is LP8 safe as for transfering huge data will get me a brick and is it safe for a full wipe
No one has tried to reset the phone on LP8 yet. Perhaps you can try it and let us know.
Plz avoid wiping at the moment...
I did wipe using code and stock recovery. Fingers crossed, no issue till now. Done at least 10 time.
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jaskiratsingh said:
I did wipe using code and stock recovery. Fingers crossed, no issue till now. Done at least 10 time.
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Me too... Have done wipes from stock recovery as well as factory reset a number of times... Running fine.. No issue but m not sure if i was lucky.
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Okay i logged.on to kies and.it said i could update to lp9 can i flash back.to a stock gingerbread using odin? and would it be safe? im currently using stock gingerbread rooted.with cwm would.i be fine?
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hyelton said:
Okay i logged.on to kies and.it said i could update to lp9 can i flash back.to a stock gingerbread using odin? and would it be safe? im currently using stock gingerbread rooted.with cwm would.i be fine?
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its completely safe. i flashed stock GB from XXLPY...
provided that you don't do any wipes on LP9
same question as above ,.....
but i have once done a factory reset
now is it safe to downgrade using pc odin
but i was never rooted
sitanshu91 said:
same question as above ,.....
but i have once done a factory reset
now is it safe to downgrade using pc odin
but i was never rooted
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U knkw thrs now right answer to this, i personally downgraded myself to gb from lp9 about 2weeks bk with no issues even tbou i had wiped in ics... So i guess it has to be ur luck on ur side to escape the brick bug while downgrading. Good luck
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musashiro said:
its completely safe. i flashed stock GB from XXLPY...
provided that you don't do any wipes on LP9
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so after i downgrade back to gingerbread it will be safe to wipe afterwards?
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hyelton said:
so after i downgrade back to gingerbread it will be safe to wipe afterwards?
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exactly.. i wiped on stock GB recovery
musashiro said:
exactly.. i wiped on stock GB recovery
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Okay so im on ics now..its.so so lol. So can just flash.stock gingerbread via.mobile.odin and.be fine?
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I don't know if you could, but I used PC Odin just to be safe
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I don't know if you could, but I used PC Odin just to be safe
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I cant get PC odin to do anything it ALWAYS fails with this note. It works just fine on the AT&T one
On every device I've owned so far I wait for a method to fully unroot the device is out just in case.
That being said, is there a method to fully unroot and reset the flash counter (similar to the note 2) to 0 or for it not to show that a custom rom/recovery has been flashed?
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nemesis93 said:
On every device I've owned so far I wait for a method to fully unroot the device is out just in case.
That being said, is there a method to fully unroot and reset the flash counter (similar to the note 2) to 0 or for it not to show that a custom rom/recovery has been flashed?
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Yes there are a few ways. You could install the complete stock tar which will wipe everything out including data. You could uninstall root using supersu and Odin the stock recovery. You could install team sextapes full stock with no data wipe to go back to stock without losing data. That is a few but there is more.
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crawrj said:
Yes there are a few ways. You could install the complete stock tar which will wipe everything out including data. You could uninstall root using supersu and Odin the stock recovery. You could install team sextapes full stock with no data wipe to go back to stock without losing data. That is a few but there is more.
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Hmm so after those methods it wouldn't show up as if I ever flashed anything in download mode?
I ask because in case anything happens to my device and I need to exchange it
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nemesis93 said:
Hmm so after those methods it wouldn't show up as if I ever flashed anything in download mode?
I ask because in case anything happens to my device and I need to exchange it
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Correct. Odin is the easiest option. And since you would be exchanging it the full stock tar with data wipe is perfect. Just make a backup first.
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Once you root .... you will never go back! :laugh:
First off I have searched, and came up with nothing. I am on MF3, and did a factory reset and now my S4 is stuck on downloading screen. Anyone know a way to fix this. Any help is appreciated.
Are you rooted? When download mode comes up have you cancelled, vol down?
No lost my root on firmware update.. it doesnt give that option. It just says
could not do normal boot.
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kwelch08 said:
No lost my root on firmware update.. it doesnt give that option. It just says
could not do normal boot.
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Have you tried kies? Some have reported that that has worked for them.
Mine does the same thing it will not boot into recovery you have to boot power+home+volume down then press volume down again to cancel and it should reboot from there fine
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Did you have a custom recovery ie. Twrp?
I had rooted my wife's gs4 mdl but only rooted she wouldn't let me do anything else, I however had twrp custom recovery and when the ota update of mf3 we both lost root but I lost the ability to factory reset where she did not when I try it goes into Odin mode and I have to do what I stated before to reboot, hers however was able to factory reset no prob
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That's exactly what happened to mine it won't let me factory reset..
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I appreciate yalls help, and not treating me like a complete idiot for my complete noob mistake that I should have caught haha...
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I appreciate yalls help, and not treating me like a complete idiot for my complete noob mistake that I should have caught haha...
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having the same issue. anyone find a fix yet???
Hold down volume down+home+power. Then press down to restart phone
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Hi guys sorry if the thread already post before. My nexus has 4.4.2 rooted and already install twrp. I play game a lot on my nexus 7. But after upgrading to newest ota feel so lag when i try to play shadow gun dead zone. Is there any way how to fix it. I thought it was my wifi problem but when i switch to my old motorola phone it works like a charm.
Thanks in advance
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Go into recovery and wipe dalvik and cache.
If that doesn't work, a backup of your apps to your pc hard drive and then a factory reset usually helps, but do the dalvik wipe first so you don't have to reinstall your apps and see if that works first.
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Thanks i will try to wipe it first and see if this work.
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Did you try the wipe? Did it work?
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Yes i finally wipe and somehow still lag. So bye2 to stock rom hehehhe. I flash purity rom and wow no lag anymore, everything seem smooth as butter
Thanks
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But did the flash do a wipe of everything? If so, that's probably why. I'm on stock 4.4.2 and I don't have lag.
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I wipe dalvik cache, and data. I m afraid to wipe system. I m not familiar with twrp. So only wipe does thing.
My nexus had a soft brick before when i update to ota and thats give me nightmare. So what would you suggest, do i have to wipe again dalvik, data system? Sorry for noob question but the lag just still there after on day flash from the rom.
Thanks
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Can someone please help me get back to 4.1.2 India? My phone is really slow after 4.3 update. Please throw some light on efs backup and every other precaution...
I am not rooted
Thanks
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shivaagarwal1 said:
Can someone please help me get back to 4.1.2 India? My phone is really slow after 4.3 update. Please throw some light on efs backup and every other precaution...
I am not rooted
Thanks
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Have you tried a factory reset?
You can roll back to 4.1.2 if you want, but you have to use an efs v2 modem firmware. Any modem firmware from EMG4 and after.
electrotune1200 said:
Have you tried a factory reset?
You can roll back to 4.1.2 if you want, but you have to use an efs v2 modem firmware. Any modem firmware from EMG4 and after.
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This and I wouldn't suggest you to revert back also because 4.3 contains new drivers,so you will lose some good gaming performance.
Also,always wait a little. Every time you install a new firmware,you always have to wait at least 1 week and phone finally will get used to new firmware,so it will become stable.
electrotune1200 said:
Have you tried a factory reset?
You can roll back to 4.1.2 if you want, but you have to use an efs v2 modem firmware. Any modem firmware from EMG4 and after.
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Its already been 10 days now..
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electrotune1200 said:
Have you tried a factory reset?
You can roll back to 4.1.2 if you want, but you have to use an efs v2 modem firmware. Any modem firmware from EMG4 and after.
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Can I do all this without rooting?
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AssassinGEO said:
This and I wouldn't suggest you to revert back also because 4.3 contains new drivers,so you will lose some good gaming performance.
Also,always wait a little. Every time you install a new firmware,you always have to wait at least 1 week and phone finally will get used to new firmware,so it will become stable.
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Its already been 10 days now...
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shivaagarwal1 said:
Can I do all this without rooting?
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Of course...
Try a factory reset first.
Backup all of your important stuff from your internal storage > Factory reset > Transfer everything important back.
4.3 is a quite nice firmware for the S3, so a factory reset should clean things up a bit.
Can anyone explain backing up efs and then going back to 4.1.2.
Also if any risk is involved.
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shivaagarwal1 said:
Can anyone explain backing up efs and then going back to 4.1.2.
Also if any risk is involved.
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There is definitely a risk in downgrading as your efs partition might get corrupt.
I would say factory reset first.
I'm 100% sure 4.3 is better than 4.1 in terms of everything.
as i had heard the new bootloader from 4.3 does not allow to downgrade your device
so how can u now do it without rooting the device
Iqbal Ansari said:
There is definitely a risk in downgrading as your efs partition might get corrupt.
I would say factory reset first.
I'm 100% sure 4.3 is better than 4.1 in terms of everything.
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Tried factory reset.. But its still laggy
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SanketN8 said:
as i had heard the new bootloader from 4.3 does not allow to downgrade your device
so how can u now do it without rooting the device
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Can you guide me how to root 4.3?
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shivaagarwal1 said:
Can you guide me how to root 4.3?
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Its easier than eating a banana.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1911726
Read this thread and use first method.
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Iqbal Ansari said:
Its easier than eating a banana.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1911726
Read this thread and use first method.
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If your phone is laggy after factory reset I would say flash the firmware again via ODIN and then do a factory reset.
Download your firmware from sammobile.com
shivaagarwal1 said:
Can you guide me how to root 4.3?
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its not that hard,u will get many threads on xda regarding how to root your phone
basically u will need a software called odin
through odin u will need to flash a recovery like twrp,cwm or philz touch
these recoveries are available on xda in zip files
after the process has been completed your phone will be rooted and at every boot u will see a red exclamation mark inside a triangle on the top left side of screen
just follow the steps properly and u will do it safely
good luck
SanketN8 said:
as i had heard the new bootloader from 4.3 does not allow to downgrade your device
so how can u now do it without rooting the device
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Yes it does, I downgraded from 4.3 to 4.1.2 just fine with odin.
I will never downgrade as 4.3 has new drivers and some new designs which I like (except settings).
is battery life and performance is still same/improve as 4.1.2 ????
ithunter said:
is battery life and performance is still same/improve as 4.1.2 ????
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Both are improved,just wipe before installing it for best results.