I am wondering if I will ever be able to install a custom recovery on my Verizon S4 Mini (SCH-I435). I used Kingo to root, but I don't really want to mess with the phone too much, because if I screw it up, there is no coming back from it. Do we know if anybody is working on extracting the stock Odin image files for this model?
As much as I LOVE the S4 Mini, if this model can't be hacked more than just root, I may return it for the Moto X.
Thanks.
mactechnm said:
I am wondering if I will ever be able to install a custom recovery on my Verizon S4 Mini (SCH-I435). I used Kingo to root, but I don't really want to mess with the phone too much, because if I screw it up, there is no coming back from it. Do we know if anybody is working on extracting the stock Odin image files for this model?
As much as I LOVE the S4 Mini, if this model can't be hacked more than just root, I may return it for the Moto X.
Thanks.
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I have all the partitions extracted but have had no luck building a Oden file. Keep getting Fail with oden.
And signature verification errors in recovery.
Tried to build recovery, but its beyond what I know how to do.
I have a Rom ready, just waiting on recovery to test it.
I am fairly new to samsung, been on HTC's for years. Ive soft bricked my first mini, so I know how you feel.
I was ok with the mini til they blocked wifi tether hotspot in the VRUAMK5 update.
I'm willing to do whatever I can to get this device going. If not, gotta move on
It seems like its gonna be a while.
Any help would be greatly appreciated
the Verizon model i435 can do a recovery to factory through the Verizon upgrade and repair app if you ever need to go back to stock.
Any news/developments on this? I'm really hoping to get CWM recovery installed.
It's hard without having adb during boot or odin to see exactly where what i have is going wrong. thinking around the bootloader method is going to do it but how is my question now cause i keep getting kernel: fail crap from knox i believe
I froze, then deleted all things knox. Here's hoping that doesn't mess my noise up.
Any updates on recovery? Sorry if this bumps a dead thread.
Hate to dig up old threads. but i have been working on some development on this device, mostly putting it on Straighttalk.
I have 2 of the same phones that are both working on Straighttalk and AT&T.
Heres where im at right now:
Rooted.
Android 4.4.2
baseband I435VRUBNE1
BUILD # KOT49H.I435VRUBNE1
SE "ENFORCING"
Now i used THIS THREAD to install a recovery onto the device (3.75 BETA Version)
all i need is someone to develop the recovery for the mini instead of the note 3...
ANY HELP?
getyroks said:
Hate to dig up old threads. but i have been working on some development on this device, mostly putting it on Straighttalk.
I have 2 of the same phones that are both working on Straighttalk and AT&T.
Heres where im at right now:
Rooted.
Android 4.4.2
baseband I435VRUBNE1
BUILD # KOT49H.I435VRUBNE1
SE "ENFORCING"
Now i used THIS THREAD to install a recovery onto the device (3.75 BETA Version)
all i need is someone to develop the recovery for the mini instead of the note 3...
ANY HELP?
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You successfully got a custom recovery on your SCH-I435 via the safestrap for note3? If that works plz let me know the details cause I have needed to get a custom recovery on my I435 forever now. Thanks
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You successfully got a custom recovery on your SCH-I435 via the safestrap for note3? If that works plz let me know the details cause I have needed to get a custom recovery on my I435 forever now. Thanks
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The safestrap recovery dpi is all messed up so theres no way to test it out. i have 2 phones that i can try this out on but i have no idea how to change the graphics interface to match the resolution so the buttons are correctly placed on the screen...
An idea occurred to me earlier today when checking to see if we had an unlocked boot loader for our G3s. Wouldn't it be possible to do something along the lines of signing our custom ROMs with the signature of the stock ROM? So that when the boot loader checks the ROM, it thinks its the stock version? I looked into it a little bit while on break at work and one of the HTC phones that had a locked boot loader did something similar to this (tricking the boot loader into thinking its stock). Unless there's other ways the boot loader checks for legitimacy, it should work. Granted if we did this we still wouldn't be able to do things like flashing kernels or making proper backups (or easy flashing in case of a bootloop!). Anyone have any other thoughts on it or know if we've tried it already? Most likely not due to no publicly available ROMs for the g3.
Tl;Dr Sign a custom ROM with the stock ROMs signature to use the custom ROM, even with a locked boot loader.
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Try it fir yourself and let us know the result ?
So...it's been about 6 months now since first tried to gather the in for I needed in order to get my device back to date.
.When I first got te device...it did an ODA, and I ODINed a root in and installed TWRP.
So I'm essentially on build --info posted below via screenshot-- and am trying to install the New Iron ROM. I've received messages from people whobsaid that I need to flash the boot loader before I can go from stock 5.0.2 to the latest IronROM/Ironkernel.....and I've seen messages that I then purpose of flashing a boot loader for people trying to get on a particular ROM, is so that "they ***can get*** the 5.0.2 boot loader-- if you're on 5.02....you can install 5.0.2 Roms freely...as long as you have the 5.02 boot loader (which you must have because you're running 5.0.2.) The reason this boot loader mess is such a big deal is because some people want to install custom LOLLIPOP ROMs, when they have only Evey installed Kit Kat ROMs. So the first time you flash a lollipop FROM you have to flash the botloader....but once you do that you can flash everything from lollipop and up (because the new lollipopband marshmallow builds use the stock code from lollipop at the moment).
I'm a competitive hearthstone player ad access to a computer and Odin is far away right now.....so if I could do this all through tarp.....or just unfreeze the update app, let it update, and reroot, if possible.....and then I could just flash what I wanted...but I'm notbsure whose right. Most of Tue devices I've handled all my rom flashing through TWRP, with no care I the world for what baseband I had. It was never an issue.
I've posted a screenshot of the build I'm on below (am using a custom kernel for sound boost)....
Would like to install this --
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-tab-s/development/prerooted-stock-touchwiz-rom-t2973107
So....I'm on a 5.02 FROM. A stock one. Is it a different build than the one that FROM is based on? It looks like it. But should have the right boot loader! Right? In this case... I can just wipe/flash with tarp! No odin /boot loader futzing about needed. And I can use the other some too right? The CM or Pad Man ones? Because they're using the 5.02 code from Samsung for our device to get those build working?
/facepalm.. .
Or.....if every time a new from based on a new 5.0.2 build comes out, I have to odin a new boot loader so that I can now install roms made from a different base...even though what really mattersnis that I have a 5.02 boot loader already....
I though that the version number was what mattered. IF 6.0 came out tomorrow and everyone started making roms based upon the stock 6.0 code, id have to get the same version number boot loader as they had in the source material.
Conflicting messages >.<
I'm on a Completely stock, rooted 5.02 ROM. U1BOCC
The from I want to install appears to be 5.02 based on BOJJ.
What do I do now?
Hey first time posting on xda devs and would like to know how to unlock bootloader, root the phone, and install custom ROM.
Now I have spent entire day backing up and searching the different people root but if someone can help me and point me in the right direction that would be great.
So I have a S3 from ATT Model: SGH-I747, Version: 4.1.2 JellyBean, BaseBand Version: I747UCDMG2, Kernel: 3.0.31 - 1300972. It is a stock ROM, I have never done anything to the phone at all before.
Now I will admit I followed a youtube video call "How to Root AT&T Galaxy S3 SGH-I747!" by High on Android and I did everything in the video. I used odin v1.85, I did the PDA to the CWM.tar file, phone rebooted and I added the CWM superuser file and that is when I tried to get to CWM recovery mode and all I got was the phone's default recovery mode and not the CWM one.
From what I understand I believe I need to unlock bootloader first, but again this is a my first doing this and I hoping someone can point me in the right direction. Forum post state that you should follow guides that is exactly the same to the phone you would like to install custom ROMs.
Honestly I would like to ultimately be able to install a recovery mode that works with my phone that I am able to create snapshot image of my stock phone in case anything happens or I would like to go back to my stock image (which I highly doubt if everything goes fine) and install a custom ROM (I know there are different ROMs if someone can point me to where I can check out all the custom ROMs and not necessarily install those custom ROMs that would be awesome) and finally get rid of ATT loading screen when booting up the phone and install a custom boot loading screen, but of course I care more about getting the custom ROM install first.
If anyone can help that would be great.
The bootloader is not locked and using any app or program to unlock the bootloader will probably brick the phone.
The phones bootloader is already unlocked. Only verision s3 has a locked bootloader. Also you need to be in download mode for odin to work
hi there had a shield for years been able to flash to loads of firmwares but now the other day i tried to get back to oreo from pie is it possible
as now it doesnt seem to want to go backwards i can install anything from 8 upwards recovery files but not lower.
bootloader is unlocked but dont seem to change i have version 32 something like that never changes to matter what i flash obviously cant install oreo .
have they locked it so you cant go backwards anymore i just want to put oreo full android on it as i was trying out the original firmware and cant stand it its to locked down for me
i like installing what i want lol i used to be able to but now i cant after installing this new crap on it , anyone got any ideas thanks.