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Downgrade from 4.4

I had flashed bootloader & radio for 4.4, but want to go back to 4.3 this is what I did:
1.flash philz recovery
2.flash bootloader z20i with no luck error 7.
3.flash radio .84 ok
4.flash 4.3 ROM
5.Flash gapps.
6. See if boot.....yesss
Pd: I am worried, will I hace any trouble leaving the last loader?, how could I downgrade. Do you think 4.3 will run with last radio & loader?.
Thnx
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Just run a toolkit and flash 4.3 stock image. Make sure to backup all ur files from the phone.
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badboy47 said:
Just run a toolkit and flash 4.3 stock image. Make sure to backup all ur files from the phone.
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Can I flash the stock rom via cmw?
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Sir_gpm said:
Can I flash the stock rom via cmw?
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Yes u can flash via cmw.

Create a man droid before you upgrade, if you don't like 4.4 just reload it.
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Nandroid. Stupid autocorrect.
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[Q] Can't enter recovery after root???

Hello
i have rooted my i9505 in odin with CF-Auto-Root-jflte-jfltexx-gti9505 which went just fine. Then i have downloaded root check and it confirmed that the phone is rooted. After that i have flashed the newest twrp which worked fine by odin. Then i wasn't able to enter recovery so i flashed philz_touch_6.04.0-jfltexx but still can't enter into recovery mode.
I have searched the forums and have figured out that there is such a problem with at&t devices, i am on a normal gsm/4g device from australian stock.
Any ideas what to do to get this fixed? The stock Rom is horribly slow and bloated.
TIA

Flash official stock firmware and start again, please follow the steps correctly that been described in the thread of the recovery you want to use.
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dbzfanatic said:
This is old use nbetchers method instead.
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What odin version are you using for recovery flashing?
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95mediatech said:
Flash official stock firmware and start again, please follow the steps correctly that been described in the thread of the recovery you want to use.
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I will try that even if i am conviced i followed the instructions by the letter

jaswinky said:
What odin version are you using for recovery flashing?
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3.0.7

dosada said:
3.0.7
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If you have root already try to download the recovery tools in playstore then choose the clockwork rec, once its done boot to recovery and flash philz have a nice day
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dosada said:
3.0.7
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You should use 1.85 only for cfautoroot, and 3.09 for the rest (3.09 was made specifically for i9505 and 3.07 for i9500).
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Stock Kernel for S4 i9500

Hi guys I have kk stock version and I have flashed some custom kernels, but the phone is getting to hot and I'm having some issues. Can anyone provide the stock kernel for kk so I can flash it via recovery. Please let me know. Thanks in advance
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bolleyjara said:
Hi guys I have kk stock version and I have flashed some custom kernels, but the phone is getting to hot and I'm having some issues. Can anyone provide the stock kernel for kk so I can flash it via recovery. Please let me know. Thanks in advance
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You should be fine by flashing this stock kernel via recovery.

That's why you should make backups.

4.4.3 coming this week

Time to start prepping for an OTA. Memory serves, you need stock bootloader, remove root, and xposed to be able to take the OTA. Sound right??
http://www.androidcentral.com/motorola-pushing-android-443-week
Stock ATT 4.4.2 (165.44.1)
Unlocked Bootloader
Rooted via SuperSU flashable
TWRP 2.7.0.0

cpetersen2791 said:
Time to start prepping for an OTA. Memory serves, you need stock bootloader, remove root, and xposed to be able to take the OTA. Sound right??
http://www.androidcentral.com/motorola-pushing-android-443-week
Stock ATT 4.4.2 (165.44.1)
Unlocked Bootloader
Rooted via SuperSU flashable
TWRP 2.7.0.0
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Based on the past OTA's....
Yes stock recovery is needed, but you don't need to remove root, xposed can be disabled, you need your bloat on there..
For more, see -> http://mark.cdmaforums.com/MotoX-OTA.html
Oh, and for anyone who had 4.4.2 on their phone, then partially downgraded (i.e. flashed only parts like system.img, etc from an older rom) successfully, taking the OTA now will likely brick you.

I SBF'd to 4.4.2 I'm rooted, have Phil's recovery but no xposed. Unlocked boot loader Dev edition
Based on your post I have two options.
1. SBF the stock recovery and take the update.
2. Wait till the sbf for 4.4.3 to drop and flash that.
Please confirm or let me know if I'm wrong and if there are any other options, do share please.

Great news. I only want slightly better battery life and better camera.
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I'm running the soak test right now. Smooth sailing so far. I used rsd lite to flash the sbf file and everything went fine
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Will someone release this as something we can flash later or is the only way to get it via OTA? Also, if it is released on here later about how long would it take?

T-Mobile/Unlocked only right now it seems. Which is fine.
AT&T, Verizon and Sprint probably have to wait a bit.

i'm ready. got stock recovery ready to go. just gotta flash my own 4.4.2 dump back on there and i'm good to go

Where can I get the stock recovery from?
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Everyone forgets USC exists lol but ya its deff TMobile first as of now.
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creid2352 said:
Where can I get the stock recovery from?
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http://sbf.droid-developers.org/phone.php?device=0
Find your carrier and the Android version you want the recover.img file will be in the .zip
Also, does anybody know if a custom kernel (specifically the faux kernel 007) will interfere with an OTA? If so, where can I find the stock 4.4.2 kernel?

Symthic said:
http://sbf.droid-developers.org/phone.php?device=0
Find your carrier and the Android version you want the recover.img file will be in the .zip
Also, does anybody know if a custom kernel (specifically the faux kernel 007) will interfere with an OTA? If so, where can I find the stock 4.4.2 kernel?
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So I should just be able to fastboot the recovery even though I'm rooted using the original ROM?
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creid2352 said:
So I should just be able to fastboot the recovery even though I'm rooted using the original ROM?
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I believe so, but I'm a noob compared to some of the other people here so I wouldn't take my word for it. What I did to update to 4.4.2 was flash the stock recovery via Recovery Tools (now Rashr) and everything worked fine.

Symthic said:
I believe so, but I'm a noob compared to some of the other people here so I wouldn't take my word for it. What I did to update to 4.4.2 was flash the stock recovery via Recovery Tools (now Rashr) and everything worked fine.
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My only concern is I'm using a custom kernel.
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creid2352 said:
My only concern is I'm using a custom kernel.
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Same here. Let's wait for the more experienced to stumble upon this thread and give us some insight

Symthic said:
Same here. Let's wait for the more experienced to stumble upon this thread and give us some insight
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Agreed.
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creid2352 said:
My only concern is I'm using a custom kernel.
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Unzip the sbf file and find the boot.IMG. that will be your stock kernel. Flash it with adb.
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creid2352 said:
So I should just be able to fastboot the recovery even though I'm rooted using the original ROM?
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Yes just flash the recovery.IMG in adb and you'll have the stock recovery
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Devans32 said:
Unzip the sbf file and find the boot.IMG. that will be your stock kernel. Flash it with adb.
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Yes just flash the recovery.IMG in adb and you'll have the stock recovery
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OK will do.
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Is posible flash the stock recovery via Flashify o Rashr app?
Ps. Would be really great if anyone that already get the update make a nandroid backup of system and boot and upload it :victory:
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Prowler said:
Is posible flash the stock recovery via Flashify o Rashr app?
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I don't think so, probably won't work
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Go back to stock kernel?

Hey guys
I have flashed a custom kernel but i want to switch back to stock kernel now, is there any way without wiping?
Thanks!
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I want to know this as well!
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If you are on a custom rom with stock kernel just flash rom again, no wipe needed, if on official try or ask for somebody to ectract kernel from rom, next time make a backup vedere flashing or use app like synapse can help in back up only kernel
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stremax said:
If you are on a custom rom with stock kernel just flash rom again, no wipe needed, if on official try or ask for somebody to ectract kernel from rom, next time make a backup vedere flashing or use app like synapse can help in back up only kernel
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I am on stock and i have a backup but it is not that updated. I have a full backup and also i have the original stock rom downloaded from sammobile so... is there any way to extract the kernel from there?
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Try this guide, but be careful or ask in Q&A section if someone can do for you
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1768446
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stremax said:
Try this guide, but be careful or ask in Q&A section if someone can do for you
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1768446
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I have extracted boot.img from the stock rom i have installed on my S7, so if i use Flashify to install that boot.img, will i get back the stock kernel or also i am changing another thing? I am not sure if this boot.img is the kernel itself, i am reading many topics but no one is really clear.

The boot.img contains the kernel and ramdisk
according to this old guide
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=443994
You can flash .img with TWRP too, just select "flash .img" option in install menu since I don't remember if flashify can flash image or boot file properly
Just try at your own risk
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stremax said:
The boot.img contains the kernel and ramdisk
according to this old guide
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=443994
You can flash .img with TWRP too, just select "flash .img" option in install menu since I don't remember if flashify can flash image or boot file properly
Just try at your own risk
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I have the file boot.emmc genersted by twrp that is the same as boot.img (i read that on another topic) so i will try to restore that backup that i made before flashing the custom kernel and will let you know if it works
Thanks for the support!!
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what happend after flashing your boot???

if it hasent been answered yet.
yamwt said:
I have the file boot.emmc genersted by twrp that is the same as boot.img (i read that on another topic) so i will try to restore that backup that i made before flashing the custom kernel and will let you know if it works
Thanks for the support!!
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if this hasent been answered yet, the file that you got from TWRP is restorable... its just in a different file format.
you can rename it to boot.img or to Boot.bin
then create a TAR archive of the file ( I use peazip on win 7 to archive it)
then to flash it with download mode (ODIN) in the Ap section. it should pass...
if not, try Prince comsy odin, sometimes does the trick..
if still NO, then the image is bad, or inferior to the current (possibly updated more, bootloader, modem, etc)
hopes this helps others.