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[Galaxy Note5 General] PatelCartel:
TWRP wont load!

So this is my first time rooting and I was successfully following the steps(Except with the CROM service part, I couldn't find it in the galaxy apps store). I got Odin and first installed TWRP v 3.0.2.0 and tried to load into recovery but I just got the default android recovery mode. Then I tried to install the TWRP v 3.0.2.1 through odin and even got the green "pass" icon but when I switched my phone off, and pressed Home+Power+Vol Up, it just loaded into the default android recovery menu. My phone works fine but it just wont load into TWRP. Please help! And thank you very much in advance for your help!!

BTW I have android 6.0.1
[Galaxy Note5 General] sinhvienngheo:
i did mistake... odin the autoroot kernel but forget to do oem unlock and usb debug.. i couldnt remember wat i did

Now i stuck at boot screen. i only see Samsung galaxy note5. and i couldnt turn the screen off
[Galaxy Note5 General] PhamHanhHD:
you can find Crom.apk in this page

i-mobi.tw/thread-5887-1-1.html

you can try press Vol Up+Vol Down+Power, it will load into TWRP :)
[Galaxy Note5 General] adelistiawan:
Much easier if u came from marshmallow, just need unlock bootloader and usb debugging. Go download mode, download n9208 supersu on chainuser site. Flash it with odin, finish.
[Galaxy Note5 General] kats17:
Hi

Can anyone here post the MM BDP5

Stock kernel please?
[Galaxy Note5 General] hgroove:
I have a SM-N9208XXU2BPE1 Duos, Quick connect feature works flawlessly on stock ROM but when root it lost that feature.

I tried 2 root methods, with TWRP then SU and only CF Auto Root.

Anyway to Fix that?

Thanks in advance

Enviado desde mi SM-N9208 mediante Tapatalk
[Galaxy Note5 General] WolfW:
Great !

Thanks :good:
[Galaxy Note5 General] AbdulHadiKhan44:
i can not find find crom service app plz tell me how can i install it
[Galaxy Note5 General] adelistiawan:
Install custom rom
[Galaxy Note5 General] bernard134:
Anybody manage to get systemless root on n9208?
[Galaxy Note5 General] hgroove:
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Wich one do you recommend? Thaks
[Galaxy Note5 General] calambabillcoll:
please help, got the same prob

what is the worse case will happen to the note 5 if something went wrong while doing the procedure of rooting, if ive missed something.

also got the same problem with globe, note 5 dual sim both locked only to globe.
[Galaxy Note5 General] Endroyed:
Hi,

I'd like to root my N9208 and I'm following the method, but I'm stuck at step 2. Couldn't find CROM service in Samsung Galaxy App Store. Help, please. Ty
[Galaxy Note5 General] calambabillcoll:
pahelp

what is the worse case will happen to the note 5 if something went wrong while doing the procedure of rooting, if ive missed something.

also got the same problem with globe, note 5 dual sim both locked only to globe.
[Galaxy Note5 General] prasad.adam:
CROM thing is optional for certain devices. If you do not find it on play store, it is optional for you. Go ahead minus this step.

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Rooting is pretty harmless, in a sense that, either you will get the root or won't get it. But once you are rooted, first thing to do is backup EFS.
[Galaxy Note5 General] Endroyed:
Stuck on boot screen "Samsung Galaxy Note 5" after flashing root (tar) using the probided Odin. So I flashed the stock rom from sammobile to fix it. No idea why this isn't working for my phone. SM-9208
[Galaxy Note5 General] JeiEm D. Sea:
make sure you enabled usb debugginh and oem unlock in deceloper settings
[Galaxy Note5 General] dhonzik:
That is not true, all chinese phones including the Tiawanese phones are CROM Locked, you first have to unlock it before you can do anything
[Galaxy Note5 General] adearinn:
Install , custom kernel
[Galaxy Note5 General] rakugaking:
Hi I followed all the steps mentioned here OEM unlock and USB Debugging

Couldn't find the CROM. apk so so I decided to just go through and flash the N9208-TW-Root (0909) .tar file with odin

It come out success fully but my phone is in a soft brick now

Stuck at Galaxy note 5 screen

I can still get into the download mode by pressing key combination of vol down, power and home

But now my phone can't be detected by my windows, so I can't do any recovery

Any suggestion?

My phone is SM-N9208DX

here's what's written in the Download mode

PRODUCT NAME : SM-N9208DX

CURRENT BINARY: Custom

SYSTEM STATUS: Official

FAP LOCK: OFF

Secure download: Enable

KNOX WARANTY VOID : 1 (0x0303)

AP SWREV: B:2 K:0 S:0

Hope anyone can help
[Galaxy Note5 General] smeth_90:
What firmware version you device bro rakugaking?hurm 1st i suggest flash stock firmware..after flash new stock,enable again usb debugging,OEM,unknown sources and verify app..all this on setting/developer and lock and sequrity..after that..do format device..clear complete wipe..cache,and format device.done you can flash root Pakage CF-Autoroot..This CF AUTO ROOT two version for this device..MM and lolipop..make sure download correctly..Good luck bro..
[Galaxy Note5 General] rakugaking:
Thanks bro

Yesterday our of desperation I found out another method to flash TWRP recovery

And magically the computer detected and I managed to flash TWRP recovery through Odin

After I flash the recovery I flash also Super SU through USB OTG

Since then my phone can't connect to the computer and USB OTG is not possible

I really want to flash custom rom to my Note 5

Any Idea on how I might be able to get the USB OTG working, because I can't access my phone through computer as well
[Galaxy Note5 General] rajnathr:
hello guys how to get the tar file if i unzip i use to get an disc.img file

Please help stuck badly.
[Galaxy Note5 General] romeoroad:
<ID:0/004> Firmware update start..

<ID:0/004> SingleDownload.

<ID:0/004> sboot.bin

<ID:0/004> NAND Write Start!!

<ID:0/004> cm.bin

<ID:0/004> FAIL!

<ID:0/004>

<ID:0/004> Complete(Write) operation failed.

<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)

i was trying to flash Indian firmware on my N9208 from taiwan.. can any1 please help. in odin it says cm.bin fail and on the phone screen it shows secure check fail: (bootloader)
[Galaxy Note5 General] Jefjefy88:
Can you help me root my note 5? .. here my build. sm-n9208 Duos taiwan variant PDA: N9208ZTS3BPI2
[Galaxy Note5 General] zen1015:
Caution!!!

Please don't ever try the tutorial from SAMSUNGSFOUR

what a crap publisher to claim that all models of Samsung galaxy note 5 could learn this rooting tutorial.

There was no bootloop after I did all step on my SM-N9208 and yet, the device just simply stop at samsung logo and the top left came out red dialog"recovery is not seandroid enforcing note 5" which explained that the CF-auto has no longer works for all version 5.0.1 and above.

There is no way to get into recovery mode to perform the factory reset. What i did is download and reflash the stock rom with odin and it mostly spend my night without dinner! I have no choice to paid 22MYR for fast download service just because the 1.9GB size of rom. Ouch!!!:mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:
[Galaxy Note5 General] joseph74:
Hi,

Did this work for you, I have marshmallow too, updated to the newest, please let me know.
[Galaxy Note5 General] dreskullz:
I am not sure if it work for the N9200 as these are different phones and I don't think you should risk it. I have done some search for you to try to find root for you phone and found a thread right here on xda. Investigate this thread and see if it will be useful to you.
[Galaxy Note5 General] Kyrillos:
Thanks for the link. However, i am rooted already. I wanted to install this kernel to avoid the reboots that i currently have with the current kernel.
[Galaxy Note5 General] dreskullz:
O I see, Well I am not sure what will happen if you flash this kernel on that version.
[Galaxy Note5 General] B.U.M:
Just wanted to say thanks for the tips, i am now able to root my Note 5 :D

Didn't encounter any problems flashing and

I haven't encountered any random reboots at all.

Now it's time to experiment with Wanam Xposed :thumbup::):D
[Galaxy Note5 General] kenshi08:
Hi all, i have just gotten myself a N920I, would this method allow me to gain root?
[Galaxy Note5 General] edwardob:
all we're sure of is that it works great on n9208....which was a gamble anyway. since it came from outside xda somewhere mysteriously. .

and we took the risk...gambled it paid off. ..because it worked greet. ..with no problem

as far as your question. ..all anyone can say to you is

a s Clint Eastwood said in dirty Harry. ...

...^do you feel lucky^........go ahead make my day!

try it at your own risk...
[Galaxy Note5 General] jpbl1976:
Tried it on my 9208.

It's been working great so far. All the other stuff causes reboots.

As far as its origins, one possibility is it's someone's private work that they shared but decided not to take credit for -- because when you make something like this, you'll inevitably be inundated by requests, inane questions (just look at all the "will this work with?" questions in this thread alone) and complaints from people who don't even own the device in question or don't know how to follow instructions -- as well as requests for support that you're either unable or unwilling to give on a consistent basis. I see it a lot in XDA and elsewhere. Whatever it is, there are definitely some brilliant guys out there that don't want to participate on XDA for their own reasons.

Some people just don't want to be hassled... or they want to be paid for being hassled (like with the Russian site where the permissive kernel's from).

... or maybe it's some Samsung dev who decided to let this out in the wild. It's hard to say. Then again, it might be loaded with some sort of zero-day virus that'll cause our devices to explode at the end of the year! :silly:
[Galaxy Note5 General] dreskullz:
Lol ?, we should hope it's just a kind person did this for us.
[Galaxy Note5 General] pac213:
Does this method trip KNOX?
[Galaxy Note5 General] edwardob:
yes
[Galaxy Note5 General] dreskullz:
Hey guys, maybe it's just me but are you guys seeing your LED light showing when you get a notification? I remember seeing it before I flash the kernel but it hit me just now that I am no longer seeing it.
[Galaxy Note5 General] GoeniGoeGoe:
Thanks, this guide works great. Didn't need to install CROM though. Apparantly it's only for Chinese bootloaders, see http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=60948100&postcount=62.
[Galaxy Note5 General] B.U.M:
mine's all good.
[Galaxy Note5 General] dreskullz:
Maybe it's something else I flashed cause it to go away. Thanks for confirming for me
[Galaxy Note5 General] fernandodistinto:
Finally, thanks a lot! I'll try tonight and report back later.
[Galaxy Note5 General] edwardob:
origine of this kernel is this guy....valery@studenikin.ru...........thats all we know so thanks to him who ever he is
[Galaxy Note5 General] daffie:
I find this so very funny. This kernel is functioning just incredibly well on my Note 5. Without any (none!!!) random reboots since using this kernel (last 2 weeks or so), where

all

the other custom kernels for our Note 5 have many issues regarding spontaneous reboots. Furthermore the speed and overall smoothness are great, and with fantastic battery life. What more can one want right?

So...who do I send the cake / case of beers....:good::laugh:

Valery...I thank you!
[Galaxy Note5 General] edwardob:
send to me...i will pass them on......down to my local russian embassy/////

its pity we cant tune this with synapse or something????
[Galaxy Note5 General] fernandodistinto:
I can confirm the kernel works smoothly. Haven't installed Xposed yet...
[Galaxy Note5 General] edwardob:
after a week no issue... xposed fine..........

we need this guy who put this together... to join xda.... since all the kernel so far are buggy.... except this one...

we just need to be able to use synapse to tweak it a little
[Galaxy Note5 General] angelfacekiller:
For SM-N9208 from Malaysia I just flash with Odin TWRP and then from TWRP I installed SuperSU 2.78 , Wiped cache and mobile is perfectly operational with the Original software.

There is a catch... You might lose NFC so you will need to flash with TWRP the Sickness Kernel for N9208 which solves Deep Sleep and restores NFC.

Currently I have a phone that even Banking NFC applications are working and they don't recognize the rooting ;)
[Galaxy Note5 General] almerqal:
where can i get the Sickness Kernal for SM-N9208 DOUS

Malaysia
[Galaxy Note5 General] angelfacekiller:
It is in the first page.

After you download the kernel i suggest you unzip it and replace supersu.zip you will find in a folder, with the newest supersu after you rename it accordingly in order to install it in one step

http://xdaforums.com/note5/orig-development/kernel-n9208-ubertc-5-3-5-17-2016-t3381233/page25
[Galaxy Note5 General] almerqal:
am i going to lose my data ?
[Galaxy Note5 General] angelfacekiller:
Nope...
[Galaxy Note5 General] epp1907:
Hi I have a note 5 SM-N92080X MMB29K.N9208XXU3BPJ4 and I tried but it didn't worked for me. "Crom service forcecloses"

I need root to add greek language.
[Galaxy Note5 General] angelfacekiller:
One interesting workaround is to save the md5 files from smartswitch while they are dowbloaded and unzipped and flash them through odin without the csc ;) the csc contains the region information and you will get full language support but you will lose OTA which you lose eitherway when go to custom. But the phone will remain official
[Galaxy Note5 General] epp1907:
Can you tell me more on that, where to find these md5 files? I have allready a knock code hit....

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Can you tell me more on that, where to find these md5 files? I have allready a knock code hit....
[Galaxy Note5 General] angelfacekiller:
Got to smartswitch and go to initialize device. Put s/n and serial of your device. E.g. SM-N9208 and R28GA22MM.

Then it will ask for you to put the phone in download mode and it will start download. When download will finish, it will create a folder in User.AppData.Temp.tmp8779 folder. The number is random. There you will have 4 md5 files but you have to copy them quickly as smartswitch will delete them. I will attach details with edit.
[Galaxy Note5 General] epp1907:
My answer to my problem was

1) root

2) http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2451670

Thnx for all!!!!
[Galaxy Note5 General] band1cerv0:
Hello everyone.

I tried too root my note5 with latest indian firmware (N9208XXU3BPJ6_N9208ODI3BPJ3_INS) through Odin but after reboot I got the message "RECOVERY IS NOT SEANDROID ENFORCING" at the top left of the samsung logo screen and it is blocked there.

I used the latest auto-root version found here .

Thanx for your help.
[Galaxy Note5 General] BC01:
Rooting works fine for me with TWRP 3.0.2-1 and after this flashing supersu v2.78.

Root works like a charm an i can clean bloatware apps of my choice.

...but...

when i want do UNroot via supersu app i ran into a bootloop.

Only choice i fund is to flash rom via odin again :(

SM-N9208

MMB29K.N9208ZTS3BPJ1

Any solutions or ideas?
[Galaxy Note5 General] band1cerv0:
I finally used twrp and flashed Super-su and it worked well !
[Galaxy Note5 General] Falah25:
I just flashed TWRP but bootlop now, howto fix it someone can advice ? ( stuck in logo )
[Galaxy Note5 General] hawk68:
You can BBM me at 5A8A5A75. I'll tell you in Indonesian
[Galaxy Note5 General] i777SGS2:
I'm in the US, and I recently updated my software. I am on build TU3BPL1, android 6.0.1, baseband TU4BPL1.

Can I root it with any other build instead?
[Galaxy Note5 General] denclaud:
Hi guys just rooted my phone and looking for a great. Rom that is compatible with N9208 any suggestions?
[Galaxy Note5 General] johnpower01:
i have a new SM-N9208 that comes with N9208ZTU4BPL1

tried odin with CF-Auto-Root-noblelte-nobleltextc-smn9208.tar.md5 (MMB29K.N9208XXU2BPH2), but FAILED... pls advice...
[Galaxy Note5 General] hadisufi:
Can someone guide me how to root MMB29K.N9208XXS3BQA6 ?
[Galaxy Note5 General] angsoonguan331:
Stuck on the samsung galaxy note 5 screen =(

Anyone know what's the problem?
[Galaxy Note5 General] kuntau:
just reflash the stock firmware and fix what you did wrong :highfive:
[Galaxy Note5 General] hire.me:
thankyou work for me :D
[Galaxy Note5 General] Jnm1912:
Can Someone tell me how to root the phone without a pc.....

I can't seem to use any of the one-touch root apps due to the Knox security service.....
[Galaxy Note5 General] JeeHong:
Hi am I able to flash twrp without root?
[Galaxy Note5 General] Lamman20:
Works.

Nice. It works sucessfully, but the TWRP link is invalid, so I downloaded other from the TWRP website anyways. Thanks
[Galaxy Note5 General] trick41:
help

is this working in N9208XXS5CRH1 N9208OLB3CQJ1
[Galaxy Note5 General] SnowFuhrer:
Yes.
[Galaxy Note5 General] Troyi:
Hi, I’m a newbie and I want to root my old SG Note 5 N9208 but I don’t have windows installed in my Mac. Do you happen to have any DMG files to dl?

Thank you so much for the assistance. Love you guys.
[Galaxy Note5 General] kumbangdesa:
Hi all. I'm new to samsung device. already getting 9208. I know rooting will void the warranty. I need to know what else will be effects?. Is the noice of the picture will be increased if we root?. Thanks
[Galaxy Note5 General] edwardob:
what is "noice of the picture*" ??????
[Galaxy Note5 General] kumbangdesa:
noice at the pictures when we snap photos using camera.
[Galaxy Note5 General] edwardob:
explain. ....noice?

change kernel....only effect's root not camera software!

although a bad kernel will have other effects on total phone depending on your usage

the kernel mentioned here is rock solid!
[Galaxy Note5 General] bounti:
I'm sorry, I can't seem to find many places to ask. But I only today discovered this variant of the Note 5 and I'm intrigued.

But have to know, are there any custom roms and kernels (other that the kernel used in this thread) being developed for this phone?

I'm guessing roms for the standard N5 won't work for this one, right?
[Galaxy Note5 General] edwardob:
there is. but its not on ..here. Google sva.... that's where this kernel came from

but xposed working... and wanam xposed is OK

there is a few test kernels around but with issues......

seem to be progress
[Galaxy Note5 General] eddmecha:
wow its been a while so anyone here encounter any problem after flashing this auto root kernel?
[Galaxy Note5 General] edwardob:
None at all it's been great I only wish I could control it with CPU software but other than that it's been great
[Galaxy Note5 General] eddmecha:
wow thats good..i think i should re-root it again..
[Galaxy Note5 General] Rockstah:
Thank you for this info. I plan to give this a go over the weekend. I'm curious though, do any of you using this live in the US? If so, do you know if it's possible to swap out the bootloader on the sm-n9208 duos, with the T-Mobile version bootloader, allowing the modem/baseband to be flashed to the correct frequencies? I've been searching for answer for days, but keep coming up with mixed info that goes over my head. Very new to all this. I appreciate any additional information anyone can provide. I will update on my experience with the initial root, after it's done.
[Galaxy Note5 General] del_phin:
Looking here for the information - bbs.52samsung@dote@com/thread-736686-1-1.html
[Galaxy Note5 General] Rockstah:
Link won't work.
[Galaxy Note5 General] del_phin:
Change [MENTION=1316021]dote[/MENTION]@ for .
[Galaxy Note5 General] cezeff:
So far a great kernel... However... Has anyone ran a benchmark and noticed the performance has been modified a bit? .... Before rooting this phone was a top performer, yet after it has slowed down...still a beast but not chart topping like it use to...

Also it would seem other kernel development is improving... Anyone try an updated version of another kernel?

It would be great to have this kernel with some of the other kernel enhancements, like Synapse... I wonder if a developer could help improve the great work already started?
[Galaxy Note5 General] edwardob:
and then what....its in Chinese
[Galaxy Note5 General] daffie:
In the same boat...this kernel has been working flawlessly on my N9208 so far (4 weeks). Still also looking forward to other kernels (SkyHigh seems has solved random reboots).

Btw I'm getting 70k on Antutu with current kernel, so it's fast enough.
[Galaxy Note5 General] cezeff:
70k is where it should be at... Maybe it's a heat related throttle issue... I tried a couple of benchmarks at work... I'll close all apps do a reboot and let it chill in the fridge for a little bit before I try again...

Skyhigh has stopped the reboots with a work around, not a true fix and he has stopped any development for the 9208 at the moment... I think he is going on leave/vacation and picking one up... He had been testing a beta version with a volunteer... His kernel seems to be the most stable, feature packed... I'll wait patiently... Heck the phone has only been out a little over a month now
[Galaxy Note5 General] daffie:
Indeed...also SkyHigh kernel doesn't support our N9208 officially, but a user has been able to use the kernel on his N9208. Apparently all duosim functions still work as does everything else, except for NFC (and Samsung Pay I'm sure).

I will not be going elsewhere unless I am pretty much 100% sure (after user feedback and experience) the new custom kernel will be good. As said earlier the current custom kernel is just awesome...not a single hitch or even hickup so far...that is really something else, considering the Dev is nowhere to be found :laugh::cool:

Btw so what score do you get on Antutu?
[Galaxy Note5 General] cezeff:
I'm barely getting out of the 60k... Are you running anything in particular? Maybe I need to do a full wipe? That should not affect the bench mark though... Hmmmm
[Galaxy Note5 General] daffie:
No same as you...reboot phone, give it a few minutes to settle and cool down, then start Antutu. I'm not running anything in particular, other than this kernel.

Maybe do a clear cache (recovery)...see if it helps?

Oh and I assume you do the 64bit benchmark (just checking ;))
[Galaxy Note5 General] cezeff:
After wiping the cache and a reboot I got 68270...so probably system resources being used... Yes I'm using the 64bit version
[Galaxy Note5 General] daffie:
Indeed..that clears that up :)
[Galaxy Note5 General] cezeff:
Are you seeing any better battery life or is that just a placebo effect people are experiencing? Even before the root I was very happy with battery life... This has been better than my nexus 6...
[Galaxy Note5 General] daffie:
To be honest, not not really. Battery life with this custom kernel is on par with stock kernel...and it's really fantastic as well. I also run stock rom. Only reasons for me to go with custom kernel were/are :

- the ability to edit Build.prop (for better RAM management...and it's a huge benefit!)

- the ability to debloat and remove apps I have no use for

- AdAware

- Titanium Backup

- the ability to create backups with custom recovery (TWRP)

Normally with each and every phone I had before, a custom rom was basically necessary (imo) for an optimal experience. With the Note 5 I find this not the case...this device runs exceptionally well with stock rom.
[Galaxy Note5 General] Rockstah:
Haha I translated, and it still went right over my head. I need a pro to explain to me what Samsung could have done to prevent people from flashing the region specific information (stock csc, boot loader, kernal, baseband) over to a different model number. The internals are all the same, with the exception of the CDMA versions. I don't know much about this stuff, but it seems like there should be a way to do it. I just don't want to be the $800 Ginny pig lol.