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[Q] blocking the OTA KNOX 4.3 update ( i.e. never ever want KNOX)

What are my options for blocking the OTA update?
I need to make sure I don't wake up one morning and find my phone updated with KNOX. I read that it can be automatically installed on stock roms, even without user consent. I have CWM recovery and rooted at ver.4.2.2 and have frozen the following apps using Ti Backup:
FWUpgrade 1.2.0
LocalFOTA v2
Software update
Is there anything else I should be doing to prevent this update?
Also would flashing one of the custom roms based on TouchWiz 4.3 flash the KNOX boot-loader?
Seriously if this post sale bait and switch boot-loader lock-down cannot be averted this will, in all likelihood, be my last Samsung device. I could understand if my employer wanted a KNOX supported device on his network and I consented to allowing this to happen to my phone for the privilege of using my phone for my job, but forcing KNOX on us after the sale is down right criminal.
Edit (2013-12-10): This thread further describes how to prevent KNOX:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2560015
-chlor3

Flashing 4.3/4.4 roms through recovery will not upgrade your bootloader. Feel free to flash!
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So what device do you plan to go to wit this level hardware? Our devs almost always figure it out.

The bootloader is not locked down. You can still flash roms after the update.
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The Root said:
So what device do you plan to go to wit this level hardware? Our devs almost always figure it out.
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Today at this hardware level there is just the s4 and nexus 5, but no external sd card slot make the nexus a total non-starter. So yes today I am a bit stuck with Sammy... but if they keep taking steps toward making their products like the iSandbox line, I would hope an enterprising company would produce a product that (re-) enpowered the user.
Rant:
It's not just the knox fisasco... having bluetooth tether yanked really pissed me off. Guess who has bluetooth tether on stock.... verizon ( but I really loath what they have done to all their devices bootloaders... so much so that I returned both my black friday verizon 32gb s4's for a pair of 16gb tmobile's ) Don't even talk about mobile hotspot... I get almost twice the battery life using bluetooth tether.

viskon said:
The bootloader is not locked down. You can still flash roms after the update.
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So I can flash cwm/twrp on a s4 that has been ota updated to stock 4.3 (KNOX)?

chlor3 said:
So I can flash cwm/twrp on a s4 that has been ota updated to stock 4.3 (KNOX)?
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That is indeed my understanding. The only thing that's changed with the new bootloader is that when you flash a rom, it trips the Knox counter and invalidates your warranty. If you don't care about warranty, you can root it, install a custom recovery and keep flashing roms as before.
I myself am on stock 4.3 and have no intention to mod my device just yet. So you might want to get a few more opinions before you take the plunge.
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viskon said:
That is indeed my understanding. The only thing that's changed with the new bootloader is that when you flash a rom, it trips the Knox counter and invalidates your warranty. If you don't care about warranty, you can root it, install a custom recovery and keep flashing roms as before.
I myself am on stock 4.3 and have no intention to mod my device just yet. So you might want to get a few more opinions before you take the plunge.
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There is also the issue of not being able to downgrade your modem as discussed here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2558847
I've read that the new modem doesn't play nice with the old roms. As I understand the state of things currently once you upgrade one can't downgrade? ( not in any attempt to remove KNOX flag, but just to be able to use the pre 4.3 roms ).

chlor3 said:
There is also the issue of not being able to downgrade your modem as discussed here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2558847
I've read that the new modem doesn't play nice with the old roms. As I understand the state of things currently once you upgrade one can't downgrade? ( not in any attempt to remove KNOX flag, but just to be able to use the pre 4.3 roms ).
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The new modems are incompatible with the old MDL bootloader. Your should be fine if you are on the new MK2 bootloader .
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I'm on Ota (kies) 4.3 with cwm custom recovery and rooted via cf-autoroot. Knox is part of the rom but isn't installed - you have to run the app and let it install.
So far no issues other than the allsharecast dongle not working. This is probably because triangle away doesn't work right in 4.3
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Reflash the knox bootloader maybe?

Im on the official 4.3 stock rom. Did the cf auto root and tripped the knox bit.
The thing is in TWRP recovery you can nandroid backup of current rom and asked me what to backup featuring bootloader modem efs etc. And can restore back what was backed up before
I was wondering if someone still in 4,1,2 bootloader with rom too can makae nandroid back for us to try to flash with the old bootloader. Maybe we can overwrite the bootloader like nothing happened?
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hey man, don't bother your self,i tried this one before but no result, i have been searching for 1 week to find a trick to get rid of the Knox bootloader and the avoid status in download mod but nothing help, even now my phone does not accept any rom with mj5 bootloader!

I heard that i cant do ota updates if the knox is tripped, is that true?
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Hello guys as far as I know nandroid backup does not contain bootloader, to flash a bootloader it must be done by odin I think, there is a link I will get it for you by dr keton the great on how to down grade the bootloader but I am not sure if it will work or not with triggered knox (I think it should work as what is the use then)
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mezo91 said:
I heard that i cant do ota updates if the knox is tripped, is that true?
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You can its only voids warranty from Samsung...
By the in service center they don't check aur complaints regarding this I got my phone repaired 4 to 5 times after tripping knox..☺
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mezo91 said:
Im on the official 4.3 stock rom. Did the cf auto root and tripped the knox bit.
The thing is in TWRP recovery you can nandroid backup of current rom and asked me what to backup featuring bootloader modem efs etc. And can restore back what was backed up before
I was wondering if someone still in 4,1,2 bootloader with rom too can makae nandroid back for us to try to flash with the old bootloader. Maybe we can overwrite the bootloader like nothing happened?
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Backup boot option in the recovery generally means the kernel.
Kernels are named boot.img generally.
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mezo91 said:
Im on the official 4.3 stock rom. Did the cf auto root and tripped the knox bit.
The thing is in TWRP recovery you can nandroid backup of current rom and asked me what to backup featuring bootloader modem efs etc. And can restore back what was backed up before
I was wondering if someone still in 4,1,2 bootloader with rom too can makae nandroid back for us to try to flash with the old bootloader. Maybe we can overwrite the bootloader like nothing happened?
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I think you can downgrade the bootloader using this.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2089353
However this thread was originally made for 4.1.2 bootloaders. Not sure if it works on knox bootloader.
It uses adb so I guess it should work.
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Hello guys, I am on ine of the latest 4.3 bootloaders, I searched for how to downgrade the only way was by doc keton using 4.3 mj5 leaked version, but even this did not work cause my smart ass bootloader detected it as an unsupported version too, I simply went to samsung the guys there was very nice they downgraded my phone in 10 min on stock 4.1.2 rom with old bootloader it js like I just boot the phone, so y does not our developers figure this out cause knox is no e-fuse and samsung know how to downgrade it
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aelsakka said:
Hello guys, I am on ine of the latest 4.3 bootloaders, I searched for how to downgrade the only way was by doc keton using 4.3 mj5 leaked version, but even this did not work cause my smart ass bootloader detected it as an unsupported version too, I simply went to samsung the guys there was very nice they downgraded my phone in 10 min on stock 4.1.2 rom with old bootloader it js like I just boot the phone, so y does not our developers figure this out cause knox is no e-fuse and samsung know how to downgrade it
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1. Doc keton?
2. The knox security is a multi layer security. Though perhaps it is a software instead of efuse, it won't be as easy as flip ur palms.
3. Samsung may easily boot back ur phone, coz they have the tools (either software/hardware). So, it might look easy on u / whoever have experienced the same thing like u.
4. The dev here most of them are part time d3vs who just do this for hobbies on their spare time. And there's a bounty thread for this knox. My last read is around $3.1, and unclaimed.
5. Be patient mate.
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antique_sonic said:
1. Doc keton?
2. The knox security is a multi layer security. Though perhaps it is a software instead of efuse, it won't be as easy as flip ur palms.
3. Samsung may easily boot back ur phone, coz they have the tools (either software/hardware). So, it might look easy on u / whoever have experienced the same thing like u.
4. The dev here most of them are part time d3vs who just do this for hobbies on their spare time. And there's a bounty thread for this knox. My last read is around $3.1, and unclaimed.
5. Be patient mate.
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I meant dr ketan sorry am not rushing our great developers here they are doing enough already, I already got mine done, I also to confirm on the dear members here that it is doable and it is only software not efuse, so we should get it eventually.
Thanks for your time mate.
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OK to accept Tab Pro 8.4 update?

Hi All. I just bought my Tab Pro 8.4 yesterday and already it wants to pull a system update. Build I have is T320UEU1ANAE. I know the bootloader is unlocked (or so I'm told) on this tablet and root is available which trips Knox. On my Galaxy S4 I screwed myself because I had an unlockable bootloader with the MDK build and took the update which locked the bootloader. I just want to make sure I don't repeat a similar mistake on the Tab Pro by accepting this new build. Thanks.

Nobody has an answer? Please? The update nags me every 3 hours.

thornev said:
Nobody has an answer? Please? The update nags me every 3 hours.
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Samsung has no reason to try to lock the bootloader. You are probably safe. Does it say what version it will upgrade you to?

crpalmer said:
Samsung has no reason to try to lock the bootloader. You are probably safe. Does it say what version it will upgrade you to?
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It does not. Size is 14.33MB. That's it.
UPDATE: I accepted the update. If rooting fails, I'll post in this forum. New build version is T320UEU1ANAI. Was ANAE.

thornev said:
It does not. Size is 14.33MB. That's it.
UPDATE: I accepted the update. If rooting fails, I'll post in this forum.
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Wait I miss something bootloader is unlocked on this?
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thornev said:
It does not. Size is 14.33MB. That's it.
UPDATE: I accepted the update. If rooting fails, I'll post in this forum. New build version is T320UEU1ANAI. Was ANAE.
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That's the version that was on my tablet when I bought it. You're fine.
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Gunthermic said:
Wait I miss something bootloader is unlocked on this?
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Yes. Flashing anything trips the Knox flag (irreversible afaik) and voids your warranty but otherwise makes no attempt to stop you from flashing whatever you want on it.

crpalmer said:
That's the version that was on my tablet when I bought it. You're fine.
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Yes. Flashing anything trips the Knox flag (irreversible afaik) and voids your warranty but otherwise makes no attempt to stop you from flashing whatever you want on it.
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Normally to unlock bootloader u have to go into boatloader mode..
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Gunthermic said:
Normally to unlock bootloader u have to go into boatloader mode..
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New to Samsung devices? I am so it was new for me.
The bootloader is unlocked by default, no need to fastboot oem unlock. To flash though you need to use Odin (google it or just use the one that is with the chainfire autoroot). From there you can flash whatever you want (kernels, recoveries, full ROMs, radios, etc.). I assume that knox will limit bootloader flashing but I prefer not to flash bootloaders anyway (that's your failsafe).

I can tell you this... the Wifi receiver on the Pro 8.4 is far inferior to what's on my Samsung Galaxy S4 phone. The tablet can't receive any Wifi signal just 30 feet away through a window and 1 wall.
UPDATE: Never mind. I just noticed that my dog knocked the Wifi router onto the floor.

crpalmer said:
New to Samsung devices? I am so it was new for me.
The bootloader is unlocked by default, no need to fastboot oem unlock. To flash though you need to use Odin (google it or just use the one that is with the chainfire autoroot). From there you can flash whatever you want (kernels, recoveries, full ROMs, radios, etc.). I assume that knox will limit bootloader flashing but I prefer not to flash bootloaders anyway (that's your failsafe).
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Not new at all. Own s3, s4, note 2, note 3. Which many sammy devices have a locked bootloader
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Gunthermic said:
Not new at all. Own s3, s4, note 2, note 3. Which many sammy devices have a locked bootloader
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That's all at the carrier's request. Those devices on T-Mobile, for example are usually unlocked. This obviously has no carrier interference, so unlocked.
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JaylanPHNX said:
That's all at the carrier's request. Those devices on T-Mobile, for example are usually unlocked. This obviously has no carrier interference, so unlocked.
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Thank you. Yes first Samsung Tablet...

N00B inquiry

Im rooted on 4.4 stock. I am not happy with KK and was wanting to downgrade to either 4.3 or earlier
Ive searched, and cant find a definitive answer that im comfortable enough with to proceed, so I'll ask bluntly
Is it safe to downgrade from 4.4 to an earlier version if i use a stock TAR and Odin? Will I have modem issues if I do?
If I can, which is less problematic? 4.3? 4.1?

Absolutely not. Flashing through ODIN will flash a bootloader, as well. Flashing bootloaders that are older than the one you're currently on will cause Knox to run the killswitch in your device.
In other words, you'll be the proud owner of a very expensive paperweight.
It would be better to flash a rooted stock zip of an older TouchWiz ROM through recovery. That way it won't overwrite your bootloader.
Never mess with a Knox infected bootloader.
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Thanks for your help!
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Of course, when you went to 4.4, did you take the OTA? You should be sure that do you, in fact, have Knox.
If you go into download mode by holding the power+home+vol down buttons, you should no longer see a flash counter.
Rather it would read like 0x0 or 0x1.
If you don't have a Knox bootloader, then you can ODIN to an older version. Just make sure what you're flashing does not contain a Knox bootloader.
http://forums.androidcentral.com/at...989t-knox-root-s4-attachment.php_-300x224.jpg
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Higgs_Boson said:
Of course, when you went to 4.4, did you take the OTA? You should be sure that do you, in fact, have Knox.
If you go into download mode by holding the power+home+vol down buttons, you should no longer see a flash counter.
Rather it would read like 0x0 or 0x1.
If you don't have a Knox bootloader, then you can ODIN to an older version. Just make sure what you're flashing does not contain a Knox bootloader.
http://forums.androidcentral.com/at...989t-knox-root-s4-attachment.php_-300x224.jpg
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I used ODIN to flash 4.4
My whole issue is that the modem on 4.4 sucks as does the battery life. I was wanting to flash something less crappy
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I found this:
http://techbeasts.com/2014/01/17/how-to-deknox-samsung-galaxy-s3-s4-note-2-note-3/
Havent tried it, not sure if its any good.

Just go into your download/Odin mode and compare your screen with the picture in my previous post. If you see Knox, then proceed with caution.
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Will do. Thanks again! Very much appreciated
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Here's what I've got:
Odin Mode
Product name sph l710
Current binary: custom
System Status: custom
Qualcomm secure boot: enable
Warranty Bit 1 (red text)
Bootloader ap swrev 2
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jacknmary said:
I found this:
http://techbeasts.com/2014/01/17/how-to-deknox-samsung-galaxy-s3-s4-note-2-note-3/
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Knox for 4.4 is more resilient than for 4.3. The information at that link only applies to 4.3.
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Qualcomm secure boot: enable
Warranty Bit 1 (red text)
Bootloader ap swrev 2
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If you're on TouchWiz KitKat, whether through Odin or OTA, you've got Knox, so no doubt.
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In addition to Rode Warrior's post, once you're on the ND8 bootloader and modem, you're stuck with them. Trying to revert back to older modems/bootloaders will break the radio/hard brick.
You can still flash ROMs. That may help battery life. But, they will have to use the ND8 modem.
Also, the "Warranty Bit 1" in red text signifies that you are Knox'ed up. Join the club.
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Its nice to utilize a forum where the replies arent snide or condescending!
Thank you both for your insight!

[Q] New to Rooting, S4 M919 4.3 MK2 Tmobile Knox

Whoa, this has got to be one of the most unorganized forums on the internet. LoL, sorry, its just soooo hard to find clear, up to date info, that I had to make a thread here.
I basically decided its time to update my phone and I want to root it, mainly to get battery savings and stop google from running all those apps in the background (who knows what info they are gathering).
Anyways, like the title states,
I'm on Tmobile, with a M919 on 4.3 with MK2, I would like to go to kitkat and root and NOT TRIP KNOX, if possible.
I'd also be interested in custom roms, if possible, like CyanogenMod... But of course, I'd like to keep my warranty, as I've already had to use it once, and I still have 2 whole months left and wifi is acting up (I get a lot of unstable wifi messages recently, didn't check my router yet but my laptop is working fine....)
Your help is appreciated.
Thx

ohh, my wife's phone is on 4.2.2, she is due for an update too, she wants the emoticons so that's one "major" reason to update...
Perhaps I can switch phones with her, and update that one to a rooted 4.4.2 without tripping knox, if possible?? Please point me in the right direction... I also like many of the features that dbombmod rom has, like call recording and more..

Yours is gonna trip Knox.
Trade her for yours. And update your modem to nb4 this way:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2678774
Root with chainfire's autoroot method.
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This is where you get cyanogenmod: http://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Jflte_Info
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I'd download the latest nightly and ROM manager and install from SD card.
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Root your 4.3 MK2 phone using saferoot...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2732695
You wont trip KNOX
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cool thanks, I will read up on safe root, but it looks like it may work. So once I'm rooted, I can install any rom right, even the 4.4.2 with knox removed and it would be fine right? And also the NB4 modem as well, and any kernel too?
My wife is hesistant to switch with me now because of the wifi unstable issue I have. I think I may have fixed it by clearing the Wifi Direct and Wifi Direct apps cache and data. Hopefully it is only a software problem, and not a hardware problem.
oyyy, after further reading, this does root the phone, but doesn't unlock the bootloader, and without an unlocked bootloader you cannot install custom roms, but I still didn't read if I can install another modem or another kernel???

what about towelroot? Does that unlock the bootloader?

tried towelroot on 4.3...
didn't work
updated to 4.4.2,
still doesn't work
ughhh
ohhh well, I guess I will switch phones with wife...

Lol. You can still download custom ROMs with a locked bootloader. If you do flash the NB4 modem you will definately trip KNOX. If you flash a non stock kernel you will trip KNOX and if you flash a custom recovery you will trip KNOX.
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Kriptik210 said:
Lol. You can still download custom ROMs with a locked bootloader. If you do flash the NB4 modem you will definately trip KNOX. If you flash a non stock kernel you will trip KNOX and if you flash a custom recovery you will trip KNOX.
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bootloader is not locked.. OP you can try using safe strap but not sure if it works with our device.. its in the at&t & Verizon forums I believe
Edit: make sure to read and ask though!
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serio22 said:
bootloader is not locked.. OP you can try using safe strap but not sure if it works with our device.. its in the at&t & Verizon forums I believe
Edit: make sure to read and ask though!
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I finished setting up my old phone for my wife. I "Turned off" many of the apps that are installed that we never use, so her battery should do ok on 4.4.2
I just did towelroot on her phone, and it has instant root access, no reboot required or anything. Root Checker says I have root already. yay. Now I guess I need to update with modded firmware. Is there any particular order I have to install stuff?
Can I start with the rom, then modem, then kernel or is there a particular order I need to install stuff. And what should I use, odin or what?

killercut said:
I finished setting up my old phone for my wife. I "Turned off" many of the apps that are installed that we never use, so her battery should do ok on 4.4.2
I just did towelroot on her phone, and it has instant root access, no reboot required or anything. Root Checker says I have root already. yay. Now I guess I need to update with modded firmware. Is there any particular order I have to install stuff?
Can I start with the rom, then modem, then kernel or is there a particular order I need to install stuff. And what should I use, odin or what?
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You can flashbin any order. Some ROMs come with a kernel that they recommend but you can flash a different one if you prefer. If you DL Titanium Backup from the play store you can freeze any unwanted apps completely instead of just turning them off.
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just to clarify, I did the towel root on her old phone on 4.2.2 which is my phone now.
towelroot didn't work on 4.3 nor 4.4.2
I just did a wipe on the 4.2.2 with clockworkmod setup and tried to install the fenny stock 4.4.2 rom and it came up with an error, something about expects 5 args got 4
should I use odin or something?

killercut said:
I finished setting up my old phone for my wife. I "Turned off" many of the apps that are installed that we never use, so her battery should do ok on 4.4.2
I just did towelroot on her phone, and it has instant root access, no reboot required or anything. Root Checker says I have root already. yay. Now I guess I need to update with modded firmware. Is there any particular order I have to install stuff?
Can I start with the rom, then modem, then kernel or is there a particular order I need to install stuff. And what should I use, odin or what?
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turn off Google now as well if she doesn't use it, saves a ton of battery! and you just flash the ROM and then the modem, kernel is in the rom.. read the guides on how to flash the NB4 modem on older bootloader, and read OP of the ROM you are flashing, there should be flashing instructions for you too, good luck!
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killercut said:
just to clarify, I did the towel root on her old phone on 4.2.2 which is my phone now.
towelroot didn't work on 4.3 nor 4.4.2
I just did a wipe on the 4.2.2 with clockworkmod setup and tried to install the fenny stock 4.4.2 rom and it came up with an error, something about expects 5 args got 4
should I use odin or something?
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didn't see this before my reply, but use twrp
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serio22 said:
turn off Google now as well if she doesn't use it, saves a ton of battery! and you just flash the ROM and then the modem, kernel is in the rom.. read the guides on how to flash the NB4 modem on older bootloader, and read OP of the ROM you are flashing, there should be flashing instructions for you too, good luck!
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didn't see this before my reply, but use twrp
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Thanks, I searched and found out that TWRP is the way to go. I used flashify to install it and I was able to flash the new rom. Works good. I also got call recording to work, but not with wifi calls, is that something that never worked or its just a bug in my phone? I'm thinking of trying other roms to see if they got call recording with wifi calls, but that would take a lot of time.
I also did install the NB4 modem flash (twice like the instructions said) and its good, got 2 extra bars (but I doubt my signal got any better, they just want you to see more bars)

killercut said:
Thanks, I searched and found out that TWRP is the way to go. I used flashify to install it and I was able to flash the new rom. Works good. I also got call recording to work, but not with wifi calls, is that something that never worked or its just a bug in my phone? I'm thinking of trying other roms to see if they got call recording with wifi calls, but that would take a lot of time.
I also did install the NB4 modem flash (twice like the instructions said) and its good, got 2 extra bars (but I doubt my signal got any better, they just want you to see more bars)
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I can't say on the call recording as I don't use it, and yeah signal is the same I don't know why they made it report higher bars.. glad you got everything working!
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killercut said:
towelroot didn't work on 4.3 nor 4.4.2
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Interesting. Not sure what's different, but towelroot did work on my wife's MK2 4.3. Titanium Backup confirmed root and AdAway works so it would seem root access is there.

camaro322hp said:
Interesting. Not sure what's different, but towelroot did work on my wife's MK2 4.3. Titanium Backup confirmed root and AdAway works so it would seem root access is there.
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interesting.
Could you post your about phone info, like kernel and stuff.

killercut said:
interesting.
Could you post your about phone info, like kernel and stuff.
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Completely stock TouchWiz 4.3. OTA update took it from 4.2 to 4.3. It's my wife's phone and she never had any desire for anything custom on it. The only reason I rooted it now was she asked if there was any way to block ads.
Baseband m919uvuemk2
Kernel 3.4.0-2015522
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