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[GUIDE][NOOB FRIENDLY]Convert your SHW-M250S\k to I9100

Stuff dat you need:
Odin - Download here
I9100 pit file - Download HERE
Galaxy s2 Stock rom [I used orange [Israel, not UK] rom 4.0.4 That you can download here]
Samsung ADB USB drivers - download here in daerragh's thread.
Samsung Galaxy S2 SHW-250S\K [Not for long ]
** This tutorial will WORK for m250s Great [I did it on 4 phone by the time I wrote those lines] but I have never tried it on m250k, but it should work too. **
How to do the convert:
Warning: You will lose the ability to watch DMB-T TV.
1) Enter download mode [Volume down,home button and power button pushed together and press a volume up when a screen pops. tutorial here ]
2)Enter Odin and in PIT choose the I9100 PIT FILE and in PDA choose your stock rom, your side options should look like this
The whole odin will look like this:
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
Connect your phone when it is in Download mode, some things will show up:
Press start then wait till it will write "PASS!", when it write RESET don't touch the phone.
TroubleShooting:
1)Some app [""unfortunately, the process android.process.acore has stopped"] is consistanly crashing and stucks the phone, the solution is to do a factory reset.
2)Some data popup is in the home screen behind the apps, the soluition is to download a launcer [ I use Apex ]
3)No lockscreen\power menu, solution is in here -- Might also fix the Data popup in the background
Pictures of my converted Galaxy : here and here
I was having a lot of problem when I tried to convert so I thought it will be helpful to do step-by-step tutorial on it.
Hope it helped, ZivC12

Good effort mate!
But this belongs in the General Section (I have asked the mods to move it there).
If you got this guide from somewhere else (on XDA or elsewhere), don't forget to give proper credit to them.
And do add [GUIDE] to the title of your post too. :good:

immortalneo said:
Good effort mate!
But this belongs in the General Section (I have asked the mods to move it there).
If you got this guide from somewhere else (on XDA or elsewhere), don't forget to give proper credit to them.
And do add [GUIDE] to the title of your post too. :good:
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I wrote this guide from scratch , anyway I have gave credit to the people I took metrial from.

ZivC12 said:
I wrote this guide from scratch , anyway I have gave credit to the people I took metrial from.
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You wrote it from scratch? Good effort then mate! Hope other members find this useful too.
Perhaps you can make the title sound more like guide and less like a question? Try this:
"[GUIDE][NOOB FRIENDLY]Convert your SHW-M250S to I9100" :good:

immortalneo said:
You wrote it from scratch? Good effort then mate! Hope other members find this useful too.
Perhaps you can make the title sound more like guide and less like a question? Try this:
"[GUIDE][NOOB FRIENDLY]Convert your SHW-M250S to I9100" :good:
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Sure title edited.

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ZivC12 said:
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i think its my 1st time to post here XD
can i ask if i can use jellybean rom directly or ill just stick with your tutorial? i want to use the i1900 GLB for philippines =)

I'm the newest of noobs. Have spent hours on XDA trying to figure stuff out. 5 hours ago I'd never heard the term flash, kernal, or ROM before.
Just used this to convert my M250s to I9100. Worked o.k. but I've got some data in the background and I keep getting an error: "unfortunately, the process android.process.acore has stopped"
I also have a root testing app which tells me that my phone still isn't rooted. I don't get it.
My goal: I'm trying to root and unlock the phone (bought in Korea) so I can use it with a virgin mobile plan. I'm going to try flashing siyah on there now and see if it solves my issues. Any help or guidance would be appreciated. must...not...brick....phone...
Update: Flashed Siyah over this. Now to get rid of "orange" rom (?) from above link and connect to phone network. No clue where to begin....
Update 2: success with this combo: Turned M250s into i9100 -> Siyah Kernal -> Cyanogenmod version 10.1.3 ROM + relevant google apps.

whitearab said:
I'm the newest of noobs. Have spent hours on XDA trying to figure stuff out. 5 hours ago I'd never heard the term flash, kernal, or ROM before.
Just used this to convert my M250s to I9100. Worked o.k. but I've got some data in the background and I keep getting an error: "unfortunately, the process android.process.acore has stopped"
I also have a root testing app which tells me that my phone still isn't rooted. I don't get it.
My goal: I'm trying to root and unlock the phone (bought in Korea) so I can use it with a virgin mobile plan. I'm going to try flashing siyah on there now and see if it solves my issues. Any help or guidance would be appreciated. must...not...brick....phone...
Update: Flashed Siyah over this. Now to get rid of "orange" rom (?) from above link and connect to phone network. No clue where to begin....
Update 2: success with this combo: Turned M250s into i9100 -> Siyah Kernal -> Cyanogenmod version 10.1.3 ROM + relevant google apps.
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if you would read some online it is a common problems [In "TroubleShoot" Section there was a solution for almost all of your problems, I've bought the phone unlocked so I had no idea how to unlock it [Costed me 162$ with shipping]
I wrote that the rom is for israel. its Orange [Partner] stock rom.
whitearab said:
I'm the newest of noobs. Have spent hours on XDA trying to figure stuff out. 5 hours ago I'd never heard the term flash, kernal, or ROM before.
sufahsexy said:
i think its my 1st time to post here XD
can i ask if i can use jellybean rom directly or ill just stick with your tutorial? i want to use the i1900 GLB for philippines =)
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Well, I've checked the rom that i gave , but you can use any i9100 stock rom [Didn't tried with custom just because all the phones I did it with was to friends or family .] , After the first pit , if it worked and the download mode screen changed to english you can install roms for i9100 without the pit file , the phone is i9100 by any terms [except the anthenna and the sticker under the battery].
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I want firmware i9100 m250s arabic please reply
I want firmware i9100 m250s arabic please reply

Hi, i follow ur guide to convert my m250s to i9100, but i cant my use my internal or external mmc
I used emmc brick bug check
eMMC Chip
Type: VYL100M
Date: 04/2011
CID:
FwRev: 0x19
Brick Bug?
YES. Insane chip.
Is there a way to fix this?
Tnx

Hello everyone ...
TODAy i9100 just convert almost successful, except for one small problem, the IMEI standard out so I could not lift signal.
I backup the EFS folder trying to retrieve the IMEI but was not effective, then, at least to use it to surf the internet, as mentioned here, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=42668704&postcount = 10 I tried to recover the shutdown menu, after that restarted the phone and did not leave anything, so I said ufffff rom not working so flash back with Odin. I can not start with ICS or JB, only Gingerbread.
Can not mount EFS.
Someone can help me?

zcedar said:
Hi, i follow ur guide to convert my m250s to i9100, but i cant my use my internal or external mmc
I used emmc brick bug check
eMMC Chip
Type: VYL100M
Date: 04/2011
CID:
FwRev: 0x19
Brick Bug?
YES. Insane chip.
Is there a way to fix this?
Tnx
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try to change rom, if you were got brickbug you couldn't turn the phone on.
krlosalvarenga said:
Hello everyone ...
TODAy i9100 just convert almost successful, except for one small problem, the IMEI standard out so I could not lift signal.
I backup the EFS folder trying to retrieve the IMEI but was not effective, then, at least to use it to surf the internet, as mentioned here, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=42668704&postcount = 10 I tried to recover the shutdown menu, after that restarted the phone and did not leave anything, so I said ufffff rom not working so flash back with Odin. I can not start with ICS or JB, only Gingerbread.
Can not mount EFS.
Someone can help me?
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is your phone was locked to a carrier? is the shutdown menu was recovered?

sonylove3 said:
I want firmware i9100 m250s arabic please reply
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The rom I gave has built-in arabic

ZivC12 said:
try to change rom, if you were got brickbug you couldn't turn the phone on.
is your phone was locked to a carrier? is the shutdown menu was recovered?
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I repair my Phone, Flash full Package Gingerbread rom, rooted and repair with sgsII repair...
Desde mi Galaxy S2 con Tapatalk 4

[Q] No wifi / sound / calling after Odin recovery

Samsung Galaxy S4
SGH-i337M
Rogers carrier
Hi guys, Thanks in advance for any assistance you could give me.
im in quite a jam and i cant seem to figure it out on my own through searches so ive decided to ask for a bit of help.
-Ive screwed up my phone and ended up deciding to recover through Odin using: I337MVLUAMDJ_I337MOYAAMDJ_RWC
-Recovery seemed to work. upon further inspection my wifi, sound, and calling wernt working. Ive tried a software update but it made the phone almost unusable (constantly crashed and freezing)
-I again recovered through odin using I337MVLUAMDJ_I337MOYAAMDJ_RWC but my wifi, sound, and calling still arent working.
Im just trying to get back to a working phone, any help would be greatly appreciated.
While booting my phone displays the message:
kernel is not seandroid enforcing
set warranty bit kernel fix
Searches say that this isnt a serious issue but it might be part of the problem.
In Odin ive only plugged I337MVLUAMDJ_I337MOYAAMDJ_RWC into the PDA field. Is there anything i could put into the Bootloader, Phone, or PIT field that could help?

Pontoffel said:
Samsung Galaxy S4
SGH-i337M
Rogers carrier
Hi guys, Thanks in advance for any assistance you could give me.
im in quite a jam and i cant seem to figure it out on my own through searches so ive decided to ask for a bit of help.
-Ive screwed up my phone and ended up deciding to recover through Odin using: I337MVLUAMDJ_I337MOYAAMDJ_RWC
-Recovery seemed to work. upon further inspection my wifi, sound, and calling wernt working. Ive tried a software update but it made the phone almost unusable (constantly crashed and freezing)
-I again recovered through odin using I337MVLUAMDJ_I337MOYAAMDJ_RWC but my wifi, sound, and calling still arent working.
Im just trying to get back to a working phone, any help would be greatly appreciated.
While booting my phone displays the message:
kernel is not seandroid enforcing
set warranty bit kernel fix
Searches say that this isnt a serious issue but it might be part of the problem.
In Odin ive only plugged I337MVLUAMDJ_I337MOYAAMDJ_RWC into the PDA field. Is there anything i could put into the Bootloader, Phone, or PIT field that could help?
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Are you trying to put a stock rom back onto your phone? Cause if you are, you might be using the wrong rom....
Considering it is a SGH-I337m and with Rogers (same model and stuff as mine), you should be finding a stock rom of I337MVLUEMK6. If you are trying to install the wrong rom, you might be getting your problems from that...
OT: Also, have you rooted your SCH-I337m? Im just wondering because I want to root mine, but I don't know if there are any carrier problems like not calling or texting, etc after rooting...

Pellisco said:
Are you trying to put a stock rom back onto your phone? Cause if you are, you might be using the wrong rom....
Considering it is a SGH-I337m and with Rogers (same model and stuff as mine), you should be finding a stock rom of I337MVLUEMK6. If you are trying to install the wrong rom, you might be getting your problems from that...
OT: Also, have you rooted your SCH-I337m? Im just wondering because I want to root mine, but I don't know if there are any carrier problems like not calling or texting, etc after rooting...
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Thanks for the reply.
yeah im just trying to get it back to stock version, Ill try finding this I337MVLUEMK6.
also i did root my phone. i didnt do much with it and i thought that might be the cause of my wifi not working. thats what started this whole trying to get my phone back to the stock version. aside from wifi not working i didnt see any issue with the rooted phone.

Pontoffel said:
Thanks for the reply.
yeah im just trying to get it back to stock version, Ill try finding this I337MVLUEMK6.
also i did root my phone. i didnt do much with it and i thought that might be the cause of my wifi not working. thats what started this whole trying to get my phone back to the stock version. aside from wifi not working i didnt see any issue with the rooted phone.
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Try looking here. http://samsung-updates.com/device/?id=SGH-I337M
Try looking for the stock rom:
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
That is the Roger's Stock Rom, and its for the I337m, which is the canadian version. I have the same phone, so that should work, even though I haven't tested it yet.

Pellisco said:
Try looking here.*
Try looking for the stock rom: *
That is the Roger's Stock Rom, and its for the I337m, which is the canadian version. I have the same phone, so that should work, even though I haven't tested it yet.
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4.3 worked! phone is in perfect stock condition. Thankyou so much for the help guy :victory:

Pontoffel said:
4.3 worked! phone is in perfect stock condition. Thankyou so much for the help guy :victory:
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Good! Glad you got your phone in working order!
Now I know, if my phone ever breaks from a root, to use that stock rom!

Rogers Samsung Galaxy S4 no sound no wifi no calling, please help!
Pellisco said:
Are you trying to put a stock rom back onto your phone? Cause if you are, you might be using the wrong rom....
Considering it is a SGH-I337m and with Rogers (same model and stuff as mine), you should be finding a stock rom of I337MVLUEMK6. If you are trying to install the wrong rom, you might be getting your problems from that...
OT: Also, have you rooted your SCH-I337m? Im just wondering because I want to root mine, but I don't know if there are any carrier problems like not calling or texting, etc after rooting...
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So this is what happened. I updated my phone, samsung galaxy s4 i337m with rogers to 4.4 kitkat. I hated the update, i also hated 4.3 on my previous s4 before it broke. Anyway, i wanted to go back to 4.2.2 so i downloaded odin3v185 and folling the directions on this site from a different thread i flashed my phone with a download from this website galaxys4root.com/galaxy-s4-stock-firmware/
what happened is that my phone would not boot up past the blinking samsung logo. i went into recovery mode and did a factory reset. hooray it was back at 4.2! however i lost all sound, my phone app freezes and doesnt work and i do not have wifi. this seems to be a common problem, but there have not been any applicable solutions.
i also get the error message kernal is not seandroid enforcing set warrenty bit: kernal
i just want to know the right website to get an unbroken file to download to get 4.2 back with no problems
please help

made it worse?
cast13l said:
So this is what happened. I updated my phone, samsung galaxy s4 i337m with rogers to 4.4 kitkat. I hated the update, i also hated 4.3 on my previous s4 before it broke. Anyway, i wanted to go back to 4.2.2 so i downloaded odin3v185 and folling the directions on this site from a different thread i flashed my phone with a download from this website galaxys4root.com/galaxy-s4-stock-firmware/
what happened is that my phone would not boot up past the blinking samsung logo. i went into recovery mode and did a factory reset. hooray it was back at 4.2! however i lost all sound, my phone app freezes and doesnt work and i do not have wifi. this seems to be a common problem, but there have not been any applicable solutions.
i also get the error message kernal is not seandroid enforcing set warrenty bit: kernal
i just want to know the right website to get an unbroken file to download to get 4.2 back with no problems
please help
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i tried to flash with firmware downloaded from samfirmware with the right region, the one i previously installed was not correct now its failing to flash in both versions of odin i have and that i need to do a recovery with samsung kies. error message is saying sv rev. check fail : fused : 4 , binary : 1

S5 G900L custom recovery supported

The custom recovery support on G900L Korean LGu branded model currently working is CWM 6.0.48 and with most custom ROMs we need to swap out the boot.img in Kernel folder of ROM.

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homer285 said:
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I tested many recovery TWRP and CWM not work on my G900L
This is the only one that working
CWM 6.0.48 for G900L
You can find it here: http://pan.baidu.com/wap/album/file?uk=704970239&album_id=6031394112765541086&fsid=1098522244643130
Thanks to xiao1u.

thank you
it works on my s5 g900l
you are an angel
A+++++++++

Thank a lot for this post, for me also CWM 6.0.48 for my G900L works fine.
But still remain problem with a custom ROM, I tried many and It doesn't work at all.
Does someone have installed with success a custom ROM and which one? and how does it made?

atomcrochu said:
Thank a lot for this post, for me also CWM 6.0.48 for my G900L works fine.
But still remain problem with a custom ROM, I tried many and It doesn't work at all.
Does someone have installed with success a custom ROM and which one? and how does it made?
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Actually i tryed install
- stock rom G900F
- Omega rom
- Xtrestolite rom
- Alliance rom
- Echoe rom
- All fail to install through ODIN for auth check fail (someone suggest to turn off reactivation lock in secutity section but it is off by default)
- Install through recovery i did but got hard brich phone auto-boot in download mode becouse can't boot phone.
- Partial install exemple only modem file work
- Flash just kernel without recovery, system etc fail but not got hard brich phone freeze on screen "Samsung galaxy S5 powered by ANDROID"
That are my experience i hope someone gonna made a custom rewamped rom working for this model and should be nice brand free.
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I like G900L becouse have advanced custom setting (dunno if other model have something like that)
advanced USB setting
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
FAKE SIM (sim emulation)
and many other features was just few issue about LTE but they can be fix so i'm not interested to replace with g900F firmware anymore

Hi
I also have g900L and had issue with LTE at the beginning But I resolved the issue by the following;
Please dial 319712358 and they will show you a box where you need to enter password then enter 0821.
This will lead you to the hidden menu page where you can find network mode where you can switch it to 4g mode.

sulaiman4012 said:
Hi
I also have g900L and had issue with LTE at the beginning But I resolved the issue by the following;
Please dial 319712358 and they will show you a box where you need to enter password then enter 0821.
This will lead you to the hidden menu page where you can find network mode where you can switch it to 4g mode.
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Yes i know that is hidden menu of LG U+ developers. fix all issue in same way

ramsesxv said:
Actually i tryed install
- stock rom G900F
- Omega rom
- Xtrestolite rom
- Alliance rom
- Echoe rom
- All fail to install through ODIN for auth check fail (someone suggest to turn off reactivation lock in secutity section but it is off by default)
- Install through recovery i did but got hard brich phone auto-boot in download mode becouse can't boot phone.
- Partial install exemple only modem file work
- Flash just kernel without recovery, system etc fail but not got hard brich phone freeze on screen "Samsung galaxy S5 powered by ANDROID"
That are my experience i hope someone gonna made a custom rewamped rom working for this model and should be nice brand free.
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I installed the ROM listed below:
- Omega rom
- Xtrestolite rom
- Alliance rom
- Echoe rom
Same like you but with success, to do that, I have to restore, after flash the custom ROM, the BOOT.IMG coming from my backup of the stock ROM. The phone boot properly.
But after this the WIFI doesn't work. Could you please try this and say me if you get the same issue? NO WIFI!!

help
hi all
i have Galaxy S5 Electric Blue 32GB Unlocked SM-G900 Korean MODEL Quad Core
has this phone delivery option for sms? i chekded messege settings text messege but it was not here
can any body hepl about it?
tnx all
---------- Post added at 10:24 AM ---------- Previous post was at 09:40 AM ----------
hi all
i have Galaxy S5 Electric Blue 32GB Unlocked SM-G900 Korean MODEL Quad Core
has this phone delivery option for sms? i chekded messege settings text messege but it was not here
can any body hepl about it?
tnx all

atomcrochu said:
I installed the ROM listed below:
- Omega rom
- Xtrestolite rom
- Alliance rom
- Echoe rom
Same like you but with success, to do that, I have to restore, after flash the custom ROM, the BOOT.IMG coming from my backup of the stock ROM. The phone boot properly.
But after this the WIFI doesn't work. Could you please try this and say me if you get the same issue? NO WIFI!!
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Flashed this ROM http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2732110&page=107.
Firmware is good , but wifi not work . Tell me will the solution . Can I flash a separate modem? but where to download ?

Roaming Realm?
Hi,
Does anyone know the settings needed to change a Korean g900l so that the home country is the UK? The Roaming Realm is accessible in the hidden menu but it gives no indication what to enter, with just a blank dialogue box.
Thanks in advance.

Im also using g900L
Im using stock at the moment, rooted with Custom recovery PhilZ Cwm
im looking a working custom rom without the korean apps. it kinda annoys me overtym.

Thank You So much
thank you this rom work fine for me

ramsesxv said:
Actually i tryed install
- stock rom G900F
- Omega rom
- Xtrestolite rom
- Alliance rom
- Echoe rom
- All fail to install through ODIN for auth check fail (someone suggest to turn off reactivation lock in secutity section but it is off by default)
- Install through recovery i did but got hard brich phone auto-boot in download mode becouse can't boot phone.
- Partial install exemple only modem file work
- Flash just kernel without recovery, system etc fail but not got hard brich phone freeze on screen "Samsung galaxy S5 powered by ANDROID"
That are my experience i hope someone gonna made a custom rewamped rom working for this model and should be nice brand free.
...........................................
edit
I like G900L becouse have advanced custom setting (dunno if other model have something like that)
advanced USB setting
FAKE SIM (sim emulation)
and many other features was just few issue about LTE but they can be fix so i'm not interested to replace with g900F firmware anymore
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i have successfully run the omega 17, xterostile rom, galaxy project rom, and darth v2.4 s6 ported rom on G900L (korean variant). for this, i installed omega 17 rom and its patch from choimobile.than saved the boot.img from it. than install the others rom and restored that boot.img. so roms worked. only roms with 5.0.2 work , roms with 5.1 lollipop do not work, due to kernel issue

TOWELROOT

Hi all,
there is a new app for rooting phones, the name is Towelroot and it was made especially for Verizon Glaxaxy s5 but the dev says that every phone with kernel build date < 3 June can be rooted.
With this app you can root Galaxy S4 Mini with kitkat firmware without tripping knox counter. It will stay 0x0 and you will have root access.
First of all you must put a vulnerable kernel with build date <3 june
you can grab one from [INDEX] Official Stock KERNEL collection for Galaxy S4 Mini (Kernel for I9195XXUCNF7 is the one you have to grab to work with towelroot, offcourse if you own an i9195 )
Flash it via odin. Leave everything intact and load the kernel to AP.
After the phone boots, install towelroot, press makeitra1n and you are rooted.
Next step is to install SupserSU from google play.
After all the above steps are done, flash the kernel from your firmware the same way as you did it the first time.
There you go, knox 0x0 and root access.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2783157

Download link?
Inviato dal mio GT-I9195 utilizzando Tapatalk

96DANGER96 said:
Download link?
Inviato dal mio GT-I9195 utilizzando Tapatalk
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http://towelroot.com/
click the logo and save as

just tried it.rooted successfully the phone in 15 seconds.the bad thing is that I've already tripped Knox warranty so I cannot tell if it stays 0x0.I'm on latest 4.4.2 stock

vriz27 said:
just tried it.rooted successfully the phone in 15 seconds.the bad thing is that I've already tripped Knox warranty so I cannot tell if it stays 0x0.I'm on latest 4.4.2 stock
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Ooohhh - this is tempting
towelroot did not work for 4.2.2. latest stock for my German device. Can you tell which is your firmeare and if German is a supported language?
I think KNOX should NOT be tripped if you only upgrade to official FW (i.e. kernel and recovery builds have valid checksums) - so how did you get KNOX tripped earlier - for CWM based rooting?

I have latest official stock 4.4.2. which I think is for Belgium,but as far as I know it's the only one that has already came out. German language is fully functional and supported. I live in Greece and Greek language is also supported. I think that official Roms are multilingual

vriz27 said:
I have latest official stock 4.4.2. which I think is for Belgium,but as far as I know it's the only one that has already came out. German language is fully functional and supported. I live in Greece and Greek language is also supported. I think that official Roms are multilingual
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How can you be sure that the root explot worked from towelroot and not from your actions earlier tripping KNOX?
You have already a custom recovery and custom ROM - this would not be possible without bootloader having KNOX triggered. So I guess that with this price paid you have already rooted the "regular" way - didn't you?
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Another thing with upgrade is that you may loose your installed apps.
I remember this from my first steps with Xperia Ray some years ago, but this could also have been due to unlocking the bootloader and installing a custom kernel. Back that time I was not so knowing about what should be done in the process of unlocking bootloader, CWM recovery install and finally rooting. I may have scratched data partition that time without knowing what it actually means - and without it being needed as well.
Is this the case here as well? Non-root means no Nandroid backup and so what happens to the data-partition in this process?
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Finally to all who want to dare testing:
It is highly unlikely that KNOX would be tripped here. As far I understand the process of image integrity that KNOX tries to maintain, the booloader checks if the image checksum of the kernel or recovery partition is intact - at upgrade time (not runtime at boot?). The towelroot exploit is compromising kernel security (aka "exploit") with some instructions (lib\armeabi\libexploit.so) to gain root and retain that state across the re-boot process. I am not aware of the details how this can be achieved (this is real high-tech hackery) - but the towelroot exploit does NOT install SU on system partition yet - this has to happen in a second step - and failed with 4.2.2 stock ROM on my GT-I9195.
So if there is anyone out there with just upgraded 4.4.2 and confirmed non-rooted - please check if you can get root with this method!
EDIT 20140705: Towelroot does NOT make the reboot in case of successful root. It gets you root in the same session immediately after you click "make it ra1n". So there is no reason why/how KNOX could be tripped. I did root my device with this method and still have KNOX intact (I just checked again to be sure). I have in the meantime made some changes to the /system folder, e.g. removed the photo-click sound, freed some space by removing the japanese language files for text-to-speech (gives you 25MB) and inserted all the updated system apps back to the system (did not ODEX them and removed classes.dex from the .apk - so they are all larger than the ODEXed originals). Also I moved out Google+ from System to be regular app.

tobbbie said:
How can you be sure that the root explot worked from towelroot and not from your actions earlier tripping KNOX?
You have already a custom recovery and custom ROM - this would not be possible without bootloader having KNOX triggered. So I guess that with this price paid you have already rooted the "regular" way - didn't you?
---------- Post added at 06:29 PM ---------- Previous post was at 06:21 PM ----------
Another thing with upgrade is that you may loose your installed apps.
I remember this from my first steps with Xperia Ray some years ago, but this could also have been due to unlocking the bootloader and installing a custom kernel. Back that time I was not so knowing about what should be done in the process of unlocking bootloader, CWM recovery install and finally rooting. I may have scratched data partition that time without knowing what it actually means - and without it being needed as well.
Is this the case here as well? Non-root means no Nandroid backup and so what happens to the data-partition in this process?
---------- Post added at 06:43 PM ---------- Previous post was at 06:29 PM ----------
Finally to all who want to dare testing:
It is highly unlikely that KNOX would be tripped here. As far I understand the process of image integrity that KNOX tries to maintain, the booloader checks if the image checksum of the kernel or recovery partition is intact - at upgrade time (not runtime at boot?). The towelroot exploit is compromising kernel security (aka "exploit") with some instructions (lib\armeabi\libexploit.so) to gain root and retain that state across the re-boot process. I am not aware of the details how this can be achieved (this is real high-tech hackery) - but the towelroot exploit does NOT install SU on system partition yet - this has to happen in a second step - and failed with 4.2.2 stock ROM on my GT-I9195.
So if there is anyone out there with just upgraded 4.4.2 and confirmed non-rooted - please check if you can get root with this method!
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well maybe i wasn't so clear. i was on CM m7 snapshot,then flashed through odin the samsung's 4.4.2 firmware. after that my root privilages were gone(as i presume,flashing the new firmware formats system,and installs new one) and i was left with plain stock firmware. checked with root checker,tried with titanium,tried with ES file explorer to remove anything from system partition but this was a no-go. so NO root after installing 4.4.2. installed towelroot,run the app and after 15 or so seconds,the phone rebooted and root privileges were back on! track!
with ES and Titanium i removed all of the knox related stuff with absolutely no problem. i read in the towelroot app's that SU app is not installed and i manually installed it from chainfire's thread. that's all i did.
the knox warranty 0x1 was triggered loooooooooong ago, and thankfully i haven't need the waranty for the time being...
hope it helps :laugh:

There are several testimonials that this don't trip KNOX on S5.

vriz27 said:
just tried it.rooted successfully the phone in 15 seconds.the bad thing is that I've already tripped Knox warranty so I cannot tell if it stays 0x0.I'm on latest 4.4.2 stock
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4.4.2? ?

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4.4.2? ?
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Here are some screenshots for those who don't believe KNOX is not triggered:

What about Verizon S4 mini, anyone can confirm it.

This doesn't work for me. It just reboots my phone. It's an unbranded european S4 mini LTE.
I'm on 4.2.2 and I read before someone couldn't root with it on 4.2.2, and I'm not sure I can update it to 4.4.2 because
1) I tried flashing it before and it says i have an unofficial rom (or kernel, can't rememebr which) which in the end I don't have... edit "updates are not available because your device had been modified".
2) I'm not sure the update has rolled out for France. Edit : It hasn't, according to Sammobile. Only Belgium. I'll try to update through Odin and get back to you. In the mean time, feel free to make any suggestion to resolve the issue! Thanks

comaX13 said:
This doesn't work for me. It just reboots my phone. It's an unbranded european S4 mini LTE.
I'm on 4.2.2 and I read before someone couldn't root with it on 4.2.2, and I'm not sure I can update it to 4.4.2 because
1) I tried flashing it before and it says i have an unofficial rom (or kernel, can't rememebr which) which in the end I don't have... edit "updates are not available because your device had been modified".
2) I'm not sure the update has rolled out for France. Edit : It hasn't, according to Sammobile. Only Belgium. I'll try to update through Odin and get back to you. In the mean time, feel free to make any suggestion to resolve the issue! Thanks
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You have to upgrade with Odin.
But don't do it if you're in the old bootloader
sent from my i9192 with CM11 by sekil

comaX13 said:
This doesn't work for me. It just reboots my phone. It's an unbranded european S4 mini LTE.
I'm on 4.2.2 and I read before someone couldn't root with it on 4.2.2, and I'm not sure I can update it to 4.4.2 because
1) I tried flashing it before and it says i have an unofficial rom (or kernel, can't rememebr which) which in the end I don't have... edit "updates are not available because your device had been modified".
2) I'm not sure the update has rolled out for France. Edit : It hasn't, according to Sammobile. Only Belgium. I'll try to update through Odin and get back to you. In the mean time, feel free to make any suggestion to resolve the issue! Thanks
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if it says that the updates are not available because your device has been modified, it means that you are rooted. you have to install supersu separretly.
this exploit was meant for all kernel built before 3 june, so it will work on your device.

Dear friends, now we have learned to put ROOT using TowelROOT without a computer, and that's a great application with which you can easily install and Rekoveri kernel (Kernel and Recovery) in the form *. Img files. You can also do a pre-backup.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.mkrtchyan.recoverytools
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Towelroot with GT-I9192
No go for my i9192 having jdq39.i9192ububnd2 build. :crying:

I have gone back to the stock firmware and this did not work. Baseband - ddu1bml1

[Q] I Hate Lollipop! what are my options??

I thought I would never have to resort to modding or rooting my phone but this latest lollipop update is driving me bonkers.
Data toggling is removed, some of my apps don't work now, and notifications on the lock-screen are annoying vs the nice small icons in the top bar in kitkat.
I am a complete noob to flashing or modding and am trying to figure out my options.
What is rom? what is a kernel? is the same? what is a bootloader?
Can someone recommend me a good rom to use on Wind Note 4 that is currently unrooted? Will I need to root before I install a rom or after?

ttothel said:
I thought I would never have to resort to modding or rooting my phone but this latest lollipop update is driving me bonkers.
Data toggling is removed, some of my apps don't work now, and notifications on the lock-screen are annoying vs the nice small icons in the top bar in kitkat.
I am a complete noob to flashing or modding and am trying to figure out my options.
What is rom? what is a kernel? is the same? what is a bootloader?
Can someone recommend me a good rom to use on Wind Note 4 that is currently unrooted? Will I need to root before I install a rom or after?
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You'll need rooted device to flash a custom rom. A custom rom replaces your devices android operating system. Currently, CyanogenMod is the most popular custom rom. Your only option is either to root the device and enjoy the full control over your phone or downgrade to kitkat.

But crynagen mod is not supported on note 4? It is not listed as a supported device on the website or am I missing something? Does a Rom remove android or just tweak it? Will I lose s pen functions with crynagen mod? Is cryogen mod based on lollipop or kitkat?

ttothel said:
I thought I would never have to resort to modding or rooting my phone but this latest lollipop update is driving me bonkers.
Data toggling is removed, some of my apps don't work now, and notifications on the lock-screen are annoying vs the nice small icons in the top bar in kitkat.
I am a complete noob to flashing or modding and am trying to figure out my options.
What is rom? what is a kernel? is the same? what is a bootloader?
Can someone recommend me a good rom to use on Wind Note 4 that is currently unrooted? Will I need to root before I install a rom or after?
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the only thing you need to do is be able to READ, use the SEARCH BAR, www.google.com , and trust me then everything would make sense and you'll learn, cheers:fingers-crossed:

What is Android ROM (Android Read Only Memory)?
A file containing the executable instructions (a system image) of an Android OS and affiliated apps. The "stock ROM" comes installed on the phone or tablet, while a "custom ROM" comes from a third party. The custom ROM is either a uniquely modified OS, such as Cyanogen, or a stock version made available for older devices or for new devices before the vendor release date (source: pcmag encyclopedia).
What is Kernel?
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In computing, the kernel is a computer program that manages I/O (input/output) requests from software, and translates them into data processing instructions for the central processing unit and other electronic components of a computer. The kernel is a fundamental part of a modern computer's operating system (source: wikipedia, image source: androidcentral).
What is a bootloader?
Bootloader is a piece of code that runs before any operating system is running. Bootloader are used to boot other operating systems, usually each operating system has a set of bootloaders specific for it.
Finally, in order to flash a different ROM than the Stock ROM already found on your Android device you need root privilege. In order to flash a custom ROM you need to root your device. The most popular custom ROM out there is Cyanogenmod. You can pretty much find how to flash this to your Android device on almost any website (try google and you'll see).
I hope this helped. Let me know if you need anything else.

thank you Nicholas, you are very helpful
as far as I can tell cryogen mod is not supported on note 4 right now, if it is then does anyone have the link?
is there is other rom made specifically for the note 4 that would keep its multiwindow/sylus support?
does a rom have to be for my particular region or my my phone's band/carrier or can any rom be used?

CM 12.1 is available for the Note 4, as long as you don't have a VZW or ATT version. http://galaxynote4root.com/t-mobile-note-4-roms/cm12-1-rom-for-galaxy-note-4-android-5-1-1-root/

If you post your variant name here, then we can redirect you to the appropriate thread for your device.

You can install any stock ROM you like as long as your phone is not carrier locked, but it is preferable to use the one intended for your phone. Cyanogenmod is available for Note 4 devices and also features the Android Lollipop 5.1.1. As for the Note 4 features, any TouchWiz based rom should allow you to continue using those features. Cyanogenmod is based on AOSP therefore removing all the features offered by the stylus.
Hope it helps. For any more details I would be happy to provide them. Just ask for anything you want.
Sent from my SM-N910C using XDA Free mobile app.

My Note 4 variant is SM N910W8, it is Canadian Wind phone.
Whats the worst that could happen from loading the wrong wrong rom? Cant make calls on my network? Phone bricked? Is it actually possible to completely brick a phone doing this or there is always a back solution to restore back to prior state?
How do I check if my phone is carrier locked?

Cyanogen mod mate. Big difference.

ttothel said:
My Note 4 variant is SM N910W8, it is Canadian Wind phone.
Whats the worst that could happen from loading the wrong wrong rom? Cant make calls on my network? Phone bricked? Is it actually possible to completely brick a phone doing this or there is always a back solution to restore back to prior state?
How do I check if my phone is carrier locked?
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If you are flashing a stock samsung ROM then you should be fine, there is a possibility that flashing fails, you'll then just have to go into download mode again and flash the same ROM or download another stock ROM.About carrier lock...did you buy the phone on contract?

No I am not on a contract I would've gotten the same phone either way from Wind Mobile

ttothel said:
No I am not on a contract I would've gotten the same phone either way from Wind Mobile
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I am pretty sure your phone is not Carrier Locked. If you would like to check for sure, then Galaxsim Unlock allows you to check if your SIM is locked to a carrier and also offers an in-app purchase to unlock it for you if it is (Note: I have not used this app before but seems legit).
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So I tried installing cyanogen mod and although it feels much fast than touchwiz it doesn't have many touchwiz features like spen multiwindow and the camera has bad quality/crashes
also it is lollipop so i have to manually data toggle and not rely on juice defender to toggle data every 15 minutes to save battery
so basically could someone recommend me a KITKAT based rom that would keep some good touchwiz features? also it should work for a Canadian note 4 on wind
is it ok to wipe cyanogen mod which is lollipop and instead install a kitkat rom or do i need to do something first?
thanks

I just had a quick search in the forum and found this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/not...om-rom-4-4-4-note4-canada-rooted-sik-t2987056
I don't know if it's exactly what you're looking for but it's TouchWiz based and 4.4.4 kitkat and runs on Canadian variants of the Note 4.
About the flashing a kitkat ROM on top of a lollipop ROM, I don't really think it matters - it will just flash the new firmware, but it might cause a boot loop.
A boot loop is when your phone keeps booting up continuously. This can be prevented by taking precautionary measures, which is to factory reset before flashing the new ROM and clearing cache. If it still boots into a boot loop then try to factory reset it and clear cache again (after flashing the new ROM). If it still does not boot up correctly try connecting the phone with odin and just flash cf-autoroot and it should fix that.
I've tried the above methods and so far haven't bricked any phones thanks to these steps, so you should be pretty fine.
Hope this helps and take caution when playing with ROMs and different firmware.
NOTE: I do not take responsibility if you brick your phone. By attempting any of the above actions you acknowledge that it is your fault if anything unrecoverable happens to your phone.
Sent from my Samsung Galaxy Note 4 (SM-N910C) using the XDA Free mobile app.
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I want to install Firekat v11 on my WIind mobile Note 4 but I am a little confused
it says to flash the A0A1 base before install firekat
what is A0A1 base? from where do I download it? and how do I odin flash it?
could someone please point me in the right direction ?
thank you

I can't find anything refering to A0A1 on the xda forum. Did you take a look here?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2786666
It just says you need to have a stock kitkat ROM to flash this. And why use v11, if there is v19 which is much more improved? Either way you have to downgrade from Lollipop to Kitkat in order to flash this ROM.
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The not wont to open new topic,so my problem is this:i wont to go back on stock kik kat 4.4.4. i the not like lolipop.All files from samMobile are corupted,i can not extract them,So what is the problem,i used 2 difren zip rar programs,but not working,other tings working with zip ,just this stock rom not working.

I think I figured out what A0A1 base means. I think it means the stock rom version for Wind Mobile
On this website there are all the stock rom images and I see for my carrier there are 4 roms available and you can see the last 4 letters of the rom name have the different "bases" such as AOA1 or ANJ3
http://www.mrcrab.net/stockrom/sm-n910w8.html
Samsung Galaxy Note 4 Canada SM-N910W8 2014-09-25 GLW Wind mobile N910W8VLU1ANIH KitKat 4.4.4
Samsung Galaxy Note 4 Canada SM-N910W8 2014-10-10 GLW Wind mobile N910W8VLU1ANJ3 KitKat 4.4.4
Samsung Galaxy Note 4 Canada SM-N910W8 2015-03-12 GLW Wind mobile N910W8VLU1BOC4 Lollipop 5.0.1
Samsung Galaxy Note 4 Canada SM-N910W8 2015-01-12 GLW Wind mobile N910W8VLU1AOA1 KitKat 4.4.4
Now I figure that by Odin flash they mean to flash these stock roms like how I originally got TWRP on my phone which is to go into download mode and flash the .tar.md5 file unlike how I used TWRP to flash cynogenmod and its .zip file.
I hope I am right about all this otherwise I will have a very expensive brick this weekend.
IF anyone could confirm if it sounds like I am on the right track that would be great!
There is no V19 for Note4, latest one for Note 4 is V13 based on this T Mobile based thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/not.../firekatn4v1-4-4-4-tw-anj7-extremely-t2916463