yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy Tab S General] stefan.pilsu:
I'd like to confirm that [MENTION=4899305]ashyx[/MENTION] script works perfect for rooting SM-T700 UK latest Lollipop firmware: after rooting with KR, open terminal, type su, grant permision, run the script, confirm KR uninstall, update binaries. No other prompts in my case, I didn't find Kinguser in Uninstall app to be deleted.

MRW file was in /sdcard and this time I realised that when I was typing in terminal there it's a space just after sh. Until now my mistake was that I was typing "sh/sdcard/mrw/root.sh" instead of "sh /sdcard/mrw/root.sh"

SM-T700 UK Lollipop Permanent Root
[Galaxy Tab S General] 3DSammy:
Flashing Ironrom but not it's kernel is mentioned in this thread. You are correct that flashfire is used as the custom recovery alternative. I'd search for comments on Ironman for details.
[Galaxy Tab S General] louiscar:
Can I suggest that you alter item 12

Just to point out that you need to add CACHE and HIDDEN if you want to the CSC to be correct.

I reflashed the whole ROM again ticking the other two (originally I only did the 3 as suggested).

The end result is that my CSC fields are all correct, ROM status shows as Official and OTA works (not that we want that but it shows that Samsung is happy :) )
[Galaxy Tab S General] ashyx:
I don't need to. That may have happened to you for whatever reason, but it's not usually necessary.

Many people flash firmware from other regions anyway which may cause those 2 partitions to fail to flash.

Ota is also irrelevant as you can't ota with root. Which is the whole point of this thread.

I never flash cache or hidden regardless of which rom I flash and had no issues.
[Galaxy Tab S General] louiscar:
Ok no problem.
[Galaxy Tab S General] stefan.pilsu:
Happy Samsung:)........means no root.
[Galaxy Tab S General] dd_unlimited:
It appears that Ironrom has the BOF2 base. I'm currently on BOE3 on my T700. If I want to use flashfire to flash Ironrom (with stock kernel) do I also have to extract and flash the BOF2 boot.img?
[Galaxy Tab S General] ashyx:
It'll probably be fine with that boot.img. Just make sure you remove or replace any boot image in the ironrom zip.
[Galaxy Tab S General] KTroopA:
[MENTION=4899305]ashyx[/MENTION]

First up thank you very much for a guide on this im trying to understand step 12 a bit better and had a question please

I am on firmware T700XXU1ANL1 , where you state

Next select 'Flash firmware package' and then navigate to the firmware you want to install (in this case the stock tar package) and select it.

as I am still on kitkat 4.4.2 and want to keep this, do I need to copy the stock firmware onto the device somewhere ( i believe so) but not sure if its gets it from somewhere, if not how will Flashfire know what ROM to scan?
[Galaxy Tab S General] louiscar:
Did you achieve root on ANL1? step one says to downgrade to ANF8. I used ANF7 but it worked for me. If you got root with ANL1 it should be ok.

Just copy the firmware to your SD card and point to it with Flashfire - it will do the rest.
[Galaxy Tab S General] KTroopA:
thanks mate. yep i actually ran a test using just kingroot and it worked ok on ANL1, but then i need to keep the app installed, if i remove it i lose root upon reboot of device. also i prefer to use SuperSU as the root management app and so this guide suits me :) will give it a go and report back
[Galaxy Tab S General] louiscar:
Ok so you just need to flashfire ANL1 to keep root.
[Galaxy Tab S General] KTroopA:
great. just one quick question before i begin, for step 4. the mrw folder contained in the zip file needs to go in the internal storage sd root. i have copied it to

storage/sdcard0

is that the right location?
[Galaxy Tab S General] dd_unlimited:
So it seems that those of us on the T700 are out of luck if we want to flash IronRom. The latest version for the T700 has an Aroma installer with a system folder and no system.img in the zip, and the only other older version posted is from KitKat (unlike the thread for T800, which includes an older Lollipop release without aroma). Obviously for Flashfire, I need a system.img file to flash alongside the stock boot.img.

I would try to convert the system folder in the zip to a system.img but I wouldn't even know where to start. Is there a guide to do something like that?
[Galaxy Tab S General] ashyx:
I think you're confused, zips don't contain a system.img. That's stock firmware, you flash iron rom using the zip flash option in flashfire
[Galaxy Tab S General] dd_unlimited:
Is that still possible with the aroma installer? The reason I mention this is because there were a few references to flashing the system.img from Ironrom, but there isn't one in there. I saw someone else mention how they couldn't flash the current t800 iron rom because it has the Aroma installer.

Unless Flashfire automatically figures out how to flash the system image from the zip, I guess I dont know how it would work with the aroma. I guess it'd be easier if you saw the iron rom zip yourself
[Galaxy Tab S General] louiscar:
That sounds right to me
[Galaxy Tab S General] dd_unlimited:
[MENTION=4899305]ashyx[/MENTION], this is the exact quote with you referencing system.img from ironrom.
[Galaxy Tab S General] ashyx:
That's my error for using the wrong term. Basically I meant to flash the system partition.
[Galaxy Tab S General] KTroopA:
followed guide in OP and worked perfectly. I used KingRoot 4.1 btw. Was on FW T700XXU1ANL1 and flashed to thats in the final stage. much thanks to ashyx! for the excellent guide :)

So i currently have Android 4.4.2 rooted with SuperSU
[Galaxy Tab S General] bschrib:
Did you ever find a good way to get the most current IronRom system.img flashed? I have the 10.5 Galaxy Tab S and the improvements from 2.1 to 2.3.5 would be very desirable. Shame about Aroma being the only option..

---------- Post added at 08:17 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:16 PM ----------

Have you actually flashed just the system partition even with an Aroma installer? No Knox tripped?

Thanks in advance!
[Galaxy Tab S General] ashyx:
To flash iron rom you just need the right update zip without aroma.

It should be possible to use another update zip from another rom and just swap the system folders over using 7zip.
[Galaxy Tab S General] bschrib:
OK, last question probably. I grabbed the 2.1 Iron Rom, and then replaced its system folder with the system folder from IronRom 2.3.5. As far as flashing from FlashFire, I just choose to flash the system partition? Should I delete the Data partition or will that cause issues?

EDIT::

So one thing I notice is that I can't select which partitions I want to flash when I choose Flash Zip from FlashFire.. Being that's the case, I've gone and deleted the Boot.img from the IronRom 2.1 ZIP as well. Do I need to modify some code to tell the ROM there's nothing to install for the other bits?
[Galaxy Tab S General] ashyx:
No that's fine, you could just replace the boot.img with the one you want or leave it out.

You might see an error regarding the missing parts, but the script will probably still carry on with the install.
[Galaxy Tab S General] bschrib:
Bummer, no dice. I removed the boot.img, and had the System from 2.3.5 IronRom in the 2.1 (using the 2.1 updater-script), however after flashing via FlashFire my system now boots to a black screen after the Samsung logo and stays there. I checked Download mode and Knox isn't tripped, so that's good. But now I need to locate the ODIN files to restore to stock (this doesn't trip Knox, right?).

Once I get the ODIN files for stock, I'll probably try again.

EDIT::

Found ODIN files, this thread.

http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-tab-s/general/samsung-lollipop-range-tab-s-t3021612

Fun-fun, I bought my Galaxy Tab S new-in-box via Craigslist and it's a UK model. Flashing the Canadian firmware should be OK?
[Galaxy Tab S General] ashyx:
Flashing stock won't trip Knox.

Did you try wiping cache and data after flashing?

I take it you are already on lollipop? Depending on what firmware base you have you may need to update the boot.img as earlier kernels don't work on later bases and I think the latest iron rom requires an updated kernel.
[Galaxy Tab S General] bschrib:
I was on 5.0.2, LRX22G.T800XXU1BOD1.

IronRom 3.2.5 seems to have a stock kernel.. any idea if I flash that, so long as it's really stock, will it avoid tripping knox?

I didn't explicitly clear cache and data, so that may be the problem. I'll try booting into recovery if I'm able and giving that a go. Otherwise I just finished downloading the canadian firmware and will throw that at it. Super interesting note, I seem to have had a model that says UK on the back, but the region code is AUT.

EDIT::

Went into stock recovery, deleted user data and cache. Reboot. The only difference seems to be that directly after the Samsung logo goes away I still get the black screen, then I get about 1/4 length of the Samsung boot up sound and it cuts off. No idea.
[Galaxy Tab S General] ashyx:
Ironrom usually uses a custom kernel. I'd stick with a stock kernel for the firmware base you are using if you don't want to trip knox and see how that goes.

Incidentally did you see any errors while flashing?
[Galaxy Tab S General] bschrib:
So bad news.. I tried again using the 3.1 IronROM with 3.2.5 system and no boot.img.. same symptoms. I get the output in the attached screenshot.

The real disappointing thing is that in desperation I tried to flash just 3.1 IronROM with only the boot.img removed.. same error as the attached. Same result too, boot to black screen, just a moment of sound plays (admittedly the sound plays after 1 minute of black screen). It's worth noting that the installing system step seemed to last longer than the 3.2.5 system.

I suspect that IronROM is looking for a specific Kernel and without it I'm not getting any joy. Unfortunately for me, that Kernel isn't the first update. Below are the steps I'm taking.

1.) Install 5.0.2 ODIN for Canada (T800XXU1BOCC_T800XAC1BOC4_XAC)

2.) Take first OTA to update LRX22G.T800XXU1BOE2, Kernel 3.4.39-4891982 (Tue May 12 20:53:17 KST 2015)

3.) Root using Kingroot 4.53

4.) SuperSU using Super-Sume

5.) Flash ZIP with Flashfire (IronROM 3.1 with boot.img removed, all else left alone. 7ZIP is used for the removal by opening the archive and then choosing to delete boot.img)

I feel like for certain if I try to flash the included stock kernel from IronROM 3.2.5 that I'll flip Knox. At this point I'm still 0x0000.

Below is the output of the screenshot to save clicking the pic..

Installing [/mnt/media_rw/extSdCard/IronRom V2.1 T800 - NoBootImg.zip]...

Mounting System
Mounting Data
Mounting Cache
Deleting old files
Installing New System
Generating symlinks
Setting permissions
set_metadata_recursive: some changes failed

Wiping...

Rebooting...
[Galaxy Tab S General] ashyx:
You are using a BOE2 kernel on a BOE3 firmware. As far as I'm aware you need a BOE3 kernel or later for a BOE3 firmware.
[Galaxy Tab S General] bschrib:
So question then. When I tried going all the way to BOE3, I found that I was unable to root using KingRoot; how to get Root so that I can flashfire? I was under the impression you can't root and then OTA?

EDIT::

Just confirmed, am rooted on BOE2, can't take OTA to BOE3. Complains modified.
[Galaxy Tab S General] ashyx:
You only need to flash the boot.img not the whole rom.

Download any t800 BOE3 rom and extract the boot.img then either tar it up and flash with odin/flashfire or place it in the update zip.

DUH uploaded a BOE3 rom at the link below, It's stock as far as I know or just download one from sammobile.

https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24052804347763438
[Galaxy Tab S General] bschrib:
Was a terrific idea, was really hopeful. Downloaded what you linked, extracted boot.img, used 7zip to add it into my CustomIronRom.zip which started life has 3.1.0, had it's system replaced with the system from 3.2.5 and it's boot.img replaced with the one you provided.

To FlashFire we went and then to black screens we arrived. Cleared cache and data, but still here we are. The good news I suppose it that Knox reads 0x0000 still.

The only other thing I can think to do is upgrade to BOE2, then load the BOE3 kernel separately? I've followed this guide to turn the boot.img into a boot.tar.md5 which I can then flash via Odin or FlashFire? Once that loads, I suppose I'll try and throw 3.1 with 3.2.5's system at it again?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2446269
[Galaxy Tab S General] ashyx:
It's always worth a go.

If it still doesn't boot it may be a problem with the update zip.

If I get chance I will try and have a look at it and see what I can do.

Can you upload the update zip somewhere without the system folder so I can have a look at it?
[Galaxy Tab S General] Mack_75:
GalaxyTabS SM-T805 Build: T805XXU1BOC Android 5.0.2

1) installed KingRoot 4.5 App

2) installed SuperSume from Playstore

3) updated binary in SuperSu

4) deinstalled SuperSume

got root, Knox-Status: 0x0

I use Avast Firewall to forbid communication of kingroot with internet (mobile, wlan, roaming) because of chinese source; and feel better.
[Galaxy Tab S General] ashyx:
Internet access is required by kingroot for the root process.
[Galaxy Tab S General] Mack_75:
i know, deactivated after root process, all is working fine mate.
[Galaxy Tab S General] bschrib:
Thanks again for all of your help with this.

I've gone ahead and uploaded what I have (sans System folder) on to mega for your consumption. I was able to flash the boot.tar.md5 I made and successfully reboot into BOE2 stock ROM. After I verified I was still Knox 0x0 I went ahead and attempted to flash my CustomIronRom.zip but same behavior. :\

https://mega.co.nz/#!epZkFSCC!eIHrfp8jUDncecAZ4wC_Q2Rk5fBi_BaRCEGxh6KPqho
[Galaxy Tab S General] ashyx:
Instructions to install Ironrom with Flashfire

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=62138832&postcount=2193
[Galaxy Tab S General] bibihub:
[MENTION=4899305]ashyx[/MENTION] I am on the only French lollipop build. Is it possible to update directly to the latest ironrom using your method or do I have to do something else first ?

Anyway thanks for your work and help

Edit: worked flawlessly with the given method without any other step. I did a clean flash by doing a factory reset after the installation (not sure we can do wipes before the flash like with a custom recovery).

Edit 2: I lost root. I'm trying to use kingroot but it didn't work so far

Edit 3: started everything again from 4.4 in the end when flashing iron ROM I added super su 2.46 to the to do list. It was working until I did a factory reset. Then it didn't work. So do not factory reset after flashing.
[Galaxy Tab S General] ChaoticOblivion:
Thanks for the guide!

I have however encountered a problem, in ODIN after the hidden.img fails, the screens gets stuck on downloading. I reset the tablet by holding VOL - and Power. And it gets stuck on the error during upgrade yellow triangle screen.

No matter what I do, I can't go into recovery. I have tried VOL - POWER then quickly VOL + POWER HOME when the screen goes black, from the first Download mode mebu by pressing cancel then instantly pressing VOL + HOME POWER. As well as from the second download menu.

It just reboots into error instantly.

Nothing works and tab is stuck ON. ( Slightly getting hot)

Thoughts?
[Galaxy Tab S General] ashyx:
Heard this a million times. Simply pilot error. I have been in your situation more times than I care remember and recovery ALWAYS works.

Hold POWER + VOL DOWN + HOME.

As soon as the screen goes blank immediately change to VOL UP whilst still holding the other buttons.

IMPORTANT: DO NOT RELEASE ANY OF THE BUTTONS UNTIL RECOVERY BOOTS.
[Galaxy Tab S General] ChaoticOblivion:
It's quite probable that as you have said it is my mistake, I believe this too but still find myself unable to do it. Could be my reflexes or the fact that I tried to redo the installation after the first failure.

Is there any other way to get into recovery?
[Galaxy Tab S General] ashyx:
If odin reports success flashing recovery then you have a working recovery.

If you still have issues then either repack the stock system image into a tar file then flash or flash the correct firmware for your device.
[Galaxy Tab S General] biggeorge007:
Hi guys bit of a noob with flashing samsungs so please bare with me, normally a htc guy.

Just got my tab 10.5 t805.

Checked fimware and its T805XXU1ANF6 Android 4.4.2 so kingroot should work since older version

I am not bothered about Lollipop at the moment so just root will do me, can anyone confirm I have this procedure correct.

1: Install the needed apps and move the mrw folder to correct place

2: Run kingroot, uninstall kingroot and other and reboot

3: Run Terminal Emulator commands

4: Flash firmware package (I was gonna flash the XSG-T805XXU1ANF8-20140625 at start of post.

5: Reboot and should be android 4.4.2 rooted

George

Update: went ahead as above and worked perfectly, 4.4.2 Android, rooted and Knox still intact. Great guide many thanks and chainfire is a god.

George
[Galaxy Tab S General] biggeorge007:
Have everything working fine just one problem I have found.

PaperGarden won't load, does this require knox or is it because of the root? Does this work in the UK?

If I want to go back to stock is it a simple matter of flashing stock through odin, is this safe to do without triggering knox?

George
[Galaxy Tab S General] louiscar:
Hadn't tried it, it was one of the things I froze but I defrosted it and tested it. It runs the first animation and after the logo comes up it just exits so perhaps it doesn't work because of root.

Edit: Scrub that, I updated it and I now get a message that it's no longer available as of |Jun 15, 2015.

I think you can use supersu to unroot and should be ok. Otherwise I'd use flashfire which will do all but the bootloader but Odin should also work ok.
[Galaxy Tab S General] ashyx:
Try hide my root first. If the app has any sort of security it may refuse to work on a rooted device.

Hide my root may fool the app into thinking the device is not rooted.
[Galaxy Tab S General] mik3di3s3l:
I take it there isn't a way yet for att
[Galaxy Tab S General] timg11:
In the first post, there are two alternatives for the Lollipop boot loader:

T800XXU1BOCC_BOOTLOADER.tar and T800XXU1BOE3 bootloader.

How do I decide which to use? What is the difference?
[Galaxy Tab S General] ashyx:
Just use the boe3 bootloader. Its newer.
[Galaxy Tab S General] timg11:
My feedback on this process:

I have the Samsung Galaxy S Tab 10.5 SM-T800.

I followed this thread to initially root it. (New root method with KINGOROOT)

I determined that Firmware XXU1ANF8 is required for KingoRoot. (ANFB will not work).

I used the tablet for a few weeks with this Kitkat version, and everything was fine. I had root and could use Titanium Backup.

Then I followed the instructions in this thread (the current thread) to update to Android 5.0.2 using FlashFire.

I used this firmware (T800XXU1BOE2_T800XAR1BOC5_XAR.zip)

After rebooting out of FlashFire into download mode, I then used Odin 3.10.6 to flash the T800XXU1BOE3 bootloader.

I maintained root through the upgrade process and did not trip Knox.

Many thanks to ashyx for providing the details in this thread!
[Galaxy Tab S General] mab71:
Is this guide for the 10.5 model only?
[Galaxy Tab S General] ashyx:
Any model
[Galaxy Tab S General] iruiz2:
Has anybody been able to flash the lollipop bootloader in t700? Kingroot didn't work for me in LP, so I had to downgrade using T700XXU1ANF7_T700PHE1ANF1_HOME.tar.md5 firmware. I flashed with flashfire that same firmware and now I'm root, but I would like to upgrade to lollipop.

I'm afraid I'm new to Samsung and the "you will have to extract it from the Lollipop stock ROM and then TAR it up" is not clear for me. [MENTION=4899305]ashyx[/MENTION], could you explain it to me a little bit more? (I can see the following files inside the tar.md5 file: boot.img, cache.img, hidden.img, param.bin, recovery.img, sboot.bin, system.img).

UPDATE: Ok... I've done some research... would it be something like this?

1.- Extract param.bin and sboot.bin from the firmware tar.md5 file

2.-

tar -H ustar -c param.bin sboot.bin > odin.tar
md5sum -t odin.tar >> odin.tar
mv odin.tar odin.tar.md5

3.- Flash odin.tar.md5 with ODIN

Thanks!
[Galaxy Tab S General] ashyx:
Just use this script.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2446269

Drag the sboot.bin onto to the ImgToTar.MD5.bat then flash with odin.
[Galaxy Tab S General] baii:
I replaced t700 twdetox boot.img with BOE5, and flash BOE5 BL, but it stuck on the samsung t700 screen~ no idea how to proceed.

Using the same BL, It boot fine when firmware is flashed w/ flashfire, but for some reason root is lost~~~.

Anyone have working method to flash t700 with either twdetox or ironrom w/o tripping knox?
[Galaxy Tab S General] ashyx:
Just checked detox is using a BOE4 Base, so BOE5 should work.

Why are you changing the boot.img anyway?

You may just have to wipe data first in recovery.
[Galaxy Tab S General] baii:
I wasn't sure if detox is using stock kernel.

Anyways, for some reason, flashfire isn't giving root to any rom/firmware I flash, no matter it is 4.42 or 5.02. and kingroot wont work on 3-4 different 5.02 firmware build that other say works.

Probably go the twrp route when I make up my mind ~~~.
[Galaxy Tab S General] ashyx:
Never heard of this before. Are you making sure that EverRoot is ticked when Flashing with Flashfire. How are you verifying root?

You're correct about detox, it uses a custom kernel so stick with stock.
[Galaxy Tab S General] Nick Noctem:
Hi,

well I am new here and need some help with flashing the Irom ROM 2.1 on my T705 without triping KNOX.

I successfully downgraded from 5.02 to the ANF7 and rooted my device by using Kingoroot.

Now I would like to flash the Iron ROM, cause I guess it is the "best" around here, but I don´t get 2 things:

1. ) How to flash the Iron ROM.zip file without the boot.img, with Flashfire it is not working, even when i try to use "Flash ZIP or OTA"

2.) What you mean with "Kernel" exacly, the boot.img?

I apreciate any help.

Thx in advance,

NN
[Galaxy Tab S General] Nick Noctem:
I am now on 5.02, but I stil have no clue how to flash the Iron ROM, cause in all versions I downloaded the system.img is not existing.

The ROM contains extracted files as zip. Those (after removing boot.bin and ziping them again) I can´t flash with Fashfire.

So can someone please tell me how to fix this issue?

Tyvm and sorry if this is a noob question.

NN
[Galaxy Tab S General] ashyx:
Zips don't contain a system.img.

You can't flash iron rom 2.1 because it has aroma Installer. You will either need to remove aroma or install Ironrom 2.0.

Also you can't just rezip an update zip, it has to be in the correct format.

To remove the boot image you open the zip with 7zip then delete or replace it.
[Galaxy Tab S General] Nick Noctem:
Thx for the reply ashyx. So replace the aroma installer means change the folder "Meta-INF\com\google\android" with the one from the stock ROM?

I guess I also have to change the boot.bin with the one from same stock ROM, right? If so, how will I be able to flash it then ?

Thx,

NN
[Galaxy Tab S General] ashyx:
You have to modify the Installer script.

If look in the thread for Ironrom for the T800/805 you will see on the first page a modification I made to the Installer.

You can try using that install script, if it doesn't work you can modify the install script yourself. Just have a look at how I did it.
[Galaxy Tab S General] mab71:
[MENTION=4899305]ashyx[/MENTION].. Are you on kitkat or lollipop currently?
[Galaxy Tab S General] Nick Noctem:
Thx, I´ll give it a try if I will find the script. I hope the Sript will install it then without tripping KNOX.

Anyway I´ll give feedback.

Thx,

NN
[Galaxy Tab S General] ashyx:
Lollipop
[Galaxy Tab S General] ashyx:
Nothing will trip knox as long as you don't install a custom kernel or recovery.

If you struggle with the script, send me the updater-script and I will mod it.
[Galaxy Tab S General] mab71:
Anyone have a t705 lollipop bootloader to share plz?