yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S 4 General] Millenium3:
Had the same problem, this is how I fixed!

I followed the instructions in OP, but was stuck in boot animation.

This is what I did to finally get root.

1. Flash CF-Autoroot through ODIN.

2. It should boot, but the SuperSu app is really outdated.

3. Update SuperSu.

4. It should ask you to update the binary.

5. Try updating through the Normal method.

6. For me it failed, and the app told me to reboot and retry.

7. I rebooted the phone, but the phone was stuck in boot animation (just like with the instructions in OP).

8. (Without wiping anything) I flashed Philz Touch recovery through Odin.

9. I downloaded SuperSu app that is flashable through recovery.

10. Rebooted and finally got root!
[Galaxy S 4 General] Raziman:
wta

are u keep the zip. file (update superSU v2.45) in the sd card n then install it with philz touch recovery ??
[Galaxy S 4 General] prmah:
Woking Steps!!

Steps confirmed working:

1. Download and place superSU app into internal or external memory , from http://download.chainfire.eu/695/SuperSU/UPDATE-SuperSU-v2.45.zip

2.Flashed Philz Touch recovery through Odin. from https://my.pcloud.com/publink/show?code=XZs3BkZPWCE8hherxXnBPFJJc7ubQdC3Fv7

3. Boot into recovery, by 3-button combo .

4. Flash superSU app through recovery.

Done !! rooted :D

Hit Thanks if usefull
[Galaxy S 4 General] anuraagkochar:
i am seeing a lot of ways guys. which way to root is working?
[Galaxy S 4 General] RubbaBand:
Try the methods above

If not the method 1 then try method 2
[Galaxy S 4 General] username0101:
My question to
[Galaxy S 4 General] anuraagkochar:
which above method? there are a lot
[Galaxy S 4 General] Bingley:
I only needed to do 1 to 6 to get superuser root installed :)
[Galaxy S 4 General] sapshuk:
Yes, this is method 4 when methods 1, 2, and 3 don't work.
[Galaxy S 4 General] RubbaBand:
People doesnt read anymore
[Galaxy S 4 General] O-T:
Is only i9505 NOOBS required to press Home key in addition to vol- and power to enter download mode?
[Galaxy S 4 General] RubbaBand:
Yes, anyone including the noobs is required to do this, lol
[Galaxy S 4 General] Mk786:
Method 1 (GT-I9500) - Worked for me. I9500XXUHOAA_I9500ODDHOA2_INS Firmware
[Galaxy S 4 General] O-T:
Don't you know that pressing Home key to enter download mode is useless?
[Galaxy S 4 General] sinalpha:
I can't install philz it's not working nor the CWM recovery

any suggestion?

in odin it said succeed

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okay i put the file in AP not CP in odin

is it a problem?
[Galaxy S 4 General] RubbaBand:
No thats ok, what method did you use?
[Galaxy S 4 General] RubbaBand:
no its not! without pressing the home key you will do a force reboot
[Galaxy S 4 General] O-T:
No, only if you keep pressing power after vibrate.

Vol- and power until vibrate, let go of power while keeping Vol- until screen on, Vol+ to confirm.

... and that's how it's done regardless of anyone tend to call someone NOOBS or not. ;)
[Galaxy S 4 General] marcusdesa:
I9505xxuhob7

This running in ROM English I9505XXUHOB7 ???
[Galaxy S 4 General] RubbaBand:
Lol, and if im on mute?
[Galaxy S 4 General] RubbaBand:
Sorry, i dodnt understand you well
[Galaxy S 4 General] marcusdesa:
OK this ROM English, works well in i9505?
[Galaxy S 4 General] RubbaBand:
This is not a rom! its a rooting method, and yes its working on i9505 lollipop
[Galaxy S 4 General] marcusdesa:
Sorry, post in the wrong place
[Galaxy S 4 General] NM:
Hi! I think the question was "does this work on the British firmware I9505XXUHOB7", which just came out ?
[Galaxy S 4 General] marcusdesa:
Yes !!! Thanks :o
[Galaxy S 4 General] NM:
I think the answer is yes... I found it here : http://goo.gl/7upmof
[Galaxy S 4 General] RubbaBand:
Ohh, yes i think it should
[Galaxy S 4 General] marcusdesa:
Ok, already routed, thanks! :good:

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Ok, already routed, thanks

This method was what worked, with marked auto-reboot :fingers-crossed::laugh:

That way did not work!!! :(

5 - Flash the recovery via odin (if you are on i9505 uncheck auto-reboot)

8- Flash the SuperSU file from recovery (Select "Install zip") and locate the file
[Galaxy S 4 General] :
What exactly did not work? Did it give any error message? In any case, you only need to be rooted once, and if cf auto rooted, then that's good.
[Galaxy S 4 General] RubbaBand:
Because you have to reboot manually then flash the file, and how did you rooted your device when this didnt work for you?
[Galaxy S 4 General] reycovirt:
after rooting

i use CF-Autoroot + Philz

force close almost all of my apps...
[Galaxy S 4 General] zubairx:
Rooting on Updated Indian firmware

Hey Rubbaband help me,I was on stock Indian 5.0.1 firmware,which was rooted by the method 2 by you.Last night I read about new update of Indian 5.0.1 firmware,I flashed stock 5.0.1 then updated to latest firmware and now I can not root this.Please Help me.
[Galaxy S 4 General] RubbaBand:
I was on old russian then i update it and im still able to root it, the same on the indian, maybe you have apps that are causing some problems
[Galaxy S 4 General] zubairx:
which application?

Successfully rooted with CF-Auto-Root-ja3g-ja3gxx-gti9500,but now I want to install Philz Recovery,please help me.
[Galaxy S 4 General] OzGurKan:
I have i9505 with stock 5.01 .

If i root my device using this method , will i trigger knox??

I wanna root it and ofc install a custom rom...

thanks !
[Galaxy S 4 General] RubbaBand:
Unfortunately yes, it will trip knox
[Galaxy S 4 General] RubbaBand:
Ok then just flash the recovery via odin
[Galaxy S 4 General] OzGurKan:
Well is there a method to root it without triggering knox?

Thanks!
[Galaxy S 4 General] RubbaBand:
on 5.0.1 i dont think so
[Galaxy S 4 General] nageshv24:
Not able to boot into recovery.

After updating to the latest Indian 5.0.1, I flashed the Philz recovery via Odin. But it is not able to boot into recovery. When I tried Volume Up+Home+Power buttons, the boot image of I9500 is repeated again and again.

Before updating, the recovery and root worked flawlessly. Please help...
[Galaxy S 4 General] RubbaBand:
Flash cf-auto then flash the custom recovery
[Galaxy S 4 General] awyeahh1:
is it possible to root without problem and install twrp after applying the new OTA incremental update ?
[Galaxy S 4 General] maeve86:
5 - Extract and Flash the file via odin

So... you say this is noob friendly... Apologies for the ignorance.

In method 1, step 5:

5 - Extract and Flash the file via odin

What file?

Thanks :)
[Galaxy S 4 General] awyeahh1:
extract CF-Auto-Root-ja3g-ja3gxx-gti9500.zip to a folder of your choice, open that folder, run Odin,

add the file CF-Auto-Root-ja3g-ja3gxx-gti9500.tar.md5 to the PDA or PA section (depending on your odin version), wait a moment, then click start. voila. doesn't get any noob friendlier than this.
[Galaxy S 4 General] RubbaBand:
i made my status official then i had updated to the new russian, and then i rooted again with no problems
[Galaxy S 4 General] RubbaBand:
lol, its really noob friendly, what i mean by extract and flash? extract the downloaded file by your choice then open odin and select AP or PDA then locate the file place and hit start.

but i think my friend [MENTION=4668871]awyeahh1[/MENTION] solved your problem ;)
[Galaxy S 4 General] maeve86:
Thanks! That was indeed as dumb-down as it could possibly get, because I understood :o :o

.... So I made it that far, something happened (I'm guessing the rooting process) But... then what? Do I need to reset phone so that it recovers in lollipop or... did something go wrong and I'm just too oblivious to figure it out? My phone restarted automatically, but in the same old version I had...
[Galaxy S 4 General] RubbaBand:
if you just flashed cf-auto-root then the recovery will be the stock

if you want the custom recovery just flash it as mentioned in method 2
[Galaxy S 4 General] JagiChan:
CF autoroot by ChainFire worked for me flawlessly.:highfive:

Quick guide on how to root.

Download and extract the CF autoroot in the first post on this thread (given separately below Method 3).

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=58563629&postcount=1

Check your model i9500 or i9505 and download the appropriate file.

Power off the phone.

Put the phone into flashing mode (VolDn + Home + Power).

Connect the phone to the PC (USB cable)

Launch ODIN. Use the ODIN that is supplied in this zip file, it has all the options correctly set.

Click on the PDA button and select the *.tar.md5 file.

Click on start (all options are already preset in the ODIN 3.07 supplied with this zip file and it also installs the SU binary).

Wait for the phone to reboot and perform the rooting operation.

The phone will reboot again after 10 seconds.

Viola, now your phone is rooted.

You will have the SU app installed and you can do whatever you want with the new found privileges.....

Now my i9500 is rooted again with LP:D

Thanks to ChainFire for his effort.
[Galaxy S 4 General] maeve86:
Ok, and is it safe to do method 2 even though I've already rooted through method 1? (As I scanned the forum, I read a lot about bricking phones... I don't know much about it, but I do know it's not where I want to be.. hehe)
[Galaxy S 4 General] RubbaBand:
if you have root already, then just flash the philz touch recovery and dont flash the supersu file
[Galaxy S 4 General] Abul-Abbas:
Hi

Thanks man U helped my ass
[Galaxy S 4 General] RubbaBand:
Lol, your welcome bro
[Galaxy S 4 General] Daniel_Machado:
Thank you

My Galaxy S4 works 100%

Good job! :D
[Galaxy S 4 General] RubbaBand:
Your welcome, enjoy your rooted s4 ;)
[Galaxy S 4 General] _Was:
[for noobs exclusive!]

[FOR NOOBS EXCLUSIVE!]

Hey folks,

I was having so much trouble for Root my device. I tried all the 3 methods talked here, but i'm not having sucess.

Follow de tuto of my friend RODRIGOWS, but i'm still having sucess. When trying to flash the TWRP, my Odin DIDN'T RESPOND.

That's why in this link has the option to download the TWRP in MD5 format, format that Odin didn't work.

So, download the filer with extesion ".TAR" (aprox. 9,5mb!), flash via Odin e follow the METHOD 2 describled in page 1

Cheeeers!

For RODRIGOWS:

Valeu parceiro, você resolveu meu problema meu amigo, muito obrigado! Brasil na veia no XDA!
[Galaxy S 4 General] O-T:
[MENTION=5998503]_Was[/MENTION] (and other prominent readers)

Short file type info. Best to enable 'Show file types' in Windows Explorer folder options.

.TAR

Archive of content made for Odin flash.

.MD5

Small text file with hash sum of file with identical name. Mismatch of hash compare when original file is incomplete.

HashTab add-on free win software can aid in checking hash of file.

.TAR.MD5

Archive of content made for Odin flash WITH hash added. Odin verify when file is selected that content of file is healthy.

Here's Chainfire own words of CF-Auto-root and link to his Web repository

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=33855452

http://autoroot.chainfire.eu/
[Galaxy S 4 General] _Was:
Thanks, O.T

This is very useful at all.
[Galaxy S 4 General] spencerchong:
HELP!!

On stock 5.0.1 ROM. When I flash either official TWRP 2.6.0 or Philz Touch, I find that I CANNOT boot into recovery using 3 button combo, the phone just turns off.

any solution??

apparently I can reboot now into stock recovery due to SEA permissive thing. but i need my TWRP!!
[Galaxy S 4 General] RubbaBand:
Its keep rebooting or no?
[Galaxy S 4 General] spencerchong:
it works fine. it just says Kernel is not SEA enforcing or some bull ****.

I can boot to Download mode.

I can boot to stock Android recovery.

I can boot to the stock ROM

I just cannot boot into TWRP even though I already flashed the .TAR on ODIN, and also means I cannot root. ;(
[Galaxy S 4 General] RubbaBand:
Try flashing philz touch, then try going back to twrp
[Galaxy S 4 General] spencerchong:
I don't understand. You mean

1) flash Philz Touch on ODIN

2) let phone reboot into stock ROM

3) flash TWRP again on ODIN

4 let phone reboot into stock ROM

and then...? cos if I press volume up + power it says not enforcing. and then if I release power key, phone reboots into stock recovery.
[Galaxy S 4 General] RubbaBand:
I mean flash philz touch then go root then go bakcto twrp

try factory reset then reboot, and after the reboot remove the battery and put it again, after that flash the stock firmware, and then when it boots, remove the battery and do a factory reset then reboot

This is enforcing
[Galaxy S 4 General] spencerchong:
I have just done a factory reset on my phone, it is now booted like new from box. This is my first step.

I believe my next step is to flash philz touch on ODIN? But I'm guessing it won't boot into recovery by itself. and even with 3 button combo I'll go back to stock recovery, and thus CANNOT flash SuperSU zip!it's impossible
[Galaxy S 4 General] RubbaBand:
Just try what i told you, in your situation you wont lose nothing
[Galaxy S 4 General] spencerchong:
it FINALLY worked for me. here's what I did

1) factory reset phone to out of box

2) UNCHECK "auto reboot" on ODIN (silly didn't read that in OP, I'm i9505 user)

3) flash Philz Touch

4) remove battery

5) insert battery

6) boot into recovery

7) release power button once the 3 stupid lines come out

8) wait... and it boots into PhilzTouch

I've since flashed the GOLDENEYE ROM, and waiting for it to boot up. :) thank you SO MUCH fr your help
[Galaxy S 4 General] RubbaBand:
lol xD

nice to hear that, and next time read carefully ;)
[Galaxy S 4 General] spencerchong:
thanks! I wonder though, with the custom ROM, can I boot into recovery freely?, and perhaps flash TWRP?
[Galaxy S 4 General] RubbaBand:
Yes you can, and if you cant see the custom recovery just flash it again, and yes you can change to twrp at anytime
[Galaxy S 4 General] spencerchong:
thank you! just checked the settings of my current ROM, SELinux is set to PERMISSIVE so I suppose it should be all good :)
[Galaxy S 4 General] RubbaBand:
Yes its normal, because you are on a custom rom
[Galaxy S 4 General] rashad543:
force closing

hello

after i rooted my phone with the firrst method it boot to a black screen and everything force close

i rooted with the second method and this didnt help

please help me guys how to fix this

my phone 9505
[Galaxy S 4 General] RubbaBand:
First method ia NOT for i9505!

Second method make sure you downloaded the right custom recovery and make sure you uncheck the auto reboot option
[Galaxy S 4 General] rashad543:
thnx for ur reply

i didnt mean the first method but i meant using cf-root

any way what can i do to fix force stop ?

please help me

my phone is rooted now but every thing is forced closing
[Galaxy S 4 General] RubbaBand:
The cf-auto here in this thread is for i9500 ONLY! Why using something not for your phone??

You will need to FLASH stock FIRMWARE via ODIN to get rid of FC

Read carefully next time
[Galaxy S 4 General] rashad543:
thank you agaın

by the way ın the last 3 lınes ın the first post of the OP there is a cf root for 9505 !! !! its after the 3rd method

now i am flashing a firmware and will see if this fixes it ...
[Galaxy S 4 General] RubbaBand:
I know that, but as you said in first post, you said method 1 which means i9500, if not, it should work with no problem if the method 2 didnt work for you, after flashing firmware and still on fc just do a factory reset
[Galaxy S 4 General] mihaipuica1:
Hi. I tried to Root by flashing cf auto Root then using method 2, but to no avail. I flashed superSU and updated the binaries, but when I check the root, it says that Root is not installed on my phone. I'm on i9505 stock 5.0.1 with Philz recovery. Anyone has/has this problem?

Thank You!

Edit : Good news, aparently when i checked for Root, i didnt give supersu privileges to the checker program, so thats why it said that. I fixed that and now it says that i have Root. So guys, on i9505 5.0.1 just install cf auto Root the do method 2!
[Galaxy S 4 General] pradeepunde:
Root I-9500 stock 5.0.1 black edition

Has anyone tried rooting the stock 5.0.1 for I9500 black edition with method 1 i.e. just using cf-auto-root without a custom recovery? Would appreciate the feedback.

Thanks,
[Galaxy S 4 General] ferchnando:
problems with knox 2.0 s4 i9500!

when I install this recovery is not listed, what should I do?
[Galaxy S 4 General] RubbaBand:
What do you mean by not listed? Do you mean its not shown?
[Galaxy S 4 General] danm200:
Flash the recovery via Odin....

Flash it as what? BL AP CP CSC?
[Galaxy S 4 General] RubbaBand:
Sorry, its AP
[Galaxy S 4 General] ferchnando:
yes, when flashing the recovery this remains the same as stock, sorry for my english.
[Galaxy S 4 General] RubbaBand:
Ok, what is your phone model?
[Galaxy S 4 General] ferchnando:
s4 i9400, 2 days ago i upgrade my s4 via ota, the ota sey that knox will be to updated to 2.0.
[Galaxy S 4 General] RubbaBand:
I had updated my phone to knox 2.0 and roooted with no problem

You can try method 1 it will work, if didnt try method 2

Recovery didnt show? Flash the cf-auto then flash the philz touch recovery
[Galaxy S 4 General] jaggy.the.bro:
i dont want cwm

i would like to root my gt-i505 5.0.1 and keep the 5.0.1 android operating system . is this stil even possible with the new 5.0.1 update ? if so is this wat the cwm recovery means. bq i do not want the clock work mod operatin system i would like to keep it as it is right now but then rooted(sry bad english ) btw i have been rooted before with 4.4.2
[Galaxy S 4 General] Qasim77:
guys I'm kind of confused..

Can somebody please tell me the working steps??

I have the Gt-i9505
[Galaxy S 4 General] RubbaBand:
Yes its possible for i9505 5.0.1, cmw is standing for " clock work mod" its custom recovery not an operating system!
[Galaxy S 4 General] RubbaBand:
Download the recovery file for your device model, and follow the steps in method 2, dont forget to uncheck auto-reboot in odin
[Galaxy S 4 General] jaggy.the.bro:
yes i got i now lol

Yea i was confusing with cynogen mod i think but i rooted my phone about an hour ago i does not run so smootly as the 4.4.2 version but its still ok thx

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You qould also try searching for some other vids on youtube that show how they work with odin and a s4
[Galaxy S 4 General] heynando:
im about to flash lolipop into my i9505, if all goes well I will try to root it flashing the latest CF-auto-root via Odin.. let's see how it goes. Any particular thing I should be aware of?
[Galaxy S 4 General] RubbaBand:
As i know there is no latest cf-auto working on i9505 5.0.1

Download the recovery for your device model l, and make sure auto-reboot is unchecked

If you cant see custom recovery, flash the cf-auto here then flash the recovery and follow the steps
[Galaxy S 4 General] heynando:
Yeah you're right, the 4.4.2 CF-Auto didn't work.. Had to flash custom-recovery and then flash SuperSU from it to get root. But it went fine, so far so good.

One thing that I had no idea was going to happen, to maintain my installed apps. Instead of a erasing the partition and performing a clean installation it did an upgrade from KK to LP, maintained all the installed apps, converted all of them to ART. I thought that flashing via Odin automatically did a clean install, I wasn't expecting an upgrade at all, even spent 2 hours backing up all my data.
[Galaxy S 4 General] foulsamovar:
I used Method 1 by mistake on my GT-I9505. Odin failed and now my phone only gives me that "firmware upgrade encountered an issue" screen.

What's the best way to recover from this situation? Is there any way for me to keep my files (photos, mp3s, etc.)?

Thanks!
[Galaxy S 4 General] RubbaBand:
Try flashing a custom recovery for your phone, and see if the problem is gone, if didnt, flash the custom recovery and make nandroid backup then flash a firmware for your device, and if everything works, flash the custom recovery again and factory reset, then restore nandroid backup with data only

With this method data should stay, and if this method didnt work, try wiping all data and flash the firmware but everything should be erased
[Galaxy S 4 General] foulsamovar:
Thanks, your instructions brought my phone back to life!

This is what I did:

1. I downloaded the "Recovery" image corresponding to my device (I9505) from the ClockworkMod page.

2. I converted it to the tar.md5 format following the instructions from a tutorial.

3. I flashed this file using Odin 3.07.

(I couldn't add any links because I'm a new member in this forum.)

When I booted my phone into download mode, I was expecting to see this ClockworkMod recovery tool or something, but instead I got the usual screen. It's as if nothing had ever happened to my phone...

Thanks a lot, RubbaBand!
[Galaxy S 4 General] RubbaBand:
Your welcome bro, nice to hear about your phone, and pleasure to help you, thanks for the donation :)
[Galaxy S 4 General] droidcol:
[MENTION=5788859]RubbaBand[/MENTION] thanks, I have a i9505 but I had to do all the steps in Method 2 twice because the first time I forgot to uncheck auto-reboot, after the second time I reboot my device in recovery but it boots the default recovery only, not philz, thanks in advance for your help.
[Galaxy S 4 General] RubbaBand:
flash cf-auto for i9505 (link in the thread) then flash the custom recovery and after that flash super su, it should work
[Galaxy S 4 General] droidcol:
It worked indeed, thanks!
[Galaxy S 4 General] au.windroid:
How can I root Galaxy S4 SHV-E300L?
[Galaxy S 4 General] RubbaBand:
Follow steps in method 2 but with a custom recovery for your phone model
[Galaxy S 4 General] au.windroid:
Which custom recovery? can you please share link?
[Galaxy S 4 General] RubbaBand:
You need to download it by your self, try searching google
[Galaxy S 4 General] latouffe:
Hey guys.

Could you please advise if its possible to root a I9505XXUHOB8 lollipop using Towelroot method? To root but not to void warranty?

Many thanks
[Galaxy S 4 General] Baqir2:
Non of the method work for me. my I9500 v5.0.1

method 1st showing error in odin and phone shows recover through kies bla bla..... then i tried 2nd method it succesfully install philz recovery but but when i tried to install su from sd card as u said in method it showing installed at last line in the phone but after restart i didnot find any su app in the phone.

now i tried 3rd method as the philz recovery are same as the recovery given in the 2nd method so i didnot use the philz recovery given in the 3rd method instead i use the philz recovery given i the 2nd method and directly going to recovery mode but i did not find any philzs setting.

plss help me

sorry for bad english
[Galaxy S 4 General] O-T:
Get latest SuperSU 2.46 zip for recovery or newer from developer Chainfire.

The 2.30 version offered by RubbaBand is outdated.

Here's the link to newest directly from Chainfire:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=23427715

Flash the zip from custom recovery - CWM based (like philz) or TWRP.

A better CF-Auto-root guide is given by [MENTION=6387846]JagiChan[/MENTION]

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=59695904