yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Samsung Galaxy A3, A5, A7 (2017) Guides, News, & D] ashyx:
Post the recovery log(as a file not copy and paste) from twrp after installing Magisk.

Is /data also not mountable?
[Samsung Galaxy A3, A5, A7 (2017) Guides, News, & D] Deno_developer:
data is also not mountable im stuck in this problem if i try to flash anything this problem appears (Failed to mount data) :mad: where can i find that log file after flashing magisk
[Samsung Galaxy A3, A5, A7 (2017) Guides, News, & D] ashyx:
Advanced/save log. Save to SD card.
[Samsung Galaxy A3, A5, A7 (2017) Guides, News, & D] tojimori:
Is anyone working for the android 8?

On this site: https://desktop.firmware.mobi/device:1680 is only for android 7.

for the android 7 is also working for the android 8?
[Samsung Galaxy A3, A5, A7 (2017) Guides, News, & D] Deno_developer:
for everyone whos having problems to flash root in Oreo with cf-autoroot just download the supersu.zip file from here https://www98.zippyshare.com/v/aAzIXkGo/file.html and flash it with twrp recovery for me the cf-autoroot file didnt work but after flashing supersu my A3 2017 Stock Oreo is now rooted :)
[Samsung Galaxy A3, A5, A7 (2017) Guides, News, & D] magkistas:
hello which twrp flash ?? do you have 320 FL?

hello which twrp flash ?? do you have 320 FL?
[Samsung Galaxy A3, A5, A7 (2017) Guides, News, & D] The_Freshman:
Ok, thanks.

And what if I want to install magisk?
[Samsung Galaxy A3, A5, A7 (2017) Guides, News, & D] Deno_developer:
yes 320FL model and twrp 3.2.1 from McFly

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i don't know for magisk because magisk didn't work for me i tried to flash it but it gives me an error everytime (Failed to mount Data) now i have supersu without problems
[Samsung Galaxy A3, A5, A7 (2017) Guides, News, & D] ruffyrisco:
Just format Data in TWRP, flash Magisk and enjoy root and access to data on Oreo stock... No need for supersu etc. Of course you must do a backup of data contents first with titanium e.g.,,.

It works for me, but I switched back to McFy's 8.1... :good:
[Samsung Galaxy A3, A5, A7 (2017) Guides, News, & D] magkistas:
i flashed the recovery_a3y17lte-050318.tar.md5 from here ,https://host.mcfy.fr/Samsung Galaxy A3 2017/Twrp 3.2/ but when i go to recovery dosnt works? show me again the stock samsung recovery why? i have the 320 fl model,
[Samsung Galaxy A3, A5, A7 (2017) Guides, News, & D] Deno_developer:
Maybe your bootloader is locked you must unlock the bootloader first :rolleyes: try to flash cf-autoroot first from this thread flash it with Odin but remember (maybe) this will reset your device because that happened to me before and after you flash the cf-autoroot file and device boots up go again to ddownload mode and flash twrp recovery. this method worked for me my device is the same like yours FL model

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[Samsung Galaxy A3, A5, A7 (2017) Guides, News, & D] Pat750:
Untick the reboot option in odin when flashing TWRP. After flash directly boot to recovery not system.
[Samsung Galaxy A3, A5, A7 (2017) Guides, News, & D] oursgentil:
Hello,

I generate CF_Autoroot via this page

https://desktop.firmware.mobi/device:1680/firmware:14930

But when I tried to install it I have the following red message

"recovery is not seandroid enforcing"

and the galaxy A3 is not rooted (checked with root checker) and supersu not installed

Could you help me ?
[Samsung Galaxy A3, A5, A7 (2017) Guides, News, & D] Deno_developer:
https://www98.zippyshare.com/v/aAzIXkGo/file.html first enable OEM unlock option in developer options download the supersu file from this link flash it after you flash it the device will restart two times in the first boot and you will have root
[Samsung Galaxy A3, A5, A7 (2017) Guides, News, & D] oursgentil:
Thanks.

OEM unlock is still activated.

But I prefer to keep a stock recovery, so I don't want TWRP.

Is there a way to run CF-Autoroot ?
[Samsung Galaxy A3, A5, A7 (2017) Guides, News, & D] Deno_developer:
OEM unlock must be activated forever and yes you can flash again the stock recovery with odin and i didn't find any way to run CF-Autoroot just with supersu flashing supersu
[Samsung Galaxy A3, A5, A7 (2017) Guides, News, & D] oursgentil:
Sorry I don't understand your answer.

I tried again de generate CF-autoroot.

This time I made the wipe before.

But I have still the red message.
[Samsung Galaxy A3, A5, A7 (2017) Guides, News, & D] Deno_developer:
bro i send you a link before to download supersu

this link https://www98.zippyshare.com/v/aAzIXkGo/file.html download supersu from this link just touch download and supersu will be downloaded after this go to twrp recovery and flash this supersu with twrp recovery and your device will be rooted
[Samsung Galaxy A3, A5, A7 (2017) Guides, News, & D] oursgentil:
I amm relunctant to use TWRP.

It is possible to use a standard recovery and rooting a galaxy A3 ?

Thanks

It is the status in download mode
[Samsung Galaxy A3, A5, A7 (2017) Guides, News, & D] Pat750:
No you can't flash anything with standard recovery.

You could root with cf autoroot, but I've never used that and don't know how that works.

With TWRP you can make full system backups and how important that is you might learn sooner than you expected.
[Samsung Galaxy A3, A5, A7 (2017) Guides, News, & D] oursgentil:
Thanks for your help

It is the first time i use CF-autoroot and I diidn't succeed.

As I never use TWRP, I am reluctant to use it
[Samsung Galaxy A3, A5, A7 (2017) Guides, News, & D] ashyx:
Once you've used TWRP, you'll realise how important it is.

The best mod you can do to a device.
[Samsung Galaxy A3, A5, A7 (2017) Guides, News, & D] QueenLizzy:
Any freezing lag after rooting? id love to on this phone remove the Microsoft apps and some samsung ones. Will i still get the Oreo update if i root?
[Samsung Galaxy A3, A5, A7 (2017) Guides, News, & D] oursgentil:
Please Help !

I try to root my galaxy A3 with TWRP + Super SU but I failed in a boot loop

Hopefully a complete reflash with odin saved my new phone.

But for TWRP i am lost.

I have a A320FL

I use

https://host.mcfy.fr/Samsung Galaxy A3 2017/Twrp 3.2/recovery_a3y17lte-050318.tar.md5

And

https://www98.zippyshare.com/v/aAzIXkGo/file.html

I would be really grateful if someone can help me root my A3 galaxy (whether with CF-Autoroot or TWRP)
[Samsung Galaxy A3, A5, A7 (2017) Guides, News, & D] Deno_developer:
i have A320FL too and after oreo update is a little hard to root the device but if your bootloader is unlocked and the OEM option in developer options is on the easiest way is to flash twrp recovery first with odin and than download the supersu file from here https://www98.zippyshare.com/v/aAzIXkGo/file.html save it to sd card rebot to twrp recovery and wipe only ( Data ) after wiping data go and flash the saved supersu file with twrp device will restart two times and your device should be rooted this method worked for me:)
[Samsung Galaxy A3, A5, A7 (2017) Guides, News, & D] oursgentil:
Thanks.

I succeed to root my A320FL (Android 7.0).

Root checker Pro says that my device is rooted.

But....when I tries to delete applications with Uninstaller pro, I have the following message "rooted, but cannot get permission RW on /system"

Thanks in advance for your help
[Samsung Galaxy A3, A5, A7 (2017) Guides, News, & D] Deno_developer:
i have that problem too from the first day i cant fully root my phone oreo has fuuckeed everything
[Samsung Galaxy A3, A5, A7 (2017) Guides, News, & D] ashyx:
SuperSU isn't really up to date any more. You should root with Magisk as it's currently under development.
[Samsung Galaxy A3, A5, A7 (2017) Guides, News, & D] Deno_developer:
tried many many times but i cant flash it everytime i try to flash it gives me an error ( Failed to flash Magisk ) why is this happening ! :(
[Samsung Galaxy A3, A5, A7 (2017) Guides, News, & D] ashyx:
Post the recovery log(file only) after flashing.
[Samsung Galaxy A3, A5, A7 (2017) Guides, News, & D] oursgentil:
First, I explained I have some problems to delete applications.

Now I use Titanium backup Pro and it works

But now I have 2 more questions :

a) I see that offical twrp has arrived. Do I have to update ? If yes, how ? and does it wipe data on my phone ?

b) Despite removing some applications, I have only 7,7 Go free ram. It is too short. So I planned to install adoptable storage. Do you have feed back on it
[Samsung Galaxy A3, A5, A7 (2017) Guides, News, & D] Asgabat:
Guys I tried to roll back the date for one week, but still can't get OEM unlock option to install TWRP. Tried to install Android 7 to install it but still get that ****ing error

Only official released binaries are allowed xxxx

Can anyone help me to install TWRP?

Regards,
[Samsung Galaxy A3, A5, A7 (2017) Guides, News, & D] aryayush:
How do I update my rooted phone (running the stock Samsung ROM) to Oreo?
[Samsung Galaxy A3, A5, A7 (2017) Guides, News, & D] Deno_developer:
just find your model and download the stock rom oreo from here https://easy-firmware.com/home/browse/category/id/3641/ and flash it with odin you will lose root after that:)
[Samsung Galaxy A3, A5, A7 (2017) Guides, News, & D] aryayush:
But I want to retain root. How do I accomplish that?
[Samsung Galaxy A3, A5, A7 (2017) Guides, News, & D] Deno_developer:
after flashing the stock rom with odin flash twrp recovery and than go to twrp recovery and wipe only Data after wiping data flash the magisk or supersu with twrp recovery:)
[Samsung Galaxy A3, A5, A7 (2017) Guides, News, & D] marle.m:
a Short question.

I have SM-A320FL with Oreo8.0.0 can i use this method to root my device or is it just for Nougat?

Thanks forwards regarts marle
[Samsung Galaxy A3, A5, A7 (2017) Guides, News, & D] leo31:
same method.
[Samsung Galaxy A3, A5, A7 (2017) Guides, News, & D] der-seemann:
Thanks for the guide!

I had problems, but i solved them:

on first try, after flashing when rebooting there was an error message that I need to wipe all data. That worked, but when Android started there was no root. I than replashed the file with odin and this time the script worked well, and on reboot I had root!

So please add to the guide that if you come from stock rom and the phone was in use already, all data will be erased and the flashing might need to be repeated.
[Samsung Galaxy A3, A5, A7 (2017) Guides, News, & D] ashyx:
Dont quote the OP! :mad:
[Samsung Galaxy A3, A5, A7 (2017) Guides, News, & D] TomJC70:
A3 2017 / SMA320FL-Oreo

I just got my A3 2017; There's too much crap on it, so I want to remove most of the bloatware (with Titanium Backup).

I'm a little confused about the process and mainly which versions to use, so please tell me if this is correct:

I will follow the "Other, more complicated methods" from the OP.

Phone:

UK version (if that's important)

Android 8.0.0 Oreo / Firmware A320FLXXU2CRD3

OEM Unlock is on

On my PC:

Odin3 v3.10.7

twrp-3.2.3-0-a3y17lte.img.tar

On my phone's SD Card:

SR5-SuperSU-v2.82-SR5-20171001224502.zip

The process seem staight forward:

* Boot phone in download mode

* Using Odin AP to get TWRP on the phone; Uncheck 'Auto Reboot' and 'F. Reset Time'

* Reboot device (hold VolDOWN + Power for 10 seconds)

I'm guessing to let it reboot, then power down again, and then continue with:

* Start your device in Recovery mode (Hold VolUP + Home + Power), the recovery menu will appear

* Swipe to allow modifications,

* Tap on Install

* Tap on Select Storage at the bottom and select MicroSDCard then tap OK

* Browse for the SR5-SuperSU-v2.82-SR5-20171001224502.zip and tap on it to install it

* Swipe to install SuperSU (confirm Flash)

This should result in a rooted phone and SuperSU installed.
[Samsung Galaxy A3, A5, A7 (2017) Guides, News, & D] enny330:
It's all good. I'm installing new firmware.
[Samsung Galaxy A3, A5, A7 (2017) Guides, News, & D] Gusta_HR:
Rooted my Oreo A3 2017 with CF-auto-root easy metod. Now I'm getting verification failed message with RESET button. Please help, please respond. I can't find any decent solution on this problem. I dont want to reset my phone, and I need to root it to remove bloatware and use ad-block.
[Samsung Galaxy A3, A5, A7 (2017) Guides, News, & D] ashyx:
Boot to Download mode, restore stock boot Image, install TWRP, install magisk.
[Samsung Galaxy A3, A5, A7 (2017) Guides, News, & D] Gusta_HR:
Ok, thx for a quick response, everything is clear except "restore stock boot image" ... should I extract one from rom image?
[Samsung Galaxy A3, A5, A7 (2017) Guides, News, & D] flapalo:
First time rooting

It would be nice if someone explains step by step how to root A3 2017, for us who do it for the first time.

Which method is recommended if we want to be able to restore all apps before root?

Thanx
[Samsung Galaxy A3, A5, A7 (2017) Guides, News, & D] Bl4ckr4v3n:
As already mentioned in the OP there are multiple ways to root your phone.

Another guide you should read before flashing

The OP shows already step by step what you have to do, so if you're not sure, then don't root.

You have to decide for yourself which guide to follow, if you prefer TWRP or CWM, SuperSU or Magisk, etc.

This process took me almost a month to figure out what I wanted in the end, only rooted my phone last week.

For backup from stock rom, I'd recommend the Samsung Smart Switch. This covers most of your data. Just be prepared to re-configure most of your apps after rooting and/or make sure they have a working cloud backup made before rooting.

After rooting Titanium Backup is most likely the best choice to keep back-ups, or complete backup from recovery if you decrypted the /data.
[Samsung Galaxy A3, A5, A7 (2017) Guides, News, & D] flapalo:
Thanx for very fast replay, and BIG THANX for "read this before root!"
[Samsung Galaxy A3, A5, A7 (2017) Guides, News, & D] RangoX:
What steps do you have to do differently to root with Magisk? Is it better than SuperSU for this phone?
[Samsung Galaxy A3, A5, A7 (2017) Guides, News, & D] pawelryba:
Hey guys, so i've rooted my A3 running Android 8.0 (oreo) using CF AutoRoot but i'm finding that after removing some Google apps using Titanium Backup, my phone starts experiencing bugs. For example after i removed Chrome my samsung email app would crash every time i tried opening a mail, adding another Google account to my phone would freeze after entering my pin code and other apps such as Google Keep would crash immediately after opening. Before i removed any Google apps such as play movies or hangouts, i removed a couple Microsoft apps such as onedrive and powerpoint wihtout causing any bugs throughout my phone.

Has anyone else experienced this with their A3 or for that matter any other android running Oreo? I would think that Chrome is a non-essential app which can be removed but it seems Google is really clamping down on a user wanting to remove any of its apps..
[Samsung Galaxy A3, A5, A7 (2017) Guides, News, & D] Pat750:
Yes, removing chrome causes trouble on stock ROMs. That's why developers for custom stock ROMs don't delete it. I always freeze it with titanium and have no issues.
[Samsung Galaxy A3, A5, A7 (2017) Guides, News, & D] Idruk95:
Wrong root

Good morning,

I have a problem with my Samsung A3 2017 after wrong root process...

I found many guides, but unfortunately I use a wrong one: in this guide there isn't written to wipe data before rooting with Android Oreo (8.0): so my device now is stuck on bootloops.

I tried:

- to flash original Oreo firmware with Odin, but remain the problem.

- a factory reset/wipe data, but I can't enter recovery mode.

- to flash orginal Oreo firmware with AP slot and also with HOME_CSC: in this way, after reboot appears the recovery mode (i didn't press any buttons) and so i tried a factory reset/wipe data but it didn't works, and appears "failed to find misc partition".

I have no other ideas to try to solve the problem ... is there a solution? can you help me?

thank you so much!
[Samsung Galaxy A3, A5, A7 (2017) Guides, News, & D] dandreye:
Rooting LineageOS 16

Hi All, are there any peculiarities around rooting Samsung SM-A320FL (Galaxy A3 2017) running LineageOS 16 by means of flashing one of the latest SuperSU zip from under TWRP? Can't root it no matter what I do. Flashing the addonsu-16.0-arm-signed.zip doesn't help even though the APPS option is now there. Tried flashing CF-Auto-Root-a3y17lte-a3y17ltexx-sma320f.zip using Odin - still no luck. What am I missing?

Update

: fixed - apparently the only zip that needs flashing is addonsu-16.0-arm-signed.zip. Flashing SuperSU.zip earlier breaks it all somehow.
[Samsung Galaxy A3, A5, A7 (2017) Guides, News, & D] Richardvi:
I tried to unlock my phone using these instructions from first post:

Unzip the file

Run Odin from the unzipped folder

Browse by clicking AP button the *.md5 file from the unzipped folder

Connect the A320F in download mode (start the device by holding Power+Home+Volume DOWN)

After starting the device in download mode, press Volume UP one to allow the download

A new COM port should be recognized by Odin after the device is connected via USB

Press Start button in in Odin

Rooting will take place automatically and the device will restart twice.

After the first restart you can disconnect the cable from the PC.

Second restart might take a few minutes.

After that you will find the SuperSU app installed.​

However, after the first reboot I got stuck in the 'verification failed' screen. I had to reset all my data, reboot again... and no supersu anywhere.

So what did I do wrong? Any ideas?
[Samsung Galaxy A3, A5, A7 (2017) Guides, News, & D] airali:
I successfully rooted my Samsung Galaxy A320FL with Oreo using the procedure linked below. I wrote it trying to refer to updated files and apps (december 2020), as the other guides available are rather old.

Note that I also managed to fix fingerprint feature and banking apps and to move whatsapp media folder to SD card.

Here is how I did:

https://xdaforums.com/t/how-to-root-samsung-a3-2017-guide.4197941/

Hope this helps, it took a lot of time to me to retrieve all the information, so I hope that the linked guide will be useful for someone!
[Samsung Galaxy A3, A5, A7 (2017) Guides, News, & D] jnflos:
Thank you for your input.

I have still been using this device (SM-A320FL) for many months now, I have actually removed the root and returned to stock firmware. The reason why I did this is related to some checkups that some banking apps require to work and the verification of OEM software must be OK for that.

That e-fuse is still blown so no hope for Knox, secure folder or other Knox-related functions on my unit.

The unit works OK otherwise, but unfortunately, in compliance with SAMSUNG's planned obsolescence policy (by which the unit is only left with less than 10 GB of usable internal memory) I will be forced to look for another device with more internal storage and RAM.

Yes, you can root this device and expand its internal storage with the help of a microSD card, but unfortunately, according to my tests there is a significant drop in apps load speed and overall stability if I do that (even when a Class 10 SanDisk microSD card was used).

Other considerations:

Perhaps the best future use case scenario of SM-A320 is to give it to someone who only uses a couple of Android apps / games or use it as a remote WiFi / 4G camera (being also supported by TeamViewer host app with full on screen remote control).

Use as a dash camera and saving 1080p 30 video on external microSD or integration with car dashboard GPS / stereo with YouTube Music app over bluetooth (including calls) can be another option. AUX in by 3.5 mm jack can be used.

The small screen is not making it very practical for STADIA games for example, but it can run STADIA fine, and also it can be paired with Xbox One controller over bluetooth for that matter. It can also run fine GeForce NOW.

(Use 5 GHz WiFi network - tested on stock firmware)
[Samsung Galaxy A3, A5, A7 (2017) Guides, News, & D] airali:
I am surprised, because in my case it became significantly faster, it looked like a brand new smartphone! I bought this sd card (Sandisk A2). I must say that I only moved to sd card Whatsapp folders and linked very few apps, because, after moving the 2,4 GB of whatsapp, I did not really need to move many other apps from internal storage.
[Samsung Galaxy A3, A5, A7 (2017) Guides, News, & D] methoddon1:
first of all, - Nougat will not come to A 2017 line as soon as you think, that's most likely the reason for them to be looking Grace UX just like Nougat but being on Marshmallow... just because it's new, it doesn't mean it's considered a flagship, simply because it's not, and there are about at least 5 devices that were and still are flagships even though they came out 1.5 years ago. another point you might wanna take under consideration, - since it looks exactly Nougat Grace UX, and since 7.0 don't seem like around the corner and root only coming along for A series on MM , when do you think you'll get Nougat?! in 6 months... add another month or two for full twrp support and root... are you OK with that??? 6-7 months.

oh... did you think Samsung is rolling out Nougat next week?! sorry about that.

and even if so, you don't seem mind rooting, so you know your ways around Odin... what's the problem to flash official firmware once it's released?!

p. s. I'm already rooted on A5 2017 but twrp recovery is not fully functional, most likely kernel needs modifications.. but I feel fine even so, even though expecting much for full twrp to get in deeper.

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[Samsung Galaxy A3, A5, A7 (2017) Guides, News, & D] xdaA3:
Same here even after (re)format

I followed instruction and reformat SD card (FAT32), still no acess to SD card ?
[Samsung Galaxy A3, A5, A7 (2017) Guides, News, & D] dd9:
[MENTION=8086676]xdaA3[/MENTION]: if you have problems to read the SD card from CWM, why don't you use the internal storage?
[Samsung Galaxy A3, A5, A7 (2017) Guides, News, & D] methoddon1:
all you have to do is use CWM once, to get that root... right now CWM is not 100% usable... after you get that root, just use Flashfire app by Chainfire for installing, wiping, backup etc. it's 100% workaround, no problem at all.

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internal shows 0mb size... it's a known issue on Marshmallow but it's also a one time process to format so twrp can see it and work with it.... the problem we having is only temporary, I'm sure people are working with a kernel... besides CWM there is another problem appears after installing CWM and rooting it, - Smart View stops working both ways (Device - TV, TV - Device) but it's easy to solve by adding an extra line in build.prop... But it only fixes Device - TV.

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[Samsung Galaxy A3, A5, A7 (2017) Guides, News, & D] dd9:
[MENTION=5184669]methoddon1[/MENTION]: I am confused: it looks like someone used CWM without problems, and somebody else cannot read the SD card. You are suggesting to use TWRP. What is a reliable methd to root (just to root)? Which version of TWRP would work with the A3? Thanks.
[Samsung Galaxy A3, A5, A7 (2017) Guides, News, & D] methoddon1:
I apologize first of all for getting u all confused... I'm on A5 and there is no twrp for A3 yet... but I did try CWM as well and the problem is there as well. I'm not saying custom recovery can't be used... every time you enter recovery to flash a file or even just to wipe dalvik it'll tell you "unable to mount storage" or something of that nature... a way to go over it is in wipe section to choose format which will delete all your apps but you'll be able to do what you came for... and next time once you enter recovery again you'll have to deal with it again... the only way around it is do it once for flashing super user and then install Flashfire from the Play Store to perform all recovery tasks you need.

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