I have my SGH-M919 4.2.2 UVUAMDL rooted. I would like to upgrade it to a new 5.0 ROM, the GPE posted in development. The last time I installed ROMs was in my Nexus 1. Can someone tell me what I need and how to get it installed??? I have Odin 3.09 and TWRP manager. Thanks...
Flash rom with twrp. May need to update your modem
Well, none of that worked. I installed TWRP, that worked. I downloaded the 4.4.4 Hybrid ROM. Did a full wipe and loaded the ROM. That worked but I had no phone connection. I downloaded the NH7 modem, all I got was Odin fail. Downloaded the NK4 modem, all I got was Odin fail. I tried 2 computers, 2 cables, 2 Odin versions, 4 USB ports, everything I could think of and all I got was FAIL. Did a restore back to 4.2.2. I must be missing something here. Need some help.
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Hello, I recently just updated my Rogers SGH-i317M to 4.3, which then downloaded a system update which put it at 4.4. I was running Jedi X20, which is based on 4.1.2, when I first tried updating, I flashed the "4.3param_tz" file in odin, and was left with an error screen saying I need to recover using Kies, so I downloaded the official release, flashed via odin, and thats how I got to where I am now. I want to try the "Ditto Note 3" rom, "Sky Note Air 4.3", "Mean Bean" and "Beanstalk". My main question is, can I just start flashing these roms like I was before on 4.1.2, or do I need to use the specific kernel listed on their page? Before you needed a specific kernel to run a touchwiz rom or an aosp rom, so is it still the same? Or can I use my stock 4.4 kernel and try both aosp and tw roms now? If so could you point out the kernels I would need? And educate me on anything else I should know about before flashing 4.3 and 4.4 roms, (I'm not worried about warranty), this would be greatly appreciated. Thanks for your time in reading this and helping me out, much appreciated!!
Regardless of where u are, I'd Odin to Rogers stock KK 4.4.2. Then Odin Twrp recovery, boot into twrp recovery and flash SU v.1.99. Finally choose your rom and flash away. This way you are on the lastest KK 4.4.2 Bootloader and KK Modem/Baseband.
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Regardless of where u are, I'd Odin to Rogers stock KK 4.4.2. Then Odin Twrp recovery, boot into twrp recovery and flash SU v.1.99. Finally choose your rom and flash away. This way you are on the lastest KK 4.4.2 Bootloader and KK Modem/Baseband.
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I did all that except flash SU 1.99, so I tried flashing SKynote Air and it didnt work, upon restarting my phone it said no os is available. So I tried restoring from the backup I made of the official 4.4.2 Samsung rom in twrp, didn't work. Tried Odin, didn't work. Then I tried flashing the Skynote rom again and it worked. So I'm afraid of flashing any other roms now.
Hello all. I just received a galaxy s3 from my sister in law running 4.4.2. I am aware I can't downgrade the complete firmware using Odin. The phone it's rooted. My question is what can I do with this thing as far as playing with roms and what not? Can I only install 4.4.2 based roms? Can I even unroot? I have been rooting and installing roms for years now but never have a phone felt more unfriendly before this. Thanks in advance.
Is the phone running stock 4.4.2?
You can install a custom recovery to the phone, copy some custom ROMs to an external SD card, and try out a bunch of ROMs.
Yeah its stock 4.4.2 rooted with clockwork mod recovery. Do the roms have to be 4.4 or 4.4.2 based? Tried cyanogenmod 4.3 and failed. I pretty much would like to flash via odin to go back to stock unrooted but 4.4.2 was over the air. Got 4.3 via sammobile but that fails. Kies won't show my device for firmware recovery. Shows it as normal to sync.
What error did you get when trying to flash CM10.2? Is your CWM up to date?
I would have assumed that CM10.2 would be comaptible with your KK bootloader and modem.
Do not make anymore attempts to flash 4.3 via Odin. This could result in a bricked phone because a KK modem on a 4.3 bootloader cannot be fixed using any method available on XDA.
Yeah I'm aware of the boot loader and modem downgrade issue. Tried odin once and just left it as is.
Is your CWM up to date? What error did you get when trying to flash CM10.2?
I don't remember the error. According to Rom manager, my recovery is up to date
What version is the cwm? I prefer to manually flash a custom recovery instead of relying on ROM manager.
Cwm 6.0.4.7. I've always used rom manager except for my galaxy nexus. Flashed with windows terminal and fastboot.
Since CWM is up to date, try flashing the most recent CM11.
Older cm roms, and any older roms should run fine on NE4. Some may not flash though, such as cm10. This is because the updater script doesn't include NE4 as it wasn't out when the rom was built. If you edit the script to make it flash, any of the available roms should run just fine.
As it stands though, the easiest thing would be to do as audit13 suggested and flash cm11. That and most other recent roms should flash just fine w/o any extra work.
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well, after downloading the most recent cm11 nightly and gapps, rebooted into recovery and wiped. when trying to flash cm11, sd card not mounting. couldn't mount, restored a backup only to be greeted to a display that would not go to sleep and a fury of app and processes stopping pop ups. settings-accounts-backup and reset-factory data reset-etc did nothing but ask for a password. did it through recovery to a perfectly working phone with baseband version: unknown, IMEI: unknown, IMEISV: unknown. flashed the NE4 modem Doc posted in another forum, no dice. same message from cm as before. this time i remember. it was a bunch of basebands not including NE4.
And getprop ro.bootloader says NE4. first said unknown but maybe i typed it wrong.
Got it all back running. tried the S3Rx NE4 aroma zip that would end with installation aborted. found enewman17's post on updating using a stock-rooted 4.4.2 zip after flashing Doc's modem zip. all is well! So thank you DocHoliday77, and thank you enewman17!
Glad you got it working!
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my phone is 4.1.1 and i want to update to 4.3 or 4.4, whatever is currently out.
software update doesnt work in the About Device screen. I click it and nothing happens. at all, as if i ne ver touched it.
I tried using this guide http://www.xda-root.com/2014/07/download-install-android-4.4.4-kitkat-update-galaxy-s3-sgh-i747.html
Requires using ODIN and i did try it but ODIN will NOT recognize my phone at all when i plug it via usb cable, no matter what port i use. non-odin wise my pc can always read it.
What am i doing wrong?
I did have a superuser "root" in the past. when the software update didnt work, i uninstalled that and tried the guide again to no avail. do i need to reroot for odin to work, if so, whats the easiest way to root now? is there another option for me to update easily without messing up my phone?
thanks!
You need to be running a completely stock unrooted ATT 4.1.1 ROM with a stock recovery for OTA updates to work.
You're in download mode when connecting to Odin? You've installed the necessary Samsung USB drivers?
This is the recovery flashable stock
https://mega.co.nz/#!NpxzBI5J!PIMgiCZXFPiN0Y1n3f4a7UL9hqT2MW44VCt6zipu5PA
I got it some where here on XDA
After this you will be totally stock 4.1.1
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The simplest method may be to flash back to completely stock using the ATT 4.1.1 firmware from sammobile.com using Odin 3.07.
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The simplest method may be to flash back to completely stock using the ATT 4.1.1 firmware from sammobile.com using Odin 3.07.
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will flashing back to stock wipe my stuff?
thanks!
btw, arent i arleady on stock 4.11?
Did your phone take the OTA update?
Yes, flashing back to stock via Odin will wipe out your files which means you should copy the files to your computer or external SD card.
Hello everyone, I am in need of some help.
I tried to update my l900 mk4 rooted to NE2 yesterday and it failed and left me in a situation.
My bootloader got updated to NE2 but everything else stayed as MK4.
My issues is when I try to ODIN flash a stock MK4 tar, I get an error Binary:3 Device:2.
After research I getting that everything needs to match up I'm guessing. (I could be wrong)
So what I am needing is a MK4 bootloader to flash via recovery or ODIN or a way to get everything to NE2 (I just need them matching)
Someone has uploaded a MK4 bootloader tar (I cant find the link) but is does not work with ODIN.
If I am completely wrong about all this please chime in, I'm not developer and could have misinterpreted my research.
My status right now is a very early, dirty flash of CM11 (I had a backup) that will not update with nightlys via updater giving MK5 checksum verification error. I am assuming this is related.
Josh
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Hello everyone, I am in need of some help.
I tried to update my l900 mk4 rooted to NE2 yesterday and it failed and left me in a situation.
My bootloader got updated to NE2 but everything else stayed as MK4.
My issues is when I try to ODIN flash a stock MK4 tar, I get an error Binary:3 Device:2.
After research I getting that everything needs to match up I'm guessing. (I could be wrong)
So what I am needing is a MK4 bootloader to flash via recovery or ODIN or a way to get everything to NE2 (I just need them matching)
Someone has uploaded a MK4 bootloader tar (I cant find the link) but is does not work with ODIN.
If I am completely wrong about all this please chime in, I'm not developer and could have misinterpreted my research.
My status right now is a very early, dirty flash of CM11 (I had a backup) that will not update with nightlys via updater giving MK5 checksum verification error. I am assuming this is related.
Josh
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You cant downgrade bootloader without causing issues. Also you don't have to have bootloader, rom, and radio versions match. I am on ne2 bootloader running mk4 rom with the ancient lj1 modem. Not sure what your cm11 issue is not mismatch of versions. You can flash the full ne2 tar with odin if you want but cant go backwards with odin.
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Ah, I see now. So basically the only TAR I can flash is either a NE2 or NK2?
I guess I have something else going on with CM11 and CM12. I cannot update CM11 at all and if I try to flash CM12 I get a boot loop. None of this happened till I tried to upgrade from MK4 to NE2.
Not sure how to fix it, I'm stuck on a Dec of 2013 CM11 rom. Every NE2 TAR I download, both my computers say they are corrupt (I'm thinking it might be a windows 8.1x64 issue)
If you go to androidfilehost.com/dev/jlmancuso and search around you will find a copy of the ne2 tar I uploaded. It should download better/faster. Hopefully it will help you out.
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If you go to androidfilehost.com/dev/jlmancuso and search around you will find a copy of the ne2 tar I uploaded. It should download better/faster. Hopefully it will help you out.
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www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23501681358546202
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Ah, I see now. So basically the only TAR I can flash is either a NE2 or NK2?
I guess I have something else going on with CM11 and CM12. I cannot update CM11 at all and if I try to flash CM12 I get a boot loop. None of this happened till I tried to upgrade from MK4 to NE2.
Not sure how to fix it, I'm stuck on a Dec of 2013 CM11 rom. Every NE2 TAR I download, both my computers say they are corrupt (I'm thinking it might be a windows 8.1x64 issue)
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Much appreciated.
When I load this into ODIN 3.07 I get a MD5 hash error, and when I load it into ODIN 3.09 I get a binary invalid error.
Josh
You can also get it from here http://samsung-updates.com/device/?id=SPH-L900 , but it will take a long time to download, this is where I downloaded mine from and its worked fine for me many times using odin 3.09.
hey can anyone help me? i've recently reverted my note 2 back to stock via odin and everything seemed fine. When the phone booted and i went through the setup process it always hangs. No matter what i do it always hangs. I've tried reflashing it and rebooting it over and over again but it always hangs. anyone know why this keeps happening?
Are you flashing the latest stock ROM? You're performing a factory reset before booting the ROM for the first time?
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Are you flashing the latest stock ROM? You're performing a factory reset before booting the ROM for the first time?
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Yup latest stock rom, and before i flashed via odin i deleted my previous rom via twrp and formatted internal storage so its 100% clean
I've downgraded a Note 2 sgh-i317m to 4.1.1 from 4.4.2 by flashing a stock 4.1.1 ROM from sammobile.com in order to network unlock the phone. Flashing the stock 4.1.1 ROM tripped knox and could be installed via Odin because the 4.1.1 ROM from sammobile.com did not contain a 4.1.1 bootloader so I wound up with a stock 4.1.1 ROM on a 4.4.2 bootloader. After unlocking, I flashed the stock 4.4.2 ROM again and the the phone worked as it should.
I'm not sure which phone you have and I'm not sure downgrading and upgrading will work in your case but it's something you may want to look into.
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I've downgraded a Note 2 sgh-i317m to 4.1.1 from 4.4.2 by flashing a stock 4.1.1 ROM from sammobile.com in order to network unlock the phone. Flashing the stock 4.1.1 ROM tripped knox and could be installed via Odin because the 4.1.1 ROM from sammobile.com did not contain a 4.1.1 bootloader so I wound up with a stock 4.1.1 ROM on a 4.4.2 bootloader. After unlocking, I flashed the stock 4.4.2 ROM again and the the phone worked as it should.
I'm not sure which phone you have and I'm not sure downgrading and upgrading will work in your case but it's something you may want to look into.
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I've managed to get the phone working (N7100) and it seems to run fine on Nougat. I did some testing and indeed it would always crash on setup with kitkat roms. I wonder why this is the case....
It is strange that kit kat causes a problem.
Have you tried using a different version of twrp to wipe the system before flashing with Odin? Can't think of anything else that may solve the problem.