i am kind of new with this whole thing but I am trying as hard as I can to understand... I do not know what I am doing wrong. I am using odin to try to get the twrp recovery on the phone as well as rooting the phone so that I can use custom mods anytime I feel.... can some one take some time and help?
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i am kind of new with this whole thing but I am trying as hard as I can to understand... I do not know what I am doing wrong. I am using odin to try to get the twrp recovery on the phone as well as rooting the phone so that I can use custom mods anytime I feel.... can some one take some time and help?
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Well first off forget twrp (for now anyways) and use philz 6.07.9. First off a few questions for you.
1. What current stock rom are you on? 4.1.2, 4.3, or 4.4.2.
2. Is your phone working properly at this moment? You said you have tried a few things and I need to know if you have messed up anything yet.
3. What os is on your pc (windows xp, 7, 8, etc)?
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Well first off forget twrp (for now anyways) and use philz 6.07.9. First off a few questions for you.
1. What current stock rom are you on? 4.1.2, 4.3, or 4.4.2.
2. Is your phone working properly at this moment? You said you have tried a few things and I need to know if you have messed up anything yet.
3. What os is on your pc (windows xp, 7, 8, etc)?
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I have 4.4.2 KitKat
my phone is disconnected, I do not want to use the phone for sprint any more, they have just screwed me over and I am tired of it
pc is windows 8
have been using odin and when I upload the root, it will rebot but it will not install any of the root that I have flashed to it... that is why I am thinking that I have messed something up, but since the phone is not working on the sprint network, it is hard for me to tell what I have done, I want to move it to either boost or straight talk.
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the tittle says it all. i want to go stock to take it back to sprint. b/c my phone is defected. my phone cant tell when its connectedto my computer.. it just keeps charging and never gives me an option to use the usb mas storage. yeah i tried changing cables, using different computers, disable usb debugging, tried different roms, tried going to recovery and mounting my storage. nothing works.. my phone works perfectly with a custom rom. however, I cant connect to my computer.. my phone is not bricked it just wont connect to my computer. so im trying to go back fuclly stock with out using ODIN.. (FORUM PLZ HELP)
Not sure why you have 2 threads about the same thing.. but anyways..
You might want to try out Mobile Odin
https://market.android.com/details?id=eu.chainfire.mobileodin.pro
It's $3.99, but well worth it.. I think anyone messing with custom ROMs and rooting their phones should have this just in case.
I'd actually like a youtube tutorial on this same process. Mobile odin confuses me a bit after using pc odin for years on my vibrant.
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Not meaning to be a smart butt here but I must ask:
Do you have Kies installed on your pc?
Kies installs the proper drivers so your pc and phone communicate. Just saying....
rdisanza said:
Not meaning to be a smart butt here but I must ask:
Do you have Kies installed on your pc?
Kies installs the proper drivers so your pc and phone communicate. Just saying....
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yes i do.. i also re installed them again on all my pc's..im running out of options..and mobile odin seems confusing for me..since im so use to the regular odin..i would love to see a tutorial on the mobile odin..thanks tho for the question..
Not knowing for sure if it would do the trick for you but what about a Hard Reset?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1368486
I'd do some reading 1st.
Dial ##8778# in your dialer, and tell me which is selected?
You should have AP selected. If not switch it to AP and see if that works.
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Dial ##8778# in your dialer, and tell me which is selected?
You should have AP selected. If not switch it to AP and see if that works.
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Yes i do have AP selected.. im guessing there isnt a way to go stock with out the use of Odin...
geomatiq said:
Yes i do have AP selected.. im guessing there isnt a way to go stock with out the use of Odin...
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You can technically create an update script to flash via CWM and flash everything but the bootloaders...
there are some more advanced ways to flash bootloaders manually.. but I wouldn't recommend it unless you REALLY know what you're doing.. You can brick your phone, so it's not even worth it. I'm not sure they can even see the bootloader version anyhow, so it doesn't really matter.
Flash a stock rom without root, flash a stock kernel, wipe data and everything to factory default and reboot.
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Flash a stock rom without root, flash a stock kernel, wipe data and everything to factory default and reboot.
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which stock rom do u suggest? which stock kernel do u suggest??
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which stock rom do u suggest? which stock kernel do u suggest??
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Ek02... Anything else wouldn't really be stock.
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Ek02... Anything else wouldn't really be stock.
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But if i download a rom without root im not gonna have root access to flash the kernel
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You don't need root access to flash the kernel, since you would still be on custom recovery. So yeah flash a stock unrooted rom, then proceed to flash a stock kernel with stock recovery.
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You don't need root access to flash the kernel, since you would still be on custom recovery. So yeah flash a stock unrooted rom, then proceed to flash a stock kernel with stock recovery.
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Or if for some strange reason it doesn't work in that order just flash the stock kernel first (it won't change until you reboot) then flash the stock rom without root.
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Or if for some strange reason it doesn't work in that order just flash the stock kernel first (it won't change until you reboot) then flash the stock rom without root.
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So the only close enough to stock rom that i found is this one should i use this one ????? damme this is a headache http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1415924
You could also use terminal emulator on the phone and run the script from sfhub thread (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1342728) to install stock EG30+stock recovery, and run unroot script straight from the phone. Then just use file explorer to delete the 000root directory.
Since your phone wont recognize the computer you can always copy the files over by using a sd card reader.
So i went to the sprint store...and i told the tech support guy that my phone was not connecting to my computer and he took a quick look at my phone and said did you rooted??? and i frozed and he continued, if you rooted your phone then thats the problem. i told him that it was more of a hardware issue not a software...he wasnt even paying attention to me.. he just said stop messing with the phones if u dont know how to how to fix them.. i was so madd i felt like throwing him my phone at his face.. but then i thought to my self.. my phone is not messed up.. it just doesnt recognize my phone.. plus i got the XDA community..
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Not sure why you have 2 threads about the same thing.. but anyways..
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What the hell is going on with these phones??? Me + 3 others have all started a thread today with the same issue! What could be causing this???
Wow... i just even did a dial code hard reset of the phone and i'm still having the same issue --- ughhhhhh frustrating
Just take your phone into sprint with it rooted. The first thing they will do is return it to full stock to see if that solves the problem. Sprint's policy is to service all phones rooted or not. Just expect it unrooted when they hand it back.
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Hello XDA,
I am trying to root my new GT-N7100. I have had previous experience with Galaxy S3 and custom roms but with windows. I am trying to root my Note 2 with a mac book pro (heimdall method). I have followed every step carefully and dont seem to go anywhere. I followed steps from this link:
galaxynote2.com
The problem :
After I follow the last step (8 - Pressing UP+HOME+POWER), All I get is the Note 2 splash screen flashing as if there is a graphical glitch. The entire stuff just glitches up and down for a few times like a old TV and eventually the phone goes off, but the haptic feedback is active when I touch the keys besides home button so i am guessing the CWM recovery is working but just that there is nothing to see. Not sure what to do, any help is gladly appreciated.
Oh and another problem is that I get horrible static during any VOIP calls like Skype or Viber. Does anyone know whats the problem?
TIA,
findanish
Use windows only if you are new to android. Try using a friend's, neighbor's, cyber cafe computer. Heimdall needs experience. Or use virtual machine to install Windows trial like windows 8 enterprise evaluation
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findanish said:
Hello XDA,
I am trying to root my new GT-N7100. I have had previous experience with Galaxy S3 and custom roms but with windows. I am trying to root my Note 2 with a mac book pro (heimdall method). I have followed every step carefully and dont seem to go anywhere. I followed steps from this link:
galaxynote2.com
The problem :
After I follow the last step (8 - Pressing UP+HOME+POWER), All I get is the Note 2 splash screen flashing as if there is a graphical glitch. The entire stuff just glitches up and down for a few times like a old TV and eventually the phone goes off, but the haptic feedback is active when I touch the keys besides home button so i am guessing the CWM recovery is working but just that there is nothing to see. Not sure what to do, any help is gladly appreciated.
Oh and another problem is that I get horrible static during any VOIP calls like Skype or Viber. Does anyone know whats the problem?
TIA,
findanish
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You're overcomplicating things. You don't need a Mac or a Windows machine, or ODIN or Heimdall to root your Note II. You don't even need a PC at all. All you need is Exynos Abuse.
Just make sure your handset is in good, working order, (i.e. - No bugs or goofy crap leftover from the failed rooting attempts.) and root using the Exynos Abuse *.apk from Chainfire. Just enable "Unknown Sources" in Settings > Security, and install the *.apk. Once it's installed, open it up and just click to root. It's that easy. All the relevant information, as well as the *.apk, is in the thread linked below.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2050297
Let me know if this helped. Take care and have a good one!
UtkarshGupta said:
Use windows only if you are new to android. Try using a friend's, neighbor's, cyber cafe computer. Heimdall needs experience. Or use virtual machine to install Windows trial like windows 8 enterprise evaluation
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Again, totally overcomplicating things. The guy just wants to root his SGN2.
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Yeah sorry I forgot abour that
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Thanks for the help guys!
After I rooted the device using ExynosAbuse.apk, it did say the device was rooted but when I go back to recovery to install a custom rom the same issue occurs where the entire screen goes bonkers. I have to shut the device down completely and restart it to get it back to normal state.
On a different note, when i head over to ODIN mode by pressing down+home+power, custom binary download : Yes (3 counts)
Not sure where to head.
Would a video of the problem help?
TIA
Findanish
findanish said:
Thanks for the help guys!
After I rooted the device using ExynosAbuse.apk, it did say the device was rooted but when I go back to recovery to install a custom rom the same issue occurs where the entire screen goes bonkers. I have to shut the device down completely and restart it to get it back to normal state.
On a different note, when i head over to ODIN mode by pressing down+home+power, custom binary download : Yes (3 counts)
Not sure where to head.
Would a video of the problem help?
TIA
Findanish
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It looks like you may need to ODIN-flash back to stock. If you can get on a Windows machine, flash back to stock and then reroot. Once you do that, you can install your preferred custom recovery using MobileODIN. That should take care of you.
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Mister_Mxyzptlk said:
It looks like you may need to ODIN-flash back to stock. If you can get on a Windows machine, flash back to stock and then reroot. Once you do that, you can install your preferred custom recovery using MobileODIN. That should take care of you.
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I sure will try that, but just a few questions.. Is unrooting not possible using a mac? If I use a windows machine, Do I need to download the original stock firmware from samsung-updates.com to begin with?
Will report back if I have any more issues.
TIA
Findanish
Alternatively u may buy mobileodin pro from play store and flash recovery cwm from there. I no longer need to use my pc since. Unless i mess up my partition. Lol enjoy.
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hayabusa08 said:
Alternatively u may buy mobileodin pro from play store and flash recovery cwm from there. I no longer need to use my pc since. Unless i mess up my partition. Lol enjoy.
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That's assuming his recovery is the only thing ****ed up. MobileODIN is great; but it is entirely dependant on a fully functional device. If your device is having issues, using MobileODIN is just an unnecessary risk.
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Well im speaking from what i have been doing since i used the note 2. Once to root which was before the exynos apk was out. Second to repartition my phone. Thats it. May diff with probs i do agree.
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Hello again,
I am back with a bad news unfortunately. After I unrooted and wiped the entire phone to default Official Samsung rom using a windows 7 system (ODIN method). It successfully passed and I even got the stock recovery. But after i rooted it using ODIN with the latest CWM recovery, the same issue occurred. I am really disappointed with the way this phones acting, any help is greatly appreciated!
TIA
Findanish
What official rom ur on? What version of odin ur using? Can u try root via exynos abuse apk rather than odin? Is unknown sources and usb debugging selected? Can u flash philz touch 3.81 cwm? Try doing the recovery flash via mobile odin.
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hayabusa08 said:
What official rom ur on? What version of odin ur using? Can u try root via exynos abuse apk rather than odin? Is unknown sources and usb debugging selected? Can u flash philz touch 3.81 cwm? Try doing the recovery flash via mobile odin.
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I am on baseband : N7100DDALIA and build : JRO03.N7100XXALJ1.
I used Odin v3 1.85, I dont really remember if unknown source or Debugging mode was on when I rerooted the phone. I will have to unroot the phone all over again to try the ExynosAbuse apk.
Thanks for all the help bro!
TIA
Findanish
No probs bro anyway if it matters i used the odin which is included with the toolkit 2.0 and the odin version is 3.07. Get back with yur progress bro. Gd luck
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Hello again,
Its the same issue once again
ExynosAbuse.apk did not help. Everything looks perfectly normal when i go through the rooting process but the moment i try to enter the recovery the screen jumps across and sometimes shows the GT-N7100 splash screen halfway and the phone just goes blank. I have to press and hold the power button a couple of times for the phone to restart.
TIA
Findanish
I suggest u download a copy of firmware from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1915386 they provide stock rooted odexed and deodexed and see how it goes. I got no more ideas lol srry if i cnt help much
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First off I should have left the sprint phone alone. NOPE had to help a friend. The phone is on 4.4.2 I attempted to use "[SPH-L900] CF-Auto-Root" Link Then got NFC errors and could not get into the phone. Next I tried "[Galaxy Note2 TOOLKIT V5.0.0 SPRINT] Drivers, Backup, Root, Recovery, Flash to Stock" Updated every thing. I did how ever use the wrong android version "Yes I know" So I lost the recovery TWRP. So last chance and boot into normal android recovory and did a wipe and stuff. Only thing now 4G cuts in and out. How can I just root the phone with smoothness like my S5?
Thanks all!
WhiteReign said:
First off I should have left the sprint phone alone. NOPE had to help a friend. The phone is on 4.4.2 I attempted to use "[SPH-L900] CF-Auto-Root" Link Then got NFC errors and could not get into the phone. Next I tried "[Galaxy Note2 TOOLKIT V5.0.0 SPRINT] Drivers, Backup, Root, Recovery, Flash to Stock" Updated every thing. I did how ever use the wrong android version "Yes I know" So I lost the recovery TWRP. So last chance and boot into normal android recovory and did a wipe and stuff. Only thing now 4G cuts in and out. How can I just root the phone with smoothness like my S5?
Thanks all!
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Just leave it alone.
??Thank Me Up If I Helped You ??
I would love to but his phone wont work and he is out or warranty
Dude look...... Why cant U just use the normal. ODIN way
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thecoolster said:
Dude look...... Why cant U just use the normal. ODIN way
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It won't see the phone any more.
hi im on 4.42 and I was having problems with various errors so I did a hard reset. I am not rooted. I have since reformatted once again but I am still having problems with the phone rebooting a few times a day for no reason. also the phone is deleting settings and themes in things like beautiful widgets or it will error out an app all together like whatsapp and I can not install it again. is any of this common? could it be something inside the phone that a million hard resets will not fix? I don't have insurance so replacing it is not an option. could rooting help these problems?
thanks so much
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hi im on 4.42 and I was having problems with various errors so I did a hard reset. I am not rooted. I have since reformatted once again but I am still having problems with the phone rebooting a few times a day for no reason. also the phone is deleting settings and themes in things like beautiful widgets or it will error out an app all together like whatsapp and I can not install it again. is any of this common? could it be something inside the phone that a million hard resets will not fix? I don't have insurance so replacing it is not an option. could rooting help these problems?
thanks so much
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I suggest rooting and installing a custom 4.4.2 rom. Since you dont have insurance it wont hurt to try a custom rom.
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jlmancuso said:
I suggest rooting and installing a custom 4.4.2 rom. Since you dont have insurance it wont hurt to try a custom rom.
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im actually trying to avoid rooting. its never been an easy process for me like it was for the touch pro phones. and it doesn't seem that any of the one touch apps work for this phone. are there? and if you reformat a phone and you have the same problems doesn't that mean its probably some problem on the hard drive of the phone? just asking. thanks
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im actually trying to avoid rooting. its never been an easy process for me like it was for the touch pro phones. and it doesn't seem that any of the one touch apps work for this phone. are there? and if you reformat a phone and you have the same problems doesn't that mean its probably some problem on the hard drive of the phone? just asking. thanks
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Well I shall start at the end and work towards the beginning. If you wipe and flash something new and still have same issues then it would most likely a hardware issue. I think you probably have some thing on your internal sdcard causing the problem though. To properly wipe the internal you need to at least install a custom recovery. Now there is no simple app that will root your phone but chainfires auto root is painless and simple. You need a windows pc with the samsung drivers installed. Then you open Odin (which comes with cf auto root and select the file and flash it through odin. Although that is not step by step directions it is pretty close. Now you dont even have to root your stock rom if you dont want to and if your going to try a custom rom I suggest not to even worry about rooting.
For a custom rom you would boot phone into download mode (simple key press sequence) connect to pc and flash recovery via odin. Once in your recovery you will wipe everything reboot recovery then flash the rom (which will be pre rooted) and see if the problem comes back?
If you want to try I or many others here would help you. I promise it is really no harder than what I described above and actually might be simpler to you once you have the step by step instructions.
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jlmancuso said:
Well I shall start at the end and work towards the beginning. If you wipe and flash something new and still have same issues then it would most likely a hardware issue. I think you probably have some thing on your internal sdcard causing the problem though. To properly wipe the internal you need to at least install a custom recovery. Now there is no simple app that will root your phone but chainfires auto root is painless and simple. You need a windows pc with the samsung drivers installed. Then you open Odin (which comes with cf auto root and select the file and flash it through odin. Although that is not step by step directions it is pretty close. Now you dont even have to root your stock rom if you dont want to and if your going to try a custom rom I suggest not to even worry about rooting.
For a custom rom you would boot phone into download mode (simple key press sequence) connect to pc and flash recovery via odin. Once in your recovery you will wipe everything reboot recovery then flash the rom (which will be pre rooted) and see if the problem comes back?
If you want to try I or many others here would help you. I promise it is really no harder than what I described above and actually might be simpler to you once you have the step by step instructions.
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is this a good way to root? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2143479
my phone is stuck on the splash screen now so i dont know ow to know which model number i have this is what i saw for chainfire. is this th wrong area? http://www.xda-developers.com/tag/chainfire/
so confused. thank you
Im still running the Whompasaurs rom. Its such a good rom I haven't ever been able to get away from it. Now that 4.4.2 is getting more TW roms, I had a few questions.
Im getting great performance from my Whomp rom, is the TW 4.4.2 roms any faster, or do they eat up more resources and are generally slower?
The only thing that's making me nervous about just doing it is the upgrade process. It sounds like unrooting to stock and taking the official sprint OTA to 4.4.2 is better for the phone, but I don't want any of that Knox crap on there. Can I just Oden to a custom 4.4.2? It looks like I can, but then I will need to flash the WiFi fix, correct? I see the info out there, but everywhere I have seen some of it mentioned, its kind of scattered throughout a few post or in different threads. I was kind of hoping to get an all in one answer so I didn't have any doubts or questions.
I use to be a heavy flasher, but once I got on Whomp, I haven't really been around much and I am kinda rusty. I don't have another phone to fall back on and want to make sure I'm not going to brick it.
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Im still running the Whompasaurs rom. Its such a good rom I haven't ever been able to get away from it. Now that 4.4.2 is getting more TW roms, I had a few questions.
Im getting great performance from my Whomp rom, is the TW 4.4.2 roms any faster, or do they eat up more resources and are generally slower?
The only thing that's making me nervous about just doing it is the upgrade process. It sounds like unrooting to stock and taking the official sprint OTA to 4.4.2 is better for the phone, but I don't want any of that Knox crap on there. Can I just Oden to a custom 4.4.2? It looks like I can, but then I will need to flash the WiFi fix, correct? I see the info out there, but everywhere I have seen some of it mentioned, its kind of scattered throughout a few post or in different threads. I was kind of hoping to get an all in one answer so I didn't have any doubts or questions.
I use to be a heavy flasher, but once I got on Whomp, I haven't really been around much and I am kinda rusty. I don't have another phone to fall back on and want to make sure I'm not going to brick it.
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Well you can jump to custom 4.4.2 without upgrading. First you need to backup your internal sdcard because it needs to be wiped for best results. In 4.4.2 the directory structure is changed and without wiping you will end up with two internal sdcard directories (one you wont see but it will take up a bunch of your space). As far as speed things will be just as fast on 4.4.2 unlike the crappy 4.3 we had before.
Needed files
1. Philz 6.07.9 recovery or cwm (twrp will not work)
2. Wifi fix for 4.3/4.4.2
3. Custom 4.4.2 rom
Steps
1. Connect to pc and backup internal sdcard
2. Flash philz (done with odin or in recovery)
3. Boot philz and backup current rom (backup to external sdcard because internal will soon be wiped)
4. Factory reset clean for new rom
5. Under mounts choose format /data and data/media
6. Reboot your recovery (very important) this will make philz create it needed directories (it will ask if you want to root ignore it)
7. After reboot flash your custom rom
8. Boot into download mode
9. Odin wifi fix
Phone will reboot automatically after wifi fix is flashed. Now you setup your rom. I suggest that you do not use a backup app to restore any apps or data. Download everything you can fresh from playstore. Many apps and their data has changed since 4.1.2 and will lead to major issues if restored.
Now one thing about custom 4.4.2 roms. They all have the S5 dialer which has a lag on first call after boot. If you place a call (to voicemail is fine) after every boot you wont have any problems till you reboot.
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Thank you for being so clear. Looks like it is what I was expecting but like I said I wanted to be sure. I do know that there is a new philz recovery as of July. I should be okay using that correct? Or is there a reason I need the version you mentioned?
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spotopolis said:
Thank you for being so clear. Looks like it is what I was expecting but like I said I wanted to be sure. I do know that there is a new philz recovery as of July. I should be okay using that correct? Or is there a reason I need the version you mentioned?
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I have 4.4.2 Stock Rooted with Knox removed. I keep downloading your wifi patch, but everytime I try to load it into odin, it says the binary is invalid. any ideas?
spotopolis said:
I have 4.4.2 Stock Rooted with Knox removed. I keep downloading your wifi patch, but everytime I try to load it into odin, it says the binary is invalid. any ideas?
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You are using pc odin and not mobile odin? Also try odin 1.85 or 3.07. Also you might have a bad download.
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jlmancuso said:
You are using pc odin and not mobile odin? Also try odin 1.85 or 3.07. Also you might have a bad download.
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I tried 307 and 309. Downloaded on phone the transferred to pc, no good. Tried downloading patch on pc from several different mirrors, no good, tried on laptop on WiFi, no good. They all give the invalid binary error. Tried running Odin in admin and without. I'm on win 8.1 x64. Have the Samsung USB drivers installed. No keis.
spotopolis said:
I tried 307 and 309. Downloaded on phone the transferred to pc, no good. Tried downloading patch on pc from several different mirrors, no good, tried on laptop on WiFi, no good. They all give the invalid binary error. Tried running Odin in admin and without. I'm on win 8.1 x64. Have the Samsung USB drivers installed. No keis.
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Try this file http://d-h.st/6qX you will need to extract the rar file before you flash it.
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jlmancuso said:
Try this file http://d-h.st/6qX you will need to extract the rar file before you flash it.
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That worked perfectly and I am up and running! Thank you for all your help :highfive:
spotopolis said:
That worked perfectly and I am up and running! Thank you for all your help :highfive:
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Cool. Now enjoy the new NE2 rom out there. FYI you can run any rom (tw 4.1-4.4.2 and aosp 4.1-4.4.4) without any changes. Only thing you should do is wipe your internal sdcard (in philz go to mounts.. format /data /data/media) when you flash a new rom and this will keep you from have some weird issues (also backup your internal data such as pics, vids, etc.. before you format).