hi guys i have a Rogers sgh-i317m and recently downgraded it from 4.1.2 to 4.1.1 and got it to work with Wind Mobile, I now want to upgrade it to 4.3 , if doing so will it kill my unlock with Wind Moible? and if not should i use odin to upgrade it or over the air?
My Last question is in regards to a thread i saw somewhere that said you cannot downgrade your sgh-i317 to 4.1.1 once you are on 4.3 , is that true? thanks alot
Unlock is permanent and you can downgrade.
So far I have read is you can not downgrade from 4.3
You can downgrade. Make a nandroid.
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I have tried to sift through the forums like most ppl reccomend to find the answer to my question but i just saw too much advice from both ends. So I am asking, someone to help a total step by step needing noob- HOW do I sim unlock my Note 2 i317m running rooted Android 4.3 for FREE? I've read downgrading to android 4.1.1 via odin is a nightmare and I've heard all you do is backup baseband then downgrade via odin ? I;m not sure how to backup a baseband nor do i know where any android 4.1.1 files remain! Please if anyone can help me out i again apologize for the repeat question but i am not as savvy as most of you and need a little extra guidance!
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I have tried to sift through the forums like most ppl reccomend to find the answer to my question but i just saw too much advice from both ends. So I am asking, someone to help a total step by step needing noob- HOW do I sim unlock my Note 2 i317m running rooted Android 4.3 for FREE? I've read downgrading to android 4.1.1 via odin is a nightmare and I've heard all you do is backup baseband then downgrade via odin ? I;m not sure how to backup a baseband nor do i know where any android 4.1.1 files remain! Please if anyone can help me out i again apologize for the repeat question but i am not as savvy as most of you and need a little extra guidance!
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All the information is provided here. Take a deep breath and go one at a time. First you need to downgrade back to 4.1.1. Once you got 4.1.1, then you unlock and re update to 4.3. I've done it minus the downgrade.
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All the information is provided here. Take a deep breath and go one at a time. First you need to downgrade back to 4.1.1. Once you got 4.1.1, then you unlock and re update to 4.3. I've done it minus the downgrade.
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Thanks for the advice but that doesnt help my case. I know what i have to do i just don't know the steps. I had a gaalxy s4 that I borked. I had android 4.3 on it and tried to flash android 4.1.1 by odin and it instantly failed and left me with a bricked device. couldnt get into recovey or anything. How do i actually flash back to 4.1.1 successfully? Then how to i unlock bootloader? Can you link me to some steps? Also how does one back up a baseband via TWRP!? soo many questions im just too new at this!
Hi All,
I just picked up a i317m Note II - It's locked to Rogers and I need to use it with Telus (I'm in Canada). The phone is stock 4.3 Rom.
I've unlocked a few S3's/Note II's in the past using the "free method" through the service menu's, but remember at the time the phone needed to be on 4.1.1 to work. (Even the updated 4.1.2 didn't have the proper menu items)
Can I simply revert back to 4.1.1 from 4.3 without issue using Odin and the Rogers 4.1.1 Firmware from SamMobile? Will it cause any issues?
I'm new to this whole Knox thing, need to do some reading this weekend about what's changed in the past 6 months here, but for now, I need to get the phone unlocked so I can at least use it.
Any help/comments ASAP would be great.
If your simply trying to unlock the device from the hidden menu. Then your best bet would be too flash the older modem. That was released with the 4.1.1 firmware. Then that menu will show up for you to do the unlock...
Or another option is to go to http://www.sammobile.com/
to get your stock firmware...
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Bajanman said:
If your simply trying to unlock the device from the hidden menu. Then your best bet would be too flash the older modem. That was released with the 4.1.1 firmware. Then that menu will show up for you to do the unlock...
Or another option is to go to http://www.sammobile.com/
to get your stock firmware...
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Thanks - I was just wanting to confirm there were no issues downgrading this method from 4.3 to 4.1.1 - I've done it before but not since official 4.3 had hit.
Turns out this thread was not needed. I just bought the used Note II and was told it was locked to Rogers. I just put my Telus sim in it and all is working fine, it's already been unlocked. Strange, but good enough.
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Thanks - I was just wanting to confirm there were no issues downgrading this method from 4.3 to 4.1.1 - I've done it before but not since official 4.3 had hit.
Turns out this thread was not needed. I just bought the used Note II and was told it was locked to Rogers. I just put my Telus sim in it and all is working fine, it's already been unlocked. Strange, but good enough.
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You can't downgrade after having the official 4.3 firmware/bootloader.
And that person you got it from must have unlocked it when it was on 4.1.1
That's good it's working:thumbup:
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Hi guys. I have this sgh i747(unlocked) im using it in Europe and i have updated it with kies to 4.1.1. now i want to update is further more but idk how. I cant do it OTA cuz i dont have American card. Is therr any way to update it without getting rooted? And if thete is pls tell me if phone will get locked after that. Thanks in advance, im kinda noobish when it comes with updates. excuses
Is your 4.1.1 ROM completely stock? Have you tried doing an OTA update via wifi?
Once your phone it sim unlocked, it will not re-lock after an update.
Unlocking is permanent, just to confirm. And afaik, the only way you'll be able to update without flashing a custom recovery (I assume you don't want this since you don't want root), is to flash the 4.3 (MJB) firmware via Odin. You can find it in a thread in the General section.
After updating to 4.3, use the OTA made available in the same General section to update to 4.4.2.
Hi i'm attempting to unlock my Brother's S4 for him. I haven't unlocked anything manually in nearly 2 years back when I did my EVO. But his phone is currently 4.3 and it's M919. The couple guides that I found that seemed simple enough require I be at 4.4.2. But my problem is when I try to update his phone manually, it will update it to 4.4.4, which is clearly newer. So my problem is, How do I go about this? Is anything available for 4.3 that I didn't find yet or is there something i'm missing?
Any guidance would be appreciated.
Thanks
No unlocking with Tmobile.
Read the threads. ???
Pp.
You trying to carrier unlock? I just did this last night mine also came 4.3 there are some great guides that explain how to do this. Basically you need to download the stock 4.2.2 firmware and flash it in Odin then you need to flash the UAV modem file then you can get into the service menu and unlock(this did not work for me) if this doesn't work you need to root then install regionaway apk and this will region and carrier unlock you this worked for me. Next you need to flash stock 4.3 or 4.4.4 its been over 10 days since you made this post so if you still trying to unlock your brothers phone reply here and I will find the guides and post them.
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Hi all,
A few months ago, I unlocked (locked to t-mobile initially) a samsung galaxy s3 using odin. Before that, I had to downgrade to 4.1.2 in order to unlock it. Can I update it to it's newest OS now? My dad's s3 already has 4.4 kitkat. Although, I remember seeing a warning that after unlocking at 4.1.2, updating will brick my device... Do I believe it or what? Let me know what you guys think. By the way, I'm new to this forum.
Thanks, and please respond.
You can update it