Oh, and by the way - I only tested this on two GG firmwares, let me know if it also works right on the H8, as I have no time to flash it myself right now.

The thought of being able to flash the Google Edition rom on a "regular" i9505 is now even more appealing. Of all people, +Chainfire you're the one mostly likely to be able to help with this. It seems the issue has to do with the different partition layouts (PIT file??) on the i9505 and the i9505G.

Anyway.. all a little beyond my skill set. Thanks for your hard work saving us from Samsung.

Please make mobile odin for i9500 and triangle away

Chainfire is the best! Please spent him some million dollars! (I don't have the money)

So it will be possible to root and keep warranty after you've updated the apps, right?

+Alexander Becker you're right.

Chainfire, first of all thanks man. I can easily root my samsung s4 because of you. I am a gamer, and to be honest I like to hack it sometimes using gamekiller or cih. But I cannot use gamekiller or cih on my rooted 4.2.2 samsung s4. Gamekiller apps shows message that I need root access, but I am all ready rooted. So can you shed some light on the matter. Thanks.

Can anyone confirm whether this works on MH8 in the UK yet?

So if I update there will still be away to get warranty "back" like there was so far? We will just lose the ability to downgrade through odin?

Thanks Chainfire. I can confirm that it works on my i9505. The irritating security bla bla bla is gone, phone is rooted. I now need to figure out how to flash cwm recovery.

+Joseph Tembo Are you effectively losing the ability to get warranty back after updated to this and rooted? Or will things will still be the same? Just triangle and you got it back? Very hesitant on updating

MH8 lost me access to the SD card. The default security policy has given me an irritating message about keepassdroid and also wants me to update the security policy online to block other unauthorised access. 

+Ashraf Miah did +Chainfire solution work for you? The updated cf-root?

From the Netherlands : I thank you VERY MUCH !!! for all the work you are doing!!! I personaly hope to hear from you about my mail before this one....about my GT-I9505 and my 4.3....problem ok.

Thanks again, +Chainfire . I really don't like companies telling that "because of security reasons" they have to lock the owners out of their own device. 

You really do a h... of a good job. Thanks a lot ...

many thanks man :)

+Brad Baker haven't tried it, going to backup my phone first.

+Chainfire on MH8 works fine!!

Thx!

Upgrade Mobile Odin and Triangle away pls

Love

Hello Chainfire, works wonderful on MH8! Now only waiting on Update for TriangleAway to get rid of this f***ing Custom Status and setting Knox Warranty Counter back to 0x0... Thx for your superb support till now!!

Thanks for root!!! Strangely enough most of my apps are dead after the upgrade? Reinstalling the app fixes things but I can't restore the settings....even non root stuff!?!

I have same error

Just the same problem with my device - I think it's a problem when updating the firmware to a complete new revision through OTA. It's much cleaner to make a fresh install through Odin and play back all apps with TB without data in this case!

Where can i download this file?

Click on the Link under the message of Chainfire

Is ok on MH5 

Samsung is turning into Apple.

Still can't restore with titanium. All apps forced not working :-(

Thank you working on DMH8 UK Keep up the good work.

Re: Titanium Backup, Xposed, etc apps not working - I have not tested these or looked into the problem specifics, but I would assume it has to do with SELinux security labels and restrictions. They probably need an update to handle this correctly.

Many thanks to you ?

Titanium backup on my mh8 works normaly

Works as backup . But when restore apps forced to stop.

I restored a lot of apps after format... And works fine

Have u got mh8?

Yes UK mh8 works like a charm 

Thank you so much for your work Chainfire 

I'm on MH8. I can restore the App with TB no problem but App+Data crashes the App

Good news. But we need full access

Adaway also not working. I know that you will do all fixes

"GL TO SD" doesn't work

Adaway does work for me BUT I had to uninstall and reinstall or it comes up with some access denied message.

+Stefan Hoerzer yes, unfortunatly I'have got your same error!

"I can restore the App with TB no problem but App+Data crashes the App"

This is why I think I am going to stick with the Nexus line.  You never know when you all of the sudden void your warranty or update your phone and BAM, can't do any more tinkering to it.

I don't get what the big deal is. The bootloader isn't locked, so you can still install custom ROMs. And custom ROMs can be rooted with ease. So... what's the problem?

Odin not working ever with this damm upgrade. Shit samsung.

Will the be any love for the AT&T Galaxy Mega SGH-I527?

Everyone vote with your wallets, don't buy the Note 3. 

No idea what the Samsung crowd would do without your eternal diligence. Great work.

I feel no sorrow for people who use Samsung products. They have never been good to the Android end user yet people keep buying their junk. They bend over and spread their cheeks to the carriers and totally fucking suck at updating their devices. Fuck Samsung. 

Did you ever work out what the difference was between the i9505 and SC-04E that was causing CF-autoroot not to work? Related to this at all?

This is why I have ditched Samsung for HTC...Their One phone is owning Samsungs crappy flimsy plastic gimicky efforts.

It wouldn't be so bad if the default OS was the Google Play Edition instead of carrier bloatware.

i've been meaning to return mine because it has some dead pixels ... does this mean if i get a new one, it will have this locked bootloader and i will not be able to install any custom ROMs ? thanks.

I should add I'm not blaming cf-auto-root for the WiFi issues here - I think it's entirely possible that it's the update itself that's killed it; although I would be surprised, however crap TouchWiz and the whole Samsung Android is, that they released a firmware update that breaks the phone so royally.

I was able to get back by flashing TWRP and than Wanam 1.5

Ah yes - but want the stock ROM!

I can confirm that following the unroot guide does work (a factory reset did not) - the longest part of the process is getting hold of the stock rom from the goddamn hotfiles servers.

I have not tried to re-root (and have therefore lost some app data, but a kies backup saved some stuff), and now I have OTA capability back & Kies update capability (which had unfortunately also been broken by the root on the new firmware).

What can I say, other than it appears this firmware is more tenacious than a rabid jack russell.

I wont to go back :(

Thanks man! :)

Thanks for your hard work. You are one of the most badass developers there is. You do a damn good job of rooting anything you can get your hands on. Thanks for taking time form your life to better our S4's .

@Chainfire

Thnx mate for your hard work.All works perfectly Samsung S4 Rom MH5 :)

Many Thanks. But i must reinstall all apps. Restore data from TB works, but the apps crashed with the "old" data. 

Hi CF! I installed ROM H8 but I've got success to install another custom ROM. All that I needed to do was install philz_touch_5.11.2-i9505.tar and through this recovery mode, I was able to install google edition ROM for S4 (for example). ;)

WHAT ABOUD CUSUM RECOVERY ANY IDIA PLEASE

Same my question

+Lorenzo Bellinazzo

Same happens to me:

"I can restore the App with TB no problem but App+Data crashes the App"

Man, Samsung screwed up BIG TIME with this update

So from what i can understand from your previous post is that the reason XPOSED framework, Titanium Backup, Helium and other root dependent apps don't work properly is not because of your latest root but to do with the actual apps which need updating.

I have disabled the annoying "Prevention detected" messages and that seemed to have cleared all those messages but the root apps are still not behaving correctly or crashing all together.

Is there anyway to completely disable this KNOX thing??? i am using system tuner pro and been able to identify all those KNOX services and freeze them but nothing has really changed.

We are really need +Chainfire help as soon as possible.

Also, selinux is set to enforcing. Should it not be set to permissive? Is this part of the update?

Well I have just killed my I9505, because of the new bootloader?? Are there any chance to revive it agin?? I'm gonna quote myself, from XDA:

Here is what I have tried:

Hi all

My I9505, has turned quite weird today... I tried flashing it with latest NEE firmware, but it failed:

<ID:0/005> NAND Write Start!! 

<ID:0/005> sbl3.mbn

<ID:0/005> rpm.mbn

<ID:0/005> aboot.mbn

<ID:0/005> FAIL! (Auth)

<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)

And on the handset I get in red writing:

STAT: [224, 1440]

SW REV. CHECK FAIL : fused : 2 , Binary : 1

I can only flash it with:

I9505XXUAMDE_I9505OXXAMD8_NEE

When entering recovery I sometimes get:

"No command" instead of the windows where it sets CSC, sometimes it sets CSC normally

When I try to reset flash counter I get

could not find triangle and counter data

I have also tried flashing with PIT, but that didn't help either...

Any help??

Kind regards

+Jesper Knudsen I had the same problem not being able to flash any other ROM, the only one working is the DMH8, I was able to flash other ROMS but had problems like wifi and sound not working, so I have to stick with DMH8 for now I think as it is the only one that flashes with no errors.

Tested on Samsung Galaxy S4 (model GT-I9505)

Root works.

However, ADB insecure doesn't work. Any idea what to do?

I got it up and running again using MH8... Thx Ant Martins

Hi, is there any way how to get rid of Knox prevention information error on a full stock? Thx.

Please root help i527 att root

Samsung locked everything down as stock ya can't even change the font. It's definitely making me think about next years next big thing or life companion.

Works for me with I9505XXUDMH5.

Very good job Chainfire, you're the best!

Any one root i527 att yet

Thx Chainfire.

Worked fine on my girlfriends S4 with MH5.

Just had to manually install Super SU from Play Store.

why do they insist on blocking us installing what WE WANT on OUR OWN devices I for one wont be buying another sammy phone if this security s**t doesnt get sorted iv always used a sammy phone s2,s3 & s4 but im not going to get another sammy phone I think ...android is meant to be open( (uncle sammy!!)) ..... thanks chainfire for all your time and hard work and thanks for sharing your work with the dev comunity im sure I speak for thousands when I say thanks mate keep up the good work mate.......

Can anyone reply to my question whether it is possible to get rid of Knox prevention error on stock? Thank you.

+David Vlk If you mean the "knox prevented blah blah blah" message appearing, read the last part of Chainfire's post more carefully. You will have to issue a command in root mode via console emulator or adb (?)

I tried disabling the message with that command and I got this:

"android failed to connect to dumpstate service

killed"

so I couldn't get rid of it

Can you help?

Thanks!

+Michael Lux Hi. I need a solution for unrooted device. Sorry, I did not mention it the second time I have asked that question. Unfortunately, I must not root it.

+David Vlk As far as I understood it, such low-level commands cannot be done without root. I think that's really straight forward, because it wouldn't be a good security feature if you could disable it as normal user... sorry :(

You're absolutely right Michael, I forgot to use "su" command beforehand. I tried again as root and it worked like charm. Thank you Chainfire!

Any root on i527 root yet ? Anyone

Guys it works fine for me on MH8. Just one question. Root Checker is reporting this: Standard Location

Check Command: ls -l /system/xbin/su:

Result: -rwxr-xr-x root root 100452 2013-09-11 18:52 su

Analysis: Setuid attribute is NOT present BUT root user ownership is present. Root access is NOT correctly configured for this file!

Is something wrong maybe? Any ideas?

After flashing CF root on my SGS3 gti9300 xez latest stock ROM Touchviz Ui crashes when I try remove a page. :-(

It worked on H5 firmware :)

CF AUTO  worked with H8 on S4.....but still got bloody KNOX popups.......after using the code to disable KNOX ....guess what.....still get pop ups! Any one got ideas????

Why cant we have a 'KNOX-OPT OUT' PATCH??

It's utter B@ll@cks!!!

Can I use them on any rom released after MH8?

Fix the issues on CM10.2 rooms?

On my S4 with firmware version I9505XXUDMH5 AutoRoot work to get root, but when i try to open app restored with Titanium Backup, appear the messagge that i have to upgrade security criteria... There is a way to make Titanium Backup full working? I have tried with shell terminal, but i have the following message: failed to connect to dumpstate service... Any solution?

does this root file and method work with i9505xxudmha firmware?  I really wish I had root again, but am a bit scared to mess around with knox again (I tried flashing a non secure bootloader stock version, that gave me Knox warranty void 0x01 and screwd my phone, wifi not turning on, calls not working, no system sounds, had to bring it to the service)

Why does Samsung have such a major fear of their end users having full control over their products that ACTUALLY become property of the end user? I can understand voiding warranty when rooting, but actively doing things to prevent it and generally be a pain to people who know what they're doing with root access on a *NIX system is just plain wrong. It feels like they do not trust us with our own property... With a system based on Linux, It should really be REQUIRED in the license to be able to freely run as root if you wanted to.

Anyways, Thanks +Chainfire for the hard work you put in!

+Chainfire I do seem to have a problem with my GS4 running MH5. When I use the odin soft put the auto roor tar in the PDA and try to flash it after going into download mode I get these errors in odin (a big red FAIL):

<ID:0/005> Added!!

<ID:0/005> Removed!!

<ID:0/004> Added!!

<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..

<OSM> Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..

<OSM> Please wait..

<OSM> CF-Auto-Root-jflte-jfltexx-gti9505.tar.md5 is valid.

<OSM> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..

<OSM> Leave CS..

<ID:0/004> Odin v.3 engine (ID:4)..

<ID:0/004> File analysis..

<ID:0/004> SetupConnection..

<ID:0/004> Initialzation..

<ID:0/004> Get PIT for mapping..

<ID:0/004> Firmware update start..

<ID:0/004> recovery.img

<ID:0/004> NAND Write Start!!

<ID:0/004> cache.img.ext4

<ID:0/004> Complete(Write) operation failed.

<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)

<ID:0/004> Removed!!

<ID:0/004> Added!!

The cf autoroot I use is indeed with a timestamp of 05 september.

My phone gives these messages

One line in red:

ODIN MODE

Then a few white lines:

Product name: GT-I9505

Current binary: Samsung official

System status: official

KNOX Kernel lock: 0x0

KNOX Warranty void: 0x0

CSB-Config-LSB: 0x30

Then a line in grey:

Write protection: enable

then 2 final lines in red:

start: [224,1440]

bar: [240,1440]

On the rest of the screen is still mentiones Downloading, do not turn off target!!

Any ideas ?

Did you manage to fix this problem?

Today I had upgraded to XXUDMH5, then I started getting problems with some apps so I decided to flash back the XXUBMGA version using Odin 3.07 and had the very same problem... Then the phone stop responding so i turn it off, and it almost got bricked... I had to use KIES function Firmware Upgrade and Initialization to restore it... it flashed the hole phone and now the version XXUDMH5 is installed, and I'm afraid it will fail to root it...

Hey! Just FYI...

On this new firmware StickMount isn't working either... root works fine but StickMount won't mount NTFS (neither Paragon NTFS) they can't write in /mnt/ even tho they have a SU clerance/permission...

And I also had some problems rooting... at first it wouln't work. After rooting i had to do a factory system restore, cache wipe in order to make SuperSU work.

Even rooting after a clean firmware flash it did not work... only after a factory system restore...

if you installed firmware h8  then you cant downgrade and also you dont have wi-fi and sound in any other "custom"rom. only possible solution at this moment, you have to install untouched firmware atleast h8 or newer via odin. later you can install cf-auto-root via odin.      i also have 9505. i bored all the roms, wanted to try stock rom with root,   i applied ota update from samsung (40mb or somethin like that)   and boom! i fucked up ! i cant back my pre-rooted stock firmware cause odin refuse to install.   and even i installed custom recovery and custom rom, i dont have sound nor wi-fi........     if you read this  stay away from h8 !!!!  of you gonna be burned like me.    other than i hated this firmware its using too much resourse not fast as google stock 4.3..... and its simply sucks....

Flash with prerooted MH8 firmware... It's solution that have worked for me...

Problem still persist if you restore via Titanium backup with App+Data.

With pre-rooted MH8 flashed via CWM i have solved the problem with App+Data from TB...

did you tried  any other custom rom ? like google stock edition or cyaogen etc ?

I also flashed mine using pre-rooted. Gl to sd doesn't work anymore.

GI what is?

Gl to sd is pretty helpful when i put my HD games data in sdcard. And the app file in phone. I saved a lot in phone storage.

I found a solution for TB restoring the data. And that is to install a custom kernel.

Of course after flashing with MH8, you need to install CWM via odin. And flash a kernel afterwards. I'm using Adam kernel btw and my SELinux status went back to permissive.

You can try some other kernel that is compatible with TW 4.2 like Ausdim, KT, etc.

@Jérôme did you install a new Kernel? Which app is not working correctly and what error messages do you get?

+Jérôme Schmitt thanks for the info.

Anyone got  a clue why I can't change the state of SELinux?

"getenforce" always returns "enforcing" no matter how often I try to change it via "sentenforce 0".

you should try golden-eye rom   its h8 based.  i flashed philz restore via odin after that i flashed golde-eye last version, wiped cache, and vaila ! pre rooted knox-free rom ;)

+Abdülkerim Ak Great idea, if I had a US or canadian phone.

I'll go for the custom kernel first so I don't have to backup (I doubt it would fully work) and restore (if this works) all data. Should the custom kernel bring no cure for this itch, I'll simply hang on and wait :-).

Yes you can.

+Hanspeter Holzer Same. I hate companies who do this. And here I keep thinking how XDA members used to champion the Galaxy S2 for easy rooting and customising... Samsung even reached out to them.

Now I am disgusted because Samsung is done with them, have become big enough to suck up to other companies, and are throwing them away. Just disgusted.

Samsung shouldn't do this. It's not right. At least HTC's devices can achieve S-OFF with some software tricks or an XTC Clip... This? This is like a foolproof lock. 

+David Vlk Nope. If the people doing root can't do it, then people who can't root their phones have no chance. Basically, from what I know, you can get rid of Knox by rooting but your phone will be able to tell you did remove KNOX or even basically messed with your phone software and you lose warranty rights, it seems. I also read that once the KNOX container was removed that you cannot create another KNOX container in the phone, meaning that possibly, once you decide to root and get rid of KNOX, you can't flash stock firmware and make your tinkering undetected. It will show. I am not entirely sure about this, but I've been reading the XDA thread on it and that's what I understand.

A lot of people think an eFuse is involved.

so, whats the disadvantage of 0x1 to your device? only warranty and the fact that you can't use KNOX software?

In the end did you fix it?, I currently have the same problem and it sucks 

+Abdülkerim Ak 

question? Can I flash cyanogenmod if I have knox? can I root ,my phone?

I can't believe Samsung is doing this... :-(

So Am I correct in assuming that Rooting a L720VPUAMDL is impossible?  I havent seen a single post about rooting a sprint Galaxy S4 on any site since July.  Does that mean everyone has even given up in trying?

same here, any news for rooting the official 4.3 firmware?

Hi +Chainfire .. I'm running MH6 and ended up in brick as well. Couldn't flash even a stock firmware after that.

Flashed a PIT file and stock OS was able to load. But now I'm unable to do a factory reset.

The red android will appear at boot and attempt to run stock recovery. It will later stop halfway and resumes booting the OS. :/

Error to root are as follows:

<ID:0/005> Firmware update start..

<ID:0/005> recovery.img

<ID:0/005> NAND Write Start!! 

<ID:0/005> Complete(Write) operation failed.

<ID:0/005> Added!!

<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)

<ID:0/005> Removed!!

<ID:0/005> Added!!

+passaris konstantinos hi .. Thanks for the advice. My device is okay now. Was playing with the PIT file and flashing stock ROM earlier. It worked. But somehow, I managed to unroot my device as well. :O

Not sure if the Knox counter was reset as well though..I think highly unlikely.

Meaning to say..my live OTA updates work too.

JTAG the phone using RIFF box will let you downgrade :-)

Hi..root for MH6 has worked flawlessly now. The issue came because I was not running the latest Odin v3.07. Just wanna give a heads up to anyone else who wanna flash this.

Hi guys, this root process dont work in S4 - I9505 - Kernel 3.4.0 1021200?

Thks

Hola amigos, soy de Ecuador, necesito ayuda urgente. No puedo actualizar mi i9505 porque previamente le degrade la versión para poder desbloquearlo, y ahora no funciona el wifi y no hay sonidos! Necesito solucionar este problema. 

Thanks +Jamie Jordan

I tried installing the latest CF-Auto root and doing the "pm disable com.sec.knox.seandroid " on a Galaxy S3 running the 4.3 leak with Knox & SELinux enforcing. 

Still can't attain root.

Any suggestions?

No, haven't. Thinking the boot loader needs to be changed

Any solution at hand? Knox been giving us headaches. This will be the last time i'll buy samsung.

I used Odin back to the 4.1.2 stock ROM, wipe cache, factory reset. Worked like a charm.

I'm currently running a rooted/Knox free version of the leaked ROM.

This worked for me:

Uninstall Kies & drivers.

Reinstall Kies & drivers.

Download latest Odin.

Run data wipe, cache wipe, dalvik cache wipe via Recovery.

Run factory reset on phone (to format internal SD)

Go into Download mode.

Plug phone into a different USB port (if possible).

Root again.

It should work now :)

My main problems were mainly with the odin version / conflicting Kies drivers.

+Jerome Schmitt shouldn't be a problem if all e drivers and software are updated. :) mine is a MJ5.

Yeah, now I can finally get rid of the stupid shutter sound and the ridiculous amount of bloatware! :D (Android 4.3 MJ7)

+Thomas Wiringa

But How do you get rid of the shutter sound, I have the same rooted/knox free MJ7 version? :-)

+Chainfire This seems to be broken with disk encryption (required for my corporate ActiveSync account). If I apply CF-Auto-Root after the internal storage is encrypted, it just crashes (black screen) after I enter my PIN at boot. If I attempt to encrypt the storage after it's rooted, it crashes when it does its reboot to do the encryption, and eventually comes back still unencrypted.

FWIW upgrading from 4.2 to 4.3 with Mobile Odin did work and encryption was fine. It's just that every app then started crashing, hence a complete reinstall and attempt to restore from backup... and now I can't get encryption to work.

+Ad van Rooij I renamed the shutter.ogg file in the folder /system/media/audio/ui to shutter.ogg.bak with Root Explorer :)

+Chainfire is this fully working? and knox not blocking supersu permission.

Or this is just for updating to custom rom to make it fully working :-)

is this for Android 4.3?

+Thomas Wiringa

Thanks. It could change  the file but still the shutter sound. Strange...

When I try flash this to my i9505 (Jfltexx) using Odin, it always fails and gives me the message, "Complete(Write) operation failed.". How do I solve this problem?

I'm using i9505xxUEMJ7, TWRP Recovery and nothing seems to work for me right now. I've tried using Heimdall, but I always get the message "Access is Denied" when trying to install recovery.img. My Odin always fails also, I'm not entirely sure what to do - My battery is swollen also.

I'm trying to install on MK8 for the 5th time now. Still not working :-(

Now it's working! Just kept trying and trying.... :-P

What about sound issue while calling? How can I fix it?

I have a S4 m919 T-Mobile and it works just fine. My only question would be, once you update the bootloader, would I be able to downgrade back to 4.2.2 Jelly Bean? I have an application with my data backed up but 4.3 won't recognize the file to restore it (I did a full wipe before updating it and deleted the file off my phone but have the folder on my computer) Thank You, HAPPY THANKSGIVING and all your hard work.

So will the 05.09.2013  CF-Auto-Root-jflte-jfltexx-gti9505.tar.md5  be working with this new MK8?

Yeah, it works +István Arany (I had to retry/do it a few times)

I found the fresh one a few minutes later, tha 20.11.2013 version. Thanks by the way, and keep up the good work! 

Just a question, you might know the answer to, since the last update and root, my device can't use Viber through mobile internet, only through Wifi. I didn't change any settings with it. What can be the problem there?

worked for me. good job

will this work for the i9502

How can you tell what bootloader you're running?

Hey +Chainfire ...any help appreciated...

Just tried to root a friends i9505...it looked like it was on old forware...but after running cf-root and it saying successful...there is no recovery...just the standard 3e recovery.

His phone does have Knox and it seems to be enabled...so possibly the previous owner updated the software...not sure.

Warranty is not an issue...so he just wants to root it and possibly load some custom roms....

H E L P 

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