[P905 LTE ONLY!][KERNEL][ODIN] STOCK RELOADED | su | busybox | init.d | permissive !

[esgie]

I am not responsible for any possible bad effects which may result from using included software! You flash it on your own risk!!!

STOCK RELOADED v1 fix 1
Kernel base: stock XXUANC3 (kernel 3.4.0-1131235)
Kernel ramdisk: modded
Features: a few...
Security level: low!
Purpose: giving everyone who loves free exploring of Android secrets and who doesn't consider security as an absolute priority and who wants to put some life in this, indeed, awesome device, a possibility of playing with his device without disturbing restrictions, forced by Samsung, at least until fully-custom kernels, compiled from sources, appear (and that may take some time, as source code available atm seems to be broken, causing all the compiled kernels to stuck at boot screen).

Features working out-of-the-box:
- su binary from SuperSU by Chainfire @ /sbin/su (binary only for scripting purposes! Flash cf-root to use SuperSU app!)
- busybox 1.22.1 binary compiled by Stericson @ /sbin/busybox
- init.d support - just put your favorite scripts into /system/etc/init.d using any file manager and chmod 755 (not 777! it's NOT smart to permit write access for "world" to any system file), chown root:root, they will run on every boot. Well, to be honest, above permissions are given to all the scripts automatically during boot, but it has not yet been tested
- SELinux: Permissive - Samsung's most recent policy of forcing SELinux Enforcing mode by pre-compiling it into a kernel binary part, found in latest KitKat builds since at least a few months, HACKED FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER using innovative method of injecting an information directly into kernel memory space and forcing overwriting potentially-persistent kernel symbol value on-line during boot!)
- unsecure adb access (not tested yet)
- ext4 tweak: 20 sec (instead of stock 5 sec) write commit delay for /data partition (significantly increases IO performance!)
- some further, minor modifications

WARNING!!!
- flashing this WILL undoubtly trip KNOX, avoiding your warranty (which atm cannot be reverted! in any way)
- flashing this WILL cause a warning message of avoided warranty to be displayed on every boot (ofc it disappears right after reverting to stock boot.img)
- flashing this WILL disable some of the very important security features provided with stock firmware!!!! For advanced and experienced users only!!! Use at your own risk!

Known issues:
- AllCast Share mirroring not working (typical for all Samsung devices running not-exactly-stock kernels since S3). WORKING FIX AT POST #16!!!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=54516532&postcount=16
Please consider solution from post #3 as not-always-working and depreciated!

Installation:
- compatibile with XXUANC3 firmwares but probably also with other (past and hope future too...) KitKat 4.4.2 Samsung branded firmwares;
- rooting by Chainfire's CF-Root first recommended as it will install SuperSU app in Android (this kernel contains su binary only giving su access without any policy settings!);
- enter download mode and plug the tablet via USB...
- ...select provided file in PDA section (and NOT touch anything except that)...
- ...and flash with Odin in a same way as CF-Root or like anything else...
- enjoy.

DOWNLOAD HERE:
Current version - STOCK RELOADED v1 fix 1
http://www63.zippyshare.com/v/87557346/file.html

FIXED: file name changed so it can be flashed directly by Odin without renaming! Sorry for this silly mistake!
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Changelog:
v1 fix1:
- fixed permissive mode due to trivial error;
- delayed init.d execution to a moment AFTER init process set cfq scheduler so it is not overriding mmcblk0 tweaks (if put in init.d) anymore;
- minor code cleanups

v1:
- initial release
- init.d support
- SELinux permissive
- unsecure ADB
- ext4 delayed commit for /data

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Stock XXUANC3 kernel (to revert changes)
http://www65.zippyshare.com/v/32441894/file.html
Revert using Odin, in the same way you've installed a Reloaded Version....

 

[rgolnazarian]

Awww man,...I wish i could flash this, but I'm on the exynos =(

Sent from my SM-P900 using Tapatalk

 

[esgie]

Awww man,...I wish i could flash this, but I'm on the exynos =(

Sent from my SM-P900 using Tapatalk

Sorry pal, Qualcomm only, not even a chance to run this same way as the devices (and mostly important: provided software, ie. system structure) DIFFER A LOT between themselves.

Update 1: uploaded fix #1 which is resolving some trivial issues found in initial version; sorry for that, now we can say that every described feature has been included hope for some feedback... thank you...

Update 2: FIX FOR NOT WORKING SCREEN MIRRORING CAN BE DOWNLOADED HERE:
http://www67.zippyshare.com/v/25492738/file.html
I have personally modified a library that is being used by screen mirroring feature, which forces video encryption using keys from stock kernel, and which prevents to run mirroring at all . This is an issue of any modified kernel, on any Samsung device. Attached library fixes this, by disabling HDCP at all. It has been reported that the library resolves the issue for any Qualcomm based Samsung device running 4.4.2 KitKat and for any custom kernel. It will NOT work for Exynos devices...
Installation:
- download attached libwfdsm.so file
- overwrite genuine one in/system/vendor/lib (important! NOT /system/lib!!!!)
- chmod 644 libwfdsm.so ||| chown 0.0 libwfdsm.so ||| restorecon -R /system/vendor/lib
- mirroring will work again after reboot!!

 

[cavkic]

YAY!

Beautiful, absolutely beautiful. You made ma a very happy man with this. I'll flash this as soon as I get home from work. Can't wait to try it out, the stock kernel is giving me SOD and frozen wifi issues sometimes.

 

[THEDEVIOUS1]

Sorry pal, Qualcomm only, not even a chance to run this same way as the devices (and mostly important: provided software, ie. system structure) DIFFER A LOT between themselves.

Update 1: uploaded fix #1 which is resolving some trivial issues found in initial version; sorry for that, now we can say that every described feature has been included hope for some feedback... thank you...

Update 2: FIX FOR NOT WORKING SCREEN MIRRORING CAN BE DOWNLOADED HERE:
http://www67.zippyshare.com/v/25492738/file.html
I have personally modified a library that is being used by screen mirroring feature, which forces video encryption using keys from stock kernel, and which prevents to run mirroring at all . This is an issue of any modified kernel, on any Samsung device. Attached library fixes this, by disabling HDCP at all. It has been reported that the library resolves the issue for any Qualcomm based Samsung device running 4.4.2 KitKat and for any custom kernel. It will NOT work for Exynos devices...
Installation:
- download attached libwfdsm.so file
- overwrite genuine one in/system/vendor/lib (important! NOT /system/lib!!!!)
- chmod 644 libwfdsm.so ||| chown 0.0 libwfdsm.so ||| restorecon -R /system/vendor/lib
- mirroring will work again after reboot!!

I was literally just about to post in the old thread with bad news about the modified "libwfdsm.so" file & screen mirroring with a custom kernel...if u remember i confirmed that the file u altered would work with a custom recovery on the 8.4 lte & i just assumed that it would work with an altered boot.img as well but unfortunately thats not the case after testing the other night (unless something else is wrong with my setup). So...my question is have u changed something else since then to allow it to work again & have u personally tested this yourself?

sorry to hijack the thread...didnt know if i should pm or post in the older thread

 

[esgie]

I was literally just about to post in the old thread with bad news about the modified "libwfdsm.so" file & screen mirroring with a custom kernel...if u remember i confirmed that the file u altered would work with a custom recovery on the 8.4 lte & i just assumed that it would work with an altered boot.img as well but unfortunately thats not the case after testing the other night (unless something else is wrong with my setup). So...my question is have u changed something else since then to allow it to work again & have u personally tested this yourself?

sorry to hijack the thread...didnt know if i should pm or post in the older thread

No problem, anyway, thanks for pointing the issue out! This may be an important information for mirroring users!

Since then I didn't change anything, yet. Really, I am also not sure if I have tested it with modified kernel, as the one posted here is the first kernel for P905 at all, and it's not even "fully" customized, as the kernel binary base was left unchanged.
So, I'd like to be sure: you are saying that modded lib:
- fixed the problem for custom recovery, but...
- ...didn't fix it for custom kernel
right?
I was looking for a solution to persistent enforcing mode since some time, so I was flashing test boot.imgs from time to time, then reverting to stock again, meanwhile I created above lib, I can't really be sure about if it is working when both bootimg and kernel are customized (this would also be an opposite to previous Sammy's Android releases, where a single fix was solving all the issues related to customizations of both kernel and recovery!).
We also have to be aware that the issues may not be a result of flashing different kernel at all, but a result of the changes themselves, ie. disabled knox, disabled encryption of i-dont-really-know-what, etc, etc.

And the most important thing! Since I have heard of AllShareCast/Screen Mirroring for the first time (it probably appeared for the first time in S3/Note2/Note10.1), it always required resetting the flash counter - which could be viewed in download mode and which is NOT the same as Knox flag - to ZERO and that requirement AFAIR remained totally independent from the requirement of having stock boot/kernel (or lib patch). Have you checked the counter state? Did you reset it to zero again using Chainfire's Triangle Away after flashing non-stock kernel (which, obviously, TRIPPED the counter)? Can you check if it is working? Note that at least on my P905, Triangle Away still works flawlessly and resets the counter without any problems and even without a need of reboot!

Please check above info and try if the issue is fixed after running Triangle Away. I am leaving for a short business trip soon, so I'll perform my own tests with AllShare cast until next of the week, however, neither today nor tomorrow...

 

[cavkic]

I get an "md5 error! binary is invalid" when I choosse the file in Odin. I downloaded the file 6 times, and every time I get the md5 error.

What do I do?


EDIT: Renaming the file to "boot.tar.md5" seemed to solve the problem.

 

[esgie]

I get an "md5 error! binary is invalid" when I choosse the file in Odin. I downloaded the file 6 times, and every time I get the md5 error.

What do I do?


EDIT: Renaming the file to "boot.tar.md5" seemed to solve the problem.

Argh possibly too many dots in filename... will correct it tomorrow.

 

[fokus]

I get an "md5 error! binary is invalid" when I choosse the file in Odin. I downloaded the file 6 times, and every time I get the md5 error.

What do I do?


EDIT: Renaming the file to "boot.tar.md5" seemed to solve the problem.

same here...

 

[fokus]

Hi,

I have a problem with screen mirroring.
Installed the patch and mirroring connects to the dongle, but the TV screen turns just black.

The dongle works perfect with HTC One M8, it must be a softwareproblem?
Thanks for help!!!

 

[tdetroit]

Will this work on the P905V (Verizon Variant)? I need to downgrade the permissions in my Security in order to use Towelroot, because they're set to Medium and I believe that prevents Towelroot to work properly. Most of the other Note 12.2 variants have been rooted....except the Verizon version.

 

[Marshall1975]

Can anyone give me some advice please. When I enter the command in terminal emulator I get an error saying "Unable to open chown. No such file or directory". Am I missing something obvious lol.

 

[cnote74]

Will this work on p907a AT&T version of note pro 12.2?

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-P907A using XDA Premium 4 mobile app

 

[Spere]

Will this work on p907a AT&T version of note pro 12.2?

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-P907A using XDA Premium 4 mobile app

On the topic name it says [P905 LTE ONLY], and your device is some different..

 

[Gonkulor]

Will this work on the P905V (Verizon Variant)? I need to downgrade the permissions in my Security in order to use Towelroot, because they're set to Medium and I believe that prevents Towelroot to work properly. Most of the other Note 12.2 variants have been rooted....except the Verizon version.

I would like this answered as well. I also have the "v" variant. Maybe saying LTE includes many? See my link I attached, found while investigating this specific question.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2013/07/07/sprint-att-verizon-phones-network-carriers/2486813/

Ever since I rooted my tablet it goes on random reboot kicks. I want to start over. Also TWRP will not stick when I try to flash it.

I have many issues which I'm currently posing in their appropriate forums. It would be nice to wipe to a rooted stock.

 

[esgie]

Guys!
I have probably found another solution for non-working Screen Mirroring / AllShare Cast when custom kernel is flashed (again, LTE devices only).
No need of modded lib
Seems that the only thing we need is to

1) run Terminal Emulator and type:

su -c setprop wlan.wfd.hdcp disable

(will work immediately; won't stick between reboots!), OR...

2) edit /system/build.prop file with any root file manager/text editor and add a line (no matter where):

wlan.wfd.hdcp=disable

(will work only after reboot; will stick between reboots).

Try this using kernel from op waiting for feedback!

 

[fokus]

Thanks. The Galaxy is connecting to theTV, but the screen is only turning black - no Display...
Any idea?

Thank you.

Guys!
I have probably found another solution for non-working Screen Mirroring / AllShare Cast when custom kernel is flashed (again, LTE devices only).
No need of modded lib
Seems that the only thing we need is to

1) run Terminal Emulator and type:

su -c setprop wlan.wfd.hdcp disable

(will work immediately; won't stick between reboots!), OR...

2) edit /system/build.prop file with any root file manager/text editor and add a line (no matter where):

wlan.wfd.hdcp=disable

(will work only after reboot; will stick between reboots).

Try this using kernel from op waiting for feedback!

 

[ColBill]

Guys!
I have probably found another solution for non-working Screen Mirroring / AllShare Cast when custom kernel is flashed (again, LTE devices only).
No need of modded lib
Seems that the only thing we need is to

1) run Terminal Emulator and type:

su -c setprop wlan.wfd.hdcp disable

(will work immediately; won't stick between reboots!), OR...

2) edit /system/build.prop file with any root file manager/text editor and add a line (no matter where):

wlan.wfd.hdcp=disable

(will work only after reboot; will stick between reboots).

Try this using kernel from op waiting for feedback!

I tried both methods and still get no devices found when I turn on screen mirroring.

 

[esgie]

I tried both methods and still get no devices found when I turn on screen mirroring.

Hm.
This is weird, as the problems with allshare cast + custom kernels is not that "no devices are found" but that devices ARE found without any problem but the connection process fails after a few secs. This solution may help with the issue i described, but it will surely not solve the problem with no peers detected at all.
No peers detected = problems with wifi direct (are you able to send files between wifi direct between devices?)
Can you tell me what is your exact device config? And are you using allsharecast dongle or other third party hardware?
@fokus
Only one: also reset flash counter with Triangle Away and then try again. And make sure you spell the value in the command as "disable" not "disabled" - it's tricky and one can miss it...

Well, there are two additional things to add.
Guys, make sure you have updated Samsung's ScreenMirroring firmware update app to the latest version. And check out the samsung mirroring fix app in google play, which solves some issues for various devices (dunno which ones exactly as i have never been in need of using it).

 

[Marshall1975]

The fix half worked for me lol. The tablet now connects fine to the Netgear PTV3000 but all I get is black screen. Step in the right direction though as at least it connects now. Just need to get a picture to show lol.