Root Root and Recovery for Metro pcs Mega! (SGH-M819N)

[Bran95]

I appreciate your help. I really do, but I figured out a different way to reverse mistakes made.
Download Kies, update your phone's firmware, it'll restore the phone completely to the newest firmware just like from Factory.. ( this is more effective than a factory reset that you would do on the phone itself )

Once again, thanks for trying to help me out. I lost the root but I'm just happy it's back to the way it was.

 

[cstryon]

I have cwm installed and seems to be working properly. Will the clean backup you linked work through cwm or do I need to go with TWRP? Even if it works with CWM, in anyone's opinion/experience, which recovery is better to have with my m819n? Thanks for your help, soon I hope to have enough familiarity with my new mega that I can be as savey and helpful as I was with my Driod $

 

[bnb25]

I have cwm installed and seems to be working properly. Will the clean backup you linked work through cwm or do I need to go with TWRP? Even if it works with CWM, in anyone's opinion/experience, which recovery is better to have with my m819n? Thanks for your help, soon I hope to have enough familiarity with my new mega that I can be as savey and helpful as I was with my Driod $

it should work on CWM as well. Just have to put it in your restore folder and flash it as a restore. I perfer TWR but others like CWM. It's just one of those things where you use what fits you better.

 

[big%boy%big]

Hey guys, I just rooted and flashed twrp recovery with no issues.

However, I'm trying to adjust the time in the application to match with the phone's time. Is there any way to do that?? That way, each time I make a nandroid backup it will match the timestamp on the file. Any help on this would be awesome.

Now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to surgically remove some bloatware.
Oh, yeah!!

 

[bnb25]

Hey guys, I just rooted and flashed twrp recovery with no issues.

However, I'm trying to adjust the time in the application to match with the phone's time. Is there any way to do that?? That way, each time I make a nandroid backup it will match the timestamp on the file. Any help on this would be awesome.

Now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to surgically remove some bloatware.
Oh, yeah!!

he updated his TWR. The new version sets it self.

https://www.mediafire.com/folder/8uuvfvauztdna/MEGA_6.3#wyopegjd4377g

 

[big%boy%big]

Ok, thanks. Should I download TWRP Manger Root from the Play Store or flash the latest update thru Odin??

 

[PS4AndroidHacker]

Very nice guide to rooting. Basically the same root method as s3,s4, and such. You guys should try the Philz Touch Recovery with this. I love it on my S3 and I can imagine having it on a Mega! That big ass screen provides for a lot of nice usable space. Give philz a flash and see how you like it. Supposedly it also works a lot better than CWM and TWRP according to the guys over in the S3 thread. My wife just purchase an AT&T Mega tonight. I will warn you, don't take the 4.3 update from Samsung if you don't want all the Knox crap on the phone. Flash root, then flash a de-knoxed ROM. Just trying to give a little advice from someone who took the Knox crap and wishes he wouldn't had.

 

[bnb25]

Very nice guide to rooting. Basically the same root method as s3,s4, and such. You guys should try the Philz Touch Recovery with this. I love it on my S3 and I can imagine having it on a Mega! That big ass screen provides for a lot of nice usable space. Give philz a flash and see how you like it. Supposedly it also works a lot better than CWM and TWRP according to the guys over in the S3 thread. My wife just purchase an AT&T Mega tonight. I will warn you, don't take the 4.3 update from Samsung if you don't want all the Knox crap on the phone. Flash root, then flash a de-knoxed ROM. Just trying to give a little advice from someone who took the Knox crap and wishes he wouldn't had.

they have it on the XDa forums. [i9200/i9205][CWM Advanced Edition] PhilZ Touch - xda-developers

 

[bnb25]

Ok, thanks. Should I download TWRP Manger Root from the Play Store or flash the latest update thru Odin??

don't use the play store manager. If you have TWR already just down load his zip and flash it through the recovery. restart the recovery and it will be updated.

 

[big%boy%big]

don't use the play store manager. If you have TWR already just down load his zip and flash it through the recovery. restart the recovery and it will be updated.

I tried what you suggested; no dice. Both the TAR and ZIP files have the same version. I flashed it twice just to make sure.

 

[big%boy%big]

I have a question about a popular rom called Paranoid Android.

I successfully flashed the rom with no issues, but when I rebooted and installed the google apps that correspond with the firmware version 4.2.2 it started crashing. Bummer.

Is it possible that I installed bad Google apps? I loved this rom on my Galaxy Tab 2 and Galaxy S 2. Can I use the Gapps ver. 4.3, 4.4 or will I be pushing my luck?

 

[big%boy%big]

Nevermind; I figured it out. I just need to reinsert my APN settings for internet and mms and I'm good to go.

 

[PS4AndroidHacker]

Nevermind; I figured it out. I just need to reinsert my APN settings for internet and mms and I'm good to go.

There's also another modded, smaller package of gapps called PAGapps. You should look it up. That may work better for you.

 

[big%boy%big]

There's also another modded, smaller package of gapps called PAGapps. You should look it up. That may work better for you.

Thanks. I'll check it out.

 

[1maddmaxx]

I have the SGH M819N and can't root it so far. I tried the Kingo and it didn't see my phone. I have Kies and everything I can think of on my PC, Which sees my phone BTW. Any help will be greatly appreciated. Just trying to get rid of bloatware and have the option to install custom roms. I have rooted the last two phones and was running Cyanogen Mod on both so I'm no noob. Help me Obi Wan you're my only hope.

 

[PS4AndroidHacker]

I have the SGH M819N and can't root it so far. I tried the Kingo and it didn't see my phone. I have Kies and everything I can think of on my PC, Which sees my phone BTW. Any help will be greatly appreciated. Just trying to get rid of bloatware and have the option to install custom roms. I have rooted the last two phones and was running Cyanogen Mod on both so I'm no noob. Help me Obi Wan you're my only hope.

Have you tried flashing a custom recovery with Odin first? Try that. Make sure you have all the Samsung drivers too.

 

[1maddmaxx]

Thanks but now I have root but when I try the recovery it doesn't say pass in Odin but reset even with the reset box unchecked. Now Google play has stopped working and it has reverted back to stock recovery. Also Wi Fi doesn't work.

 

[1maddmaxx]

Okay I used Kies to upgrade the firmware ( although it was running the latest) and everything is back to normal. Lost root in the process but until a better way to root comes along for the SGH M819N i'll keep it stock.

 

[bnb25]

Okay I used Kies to upgrade the firmware ( although it was running the latest) and everything is back to normal. Lost root in the process but until a better way to root comes along for the SGH M819N i'll keep it stock.

better way to root? kingo is simple to use. more simpler do you want it?

use one of the recoveries in here: https://www.mediafire.com/folder/8uuvfvauztdna/MEGA_6.3#wyopegjd4377g

 

[1maddmaxx]

Tried Kingo and it never saw my phone. IDK why but that made it hard to root when it wasn't seen. I used Odin 3.7 to obtain root and I had root for sure because I had SU and Titanium running. Everything I have seen is for different flavors of the mega not my model. I'm a little gun shy at this point in time. I will try it again. I never could get a recovery to install even though I had root. Still scratching my head over that. Thanks for the link. I'll use it and save to my sd.

 

[itzpacmann]

Can I do this root method and it will work if I already did that 77.84mb update on my phone? I wanna usr that megafire rom

 

[itzpacmann]

???

 

[itzpacmann]

so im in odin and it says added but when i click ap or bl I see no tar file to select

 

[bnb25]

Tried Kingo and it never saw my phone. IDK why but that made it hard to root when it wasn't seen. I used Odin 3.7 to obtain root and I had root for sure because I had SU and Titanium running. Everything I have seen is for different flavors of the mega not my model. I'm a little gun shy at this point in time. I will try it again. I never could get a recovery to install even though I had root. Still scratching my head over that. Thanks for the link. I'll use it and save to my sd.

I have the Metro version, It works fine. You probably don't have the drivers installed.

 

[bnb25]

so im in odin and it says added but when i click ap or bl I see no tar file to select

did you download the file?