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[CUSTOM UPDATE] LG2 Patch for Custom Roms

I'm doing this from work, so I'll have to clean this up later.
Standard Disclaimers Apply. I have personally tested this on my device multiple times.
WHAT DOES THE LG2 OTA UPDATE CONTAIN?
Simply put? ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. Well mostly nothing, I can't fully confirm that. But I can confirm two things:
1. Removes universal search from Google Quick Search (i.e. search apps, contacts, or anything besides web)
2. Limits your Wifi and 3G horribly (made my SGS3 reject my work wifi for being too weak, with 1-2 bars)
WHAT AM I PROVIDING HERE THEN?
Well, anyone who has received the notification for the OTA knows just how frustrating it is! This should get rid of that, while also updating your modem. Any other 'patching' is removed, as well as the Google Quick Search crippling.
And most importantly, this will flash through CWM no matter what you've changed or removed, so long as you're on LF9.
HOW TO USE:
1. Do not accept OTA update.
2. Download my file to your SD card.
3. Boot into CWM.
4. Flash my file.
5. Reboot phone.
6. Accept OTA update.
7. Reboot phone once OTA fails.
DOWNLOAD HERE
Custom LG2 for Custom ROMS

This is awesome!
Side question: what does this mean for future OTA's? Will subsequent "custom updates" be needed from here on out? Thanks!

Worked perfect! Thanks! :laugh:

Thanks again for the update! But my paranoid just wants to confirm I get everything flashed correctly...
I accidentally clicked "Update later" when I got prompted (step 6) because I wanted to check the device info. Now I don't get prompted to install the OTA anymore even though I didn't go through the process of downloading it. Should I be seeing the old baseband (LF9) or should that also be LG2?
Thanks!

MinimalistChris said:
Thanks again for the update! But my paranoid just wants to confirm I get everything flashed correctly...
I accidentally clicked "Update later" when I got prompted (step 6) because I wanted to check the device info. Now I don't get prompted to install the OTA anymore even though I didn't go through the process of downloading it. Should I be seeing the old baseband (LF9) or should that also be LG2?
Thanks!
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The baseband is the modem, so LG2. If it's gone, then congrats. Everything else is in place. The only reason the notification remains in the first place, is because the update didn't go through the Android updater.
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RandomKing said:
The baseband is the modem, so LG2. If it's gone, then congrats. Everything else is in place. The only reason the notification remains in the first place, is because the update didn't go through the Android updater.
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Awesome! I figured everything was fine... I just get paranoid about these things
Thank you for the clarification and the dev work!

Must be on LF9... Have the script do those checks?
Don't i recall us going through this before on the OG Epic? =P

hoffman1984 said:
Must be on LF9... Have the script do those checks?
Don't i recall us going through this before on the OG Epic? =P
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I could remove it easily... but for compatibility and making users happy i left it that way. ;-)
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RandomKing,
Thanks for the good work. I have my daughter's S3 still on a stock rom and might for a while till I find something really stable for her. What's the issue of using your file on a stock ROM? Will it just not work?

Jettubby said:
RandomKing,
Thanks for the good work. I have my daughter's S3 still on a stock rom and might for a while till I find something really stable for her. What's the issue of using your file on a stock ROM? Will it just not work?
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No issue.
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RandomKing said:
No issue.
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Have you tested this on a stock ROM? So it will work?

I have flashed new ROMs but I still have the Baseband version of L710VPLEN.... I assume I need to flash both OTA updates in order to change my Baseband. If I'm not mistaken, flashing those updates will update my Baseband, but will also un-root my phone. Is there a way to update the baseband without losing root? I have tried to find the answers in the posts here, but I am unable to. Thank you in advance

does anyone have or can post LF9 Modem.zip?? i flashed the new LG2 modem but it killed my 3g speeds...please any help will be appreciated...

Is this zip suppose to end the update pop....I did it but am still getting the update pop up

hunterbeav said:
Is this zip suppose to end the update pop....I did it but am still getting the update pop up
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Yes, the update popup should be gone after you flash this

klarthur said:
I have flashed new ROMs but I still have the Baseband version of L710VPLEN.... I assume I need to flash both OTA updates in order to change my Baseband. If I'm not mistaken, flashing those updates will update my Baseband, but will also un-root my phone. Is there a way to update the baseband without losing root? I have tried to find the answers in the posts here, but I am unable to. Thank you in advance
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You shouldn't lose root by updating baseband. I didn't, make sure your use the team epic link for guidance http://www.epiccm.org/2012/06/team-epics-root-from-recovery.html just in case you do...
baseband only link...care of Blazer Rom post...http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1746184&page=166

Naddict said:
You shouldn't lose root by updating baseband. I didn't, make sure your use the team epic link for guidance http://www.epiccm.org/2012/06/team-epics-root-from-recovery.html just in case you do...
baseband only link...care of Blazer Rom post...http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1746184&page=166
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worked for me perfectly!
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Jettubby said:
Have you tested this on a stock ROM? So it will work?
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I just tested it on stock, rooted, works fine

joeyhdownsouth said:
worked for me perfectly!
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I just tested it on stock, rooted, works fine
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Thanks for that clarification. I understand that this zip kills the update nag but does it also update the baseband to LG2 where people are having wifi and 3G issues? If so it would be nice to just have a nag killer zip? Or edit the build.prop to show LG2 so that the system thinks its updated?

MinimalistChris said:
Thanks again for the update! But my paranoid just wants to confirm I get everything flashed correctly...
I accidentally clicked "Update later" when I got prompted (step 6) because I wanted to check the device info. Now I don't get prompted to install the OTA anymore even though I didn't go through the process of downloading it. Should I be seeing the old baseband (LF9) or should that also be LG2?
Thanks!
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I did zip but still showing Lf9 baseband....no more pop ups though...is that right?

Thanks for this :thumbup:
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Device Status : Modified

I know this was talked about here.
I have rooted my phone i have CWM recovery (installed status bar mod), and my device status is modified ( i cant run system update)..
Any way i can change it without loosing data ? Because all solutions i found included wiping data ... And i hate restoring data with titanium stuff etc...
Thanks folx !

In another thread i was told to go to chainfires root thread but there is only a way with wiping data...
Any one knows way without wiping any data ?

Try triangle away
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You can NOT use OTA updates after rooting. Period. Even if you get your device status to normal (which requires you to factory reset after rooting and running Triangle Away). OTA updates will only work on unmodified systems.
You can, however, get the update from sammobile and flash with Odin.

To quote a person who is a great deal more knowledgeable about the subject:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=33709557&postcount=179

FloatingFatMan said:
You can NOT use OTA updates after rooting. Period. Even if you get your device status to normal (which requires you to factory reset after rooting and running Triangle Away). OTA updates will only work on unmodified systems.
You can, however, get the update from sammobile and flash with Odin.
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Erm, not true. I am rooted and device is normal. Recently I just did an OTA update. After that still used OTA Rootkeeper to restore root.

I have been trying to find a way to get my status: Modified back to normal without wiping data(rooted, stock rom/recovery) but I have had no luck...would be nice if there is a way to do it!

Seifer1975 said:
Erm, not true. I am rooted and device is normal. Recently I just did an OTA update. After that still used OTA Rootkeeper to restore root.
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That was sheer blind luck then. OTAs are incremental updates, so you could just have easily have bricked your phone doing that.
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gandalf21502 said:
I have been trying to find a way to get my status: Modified back to normal without wiping data(rooted, stock rom/recovery) but I have had no luck...would be nice if there is a way to do it!
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There isn't.

FloatingFatMan said:
That was sheer blind luck then. OTAs are incremental updates, so you could just have easily have bricked your phone doing that.
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There isn't.
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Oh, I doubt the risk of that happening is high. While I am rooted, everything else on my phone is still stock.
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gandalf21502 said:
I have been trying to find a way to get my status: Modified back to normal without wiping data(rooted, stock rom/recovery) but I have had no luck...would be nice if there is a way to do it!
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Well, I was rooted and my device shows normal. I did not wipe data, factory reset or flash a stock ROM again after rooting. In fact, my phone showed modified immediately after rooted and mysteriously changed to normal the day after without me doing anything at all. The only possibility I can think of is that I used the jig as well as triangle away. If you have a jig, you might want to try and see if it works.

FloatingFatMan said:
You can NOT use OTA updates after rooting. Period. Even if you get your device status to normal (which requires you to factory reset after rooting and running Triangle Away). OTA updates will only work on unmodified systems.
You can, however, get the update from sammobile and flash with Odin.
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FloatingFatMan said:
That was sheer blind luck then. OTAs are incremental updates, so you could just have easily have bricked your phone doing that.
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There isn't.
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You seem wrong about many things here in this thread. You can definitely do OTA updates after root, but you will most likely lose root... I'm aware you have 2000+ posts, but be careful what you say...
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I have jig... what have you done with it ? Just stick it in?
Handwritten from my Note 2

You get "modified" status because of custom recovery. If you want "official" status just flash the stock recovery with ODIN. And yes you will lose root, but you will get OTA updates.
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DanDroidian said:
You seem wrong about many things here in this thread. You can definitely do OTA updates after root, but you will most likely lose root... I'm aware you have 2000+ posts, but be careful what you say...
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I guess you can quote Chainfire as being wrong as well then, because he says pretty much the same thing. OTA's are usually incremental updates, which means they patch existing files rather than replace them. IF you've just rooted and not done ANYthing else, you can probably get away with flashing an OTA. But if you've patched anything, expect trouble.
If you use ODIN to flash the OTA, you're probably safe as it has coding to fix such problems (as far as I can discern anyway), but flashing the OTA without is just asking for it.

OTA Updates are overrated, why wait for an OTA when you can download from sammobile at your leisure.
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kirilorius said:
You get "modified" status because of custom recovery. If you want "official" status just flash the stock recovery with ODIN. And yes you will lose root, but you will get OTA updates.
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Does anyone know if stock Rogers for i317m is available anywhere online yet?
And secondly, does this phone get OTA updates or is it via Kies? My SGS2 were via Kies only and carrier specific.
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Coud i flash different Country rom via ODIN? Will i have Some problems with it?
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My recovery is stock, and is say's modified. The only thing I did was root the phone, stock rom/recovery.
I have a Jig from my S2 days...how will inserting the jig reset it? Anything else need done other than insert it? Did not know the Jig would work with the N2...did not work with my S3.

With the phone off, insert the jig. It should boot into download mode. Then I reboot. That's all I did. I am not saying it will work, just that this was the only thing I did differently from others. Otherwise cannot explain why my status shows normal even though I am rooted and did not factory reset or wipe data after that.

FloatingFatMan said:
I guess you can quote Chainfire as being wrong as well then, because he says pretty much the same thing. OTA's are usually incremental updates, which means they patch existing files rather than replace them. IF you've just rooted and not done ANYthing else, you can probably get away with flashing an OTA. But if you've patched anything, expect trouble.
If you use ODIN to flash the OTA, you're probably safe as it has coding to fix such problems (as far as I can discern anyway), but flashing the OTA without is just asking for it.
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Hi,
I have a galaxy S2, and i have ordered note 2.
I was running a stock rom, with root, cwm, lots of mods, and many themes applied, and i was still able to get ota updates. So if you can do that on the s2, i would think you could it on a n2 too.
Corey
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Hope this helps:
As I mentioned in this thread, I now have rooted stock 4.1.2 and "Device status: Normal".
The OTA software update process doesn't hang anymore now
springer.music said:
I've just flashed this firmware with Mobile Odin Pro and selected all the wipes + root/mobile odin injection.
Now my N7105 is rooted with "Device status: Normal".
When I rooted it using this guide (stock recovery method), I had "Device status: Modified", so it was not possible to check for OTA updates.
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Just got an update

The only different I can see so far is the s voice. It also still shows 4.1.2. Stock unrooted. The samsung keyboard has a prev. Next button. Can email the pics I took while it was updating.
https://www.dropbox.com/sc/arf2g1yfe82bo5d/uXylt4PMXo

DadamsJR said:
Did anyone check for software update and get it?
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I got it, same file size as your picture. Haven't noticed much to be different. Baseband is UCAMH3, but I don't remember what it was before, if it was different.

DadamsJR said:
Did anyone check for software update and get it?
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I got it too. I notice that I can now make a Google Hangout video call over LTE.

It seems like it's running smoother now

DadamsJR said:
Did anyone check for software update and get it?
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I got it too, thanks for the heads up :good:

can / will anyone convert this to something we can flash in twrp, for those of us rooted and normal update doesn't work?
Thanks!
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supra90mkiii said:
I got it, same file size as your picture. Haven't noticed much to be different. Baseband is UCAMH3, but I don't remember what it was before, if it was different.
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Anyone kind enough to make a flashable Baseband only UCAMH3 zip? I would love to try the new Baseband but I am only a Tmobile Rom.

Hopefully someone will zip it up for all of us to try out the modem and if stock rooted whatever else is in the update.
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DadamsJR said:
It seems like it's running smoother now
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Um, no. Its called placebo

Vandam500 said:
Um, no. Its called placebo
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Uh no I don't believe that's the case cause it was real glitchy the days leading up to gettanding this. Messenger would freeze and fc along with Internet. Can't Judge on battery life yet but it seems about the same.

Its def smoother, as a matter of fact smoother than my s4 hopefully Samsung gets the 4.3 update right
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Got the same update. My sound profiles went back to factory settings.... meh... haha more work for me to do on a Sunday
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I do not know about smoothness or battery but after updating, Bluebox Security Scanner shows I am patched for both the 8219321 and the 9695860 bugs. I cannot remember which one it was but before the update I was only patched for one. Root also survived.

Just curious how the update isnt breaking root. It is breaking mine, just on stock with UCAMA4 rooted fine, grabs the update and installs and *poof*, no root

OK, maybe I'm just really really stupid (probably HAHA) but every time I've tried to DL this and the thing reboots, it reboots into TWRP, and there I'm stuck - would have thought it would have tried to install itself outside of TWRP recovery, or am I really missing some point here?

OTA update requires stock recovery to install.
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Modem Zip request
Any kind soul can zip up the modem only update ?

Svoice got an update/makeover. The also removed the ripple lockscreen. Was my favorite
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gmwright said:
I got it too. I notice that I can now make a Google Hangout video call over LTE.
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Google hangout was already allowing prior to update.
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inthepit said:
Svoice got an update/makeover. The also removed the ripple lockscreen. Was my favorite
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Google hangout was already allowing prior to update.
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I did a recovery install via Kies to get my Note 2 back to stock which removed root. I then made my phone download software updates which now has it at 4.1.2 with Baseband Version I317UCAMH3. I changed the day numerous times and tried Software Updates again but it says I am now at the most current version so I then rooted the phone again! Mine still has the ripple lockscreen as well. I'm not sure why yours disappeared!

inspron said:
Any kind soul can zip up the modem only update ?
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+1 There are a number of folks posting they took the MH3 OTA update... what is being asked here is if one of you could kindly post the OTA update file (i.e., on dropbox, then share the dropbox link). In the past, ATT OTAs were stored in " /cache/fota" folder. There are folks here on XDA who can extract the kernel... extract the modem... etc from that OTA and repackage in flashable zips for the rest of the community to try (those who either cannot get the MH3 OTA to download/install... or for those who do not want to flash back to stock in order to take the MH3 OTA). Can someone who has updated to MH3 take a look (via your favorite file explorer) and see if they still have the MH3 update in /cache/fota folder? Thanks.

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

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

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

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

what about towelroot? Does that unlock the bootloader?

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

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

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

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

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

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

killercut said:
interesting.
Could you post your about phone info, like kernel and stuff.
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Completely stock TouchWiz 4.3. OTA update took it from 4.2 to 4.3. It's my wife's phone and she never had any desire for anything custom on it. The only reason I rooted it now was she asked if there was any way to block ads.
Baseband m919uvuemk2
Kernel 3.4.0-2015522
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Official lollipop N900TUVUFOB6 for t-mobile galaxy note 3 (can keep root, knox 0x0)

It is arriving today.
Let's discuss how do you like it.
Edit: We should receive it this week. https://twitter.com/askdes/status/573229274137681920
Edit: it was released late night on 03/04/2015 and the build number changed from OB5 to OB6 at the last minutes, possibly fixed some minor bugs(good for users).
Edit:
For those who want to upgrade from rooted kitkat to lollipop and keep knox 0x0 and root:
Prerequisites:
IMPORTANT: Phone with rooted KitKat firmware installed. This is an ABSOLUTE necessity, since Mobile Odin DOES NOT support Lollipop!
MobileOdin Pro v4.20
Latest SuperSu ZIP installer (v2.45 or higher!)
Lollipop ROM (.tar.md5 file)
Instructions: (Mobile Odin DOES NOT support Lollipop! Only run Mobile Odin Pro in Kitkat!)
Purchase and install Mobile Odin Pro
Put SuperSU zip in a folder in your SD Card (external SD recommended)
Put Lollipop ROM (TAR.MD5) in your SD Card (external SD recommended)
On Mobile Odin Pro, touch on "Open file ..." load the TAR.MD5 file and confirm
Then touch on "OTA / Update ZIP" and select the SuperSU Zip
Make sure "Enable EverRoot" box is UNCHECKED.
Check "Wipe Dalvik Cache"
Recommended but not mandatory: check "Wipe Data and Cache"
Touch Flash Firmware and wait.
Voilá, you're in Lollipop with Root and Knox 0x0!
Optional: use pc odin to odin lollipop bootloader since mobile odin pro doesn't flash bootloader.
Edit: Please take out sim card when you flash lollipop using mobile odin pro and don't want to wipe data. Otherwise wifi calling may not work correctly.
Also remember to uninstall any xposed modules if you have any before flashing lollipop.
Thanks to vladeco:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=58822727&postcount=145
You can get the extracted lollipop firmware by toastido: (remember to thank toastido)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-3-tmobile/general/5-0-n900tuvufob6-extracted-stock-t3047672
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Isn't showing up as available OTA for me.

googlephone said:
It is arriving today.
Let's discuss how do you like it.
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Source?

Droid Life said it but so far, 3/4 3:05pm CST, they are the only source saying this.
We shall see. I'm sure it's getting closer!!

It's sometime today from what I read
Try kies. It usually has it before the Ota
https://twitter.com/askdes/status/573229274137681920

Not yet.

@johndoe27 keep checking and report back.
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How doe you know the build number?

strictlyphat said:
@johndoe27 keep checking and report back.
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How doe you know the build number?
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It's on Samsung's site: http://www.samsung.com/us/support/faq/FAQ00057005/73903/SM-N900TZKETMB

Not via that link u sent...

strictlyphat said:
Not via that link u sent...
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The build number of the new build? It's the first entry: N900TUVUFOB5
Now that I look at it though, I don't think it has all the builds there.

Looks like I'll be using this instead of the janky Lollipop builds out there.

N900TUVUFOB5 Lollipop Incoming
Sammobile should have this available soon. Also check Kies, but be careful if you plan to root as we haven't tested rooting methods with it yet.

same here, im going back to stock now, just to be sure, i just odin back to nb4, right?

I'm so excited! I want to keep root though so I guess ill wait and see how everything goes first. God speed brave modders!

I'm pretty sure rooting it will be the same. Flashing TWRP with Odin. Flash Supersu.zip in TWRP... blah blah

Vish.N said:
I'm pretty sure rooting it will be the same. Flashing TWRP with Odin. Flash Supersu.zip in TWRP... blah blah
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Maybe different this time for those who want to keep Knox 0x0.

We've had the leaks and the International versions available for awhile, so it's not like we haven't seen lollipop yet....So why not wait to make a thread about it until, you know, there's actually something to discuss?

They would release it 2 days after I rooted mines, hahaha
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Morningstar said:
We've had the leaks and the International versions available for awhile, so it's not like we haven't seen lollipop yet....So why not wait to make a thread about it until, you know, there's actually something to discuss?
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Why Not...?

Wicked68 said:
They would release it 2 days after I rooted mines, hahaha
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yep, I rooted mine yesterday I have to unroot it now.