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Hello there.Have few questions about rooted n7100.
1) Can I update apps via Play Store? Like (samsung push service) and other stock services?
2) I cant find stock fw for my region (Jersey). Can I flash UK fw? Its not gonna crash my phone?
3) My phone lose warranty after uk stock fw flash?
3) Can i flash Perseus kernel on rooted stock?
Thanks
Yes u will be able to update from play syore
Yes you can flash perseus on stock rom.
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And maybe anyone knows about unrooting?
Btw, i read so many threads about flashing, rooting etc. But i still dont understand, can i flash Perseus via CMW recovery? Or Odin is better?
At moment using ARHD rom
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And maybe anyone knows about unrooting?
Btw, i read so many threads about flashing, rooting etc. But i still dont understand, can i flash Perseus via CMW recovery? Or Odin / mobile odin is better?
At moment using ARHD rom
stelburger said:
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And maybe anyone knows about unrooting?
Btw, i read so many threads about flashing, rooting etc. But i still dont understand, can i flash Perseus via CMW recovery? Or Odin / mobile odin is better?
At moment using ARHD rom
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LINK FOR ODIN LITE
Thanks for Chainfire
Link for Perseus
Mobile Odin How to use it
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Still interesting about other country stock fw.
R u installing the other fw stock?
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Im thinking about it. Because im using my note just like normal phone. Im not playing any games or using apps for rooted phone. Basically I would like unroot my phone to save my warranty. Because phone is few weeks old. Thats why im asking can I flash different region stock fw?
Well as said in numerous posts that if you've rooted phone now it's possible to manipulate it and bring the phone into warranty if you see Dr. Ketan post it has explanation.
Anyways if u want to unroot u can go ahead and do it but suggest install ur own region fw.
Dr. Ketan post has step by step instructions on how to unroot it.
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Problem is im living in Guernsey, my phone had Jersey fw. Cant find it, looks like no one have it.
Hey, i was trying to unroot my phone and reset the counter using triangle away but now my imei number is changed and my sim card doesnt work...please someone help me.....what should i do
Which ROM you have installed? Have you tried to flash official stock rom again? If no, try to flash and see.
If you are on MF2 or ME6 ROM, then you might need to restore EFS backup.. Anyways, give us more details so that we can investigate futher.
AlanDS said:
Which ROM you have installed? Have you tried to flash official stock rom again? If no, try to flash and see.
If you are on MF2 or ME6 ROM, then you might need to restore EFS backup.. Anyways, give us more details so that we can investigate futher.
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i was on ARHD rom nd then tried to move back to stock..so restored the stock backup..then i tried to unroot the cell..i did so but device status was modified...so to change it i tried using triangle away to reset the counter...ended up with different imei number....
dishu55 said:
i was on ARHD rom nd then tried to move back to stock..so restored the stock backup..then i tried to unroot the cell..i did so but device status was modified...so to change it i tried using triangle away to reset the counter...ended up with different imei number....
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efs backup restore
problem solved...just flased the stock rom...thanks guys...
Mod please delete the thread..
Delete the thread?
dishu55 said:
Mod please delete the thread..
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Why? When I was an admin in a big forum like this, requests like yours never ceased to amaze me. This is a public forum, not a private messaging service. How can anyone else learn from any of it if its parts are deleted every time something's resolved!?!
It's a selfish request... in exactly the same way that someone saying they'll PM someone to privately continue the discussion, when said discussion is guaranteed to contain information from which others may benefit, is selfish. I'm not saying you're selfish, or calling you a name or anything like that. I'm simply pointing-out that maybe you didn't think it through before asking a mod to remove the thread. It's participants aren't the only ones reading and learning around here.
Food for thought.
Need urgent help
I did the same thing with my galaxy s3 GT-I9300 i had cyanogenmod 11 installed which changed my baseband version. I did'nt do any backup so how will my sim work????? pllzz help
daniyal786 said:
I did the same thing with my galaxy s3 GT-I9300 i had cyanogenmod 11 installed which changed my baseband version. I did'nt do any backup so how will my sim work????? pllzz help
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s3/help/successful-imei-repair-i9300-backup-t2544109
if you don't know what you are doing read everything many times and watch tutorials on YT. backup is the key feature when you flash anything.
yaro666 said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s3/help/successful-imei-repair-i9300-backup-t2544109
if you don't know what you are doing read everything many times and watch tutorials on YT. backup is the key feature when you flash anything.
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yes but i thought the back up was for apps and other things which i didn't need so i skiped it.
The point is that can i fix my phone now....
Do i have to do the same thing in the link above.... <THANKS FOR HELPING>
daniyal786 said:
yes but i thought the back up was for apps and other things which i didn't need so i skiped it.
The point is that can i fix my phone now....
Do i have to do the same thing in the link above.... <THANKS FOR HELPING>
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Flash stock modem, should be back to normal.
Mufrad said:
Flash stock modem, should be back to normal.
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Plz tell me an easy procedure of doing this..
THANKS ALOt
daniyal786 said:
Plz tell me an easy procedure of doing this..
THANKS ALOt
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Which rom are you using? Check that.
Do you have Odin flashable stock rom? If not download that, then you can flash the whole rom with Odin or from there you can extract the modem file and flash with Odin. The process is not actually easy if you have never done it before. Or you can search for the specific rom modem which is flash ready and download and flash that. The easiest method would be to flash stock rom altogether.
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Which rom are you using? Check that.
Do you have Odin flashable stock rom? If not download that, then you can flash the whole rom with Odin or from there you can extract the modem file and flash with Odin. The process is not actually easy if you have never done it before. Or you can search for the specific rom modem which is flash ready and download and flash that. The easiest method would be to flash stock rom altogether.
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Currently i'm using the ANDROID 4.1.2 Stock. yes it is odin flashable.I flashed it with Odin that's how i got into this mess.
now you're telling me to flash it again but this time using attach a modem file... if yes plz tell where to get it.
daniyal786 said:
Currently i'm using the ANDROID 4.1.2 Stock. yes it is odin flashable.I flashed it with Odin that's how i got into this mess.
now you're telling me to flash it again but this time using attach a modem file... if yes plz tell where to get it.
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I think I didnt make my clear, I meant what ROM did your phone originally come with, which modem or baseband version, do you know that? Was it international rom or country specific? The rom you flashed later didn't have the right modem version that is why you are in this mess, find out which rom your phone came with and then download that rom then you can either flash the whole rom or extract the modem file and flash that.
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I think I didnt make my clear, I meant what ROM did your phone originally come with, which modem or baseband version, do you know that? Was it international rom or country specific? The rom you flashed later didn't have the right modem version that is why you are in this mess, find out which rom your phone came with and then download that rom then you can either flash the whole rom or extract the modem file and flash that.
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yes i get it but i did match the frimware and then downloaded the software from sammobile. my phone is the international bought from pakistan.
if u still are getting me plz find a international stock rom link and share it. plz plz plz.
daniyal786 said:
yes i get it but i did match the frimware and then downloaded the software from sammobile. my phone is the international bought from pakistan.
if u still are getting me plz find a international stock rom link and share it. plz plz plz.
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I don't have a link to 4.1.2 but here is 4.3 for your note2: 2www.sammobile.com/firmwares/3/?download=26436
Mufrad said:
I don't have a link to 4.1.2 but here is 4.3 for your note2: 2www.sammobile.com/firmwares/3/?download=26436
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I have the galaxy s3 the other guy has the note 2
And 4.3 is better
DesElms said:
Why? When I was an admin in a big forum like this, requests like yours never ceased to amaze me. This is a public forum, not a private messaging service. How can anyone else learn from any of it if its parts are deleted every time something's resolved!?!
It's a selfish request... in exactly the same way that someone saying they'll PM someone to privately continue the discussion, when said discussion is guaranteed to contain information from which others may benefit, is selfish. I'm not saying you're selfish, or calling you a name or anything like that. I'm simply pointing-out that maybe you didn't think it through before asking a mod to remove the thread. It's participants aren't the only ones reading and learning around here.
Food for thought.
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I also had the same problem with my wifes s3. I had to unroot, rest binary counter and so on. I then took it to Samsung and all they did was flash the latest stock rom from our carrier and it fixed the imei problem. if only I researched it here first would have saved me a lot of trouble. a thread such as this one would have answered all my questions. plz don't delete this thread. I KNOW IT WILL HELP OTHERS who know what they are doing.
daniyal786 said:
I have the galaxy s3 the other guy has the note 2
And 4.3 is better
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comeon send me a link plzz its been days u havent replaied.
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Mufrad said:
I don't have a link to 4.1.2 but here is 4.3 for your note2: 2www.sammobile.com/firmwares/3/?download=26436
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give me the link plz u havent replaied for days now plz help
Hi, over the last few days I have had nothing but problems with my efs, it took me 3 days to fix it with help from a forum member yesterday.
Anyways at the moment I am on build number DME6 with modem DMF1, I want to sell my note 2 but I want to get it like it was out the box, because the company I am selling it to checks it out before they transfer me the money.
At the moment I cant get ota updates because my system is modified! And I cant go back to 4.1.1 cos of my efs problem?
So I was wondering what else I can do to go back to fully working stock? Would I have to flash a stock rom from another region and change csc? Is there any roms that I can flash that will not mess with my efs?
I really dont know what my options are at the moment? ?
If someone could give some advice that would be great.
Many thanks
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You have to flash the newer firmware (newer than dme6) even if that means choosing firmware from another region. Then root again, run triangle away, reflash the firmware and finally factory reset. Using an older firmware will result in a broken imei.
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dr.m0x said:
You have to flash the newer firmware (newer than dme6) even if that means choosing firmware from another region. Then root again, run triangle away, reflash the firmware and finally factory reset. Using an older firmware will result in a broken imei.
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Thanks for reply, dont spose u have a link to anything higher than DME6 do ya? I had a look in dr ketans thread and im sure I didnt see anything higher?
Many thanks
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dazza_84 said:
Thanks for reply, dont spose u have a link to anything higher than DME6 do ya? I had a look in dr ketans thread and im sure I didnt see anything higher?
Many thanks
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Sorry I meant DME6 or higher. You can try searching the url below for your firmware requirements. It requires registration but the selection is comprehensive.
http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/
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dazza_84 said:
Hi, over the last few days I have had nothing but problems with my efs, it took me 3 days to fix it with help from a forum member yesterday.
Anyways at the moment I am on build number DME6 with modem DMF1, I want to sell my note 2 but I want to get it like it was out the box, because the company I am selling it to checks it out before they transfer me the money.
At the moment I cant get ota updates because my system is modified! And I cant go back to 4.1.1 cos of my efs problem?
So I was wondering what else I can do to go back to fully working stock? Would I have to flash a stock rom from another region and change csc? Is there any roms that I can flash that will not mess with my efs?
I really dont know what my options are at the moment? ?
If someone could give some advice that would be great.
Many thanks
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Well if they will check your country oriented firmware then flash that chk in sammobile if not then dmg1 is the latest make sure to get a efs backup for safety.
Unroot and use triangle awaw to get system staus to normal and bianry couny 0 it will show in download mode. Flash stock and wipe data and cache after .
All will be fine by now if u hv any prob getting the status to 0 iniatally wiping will solved it after a fresh flash with odin
Im in the u.k so would DME6_DME2 BTU be ok to flash?
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How do I downgrade 4.3 to 4.2.2? 4.3 has alot of problems, wifi keeps dropping. I am using Rochester Institute of Technologys internet. How would I do that?
Thanks
Tmobile Galaxy s4, m919
I don't think you can due to knox.
With the newer MK2 bootloader and knox people seem to report bricks when attepting.
You might want to root, flash the older modems and see if that makes a difference.
I ran a 4.3 custom rom with 4.2 modems and bootloader without issues for the most part.
TheArtiszan said:
I don't think you can due to knox.
With the newer MK2 bootloader and knox people seem to report bricks when attepting.
You might want to root, flash the older modems and see if that makes a difference.
I ran a 4.3 custom rom with 4.2 modems and bootloader without issues for the most part.
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What about the backup? I made a backup via TWRP something. Would it work?
It should.
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Android_Monsters said:
It should.
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How would I do that? I don't have root and custom recovery.
re: down grade
RanbirS said:
How would I do that? I don't have root and custom recovery.
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You need to go to http://SamMobile.com and download the
official stock M919 MDL firmware for your phone.
After doing that go into recovery mode and do a factory reset.
Once that's done you need to Odin flash the stock MDL firmware.
After doing that your phone will be 4.2.2 stock.
It will need to be re-rooted if you want root access and you will also need
to flash the custom cwm/twrp recovery if you want.
Good luck!
Misterjunky said:
You need to go to http://SamMobile.com and download the
official stock M919 MDL firmware for your phone.
After doing that go into recovery mode and do a factory reset.
Once that's done you need to Odin flash the stock MDL firmware.
After doing that your phone will be 4.2.2 stock.
It will need to be re-rooted if you want root access and you will also need
to flash the custom cwm/twrp recovery if you want.
Good luck!
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When I tried to flash the stock rom, it got fused. now what?
Go into recovery and wipe data
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Android_Monsters said:
Go into recovery and wipe data
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I got it. It's all good now.
All I did was, Root it, then flash CR, then flash MDL bootloader. Then restored it.
RanbirS, did you have stock 4.3 when you restored back to 4.22?
Thanks
my replacement phone came with 4.3 and its not letting me flash the the official 4.2.2 fw. any thoughts?
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i tried flashing the 4.2.2 official tar with odin and apparently have brisked the phone. It now wants me to connect it to kies but its not doing anything. :/
gamepr said:
my replacement phone came with 4.3 and its not letting me flash the the official 4.2.2 fw. any thoughts?
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i tried flashing the 4.2.2 official tar with odin and apparently have brisked the phone. It now wants me to connect it to kies but its not doing anything. :/
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Guess you didn't see all the posts about not able to downgrade.
Can you still get into download mode? Try Odin the stock 4.3 firmware.
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baseballfanz said:
Guess you didn't see all the posts about not able to downgrade.
Can you still get into download mode? Try Odin the stock 4.3 firmware.
☞ Sent from here☜???
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Hey, thanks for suggesting this. It worked!
I can't make OTA work again after rooting my I9500 (now on 4.3) and would like to return back to Official firmware is it possible to downgrade first to 4.2 or any suggestion?
gil2004xp said:
I can't make OTA work again after rooting my I9500 (now on 4.3) and would like to return back to Official firmware is it possible to downgrade first to 4.2 or any suggestion?
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As for your root problem, try asking this in the i9500 specific forum. Our devices are sufficiently different that what works for ours won't work for yours.
As far as downgrading, you're probably out of luck like every other S4 owner in existence.
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lordcheeto03 said:
As for your root problem, try asking this in the i9500 specific forum. Our devices are sufficiently different that what works for ours won't work for yours.
As far as downgrading, you're probably out of luck like every other S4 owner in existence.
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i was able to downgrade from the latest 4.4.4 to 4.2.2 using a bst. . but now my wifi doesnt work . ha ha
aago1254 said:
i was able to downgrade from the latest 4.4.4 to 4.2.2 using a bst. . but now my wifi doesnt work . ha ha
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You had my curiosity, but now you have my attention. Not knowing what exactly a bst is, I'd like to know how KNOX liked that. Did it downgrade everything; bootloader, modems, etc? Were you able to fix your WiFi?
lordcheeto03 said:
You had my curiosity, but now you have my attention. Not knowing what exactly a bst is, I'd like to know how KNOX liked that. Did it downgrade everything; bootloader, modems, etc? Were you able to fix your WiFi?
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yes it downgraded the bootloader, the modem didnt take though, the bst dongle is a phone service box. and it allowed the downgrade. i was able to get the wireless back after i upgraded to the next firmware version. i dont have the s4 any more but i wanted to try it because everyone said it could not be done. and i did it. with a service box.
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yes it downgraded the bootloader, the modem didnt take though, the bst dongle is a phone service box. and it allowed the downgrade. i was able to get the wireless back after i upgraded to the next firmware version. i dont have the s4 any more but i wanted to try it because everyone said it could not be done. and i did it. with a service box.
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I've been searching for this dongle but I think is only available for the i9500, not for the T-Mobile M919.
I have a T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S3 (SGH-T999) and I made the mistake of allowing an upgrade??? to android 4.3 which has been very unstable for me. T-Mobile, Samsung, and Google all say that there are no updates to 4.3 and I can’t downgrade, so basically I’m out of luck.
Can I downgrade 4.3 to 4.1.2 without bricking my phone and hopefully without voiding my warranty? If so, please give me some instructions. I downloaded Odin 3.07 and firmware: root66_TMO_T999UVDMD5.7z. Thanks a million.
I don't think it's possible to downgrade anymore due to Knox. There was a thread talking about it
Maybe you should check it out.
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You cannot downgrade without voiding your warranty
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Dont flash md5root66 after update!
newbee123 said:
I have a T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S3 (SGH-T999) and I made the mistake of allowing an upgrade??? to android 4.3 which has been very unstable for me. T-Mobile, Samsung, and Google all say that there are no updates to 4.3 and I can’t downgrade, so basically I’m out of luck.
Can I downgrade 4.3 to 4.1.2 without bricking my phone and hopefully without voiding my warranty? If so, please give me some instructions. I downloaded Odin 3.07 and firmware: root66_TMO_T999UVDMD5.7z. Thanks a million.
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if you flash the root66 of the md5 firmware via odin after you have already upgraded to 4.3 you will HARD BRICK your phone. Taking the 4.3 ota updates your bootloader and flashing anything other than 4.3 in odin will wreck your life.
You need to download the root66mjc firmware here:
http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23212708291682181
And flash it in odin. Then from there install a custom recovery and download a rom of your choosing and the compatible modem. I recommend you download the md5 modem. Then you're gonna wanna boot into recovery and flash the rom and the modem only (kernels are ok of course) JUST NO BOOTLOADERS. I don't even know if you can do that in recovery but trying to mess with the new BL will brick your face I mean phone.
full steps?
so does anyone have any full list of steps and links on where to get the modems and all to downgrade 4.3 with knox down to 4.1.2
pamma83 said:
so does anyone have any full list of steps and links on where to get the modems and all to downgrade 4.3 with knox down to 4.1.2
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Would you try reading the thread before posting ? Its not that long. You will see your answer provided by 3 different individuals.
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Would you try reading the thread before posting ? Its not that long. You will see your answer provided by 3 different individuals.
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this thread had 4 posts before i posted and only 1 talks about what to do..where are you seeing 3 different people saying what to do and how???
and i asked where to get the modems and all.. do you see anyone saying where to get them??
pamma83 said:
this thread had 4 posts before i posted and only 1 talks about what to do..where are you seeing 3 different people saying what to do and how???
and i asked where to get the modems and all.. do you see anyone saying where to get them??
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I was referring to the 3 persons who responded to the OP's question similar to yours. @jtl_777's response is pointing to the 4.3 Firmware.
Its more implied in this thread than stated matter of factly. This thread is several months old, and I know your question has been asked countless times in many different threads, much more recently than in this one.
I suggest you read the stickies in each section. Just by doing that you will find all firmware and modems and more. You will also find that the answer is no, you cannot downgrade your full firmware from 4.3. And you never will be able to.
If your having problems I suggest flashing the latest 4.3 build via Odin, then factory resetting. Start over clean with minimal restoring of backups (only the essentials).
Every time an update comes out there are people who have problems. The majority are solved by doing what I just said because most bugs are caused by using old data created by old apps on the new build.
Even if you could downgrade, chances are youd run into even more issues and still have to factory reset.
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DocHoliday77 said:
... You will also find that the answer is no, you cannot downgrade your full firmware from 4.3. And you never will be able to.
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thanks but I read online and some youtube videos showing that people have gone from 4.3 back to 4.1.2, just trying to make the phone the way it was before any updates were done and wondering if anyone knows the proper steps without bricking the phone.
They probably just flashed a rom. It is simply not possible to downgrade the firmware though.
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so i found this post: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=48758977&postcount=1412 and i have the same case as Christopher4tw with a stock 4.3 T999UVUEMJC and just want to get back to T999UVDMD5 so its running the 4.1.2 version of android
so do i just download the below file, extract and flash via odin then do a wipe via recovery? If not can you please explain how to go about this so i can have 4.1.2 running on the phone
April 2013 - 4.1.2 JellyBean
Note: This is based off of the stock image TMO T999UVDMD5
Perm Mirror: Download - root66_TMO_T999UVDMD5.7z
You cannot downgrade your firmware.
Flash an older rom with cwm or twrp if you need to be running md5
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DocHoliday77 said:
You cannot downgrade your firmware.
Flash an older rom with cwm or twrp if you need to be running md5
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so can I use this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2276645 and flash via cwm or twrp recovery and it will make the phone run 4.1.2 without bricking or having issues with knox or does that have the bootloader issue with it as well?
Yes, that one you can flash.
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Yes, that one you can flash.
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great thanks so much for your help, can I flash the recovery via odin mobile app or is it safer to do it via pc?
Safer via PC.
It is possible via Mobile Odin. But that's one of the partitions I don't want to mess with when Phone is Booted/
If you know how to use Mobile Odin then it should be fine. I agree that its better to use pc odin if youre not familiar with Mobile Odin. However, it actually doesnt flash the recovery while booted. It flashes the flash kernel which is MO's temp recovery. It then boots to this and flashes. (So, perseus is right in that regard. But I personally love Mobile Odin and find it extremely useful and consider it safe unless you are brand new to all of this).
In fact Mobile Odin is another way you can flash 4.1.2. Itll flash the firmware, but only the system, kernel, recovery and modem. (I didnt bring this up previously because I didnt want to confuse, or go too far too fast).
If youre thinking about flashing recovery via MO, though, you can also instead just flash the rom you found. No need to flash the recovery unless you just want to. Put the rom in the update.zip slot and itll flash just fine.
If any of this is confusing, just stick with the original plan for now. The rest will come easy if you dont rush things.
One more thing, while you can usually update stock without wiping, you may find you have to factory reset after downgrading as the old system was not built for using data created on a new version.
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thanks for all the help.. had to do the wipe since it kept showing the samsung logo but after that it booted just fine.
t999L
I have tried so many times to downgrade to 4.1.2 using odin but I havent be able to. I always get an error message