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[Galaxy Grand Prime General] Nitro1max1:
Kingroot didn't give you root permissions, I was going to at least try it but if it doesn't work then I won't
[Galaxy Grand Prime General] Illyakulinych:
What do you mean by at least try? And are you saying kingroot didn't fully work in rooting my phone?
[Galaxy Grand Prime General] Nitro1max1:
I mean I was going to try and root my grand prime with kingroot but you said it didn't work, right? Does your phone have root permissions or no?
[Galaxy Grand Prime General] Illyakulinych:
Right after I used kingroot, I did have all root permissions. But when I rebooted my phone, my phone said that I have flashed an unauthorised rom. After that, I was forced to used kies to flash the stock rom because no matter what I did my bootloader was locked. :(
[Galaxy Grand Prime General] Nitro1max1:
Hmm kingroot is really shady, hopefully someone can make a legit root method for this phone in lollipop
[Galaxy Grand Prime General] Illyakulinych:
Me too. It would be a real game changer if someone with the knolage of coding or computers did a real root.
[Galaxy Grand Prime General] rczrider:
I ordered the Galaxy Grand Prime from Cricket, but it won't be here until next week (which is why I'm researching now). Did you get 5.1.1/LP via OTA or did it come with LP on it?
[Galaxy Grand Prime General] Nitro1max1:
5.1.1 is an ota update, it should come with 4.4.4 so if you want root and a recovery stay on 4.4
[Galaxy Grand Prime General] Illyakulinych:
Does anyone have the stock firmware of SM-G530AZ KitKat 4.4.4? Lollipop is such a pain because there are no roots or anything for it because of the Qualcomm secure boot. :p
[Galaxy Grand Prime General] zomgitsanoob:
Am I the only one who hasn't seen an OTA update available from Cricket?
[Galaxy Grand Prime General] Illyakulinych:
Does this mean that you still have the kitkat firmware on ur phone? If so please private message me and send me ur firmware for kitkat. What you do is go into kies 3 and start downloading the kitkat software like as if you were to update your phone. Then as it is going search up %roming% on ur computer. Once you have that folder go into it and find kies 3/Sm-g530AZ. When the download on kies has finnished it will start flashing the software. At this time you have to copy that file that is inside ^ folder and paste it somewhere. And now you will have the software. Please Private Message me if u run into problems. And then share the firmware on this thread so that everyone will have access to it. Thanks you so much :fingers-crossed:
[Galaxy Grand Prime General] wally86:
Kitkat sm-g530az

I would love the kitkat image also. Thanks
[Galaxy Grand Prime General] TheRootPrince:
This rooting method has been around for months buddy. You can install TWRP recovery and flash SUperSU since September.
[Galaxy Grand Prime General] Illyakulinych:
I'm sorry to disappoint but everything that is available on the internet does not work for my phone:(. My phone is a sm-g530az and runs 5.1.1 lollipop. As soon as I try to flash the twrp recovery with odin it gives me a fail. If you have a different version that might work for me, then please attach it. I have also tried the files that were given by the OP that started this tread, with the same fail result:(. Please help me root my phone. Thanks in advance:fingers-crossed::D
[Galaxy Grand Prime General] wally86:
me too

sm-g530az 5.1.1. same boat
[Galaxy Grand Prime General] Illyakulinych:
When every I do flash what the OP gave, On my phone it says "Secure Check Fail: Recovery" After it fails to flash:(
[Galaxy Grand Prime General] rczrider:
Do y'all still need the KK image? I have an unactivated AZ (Cricket) variant that I haven't even turned on, yet. As long as it's not going to mess anything up, I'm happy to pull whatever I can and make it available to folks.
[Galaxy Grand Prime General] wally86:
Yeah I'll still take kitkat files for testing.
[Galaxy Grand Prime General] Illyakulinych:
Me too, I want to be able to downgrade myself:)
[Galaxy Grand Prime General] Nitro1max1:
Stock kk would be great!
[Galaxy Grand Prime General] rczrider:
The instructions you posted aren't working. When I run Kies and plug in my phone, it sees it and wants to upgrade to 5.1 immediately (version PDA:eek:J4 / CSC:eek:J4 / PHONE:eek:J4 (AIO), which it reports as 795MB). For reference, it reports my current version as PDA:eek:F5 / CSC:eek:F5 / PHONE:eek:F5 (AIO).

Anyway, I canceled...but I don't see any way to request for it to download KK.

I did actually go back and let it start downloading and then unplugged the phone. For the record, it doesn't download to the Roaming folder in AppData, but actually to Local/Temp: http://androidforums.com/threads/how-to-backup-firmware-from-kies-upgrade-process.458795/
[Galaxy Grand Prime General] Illyakulinych:
Yes, I gave these instructions for a fellow who I thought never received the 5.1.1 software yet in his country. This meant that kies 3 would download the 4.4.4. software into the folder and through that be able to give us the software. But he never replied, but in your case, that will not work. I am not sure how to extract the stock img from the phone itself, but I'm sure there is a way. I'll see if I can find a way on the internet and post it here if not then I'm not sure what else we can do. But our friend wally posted a link to 4.4.4 software for SM-G530AZ, but every time I try to flash the 5 files with Odin, I get an error which I'm not sure why it happens. It seems that cricket really stepped up their game not allowing us to flash anything on our cricket variants. If you find a way to flash the files then please tell us or if you found a way to root. I take no credit for this link all credits go to Wally86.

http://www.mediafire.com/download/wmcc4mxt5auavju/G530AZTUU1AOC1_AIO1AOC1.zip
[Galaxy Grand Prime General] wally86:
I'm not 100% sure, but I think the reason the files won't flash is because the bootloader is locked. I also have a Samsung Galaxy Tab PRO 8.4 and I couldn't flash TWRP and Cyanogenmod with Odin until bootloader was unlocked. I have searched and haven't found a way with the Grand Prime. I also think Google changed some security stuff in 5.1+
[Galaxy Grand Prime General] Illyakulinych:
Do you know how to disable the bootloader lock?
[Galaxy Grand Prime General] Lunity101:
Hello this will be my first time rooting a phone using this type of method (usually just use one click apps) I just want to make sure and ask if this is compatible with my model version of SM-G530H, baseband G530HXCU1AOD1, build number KTU84P.G530HDCU1AOF1 not sure if there is anything else that I need to post that has to be checked.
[Galaxy Grand Prime General] adj5064:
im still searching for a root metod for sm-g530az grand prime cricket usa.

or a way to unlock the bootloader. kingroot will get me root but device will also be automatically brick thanks to Qualcomm secure bootloader.

anybody got a solution or have that tgz firmware on 5.1.1 impossible to get??

help guys please!! ;)
[Galaxy Grand Prime General] rczrider:
I'm with you...but why do you want root? For me, the most immediate need is adblocking, which can be accomplished without root using AdGuard: https://adguard.com/en/adguard-android/overview.html

Not as good as editing the hosts file, but it does the job.
[Galaxy Grand Prime General] adj5064:
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thank you for your time,but i can't be without root i love tweaking all settings on android,starting with xpouse module and bussy box.notification bar,built.prop,changing default system sounds etc.root its need it.

i will keep in mind your suggestion thank you!

galaxy grand prime sm-g530az on criket usa
[Galaxy Grand Prime General] rczrider:
If you can't be without root, you might need to get a different phone :p

It's a low-end phone; I'm surprised the H variant got as much attention as it has. But the AZ variant isn't very popular - especially with the folks who have the know-how and experience to root it - so I wouldn't expect to ever get root on LP.
[Galaxy Grand Prime General] rootseverywhere:
Galaxy grand prime

My model number is different ive got the SM-G530A and my build # is LMY48B.G530AUCU4A017.. will this root method work for my device?
[Galaxy Grand Prime General] dbreed53:
I can't get the link in this post to work. It opens a new tab each time and fails. I too would like a copy of this stock recovery for my SM-G530T. Thanks in advance.
[Galaxy Grand Prime General] Lunity101:
Is the ts still active? Is it ok to have SU disable knoxx, has anyone tried it? I dislike the constant prompts and could careless about triggering knoxx, but will having SU disable it have a bad effect? also how can I get the recovery to stop showing up everytime turn on my phone or reboot it?

Also is there anyway I can get twrp/cwm recovery on to make nandroid backups? (new to all of this)
[Galaxy Grand Prime General] pauloribeiropassos:
works on g531h ?
[Galaxy Grand Prime General] rczrider:
I think that's the AT&T variant...and same as the SM-G530AZ (Cricket variant). Should work on KK, but not on LP.
[Galaxy Grand Prime General] ParishM:
is there a root for the G530A running 5.1.1 Lollipop ?
[Galaxy Grand Prime General] rczrider:
Nope.
[Galaxy Grand Prime General] ParishM:
well that sucks ! i'm tired of all the bloatware on this thing already

it's still a current model so hopefully someone will make one
[Galaxy Grand Prime General] rczrider:
I wouldn't count on it. Most devs are interested in higher-end devices. Also, LP presents new challenges to rooting that weren't present in KK, so it cuts down on the number of potential devs to those with more experience.

Low-end device + fewer devs = not a good chance for root
[Galaxy Grand Prime General] captaingowa:
Wrong...

http://xdaforums.com/grand-prime/general/att-samsung-galaxy-prime-sm-g530a-links-t3283066

And if bloatware is a concern you can get rid of it either using Titanium Backup from the play store, or you can download and run Debloater from you PC.

http://xdaforums.com/android/software/debloater-remove-carrier-bloat-t2998294
[Galaxy Grand Prime General] rczrider:
Welp, I'm happy to be wrong. I guess Kingo quit doing suspicious things like collecting IMEIs?

Edit: oh, it's actually KingRoot, the shady Chinese one. I guess as long as you can get rid of their spyware, it's worth a shot. Wish it didn't cost $4, but that's a small price to pay not to have a backdoor installed on your phone [emoji12]
[Galaxy Grand Prime General] Nitro1max1:
Exactly what I said, but I did root my grand prime with it. I paid the $4 and it does unistall everything from KingRoot officially otherwise I wouldn't touch this method. But it works so, just wish we had a recovery now
[Galaxy Grand Prime General] captaingowa:
I am pretty sure KingRoot makes their money from shoving ads and additional 3rd party software on your phone.

Unfortunately many apps that require "Special Permissions" have access to your phones IMEI.

The $4 helps support a good developer through the Super Sume Pro APK.. Which removes KingRoot and substitutes Super SU.

What was really bad was prior to anyone having access to the factory kernel/Boot.img file many of us including myself after using KingRoot found ourselves with a useless phone because KingRoot flashed an incompatible Boot.img that was intended for another variant of the SM-G530 .

I know its less than ideal, however it wont be long with all the stock files available from the Kernel to the NV items.

If someone was to decipher the NV data everything from the boot loader to radios could be accessible.
[Galaxy Grand Prime General] syedmubarak:
i have rooted my device samsung galaxy grand prime but after rooting its not booting!! mail me a solution

syedmubarakk@gmail.com
[Galaxy Grand Prime General] toxinburn:
hey i have same issue i get a message that says im running an unofficial version of software and i need to take it in to fix it :( anyone know where i can get stock kdz or something like that for cricket version? edit: using kies 3 you can recovery this device if you have cricket version install kies 3 then open it with device unplugged, you will need to get the serial number from your device which is located under the battery, write this info down as you will need it. in the kies program click tools, then click firmware upgrade and initialisation, a box comes up enter the device model which also under the battery exactly as it appears it will then ask for the serial number enter that and click okay. follow the on screen prompts which will tell you to boot into download mode, from there it will have you plug it in download the firmware and flash it back to stock, then you will be able to boot up again at least. If anyone knows of working root method for the cricket model id love to hear it, also if their is a custom recovery and/or rom would be great. Thanks to all the hard working devs and android enthusiasts here at xda for all the help you have dished out over the years.
[Galaxy Grand Prime General] weeedu:
how do i flash these files? m new :/
[Galaxy Grand Prime General] R37X:
Hey, guys!

I've used this method to root my grand prime (lollipop 5.0.2), but after the phone reboot from the first step I flashed 1_cfroot_sm-g530h_mohan.tar.md5 and now it won't boot up. :(

Im just getting a blank screen, I have no idea what to do at the moment, as I'm not into all these much.

A quick response would be greatly appreciated!
[Galaxy Grand Prime General] R37X:
BUMP!

Im sorry, but any solution yet? Please.

Let me get this straight, I might no remember the steps properly but after what happened as described in my above post, I tried another method. Wherein I flashed stock recovery (I guess?) and flashed TWRP through ODIN.

So, at the moment, everything works fine, but whenever I switch off or restart it will automatically go to TWRP recovery.

If anybody could guide me to how to fix this, that'd be great!

I have root at the moment, it's just the restart bug is there of TWRP. Apart from this, I can notice significant amount of battery drain after I did this.
[Galaxy Grand Prime General] Lunity101:
has anyone installed xposed on this?
[Galaxy Grand Prime General] tasnim_tamim:
Hi,

So I tried to root my samsung galaxy grand prime sm-g530h G530HXCU1AOE2.

So far the root was sucessful but I have one problem with it.

After rooting the device the Recovery screen always appears when I try to Reboot or Shutdown. So I have to manually reboot the device to boot android. And even when I try to charge the device the phone no longer shows that Battery Charging Aninmation instead it boots to recovery.

Now thats some serious problem for me. I don't know about other but this is a huge problem.

If anyone knows solution to this please let me know as soon as possible.
[Galaxy Grand Prime General] Fiisyahron:
hi... guys, how to fix the supersu message "there is no su binary installed and supersu can't install it... after i flash all of the file... my device still have no root acess when i check it with rootchecker... thanks please somebody reply my message...
[Galaxy Grand Prime General] Fiisyahron:
Hi... No one here?
[Galaxy Grand Prime General] leibrag:
help

i keep getting message custom binary(recovery) blocked by fap lock failed what am i doing wrong
[Galaxy Grand Prime General] adrian2016:
Same
[Galaxy Grand Prime General] AndroidCommander:
Everyone seams to be mentioning the GSM versions

Is there any reason this root method will not work on the SM-G530P from Sprint? I haven't seen anyone one mention it much less try it.
[Galaxy Grand Prime General] hamzaeid:
thanks proo. but is there's any twrp recover cwm recovery for this device ??
[Galaxy Grand Prime General] amageek:
hey i tried this method ...

i flashed the first file without any issue but on flashing second file, Odin displayed PASS message but my phone did not restart.. it somehow got stuck after Samsung logo
[Galaxy Grand Prime General] ajay purty:
same here
[Galaxy Grand Prime General] Yuvaraj Icon:
Ram expander trouble

Hi,

I've root my galaxy grand prime SM -G530H.I've installed roehsoft ram expander.I've tested the compatibility with swapfile app.I showed that it is compatible. But when I try to expand RAM it shows"check write rights and try again".My device is running on lollipop5.0.2.Any help is appreciated!?
[Galaxy Grand Prime General] bbb0111:
help

good day, 2_cache_recovery_stock_mohan_sm-g530h.tar.md i already flashed this first step and it works. However, when i turn it off to boot in recovery mode to continue step 2, it opens up, and show the samsung grand prime (model) and after that, it doesn't display anything , what should i do now? i can't even used it now because it has just a black screen ,

---------- Post added at 07:33 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:28 PM ----------

same here! i can't even open it or used it
[Galaxy Grand Prime General] storm119:
:good:eek:kay...will try and report back...thx ;)

Edit 1: Successful root my device....the only things (annoyed) is once i reboot my device its always go to recovery mode and need to select manually "reboot now" to go to home screen.

Edit 2: To fix the above issue...i did switch off and reboot many times and finally the issue gone!. phewww :D

Edit 3: Now we wait till someone do a custom recovery (CWM) for our device...fingers cross :good:
[Galaxy Grand Prime General] biggalaxy:
Flashing this file would have solved that issue: 1_cfroot_sm-g530h_mohan.tar.md5 :)
[Galaxy Grand Prime General] zamora322:
Working for me, thanks! :D
[Galaxy Grand Prime General] storm119:
Recovery Mode issue

FYI...I did follow the step from first page....only things that i'm using Odin V3.09

1).Flash...2_cache_recovery_stock_mohan_sm-g530h.tar.md5 (reboot)

2).Flash...1_cfroot_sm-g530h_mohan.tar.md5 (reboot)...update SU Binary...reboot

...and the issue raised. Doing step that i mentioned above solved my problem. :D
[Galaxy Grand Prime General] hapticc:
I have preparedRoot Galaxy Grand Prime SM-G530H with screenshots and detailed steps for complete noobs. I hope you update this thread with detailed steps to help noobs who don't know about flashing via Odin or Download mode.
[Galaxy Grand Prime General] Sarangal:
Thank You Sir

Thank You for great work.

but i have question....

Aftet rooting, is any yellow triangle or any warning symbol show with Samsung logo?

and please upload full video tutorial to root Samsung grand prime.

Please post a method to Unroot Samsung Grand Prime and install stock frimware on it.

Please do it. We are waiting for.

Thank You Very Much
[Galaxy Grand Prime General] mohaxs:
Wow, look great, several members has reporting successfully rooting with your method. But I have a question, can I reset the binary counter with Triangle Away?
[Galaxy Grand Prime General] biggalaxy:
This device is secured with knox (which is BS)..... You cannot reset binary counter on knox secured devices.
[Galaxy Grand Prime General] eduardo008s:
hello people, I have a galaxy gram prime.

however it is different .. G530BT SM-sm-g530H .... this method it is possible to use the model of my phone?
[Galaxy Grand Prime General] joshdax2:
Thanks for this but I found a video tutorial that uses bootloader in odin instead of pda which you mentioned in your tutorial. I'm so confused whom to believe. Link below @ 3:00

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbGfbLcLV6s
[Galaxy Grand Prime General] hapticc:
Just go with my guide and use PDA see in my post comments many users have successfully rooted without any issue
[Galaxy Grand Prime General] kblack777:
Should I download to phone or sdcard
[Galaxy Grand Prime General] satya-1998:
Recovery Bootloop

i successfully rooted my SM-g530h using this process by first flashing 2_cache then 1_mohan_cfroot. My phone worked fine for some hours then suddenly multiple FCs came and phone shut off. On turning on it goes to recovery and even if I click reboot to system it reboots back to recovery.

I repaired it to stock with ODIN and re-rooted using same process. Again it worked for some hours and then FCs and then same recovery-bootloop issue. Please help urgently. I used Odin 3.07
[Galaxy Grand Prime General] storm119:
Hello,

On Odin 3.07 "tick" PDA or If you use Odin 3.09 "tick" AP....you are good to go ;)

HTH
[Galaxy Grand Prime General] eduardo008s:
the method used for the SM-G530[BT] prime ??
[Galaxy Grand Prime General] storm119:
You need to download the zip file from the first post by OP (Root_grand_prime_sm-g530h-mohan.zip) to your pc, extract the file...and using Odin to flash (2 files) to your phone...;)

ps- you can follow the step by step by op from the first post

HTH
[Galaxy Grand Prime General] kblack777:
Yeah, I realized, and felt really stupid for asking. I successfully got mine rooted and with the help of rom toolbox, got all my bloatware removed. Thanks for your reply!
[Galaxy Grand Prime General] Inpain:
Will this work on the SM-G530F ?

Thanks
[Galaxy Grand Prime General] valiw:
how about unroot? how we can unroot our grand prime? :confused:
[Galaxy Grand Prime General] ...:::::NP™:::::...:
Any Body Have You CF Root File For SM-G530H

Just Flash Root File With Odin I Expect This Solution

Best Regard

Br;)

Palash Ahammad
[Galaxy Grand Prime General] bbb0111:
good day, may i ask about the rooting? the first step work for me , there is the superuser app when i finished flashing the first md5, but after i reboot it to proceed on the #2 step, it doesnt show anything , it boots up and show samsung galaxy grand prime by android and after that theres a black screen, i cant even boot it in recovery mode, what should i do now? i still can't flash the second file (it is invalid) hope you will help me :) thanks
[Galaxy Grand Prime General] amageek:
dont know why, but recently most of the people are facing this problem...

i tried rooting my friend's grand prime using this method and faced similar issue...

what i did was reflashed the first file again and restarted the mobile.. it worked and with root access... but then still, if i were to restart the mobile i would get the same issue again and had to reflash the first file again... it was an never ending process...

i downloaded another firmware and reflashed it again...

Sayounara to Rooting with this method...
[Galaxy Grand Prime General] watermln:
will it work with my SM-G530H 5.0.2 LRX22G.G530HXXU2BPF3 ?

i am afriad i will hard brick my phone cause i hard bricked my old phone and since last time i am afraid to root my phone but i am still super excited about rooting devices
[Galaxy Grand Prime General] ianmendoza:
What if there's no supersu appeared in the menu after flashing those two items?

How to fix that?
[Galaxy Grand Prime General] Devansh11:
Plz help me
[Galaxy Grand Prime General] NM99:
I used this process to root my G530H and since I'm really close to change to another Android device, I need to unroot it.

How do I do it?
[Galaxy Grand Prime General] Dante Enoshima:
Just reflash firmware and factory reset using stock recovery:cool:
[Galaxy Grand Prime General] coolbeans2016:
this entire thread is BS

entire thread is full of spyware, viruses, malware on download links, all of them!
[Galaxy Grand Prime General] jonastiago:
Possible battery drain. :(

Greetings to all.

I used this root and now the battery seems to be dropping fast when the the screen is on (but apparently no wakelock). Anyone had this issue? Does anybody know how to fix it?

Thank you.

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"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." -- John 3:16
[Galaxy Grand Prime General] jonastiago:
Please Help

I really want to go back to my stock firmware through odin, but I can't,apparently because this root changed my baseband string, or something like that.

I keep receiving " Error: Secure Check Fail : aboot" on my phone everytime i try to flash the stock firmware through odin.

Does anyone have any idea what I can do?

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"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." -- John 3:16
[Galaxy Grand Prime General] mohammadmashum@gmail.com:
Thank for xda.