Hello, I recently decided to downgrade from 4.3 to 4.1.1 (I'm on Telus I747M 4.3) so that I can unlock my phone due to it being impossible while on 4.3. So then I knew that it basically was impossible, until I stumbled upon thishttp://www.androidpit.com/how-to-downgrade-galaxy-s3 So now I'm wondering if this method is possible? Anyone tried it? Telus users?
According to the screenshot, the s3 used was an i9300 rather than the i747m.
Personally, I would not take a chance.
I was able to downgrade from 4.3 to 4.1.1 however it's still not possible to unlock. Don't know why, I tried by leaving the new modem as well as downgrading the modem. ANY of the older modems would show up as unknown and not even let me into service mode.
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COfatboy said:
I was able to downgrade from 4.3 to 4.1.1 however it's still not possible to unlock. Don't know why, I tried by leaving the new modem as well as downgrading the modem. ANY of the older modems would show up as unknown and not even let me into service mode.
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Were on a stock 4.3 rom with the latest 4.3 bootloader? Did you use mobile Odin to downgrade the OS?
Yes stock 4.3 with new bootloader. I flashed TWRP with Odin then flashed a 4.1.1 custom rooted ROM with it. The problem with downgrading is changing the bootloader, if you flash the old firmware with Odin it flashes the bootloader also. Then you have problems, mabt reported brickings from this.
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I just looked at the link you posted, definitely don't follow those instructions, or you will brick.
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COfatboy said:
Yes stock 4.3 with new bootloader. I flashed TWRP with Odin then flashed a 4.1.1 custom rooted ROM with it. The problem with downgrading is changing the bootloader, if you flash the old firmware with Odin it flashes the bootloader also. Then you have problems, mabt reported brickings from this.
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You had stock 4.3 with Knox on your phone?
audit13 said:
You had stock 4.3 with Knox on your phone?
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And if you were to remove knox?
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You had stock 4.3 with Knox on your phone?
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Yes stock 4.3 with Knox. I rooted with Chainfire autoroot and Knox kept blocking Super SU.
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COfatboy said:
Yes stock 4.3 with Knox. I rooted with Chainfire autoroot and Knox kept blocking Super SU.
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Just to confirm, you were on stock 4.3 with Knox, you flashed TWRP, you booted into the OS, and you still didn't have root?
I'm asking because I was trying to help another XDA member that is having trouble with his s3 that's running stock AT&T 4.3 ROM.
I would not call it a true downgrade since you only flashed a custom Rom and you still have the 4.3 bootloader and modem.
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Also, I believe that you needed to update supersu to the latest version and then update the su binaries to disable knox. The latest version is 1.89, but it's currenly only on XDA, not in the playstore
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audit13 said:
Just to confirm, you were on stock 4.3 with Knox, you flashed TWRP, you booted into the OS, and you still didn't have root?
I'm asking because I was trying to help another XDA member that is having trouble with his s3 that's running stock AT&T 4.3 ROM.
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I rooted with Chainfire autoroot, when it booted Knox was blocking and force closing Super SU. I flashed TWRP with Odin, Knox is still there and no root access, but now you have a custom recovery and can flash a custom rom that has Knox removed. I'm running this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2252932
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I rooted with Chainfire autoroot, when it booted Knox was blocking and force closing Super SU. I flashed TWRP with Odin, Knox is still there and no root access, but now you have a custom recovery and can flash a custom rom that has Knox removed. I'm running this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2252932
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Thank you very much for the information. Glad you got it all sorted out.:fingers-crossed:
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I would not call it a true downgrade since you only flashed a custom Rom and you still have the 4.3 bootloader and modem.
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Also, I believe that you needed to update supersu to the latest version and then update the su binaries to disable knox. The latest version is 1.89, but it's currenly only on XDA, not in the playstore
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As I said before after I rooted with CF, Knox blocks SuperSU or something and it force closes. No way to get into it and update binaries, and yes I was on the latest version. There are many people reporting this on the CF autoroot thread. This is the only way I was able to obtain root.
I'm well aware the bootloader cannot be downgraded. It also seems as long as you are on the new bootloader you can not use the normal unlocking methods. That's the reason this thread was started to begin with.
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Thank you very much for the information. Glad you got it all sorted out.:fingers-crossed:
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Sure, hope it helped you out and maybe saved you some time.
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Last night I downgraded my phone from 4.3 back to 4.1.1 and it worked fine. So after the 4.1.2 OTA update started and my phone rebooted. Since then it has been stuck at the Samsung Galaxy Note II screen and will only boot into download mode. Does anyone know any way to force it into recovery mode.
What model? I317m or i317?
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I ask cause I want to downgrade. But seems impossible for i317m users. Rogers bell etc.
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Gutierrez2071 said:
Last night I downgraded my phone from 4.3 back to 4.1.1 and it worked fine. So after the 4.1.2 OTA update started and my phone rebooted. Since then it has been stuck at the Samsung Galaxy Note II screen and will only boot into download mode. Does anyone know any way to force it into recovery mode.
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your not bricked
get the appropriate stock odin firmware for your phone and use odin to put yourself stock.
Where you on official 4.3 or leak 4.3?
pandpet first
jester12345 said:
What model? I317m or i317?
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I ask cause I want to downgrade. But seems impossible for i317m users. Rogers bell etc.
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i317 the at&t version
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bbrennan said:
your not bricked
get the appropriate stock odin firmware for your phone and use odin to put yourself stock.
Where you on official 4.3 or leak 4.3?
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Official 4.3. I've tried that and it won't boot
I am on the leaked 4.3 from designgears and want to get the official how do I do that?
I have an AT&t i317
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Official 4.3. I've tried that and it won't boot
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unfortunately due to you being on official its a one way street. LOCKED bootloader, there is no downgrading. Now i believe I read on the s3 forums that if you can reflash the current official bootloader and rom you 'might' be able to boot, suck part is I dont think anybody has posted it yet.
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tubaboy26 said:
I am on the leaked 4.3 from designgears and want to get the official how do I do that?
I have an AT&t i317
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NO
no you dont, stay on leak and stay having the freedom of not being locked down
Listen to the above post.... g
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bbrennan said:
unfortunately due to you being on official its a one way street. LOCKED bootloader, there is no downgrading. Now i believe I read on the s3 forums that if you can reflash the current official bootloader and rom you 'might' be able to boot, suck part is I dont think anybody has posted it yet.
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NO
no you dont, stay on leak and stay having the freedom of not being locked down
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I managed to find a modded bootloader on here and was able to boot up again I'm stuck on 4.1.1 now but its working again
Gutierrez2071 said:
I managed to find a modded bootloader on here and was able to boot up again I'm stuck on 4.1.1 now but its working again
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Mind posting the steps you performed? You might help other members out making the same mistakes you made. And can you just one click back to 4.3?
Yes ....please post...as many users need a bootloader downgrade method ....g
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gregsarg said:
Yes ....please post...as many users need a bootloader downgrade method ....g
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I've seen a lot of luck from this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2502464
Edit: DO NOT run this on the official ota update.
Ya luck for non canadian varients lol.i think were screwed over here
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flymacs said:
I've seen a lot of luck from this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2502464
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You trolling? @Milkman00 reports it not to work with new official 4.3 ota. Just wanting to make sure no one is led astray...
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You trolling? @Milkman00 reports it not to work with new official 4.3 ota. Just wanting to make sure no one is led astray...
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No, I'm not trolling. Nothing to troll for. If there are issues with this downgrade on the OTA 4.3, I highly recommend following Milkman00's advise.
I think there is some confusion here.
I was on the stock 4.3 and tried using ODIN to undo the bootloader. It didn't work. Not only did it not work, but it rendered my phone unusable. It claims that there is a firmware problem and to use Kies to restore the firmware, which cannot be done currently as the latest firmware in Kies is <4.3.
DO NOT USE THAT METHOD. Long story short is that I now have a Note 3 because I broke my Note 2. :/
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I think there is some confusion here.
I was on the stock 4.3 and tried using ODIN to undo the bootloader. It didn't work. Not only did it not work, but it rendered my phone unusable. It claims that there is a firmware problem and to use Kies to restore the firmware, which cannot be done currently as the latest firmware in Kies is <4.3.
DO NOT USE THAT METHOD. Long story short is that I now have a Note 3 because I broke my Note 2. :/
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Ouch! Hopefully, thanks to you and joedeuce, the rest of us on the official ota won't go down the same path.
Thank you
I hope not. That is why I posted it. Didn't want anyone else to experience my pain. :/
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Hello developers!
I looking around the web and searching for the MetroPCS Galaxy S4 variant for custom roms, CWM recovery or KitKat update... Seems like this S4 its The ONLY variant doesn't have non of that only deodexed one 4.2.2 JB. Any news about this model?
Hey man any tmo rom or recovery will work just fine for the m919n. Just use autoroot to get it rooted, then install any t mobile recovery then of course the rom of your choice. I know this works because I'm using a M919N model S4 and it works perfectly with t mobile roms etc.. don't use it with sprint or at&t though. Hope this helped.
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mm... sounds interesting, maybe i can give it a try. Can you give me the links you work with it? for the recovery and the recomended roms?
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Hey man any tmo rom or recovery will work just fine for the m919n. Just use autoroot to get it rooted, then install any t mobile recovery then of course the rom of your choice. I know this works because I'm using a M919N model S4 and it works perfectly with t mobile roms etc.. don't use it with sprint or at&t though. Hope this helped.
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Would I be able to completely reinstall kit kat? I'm having an issue with my S4 after I did the OTA update. The phone is completely unstable, restarts at random times, I've put it to stock and done a bunch of resets, nothing seems to be helping, I was about to use my insurance to get a new phone.
mast3rmms said:
mm... sounds interesting, maybe i can give it a try. Can you give me the links you work with it? for the recovery and the recomended roms?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2265998
Wicked ROM
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2263001
TWRP Recovery
Just browse the android development section of the tmobile s4 and you'll find a bunch of stuff
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Would I be able to completely reinstall kit kat? I'm having an issue with my S4 after I did the OTA update. The phone is completely unstable, restarts at random times, I've put it to stock and done a bunch of resets, nothing seems to be helping, I was about to use my insurance to get a new phone.
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You did OTA and now it's unstable hmm. Is your phone stock m919 or m919n? And what steps did you go through to do the OTA? Which modems did you flash etc?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2265998
You did OTA and now it's unstable hmm. Is your phone stock m919 or m919n? And what steps did you go through to do the OTA? Which modems did you flash etc?
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My phone is stock m919, I received the 3xx meg update to kit kat. Downloaded it and just installed it, I didn't flash any modem just a simple update.
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My phone is stock m919, I received the 3xx meg update to kit kat. Downloaded it and just installed it, I didn't flash any modem just a simple update.
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Hmm that's strange then. I suggest doing a factory reset and clearing internal memory as well. I had a reboot problem a while back on a ROM I was using and a lot of people suggested clearing internal because it may cause problems
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Any custom 4.4.2?
BRAYKO said:
Any custom 4.4.2?
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There a many in the Android development section. AOSP, GE, KK, whatever floats your boat.
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Would I be able to completely reinstall kit kat? I'm having an issue with my S4 after I did the OTA update. The phone is completely unstable, restarts at random times, I've put it to stock and done a bunch of resets, nothing seems to be helping, I was about to use my insurance to get a new phone.
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Try flashing whatever stock firmware you had before the update, via ODIN. If that doesn't go through then just flash the newest firmware ( I'm guessing was the OTA)
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My phone is stock m919, I received the 3xx meg update to kit kat. Downloaded it and just installed it, I didn't flash any modem just a simple update.
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Can you post a pic of your phone info and provide what version the OTA was?
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Long tome no posting, finally i got TWRP Recovery and Obviously Root ready to go and flash any custom ROM. Any suggests for a AOSP 4.4.4 for muy S4 MetroPCS 4.2.2 stock?
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Long tome no posting, finally i got TWRP Recovery and Obviously Root ready to go and flash any custom ROM. Any suggests for a AOSP 4.4.4 for muy S4 MetroPCS 4.2.2 stock?
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My suggestion for what ROM to flash is whatever ROM you want to flash. Take a few minutes and read about each of them, it's not that hard.
Ive made a downgrade that brings you from the 4.3 ota to 4.1.1. the downgrade works but it has the 4.3 bootloader. just flash it via odin, then set it up and then you wont have sound or signal. to get that you must flash the modem file and voila it works. if you want toot just flash chainfires root and then flash recovery via odin. i am currently using this downgrade now with working everything. credit goes to santij07 fro his helpful thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2625461&page=6
Install instructions
1. flash s3modder.tar via odin
2. set up phone
3. flash cf autoroot via odin
4. flash open recovery or that of your choosing via odin
5. reboot into recovery, flash modem, wipe caches
6 enjoy
*i am currently working on a 4.1.2 version if someone can get me the 4.1.2 firmware*
download links will be up soon
https://www.mediafire.com/folder/t4...0323sh,rgoxgli4fqjg2rt,2i6f2e4uparo6vr/shared
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....just when you thought couldn't done. Go XDA devs!
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Gonna give this a whirl when I came back home......
big ups to santij07 & rkant18 for publishing this much-needed "workaround."
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Does the camera work?
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Does the camera work?
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yessir everything works.
re: flashing modem
It have the 4.3 modem (MJB). Do I still need to do this, as in, flashing your aforementioned file?
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rkant18 said:
Ive made a downgrade that brings you from the 4.3 ota to 4.1.1. the downgrade works but it has the 4.3 bootloader. just flash it via odin, then set it up and then you wont have sound or signal. to get that you must flash the modem file and voila it works. if you want toot just flash chainfires root and then flash recovery via odin. i am currently using this downgrade now with working everything. credit goes to santij07 fro his helpful thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2625461&page=6
Install instructions
1. flash s3modder.tar via odin
2. set up phone
3. flash cf autoroot via odin
4. flash open recovery or that of your choosing via odin
5. reboot into recovery, flash modem, wipe caches
6 enjoy
*i am currently working on a 4.1.2 version if someone can get me the 4.1.2 firmware*
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Hey there,
I clicked on the link that you provided (not for the files, but for the thread). I noticed on *that* thread, it was for i747M. Is this/your thread exclusively for i747? I don't want to chance it and brick my device due to a variant mess-up.
Thanks for publishing this info. =)
The link is if the i747m but I used the same process just with the i747 files.
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And I only flashed the modem because I wasn't getting network/sound
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If I do this will I be able to unlock my s3
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pitbullmommy45245 said:
If I do this will I be able to unlock my s3
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From the threads I have been reading, NO, you can not unlock using this.
This procedure will allow you to downgrade your ROM to 4.1.1 while leaving you on the 4.3 bootloader. To unlock using the free method you must be on completely stock 4.1.1. Completely stock, including the bootloader, which would be LK3 for the i747, I believe.
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If I do this will I be able to unlock my s3
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no you may not be able to unlock as unlocking would result in a bootloader issue
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If I do this will I be able to unlock my s3
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Why don't you give it a try and let us know? I think as long as you installed the 4.1.1 modem, you will be able to unlock you phone.
i wasn't able to. i actually traded my s3 for a s3 running 4.1.2 and on that one i just downgraded and then succesfully unlocked that one. sadly i don't have either anymore because the one running 4.1.2 was having speaker issues. i now have a vivid and wish i wouldn't of traded lol.
Have any of you guys tried the downgrade and be successful
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Have any of you guys tried the downgrade and be successful
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I was able to downgrade from 4.3 to 4.1.1. I do have a few questions though...
1. S3ModedRom.tar: Is it for the I747 or I747m?
2. Modem file: Is it flashed through TWRP or CWM?
3. How do I go back to 4.3?
Also...for those wondering if you can FREE UNLOCK: NO. I get only a blank service menu
Input on the above questions will be greatly appreciated. Especially the 3rd question
All of these files are for i747 only and modem is flashed via recovery of your choice
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All of these files are for i747 only and modem is flashed via recovery of your choice
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Any ideas on going back to 4.3? Im currently downloading Samsung Kies. Any objections to that?
Followed the directions from a rooted 4.3 install and everything worked flawlessly. Thanks!!!
i searched the whole xda but couldnt find anyone with the new tmobile update for the t999l T999LUVUBNC1. Im rooted and removed knox. currently on T999LUVUBMK4 was wondering how would i install this new update and if it will brick my phone or not. thanks in advance
Sorry, I forgot to add it to my firmware thread. I will do that. In the meantime, you'll probably have to download from http://samsung-updates.com or http://sammobile.com/firmwares
Flash via Odin.
Won't brick, but will need to re-root and remove knox.
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Sorry, I forgot to add it to my firmware thread. I will do that. In the meantime, you'll probably have to download from http://samsung-updates.com or http://sammobile.com/firmwares
Flash via Odin.
Won't brick, but will need to re-root and remove knox.
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thanks alot doc
DocHoliday77 said:
Sorry, I forgot to add it to my firmware thread. I will do that. In the meantime, you'll probably have to download from http://samsung-updates.com or http://sammobile.com/firmwares
Flash via Odin.
Won't brick, but will need to re-root and remove knox.
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will it remove twrp from my phone?
Yes, you will be completely stock. Keep in mind that with any 4.3 updates you cannot flash older firmware anymore. Roms are ok, just not previous firmware. You probably already know that since you're on MK4. But FYI anyway.
You can flash using Mobile Odin, but it will not update your bootloader and other underlying partitions. They would remain MK4. You could tell it to not flash recovery and twrp would be preserved.
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Root?
So is there a new way to root T999LUVUBNC1? One that will NOT trip the flash counter and possibly the Knox counter? I've been looking but could not find anything.
Portender said:
So is there a new way to root T999LUVUBNC1? One that will NOT trip the flash counter and possibly the Knox counter? I've been looking but could not find anything.
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yeah i just odin the latest twrp recovery and then download the flashable rootzip somewhere on here and you should be root could also flash the knox removal too if you wanted.
Flashing the recovery will trip the warranty bit though, just fyi.
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yeah i just odin the latest twrp recovery and then download the flashable rootzip somewhere on here and you should be root could also flash the knox removal too if you wanted.
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I think this would definitely trip the Knox counter
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Flashing the recovery will trip the warranty bit though, just fyi.
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Do you think this method would work on our T999L without tripping the Knox counter? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2684421
[How-To][GUIDE] Update and Root T999 JB 4.3 update - UVUENC2 Firmware
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I don't think cf autoroot will trip knox, but don't take my word for it as it not positive. You'll have to check the cf autoroot thread in Original Development to see if there is one made for your T999L firmware. The T999 one will not work for you.
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I don't think cf autoroot will trip knox, but don't take my word for it as it not positive. You'll have to check the cf autoroot thread in Original Development to see if there is one made for your T999L firmware. The T999 one will not work for you.
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I did find that there is one.made for the t999l, but not sure about tripping Knox. In the development thread it says it will, but I'm not sure if he means after flashing a custom recovery or not. I would just do it, but I still have 6 months of warranty left.
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Whats the newest changes. Sammobile doesnt say but provides the download
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Only info anywhere I've found just says it provides stability improvements or something to that effect. They likely either just patched up some bugs they found, and/or are trying to get ready for 4.4 OTA's.
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masondoctorjt said:
I did find that there is one.made for the t999l, but not sure about tripping Knox. In the development thread it says it will, but I'm not sure if he means after flashing a custom recovery or not. I would just do it, but I still have 6 months of warranty left.
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I don't know if it will still work on the latest builds, but you could also look into MotoChopper. Some used it to root in the past, and I know it does not write over recovery, so it may not trip the warranty bit. I have no idea if it would trip, or even if it'd work anymore, but is another option worth looking at.
Check ATT forums too. Their root methods usually work for us too.
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DocHoliday77 said:
I don't think cf autoroot will trip knox, but don't take my word for it as it not positive. You'll have to check the cf autoroot thread in Original Development to see if there is one made for your T999L firmware. The T999 one will not work for you.
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is it working fine now? i found tutorial over here ,is it ok?
I'd love to update my firmware to KitKat but nothing I do will let me update it. When I do an OTA update it goes to 27% and then fails (I've tried this multiple times and it ALWAYS fails at 27%)
So far I have tried these other methods:
Installed (and uninstalled/rebooting my PC) Kies multiple times and tried various methods of upgrading it through there like trying download mode, which the phone didn't even recognize because it stayed on "Connecting" until it timed out, but it says I'm on the most current version which is total BS. I then flashed this rom (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1980644) via Odin to see if that would help updating it OTA but it didn't. It still stopped at 27%. I've done a few factory resets and tried each method again after each time. Still nothing works.
Is there anything you can suggest to help?
What bootloader do you have ??
If you have either the official 4.3 or 4.4 loader. ..The flash will fail because those bootloaders cannot be overwritten. ..g
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And if you want stock rooted 4.4...just flash zen arcades rooted stock 4.4 rom using TWRP OR CWM recovery. ..g
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2802189
Check the first page of the thread. ..g
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I did a factory reset before flashing that ROM via Odin.
My firmware is only 4.1.2 so I'm pretty sure I don't have either the 4.3 or 4.4 bootloader but I don't know which I have for certain. I do know I used the rom I linked to earlier to root my phone when I first rooted it. ChainFire AutoRoot if that helps.
I was looking at installing SaberKat 1.5 because it sounded like a good option due to the lack of bloat and a few tweaks.
Freshenstein said:
I did a factory reset before flashing that ROM via Odin.
My firmware is only 4.1.2 so I'm pretty sure I don't have either the 4.3 or 4.4 bootloader but I don't know which I have for certain. I do know I used the rom I linked to earlier to root my phone when I first rooted it. ChainFire AutoRoot if that helps.
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Okay. ..
If you have the 4.1.2 loader that isn't the problem. ..
I'd just flash Zens 4.4.2 rom...and then you can retain your 4.1 loader... (good)...
Locate the TWRP recovery thread in development. ..and flash the new recovery via Odin....then flash Zens stock 4.4.2 rom....and done...g
Here ya go...see the first page of the thread. ..
Once you have TWRP...you can flash the rom above. ..or any 4.4 build...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1981198
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Good to go! Thanks for all your help!
Freshenstein said:
Good to go! Thanks for all your help!
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Always welcome. ..
And very sorry about the late reply to your P.M....
It was late. ..And I crashed. ...lol
Enjoy the rom...
If you have any WiFi issues. ..
Flash the latest version of AGNI kernel. ..g
http://forum.xda-developers.com/devdb/project/?id=2368#downloads
And don't worry about the N7105 designator. ..as its fully compatible. .g
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