Newbie rooter from Canada Bell 527

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proplayer44

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Just bought a Samsung Mega and would like to root.

I did searches and came up against road blocks.

I've installed KingoRoot on my PC and it won't connect. I assume because I cannot get into debugger mode. I believe the option to uncheck the box is greyed out.

I then found this.
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2434204&page=3

But I'm stumped at

"4.Select the AP button and browse to where you placed recovery.tar.md5"

What is recovery.tar.md5. I don't want to recover, restore reimage, load a new OS, just root. I have no idea the terms and phrases with all this stuff.

Can you help me out?.

I also installed KIES but don't know what to do with it. I know I used Kies to root my Note 2.


Thanks Guys.
 
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I think I'm in developer mode now. I clicked on the build option 7 times and it said it was in developer mode but Kingoroot still won't connect.
 
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Can anyone point me to where I find the recovery.tar.md5 file in order to root my Canadian i527 Mega?

As per these instructions

1.Go to Download Mode By Pressing (Volume Down +Home +Power) And Connect Your Phone To PC.
2.Launch Odin v3.09.
3.Make Sure That In Odin the Auto Reboot And F.Reset Time Checkboxes Are Selected, Uncheck The Re-Partition And Other Option.
4.Select the AP button and browse to where you placed recovery.tar.md5
5.Hit Start and Wait.
6.Your phone should reboot. Afterwards, move on to the rooting phase.
 
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starmaster10 said:
You can get CWM or TWRP recovery from this link here https://www.mediafire.com/folder/8uuvfvauztdna/MEGA_6.3 and go into recoveries folder and choose the tar file to flash with odin. :)

Sent from my SGH-I527M using xda app-developers app
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Can you give a step by step?

This is what I did

I have the drivers on my PC
Put the super file on my phone
Installed the recovery file using odin. I've tried a few differnt ones . Right now I have the 6.0.4 one on. Said it passed.
Before allowing it to boot I got into the recovery and choose to install from the phone. Installed the Super file. But it said

set_perm: some changes failed
Error in /data/media/o/root/UPDATE_SuperSU-v1.34.zip

install aborted. (Status 7)

Any idea what that means.
 
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proplayer44 said:
Can you give a step by step?

This is what I did

I have the drivers on my PC
Put the super file on my phone
Installed the recovery file using odin. I've tried a few differnt ones . Right now I have the 6.0.4 one on. Said it passed.
Before allowing it to boot I got into the recovery and choose to install from the phone. Installed the Super file. But it said

set_perm: some changes failed
Error in /data/media/o/root/UPDATE_SuperSU-v1.34.zip

install aborted. (Status 7)

Any idea what that means.
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Sounds right what you did, but try this UPDATE-SuperSU-v1.93.zip and see if it will work as the 1.34 version i had problems with also, oh and @proplayer44 your mega should be a i527m model not the i527 as that is the AT&T version in the USA :good:
 
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    proplayer44 said:
    Can you give a step by step?

    This is what I did

    I have the drivers on my PC
    Put the super file on my phone
    Installed the recovery file using odin. I've tried a few differnt ones . Right now I have the 6.0.4 one on. Said it passed.
    Before allowing it to boot I got into the recovery and choose to install from the phone. Installed the Super file. But it said

    set_perm: some changes failed
    Error in /data/media/o/root/UPDATE_SuperSU-v1.34.zip

    install aborted. (Status 7)

    Any idea what that means.
    Click to expand...
    Click to collapse
    Sounds right what you did, but try this UPDATE-SuperSU-v1.93.zip and see if it will work as the 1.34 version i had problems with also, oh and @proplayer44 your mega should be a i527m model not the i527 as that is the AT&T version in the USA :good:
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