/itm/OEM-LG-G3-D8...item233c96c264
[AT&T LG G3] Lorimere:
Does not work. AT&T version only supports powermat charging.
[AT&T LG G3] derekedw:
^^^ It's a hardware limitation confirmed by LG per AT&T's request to not certify QI. AT&T is a powermat partner.
[AT&T LG G3] dwd3885:
Weird since the S5 on AT&T does qi
[AT&T LG G3] derekedw:
AT&T probably paid LG to do this and Samsung probably refused...LG doesn't quite have the same pull...yet.
[AT&T LG G3] Skizzy034:
So that thread posted above is bull? It sounds like the OP got QI charging to work.
[AT&T LG G3] Pilz:
No I never had qi working if you are reffering to my OP linked on the other page. I probably just get a quick circle case and gut it for the powermat coil.
[Ouya General] kieranlane:
EDIT - Just noticed someone has posted something similar in a different Ouya Category my mistake. Can't delete this post - sorry about the spam :/

Having seen the I/O and Android TV I was wondering having just found my Ouya again (Boxed it up for moving and never got it out again - which is a shame), is there the possibility of porting Android TV to it. Obviously I know for the moment Android TV is just the developer release but didn't see a post on here about it, there is the ADT-1 device that Google gave out so a device runs it at least (I doubt anyone who has one will see this). Anyways not expecting a "here you go - Android TV on your Ouya" but maybe start some ideas on making that happen. (I don't know what that involves - I would love to as I'm a bit of a techie just not gotten into the Android ROM side of things before)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] birckston:
I am currently running CM11-20140331-d2lte nightly on MF1 modem. I have all kinds of problems with GPS and signal strength (and this is not new with Roms for me), but I figured maybe flashing to a more recent build and modem would help. So what's a good combination of radio and CM build that would provide the best stability?
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TechBurner:
I have noticed that my moto g takes photos with reddish tint when the flash is on . My friend also has this problem and i have also seen some people have this problem. I have the dual sim version x*****33 one.

I have seen someone on xda say that this problem was not there in android 4.3 ,So i was thinking that we can pull out libs ,apk and some other stuff required for the camera and try to port it to the kitkat rom.

If anyone can give me the list of libs required and other camera files that are required ,i can try to work around a fix with the help of you guys.

And if anyone has fixed this problem already please let me know.
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rogeriorp:
I heard that by using google camera that reddish tint is considerely lower, did you give it a try? It's been a while I don't use the stock Motorola camera.
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TechBurner:
Its just the same! , Anyways anyone having 4.3 jellybean firmware only could provide me with these files it would be great

system/lib/

1. libnvmm_camera.so(i dont know if its there!)

2. libcameraservice.so

3. libc2dcolorconvert.so

4.libcamera_client.so

5. libcamera_metadata.so

It would help a lot seriously. If you have a very very slow net just the first lib file would be the most important one to upload!
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] stpete111:
I just tried to go to a site in Internet Explorer on my Tytn tonight (I was successfully surfing the web all day today) and no matter what website I try to go to, I get redirected to www.ownbox.com/treasure/videogames.html!! I searched the whole forum, and did a google and turned up nothing in the forums and only that it is in fact a hijack site, but found no instructions for fixing it.

Anyone ever heard of this... on Windows Mobile no less??
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] marka2k:
First day consider a hard reset should fix it. Did not think there were any virus's in the wild that infect WM devices yet?
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] szlevi:
Based on the story below chickswithdicks.com and similar ones must be among them...

:)

<html><head>
<title></title>
</HEAD>
<BODY onload="confirmGoto()">
<SCRIPT>
var exit=true;
function confirmGoto() {
if (exit) {
if (confirm(" CONGRATULATIONS !!!\n\nYOU'VE WON VIRTUAL REALITY CASINO !\n\n CLICK on OK\nand Get up to +200$ BONUS NOW ! ")) {
location="http://www.super-casino.com/casino.htm"
} else {
var now = new Date()
var sec = now.getSeconds()
var ad = sec % 4;
ad +=1;
if (ad==1) { window.location="http://euroseek.com/geo/free%20games"; }
if (ad==2) { window.location="http://euroseek.com/geo/games"; }
if (ad==3) { window.location="http://euroseek.com/geo/computer%20games"; }
if (ad==4) { window.location="http://euroseek.com/geo/play%20games"; }
}
}
}
</SCRIPT>
</body>
</html>

This is where your "virus" takes you... :) By the way what's in your host file? ;)

When you're done cleaning, reset your browser's home page and stop clicking all around next time when you're downloading pr0n (ie tonight :D).
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] ideologist:
Muhahahaha, pwnt. :)
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] darkjedi:
lol nice "virus" you got there ;)
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] Lurker0:
Where it is under WM5? I've tried to create \Windows\hosts to add a couple of records, to no avail. I wish I knew where it should be!
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] stpete111:
I'm glad everyone is so entertained by my first-day woes and surfing habits. ;)

In any case, can anyone help me along here so I don't have to do a hard reset... when you say "what's in your host file?" Where can I find that? Is this where I will be able to clean this thing out? I can't imagine it would be near as hard to get rid of malware in a PPC as it is in a desktop. Then again, I could easily be wrong there too! ;)

Thanks again.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] bydandie:
Check in your java applets and you homepage setting?
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] stpete111:
Homepage setting is still the original one //\Windows/default.htm. I took a look at default.htm with Notepad on my desktop to see if it's compromised and it's not. Very strange.

I've also looked at the registry settings for IE and I don't see anything out of the ordinary, although, I'm far from an expert in what the typical registry entries are for IE!
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] bydandie:
Try over at 4winmobile.com as well mate and Modaco, in for a penny and all that! :)
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] darkjedi:
Just do a hard reset, and stop surfing porn sites!
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] hanmin:
Google is good for porn, but also good for looking for solution to porn related problems :)

http://windowsmobilepro.blogspot.com/2006_04_28_windowsmobilepro_archive.html

http://www.freewareppc.com/utilities/pockethosts.shtml
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] stpete111:
Bydandie - thanks, I'm looking around in those forums right now.

Hanmin - those are great resources... I downloaded the pocket hosts program just to verify what I saw in the registry under Comm/Hosts. Unfortunately, the only host I'm showing in there is 169.254.2.2 which is the ppc's relationship with ActiveSync. This would lead me to believe that the problem lies somewhere else. The Pocket Hosts app is a great little app though, and I'm definitely keeping it.

By the way, to everyone else, I know you're just kidding around about the pornsites thing, but this issue arose out of me accidentally typing a "w" instead of an "e" in the address bar. If you navigate to www.googlw.com by accident, this is the result. Look it up on google if you don't believe me... just be sure to type GOOGLE, not GOOGLW!!! ;)

A hard reset is going to be my very last resort as I already have a ton of apps on here that I put on yesterday. I don't have a storage card yet so running a backup isn't an option, besides the fact that once I were to run a restore on the newly-reset device, it would just bring the issue back anyway. :(

Thanks to everyone thus far for you help! The search continues!!
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] crazyC:
Spybot S&D have a mobile version - maybe try that? never found anything on mine but would not really expect it to as had no problems.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] stpete111:
Crazyc, thanks, I had no idea Spybot had a mobile version... pretty cool.

Unfortunately, I downloaded it and ran it on my Tytn, and it finds nothing. :(

I'm tearing apart the internet left and right trying to find something... apparently I'm the first person in the world who has typed googlw.com by accident??

Onward I trudge...
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] darkjedi:
There aren't any viruses, or spyware for Windows Mobile. If you synced with ActiveSync, it has all the programs still on your computer, just choose the Add/Remove Programs option from AS after you hard reset.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] stpete111:
Everyone,

After several soft resets and clearing of all History, Files, and Cookies, both through the Options, and by manually going into the folders, as well as running Memmaid 3 different times, it FINALLY appears that the issue has gone away.

I wish I knew where exactly in the process the problem was solved, or what was done to solve it, but for now, I'm just happy to not have to do a hard reset, and actually be able to use IE again.

Thanks a ton to everyone for your help and suggestions. I hope to be able return the favor in the near-future to someone who has a problem I've experienced and solved.

Let this be a lesson to everyone... before you hit "Go" on your browser, make SURE you've spelled the website name correctly in the address bar... apparently googlw.com is just one of many of these kinds of "typosquatting" sites.

Cheers!
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] hanmin:
I've just gone into googlw.com and try to see what happened there.. and what script it is using to cause all the havoc.. but apparently, it has been .. solved? It redirects me to the proper google site.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] stpete111:
I spoke to soon.

The problem is back. When I said it had gone away, I was accessing the internet through my activesync connection to my pc, and with that there are no problems. Once I disconnected from my pc and tried to browse through Cingular, the problem is back. Errrrrrrrrrgh!!
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] stpete111:
Also, it looks like this issue is exclusive to IE. I installed Opera and Minimo to test, and they both surf the web with no problems.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] marka2k:
Problem solved then ;)
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] stpete111:
Marka,

Under 99% of circumstances... you are absolutely correct! Only problem is, the only way I can stream my audio & video content from my home pc when I am away is with IE... for some reason, when I try to stream content using Opera or Minimo, Windows Media Player says that the file format is unsupported. When I do with IE, no problems.

Trust me, I'd much rather use a different browser than IE. And if I can find one that plays nice with WMP when it comes to my streams, I'll stop using IE in a heartbeat!! :)
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] MikeChannon:
Yes there are and more than one type check this out for example:

http://www.spywareremovalnews.com/news/article-1044.html

also has free download

Mike