Apparently a de-Knoxing script included in my kernel(?) removed these apps from my phone; seeing the recent N920T and possibly N910F Marshmallow leaks through OTA, it would be nice if I still had these apps on my phone for capturing an update.zip in case Samsung again accidentally pushes something interesting. Unfortunately, because IU have Xposed installed (which deodexes the ROM and breaks running odexed apps), I can't just copy these apps from an official ROM.
Does someone have these 2 apps in a deodexed version? Or do they now somehow depend on Knox?
Those won't make a difference, as soon as you modified your ROM you will not receive OTAs.
The only solution is to flash a stock firmware via Odin if you want to receive updates again, no root, custom kernel or any other /system mod.
There is a well-known hack to override rooting checks in OTA, which enables grabbing update.zip files on rooted phones (although they won't apply cleanly on a rooted ROM). However, SuperSU(?) now appears to remove the OTA apps as part of its "KNOX removal" routine.
Nevermind, managed to deodex them myself. Turns out my oat2dex was an old version.
Anyone running into this problem: use oat2dex.jar from the Linux deodex guide (even on Windows!) The one in the Windows Lollipop deodex guide is old, and can't handle 5.1.1 and/or TouchWiz.
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So I picked up a New Verizon S5 Galaxy. I rooted it via jrkruse's excellent method. I have busybox Super SU me and Safestrap installed and I THINK I installed the custom ROM he has at the bottom of the first post. The SIM card is not in yet, nor the extSDcard.
It came with BOG5 and updated via rooting process to BOK3
Here are my questions:
1. I'm looking for a custom ROM that gets rid of crap like NFL football and such. There is a debloater.zip file associated with the ROM (deodexed stock BOK3), but I don't know how that's implemented. Is that run via Safestrap and if so, what option? Surely not install. Can I use the method in [How to][guide]?
2. I want to get rid of OTA updates. Can I just use the method listed in the [how to][guide]
3. Same question for granting full permissions to the ExtSDCard
4. Same question for Security update notification
5. When everyone says you must reflash a kernel to exit Safestrap, when exactly am I doing that and do I have to do it via Odin? What happens if I just reboot after installing the custom ROM?
Mr. Whippy said:
So I picked up a New Verizon S5 Galaxy. I rooted it via jrkruse's excellent method. I have busybox Super SU me and Safestrap installed and I THINK I installed the custom ROM he has at the bottom of the first post. The SIM card is not in yet, nor the extSDcard.
It came with BOG5 and updated via rooting process to BOK3
Here are my questions:
1. I'm looking for a custom ROM that gets rid of crap like NFL football and such. There is a debloater.zip file associated with the ROM (deodexed stock BOK3), but I don't know how that's implemented. Is that run via Safestrap and if so, what option? Surely not install. Can I use the method in [How to][guide]?
2. I want to get rid of OTA updates. Can I just use the method listed in the [how to][guide]
3. Same question for granting full permissions to the ExtSDCard
4. Same question for Security update notification
5. When everyone says you must reflash a kernel to exit Safestrap, when exactly am I doing that and do I have to do it via Odin? What happens if I just reboot after installing the custom ROM?
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I guess what I'm asking is the process for Safestrap.
It sounds like:
1. Odin to a kitkat Kernel
2. Run SS and reboot to recovery
3. Do the ROM install in SS
A. ??Reboot to Download (Odin mode)
4. ?? Run Odin again to change the Kernel back (to BOK3 in this case)
5. Reboot into Custom ROM
Is that it?
I have rooted my phone, installed AdBlock hosts file, and changed the stupid S7 emojis to stock Nougat emojis. now, is there any way I can remove root and replace the kernel back with the original stock kernel, without wiping my phone? so basically I want unrooted just with the mods I made to /system. haven't seen this mentioned anywhere..
xVermicide said:
I have rooted my phone, installed AdBlock hosts file, and changed the stupid S7 emojis to stock Nougat emojis. now, is there any way I can remove root and replace the kernel back with the original stock kernel, without wiping my phone? so basically I want unrooted just with the mods I made to /system. haven't seen this mentioned anywhere..
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You could... but it wouldn't boot because the bootloader and kernel would detect a customized system partition.
xVermicide said:
I have rooted my phone, installed AdBlock hosts file, and changed the stupid S7 emojis to stock Nougat emojis. now, is there any way I can remove root and replace the kernel back with the original stock kernel, without wiping my phone? so basically I want unrooted just with the mods I made to /system. haven't seen this mentioned anywhere..
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You can always try. Worst off you have to reflash the system partition as well. I went back to stock system and kernel without wiping the device and everything is working except Samsung Pay, but I think that's because I pin encrypted the boot (which I guess has no plans to support).
To flash just the kernel download your current release from one of the dev mirrors and extract the tar. Re-tar just the kernel (and the system if you want to revert both) and flash in the AP slot. Just as a safety measure, I would enable the "OEM Unlock" in Developer options, but that might not do anything for us.
Hello. New here.
I rooted my S7 G930A running Nougat 7.0 following this guide: https://forum.xda-developers.com/att-galaxy-s7/how-to/root-s7-att-g930a-g935a-t3410538
I actually found the guide somewhere else, but these are the files and instructions I used.
Rooting worked with no issues, and my phone works fine. Now I am interested in unrooting the device because of applications that won't work due to the safety net API knowing the phone is rooted.
I have already tried many things. There is an unroot.bat that comes with the files downloaded in the guide, but running that doesn't seem to actually unroot. SuperSU is still installed, and applications still don't work. I have also tried deleting the files using the ES File Manager, but I can only locate one "su" file which will not delete, and the superuser.apk or supersu.apk files are nowhere to be found. When trying to full unroot using SuperSU, I get the error "Uninstall failed!" I have also tried going back to the stock firmware using odin, but odin fails to install that as well.
Are there any current ways of unrooting that I'm missing?
Any help is appreciated, thank you.
Also, if this helps my baseband version is G930AUCS4BQC2
Okay, so I think I solved my own issue here. I was using the modified version of odin to install the stock firmware. Used the official odin and went back to G930AUCU4BQA6.
I have an additional question now. Since it reset the phone, any application that I made a system application is no longer a system app now right? But if I re-root the device, make the same apps system apps, and then use odin to upgrade to G930AUCS4BQC2 again it will unroot and my apps will still be system apps?
Thanks
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Okay, so I think I solved my own issue here. I was using the modified version of odin to install the stock firmware. Used the official odin and went back to G930AUCU4BQA6.
I have an additional question now. Since it reset the phone, any application that I made a system application is no longer a system app now right? But if I re-root the device, make the same apps system apps, and then use odin to upgrade to G930AUCS4BQC2 again it will unroot and my apps will still be system apps?
Thanks
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If you flash any ODIN file, it will wipe the system partition and then replace it with the one in the package. There's no way to get rooted system changes to persist through an ODIN.
Hi, I have a european S8+ fully rooted and with TWRP.
Everything's working great so far but I read somewhere that I won't receive further OTA updates.
Can I install them manually with TWRP?
If yes, 3 questions:
1. Where can I get them?
2. Do I need every single update or are the newest update always containing the older updates as well?
3. Do I lose root or TWRP after installing an update?
I've rooted with Magisk by the way.
Typically if you're rooted and modified the system partition (BusyBox or twrp or whatever) the update will not install in stock recovery. Usually you have to unroot reinstall stock recovery and flash ota. There's toolkits out that can do that. Or you can just find an awesome rom like a rooted debloated rom thats just recently updated and just flash that. Or you can what till somebody snags the ota update location then posts that.
I'm on stock 20c (Oreo) and I'd like to update to a stock 20g (still Oreo) because a) I need to fix my network modules b) I want to stay in Oreo because I have applications that run smoothly in this version (fbind, gravity box, etc.).
I'm rooted with Magisk and TWRP.
Which is the smoother way to upgrade for me ?
Is possible to upgrade though TWRP ? Would it break root and remove TWRP?
Or I need to use LG UP ? But, again, will I loose root and TWRP?
Of course I'm aware (but this is my goal) that in either way I'll have my apps and internal data deleted