I've done a bunch of searches on both XDA and google but haven't been able to figure out exactly what all steps I need to take to upgrade from 4.3 to 5.0 while keeping root or re-rooting.
I have downloaded the 5.0 stock firmware for my SM-N900T and have odin on my desktop PC, but am afraid to flash it. Do I need to flash 4.4 first and then 5.0?
No you can go straight to 5
Try this rom.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3021965
If you flash from 4.4.2 to 5.0 via Odin, you may encounter a bootloop which means you'll have to boot into stock recovery and wipe cache. If that doesn't work, you'll have to try a full factory reset/wipe.
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Soon the 4.3 stock firmware will come out, but since my mom's phone is rooted it won't allow the OTA update.
Now I have CWM flashed and obviously the phone is rooted, will a flash of the new firmware and a cache/dalvik cache wipe suffise?
Or should I get a pre-rooted ROM and flash that?
I assume since this is a stock 'update' a Factory Wipe is not required, am I wrong to think this?
Thank you and sorry for this question but nothing came up in search
If u flash a pre-rooted rom, root will be present ofcourse..but if you flash stock rom via odin, u will lose root and need to root it again.
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Wanting to drop stock(latest) back onto my phone as the person buying it wants that. I want to say I remember reading I needed a newer bootloader for 4.4.2. I got my device on launch and got tired of waiting and went to CM11.
What if anything other than clearing data/cache and flashing the stock deodexed/rooted ROM would I need to do? If there is a bootloader, is it a separate odin file? or flashable .zip?
muqali said:
Wanting to drop stock(latest) back onto my phone as the person buying it wants that. I want to say I remember reading I needed a newer bootloader for 4.4.2. I got my device on launch and got tired of waiting and went to CM11.
What if anything other than clearing data/cache and flashing the stock deodexed/rooted ROM would I need to do? If there is a bootloader, is it a separate odin file? or flashable .zip?
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If you're on 4.3 still you will have to Odin a stock 4.3 firmware on to the phone. You can not have a custom recovery on the phone so the Odin way will also replace the custom recovery with stock recovery. Then once your phone is stock, you can then take the update to 4.4.2
If I'm not mistaken, you should download the 4.4.2 fw and Odin that on you phone as well. Even though you are Odining your new fw, the phone must be fully stock or that update will still fail.
Eric214 said:
If you're on 4.3 still you will have to Odin a stock 4.3 firmware on to the phone. You can not have a custom recovery on the phone so the Odin way will also replace the custom recovery with stock recovery. Then once your phone is stock, you can then take the update to 4.4.2
If I'm not mistaken, you should download the 4.4.2 fw and Odin that on you phone as well. Even though you are Odining your new fw, the phone must be fully stock or that update will still fail.
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Well I was on 4.3 stock then went to Cyanogen 4.4.2. I've now got the deodexed/rooted stock 4.4.2 from the forum here and was able to boot it using leankernel. It works and the buyer is satisfied with it. He know how to flash updated ROMs so he can change later anyway. Thanks for the response though, I was thinking noone was gonna answer.
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muqali said:
Wanting to drop stock(latest) back onto my phone as the person buying it wants that. I want to say I remember reading I needed a newer bootloader for 4.4.2. I got my device on launch and got tired of waiting and went to CM11.
What if anything other than clearing data/cache and flashing the stock deodexed/rooted ROM would I need to do? If there is a bootloader, is it a separate odin file? or flashable .zip?
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If you want the newest/latest official stock N900T KitKat firmware why not do the following:
You need to download and Odin flash the official stock KitKat N900T NE6 firmware.
Here is the direct fast download link for it:
http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23501681358537528
The above zip file also contains Odin, CF-Autoroot and TWRP 2.7.0.1 recovery.
Be sure to go into recovery before Odin flashing NE6 and do a factory data reset
and a full wipe. Optional: Then Odin flash cf-autoroot and the TWRP 2.7.0.1.
If you want more information and or instructions here is the link:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...60&postcount=2
If you want the older official stock N900T 4.4.2 NB4 KitKat rom you can
download it from: http://tekunix.com/downloads/TMB-N900TUVUCNB4-20140305155920.zip
and Odin flash it instead of the stock NE6 official N900T firmware.
Both the older and newer official Kitkat stock roms come with the required bootloaders/baseband.
Good luck!
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If you want the newest/latest official stock N900T KitKat firmware why not do the following:
You need to download and Odin flash the official stock KitKat N900T NE6 firmware.
Here is the direct fast download link for it:
http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23501681358537528
The above zip file also contains Odin, CF-Autoroot and TWRP 2.7.0.1 recovery.
Be sure to go into recovery before Odin flashing NE6 and do a factory data reset
and a full wipe. Optional: Then Odin flash cf-autoroot and the TWRP 2.7.0.1.
If you want more information and or instructions here is the link:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...60&postcount=2
If you want the older official stock N900T 4.4.2 NB4 KitKat rom you can
download it from: http://tekunix.com/downloads/TMB-N900TUVUCNB4-20140305155920.zip
and Odin flash it instead of the stock NE6 official N900T firmware.
Both the older and newer official Kitkat stock roms come with the required bootloaders/baseband.
Good luck!
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So clear data/factory reset and clear cache in recovery. Reboot into download and flash NE6, then cf-autoroot, then TWRP? I didn't see you say exactly when to flash NE6.
hi guys new to the galaxy phone and i have been looking into flashing a rom. i have done all the ground work root and custom recovery but now im trying to flash a rom and i get errors. i looked it up to a point where everything i do want to flash requires a 4.4 or 4.3 update and i am stuck in 4.1 is there any solution to this like start from an older rom and work my way up to a current rom. would that work or odin the phone to a current update if possible to find the update. what options do i have ?
not sure if this is the correct thread
Well I would just flash via Odin up to 4.3 because most Roms require the 4.3 boot loader so yea
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I recommend you not update to the 4.3 bootloader as the 4.3 bootloader can cause problems when trying to flash back to stock. Once you're on a 4.3 bootloader, you cannot downgrade to a lower version. Most ROMs seem to work fine with a 4.1.1 or 4.1.2 bootloader.
If you have the att s3 (i747) and not the Bell/Telus/Rogers s3 (i747m), you cannot use Odin to flash a stock 4.3 ROM as it does not exist. You would need to flash a version of 4.3 that has been custom compiled for flashing via Odin.
I would download the latest version of Philz Touch and flash the tar version via Odin. Copy a custom ROM to your SD card, boot to recovery, wipe cache, Dalvik, data, and flash the ROM.
http://goo.im/devs/philz_touch/CWM_Advanced_Edition/d2lte
what's up everybody quick question, I have updated my phone to 4.4.4 and hate it. my question is because the t mobile mote 3 is an unlocked boot loader can I downgrade to 4.2 or 4.3? Odin of course.
Here is a sreen shot of what i got now.
Downgrade of the bootloader and rom is not possible once updated to 4.4 on the note 3 however you can downgrade the kernel via Odin to NF4 NE6 OR NB4.
I'd suggest just go into factory recovery mode and do a factory wipe along with a cache wipe
Does it no longer work? I've the correct drivers installed. I pulled the firmware straight from Sammobile. I flash through download mode, but after the restart, it just sits at "Samsung". That is with Kit Kat. With Lollipop firmware, I just get application and UI crashes on welcome screen.
You need to wipe data in recovery first.
This will solve both issues, the crash in lollipop and the downgrade to kitkat.
ashyx said:
You need to wipe data in recovery first.
This will solve both issues, the crash in lollipop and the downgrade to kitkat.
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Well, all I've got available to me is download mode. So, I should try and get TWRP back onto it, wipe, then flash firmware via download mode? I'm coming from BlissPop, trying to bring it back to stock Kit Kat, so I can sell it. xD I tried flashing autoroot, but I don't think it works, as it only boots into download, not TWRP.
UPDATE: I totally forgot the device had it's only recovery with options. Lmao. Sorry. Thanks.