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[Galaxy S6 Edge General] pmichaelro:
First, if you would've read XDA rules, you'd know that we aren't allowed to post things that have a takedown notice (ex: engineering bootloader), requested by Samsung.

Second, if you don't care why bother wasting our time to answer your question? There's the lack of respect I'm talking about. If you would've just posted the first question, there wouldn't be no lack of respect, but considering "you don't care about it", why bother?

Last, it's time consuming to have to give everyone an answer, but I want to help all of you guys out. The issue lies when having to deal with people that aren't actually interested in the method or that just don't read the guide/thread and post the same question over and over again.

Your question was already answer in this thread.

You have PM.

You can root with this guide and save Knox, but you'll lose the fingerprint scanner for now that's all. If you don't care about Knox then just root the classic way and you'll have the fingerprint working but Knox will be tripped.

5.1.1 stock ROM + engineering bootloader + root = no fingerprint + Knox intact

5.1.1 stock ROM + clasic root method = fingerprint working + Knox tripped

You have PM.

Are you talking about an official stock 5.1.1 update from Samsung or what exactly?

If you want to have stock ROM + engineering bootloader + custom kernel + TWRP then you'll have to save your data + files, then flash the new full stock ROM and then follow the guide again.

It's a lot easier to update if you flash a custom ROM though. Just download the new version of a specific custom ROM and then dirty flash it via TWRP on top of your current custom ROM (that is if you are using the same custom ROM only that you are updating it to a newer version).

You have PM.

Of course it doesn't. Please read the entire GUIDE and then post questions.

Check the answer for kur1oso which is in this post.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Paradoxxx:
If Samsung would really to take down this Bootloader "sending spree", they would probably. They'd probably threaten/sue you like I know they've been doing few times already. Trust me I've read XDA rules, and funnily enough, I find it weird that you're allowed to share this over PM and not directly in the thread. Everyone that actually wants it just posts here and get a link in the next hour/day. I guess the fact that it doesn't go directly to public makes it more.. Legal.

Why bother? Ever heard about curiosity ? I was just truly curious about why you wouldn't post this directly. No offence meant.

Yeap, i tried the search feature in this thread, from both phone and browser, and didn't get any results.

Anyway, thanks for your answer.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] pmichaelro:
Indeed :)

Have heard of it, the only thing that rattled me just like I told was that line where you that you don't actually care...that kind of pissed me off.

It seems that I've sent it in PMs, sorry if I was harsh on you only for half a reason.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Paradoxxx:
The " I dont care part" was really not about the thread nor about the bootloader and further not against you and what you're doing for the community.

It was in a "Fuuuuuck, I'm already tripped, so it's not use for me"way. :p

Have a nice day :highfive:
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] pmichaelro:
Considering you're curious to ask why then I do believe you care :D

Sorry that you rooted before this case out.

Have had a report where a user said that he had tripped Knox and after flashing the engineering bootloader Knox reseted to 0x0, but I didn't believe that because of some missing information and unclear steps + setup that he had. Nonetheless you can try without any harm to the device, if Knox still remains at 0x1 then you can just flash back the stock bootloade for your current ROM version.

You too have a nice day :highfive:

Unfortunately it's pouring like hell over here but...it'll pass :)
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Paradoxxx:
Hmm, might give it a try, nothing to loose beside fingerprint sensor I guess..?

My Knox is actually 0x0301, but will give it a go as soon GF leaves in a few days, suscribed and will leave infos if anything good comes up :)

:highfive:
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] pmichaelro:
Well it's best to first turn off the fingerprint sensor unlock if you have set it up already and then try.

Uh...did a "few" flashes already. Good luck and keep us posted :)

BTW, what's your current setup if you don't mind me asking?
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Paradoxxx:
Running all of Arter's work:

_COH2 Base band ( Tried to change it through Odin, and never succeed into changing it for no reason.., Like flashing doesnt do anything, which leads to a question, is there a way to check Radio/Bootloader version from anything else than the ROM infos?)

_ ^ Same Bootloader I guess since it was a Bundle if I remember right.. Might try to reflash something soon soon.

_Arter 5.0 Beta1

_Back to n0te v8 Deodex and bunch of xPosed modules.

But gonna try something new soon, since I'm basically ditching all the samsung apps and running an almost Google-ish setup.... :p
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] pmichaelro:
You can install Phone Info - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.vndnguyen.phoneinfo

Interesting setup...what about battery life? Performance? F2FS?

Maybe we should move this to PM to not clutter the thread :)
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Paradoxxx:
You got a PM :).

Bootloader is OH8 and Radio is OH2, and ROM is OI3.. what a mess...

Will make this even, can only make it better. And try this Eng. Bootloader aswell, would be fun if Knox gets back to 0x0 :P
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] pmichaelro:
You can easily fix it. Just get the latest ODIN v3.10.7 and find the correct latest modem for your device, I just updated mine last night with the latest modem for G925F all went smooth like always.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Paradoxxx:
Yeah I think I'll do.

Need to find the latest Bootloader + Radio, seems like COI1 is the one..

FlashFire doesn't work for 920F right?
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] pmichaelro:
I think so, you can find them here: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=62965677&postcount=2

Hmm I think it does work, I don't see a reason why it wouldn't.

I prefer to flash via ODIN but it depends of where you are and what you have at hand :)
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Paradoxxx:
Well when I tried, it showed a nice black screen and nothing happened.

Being at work with a quite strong security policy, it's impossible to do it from compt. Will give it a go now :)

And yep,

Already asked there, but it seems theres a mistake on the links :
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] neebi007:
Latest modem? Care to share?[emoji4]

Sent from my SM-G925F
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] pmichaelro:
Indeed, the link is wrong.

You should find all the available devices here and choose from there: http://heitorramon.com/rom/galaxys6/bootmodem/

See above.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Paradoxxx:
MD5 Mismatch for 920f package :(
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] kur1oso:
Thank you so much man. I was just nervous, I obviously read the entire guide, just been a little confused about having fingerprint to unlock or not (some said it let us to unlock, i now know it's fake)

Checking my PM's right now, thanks
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Geoz:
There are 3 files in the package including sboot
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Paradoxxx:
FlashFire was throwing the error. I'm not in front of computer to Odin. :)
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] neebi007:
Have you tried Mobile Odin by chainfire?

Sent from my SM-G925F
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Paradoxxx:
Doesn't work with ART Runtime afaik.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] jimminez:
got a bootloader for me 2 :P

and thanks for the guide :P
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Mgrev:
theory, cuz im a noob with bootloaders

just wondering if installing engineering bootloader, then flashing stock 5.0.2 rom will work?(at least theoreticaly)
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Geoz:
If you want to keep stock 5.0.2 there is no need of installing engineering bootloader, its meant for those who wants to upgrade to 5.1.1 and/or install custom ROMS
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Mgrev:
well, i was on stock 5.0.2 rooted with pingpongroot, i flashed the engineering bootloader so i could install twrp with knox 0, and it got stuck at bootlogo. i tried to flash stock 5.0.2 but it didn't work, and after reading for a while i found out i had to flash stock 5.1.1 to fix it, so i did that and now im stuck on 5.1.1
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Geoz:
How did you flash 5.1.1?
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] paysen:
Please send me the bootloader for SM-G920F.

Thank you in advance, you guys did a great job :)
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] neebi007:
Wot do u mean you r stuck?

Flashing stock 5.1.1 means flashin full stock rom ver 5.1.1 then follow this tutorial to gain root and have twrp installed. Once u on 5.1.1 you will have locked bootloader. You can not flash any thing less then 5.1.1.

Sent from my SM-G925F

---------- Post added at 11:46 PM ---------- Previous post was at 11:42 PM ----------

Download full stock rom on ur pc then via odin flash it....

Sent from my SM-G925F
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] pmichaelro:
What I did to update the modem was to look inside the archive (I always do that in order to not trip Knox) and remove everything except the modem. Then flashed it via ODIN and voila. :D

You all have PMs.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] paysen:
Ty mate.

It's very important to use exactly the version you said: "ODIN v 3.10.6 "

I had a newer version and that made problems. Downloaded 3.10.6 and it worked like a charm.

Now I just need to get Xposed framework to work on the S6.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] honk85:
Hi,

can i get the engineering bootloader? thanks for the guid

:)
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] szata.68:
engineering bootloader

Hi

Thanks for this great guide! Could you please send me the engineering bootloader link for G925F?

Thanks in advance

All the best! ;)
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] pmichaelro:
I've tested it with the latest ODIN and it works without any issues.

Xposed works on our devices. Just use the unofficial one, modified by Wanam.

You both have PMs.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] paysen:
I downloaded several versions because odin got stuck at "NAND write start" every time with 3.10.0, 3.7.0 for example. I tried rebooting, different cables..

After an hour, I downloaded 3.10.6 - it worked at the first try. I'm on win10 x64 pro. So if anyone has the same problem, he might try using 3.10.6, that's all I wanted to say :)

I got Xposed running, thank you.

How do I update to the latest version though? Without loosing root I mean.

Update Version is G920FXXU2COH2 / G920FOXX2COH2 and the message popped up today.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] thefunkychills:
Hey can you please send me the bootloader for G920i. FYI I am running stock 5.1.1. Thank You
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] pmichaelro:
The latest Odin is 3.10.7, do try it out. Haven't used anything older than 3.10.6 so far. I have a win10 x64 pro on a virtual machine.

Thanks for the info though.

You are referring to the base firmware?

If you want to have a stock rooted ROM you have to flash the new full stock ROM via ODIN and then follow this guide again.

If you want to flash a custom ROM and update that one, you would just have to follow this guide once and then dirty flash the new custom ROM on top of the current version of that ROM that you're running.

I recommend the second option :)

I've stated several times and this is the last one. I've clearly specified in the OP that I only have engineering bootloader for the G92x F/T models.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] paysen:
Sounds great. But Knox wont get tripped by flashing a custom rom now, right? And I have to keep the Unikernel for example I guess, because it works together with the BL.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] pmichaelro:
First you need to flash the engineering bootloader then you flash a custom rom and kernel.

Just follow the guide :)

You can flash any custom kernel after as long as it's compatible with your device type.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] paysen:
I already have it rooted with your BL and guide :)

Ty for your help mate, I appreciate it.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] emrug:
Can anyone advise how i can get to an Engineering Bootloader for S6 Edge SM-G925T (G925TUVU3DOI1) or help link me? I have an older one, doesn't work on built G925TUVU3DOI1.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] thrpod:
Hello can you PM me the bootloader for G920F please dear !
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] slickdexic:
Any chance there is a G920W8 Engineereing bootloader to be had? I really miss ROOT since updating my Rogers S6.

Losing the fingerprint sensor is a bit of a downer, but I can live without it.

Thanks
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] goxi87:
Can you pm me the engineereing bootloader for G925F. Thanks
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] ghalil:
I did this but can you help me out. Me s6 edge doesn't work anymore. it stays on the blue screen with the note, "an error has occurred while updating the device software. use the emergency recovery function in the smart switch pc software"

i try to do this but smart switch doesn't reconize my phone. If i go in download mode and try to put the software from sammobile on the phone it gives eveytime a fail.

the only thing i can do is get in download mode, but that's it.

can you help me out?
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Painman1963:
Please don't quote the OP. Especially one this long!
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] neebi007:
[MENTION=5461159]ghalil[/MENTION] try to go into recovery mode if it does wipe data/factory reset

Dont need to be in download mode for smart switch to recognise your phone.

This prob of yours happens when you flash somin wrong.

When you say your phone is s6 edge which one ? This tutorial is only for sm-925f or t.

Download CORRECT model stock rom from sammobile then flash using latest ODIN.

Sent from my SM-G925F
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] ghalil:
I can't get in to recovery mode. Did try that but the only thing i can do is going into download mode. Nothing els works. Did try also with odin and did download the rom from sammobile. When i try that it says faild every time

I have the g925f. The same one as you have
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] neebi007:
Which rom u downloading?

Which Odin u using?

Sent from my SM-G925F
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] ghalil:
because i can't post outside links. But i used this one, www sammobile com/firmwares/database/SM-G925F/PHN/

odin V3.10.6
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Wishmaster2:
What will happen if I flash the stock bootloader, after flashing the engineering bootloader and Unikernel?

(with stock ROM (beside root) and stock recovery)

Will it trigger the Knox flag?
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Ryrzy:
you will tripp knox because kernel will be custom
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] neebi007:
You have pm.

Download this one and flash with odin. Hopefully will bring yoodinhone back to life. Then follow this tutorial to gain root.

Sent from my SM-G925F
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] profesy:
[MENTION=1146003]Paradoxxx[/MENTION] Have you tried restore knox to 0x0 ?:fingers-crossed:
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Paradoxxx:
Didn't find the time yet. Technically at work if I could do it I'd but I just can't sadly. And I rather spend time with my GF than flashing bootloaders for now :p
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] schickel:
My office is 20 meters from the wiesn aka oktoberfest ;) Spending the time for this is 1000% better ;)

Sorry for offtopic ;)
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Paradoxxx:
Grab me one !!!!
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] schickel:
2 Mass (2 liters of beer) is enough for me right now.... Maybe i can invite you for the next wiesn ;)
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] szata.68:
Hi

I'm on stock 5.0.2 with g925f. My final goal is to have a rooted device with 5.1.1 custom rom ,working fingerprint sensor without tripping knox.

Is it possible somehow?

What if I root 5.0.2 ,and after install a fresh custom rom?

Thanks in advance

Tamás
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] neebi007:
Read previous posts... your question is already answered.

Sent from my SM-G925F
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] szata.68:
I didn't found,but thanks a lot for your answer, Prof.

I'll keep searching!
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] younes_pilote:
bonjour

the fingerprint is working great on G925F :good: ;)

but My knox say (we cannot install My Knox on this device because we detected that a custom binary is or has previously been put on this device.)

Any help plz
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Shreyashshimpi:
Please pm me the eng. BL
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] neebi007:
Have you obtained root and custom recovery using this tutorial & BL?

Sent from my SM-G925F
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] divaly:
A BL for me please...thank you! My device is G925F
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] younes_pilote:
yes. step by step
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] neebi007:
And your FP working fine?

How did you do that?

Wots your knox saying 0x0?

Sent from my SM-G925F
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] porto007:
A BL for me please...thank you! My device is G925F
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] younes_pilote:
the FP work fine but the knox is 0×1.

i don't know from where is arrived the problem.

this is the first root for this device :(
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] neebi007:
Sorry to hear that u have tripped your knox. U must have missed a step may be you didnt installed BL and in rush ended up installing twrp and kernel first?

Few threads back someone did say they manage to un-trip the knox. Steps were not very clear have a read and try. U got nothing to lose now.

Sit tight until some finds a way to reset knox.

Sent from my SM-G925F
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] perovero:
Guys, how do I update the modem? Remove the unnecessary files from bootloader+modem tars and leave only the modem or is there other method? Tnx
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] deepphrozen:
I only flashed the bootloader and then the twrp as written in the posting and now it stucks at the boot screen and does not boot just green letters on the left and GALAXY S6 EDGE. thats all
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] pmichaelro:
You'll need to extract it from a stock 5.0.2 ROM or https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23991606952603613

The other course of treatment would be to flash a full stock 5.1.1 ROM and then repeat the procedure.

This is how I've done it.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] deepphrozen:
I have only limited internet access at the moment.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] pmichaelro:
The TWRP may be incompatible with 5.0.2.

I'm going to search for a TWRP compatible with 5.0.2 and post it.

Can you enter the recovery mode via POWER+VOL UP+HOME?

The brick is caused not because of the bootloader but because of en enforcing that comes into place because of the custom recovery.

You'll need to flash a custom kernel for 5.0.2 and you're phone will work just fine. You'll first need to see if you can get into TWRP.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] deepphrozen:
Of course not, if so i would not write it doesnt boot and now the bootloader posted f*** up my KNOX -WTF
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] pmichaelro:
You mentioned that you only flashed the bootloader and not anything else. Afterwards you mentioned that you flashed the custom recovery TWRP.

Because you're reverted to a stock bootloader but still running a custom recovery (TWRP) the Knox will trip.

All of this could be avoided if all instructions posted in the first post would have been followed.

I've made it absolutely clear that nothing custom may be on the device when returning to stock in order for Knox to remain intact.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] deepphrozen:
I did it step by step as it is written in your superduper howto. But if it doesn't work on 5.0.2 then don't write it does.

---------- Post added at 10:52 AM ---------- Previous post was at 10:50 AM ----------

8. First you'll need to flash the engineering bootloader. Open ODIN and click on BT and select the appropriate sbin file downloaded at step 2. Flash it and wait for the device to reboot.

Don't be alarmed by the green text that will appear in the top left corner when the Samsung logo is being displayed. It's 100% normal and the device hasn't suffered any damage.

9. Enter Download Mode again and this time in ODIN, go to options and uncheck the Reboot device. Click on AP and select the TWRP 2.8.7.1 and flash it.

Thats exactly what i did but your howto does not work on 5.0.2
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] pmichaelro:
It does work but with 5.0.2 appropriate kernel and TWRP. That's why the title above steps say for 5.1.1.

Each stock ROM includes bootloader, recovery, kernel, modem, system etc all for a specific version.

If you flash a kernel that is built for 5.1.1 and you are running 5.0.2 it's not going to work. It's not rocket science.

But if you flash a 5.0.2 kernel it will work (stock or custom).

For root access a custom kernel is required.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] pmichaelro:
After step 9 the device won't go into the system no matter the version you're running, not without a custom Kernel that is.

The next steps explain that. You musn't reboot until you've flashed a custom kernel.

So where is the problem there? It makes sense to use a 5.0.2 kernel on a 5.0.2 rom, doesn't it?
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] deepphrozen:
If it doesn't go into TWRP there is nothing i can do, kernel or not. I copied the kernel and su to the phone as required
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] pmichaelro:
You can flash an appropriate TWRP version for 5.0.2 that would load up.

As previously stated, any part of a ROM only works on a specific version. So a 5.1.1 kernel will not work on a 5.0.2 running device and vice versa.

Due to the lack of research for anyone who isn't running 5.1.1, I've taken some time to find a custom kernel and TWRP for 5.0.2.

Updated the first post. Untested because I don't have a 5.0.2 G925F but for whoever wants to try this.

The engineering bootloader doesn't brick the device whether it's running 5.0.2 or 5.1.1.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] deepphrozen:
And it requires an running TWRP to flash it as it is no tar file but .img
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] pmichaelro:
An .img file is easily convertible into a tar flashable file. Please do some reading about this.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] deepphrozen:
No matter what i do nothing makes my mobile boot. Flashed engineering bl and TWRP 2.8.6 and the same **** happens, boot stuck. 5 times more and i will ****in smash the ****ed up samsung trash against the wall

Dammed how i wish i would never have start with this howto
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] pmichaelro:
What is currently flashed on your device?

If you want to revert to 5.0.2 you need to flash a stock 5.0.2 ROM.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] deepphrozen:
Ok now i have full internet access and am downloading at samdownloads a stock rom and hopefully after flashing it will boot...but i am not sure if it willl

BTW: i paid Premium at sam because then i would download with 1Gbit and what? 20Mbit only while i have a 500DL/20UL Internet connection since today.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] pmichaelro:
If you are going to flash a full stock 5.1.1 ROM it will work 100%.

As for 5.0.2, I'm not sure because of the recovery, but you can give it a try, nothing to lose.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Repulsa:
Mostlikely he will end up flashing 5.1.1 stock firmware unless you tell him how to bypass that cm.bin when flashing 5.0.2 stock firmware via odin. Like you said on another post "Workaround on another thread" . ;) anyways waiting for my new replacement and hoping to see a 100% Tutorial , when someone still on 5.0.2 firmware (rooted)
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] pmichaelro:
Updated the first post with the thread I was talking about that has a fix for this issue.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] eltoffer:
Off topic

Is there a way to flash only some img's from the stock Rom?

Enviado desde mi S6 Edge Gold
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] neebi007:
Tar is basically a zip file can be opened by several zipping utilities. Open it up extract wot you need and re zip it for flash via twrp.

Sent from my SM-G925F
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Asso111:
Xposed

Hello, i can install Xposed after this procedure without changing Knox? If so, how? Maybe with reflash Unikernel after flashing Xposed? Thank you and exscuse me for my bad english :)
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] neebi007:
You have pm as this thread is not related with xposed. [emoji4]

Sent from my SM-G925F
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Darkbepo:
Is there an easy way of figuring out if your knox is tripped?
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Asso111:
Exscume your link don't work i found other link that I sent you in PM you can watch if they fit for? Thanks again .-)