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Is there one ROM that is simple to install without it doing random reboots....seems like after MDL it all went to Sh*t. The more I update my phone the worse the phone gets....
kinextions said:
Is there one ROM that is simple to install without it doing random reboots....seems like after MDL it all went to Sh*t. The more I update my phone the worse the phone gets....
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Stick w/ MDL and use Blu Kuban made for MDL. Don't really think there are any stable ROMs w/ MF9 w/o random reboots right now...
baydude said:
Stick w/ MDL and use Blu Kuban made for MDL. Don't really think there are any stable ROMs w/ MF9 w/o random reboots right now...
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ok..thanks for the reply. Any suggestions on how to get back to MDL or just find a link and download it?
kinextions said:
ok..thanks for the reply. Any suggestions on how to get back to MDL or just find a link and download it?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2375523
There's an official MDL tar you can odin back to full MDL stock.
baydude said:
Stick w/ MDL and use Blu Kuban made for MDL. Don't really think there are any stable ROMs w/ MF9 w/o random reboots right now...
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I've never had a single reboot with this phone on ANY rom, TW or AOSP, MDL or MF9. MF9 has given me zero issues and in fact runs much better than MDL for me.
Just my 2 cents.
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maxpower7 said:
I've never had a single reboot with this phone on ANY rom, TW or AOSP, MDL or MF9. MF9 has given me zero issues and in fact runs much better than MDL for me.
Just my 2 cents.
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What version ROM, TW, AOSP, KERNEL are you using?
baydude said:
What version ROM, TW, AOSP, KERNEL are you using?
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I've tried almost all of them. Take your pick. I've had other issues here and there, but never random reboots.
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I'm on Sacs rom with stock kernel, and I have never ever had one random reboot, hell I've not had any reboots on any of the roms I've tried before settling on Sacs rom. you must have some other issues at play here, have you tweaked w/e kernel your on? sometimes kernel tweaks are more harm than good if you change setting you're not familiar with, have you tried the stock kernel?
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I'm on stock MF9 deodexed rooted never had a reboot. Only time I had reboots was when I set my voltages too low lol.
maxpower7 said:
I've never had a single reboot with this phone on ANY rom, TW or AOSP, MDL or MF9. MF9 has given me zero issues and in fact runs much better than MDL for me.
Just my 2 cents.
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did you do anything special when you flashed???
any suggestions I should know/try???
kinextions said:
did you do anything special when you flashed???
any suggestions I should know/try???
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Nothing out of the ordinary. Just the default factory reset in TWRP (a lot of people will tell you to wipe system as well, but I've never found that to be necessary).
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I used safestrap recovery to install the google play edition of the 4.3 on my GS4 with the MF3 firmware. It wont boot now, even if i go back to stock in the option. Any ideas, I am totaly new to this.
You can only boot 4.2.2 Roms two based.
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[email protected] said:
You can only boot 4.2.2 Roms two based.
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I have wiped every rom from the phone other than stock and it still wont boot. I can get access to Odin is there a way to wipe it from there and return it to factory?
Psdwizard said:
I used safestrap recovery to install the google play edition of the 4.3 on my GS4 with the MF3 firmware. It wont boot now, even if i go back to stock in the option. Any ideas, I am totaly new to this.
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besides safestrap not supporting 4.3 roms, are you postitive you didn't flash anything on your stock rom? if you did and you can't boot the only option to returning your phone back to stock is taking it to best buy to samsung experience and having them reflash your phone
I am off to there tonight.
Psdwizard said:
I am off to there tonight.
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good luck :good:
seassol july
deadenz said:
good luck :good:
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what rom do you use, and did safestrap work for you?
Psdwizard said:
what rom do you use, and did safestrap work for you?
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I'm using VirginROM now. safestrap works great but you really have to read the directions carefully.
ya it was probably not smart do it with a screaming 4 year old in the room.
Psdwizard said:
ya it was probably not smart do it with a screaming 4 year old in the room.
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lol definitely not
How can i do this? Note 3 stock. With Odin is always "failed".. It it Knox? Thanks
You can't do it mate.... You.... And me... And a few others are now stuck on kitkat
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miglio1990 said:
How can i do this? Note 3 stock. With Odin is always "failed".. It it Knox? Thanks
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You really need to read a lot more before you start messing around flashing things on your device. It's ALL around this forum about not being able to downgrade.
alom5 said:
You can't do it mate.... You.... And me... And a few others are now stuck on kitkat
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Well I knew what I was getting myself into, flashed it pretty much a few mins after it leaked lol
Samsung build some protection so you can't downgrade, for how long that's another story. Anything software can be broken, it's just the matter of effort, keep your eyes open, maybe somebody will find way.
radicalisto said:
You really need to read a lot more before you start messing around flashing things on your device. It's ALL around this forum about not being able to downgrade.
Well I knew what I was getting myself into, flashed it pretty much a few mins after it leaked lol
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If i had asked, it means i haven't found anything!!
Anyway, thanks to all
miglio1990 said:
If i had asked, it means i haven't found anything!!
Anyway, thanks to all
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All due respect, it is everywhere, search feature or read first 5 threads or so - At least you got 100% answer though. :good:
radicalisto said:
All due respect, it is everywhere, search feature or read first 5 threads or so - At least you got 100% answer though. :good:
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I searched, i read... O know How to use a forum. Unfortunately i was not able to find that
I just read an interesting news. Apparently, some canadian phones ( SM-N900W8 ) when flashed with the newly released Mexican 4.4.2 can downgrade back to a 4.3 firmware. Did somebody who flashed the Poland 4.4.2 tried flashing it and maybe you guys can downgrade to 4.3 after as well? It's just an idea I haven't really tried it.
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hey_joe said:
I just read an interesting news. Apparently, some canadian phones ( SM-N900W8 ) when flashed with the newly released Mexican 4.4.2 can downgrade back to a 4.3 firmware. Did somebody who flashed the Poland 4.4.2 tried flashing it and maybe you guys can downgrade to 4.3 after as well? It's just an idea I haven't really tried it.
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Can you link me? please @hey_joe
hey_joe said:
I just read an interesting news. Apparently, some canadian phones ( SM-N900W8 ) when flashed with the newly released Mexican 4.4.2 can downgrade back to a 4.3 firmware. Did somebody who flashed the Poland 4.4.2 tried flashing it and maybe you guys can downgrade to 4.3 after as well? It's just an idea I haven't really tried it.
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That firmware won't work on our 9005 wool it? I will try it if it will
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hey_joe said:
I just read an interesting news. Apparently, some canadian phones ( SM-N900W8 ) when flashed with the newly released Mexican 4.4.2 can downgrade back to a 4.3 firmware. Did somebody who flashed the Poland 4.4.2 tried flashing it and maybe you guys can downgrade to 4.3 after as well? It's just an idea I haven't really tried it.
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Where did you see this?
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EDIT: Reports here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2608178&page=54
can't you revert to an older BL using Odin?
CVonV said:
can't you revert to an older BL using Odin?
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Nope.... Isn't allowed... Once the new bootoader is flashed you are stuck with it and it won't support older firmwares...
radicalisto said:
Can you link me? please @hey_joe
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Sorry I was late. Just quickly posted that one while on brake at work and wasn't able to get back online until now.
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I don't know if you guys can follow this guide and just substitute the files from your original 4.3 phone's firmware and make it work for your phones.
ultramag69 said:
Nope.... Isn't allowed... Once the new bootoader is flashed you are stuck with it and it won't support older firmwares...
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I also have an S3 i9305 with tripped knox bootloader after upgrading to 4.3. I have not tried to flash stock 4.1.2 on it after that, but it is not a problem to flash a custom 4.1.2 or 4.2.2 custom ROM on it.
Is it only samsung signed ROMs that won't boot if it's downgraded? And custom ROMs is not a problem as long as you don't try to downgrade the bootloader?
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ultramag69 said:
Nope.... Isn't allowed... Once the new bootoader is flashed you are stuck with it and it won't support older firmwares...
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that sux! but what is the point of being able to select a BL file in Odin then?
Samsung did changes on the bootloader since MJ7, once updates cannot downgrade.
Also new firmware OS need new bootloader, means once up to latest KitKat that need new bootloader, they is no way to revert to older version as of now.
Andrewtst said:
Samsung did changes on the bootloader since MJ7, once updates cannot downgrade.
Also new firmware OS need new bootloader, means once up to latest KitKat that need new bootloader, they is no way to revert to older version as of now.
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Well for us SM-N900W8 users it's possible to flash back to 4.3. Just took Mexican 4.4.2 for a spin and to me looks the same as 4.3 so I'm back to 4.3 as there's not that many 4.4.2 custom roms out yet.
Well this is being tried by me in a couple of minutes!
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radicalisto said:
Well this is being tried by me in a couple of minutes!
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Goodluck :good:
Hello XDA-
I have an i337 Galaxy S4 with MK2 firmware. I got Safestrap 3.71 for recovery bypassing and I have a really strange issue. It seems no ROMs that I flash a successful. Ever. I've tried AOSP ROMs, Cyanogen, etc. When I just tried installing Cyanogen I went to ROM slot 1, wiped it of everything except the external SD card, went to install, selected the .zip for MY device off of the external SD, flashed it, and when I reboot I get a teal screen with pulsing pink/brown lines on it. The same applies when I do any other ROM, except sometimes I just get a black screen that endlessly loop reboots.
Any ideas?
Thanks.
You can't flash aosp or cm roms in safe strap. They have to be touch wiz based.
jd1639 said:
You can't flash aosp or cm roms in safe strap. They have to be touch wiz based.
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Ahh, are you serious? Safestrap is the only working recovery bypass on my MK2 firmware, ugh. Hopefully Samsung eventually unlocks the bootloader. Well, I'm off to looking for a TouchWiz based ROM then.
Thanks!
nhannon9 said:
Ahh, are you serious? Safestrap is the only working recovery bypass on my MK2 firmware, ugh. Hopefully Samsung eventually unlocks the bootloader. Well, I'm off to looking for a TouchWiz based ROM then.
Thanks!
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You can, however, install Google Edition ROMs, I believe. Search through the Safestrap thread to make sure, but that should allow you a relatively AOSP-like experience.
mattdm said:
You can, however, install Google Edition ROMs, I believe. Search through the Safestrap thread to make sure, but that should allow you a relatively AOSP-like experience.
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That's all I wanted, a clean Google ROM. I can't find any that actually work though. :/
Let me know if you find any. Thanks.
nhannon9 said:
That's all I wanted, a clean Google ROM. I can't find any that actually work though. :/
Let me know if you find any. Thanks.
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@nhannon9 Check this thread by @guut13 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2616221 and look for Blackbox v2.2.1 and pretty clean AOSP rom ...... Read that MK2 INDEX thread ..... anything u should know about MK2...... Goodluck. ....:thumbup:
EDIT : @mattdm I believed that we can't install any 4.3 GPE yet on MK2 + SSV3.71. The closest AOSP experience are Blackbox v2.2.1 from International S4 I9505 .....:thumbup::thumbup:
Swyped From MK2 Dark Venom SS Edition
nhannon9 said:
That's all I wanted, a clean Google ROM. I can't find any that actually work though. :/
Let me know if you find any. Thanks.
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Have you tried this one? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=47718525
It's not Kitkat, but it's still nice and clean.
Also, make sure you're using the correct version of Safestrap. One version 3.65 is for MF3 users, and version 3.71 is for MK2 users.
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mattdm said:
Have you tried this one? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=47718525
It's not Kitkat, but it's still nice and clean.
Also, make sure you're using the correct version of Safestrap. One version 3.65 is for MF3 users, and version 3.71 is for MK2 users.
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As @ted77usa said, no GPE ROMs work. All he'll get from that is bootloops and disappointment.
DeadlySin9 said:
As @ted77usa said, no GPE ROMs work. All he'll get from that is bootloops and disappointment.
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I've seen many people in the past months reporting that they're running GPE ROMs on Safestrap with no problems. Has something changed recently that I don't know about?
EDIT: Ah, I didn't see his edit up there. Sorry for giving false hope! I don't keep up with the Safestrap scene much since I have a Loki'd S4.
mattdm said:
I've seen many people in the past months reporting that they're running GPE ROMs on Safestrap with no problems. Has something changed recently that I don't know about?
EDIT: Ah, I didn't see his edit up there. Sorry for giving false hope! I don't keep up with the Safestrap scene much since I have a Loki'd S4.
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Yeah. If you have an MF3 S4 then you can run a 4.2.2 GE ROM, but us on MK2 are out of luck for a full AOSP experience unless an exploit is implemented.
Can we get some links for 4.2.2 GE roms for mf3
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gtrijoe said:
Can we get some links for 4.2.2 GE roms for mf3
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Try Google 4.2.2 gpe rom i337 xda
gtrijoe said:
Can we get some links for 4.2.2 GE roms for mf3
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Or, you could go search for them? That's why there's a search function. It's not there for looks and it works. We don't need all these threads posting and asking for other members to look for something for you. It's not hard to find them.
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Hello guys I have a NB1 bootloader S4 Running AT&T firmware. The model number is SGH-i337 I am rooted and i have safestrap installed. I still have the stock recovery built into the phone which i can still get into with any method. My question is that I want to install pac rom that runs android 4.4.2 kitkat firmware. Is it possible? I really want this rom bad and anyone who helps me would be greatly appreciated. Right now I am running carHD rom. My phone still works like brand new. I am a big fan of the pac rom and i just got the s4 2 months ago, am i too late to install it?
Peace, Jon
We cannot install any firmware that isn't compatible with our kernel. That means only touchwiz based ones will work.
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jmjoyas said:
We cannot install any firmware that isn't compatible with our kernel. That means only touchwiz based ones will work.
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will we be able too soon when someone creates a method?
JT1510365 said:
will we be able too soon when someone creates a method?
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It's any ones guess if and when that would happen.
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JT1510365 said:
will we be able too soon when someone creates a method?
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Only when the bootloader gets unlocked, and it won't be anytime soon.