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Hello guys please help me ive searched through alot of forums and redaings a total of 4 hours and nothing usefull has come up.
So i have a galaxy s3 tmobile and it has Android 4.3 with knox and all of that other security crap on it. I tried to root it using this method
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2563955 however i cant seem to flash arecovery no matter what or which i try. The odin flash says it flashed sucefully but when i go to recovery its still stock 3e recovery. I tried multiple flashing methods and nothing.
I even tried to flash a knox free rom http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2521742 but i cant being that i have no recovery.
CAN ANYONE PLEASE HELP ME?
>>>>>>>>>>>THANKS IN ADVANCE>>>>>>>>>
Delete or rename two files
/system/recovery-from-boot
/system/etc/install-recovrry.sh
(Or similar to those...may have the path/name a little wrong. Now flash recovery and it should stick.
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Or odin flash root66 firmware, then flash recovery.
DocHoliday77 said:
Delete or rename two files
/system/recovery-from-boot
/system/etc/install-recovrry.sh
(Or similar to those...may have the path/name a little wrong. Now flash recovery and it should stick.
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Or odin flash root66 firmware, then flash recovery.
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I dont have root to delet those two files. And could you expand on the root66 and oding thing?
Root66 firmware is in my thread in development section, link in my sig. Youll find instructions for Odin there and all over the place with a quick search and from the sticky threads. Not being rude, just don't like redoing what's already out there. If you have any specific questions about the process, ill be happy to answer them.
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Click the root66 heading to go to the thread if you want more info about it.
DocHoliday77 said:
Delete or rename two files
/system/recovery-from-boot
/system/etc/install-recovrry.sh
(Or similar to those...may have the path/name a little wrong. Now flash recovery and it should stick.
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Or odin flash root66 firmware, then flash recovery.
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So i i flash the 4.3 over my current stock firmware with root66 version of 4.3 ill, have root?
androidfine16 said:
So i i flash the 4.3 over my current stock firmware with root66 version of 4.3 ill, have root?
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Yes
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serio22 said:
Yes
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Ok i did it and i have superuser . If i follow this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1766552 method to flash a recovery without tripping the counter can i flash roms afterwards and kernels without damaging the modem or flash counter trips?
serio22 said:
Yes
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androidfine16 said:
Ok i did it and i have superuser . If i follow this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1766552 method to flash a recovery without tripping the counter can i flash roms afterwards and kernels without damaging the modem or flash counter trips?
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Ok so i have root and installed twrp recovery the latest one and it worked. I have root and a recovery . So can i go ahaed and flash a rom and kernel now without any repercussions?
Flashing any recovery or kernel trips the warranty bit. No way around that and no way to reset it I'm sorry to say. Since you've flashed recovery its likely tripped already so flashing kernels and roms won't make any difference anymore. The binary counter doesn't matter as its easily reset. But if you have a custom kernel or recovery it'll retrip to 1 every time you boot.
DocHoliday77 said:
Flashing any recovery or kernel trips the warranty bit. No way around that and no way to reset it I'm sorry to say. Since you've flashed recovery its likely tripped already so flashing kernels and roms won't make any difference anymore. The binary counter doesn't matter as its easily reset. But if you have a custom kernel or recovery it'll retrip to 1 every time you boot.
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I dont care for warranty or counter trip than. So i guess my final question is can i flash any roms including 4.2 and kitkat and above without bricking my phone?
You can flash Any of these roms via Custom Recovery TWRP and you will do fine.
Do note, some people have mentioned that with a 4.2.x or 4.1.x Roms, sometimes their IMEI goes missing. So take a Nandroid and EFS Backup before hand.
Perseus71 said:
You can flash Any of these roms via Custom Recovery TWRP and you will do fine.
Do note, some people have mentioned that with a 4.2.x or 4.1.x Roms, sometimes their IMEI goes missing. So take a Nandroid and EFS Backup before hand.
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alright i made a nandroid backup of my whole stock rom. so now i downloaded the resurrection remix rom and im about to flash it.
THANKS FOR ALL YOUR HELP. COUDLNT HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT IT=.)
androidfine16 said:
alright i made a nandroid backup of my whole stock rom. so now i downloaded the resurrection remix rom and im about to flash it.
THANKS FOR ALL YOUR HELP. COUDLNT HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT IT=.)
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IT WORKED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! just dont know how to remove these soft keys i dont like them NVM GOT IT
Perseus mentioned the nv (efs) backup before. Easiest way to protect yourself is open a terminal emulator and enter this.
su
reboot nvbackup
Device will reboot and create an internal, hidden backup of your nv data. I highly suggest doing this.
DocHoliday77 said:
Perseus mentioned the nv (efs) backup before. Easiest way to protect yourself is open a terminal emulator and enter this.
su
reboot nvbackup
Device will reboot and create an internal, hidden backup of your nv data. I highly suggest doing this.
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I backed it up in .IMG format.
androidfine16 said:
I backed it up in .IMG format.
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How did you do that??
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If you mean you made a nandroid backup, that is completely different and does not include any of the NV data. The backup I mentioned is intended to protect you from ever losing your imei in the first place.
androidfine16 said:
I backed it up in .IMG format.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s3/general/galaxy-s-iii-partition-layout-basic-efs-t1689623
I used this method.
Ok , first, never use anything you find in the international models forum for any US model. They are very, very different devices. If you made an image from mmcblk0p3 as stated in that thread, you actually made a copy of sbl2 I'm pretty sure.
Also, the imei, (the important thing here) is not actually stored on the efs partition as it is in some other devices.
Run the command I posted before for the best solution. If NV corruption is ever detected, it should auto restore from this backup during boot up.
And again, stay away from the international forums. Most of the info there will not apply to our devices here and many, many people have bricked due to that mistake.
And delete the backup you made. If you were to try and restore it to your device after updating it at some point, it would most likely cause a brick.
OK thanks I'll get on that . I flashed a remix ROM and everything seems good right now. I'll try to back it up today.
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Kit Kat
androidfine16 said:
I dont care for warranty or counter trip than. So i guess my final question is can i flash any roms including 4.2 and kitkat and above without bricking my phone?
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Read up on Kit Kat, you might not want to upgrade. You will lose write access to the SDCard. There are ways to then fix it, but you could lose function in some of your apps. Samsung finally adopted the Android specs for write access.
Hello everyone,
I have spent the last 7 hours trying to unroot my LG G Pad 8.3 Google Play Edition, but nothing I have tried works. The method I tried was to flash toe stock boot, recovery, and system via the Windows command line. Now, my tablet gets stuck at the "Google" logo when I try to boot it, and I get the red exclamation error when I try to boot into recovery. Does anyone have any first had experience unrooting the GPE G Pad, and can my tablet be salvaged or do I need to buy a new one?
TomTom093 said:
Hello everyone,
I have spent the last 7 hours trying to unroot my LG G Pad 8.3 Google Play Edition, but nothing I have tried works. The method I tried was to flash toe stock boot, recovery, and system via the Windows command line. Now, my tablet gets stuck at the "Google" logo when I try to boot it, and I get the red exclamation error when I try to boot into recovery. Does anyone have any first had experience unrooting the GPE G Pad, and can my tablet be salvaged or do I need to buy a new one?
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Yes, you can at least salvage your tablet. Download latest twrp recovery, and install it in download mode. Then download the 510 ROM from the developer section onto an sdcard, insert sdcard into tablet, mount in recovery, install the ROM. You can then try again if you wish. Make changes one at a time, slowly!
There may be a different way, but this seems the easiest to me.
Why did you want to unroot?
sleekmason said:
Yes, you can at least salvage your tablet. Download latest twrp recovery, and install it in download mode. Then download the 510 ROM from the developer section onto an sdcard, insert sdcard into tablet, mount in recovery, install the ROM. You can then try again if you wish. Make changes one at a time, slowly!
There may be a different way, but this seems the easiest to me.
Why did you want to unroot?
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Thank you for the tip, I'll give that a try now. And I rooted to try to install Cyanogen, but the milestone releases kept giving me the "process com.android.phone has stopped" and the nightlies couldn't connect to my Wifi.
sleekmason said:
Yes, you can at least salvage your tablet. Download latest twrp recovery, and install it in download mode. Then download the 510 ROM from the developer section onto an sdcard, insert sdcard into tablet, mount in recovery, install the ROM. You can then try again if you wish. Make changes one at a time, slowly!
There may be a different way, but this seems the easiest to me.
Why did you want to unroot?
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So, I've tried flashing the 510 ROM both in the ZIP folder and in the extracted TOT file type, and am getting errors on both. Neither one will flash. Any tips?
TomTom093 said:
So, I've tried flashing the 510 ROM both in the ZIP folder and in the extracted TOT file type, and am getting errors on both. Neither one will flash. Any tips?
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You can't install cyanogen mod on the gpe. There are no custom Roms other than the modified stock ROM for the 510.
Let's start from the beginning... Did you install twrp 2.7.0.1? And can you boot into recovery?
Then, did you take out your sdcard and install the modified 510 ROM onto the sdcard from your computer?
Then reinstalled your sdcard to your tablet, rebooted to recovery again, mounted your sdcard, and then flashed the modified 510 ROM?
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sleekmason said:
You can't install cyanogen mod on the gpe. There are no custom Roms other than the modified stock ROM for the 510.
Let's start from the beginning... Did you install twrp 2.7.0.1? And can you boot into recovery?
Then, did you take out your sdcard and install the modified 510 ROM onto the sdcard from your computer?
Then reinstalled your sdcard to your tablet, rebooted to recovery again, mounted your sdcard, and then flashed the modified 510 ROM?
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Don't forget to erase dalvik and cache before you install the rom
sleekmason said:
Yes, you can at least salvage your tablet. Download latest twrp recovery, and install it in download mode. Then download the 510 ROM from the developer section onto an sdcard, insert sdcard into tablet, mount in recovery, install the ROM. You can then try again if you wish. Make changes one at a time, slowly!
There may be a different way, but this seems the easiest to me.
Why did you want to unroot?
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sleekmason said:
You can't install cyanogen mod on the gpe. There are no custom Roms other than the modified stock ROM for the 510.
Let's start from the beginning... Did you install twrp 2.7.0.1? And can you boot into recovery?
Then, did you take out your sdcard and install the modified 510 ROM onto the sdcard from your computer?
Then reinstalled your sdcard to your tablet, rebooted to recovery again, mounted your sdcard, and then flashed the modified 510 ROM?
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Don't forget to erase dalvik and cache before you install the rom
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Yes, I have the latest TWRP, can boot into recovery, wiped cache and dalvik, and I am still getting errors. I am using the ROM found here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/LG_G_Pad_8.3/LG-V510
TomTom093 said:
Yes, I have the latest TWRP, can boot into recovery, wiped cache and dalvik, and I am still getting errors. I am using the ROM found here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/LG_G_Pad_8.3/LG-V510
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No, use the modified 510 stock ROM in the developer section of this forum. Using the " official" ROM won't get you anywhere.
sleekmason said:
No, use the modified 510 stock ROM in the developer section of this forum. Using the " official" ROM won't get you anywhere.
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Where is that at? I'm sorry for all the newb questions.
TomTom093 said:
Where is that at? I'm sorry for all the newb questions.
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In this section: here
You can also find my kernel in the same section.
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TomTom093 said:
Where is that at? I'm sorry for all the newb questions.
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Here is the ROM page. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2645226
sleekmason said:
In this section: here
You can also find my kernel in the same section.
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Here is the ROM page. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2645226
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IT WORKS! Thank you so much!
TomTom093 said:
IT WORKS! Thank you so much!
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Good! Please Edit the title by adding "Solved" So others will know a possible answer.
sleekmason said:
Good! Please Edit the title by adding "Solved" So others will know a possible answer.
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Hello,
Sorry to dig up an old thread, but is it possible to reflash the stock recovery so I can receive OTA updates?
TomTom093 said:
Hello,
Sorry to dig up an old thread, but is it possible to reflash the stock recovery so I can receive OTA updates?
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Yes it is. But it's much easier to just sideload the update. Two threads I'd General section with links and instructions.
cam30era said:
Yes it is. But it's much easier to just sideload the update. Two threads I'd General section with links and instructions.
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I get that, I'm doing it right now.But I'd still rather have everything stock
cam30era said:
Yes it is. But it's much easier to just sideload the update. Two threads I'd General section with links and instructions.
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And actually, do it isn't; I'd rather have the OTA. Is there a help guide for that?
TomTom093 said:
And actually, do it isn't; I'd rather have the OTA. Is there a help guide for that?
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It's part of the first pinned thread in the general section. You'll have to sift through it.
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TomTom093 said:
I get that, I'm doing it right now.But I'd still rather have everything stock
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I don't know if you realize this, but the sideload update is 100% stock. Exactly the same thing you'll get with the OTA. Just a different delivery method.
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It's part of the first pinned thread in the general section. You'll have to sift through it.
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I don't know if you realize this, but the sideload update is 100% stock. Exactly the same thing you'll get with the OTA. Just a different delivery method.
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Okay, I've tried this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2448960 to restore my device to stock, and get one of two errors. Either I use the V510 dll and it displays an error saying I have to be in online mode, or I use the other dll and it doesn't flash. What am I doing wrong?
TomTom093 said:
Okay, I've tried this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2448960 to restore my device to stock, and get one of two errors. Either I use the V510 dll and it displays an error saying I have to be in online mode, or I use the other dll and it doesn't flash. What am I doing wrong?
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You're not doing anything wrong. This won't work for V510 running 4.4.2.
cam30era said:
You're not doing anything wrong. This won't work for V510 running 4.4.2.
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Then what will?
TomTom093 said:
Then what will?
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Flash the 4.4.4 update via twrp. I don't know any other way. If you don't want to do that, then post your question on the V510 update thread in the general section.
Completely idiot, was trying to wipe my phone to troubleshoot Remote Play app problems, ended up wiping everything off the internal memory. I've been reading through lots of threads and I'm still unsure of what are the correct procedures to avoid a pretty brick on my desk. With that said...
TWRP works, phone is detected, I'm able to do adb and fastboot commands. Some info:
cidnum: HTC__622
version-main: 2.11.708.2
version-bootloader: 3.18.0.0000
Downloaded a stock nandroid backup (based on the info above), but I'm unable to copy it to my phone by mouting USB via TWRP, Windows says file is too large.
So, what would be the correct procedure? Can I install a GPE ROM or should I worry about getting Sense back to work first? Am I screwed?
Thanks.
Adb push it. Twrp needs to be in adb mode.
Other option. Get your backup, or even a rom on a micro SD if you can and install from it.
Htc one?
Try copying to UsbOtg and connect with device. Then just flash it from twrp
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or follow the guide in my sig (KJ's second method mentioned above)
felipaopl said:
Completely idiot, was trying to wipe my phone to troubleshoot Remote Play app problems, ended up wiping everything off the internal memory. I've been reading through lots of threads and I'm still unsure of what are the correct procedures to avoid a pretty brick on my desk. With that said...
TWRP works, phone is detected, I'm able to do adb and fastboot commands. Some info:
cidnum: HTC__622
version-main: 2.11.708.2
version-bootloader: 3.18.0.0000
Downloaded a stock nandroid backup (basedi on the info above), but I'm unable to copy it to my phone by mouting USB via TWRP, Windows says file is too large.
So, what would be the correct procedure? Can I install a GPE ROM or should I worry about getting Sense back to work first? Am I screwed?
Thanks.
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Copy it over to an sd card and insert that into your phone.
I have no backup and no external SD card at the moment.
Which file should I download to get started? When "AD Push", do I need a ZIP file? The one I've downloaded is a "stock nandroid backup", not sure if this is the correct file?
felipaopl said:
Which file should I download to get started? When "AD Push", do I need a ZIP file? The one I've downloaded is a "stock nandroid backup", not sure if this is the correct file?
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No, I would use a ROM zip, not a nandroid. Reason being, a nandroid has to be in the exact folder location in order for TWRP to see it and RESTORE from it. In contrast, a ROM zip can be anywhere on the internal memory (just pushing it to the root of the folder is easiest) and then you can select INSTALL in TWRP and browse anywhere on the memory or SD to flash a ROM zip.
Alternately, you can use adb sideload to flash a ROM zip.
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KJ said:
Adb push it. Twrp needs to be in adb mode.
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adb commands should work with the phone in any mode, as long as its on. The exception is adb sideload, for which you need to be in TWRP and in sideload mode. So that may be what you are thinking of.
redpoint73 said:
No, I would use a ROM zip, not a nandroid. Reason being, a nandroid has to be in the exact folder location in order for TWRP to see it and RESTORE from it. In contrast, a ROM zip can be anywhere on the internal memory (just pushing it to the root of the folder is easiest) and then you can select INSTALL in TWRP and browse anywhere on the memory or SD to flash a ROM zip.
Alternately, you can use adb sideload to flash a ROM zip.
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adb commands should work with the phone in any mode, as long as its on. The exception is adb sideload, for which you need to be in TWRP and in sideload mode. So that may be what you are thinking of.
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I've used adb about 3 times in my life. Lol
Appreciate the info. ?
Yes.... Use fastboot all the time. Lol Just not adb.
Adb Noob..... ish.
redpoint73 said:
No, I would use a ROM zip, not a nandroid. Reason being, a nandroid has to be in the exact folder location in order for TWRP to see it and RESTORE from it. In contrast, a ROM zip can be anywhere on the internal memory (just pushing it to the root of the folder is easiest) and then you can select INSTALL in TWRP and browse anywhere on the memory or SD to flash a ROM zip.
Alternately, you can use adb sideload to flash a ROM zip.
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adb commands should work with the phone in any mode, as long as its on. The exception is adb sideload, for which you need to be in TWRP and in sideload mode. So that may be what you are thinking of.
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Thanks, the problem is that I'm unable to find a stock ROM for my HTC One M8 variant, from Hong Kong. What would be the outcome when installing a different ROM than the original?
felipaopl said:
Thanks, the problem is that I'm unable to find a stock ROM for my HTC One M8 variant, from Hong Kong. What would be the outcome when installing a different ROM than the original?
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Since you are bootloader unlocked, you can flash whatever ROM you want, as long as it meets your requirements and preferences for features, language, etc.
If you are asking me what the difference between the stock ROM and custom ROMs are; there are too many custom ROMs (with a wide array of possible features) to even begin answering that question.
You won't get OTA updates on a custom ROM, but you lost that ability when you installed TWRP.
You need to read up before doing anything else... If you value your device. Lack of knowledge and confidence with this stuff is a recipe for disaster.
Start here,
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2711073
Then read through some things related to what you want to do in the Q&A section.
Again, the more you learn.... The safer and easier this stuff gets. ?
redpoint73 said:
Since you are bootloader unlocked, you can flash whatever ROM you want, as long as it meets your requirements and preferences for features, language, etc.
If you are asking me what the difference between the stock ROM and custom ROMs are; there are too many custom ROMs (with a wide array of possible features) to even begin answering that question.
You won't get OTA updates on a custom ROM, but you lost that ability when you installed TWRP.
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Thanks, makes sense. But what about problems with radio version, for example? Not dangerous using a non-original ROM?
felipaopl said:
Thanks, makes sense. But what about problems with radio version, for example? Not dangerous using a non-original ROM?
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No, its not "dangerous". You might see some impact if the ROM's build.prop doesn't play well with the radio. Use a ROM that supports your version of the M8, to be safe.
You certainly won't be better off than you are now, which is a phone with no OS.
If you were that concerned about the stock ROM, you should have made a nandroid. You should do that before messing with anything in TWRP.
redpoint73 said:
No, its not "dangerous". You might see some impact if the ROM's build.prop doesn't play well with the radio. Use a ROM that supports your version of the M8, to be safe.
You certainly won't be better off than you are now, which is a phone with no OS.
If you were that concerned about the stock ROM, you should have made a nandroid. You should do that before messing with anything in TWRP.
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Yes, you're completely right. Living and learning, I guess.
By the way, is there a repository for stock M8 ROMs? I was able to find the nandroid backups but not the ROMs in ZIP format to flash via the ADB Push method.
felipaopl said:
By the way, is there a repository for stock M8 ROMs? I was able to find the nandroid backups but not the ROMs in ZIP format to flash via the ADB Push method.
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Just look in the Development section for stock ROMs.
redpoint73 said:
Just look in the Development section for stock ROMs.
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Thanks. Another question that just came to my mind right now. If installing a stock, US ROM for example, will I lose LTE? Since my phone is from Honk Kong, not sure about that.
felipaopl said:
If installing a stock, US ROM for example, will I lose LTE? Since my phone is from Honk Kong, not sure about that.
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Not sure. As I mentioned, install a custom ROM that supports your version, to be safe.
I don't think you would lose LTE. Band compatibility is in the radio, not the ROM. But something in build.prop may cause some glitches or network performance may not be ideal.
I don't see a good reason to install a stock ROM that is not for your region.
redpoint73 said:
Not sure. As I mentioned, install a custom ROM that supports your version, to be safe.
I don't think you would lose LTE. Band compatibility is in the radio, not the ROM. But something in build.prop may cause some glitches or network performance may not be ideal.
I don't see a good reason to install a stock ROM that is not for your region.
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Problem is that I'm looking over the Development section and I'm unable to find a stock ROM for Europe / Hong Kong.
felipaopl said:
Problem is that I'm looking over the Development section and I'm unable to find a stock ROM for Europe / Hong Kong.
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Stock ROMs here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2702664
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2694994
Although I believe these are for the EMEA version, with the "A" in EMEA standing for Asia; and I think HK is actually a different version.
Hello,
I just got my DE device in the mail and I guess I thought if I made a TWRP backup, I'd be free to tinker.
However, I didn't do as much research as I should have and now TWRP reboots on my backup restore as soon as I select it, rendering it impossible to restore.
Curious to know if anyone has a link I can use to restore back to factory fresh with a TWRP zip? I saw in my latest research I can backup the aboot, restore some Odin version that may or may not lock the bootloader and I figured this would seem easier with less further risk.
Also, I couldn't seem to find any links for the 910V as far as ROMs go, if anyone has a link handy, that would be grand.
Thanks in advance.
You need to follow this thread to get back to stock.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-4-verizon/general/how-to-roll-to-kk-4-4-4-lollipop-5-0-1-t3097054
I've used it numerous times to go back and forth between kitkat and lollipop.
Thank you so much.
To clarify, I won't lose my unlocked bootloader...correct?
I should have backed up the aboot when I had the chance, but, now its telling me it won't connect to EFS whilst in recovery mode.
So I don't have that backed up, not a problem with this method you linked me to?
Okay, read the whole thread, flashed back to 4.4.4 without incident.
Going to go ahead and back up that aboot right now.
However, I'm still at a loss for proper ROMS for this device, is there a thread for this?
vtjay79 said:
Thank you so much.
To clarify, I won't lose my unlocked bootloader...correct?
I should have backed up the aboot when I had the chance, but, now its telling me it won't connect to EFS whilst in recovery mode.
So I don't have that backed up, not a problem with this method you linked me to?
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Do not flash the file Romans8v1 gave you!!! That file is for a retail Note 4, not a DE Note 4. If you flash that file you will lock your bootloader. Here is where you can find ROMs safe to flash on your DE Note 4: http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-4-verizon/development
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vtjay79 said:
Okay, read the whole thread, flashed back to 4.4.4 without incident.
Going to go ahead and back up that aboot right now.
However, I'm still at a loss for proper ROMS for this device, is there a thread for this?
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And another one bites the dust
Hello I tried rooting my device using Kingo Root, well it was rooted successfully. Now, I messed up in deleting some bloatware apps from a list I saw before making a backup . Then when I click the settings>about device, it crashes. Then when I try to factory reset, the apps I uninstalled didn't came back. Please let me know what to do, I just want to make the phone the way I got it then root it.
ps: I googled and some say flash the stock room, I'm scared to flash it because I don't know the firmware version of my phone since I can't access the About device of my phone. I'm in the Philippines btw.
pps: I don't know if it might help but, I installed Kies and the fimware was the latest and it was: PDA:NC2 / PHONE:NA3 / CSC:NC2 (AFR); I don't know how to read that, no google result so far. I'm planning to download firmware from this site: //samsung-updates.com/device/?id=GT-I9082
Please help me Thank you!
Count_Alucard said:
Hello I tried rooting my device using Kingo Root, well it was rooted successfully. Now, I messed up in deleting some bloatware apps from a list I saw before making a backup . Then when I click the settings>about device, it crashes. Then when I try to factory reset, the apps I uninstalled didn't came back. Please let me know what to do, I just want to make the phone the way I got it then root it.
ps: I googled and some say flash the stock room, I'm scared to flash it because I don't know the firmware version of my phone since I can't access the About device of my phone. I'm in the Philippines btw.
pps: I don't know if it might help but, I installed Kies and the fimware was the latest and it was: PDA:NC2 / PHONE:NA3 / CSC:NC2 (AFR); I don't know how to read that, no google result so far. I'm planning to download firmware from this site: //samsung-updates.com/device/?id=GT-I9082
Please help me Thank you!
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Download your firmware from here
http://rapidgator.net/file/6d455e2efafccb40717f79f84756ad9d
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And here is the instructions http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=62021804
Yousef Mohamed said:
Download your firmware from here
http://rapidgator.net/file/6d455e2efafccb40717f79f84756ad9d
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And here is the instructions http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=62021804
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Thank you! I'm downloading it now. I hope it'll return my phone the way it was when I got it. After flashing this, do I get root access and custom recovery? If not, would you please lead me to a link I can follow to root and add custom recovery so I can backup my device. Thanks
Count_Alucard said:
Thank you! I'm downloading it now. I hope it'll return my phone the way it was when I got it. After flashing this, do I get root access and custom recovery? If not, would you please lead me to a link I can follow to root and add custom recovery so I can backup my device. Thanks
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Put SuperSU in your SDcard
Just Flash this recovery with Odin
Make Sure "Auto-Reboot is not ticked Because Stock Android Restores Stock Recovery
When You get "RESET" in odin
Remove the battery from the and boot to recovery directly
And then flash SuperSU
Count_Alucard said:
Thank you! I'm downloading it now. I hope it'll return my phone the way it was when I got it. After flashing this, do I get root access and custom recovery? If not, would you please lead me to a link I can follow to root and add custom recovery so I can backup my device. Thanks
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Also, if possible, please make a backup of your partions. (EFS, CSC, etc).
NeoLogY said:
Also, if possible, please make a backup of your partions. (EFS, CSC, etc).
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CSC Doesn't matter Because its Cache
Almost All Partitions are recoverable except EFS
Yousef Mohamed said:
CSC Doesn't matter Because its Cache
Almost Partition is recoverable except EFS
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I know, just mentioning couple of unseen partition(from the system).
Yousef Mohamed said:
Put SuperSU in your SDcard
Just Flash this recovery with Odin
Make Sure "Auto-Reboot is not ticked Because Stock Android Restores Stock Recovery
When You get "RESET" in odin
Remove the battery from the and boot to recovery directly
And then flash SuperSU
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Thanks, I got it rooted now. You solved my problem
NeoLogY said:
I know, just mentioning couple of unseen partition(from the system).
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Is there other ways to backup the things you have said? I just maid a nandroid backup using Clockwork Mod.
I have another question if it's not too much to ask but, do you know how to swap the internal and external memory of this phone? I would like to know how. Thanks for your help! Especially Yousef!
Count_Alucard said:
Thanks, I got it rooted now. You solved my problem
Is there other ways to backup the things you have said? I just maid a nandroid backup using Clockwork Mod.
I have another question if it's not too much to ask but, do you know how to swap the internal and external memory of this phone? I would like to know how. Thanks for your help! Especially Yousef!
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You can use Partition Backup app. Nandroid backup will backup most of the main partition, but i prefer third party app which will show some unseen partition.
As for the memory thing, i believe @Yousef Mohamed have better knowledge, he even made a flashable zip for expanding the internal memory size.
NeoLogY said:
You can use Partition Backup app. Nandroid backup will backup most of the main partition, but i prefer third party app which will show some unseen partition.
As for the memory thing, i believe @Yousef Mohamed have better knowledge, he even made a flashable zip for expanding the internal memory size.
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Gonna try it out thanks. I'm going to do what I learned from here to my future devices Yeah, I hope Yousef does reply.
EFS is most important "recoverable" partition
Bootloader partitions are the most important because without them you can't even boot the phone ( you can't boot to download mode , recovery mode or even the OS )
So you can't recover it
Count_Alucard said:
Gonna try it out thanks. I'm going to do what I learned from here to my future devices Yeah, I hope Yousef does reply.
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You might wanna check his thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3116730