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[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 General] Iam_Omari:
My cf file doesnt have a boot.img (sma500h) should i still continue or no

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i followed all the steps but i see no boot.img file in the cf for my phone
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 General] Geodoomer:
use smartswitch to get latest software of your phone, first install twrp recovery an format all partitions exept micro sd card, then use smartswitch program for pc
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 General] dithxiemay:
Is there an alternative way to root A500F? My phone is not detected by odin. It just charges on PC and laptop . I have needed drivers and I even tried different cables.
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 General] LumpyNtZ:
[MENTION=6446790]mygalaxya[/MENTION] Thanks m8, works like a charm!
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 General] Dario1234567:
There is no boot.img on A500M version, there is a cache.img instead so, Should I flash that file?
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 General] sopnohinsobuj:
How to root my galaxy a500F marshmallow 6.0.1???? please give me any solution...I want to root my galaxy A5
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 General] ashyx:
Wow how many more times? [emoji54] Just flash supersu with twrp.
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 General] sopnohinsobuj:
I don't understand... please tell me details
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 General] giannisgt:
[IMG="please explain"]http://i63.tinypic.com/2vboh2h.png[/IMG]

hi. i dont understand from where can i download this rom. If you can give a link that would be really helpfull ;)

thanks in advance
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 General] bumcykcyk:
Can someone write step by step how to install root? I have galaxy a5 (2015) rom stock android 6.0.1.
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 General] ashyx:
There are guides EVERYWHERE. No reason to create another.

Everything you need for root is in the twrp thread for your device or the cf auto root thread.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=3280406
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 General] bumcykcyk:
I cant see cf auto root for galaxy a5 (SM-A500FU) 2015 android 6.0.1 http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=64522366&postcount=3
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 General] Harjeet021:
Hey what If i replace files of recovery and boot in cf root file with lollipop rom boot and recovery file ;)
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 General] mygalaxya:
You can't bootup your phone? Also when you flashed the ROM? normally it should work on any device :( try again or upload a video how do you do it. I can help you if you have any problem ;)
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 General] govind.madhu93:
Here is how i did it. I switched off the phone. Then booted in download mode. Connected to laptop. In odin i selected pda and selected the lollipop firmware. Then flashed. After it flashed full, the phone restarted and booted into the home screen. Again i put the phone in download mode and then flashed cf auto root file and left the phone untouched. After it flashed d auto root file, the phone restarted inself. Then the screen showed. Samsung. Galaxy a7. Powered by android. On top it was written custom recovery. Seandroid not enforcing. Smthing like that. And that screen stays. It does not load into home screen. In kitkat.. d same screen comes up and it again restarts automatically and loads up the home screen. I will upload a video soon.
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 General] mygalaxya:
It's weird... I wait for video with I could help you better ;)
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 General] droidqwerty:
Has anyone got Xposed working on their lollipop?

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Did the CF method actually root your phone in 4.4.4, or otherwise? Because, if you flash CF root for wrong variants, it wouldn't work.
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 General] govind.madhu93:
Ya. It worked on 4.4.4. I just had to flash the file. The phone restarted three times. And i had fully rooted rom.
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 General] droidqwerty:
Then you need to flash boot.img and recovery.img without booting into ROM. You need to convert .img files into .tar.md5

Look at the link below:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=41481870
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 General] mygalaxya:
So, you have checked the CF-Auto-Root package is for your variant of A7?
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 General] govind.madhu93:
Yup. 100% sure.

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I meant it worked on kitkat. In lollipoo it wont boot.
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 General] mygalaxya:
Have you tried to wipe data on the phone?
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 General] govind.madhu93:
After flashing cf auto root, the phone doesnt boot into recovery.. Even if i use the buttons to force boot into recovery.
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 General] mygalaxya:
It's because CF-Auto-Root flash the old kernel and recovery of 4.4.4
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 General] droidqwerty:
Just flash boot and recovery thorough odin, if were unable to boot and use flashify.
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 General] govind.madhu93:
Flashed boot and recovery through odin. But super su is not installed... He he.. Leave it. I will have to wait till someone makes a CWM recovery for lollipop.

And thanks again guys
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 General] droidqwerty:
You mean you flashed cf root first, then flashed the recovery and boot, and now the phone boots and no supersu?
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 General] govind.madhu93:
Yup. I think this is a problem with galaxy a7. a3 and a5 have snapdragon 410. Maybe dis doesnt work with snapdragon 615. i reverted back to kitkat and rooted. Wl wait for lollipop root file..
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 General] mygalaxya:
I think you have reason, Did you have tried to install TWRP and flash a SuperSU ZIP? It's seems to be a good solution... After you can reflash the stock recovery and you will have root on Lollipop ;)

Here the link for install TWRP on A7: > http://xdaforums.com/android/development/recovery-galaxy-a7-t3085266

Here the link for the SuperSU package to flash in TWRP for the root: > https://download.chainfire.eu/365/SuperSU/UPDATE-SuperSU-v1.69.zip?retrieve_file=1 (direct download)
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 General] govind.madhu93:
This twrp doesnt work with lollipop. I tried bro... :(

It works with kitkat
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 General] mygalaxya:
You can try that, I don't know if this works... > http://www.teamandroid.com/2015/03/12/root-galaxy-a7-android/
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 General] govind.madhu93:
Tried this also. None of the above works.. the only way i think is to get a custom lollipop recovery.
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 General] mygalaxya:
Wait and see... If you want make a video how do you make for cf auto root I will see if you have miss something...

I have a friend who has managed root on his A7 Lollipop.

I ask him how he managed the root and I tell you... ;)
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 General] govind.madhu93:
Thank you... That will a great help.
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 General] mygalaxya:
He tell me to try with this package : >

https://www.dropbox.com/s/zbr7w0wttsrl6c0/RootPackage-A700FD-Odin.zip?dl=0 hope this can help you ;)
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 General] govind.madhu93:
Thank u. I will try

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I think it is the same rooting file from cf auto root site. Can u ask whether he modified the recovery in the file ?
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 General] mygalaxya:
I don't know what he mod but that worked for him... :(
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 General] govind.madhu93:
Which version of odin id you use to flash the cf auto root file?
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 General] mygalaxya:
Version 3.10.6, you can download here:> https://mega.co.nz/#!epshkJAa!y7pFS5-9RVhp4vDxTRAQARAwkjyQAB_9mDZWfXkLqko
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 General] govind.madhu93:
Ok. I am going to try now.

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No luck dude.. I am flashing it the correct way coz the same method worked in Kitkat. Odd one out !! :D
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 General] mikeloury:
Hi there....great work mygalaxya :thumbup:...I will try this method and will post my result here as soon as I get lollipop update here in India(For A500G/DS).

Great to see that there is already a rooting method for our galaxy a5:)
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 General] mygalaxya:
[MENTION=5768250]govind.madhu93[/MENTION] good news for you, TWRP for your A700FD! Check here and tell me if it's work ;)

Dowload this file and flash it via Odin: ;) http://dl.rutvikrajagopal.com/a7lte/twrp/

Official thread here: http://xdaforums.com/android/development/recovery-twrp-galaxy-a7-t3153369
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 General] govind.madhu93:
Thanks bro. I flashed it yesterday and rooted lollipop. Working fine now.
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 General] mygalaxya:
Very good bro :D
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 General] govind.madhu93:
You might have got this working.. but still..

https://www.dropbox.com/s/4o0yox6fyb23mq6/ViPER4Android-supolicy.zip?dl=0

Diwnload this zip. Flash it from cwm. Otherwise extract the files. Der will be a folder. Paste that folder in ur system folder. Change permission of the file inside d folder to rwx rx rx. Den reboot. Viper4android will work well in lollipop even without disabling selinux. You have to disable soundalive using titanium backup.
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 General] mygalaxya:
Do you have found other ZIPs which can be flashed with TWRP? :0
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 General] govind.madhu93:
Other zips ?
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 General] mygalaxya:
Other ZIP file to flash on TWRP :D
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 General] backchich:
[Sorry for my language but I'm not English but French]

Can you tell me if the flash counter and Knox counter rise with the cf-auto-root method on Galaxy A5 5.0.2 ?

Thanks.
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 General] mygalaxya:
Yes, your knox counter rise after CF-Auto-Root. I'm also french :p
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 General] backchich:
Bonjour l'ami, je ne pensais pas trouver un compatriote aussi actif ici :highfive: (je tente de continuer en Anglais par respect pour le forum et ses membres).

Thank you for you answer ;)

Before I had a Galaxy S3. It has a counter that can be reseted with TriangleAway.

I think that the Galaxy A5 (and all actual Galaxy) has the same counter, and a second counter : Knox. Is that right ?
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 General] mygalaxya:
Yes, but when you root your phone the knox counter is activated and can't be reset. Triangle Away doesn't works with A5. ;)
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 General] JeyJey16:
Does xposed works on your a5?
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 General] fonix232:
Has any of you ran into a "SECURE CHECK FAIL : recovery" message during flashing?

I suppose it is because my device has Qualcomm SecureBoot enabled :\

EDIT:

Never mind, the Reactivation Lock was wreaking havoc... Congrats Samsung on screwing up perfectly good software, again!
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 General] mygalaxya:
What's your problem?
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 General] backchich:
Thank you :fingers-crossed:
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 General] fonix232:
Nothing, at least not anymore :) I finally got around rooting my phone, it was a PITA though. The Reactivation Lock was activated, even though it showed as inactive in settings. Had to turn it on, then turn it back off so that I could flash the recovery.
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 General] mygalaxya:
I have same problem, but for me I can't enable reactivation lock :rolleyes:
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 General] fonix232:
Probably because the triggered KNOX. Let me try (though that thing is not much use for us I think).
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 General] mikeloury:
On kitkat I can activate reactivation lock even though I have knox 0×1.
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 General] richyharrison04:
So sorry to waste anyone's time...I have rooted/had roms on previous Galaxy S3, but I am finding it difficult to get clear instructions on rooting my A500FU running 5.0.2.....is there a step by step anywhere? I can only see renaming md5s and tars etc etc...if someone could help me out I would appreciate it.

Thanks in advance.

Richy
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 General] mygalaxya:
1. Download your 5.0.2 ROM for your device.

2. Rename the file, just delete .md5 at the end of the file.

3. After making that, you can open the ROM and see file under.

4. Extract recovery.img and boot.img from ROM and move this files on storage of your phone.

5. Flash CF-Auto-Root of 4.4.4 via Odin

6.When the phone reboots, install Flashify from Play Store, grant SuperSU request.

7. Launch Flashify and flash boot.img and recovery.img that you extracted.

Reboot and enjoy your root. ;)
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 General] richyharrison04:
Thanks a million!
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 General] mygalaxya:
You're welcome ;) i'll add this mini-tuto in first post :p
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 General] bibu20:
Can be unrooted if use this way?
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 General] mygalaxya:
Yes, you can. ;)
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 General] Gicio:
Will it work with SM-A500F?
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 General] backchich:
Hello,

After rooting my phone, if I delete Knox with Titanium Backup, then if I decide to unroot my phone by flashing an original/stock ROM, will Knox show its counter up to zero ?

With the correct Cf-auto-root package (SM-A500F instead of SM-A500FU), I think...
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 General] mygalaxya:
When your KNOX counter are triggered to 0x1 you can't reset it to 0x0. You can unroot your device using SuperSU app or flash the stock ROM using Odin. :)
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 General] htcLoverBD:
Worked For Me ... Thanks
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 General] one282:
Hi there,

I have SM-A500FU and tried your tutorial, but without success - I got fail already in ODIN - see bellow image link. Does anybody know why + solution?

Many thanks!

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/c42ncn3wog88tw7/AAAmTx6Ir3LQMcK8TGMmTsn3a?dl=0&preview=ODIN.jpg

EDIT: Reactivation lock was the issue. Now it works. It voids warranty btw...
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 General] Medox Rsb:
plz recovery and root sm-a300h lollipop 5.0.2
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 General] mjs87:
Succesvol

hey i have rooted my a5 succesvol! By step 5 my telefoon reboots 3 times then strartup with succesvol root
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 General] Gicio:
I tried to flash SM-A500F CF Auto Root but it failed & got this message from odin:

Added!!

Odin v.3 engine

File analysis

SetupConnection

Intialzation

Get PIT for mapping

Firmware update start

recovery.img

NAND Write start!!

FAIL! (Auth)

All threads completed. (succed 0/failed 1)

What should I do?
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 General] mygalaxya:
Check if reactivation lock is enabled. If it's just disable it and restart the process ;)
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 General] mjs87:
when you have succesvol rooted youre phone

open flashify en flash this file and you have custom recovery TRWP
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 General] weput:
That file softbricked my device.

it goes strait into download mode and can´t load custom recovery.
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 General] tomri:
Why is it necessary to replace boot.img in step 7?

AFAIK CF-AUTO-ROOT only contains/replaces recovery.img.

Should boot.img not remain untouched during the entire procedure?
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 General] tomri:
Reason for asking: I was wondering why would we want to install the "wrong" (i.e. 4.4.4) recovery first, and then use a somewhat dangerous procedure to replace it on the live system with Flashify, if we could place the right (i.e. 5.0.2) recovery right inside the CF-AUTO-ROOT package?

I started to look into this and there seem to be 2 recovery.img inside the CF-AUTO-ROOT package but no system.img.

That's why I started wondering whether re-flashing system.img the had any particular purpose?
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 General] mygalaxya:
You need to use Flashify because CF-Auto-Root flash the old Recovery of 4.4.4 and the phone won't restart without the correct Kernel ;)
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 General] droidqwerty:
I also think it's not necessary to flash boot.img, as it's not modified or replaced in rooting process. Because, if the kernel was wrong, then the phone would never boot (but it boots and works in the first time after flashing). The bright screen you get from 2nd boot in the begining is due to wrong recovery. The system detects it and becomes bright (probably a security feature).
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 General] Axxxo:
Finding the ROM

Hi! I have the SM-A5000 version, but having trouble finding the 5.0.2 ROM for it. Where to download?

Also a bit offtopic - I am trying to fix this phone for my friend. The phone cannot play any sound instead the screen freezes when it should. I am trying to fix this with updating/reflashing... Did any of you guys had something similar before?
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 General] tomri:
Yes, I know. But wouldn't it be possible to integrate the right (5.0.2) recovery into the CF-Auto-Root package?

If I did that, would I still have to change boot.img?
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 General] Ranx91:
Hello, i own the galaxy A5 (vodafone) with lollipop 5.0.2 , can i use kingroot (4.5) or i must use this method to root my device?
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 General] mygalaxya:
Kingroot isn't working on A5 since 5.0.2,
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 General] extrem84:
All DONE FOR ME! SM-A500FU 16gb Midnight Black :)

If i want unroot?

To reset my counter to 0x0, I have to do it now or when I'll want to do the unroot? (Triangle Away works?) Someone can explane to me?
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 General] mygalaxya:
Since you have your Knox to 0x1 you can't actually reset it...
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 General] extrem84:
How to unroot?
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 General] mygalaxya:
Go to SuperSU and search for "Unroot" click on it and your phone is unrooted :)
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 General] benvj:
my phone restarted after rooted and cannot boot anymore any solution without wipe data? pls need help. I'm didn't do the rest to intall flashify and so.

my phone is on but will displaying unfortunately, system ui has stopped. all my apps.

screen blank(black)

but led- notification,button turned on.
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 General] mygalaxya:
What do you mean? Also there isn't notification led on A5 :rolleyes:
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 General] benvj:
this is working for Samsung galaxy alpha sm-g850f?
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 General] mygalaxya:
Nope, this is only for A5 :)
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 General] extrem84:
Last night my Galaxy A5 was turned off unexpectedly and it didn't want turn on, after a while i tried to access to Download Mode and i clicked to restart phone and it was back.... it depends by the root? Something wrong?

Note: After root i installed Triangle Away (not used), Busy Box (used and installed) Lucky Patcher (Disabled Ads Google only).

Thanks for your attentions :)
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 General] gbrlcsrdmnt:
can i flash boot and recovery of a A500F in a A500M?
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 General] adebam4real:
extracted boot.img and recovery.img from the 5.0.2 ROM for A500FU

can someone please post the extracted boot.img and recovery.img from the 5.0.2 ROM for A500FU here, as i have been trying to download the whole rom but not successfull.

Regards
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 General] Deadeye*:
Hello I'm seeking assistance I have 5.0.2 I have deleted some files and only want to root to get some apps that can recover some of these files form my pgonw.

My question if using this methot will it wipe all data?
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 General] mygalaxya:
No, it will wipe nothing
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 General] Pizda123:
Rooted using a500f auto root cf

What op posted didnt work for me but flashing this using odin did.

I am using a500fu btw not a500f.

download.chainfire.eu/654/CF-Root1/CF-Auto-Root-a5lte-a5ltexx-sma500f dot zip

this is my first post so your gonna have to replace the dot
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 General] SV3NNER:
on what android version did you do this? 5.0.2 or 4.4.2
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 General] desiwizard:
Hi

I have a small problem

I had flashed complete A500HXXU1BOF6_A500HOXY1BOF6_A500HXXU1BOF6_HOME.tar which is 5.0.2 based rom. Then rooted with chainfire autoroot. After boot A5, I used flashify to flash recovery.img & boot.img from my original rom.

The problem occurs when I reboot the phone. I always goes into recovery with some #MANUAL MODE# and some CSC message.

Can someone please guide how to get rid of this.

With flashify I first flashed recovery.img then boot.img.

Thank You
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 General] mygalaxya:
Which CF-Auto-Root package you Downloaded? Make sure it's for your variant.
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 General] desiwizard:
I am pretty sure that the root package is for my A500H varient. Which is available for 4.4.4 on chainfire.. Will post the exact file name
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 General] desiwizard:
I am pretty sure that the root package is for my A500H varient. Which is available for 4.4.4 on chainfire.

CF-Auto-Root-a53g-a53gxx-sma500h.zip

Can someone please help...:confused:
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 General] Pizda123:
5.0.2 sorry for the late reply
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 General] r_ovidiu2000:
Another rooting easy way for SM-A500 (not tested yet by me) is OneClickRoot. Check first if the current version of Stock ROM installed on your phone allows you to use this method!
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 General] jimbomodder:
Yeah but it's a paid root process that may not even work

Sent from my SM-A500FU
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 General] jimbomodder:
This is my current download info screen

Sent from my SM-A500FU
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 General] jimbomodder:
Do I need to be running 4.4.4 to do this? Mine came with 5.0.2 right outta box

Sent from my SM-A500FU
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 General] mygalaxya:
You need to be on 5.0.2, only.

On 4.4.4 just flash CF-Auto-Root and it will be okay,
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 General] jimbomodder:
So as I'm on 5.0.2 flash cf autoroot then reboot and using Flashify flash stock recovery or twrp?

Sent from my SM-A500FU
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 General] mygalaxya:
Flash the stock Recovery and stock boot.img after applying CF-Auto-Root, reboot and then flash the TWRP for your variant.
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 General] jimbomodder:
Sorry for all the questions, I'm more clued up on S series. So I flash cf-autoroot via Odin even thou I'm running 5.0.2, then let it reboot recovery and work its magic, then reboot device, flash stock boot.img + stock recovery.img. then once done reboot again and flash twrp? Just making it clear that's all as its less than a day old on a 2 year contract.
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 General] mygalaxya:
Follow that steps exactly as:

1. Download your 5.0.2 ROM for your device.

2. Rename the ROM file, just delete .md5 at the end of the file.

3. After making that, you can open the ROM and see all files under.

4. Extract recovery.img and boot.img from ROM and move this files on storage of your phone.

5. Flash CF-Auto-Root of 4.4.4 via Odin.

6. When the phone reboots, install Flashify from Play Store, grant SuperSU request.

7. Launch Flashify and flash boot.img and recovery.img that you extracted.

Reboot and enjoy!*
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 General] Genetik57:
Good tutorial, thank
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 General] adjiek:
Failed
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 General] jimbomodder:
@ which part?

Sent from my SM-A500FU
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 General] mikeloury:
Hi I have just downloaded lollipop update via OTA. It was downloaded as "update.zip". Now I have looked in that whole zip file but I can't find recovery.img or boot.img. :what: Why ?

Aren't OTA updates are same as sammobile's firmware or I am mistaking.
[Galaxy A3, A5, A7, A8, A9 General] mygalaxya:
Why OTA? :what: