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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 5] Dave4237:
I tried to root my Samsung Galaxy S5 using Odin and an autoroot file. After that failed, I researched how to restore my phone to its original OS. I have not been able to do that either. I either can only boot to the Odin Mode screen or am locked on the T-Mobile logo screen.

BTW, I am new to phone rooting so more detailed explanations would be appreciated.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 5] otisdog:
Are you able to boot to recovery? [ home+volume up+power]

If so you can reset from there.

If not you should be able download the stock firmware and flash it with Odin.

FOL1 is the latest - it takes a long time to download from Sam's.

http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/database/SM-G900T/

Jim
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 5] thisisapoorusernamechoice:
otisdog is right, sammobile takes forever to download which is why you should download the exact same file they linked to, but from here:

https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24407100847293882

Since cf-autoroot didn't work for you, you should just install TWRP with Odin and use TWRP to flash supersu zip, that's more or less what cf auto-root is doing anyway. Boot your phone into Odin mode (home, vol down, and power), connect your phone to PC with USB, and install twrp-3.0.0-0-klte-klte.img.tar with Odin (AP button, auto-reboot option disabled). When the status bar is filled, you need to immediately boot into TWRP without rebooting system (this is where you hold down home, vol up, and power). In TWRP, install supersu zip file. Now wipe cache and dalvik

If you reboot to normal android before booting into TWRP and flashing the supersu zip when TWRP is first installed, the operating system will overwrite TWRP with the stock recovery, and you have to try again.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 5] Dave4237:
Thanks OtisDog and thisisapoorusernamechoice.

While I am downloading TMB-G900TUVS1FOL1-20160111153316, I tried your directions for installing TWRP and had success. I was able to boot into TWRP. (First boot success since I started 10 days ago.) I downloaded supersu zip and have it on my Windows 10 computer. I assume that I do not unzip it in Windows, correct?

From TWRP I clicked on Install and got the phone's files. When I clicked on Select Storage, the USB storage choice has 0MB so the option is disabled. Should I have started TWRP with my USB cable still connected? My computer still recognizes that I am connecting something to it while TWRP is running.

If that is not the problem, how do I install supersu zip into my phone?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 5] thisisapoorusernamechoice:
The supersu zip needs to be in your phone's internal storage or micro SD card. USB storage is not used for this
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 5] Dave4237:
Since my phone has no SD card slot, this sounds like a Catch 22. I can't get my phone to work without installing the supersu zip, but I can't install the supersu zip without getting my phone to work.

Fortunately, the file that OtisDog suggested DID work. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

My wife is also thrilled that I don't have a $160 brick. She sends hugs to both of you.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 5] thisisapoorusernamechoice:
You don't need the SD card, you can put the supersu zip file in your phone's internal memory and flash it from there in TWRP. Also if you have a Galaxy S5, you have an SD card slot. It's on top of, yes literally on top of the SIM card slot, can be a little confusing and hard to see until you know what you're looking for (see attached pic for clarification, sorry for my halfassed paint job lol).
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 5] Dave4237:
Thanks for the photo. That helps.

My latest problem is that every time I restart my phone, some shortcuts (Hi, Google; Gallery; magazines; exercise; camera) are added to my home screens and the default home screen is changed. I suspect that by clearing one of the caches, I can fix this. What do I need to do?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 5] otisdog:
You can go into settings and find "backup and reset".

In there uncheck the backup and then do the factory reset. This will wipe all data and reload the os like when the phone was new - you can then put on it what you want.

MAKE SURE you have anything that's on the phone now, that you want, backed up on your computer because it will get wiped off the phone.

Once you get the phone to where you want it we can work on rooting it.

Jim
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 5] horizons1:
The instructions from thisis... worked great for me, although I accidentally did a full wipe from TWRP - no biggie, I was backed up. Thanks!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 5] NexMortifer:
I appreciate the clear and concise instructions I've seen so far, I got as far as flashing superSU zip and wiping cache and dalvik, what next?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 5] ShinySide:
Reboot lol
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 5] NexMortifer:
wouldn't it be nice if that just worked?

sorry, enough sarcasm, I'll clarify, I got that far with everything going as intended, but after reboot, it's not rooted (according to rootchecker) and I don't know why. Additional device info:

SM-G900T

running 4.4.2 (it doesn't want to let me update for some reason, and I thought maybe old versions might be easier to root)

Baseband Version G900TUVU1CNK2

Build # is KOT49H.G900TUVU1CNK2

(if there's other info you need, let me know.)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 5] ShinySide:
Yeah that's weird. Since you're running kit Kat should of installed system root. Or maybe I'm wrong on the zip being able to root kitkat/use system root instead of systemless.

Open the supersu app and see if it asks to update su binary

Otherwise I'd just try flashing it again in twrp or finding a much older supersu zip to flash. (Probably a 1.×× version)

You don't need to wipe caches tho.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 5] NexMortifer:
App isn't showing up either, don't know if that's useful info or not.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 5] ShinySide:
You are flashing it in twrp correct?

Because you should have SuperSU installed then
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 5] NexMortifer:
Yes, I did, and no, it didn't.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 5] NexMortifer:
Well, I eventually gave up on that root technique, and ended up using This instead, so now I'm running 6.0.1, and it seems to be working alright, but SuperSU says "The SU bianary needs to be updated!" and when I click it, it offers me the options of "normal" and "TWRP/CWM" as ways to install the SU bianary.

I know just enough to know that I don't know what I'm doing, and thought I'd get some advice before I proceed to screw something up.

Which option should I go for, and if TWRP, do I need to re-flash it with Odin like I did to install the 6.0.1 ROM, or is the process different now?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 5] ShinySide:
I always just click normal. Then it'll ask to reboot and just allow it and you'll be good to go
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 5] eidairaman1:
https://xdaforums.com/tmobile-galaxy-s5/general/root-how-to-root-sm-g900t-firmware-t3358190

use that guide, follow it precisely and you will be fine
[Android General] lsemprini:
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[Android General] Gibz97:
First of all, thank you very much for such an educational thread. I am also a newbie to MediaTek devices but after owning an MT6752 Desire 820s there are a ton of things I have learned so far with the device and MediaTek in general which I am glad to share.

I totally agree with you, SP Flashtool is the best thing to have ever happened to the MediaTek fraternity. I have been using it to test flashing partitions on my phone, corrupting the bootloader and bricking the device but it would always come to my rescue.

It is so powerful such that it can unlock, lock or relock the bootloader on HTC devices without using the official HTC bootloader unlocking method, fastboot or adb and does not require root.

The HTC bootloader somehow restricts a phone to boot into meta mode for flashing but holding volume up while connecting phone to PC tends to force the phone to access meta mode where flashing of any partition can be carried out by SP Flashtool.

I consider this a security risk but still interesting as it is too easy to access the device's userdata partition via a recovery hack since it can unlock the device's bootloader and flash a custom recovery, preserving the userdata partition which would have been wiped if one used official methods unless one encrypted their internal storage.

However newer MediaTek devices seem to have fixed this security hole. The likes of HTC One M9+, E9 and E9+ with an MT6795 processor cannot be flashed by SP Flashtool unless the device is S-off as of now. It could work with an SP Flashtool update maybe?

Well, it is possible to backup newer MediaTek SOCs (MT67XX) devices using SP Flashtool's Readback feature without root but it requires the exact scatter file of the firmware one is currently on, or at least the Partition start address of a partition you want to back up and its physical size if one cannot get the scatter file.

MTKDroidtools can at least show the partition types on the MT67XX devices but unfortunately the start and physical addresses of the partitions are not exactly as they are supposed to be on the device.

However if you are lucky to find the scatter file you can use it to readback on SP Flashtool, not reading back the entire NAND of the phone but reading back each partition individually as it is depicted on the scatter file and saving the backup file as partion_name.img eg boot.img. This is technically dding an entire partition but without using root.

The start address is depicted on the scatter file and the length is the partition_size on the scatter file.

This can be vital especially for creating a custom recovery for a device which is currently unrooted.
[Android General] FrenzyR:
My device MT6735 I want IMEI restore tool

I tried mobileuncle tool not working for imei backup restore
[Android General] Aerieana:
Wow, a lot to read there, but this has been the most helpful thing I have found so far related to rooting my phone model. Not sure why this thread hadn't appeared in my earlier Google searches even though this thread has already been around for three months. :confused: Anyway...

You said your device has an MT6735 SoC, can I ask which phone model you have? as that's the exact same SoC that mine has (LG K8), and you've managed to root yours.

Apparently trying to root an LG K8 with a one-click root tool has bricked a few people's phones, so I don't even want to give that option a try.

It seems the best method for me to try would be getting a working custom recovery onto my phone, then installing SuperSU, all after making a backup of course. Hopefully I won't need to resort to modifying files myself like you had done, I dunno if I'd be confident enough to either.

Thank you for such a thorough guide and explanation. Time to go look up custom recoveries~ :)
[Android General] X-weApon-X:
I have an iBaby888 i6S+ Clone, mt6735, very good chip, hampered by bad design in the way the device's main storage is. Of course, I can fix this with a tool called "Reziser" which will open up that 2gb upper limit, BUT, I need to apply the zip from a Custom Recovery. But I can't INSTALL any Custom Recovery, Why? Because the bootloader is not only LOCKED: it is NON-UNLOCKABLE. /fastboot oem unlock = FAILS every time. I don't comprehend this idiocy of design, in a device that comes with a fake IMEI in the first place. Not to mention the device has issues with Google App updates which cause play store to stop working within 5 minutes of unboxing.

What do I do to unlock this? Or, better yet, is there a pre-made, unlocked Recovery ROM I can flash with SPflash, that is 8.4mb or less? One of the reasons why TWRP fails is that it tells me that my Boot.img or Recovery.img are too big and will cause "overlap" - When I know that I they are *not* too large. But I am thinking this failure is occurring because of the LOCKED state of my boot loader and stock recovery. And the Stock recovery is practically worthless.

Is there some kind of secret code or fastboot command I can apply to bust the crud out of this junk? This device COULD run as well as the device it is mimicking, if not for the 2gb main storage limit and locked bootloader that prevents all useful tools from being loaded. I can't even install xPosed, because the main binary has to be installed via Recovery, and it is also why SuperSU Me bricks the device, Kingroot is the only method of rooting it, and there is no working method of replacing Kingroot with SuperSU, all because of the locked issue.

I have a similar my6582 device, I rooted it and installed CWM recovery, no sweat, using MTK Droid tools. But Oh Yes! Guess what! There is NO Version of the tool for 67xx's! and that device actually has a 4gb storage area, in that respect it's a better device, save for the very low-res screen (160dpi, my iBaby version is 320dpi).

So, you got anything I can try, I am only just learning now to work with Androids, I have been an Apple Jailbreaker for 5 years (which is why I love these clones). I had a similar issue with running out of system storage space on Apple devices too, but we use system folder stashing (symlinking to the larger user partition) to prevent our system storage from being stuffed full. I have noticed on my Samsung and other higher end androids, I am always given 8 to 16 gb of system storage. But these MediaTek devices, why in blazes are they only given 2 to 4gb of space. when the chip can handle so much more? I can only move so many apps to my card with Apps2SD, and if you move too many, the system does not run well.

Sorry for the rant, I have been up against brick wall city over and over today, I have tried a dozen tools that all failed to unlock my bootloader, all for the same reason, the default unlock method just doesn't work.
[Android General] losmilosmi:
Have you managed to root your LG K8?
[Android General] Pawemix:
LG K8

I see I'm not the only one wondering about rooting his/her LG K8 :D Let me know if u figure out sth about it ;)
[Android General] jago25_98:
Would be good to see some tracking on which phones have had success before we buy the phone.... what do I best search for in choosing a cheap phone?
[Android General] kracot:
Alcatel Onetouch POP Astro 5042T MT6732

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[Android General] kracot:
some interesting information regarding flashing and rooting some MT67xx phones

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[Android General] Chaos Storm:
I have the same device as you. I managed to get it rooted by using Kingroot & Kinguser APK here on XDA. Once that was done, I backed up the chinese bloatware to the sd card and removed them. I now have about 500gb free space on system as I moved most of my must have apps to the system/apps folder.

Google Play for me does not crash because I changed the space available. This I believe is the key, Google Play crashing was always because of low space. Mine has updated and I can still use it.

The only isue I have is that the 6735 is slow. I don't know if it's the cheap sd/emmc or lack of RAM, but the phone can get pretty slow. Now that I have root I can make changes here and there. I plan on opening it up and replacing the SD card with a faster one.

I've tried unlocking the bootloader and it failed for mine too. I may try one of these services that unlocks MTK bootloaders.

Still working on performance on mine but thus far I have removed 90% of the iPhone esque apps and have all Android appsnow, no more Apple looks...only lock screen and settings. :)
[Android General] Chaos Storm:
When I removed the apps I also removed the Home Launcher and replaced it with Google Home. However, after a few system edits it has started to crash, most likely because some of the system functions are tied to the home launcher, so I've reverted it back to semi stock.

I removed the apps by using Root Explorer and going to:

/system/apps , /system/priv-app, /system/vendor/operator/app, /system/app_ch, /system/app_en and cut & paste to the sd card. There is at least 600MB of space just in useless chinese apps.

If you have a TWRP to share that would be awesome.

Is there a way to backup the stock recovery just in case? To flash the new recovery do you do that via fastboot?

Thanks in advance!
[Android General] Chaos Storm:
So I spent some time today porting TWRP and got that working.

From what I've read from the TWRP thread, I would need to compile TWRP from sources to fix the rotation bug. I might do that if I have time.

Since CyanogenMod was released for another MTK6735 device, I am doing a quick and dirty port to see how well if at allit plays with the goophone, as CM would be awesome to have.
[Android General] Chaos Storm:
Well, quick and dirty it was. Even though I double checked the META-INF and made sure everything was OK, the second attempt at porting resulted in a bootloop and no more recovery. :(

Anyways, I found the required firmware files on needrom and have gotten the phone back running.What's interesting is that on the previous build the dialer code would not work, but now they do. Anyways, now that I have a rom for this phone, I can hack to my hearts content.
[Android General] AndroNight:
META Mode MT6753

Hi guys,

I spend a few hours to recover my bricket ulefone paris via SP Flash Tool & going into META mode.

Problem is: device isnt recognized any more after a flash with a wrong preloader (ok, it was an offical rom, but anyway..). But how does the META mode for the MT6753 chipset works?

I´ve tried several combinations (Volume +, Volume + and Power, Volume -, etc.) when connecting it via USB to my PC running SP Flash with the correct image - but the device manager show no new device.

Before the false flash it worked perfect....

So is there another possibility to flash this device via META mode or is the another key combination for META mode?

Thanks!
[Android General] emre2746:
Thanks!

A huge thank you for being the only one out there to clearly articulate the issue that is specific to the MTK chipset and SP Tools version that needs to be used. I waded through so many forums to find this very useful info. Appreciated.
[Android General] Gulpiyuri:
Estupenda y muy trabajada explicación de lsemprini :good:

Para los profanos se deduce entonces que hay que confiar de las app´s como kingoroot, etc. que te prometen con 1 click brickear tu phone, tienes muchas posibilidades de conseguirlo.

Me uno al equipo entonces de los que tenemos un MediaTek MT6750 comprado barato, pero eso sí, con 3 Gb de RAM y 32 Gb de ROM + slot card.

Pero soy de los que me gusta to have root in my phone y veo que tendré que esperar.

He visto for developers este sitio con esta información que me ha parecido interesante: http://www.ayudaroot.com/general/conseguir-archivo-scatter-cualquier-dispositivo-mtk/

Please, up any information about news news.

Cheeeeeers!
[Android General] Gulpiyuri:
Root to alls Meizu

Hi guys!

Good news para los poseedores de terminales Meizu.

No se necesita aplicaciones de terceros ni correr el riesgo de dejar hecho un ladrillo nuestro juguete, ya que la firma Meizu contempla el derecho de superusuario desde nuestro propio terminal. Puede variar según que modelo, en concreto desde el que yo tengo el Meizu M5 se hace de forma tan sencilla como ir a:

Ajustes > huellas y seguridad > permisos de superusuario. Además puedes escoger qué tipo de aplicaciones tendrán derechos de superuser y cuáles no lo tendrán.

En otros modelos se hace desde la cuenta "My flame" que es la ROM que usa Meizu en Android.

click en My Flame > para acceder a más ajustes del registro > en Personal Settings, en la parte inferior verás que hay la opción con otro click de > abrir > system privileges

Y eso es todo amigos! sencillo y sin complicaciones, como debe de ser !

Una vez tenemos root privileges sobre nuestro Meizu, me gustaría si alguien sabe cómo hacer un downgrade de smarshmallow a kitkat, ya que no me gusta nada la 6, para mí, la mejor es la 4.4.4.

Bye! ;)
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] sharingan:
Hey guys

A little help here

Earlier i was waitng for note 5 but now i wanna buy galaxy s7

I saw in unboxing support that it comes with a in house otg adapter and it charges other devices also if connected through it ( about this thing i dont give a damn)

I saw a website which was saying that it also supports hdd

So as many of yu have the device i wanna ask that can i connect my 1 tb seagate hdd to transfer files ??
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] Leeum:
I just tried plugging in my WD 2TB and it reads it but says it's corrupted
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] sharingan:
I have seagate hdd and it is on NTFS format

I think yrs is on fat32
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dshoe:
So, like the title describes, I have two problems that I think might be connected. When I view the Android beta page I do not see my 6P, and Android Device Manager from the web says I have "no active devices". I have checked my device administrator settings, my Google security settings, and factory reset my device numerous times with no avail. I'm not sure how long the device location has been broken as I never did it on my 6P. My 6P does however show up in the list of my devices on https://play.google.com/settings but the last used column for my 6P is blank.

If anyone has any suggestions please let me know, this is killing me.

Nexus 6P

March security update

Stock with locked bootloader

EDIT

I just noticed that my work email is working fine. I can see the device on the android beta page, but I'd rather use my main email for this AND I'd like to get Device Manager working again. Also, I have removed my work email from my phone and my work email still has my 6P as an eligible device, and I still do not see it on my main email.
[XDA Assist] biel123:
I inadvertently edited the sdk version that appears in build.prop, I just wanted to change the number of the version of android by my name but my editor changed the sdk version of it.

from now it will not open applications (except the System and the es file explorer).

And a few days ago I tried to install the custom recovery: clockworkmod that result at the end of the installation he removed the 2 (the clockworkmod and stock) and it is now impossible to flash something.

My cell is the g Model Orro manufacturer (yes it is one of those pirates manufacturers), I also back up the build.prop if you need, it has the android 2.3 and sdk10.

thank you.

ps. sorry the bad English I am Brazilian. ;)
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] moulip:
Hi there,

I 'am coming from a G4 which was able to stream videos from a DLNA Nas in the gallery. It seems that it is not possible with the S7 edge without installing an app.

Is there any way to get that natively ?

Thanks,
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] crazed_z06:
It is possible on the edge.. the Samsung gallery, music, and video apps have DLNA built in.

The function is called "Smart View" or something now.. ill take a screen shot later if you cant find it
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] moulip:
Thanks for your answer. Video app is not present on the S7. I got it from the galaxy store but there is no possibility to get some dlna content neither in the gallery app. Quick connect does not see it neither.

Envoyé de mon SM-G935F en utilisant Tapatalk
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] maverick1103:
For videos captured from the camera you can use the built in gallery app and the Smart View to DLNA to a TV, if you want to DLNA a video already on your phone (film etc) you can use the built in File Manager and select share, then Smart View again....I tried this and works for me.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] moulip:
Actually I'd like that reverse ! I have a dlna nas which videos I'd like to stream on the phone

Envoyé de mon SM-G935F en utilisant Tapatalk
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] liamstears:
Anyone been able to do it on this device so far?

I've been able to extract the rom, deodex it but cant get apktool to play ball

It wont install framework or decompile anything, only want to do some basic systemui mods

Anyone can help?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] NisseGurra:
How did you deodex the rom?, i getting an error on some of the files.