[Miscellaneous Android Development] oneyb:
On debian wheezy

[h]Introduction[/h]

These are instructions to root an xcover3 (SM-388F) with Android Lollipop onlinux (debian jessy) from:https://xdaforums.com/android/development/4-4-4-5-1-1-6-0-1-samsung-xcover3-t3465132

And from:https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=69813173&postcount=135

[h]Step-by-step[/h]

Get Jodin3

It's for MAC but works fine on Linux:

xdg-open "http://mac.softpedia.com/dyn-postdownload.php/1972bd62f9749343b23c16baa412f93c/589af63f/22a14/0/1?tsf=0"

if that doesn't work see: http://mac.softpedia.com/get/Utilities/JOdin3.shtml

I couldn't get http://casual-dev.com/ to load...

unzip JOdin3CASUAL-*.zip
ln -s JOdin3CASUAL-*/JOdin3CASUAL .

Get TWRP

Modified for Lollipop from:https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=69813173&postcount=135

wget "http://rgho.st/download/8bdZsF55x/94f24c04ec08261ac578d6a2a9311b6da76c7a2d/recovery.img.tar"

Get extras

From:https://xdaforums.com/android/development/4-4-4-5-1-1-6-0-1-samsung-xcover3-t3465132Get:

xcover3-lollipop-root.zip

systemless-compatability-fix-lollipop.tar.gz

unzip xcover3-lollipop-root.zip

Get and Put SuperSU on device

Get SuperSU zip from http://www.supersu.com/download

wget "https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/supersu/download/zip/SuperSU-v2.79-201612051815.zip"
adb push SuperSU-v2.79-201612051815.zip /sdcard/

Backup phone

adb backup -apk -all -f backup_$(date +%F).ab

Think about saving your contacts elsewhere as well.

Start ODIN/Downloader/Fastboot Mode

Press and hold Power + Volume Down + Home keys

Get PIT file

This version of Jodin requires a PIT file. Run it and let it get the PIT file:Copy it then to a local directory:

cp /tmp/CASUALroot-*/part.pit part.pit.txt

I had to restart JOdin3.

Now flash device with TWRP-tar file and PIT file

Set the PIT file to the PIT file you just got.[/*]

Set PDA to the relevant TWRP file.[/*]

Start (FLASH!)[/*]

Reboot into recovery mode

Press and hold Power + Volume Up + Home keys

Install SuperSU from TWRP

From TWRP home screen navigate to

/sdcard/SuperSU*

Reboot to ODIN/Downloader/Fastboot Mode

Press and hold Power + Volume Down + Home keys

In JOdin3 install boot.tar.md5 from xcover3-lollipop-root.zip

Copy systemless stuff

tar xvzf systemless-compatability-fix-lollipop.tar.gz
for f in 00*; do adb push $f /sdcard/; done
adb shell
su
# allow the above on the phone :)
mv 00* /su/su.d/

Clean up and Enjoy root

rm 00* *lollipop*

Please consider the f-droid app repository and the following FOSS apps (in no particular order)

Tinfoil for Facebook (Facebook browser with privacy) - https://f-droid.org/app/com.danvelazco.fbwrapper[/*]

Vanilla Music (Listen to and manage songs) - https://f-droid.org/app/ch.blinkenlights.android.vanilla[/*]

Turbo Editor (Simple text editor) - https://f-droid.org/app/com.maskyn.fileeditorpro[/*]

NewPipe (Lightweight YouTube frontend) - https://f-droid.org/app/org.schabi.newpipe[/*]

FBReader (An e-book reader) - https://f-droid.org/app/org.geometerplus.zlibrary.ui.android[/*]

BusyBox (Install BusyBox) - https://f-droid.org/app/ru.meefik.busybox[/*]

AdAway (Block advertisements) - https://f-droid.org/app/org.adaway[/*]

Amaze (Manage local files) - https://f-droid.org/app/com.amaze.filemanager[/*]

LeafPic (View your images and galleries) - https://f-droid.org/app/org.horaapps.leafpic[/*]

K-9 Mail (Full-featured email client) - https://f-droid.org/app/com.fsck.k9[/*]

Clip Stack (Manage clipboard history) - https://f-droid.org/app/com.catchingnow.tinyclipboardmanager[/*]

MuPDF (Lightweight document viewer) - https://f-droid.org/app/com.artifex.mupdfdemo[/*]

[h]Thanks[/h]

To [MENTION=6318002]Matt07211[/MENTION] for the information and [MENTION=7770482]akuhak[/MENTION] for the extra specifics.

Also, thanks to 2ion for the pandoc to BB lua-script. This enabled simple emacs org-mode to BB conversion.