Rooting Telecom Samsung GS4 I9505 issues

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FlameBeard

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#129340 11-Sep-2013 17:37

Hi all,

First Post (Oooorah)

So I am having some issues here with flashing my Samsung GS4. I acquired a device when they first came out from Telecom NZ, and am really loving it. Much better than the iCrap that is available in my opinion (had both iPhone 5 & GS4)

I had previously had a Samsung GS2 when they came out a few years ago as well. Great phone, and when I had that one I had wondered about flashing it to gain root access to it.
Now that I have another droid and want to do more with it, I kind of need to have root access, as I want to get rid of the significant amount of bloatware and flash a custom ROM onto my device.

So I have been reading through ovesees forums and watching a few hours of YouTube about flashing it to gain root access. Pretty comfortable I know what I need to do.
So, I set about trying to flash my device with Clockwork Mod (cwm) through ODIN this afternoon. Now unfortunately I am getting the below out put and I have literally no idea why

<ID:0/007> Odin v.3 engine (ID:7)..
<ID:0/007> File analysis..
<ID:0/007> SetupConnection..
<ID:0/007> Initialzation..
<ID:0/007> Get PIT for mapping..
<ID:0/007> Firmware update start..
<ID:0/007> ANDROID!0]n
<ID:0/007> NAND Write Start!!
<ID:0/007>
<ID:0/007> Complete(Write) operation failed.
<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)

as it seems I need a recovery ROM or PDA to gain root access this seems to be a fundamental issue with the root access process.

Can any of my fellow GeekZoners lend an assist? Any tips would be greatly appreciated!

All the best

- Flame_Beard

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#894525 11-Sep-2013 23:20

Flashing a custom ROM (e.g. CyanogenMod) is pretty easy once you've got a decent recovery installed. I'd recommend the touch-based version of CWM over the non-touch version that ROM Manager installs by default. Download the recovery image from here to your internal SD card, then use SGS4 Flasher to flash it. No reboot is required, and when you next go into recovery mode you'll be able to use the touch screen to move around.

If you're flashing ROMs, I'd thoroughly recommend an external SD card of at least 16GB in size. I use mine to hold the ROMs themselves, the Google Apps (GApps) packages that custom ROMs often need, the latest zip for SuperSU, and firmware backups. The backups you do from within CWM recovery are excellent, and cover the kernel, the OS itself, and all of your apps/data. I almost always make a backup when flashing a new ROM, even if it's a newer build, as you never know if something will go wrong.

CyanogenMod (CM) is a pretty good starting point for custom ROMs. It gives you a nice stock Android experience, but has lots of little extras that give it a slight edge over the Google Edition ROM. I'd recommend the latest 10.2 nightly, as it should be stable enough for daily use. You'll also need a GApps for 4.3 package. SuperSU is optional, as CM already comes with root built-in. When you flash (after creating a backup!) you'll need to wipe your /system and /data partitions in recovery mode, then install the CM zip file, then GApps, then anything else. The phone will take several minutes to reboot, and you'll need to set it all up again, but it should work quite nicely after that. If you don't like it, just restore your backup. CM has a built-in update module, and you can get it to prompt you when new nightly builds are available.

Don't be too afraid of screwing things up. There's not a lot that can go wrong, so long as the bootloader isn't corrupted. Using CWM recovery to install ROMs is the safest bet as that doesn't touch the bootloader. If all else fails, you can reboot into recovery and restore a backup. At worst you'll need to install a stock ROM again using Odin, which gets you back to square one.

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#894546 12-Sep-2013 00:28

Here you go, I've uploaded the Telecom NZ Galaxy S4 ROM - Download it and keep it somewhere safe: http://android.interwebz.co.nz - you should get some pretty decent speeds off that.

Michael Murphy | https://murfy.nz
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