How to root T889 +Counter reset + Unroot+ Stock firmware

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simplelife

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Jul 6, 2012
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Rooting Indtruction
SINCE SUPERSU.ZIP DOES NOT WORK ON ALL DEVIVES THE BEST OPTION TO ROOT RIGHT NOW :
1ST: ROOT BY OPTION 2
2ND : FLASH CUSTOM CWM VIA PC ODIN OR MOBILE ODIN ( PLAY STORE )

Option 1: CWM + SuperSU .
1. download cwm6-recovery-n7100-121014.tar : http://www.mediafire.com/?mouxvj4og7azcow
OR Download cwm recovery V6.0.2.5 .tar: http://www.mediafire.com/?oyv15gidjxd6c23 . Big thank to Dr.Ketan&KoushThis CWM will not support EXFAT Card
2.download CWM SUPERSU V0.99 installable ZIP: I took off download link until further notice. From Chainfire " SUPERSU. ZIP does not work on all devices, needs fix. Note that if you are already rooted, installing through Market is by far the easiest way to install SuperSU !". More infor here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1538053
3.Download PC Odin : http://d-h.st/SdH
4.Open Odin and select PDA tab
5.Point to extracted file cwm6-recovery-n7100-121014.tar
6.Now switch off device and reboot in download modeby:
press Vol down + Home +Power, And then, press Volume UP button in Warning Page to enter the Download Mode
7.Connect device to PC and wait till device successfully added to com port (it will turn light blue)
8.Hit ‘Start’ to flash
9.Once it flashed successfully, you can see 'PASS' in table above the ID :COM, you can disconnect device from PC
10.Now reboot into CWM by :Switch off device and press Vol Up + Home +Power hold about 5 second
11.Install SuperSu.
12.Reboot.Done

Option 2 : Only Root

Download this CF Auto Root from here http://download.chainfire.eu/264/CF-Root/CF-Auto-Root/CF-Auto-Root-t03g-gtn7100.zip
and extract it to .tar
Procedure :
1.Open Odin and select PDA tab
2.Point to extracted file CF-Auto-Root-SGN2.tar
3.Now switch off device and reboot in download mode
press Vol down + Home +Power, And then, press Volume UP button in Warning Page to enter the Download Mode
4.Connect device to PC and wait till device successfully added to com port (it will turn light blue)
5.Hit ‘Start’ to flash
6.Once it flashed successfully, you can see 'PASS' in table above the ID :COM, you can disconnect device from PC
7.Reboot device and you will have superSU in application drawer.

Option 3 : Root with Exynos Abuse Apk

3.Root with apk No counter reset needs, Easiest - Credit goes to Chainfire, alephzain

1.Download latest from chainfire's here http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=35512626&postcount=1
2.Install application as routine apk installation and open it.
3.Open Exynos Abuse application from App drawer
4. Select Root Device
6.Now your device is rooted, for security purpose you can disable Exploit.
( Note : This may break camera, but unchecking disable exploit make it working again )
7. Open SuperSU & Update binary.

How to unroot Exploit :

Open Exynos Abuse app, uncheck disable explot & Disable Exploit on boot then select Unroot device
Restart device and wait for 10 min. and then you can check status.

Since Chainfire support our note now . if you want reset counter for warranty then download TRIANGLE AWAY from play store which will do the job.Still dont know what is it, go here for more infor http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1494114.

If you want to unroot for some reason :

From stock rom and root by Chainfire method all you need to do : Triangle Away app ,SuperSU / setting/ full unroot. Reboot into Recovery / Factory reset.

From custom rom : reflash stock image via Odin .reroot by CF auto root,reset counter with Triangle Away App,SuperSU/Setting/Full unroot . Recovery / Factory reset.
Can find stock firmware from here http://www.sammobile.com/firmware/ search for T889
Stock T889UVALJ1 & T889UVALK8 (Post 51) http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1969551 ( Thank , TeshXX)
Stock + root http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1975560 ( Thank , Mr.Robinson )

How to flash rom via Odin :

Make sure you have installed Kies OR Samsung USB driver
Open up the ODIN
1. Enable the check mark by click on the following options(default Option)
- Auto Reboot, and F. Reset Time
- Download TAR ROM
- Check PDA, and point to TAR ROM file
2. Now switch off device and Enter into Download Mode
- Enter into Download Mode by pressing Volume Down button, Home Key and
Power Button simultaneously. And then, press Volume UP button in Warning Page to enter the Download Mode.
3. Connect the device to PC via Data Cable.
Make sure that the one of communication port [ID:COM] box is highlighted in
light blue. The device is now connected with the PC and ready to download the
binary file into the device.
4. Start downloading binary file into the device by clicking Start Button on the screen.
the green colored "PASS!" sign will appear on the upper-left box if the binary file
has been successfully downloaded into the device.
5. Disconnect the device from the Data cable.
6.Done

Common question about reseting counter
I have reset counter but system status still 'custom'
You should have stock recovery (Opton 2)
If you already have stock recovery(CF Auto root) then reset counter first
then wipe cache + wipe data(factory reset) + re wipe cache
You should now have system status 'official'
I have rest counter but after reboot again it goes to 1
This happen if you have rooted with CUSTOM RECOVERY(Opton 1)
This is neither error of recovery nor triangle away. This happens due to new bootloader which have auto checksum for recovery, when you reboot to custom recovery count will raise.
To prevent this you need to have play version of Triangle away, and you should check (enable) 'Auto reset at boot'. Again this feature depends on kernel/recovery is supported or no



How to Backup EFS : http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1922473

Flash tool for Linux user : http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=33074572

Special thank to Dr.Ketan , Chainfire , Chenlu ,Koush, Alephzain , Mr.Robinson , TeshXX.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


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StickyEyez

Senior Member
Aug 12, 2007
174
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San Diego
I had very easy method to flash which i did try by myself and work perfect with T889:
1. download cwm6-recovery-n7100-121014.tar : http://www.mediafire.com/?mouxvj4og7azcow
2.download CWM SUPERSU installable ZIP:http://www.mediafire.com/?w3i20sr6r58r8ah ( copy this file into your EXcard )
3.Download PC Odin : http://d-h.st/6Er
4.1.Open Odin and select PDA tab
2.Point to extracted file cwm6-recovery-n7100-121014.tar
3.Now switch off device and reboot in download modeby:
press Vol down + Home +Power, And then, press Volume UP button in Warning Page to enter the Download Mode
4.Connect device to PC and wait till device successfully added to com port (it will turn light blue)
5.Hit ‘Start’ to flash
6.Once it flashed successfully, you can see 'PASS' in table above the ID :COM, you can disconnect device from PC
7.Now reboot into CWM by :Switch off device and press Vol Up + Home +Power hold about 5 second
8.Install SuperSu.
9.Reboot.Done
Take about 5 min to do.Special thank to Dr.Ketan , Chainfire , Chenlu..

This method works 100%..I did it last night.

Sent from my SGH-T889 using Tapatalk 2
 

simplelife

Senior Member
Jul 6, 2012
1,081
526
Weird, I guess the development forums for 150 other phones must be wrong then. Their moderators must be slacking.

p.s.-no root, no development.
p.s.s-you must be a toolkit user :rolleyes:
Yeah, the reason I put my thread in origin dev because i seen every forum do the same ,all I do is try to help but I guest moderator want to keep dev thread at NEVER so let it be. Toolkit is good but complicated if you choose wrong option then will be problem thats why I come up with this solution which easy to root and with out any issue .
 
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ellac49

Senior Member
Nov 17, 2010
75
20
Denver
Can also confirm it works and please thank the OP for posting "How to" ... This however does not belong in Development, How to belong in General.. Thanks Mod for not slacking.. :)
 

lowandbehold

Senior Member
Feb 26, 2011
3,535
574
Vandling, PA
Can also confirm it works and please thank the OP for posting "How to" ... This however does not belong in Development, How to belong in General.. Thanks Mod for not slacking.. :)

Yes, you are right! It belongs in the general section and not stickied in the dev section (like every other phone) so it can get lost on page 8 and more people **** up their phone.

Seriously. Go in the dev section of 20 different phones and tell me what percentage have a root method stickied right at the top.
 

VIIRU§

Senior Member
Jul 15, 2012
476
233
Newark
The zip root. This only installs cwm recovery still need a rooted rom.

Sent from my SGH-T889 using xda premium
 

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    Rooting Indtruction
    SINCE SUPERSU.ZIP DOES NOT WORK ON ALL DEVIVES THE BEST OPTION TO ROOT RIGHT NOW :
    1ST: ROOT BY OPTION 2
    2ND : FLASH CUSTOM CWM VIA PC ODIN OR MOBILE ODIN ( PLAY STORE )

    Option 1: CWM + SuperSU .
    1. download cwm6-recovery-n7100-121014.tar : http://www.mediafire.com/?mouxvj4og7azcow
    OR Download cwm recovery V6.0.2.5 .tar: http://www.mediafire.com/?oyv15gidjxd6c23 . Big thank to Dr.Ketan&KoushThis CWM will not support EXFAT Card
    2.download CWM SUPERSU V0.99 installable ZIP: I took off download link until further notice. From Chainfire " SUPERSU. ZIP does not work on all devices, needs fix. Note that if you are already rooted, installing through Market is by far the easiest way to install SuperSU !". More infor here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1538053
    3.Download PC Odin : http://d-h.st/SdH
    4.Open Odin and select PDA tab
    5.Point to extracted file cwm6-recovery-n7100-121014.tar
    6.Now switch off device and reboot in download modeby:
    press Vol down + Home +Power, And then, press Volume UP button in Warning Page to enter the Download Mode
    7.Connect device to PC and wait till device successfully added to com port (it will turn light blue)
    8.Hit ‘Start’ to flash
    9.Once it flashed successfully, you can see 'PASS' in table above the ID :COM, you can disconnect device from PC
    10.Now reboot into CWM by :Switch off device and press Vol Up + Home +Power hold about 5 second
    11.Install SuperSu.
    12.Reboot.Done

    Option 2 : Only Root

    Download this CF Auto Root from here http://download.chainfire.eu/264/CF-Root/CF-Auto-Root/CF-Auto-Root-t03g-gtn7100.zip
    and extract it to .tar
    Procedure :
    1.Open Odin and select PDA tab
    2.Point to extracted file CF-Auto-Root-SGN2.tar
    3.Now switch off device and reboot in download mode
    press Vol down + Home +Power, And then, press Volume UP button in Warning Page to enter the Download Mode
    4.Connect device to PC and wait till device successfully added to com port (it will turn light blue)
    5.Hit ‘Start’ to flash
    6.Once it flashed successfully, you can see 'PASS' in table above the ID :COM, you can disconnect device from PC
    7.Reboot device and you will have superSU in application drawer.

    Option 3 : Root with Exynos Abuse Apk

    3.Root with apk No counter reset needs, Easiest - Credit goes to Chainfire, alephzain

    1.Download latest from chainfire's here http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=35512626&postcount=1
    2.Install application as routine apk installation and open it.
    3.Open Exynos Abuse application from App drawer
    4. Select Root Device
    6.Now your device is rooted, for security purpose you can disable Exploit.
    ( Note : This may break camera, but unchecking disable exploit make it working again )
    7. Open SuperSU & Update binary.

    How to unroot Exploit :

    Open Exynos Abuse app, uncheck disable explot & Disable Exploit on boot then select Unroot device
    Restart device and wait for 10 min. and then you can check status.

    Since Chainfire support our note now . if you want reset counter for warranty then download TRIANGLE AWAY from play store which will do the job.Still dont know what is it, go here for more infor http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1494114.

    If you want to unroot for some reason :

    From stock rom and root by Chainfire method all you need to do : Triangle Away app ,SuperSU / setting/ full unroot. Reboot into Recovery / Factory reset.

    From custom rom : reflash stock image via Odin .reroot by CF auto root,reset counter with Triangle Away App,SuperSU/Setting/Full unroot . Recovery / Factory reset.
    Can find stock firmware from here http://www.sammobile.com/firmware/ search for T889
    Stock T889UVALJ1 & T889UVALK8 (Post 51) http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1969551 ( Thank , TeshXX)
    Stock + root http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1975560 ( Thank , Mr.Robinson )

    How to flash rom via Odin :

    Make sure you have installed Kies OR Samsung USB driver
    Open up the ODIN
    1. Enable the check mark by click on the following options(default Option)
    - Auto Reboot, and F. Reset Time
    - Download TAR ROM
    - Check PDA, and point to TAR ROM file
    2. Now switch off device and Enter into Download Mode
    - Enter into Download Mode by pressing Volume Down button, Home Key and
    Power Button simultaneously. And then, press Volume UP button in Warning Page to enter the Download Mode.
    3. Connect the device to PC via Data Cable.
    Make sure that the one of communication port [ID:COM] box is highlighted in
    light blue. The device is now connected with the PC and ready to download the
    binary file into the device.
    4. Start downloading binary file into the device by clicking Start Button on the screen.
    the green colored "PASS!" sign will appear on the upper-left box if the binary file
    has been successfully downloaded into the device.
    5. Disconnect the device from the Data cable.
    6.Done

    Common question about reseting counter
    I have reset counter but system status still 'custom'
    You should have stock recovery (Opton 2)
    If you already have stock recovery(CF Auto root) then reset counter first
    then wipe cache + wipe data(factory reset) + re wipe cache
    You should now have system status 'official'
    I have rest counter but after reboot again it goes to 1
    This happen if you have rooted with CUSTOM RECOVERY(Opton 1)
    This is neither error of recovery nor triangle away. This happens due to new bootloader which have auto checksum for recovery, when you reboot to custom recovery count will raise.
    To prevent this you need to have play version of Triangle away, and you should check (enable) 'Auto reset at boot'. Again this feature depends on kernel/recovery is supported or no



    How to Backup EFS : http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1922473

    Flash tool for Linux user : http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=33074572

    Special thank to Dr.Ketan , Chainfire , Chenlu ,Koush, Alephzain , Mr.Robinson , TeshXX.
    ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


    If you think my post was useful please hit thank consider like small donation.
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    That my dear children, is not how you do copy paste.

    the files are:

    cwm6

    https://hotfile.com/dl/176065007/332cffb/cwm6-recovery-n7100-121014.tar.html

    and

    CWM SUPERSU installable ZIP

    http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1538053
    3
    I had very easy method to flash which i did try by myself and work perfect with T889:
    1. download cwm6-recovery-n7100-121014.tar : http://www.mediafire.com/?mouxvj4og7azcow
    2.download CWM SUPERSU installable ZIP:http://www.mediafire.com/?w3i20sr6r58r8ah ( copy this file into your EXcard )
    3.Download PC Odin : http://d-h.st/6Er
    4.1.Open Odin and select PDA tab
    2.Point to extracted file cwm6-recovery-n7100-121014.tar
    3.Now switch off device and reboot in download modeby:
    press Vol down + Home +Power, And then, press Volume UP button in Warning Page to enter the Download Mode
    4.Connect device to PC and wait till device successfully added to com port (it will turn light blue)
    5.Hit ‘Start’ to flash
    6.Once it flashed successfully, you can see 'PASS' in table above the ID :COM, you can disconnect device from PC
    7.Now reboot into CWM by :Switch off device and press Vol Up + Home +Power hold about 5 second
    8.Install SuperSu.
    9.Reboot.Done
    Take about 5 min to do.Special thank to Dr.Ketan , Chainfire , Chenlu..

    This method works 100%..I did it last night.

    Sent from my SGH-T889 using Tapatalk 2
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    Is it that one? It just stays yellow. Even on stock usb cable.

    Sent From Land Of Ooo.
    Odin V3.04 http://www.mediafire.com/?3a7gllyx3pc4ha5
    SuperSU http://download.chainfire.eu/266/CF-Root/CF-Auto-Root/CF-Auto-Root-t0ltetmo-t0ltetmo-sght889.zip
    -Download & Unzip the attached Odin3.04.zip file
    - Download & unzip the CF-Auto-Root-....zip file
    - If you end up with a recovery.img and cache.img file, you've extracted twice. You need to end up with a .tar.md5 file - don't extract that one
    - (USB) Disconnect your phone from your computer
    - Start Odin3-vX.X.exe
    - Click the PDA button, and select CF-Auto-Root-....tar.md5
    - Put your phone in download mode (turn off phone, then hold VolDown+Home+Power to boot - if it asks you to press a button to continue, press the listed button)
    - (USB) Connect the phone to your computer
    - Make sure Repartition is NOT checked
    - Click the Start button
    - Wait for Android to boot
    -Done
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    Can also confirm it works and please thank the OP for posting "How to" ... This however does not belong in Development, How to belong in General.. Thanks Mod for not slacking.. :)

    Yes, you are right! It belongs in the general section and not stickied in the dev section (like every other phone) so it can get lost on page 8 and more people **** up their phone.

    Seriously. Go in the dev section of 20 different phones and tell me what percentage have a root method stickied right at the top.