[SGH-M919] CF-Auto-Root

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Orical

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To go with what Orical said, a list of the partitions for the T-Mobile variant SGH-M919 can be found here as well. I don't have any idea if you're variant is the same, but should give you a better idea of where and what you're looking for.

Thanks, I knew I saw that post somewhere but I was on the road at the time.

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10cheesecakes

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Use Heimdall v1.4 to pull the PIT on your device. then go to the utility tab in Heimdall and print PIT info. then compare it to ours. here is the info for the M919:

http://www.mediafire.com/view/gj76815kbx7a183/M919_PIT_info.txt

You can download Hemdall v1.4 here:

http://www.mediafire.com/download/eib6d9sbjgi2p73/Heimdall_1.4.7z

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If you follow through with this and print your PIT info.. please post it here? Could be interesting to see the difference if any.

Here is the PIT file from my WIND variant SGS4.
 

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TheArtiszan

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Sorry I was looking and didn't see and sorry for the n00b question if this has been answered.
But I just got my device and it has M919UVUAMDL already on it, does this work for the new verision or like the other tool does it need to older one?
And does it restore the new or old recovery?
 

sorphin

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Updated to the new Triangle Away... Still shows 'custom' in the 'About Phone' -> 'Status'.. Triangle Away app says 0 and official, bootloader says the same. Still stock kernel/firmware. Again, nothing was changed on this phone except for running CF-Auto-Root.
 

elesbb

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Updated to the new Triangle Away... Still shows 'custom' in the 'About Phone' -> 'Status'.. Triangle Away app says 0 and official, bootloader says the same. Still stock kernel/firmware. Again, nothing was changed on this phone except for running CF-Auto-Root.

Worked GREAT for me. Must be doing something wrong. Proof.
 

dragon-son

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Sorry I was looking and didn't see and sorry for the n00b question if this has been answered.
But I just got my device and it has M919UVUAMDL already on it, does this work for the new verision or like the other tool does it need to older one?
And does it restore the new or old recovery?

Confirmed that it DOES work on the LATEST OTA update and with the help of triangle away, I am also at the 0 counter mark.

Thanks a lot man!:good:

Yep this works with the MDL (newer) confirmed by dizchinorichie, and MDB (older) confirmed by me.
 
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elesbb

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My bootloader displays 0 just like your "confirmed" pic. My About the phone still says custom. where's your successful pic of that? show me that and I'll agree that something is missing.

If you look at the pic, it says "system status" as official. That would be the ROM. after you use triangle away, you need to Odin back the Stock Tar to reset the /system partition as how it was when you bought it. after that, it should read system status as official. And i don't have the device anymore as ive since gone to T-Mobile and exchanged it as there was something wrong with that one.
 

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Hi guys have a question I was rooted before now I have a stock rom that I flash whit odin everything because I wanted to ho back to stock and have the new ota update but when im tryng to update the phone it says this on the picture can't update . My question is is this method really going to work for me I do want to go back to stock please I need help guys thanks

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ferlogan

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Works great.

Device status in system settings went to custom, but triangle away with allow tracker to run fixed that and it's official as well in bootloader.

So it means that you can still do the ota update if this is the case I will try this method please confirm thanks

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sdmark

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does this method wipe the data? His webpage states "Warning: If your device storage is encrypted, using CF-Auto-Root will wipe your data !" wasn't sure if our storage is encrypted.
 

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I think I'm the only one that achieved root by installing TWRP and then having it install superuser.
 

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    Check your device model ! Settings -> About device -> Model number. See the third post for exact supported model numbers. If your device is a totally different model, it will not work (may even brick) !


    CF-Root is the root for "rooting beginners" and those who want to keep as close to stock as possible. CF-Root is meant to be used in combination with stock Samsung firmwares, and be the quickest and easiest way for your first root.

    Donate
    CF-Root has been available for many devices (Galaxy S1, Galaxy Tab 7", Galaxy S2, Galaxy Note, Galaxy Nexus, Galaxy S3, and many more) and has clocked over 13 million downloads. This is not even counting custom ROMs that already include it. Don't be a leech, buy me a beer (and use the "Thanks" button!). Imagine if every CF-Root user has donated me $1...

    What's installed
    - SuperSU binary and APK
    - Stock recovery

    Installation and usage
    Flash the CF-Auto-Root package as PDA in ODIN (details on how to do that are in next post), and your device should reboot into a modified recovery (signified by a large red Android logo) and it will install SuperSU for you and restore the stock recovery, and reboot back into Android.

    If you don't get to the red Android logo, boot into recovery manually ("adb reboot recovery", or boot while holding Power+VolUp+Home).

    Using this root increases your flash counter. You should run Triangle Away (see below) after rooting to reset the counter. Note that if you want to run custom kernels or custom recoveries, your flash counter will be set to 1 at every boot. Either configure Triangle Away to reset the counter at every boot (Play version only) or only reset the counter when you need to go into warranty.

    Did you see the red Android logo during rooting, but SuperSU does not appear? This may sometimes occur due to left-over files and settings, however, you can usually install SuperSU from Google Play at this stage and it'll just work.

    Why isn't this just called CF-Root
    The traditional CF-Root's included a custom recovery (CWM, TWRP, etc) and were meant for devices that had a single kernel/recovery combination. CF-Auto-Root doesn't include a custom recovery and is meant for devices that have kernel and recovery separate (so you can manually install any custom recovery you wish). The Auto part comes from the fact that a large part of the process is automated (though it constantly needs adjusting)

    Not included - Triangle Away
    Triangle Away can be used to reset the flash counter after installing CF-Root. The flash counter keeps track of how many custom firmwares you have flashed, as this voids warranty. (No idea what this about ? Read up on it, you will want to use this !)

    Not included - adbd Insecure
    As this CF-Root does not include a custom kernel, adb shell does not have root access by default (you can still get it by typing su inside the shell), nor is adb remount supported, nor will adb push and adb pull work on system files. adbd Insecure can be used to remedy this situation. (No idea what this is about ? Don't worry about it !)

    CF-Auto-Root homepage
    http://autoroot.chainfire.eu/

    CF-Auto-Root main thread
    [CENTRAL] CF-Auto-Root
    For requests for new roots and generic discussion - please keep device specific discussion in the thread you are viewing now.
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    ODIN Installation (detailed)

    Follow these instructions to the letter. Do not touch any buttons or checkboxes that are not listed below to touch!

    - Download and unzip the CF-Auto-Root-....zip file (see posts below this one)
    - 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, or run adb reboot download command)
    - (USB) Connect the phone to your computer
    - Make sure Repartition is NOT checked
    - Click the Start button
    - Wait for Android to boot
    - Done (if it took you more than 30 seconds, you need practise!)

    NOTE: Sometimes the device does *not* boot into recovery mode and root your device. Just do the entire procedure again if this happens. If it still will not install root and such, make sure that in Odin "Auto Reboot" is not checked. Then after flashing, pull the battery, and boot with VolUp+Home+Power button to boot into recovery manually. This will start the install process.

    New to Samsung? Unfamiliar with Odin? Think all the above is a hassle? Get used to it. It's very simple, and us Samsung folk use Odin (or Mobile ODIN ;)) for everything! It's so very very convenient once you get used to it. Notice the 30 second comment above? For experienced users, the entire process indeed takes only 30 seconds!

    You may now optionally want to install and run Triangle Away to reset the flash counter.
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    2013.05.20 --- CF-Auto-Root

    SuperSU: v1.30

    Download

    SGH-M919: CF-Auto-Root-jfltetmo-jfltetmo-sghm919.zip

    Other models

    International Samsung Exynos GT-I9500: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2292615
    International Qualcomm Snapdragon GT-I9505: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2219803
    Canadian: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2293800
    Sprint: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2291827
    AT&T: Bootloader locked, do not use CF-Auto-Root on it
    VZW: Bootloader locked, do not use CF-Auto-Root on it

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    2013.05.20: SuperSU v1.30
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    Does Mobile Odin work to flash firmware with the tmobile sgh-m919?

    No not yet. I have pro version that I bought thinking it would. Was wrong, but I'm sure support for our device will be added. I added a dump file and requested support to be added in the odin thread located here. Even if support isn't added, I'm still happy to have bought the pro version to support Chainfire for everything he does for the community.
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    Can this be done after the update or only before? (I haven't done the update yet, so i want to make sure before I do)..

    So is it official that triangle away is working for the SGH-M919? I've been following the thread but haven't seen anything in terms of our device being covered.

    Great work on making CF-Auto-Root for us, this will go a long way for those whom have trouble pushing root.

    Sent from my SGH-M919 using xda premium

    Confirmed that it DOES work on the LATEST OTA update and with the help of triangle away, I am also at the 0 counter mark.

    Thanks a lot man!:good: