Hi,
I've just bought a new M919 device.
Now, it seems like the bootloader is locked..
is there is any unlock known right now?
also, i've already flashed i9505 rom into it, and had to flash m919 kernel.
if i get it right,it is becuase the bootloader is asking from the kernel "load m919 device" and if it's not supported the device won't load.
so generally, with an unlocked bootloader, will i be able to flash i9505 device and use i9505 kernels as well?
because the hardware should be the same..
Edit:
it will be good to mention that i'm not living inside the USA, and i don't have tmobile vendor here..
so "loosing" tmobile bloatware or lte support is not something i care..
M1919'z dont have locked bootloaders only att and Verizon....
Gotta be something ur flashing....
Dont mean to be rude at all but u better be carefull what u flash on that fone with other firmware....
Need more info... whats rom u on? N whats ur end goal? U flash the wrong thing and BAM BRICK :banghead:
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DxCx said:
Hi,
I've just bought a new M919 device.
Now, it seems like the bootloader is locked..
is there is any unlock known right now?
also, i've already flashed i9505 rom into it, and had to flash m919 kernel.
if i get it right,it is becuase the bootloader is asking from the kernel "load m919 device" and if it's not supported the device won't load.
so generally, with an unlocked bootloader, will i be able to flash i9505 device and use i9505 kernels as well?
because the hardware should be the same..
Edit:
it will be good to mention that i'm not living inside the USA, and i don't have tmobile vendor here..
so "loosing" tmobile bloatware or lte support is not something i care..
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I have a guide for that...better READ first. In my sig.
re: bootloader
DxCx said:
Hi,
I've just bought a new M919 device.
Now, it seems like the bootloader is locked..
is there is any unlock known right now?
also, i've already flashed i9505 rom into it, and had to flash m919 kernel.
if i get it right,it is becuase the bootloader is asking from the kernel "load m919 device" and if it's not supported the device won't load.
so generally, with an unlocked bootloader, will i be able to flash i9505 device and use i9505 kernels as well?
because the hardware should be the same..
Edit:
it will be good to mention that i'm not living inside the USA, and i don't have tmobile vendor here..
so "loosing" tmobile bloatware or lte support is not something i care..
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The bootloader is not locked on a Tmobile M919 S3, what we do have is a root restricted kernel.
Your best bet before doing anything else is to flash the Deviant kernel which is unrestricted or any
other custom kernel for the M919.
Here is the link for the deviant kernel: http://d-h.st/X0b
Good luck!
Ok,
So first of all, i might be confusing you, i do have some technical knowledge, and what i did is:
Restore the device (Using Odin) to "M919UVUAMDL_M919TMBAMDL_M919UVUAMDL_HOME.tar"
then flashed CF-Auto-Root-jfltetmo-jfltetmo-sghm919.tar to gain root, and openrecovery-twrp-2.5.0.1-jfltexx-i9505 to gain recovery.
Next (After the system loaded) i've copied the files:
I9505_Omega_v3.1_XXUAME2
and
KT-SGS4-TW-JB-TMO-06-06-2013
And in recovery i've flashed them.
so i have Omega 3.1 for I9505 with TMO's kernel.
About the bootloader, when i'm in download mode, it says:
"Write Protection: Enable" i tought it means it is locked bootloader..
what i would like to really achive is to run a FULLY i9505 code on the hardware
which means also i9505 bootloader and kernel..
re: odin flash
DxCx said:
Ok,
So first of all, i might be confusing you, i do have some technical knowledge, and what i did is:
Restore the device (Using Odin) to "M919UVUAMDL_M919TMBAMDL_M919UVUAMDL_HOME.tar"
then flashed CF-Auto-Root-jfltetmo-jfltetmo-sghm919.tar to gain root, and openrecovery-twrp-2.5.0.1-jfltexx-i9505 to gain recovery.
Next (After the system loaded) i've copied the files:
I9505_Omega_v3.1_XXUAME2
and
KT-SGS4-TW-JB-TMO-06-06-2013
And in recovery i've flashed them.
so i have Omega 3.1 for I9505 with TMO's kernel.
About the bootloader, when i'm in download mode, it says:
"Write Protection: Enable" i tought it means it is locked bootloader..
what i would like to really achive is to run a FULLY i9505 code on the hardware
which means also i9505 bootloader and kernel..
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You cannot odin flash the i9505 firmware to a Tmobile S4 M919 phone.
Most likely if you would have odin flashed that firmware you would have ended up with a shiny brick.
Never try odin flashing any other device's firmware to your M919 S4 phone.
Only flash the appropriate and compatible cwm/twrp flashable custom roms.
Good luck!
Thanks for your quick reply ,
i did not get why you've said i can brick my device with the FW i've flashed with odin,
I've flashed the M919UVUAMDL_M919TMBAMDL_M919UVUAMDL_HOME which is for the M919 phone..
Also,
do you know what that "Write Protection: Enable" means in download mode?
do you know if replacing the bootloader (in the future when available) will give me the option to use i9505 kernels?
or i'm doomed to use M919 bootloader & Kernel for forever..?
re: odin flash
DxCx said:
Thanks for your quick reply ,
i did not get why you've said i can brick my device with the FW i've flashed with odin,
I've flashed the M919UVUAMDL_M919TMBAMDL_M919UVUAMDL_HOME which is for the M919 phone..
Also,
do you know what that "Write Protection: Enable" means in download mode?
do you know if replacing the bootloader (in the future when available) will give me the option to use i9505 kernels?
or i'm doomed to use M919 bootloader & Kernel for forever..?
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What I said was never flash any other device's "Odin" flashable firmware to a M919 Galalxy S4 phone.
(other devices include the international i9505 S4 phone)
The Odin flashable M919UVUAMDL firmware is perfectly safe to flash if your device is the Tmobile M919 S4 phone.
There are some i9505 custom roms which are "NOT" Odin flashable and require CWM/TWRP to flash.
Those cwm/twrp zip file roms can be safely flashed to a M919 S4 phone but you will loose wifi calling.
There are many custom kernels in these M919 S4 Tmobile threads which you can choose from and flash
if you are not satisfied with the default kernels which all of the cwm/twrp flashable zip file roms come with.
As far as bootloaders go, if your phone is working properly there is no reason or advantages in flashing any bootloaders.
Flashing bootloaders can be a sure way to brick your phone. If it gets bricked you will have to ship it off to be Jtag'ed. ($35-$60)
Flashing different bootloaders have nothing to do with improving your phone's performance in any way.
It seems that you're trying to make your M919 into a i9505. If you wanted an i9505, you should have gotten an i9505 to begin with. What made you choose a M919 when you're not in the US and don't care about LTE or T-Mobile bloatware? I'm on AT&T service but got a M919 because of unlocked bootloader. I'm on stock T-Mobile ROM but with TWRP recovery and rooted and also got rig of all of the T-Mobile and Samsung bloat. I'm still able to to use AT&T's HSPA and LTE network. That's the beauty of using a M919 on an AT&T network.
Auctly i had a week in USA, and i couldn't find any i9505 only the carriers..
the m919 was the lowest i've found for 680$..
in my country, buying the --i9500-- will cost around 990$
so.. so this is the reason i got the m919..
i would like to "turn it" to be as i9505 as possible..
and i do have some experience in the embedded area,
all i was asking is what "Write Protect: Enable" Means if that's not a locked bootloader.
and if it's not locked, why flashing i9505 bootloader & kernel would not work (since as far as i understand from earlier reading the hardware are the same)..
Also, am i able to flash i9505 modems? or i'm restricted to m919 modems as well?
re: bootloaders
DxCx said:
Auctly i had a week in USA, and i couldn't find any i9505 only the carriers..
the m919 was the lowest i've found for 680$..
in my country, buying the --i9500-- will cost around 990$
so.. so this is the reason i got the m919..
i would like to "turn it" to be as i9505 as possible..
and i do have some experience in the embedded area,
all i was asking is what "Write Protect: Enable" Means if that's not a locked bootloader.
and if it's not locked, why flashing i9505 bootloader & kernel would not work (since as far as i understand from earlier reading the hardware are the same)..
Also, am i able to flash i9505 modems? or i'm restricted to m919 modems as well?
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The i9505 phones with the original MDM firmware do not have Write Protection: Enabled.
The i9505 phones with MDM firmware released in May 2013 will have Write Protection: Enabled
The i9505 phones that have been upgraded using OTA to ME2 firmware will
have the bootloader updated and will have Write Protection: Enabled.
Hope this helps,
Misterjunky said:
The i9505 phones with the original MDM firmware do not have Write Protection: Enabled.
The i9505 phones with MDM firmware released in May 2013 will have Write Protection: Enabled
The i9505 phones that have been upgraded using OTA to ME2 firmware will
have the bootloader updated and will have Write Protection: Enabled.
Hope this helps,
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Thanks alot, so since i bought my phone after May 2013 i have this write protection..
can you give me more info about this protection? is that just ro flag on some partitions on the eMMC (such as boot i guess) ?
is that what is called locked bootloader? i had like 5 android phones before and never seen this..
re: bootloaders
DxCx said:
Thanks alot, so since i bought my phone after May 2013 i have this write protection..
can you give me more info about this protection? is that just ro flag on some partitions on the eMMC (such as boot i guess) ?
is that what is called locked bootloader? i had like 5 android phones before and never seen this..
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If I recall correctly, a locked bootloader prevents the flashing of any AOSP/AOKP/CM10/MIUI roms because
they require cm10/aosp/aokp/miui kernels, they will not work with stock or stock based kernels or any other
custom kernels unless they are specifically designed for those Cyanogen type roms..
However you can flash most any cwm/twrp flashable custom rom which is based on stock Tmobile M919
Touchwiz Jellybean 2.2 MDB or MDL roms. All the the kernels for these roms are based on the stock rom.
Misterjunky said:
If I recall correctly, a locked bootloader prevents the flashing of any AOSP/AOKP/CM10/MIUI roms because
they require cm10/aosp/aokp/miui kernels, they will not work with stock or stock based kernels or any other
custom kernels unless they are specifically designed for those Cyanogen type roms..
However you can flash most any cwm/twrp flashable custom rom which is based on stock Tmobile M919
Touchwiz Jellybean 2.2 MDB or MDL roms. All the the kernels for these roms are based on the stock rom.
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Hmm, i've already flashed AOKP on the phone and it worked (with M919 kernel),
but this write protect does mean "locked bootloader"?
what i think, is that the lock is just on the "boot.img" sector of the emmc.
so we are not able to switch the bootloader.
and the bootloader set deviceId for the kernel for the m919.
so the kernel must be compiled with m919 machine-id..
P.S
i do have some knowledge in embedded linux and linux kernel.
that's the reason i want to understand what they are locking
do you know the name of the bootloader? is that u-boot? or some other developed by Samsung?
DxCx said:
Hmm, i've already flashed AOKP on the phone and it worked (with M919 kernel),
but this write protect does mean "locked bootloader"?
what i think, is that the lock is just on the "boot.img" sector of the emmc.
so we are not able to switch the bootloader.
and the bootloader set deviceId for the kernel for the m919.
so the kernel must be compiled with m919 machine-id..
P.S
i do have some knowledge in embedded linux and linux kernel.
that's the reason i want to understand what they are locking
do you know the name of the bootloader? is that u-boot? or some other developed by Samsung?
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Also, i did not understand if i can switch my modem''s to any i9505 modem or not .. ?
DxCx said:
Also, i did not understand if i can switch my modem''s to any i9505 modem or not .. ?
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The guy could never answer your question about the write protection and what it means whether or not it means bootloader is locked. I understand what you're saying. Just like with the HTC phone lines they say s-on and has locked in the fastbbot screen which means it's a locked bootloader. The question here is, does the write protection on the tmobile s4 m919 mean a locked bootloader. With the HTC s-off means you can flash other HTC model numbers specificity the HTC one series. With an unlocked bootloader you can have a tmobile phone and flash an AT&T custom rom. I think the write protection on the s4 m919 means bootloader locked because I've tried different custom roms and get the status 7 errors. I can only flash m919 and cyanogen custom roms only. So to me the write protection means locked bootloader, until someone can confirm different and answer the write protection question correctly.
Getting status 7 errors when flashing a custom ROM could mean that the recovery is outdated or the phone is not supported by the custom ROM. A good way to check would be to examine the updater script in the custom ROM to ensure that the phone's model can be flashed.
I am just now modding my SGH-I215M - as I have just rooted using CF-Auto root method. Now I am looking to install a recovery and a custom ROM. Before I do that, I wanted to make sure that the SGH-I317 Roms can be flashed on the M variant (Canadian).
Also, for installing a recovery - which version am I to use? the ATT or Canadian (t0ltecan) version? Goo manager said no files were found for my phone :S
You mean i317m right? I dont think there is a phone with the code i215m. In which case the Att ones will work fine. They have identical hardware
mrevankyle said:
You mean i317m right? I dont think there is a phone with the code i215m. In which case the Att ones will work fine. They have identical hardware
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Thanks - Yes, that was a typo. Also, since I have updated OTA to 4.4.2, does that mean I have to downgrade my bootloader for ROM like DN3 V5?
I managed to get TWRP working on my phone, so now I should be able to wipe date in recovery and flash any ROM in the AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II Forums?
Hi there. I have a very simple question. I bought an AT&T version Tab s 10.5. I have tried Googling all over the web for this issue but I can't find a solution. I am very new to flashing roms. I have done it in the past but that was much easier back then. Last time I flash a rom was on a Google G1. Anyway the model of AT&T Tab S is T807A. I am trying to flash the Tmobile stock rom T807T on this tablet. Is there anyway I can do it? Odin fails at NAND write. Please someone help me out. I don't want to flash a custom rom. Just replace the AT&T rom with T-Mobile Stock rom. Thank You.
tmjam2002 said:
Hi there. I have a very simple question. I bought an AT&T version Tab s 10.5. I have tried Googling all over the web for this issue but I can't find a solution. I am very new to flashing roms. I have done it in the past but that was much easier back then. Last time I flash a rom was on a Google G1. Anyway the model of AT&T Tab S is T807A. I am trying to flash the Tmobile stock rom T807T on this tablet. Is there anyway I can do it? Odin fails at NAND write. Please someone help me out. I don't want to flash a custom rom. Just replace the AT&T rom with T-Mobile Stock rom. Thank You.
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Att locks it bootloaders. That means you can only flash firmwares from att only. Sadly you can't install Tmobile rom on att
So what about T-Mobile? Is it's bootloader locked too? So I won't be able to install Custom FW on my AT&T Tab?
That means you can only flash att firmware on your att tab s. And Tmobile firmware only on a Tmobile device. You can install a custom FW on att tab for now
Gotcha. Thank You so much for your help. I am not so good with installing custom rom any guide you can reccommend. A forum sticky or post I should read where it tells me how I can install firmware. I don't care about the Knox warranty.
Made a big mistake tried to root the device realize couldn't. Now I am getting the error about device needing to connect to Kies 3 to fix firmware. Unfortunately Kies does not support this AT&T device so I am out of luck. Any idea or anyone know if I can find AT&T stock firmware and just flash it with Odin? Thank You
tmjam2002 said:
Made a big mistake tried to root the device realize couldn't. Now I am getting the error about device needing to connect to Kies 3 to fix firmware. Unfortunately Kies does not support this AT&T device so I am out of luck. Any idea or anyone know if I can find AT&T stock firmware and just flash it with Odin? Thank You
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Try factory reseting in recovery. If that doesn't work then your out of luck there's no firmware for att. Sorry
Just go into recovery and wipe the cache. Factory reset will probably do it too.
Anyone have Samsung Tab S T807T stock firmware?
ashyx said:
Just go into recovery and wipe the cache. Factory reset will probably do it too.
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I bricked my tablet but I can get it with ODIN.
Thanks!
Hello friends!
I would like to ask for your help, I have a Galaxy S3 T-mobile, running the official stock rom version 4.3 (latest).
but I would like to install the Brazilian stock rom the GT-I9300 model,
I wonder if this is possible, because when I try to install it by Odin, he always of an error message, and does not complete the flash completely.
thank you right now !!!
I recommend not flashing anything from the i9300 to the T999, especially with Odin as the i9300 hardware is very different. Cross-flashing modems and bootloaders can hard-brick your phone.
audit13 said:
I recommend not flashing anything from the i9300 to the T999, especially with Odin as the i9300 hardware is very different. Cross-flashing modems and bootloaders can hard-brick your phone.
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could you tell me, if you have any custom ROM, that has the Portuguese language,
and that I can install it on S3 T-mobile without any problem of damage?
this stock rom T-Mobile, has only 8 languages, I tried with several apps and root,
translate it, but to no avail: /
if you know of any good custom rom him, can you tell me ?!
thanks for your help!
Since the stock Tmobile ROM doesn't have Portuguese, you'll need to install a custom recovery to install a custom ROM.
Maybe try cm12.1?
I was wondering. Can rom from T700 be install into a T705 device? What will happened? Simce i dont use any cellular in my T705 anymore, i was wondering, can i put official LineageOS for T700 into my T705?
verbatimpcs said:
I was wondering. Can rom from T700 be install into a T705 device? What will happened? Simce i dont use any cellular in my T705 anymore, i was wondering, can i put official LineageOS for T700 into my T705?
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4G and Wifi have different firmware, more likely it will fail by using Odin as it detects wrong hardware . One more thing, 4G version has locked bootloader.
Beut said:
4G and Wifi have different firmware, more likely it will fail by using Odin as it detects wrong hardware . One more thing, 4G version has locked bootloader.
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But mine is unlocked international version and we don't use odin to install custom rom. We use custom recovery. Am i right or wrong? What do you meant wifi have different firmware?
verbatimpcs said:
But mine is unlocked international version and we don't use odin to install custom rom. We use custom recovery. Am i right or wrong? What do you meant wifi have different firmware?
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Even bootloader is unlocked, you cannot mix up firmware as Wifi and 4G have different ROMs.
Try it and you'll see it fails to flash immediately.
Just like Tab Pro and Note Pro 12.2, the only difference is S Pen, but firmware is not interchangeable.