I currently have JB MJE rooted with Kingo on my Note 3. I am constantly getting a software update notice popup that will most certainly update my phone to KK with NC4 bootloader. When I first got the message, I accepted the OTA update, but the update failed because the phone is rooted; which I am glad it failed. After spending the past few days reading up on several threads in this forum, I would prefer to do my own update to KK so I can restrict the update of the bootloader to NC2, rather than NC4, so I can keep the option of going back to JB.
In the main thread that I've been reading, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2787627, bigzilla recommended to people who were having trouble updating to KK that they should follow the instructions for updating by Odin the MJE tar, then use Kingo to root the phone (which would put a person into the same state that I have). Then, go through the MJE to NC2 KK update described in this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2726558
I would have (and might still) followed those instructions except for one thing... I would prefer not to completely wipe data factory reset my phone. I have a number of apps & games that I would prefer to not lose all the data (e.g., high scores, levels completed, badges earned, etc..).
So, my question is two-fold. Is there a way for me to update to KK with NC2 bootloader without having to wipe data factory reset the phone and without tripping KNOX? And, if not, is there a way to back up my apps & data and then restore them after the factory reset? For example, use Titanium Backup to make full backup to extSD beforehand. And then, afterwards, reinstall Titanium and use the earlier backup from extSD to reinstall the apps & data. In theory, the latter seems like it should work, but I've not tried it myself so would rather ask the experts here before I do anything rash.
donkyflip said:
I currently have JB MJE rooted with Kingo on my Note 3. I am constantly getting a software update notice popup that will most certainly update my phone to KK with NC4 bootloader. When I first got the message, I accepted the OTA update, but the update failed because the phone is rooted; which I am glad it failed. After spending the past few days reading up on several threads in this forum, I would prefer to do my own update to KK so I can restrict the update of the bootloader to NC2, rather than NC4, so I can keep the option of going back to JB.
In the main thread that I've been reading, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2787627, bigzilla recommended to people who were having trouble updating to KK that they should follow the instructions for updating by Odin the MJE tar, then use Kingo to root the phone (which would put a person into the same state that I have). Then, go through the MJE to NC2 KK update described in this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2726558
I would have (and might still) followed those instructions except for one thing... I would prefer not to completely wipe data factory reset my phone. I have a number of apps & games that I would prefer to not lose all the data (e.g., high scores, levels completed, badges earned, etc..).
So, my question is two-fold. Is there a way for me to update to KK with NC2 bootloader without having to wipe data factory reset the phone and without tripping KNOX? And, if not, is there a way to back up my apps & data and then restore them after the factory reset? For example, use Titanium Backup to make full backup to extSD beforehand. And then, afterwards, reinstall Titanium and use the earlier backup from extSD to reinstall the apps & data. In theory, the latter seems like it should work, but I've not tried it myself so would rather ask the experts here before I do anything rash.
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Get Tibu paid. Backup your apps. Use Tibu batch to make a flashable zip of your backup. Move that to your external sd and flash after your done... ��. I'm at the gym right now, I'll give the post with instructions when I get home.
Edit : Here you go,
1) Get Titanium Backup paid version. If you're going to be flashing roms it's a no brainer.
1.5) Change titanium backup location to external sd card. I mistakenly wiped my internal once and lost everything.
2) I use batch backup of user apps only. I don't do system apps.
3) Go through Tibu and make sure things you want are backed up, for example Chrome bookmarks don't backup in batch mode you have to do it manually. Check for any games you have, etc.
4) Go to Batch mode> Recovery mode> Run create an update zip+data backup
5) Check and make sure what you want is there before zip is made.
6) Make zip, once it's done you will have an update.zip on your internal storage. I rename the zip and move to my external sd card. Depending on how many apps it should be over 1gb to say the least but it depends on how many apps it is.
7) Once you're done you can do your NC2 upgrade, it won't trip knox so just take your time, follow the instructions and find any youtube videos on it. There are some in the thread on how to do it.
8) Once you're done with that and you're on the custom rom of your choice install Tibu from market. Change default location to your external sd card tibu location.
9) Reboot rom into safe strap, wipe cache & dalvik cache, flash your backup zip(whatever you named it or it will be update.zip)
10 Once it's flashed restart phone...:victory::victory::victory:
I can't take any credit for this. I learned it in the Baja rom now Alliance thread. I do this with Tibu before I flash any new rom now.
EDIT: MAKE SURE YOU ARE USING RETAIL NOTE 3 KK UPGRADE IF YOU HAVE A RETAIL NOTE 3 AND DEVELOPER STEPS FOR DEVELOPER NOTE 3 OR YOU WILL POSSIBLY BRICK YOUR PHONE!!
I'm not yelling at you but I want to make sure you don't brick your phone.
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thegamerdarkseid said:
Get Tibu paid. Backup your apps. Use Tibu batch to make a flashable zip of your backup. Move that to your external sd and flash after your done... ��. I'm at the gym right now, I'll give the post with instructions when I get home.
Edit : Here you go,
1) Get Titanium Backup paid version. If you're going to be flashing roms it's a no brainer.
1.5) Change titanium backup location to external sd card. I mistakenly wiped my internal once and lost everything.
2) I use batch backup of user apps only. I don't do system apps.
3) Go through Tibu and make sure things you want are backed up, for example Chrome bookmarks don't backup in batch mode you have to do it manually. Check for any games you have, etc.
4) Go to Batch mode> Recovery mode> Run create an update zip+data backup
5) Check and make sure what you want is there before zip is made.
6) Make zip, once it's done you will have an update.zip on your internal storage. I rename the zip and move to my external sd card. Depending on how many apps it should be over 1gb to say the least but it depends on how many apps it is.
7) Once you're done you can do your NC2 upgrade, it won't trip knox so just take your time, follow the instructions and find any youtube videos on it. There are some in the thread on how to do it.
8) Once you're done with that and you're on the custom rom of your choice install Tibu from market. Change default location to your external sd card tibu location.
9) Reboot rom into safe strap, wipe cache & dalvik cache, flash your backup zip(whatever you named it or it will be update.zip)
10 Once it's flashed restart phone...:victory::victory::victory:
I can't take any credit for this. I learned it in the Baja rom now Alliance thread. I do this with Tibu before I flash any new rom now.
EDIT: MAKE SURE YOU ARE USING RETAIL NOTE 3 KK UPGRADE IF YOU HAVE A RETAIL NOTE 3 AND DEVELOPER STEPS FOR DEVELOPER NOTE 3 OR YOU WILL POSSIBLY BRICK YOUR PHONE!!
I'm not yelling at you but I want to make sure you don't brick your phone.
Sent by Darkseid from Apokolips
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Thank you so much for confirming that restoring with TiBU will bring back all my apps & games with their data. I would not have thought to use Safe Strap to flash the backup zip. I'll give it a go this evening.
Also, to answer another part of your question. No, it will not trip knox.
donkyflip said:
Thank you so much for confirming that restoring with TiBU will bring back all my apps & games with their data. I would not have thought to use Safe Strap to flash the backup zip. I'll give it a go this evening.
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Me neither, I've done something similar in trwp on my s3 but I never knew Tibu did it. There are some awesome guys on here.
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Just a quick follow up. I was able to successfully update from JB MJE to the leaked KK NC2, and then updated to KK NC4 (keeping the NC2 bootloader). Per the instructions, I did wipe memory. I also made backups of my apps + data beforehand. I also created an update.zip using the TiBU restore batch action.
However, I was not able to figure out how to use SafeStrap to flash the update.zip. The good news, though, is that I did successfully use the TiBU batch action to restore all the apps from the backup on the extSD (not the update.zip). Everything is back to the way it was before the android update, except now I'm running KK rather than JB.
I would like to know how to use SS to flash my apps so I can use the update.zip.
thegamerdarkseid - Can you provide a little more detailed documentation for how to flash a TiBU update.zip to a new ROM?
donkyflip said:
Just a quick follow up. I was able to successfully update from JB MJE to the leaked KK NC2, and then updated to KK NC4 (keeping the NC2 bootloader). Per the instructions, I did wipe memory. I also made backups of my apps + data beforehand. I also created an update.zip using the TiBU restore batch action.
However, I was not able to figure out how to use SafeStrap to flash the update.zip. The good news, though, is that I did successfully use the TiBU batch action to restore all the apps from the backup on the extSD (not the update.zip). Everything is back to the way it was before the android update, except now I'm running KK rather than JB.
I would like to know how to use SS to flash my apps so I can use the update.zip.
thegamerdarkseid - Can you provide a little more detailed documentation for how to flash a TiBU update.zip to a new ROM?
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You would go to "Install" in SafeStrap, locate the update.zip file that you made with TiBu and flash. Depending on the location of the folder where your TiBu would have put the file, you can navigate thru the folder directories to locate the zip file in SafeStrap. I would locate the folder first, or move it to the External SD card for quick access. That way, when you do go to flash, you can just locate the ExtSD card directory in SafeStrap and flash it.
shaggy_kobain said:
You would go to "Install" in SafeStrap, locate the update.zip file that you made with TiBu and flash. Depending on the location of the folder where your TiBu would have put the file, you can navigate thru the folder directories to locate the zip file in SafeStrap. I would locate the folder first, or move it to the External SD card for quick access. That way, when you do go to flash, you can just locate the ExtSD card directory in SafeStrap and flash it.
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Thanks Shaggy...:good::highfive::good:
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donkyflip said:
Just a quick follow up. I was able to successfully update from JB MJE to the leaked KK NC2, and then updated to KK NC4 (keeping the NC2 bootloader). Per the instructions, I did wipe memory. I also made backups of my apps + data beforehand. I also created an update.zip using the TiBU restore batch action.
However, I was not able to figure out how to use SafeStrap to flash the update.zip. The good news, though, is that I did successfully use the TiBU batch action to restore all the apps from the backup on the extSD (not the update.zip). Everything is back to the way it was before the android update, except now I'm running KK rather than JB.
I would like to know how to use SS to flash my apps so I can use the update.zip.
thegamerdarkseid - Can you provide a little more detailed documentation for how to flash a TiBU update.zip to a new ROM?
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Glad that worked out for you, that's what's up!!...
I have a n900w8 running cm11. I need to go back to stock.
I have a nandroid of my stock rom and was wondering if i can go back using my backup or if i need to use odin to downgrade?
Just want to make sure there are no issues with bootloaders etc if i restore my backup.
Thanks
Well as technically Nandroid backups are just a clone of your previous OS you should be able to flash it just fine, BUT you should not. Cause in doing that you will face several problems, multiple apps force closing would be one of them. So yes, just wipe the phone first, I mean a complete wipe, then flash a stock ROM of your choice via Odin, root, then restore apps with their data manually using Titanium. I mean the option in Titanium which says install the missing apks only, just hit on that, not the whole system wide restore, cause that will create problem too.
I don't know what model is that though, I have a N9005, so what I said might not even be applicable for your model.
Dyno-droid said:
I have a n900w8 running cm11. I need to go back to stock.
I have a nandroid of my stock rom and was wondering if i can go back using my backup or if i need to use odin to downgrade?
Just want to make sure there are no issues with bootloaders etc if i restore my backup.
Thanks
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Better to flash the latest stock firmware for your device via Odin.
and restore app(s) later.
Hello.
I had my Note 3 with 4.3 firmware working properly but it's starting to give me problems so i guess it's time to upgrade to Kitkat with a fresh install.
I have the phone rooted and i have a lot of pictures, apps and tweaks i did (like un install bloatware...).
What's the best way to do a fresh update with latest rom and install back my pictured and apps?
Thank you
If you have a phone with unlocked bootloader then just download the KitKat ROM of your choice (I recommend same region ROM as your living location, like if you are in UK download the UK KitKat ROM) from www.sammobile.com, and flash with Odin in desktop. Before doing that take a system wide backup with Titanium Backup Pro and send the backup to your PC. Then go to recovery, and wipe everything (master wipe) and then flash the KitKat ROM as I said at beginning.
The restore process via Titanium is different than taking backup though, you can't restore by using the option system wide restore, that will create problems, you will need to use restore missing applications with data option.
Ok thank you for the info.
I will do as you suggest.
Wish me luck with the restore specially.
rooted and rommed a friend's note 3 to jasmine, and before we did it we upgraded titanium backup to the pro edition via marketplace, without realizing that it had deleted all three backups that were all in separate locations, one in the default location, one on the SD card and one in the phone's internal storage.
before I did anything to the phone rom wise I made a nandroid backup via twrp and I cannot boot it into an emulator successfully AND get the texts from it through installing titanium backup, creating a backup and copying it off, didn't work out.
so now what I need is a way to load up a nandroid backup without corrupting the backup. every time I try to restore the backup into the phone it bootloops, only thing I can think of that would interfere with it is the kernals, NC2/4. jasmine is currently running on NC2 and the stock firmware with the texts on it uses NC4, when I tried reflashing NC4 to the device after reintalling the backup it bootlooped, and vice versa with NC2.
thoughts/suggestions? sol on the texts?
thanks.
Never tried this but worth a shot. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.h3r3t1c.bkrestore
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I'll give it a go.
followed the steps found at: http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-s/general/extract-restore-sms-mms-contacts-call-t1370349
and had no success, doing the same via root explorer and nandroid manager to get the original files from the backup, nothing was restored.
I'm assuming that they're just gone after that?
rom manager text restore found nothing, quite a few were backed up though so who knows. not a good thing to lose them all.
I have an s4 i337 which was rooted & setup with lollipop 5.0.1 & GE rom. I had a problem with not being able to download files, I (maybe correctly) determined I had lost read/ write permissions for my internal (emulated) sd card and attempted to fix this (definitely unsuccessfully) a few different ways, the last of which was running fix permissions in TWRP (which booted to my GE, nothing fixed and all apps missing) and then I did a data wipe/ factory reset (which now boots to either stock or rooted lollipop with no access to my settings, no acess to google play, no internet - so worthless).
safestrap is installed but not enabled. I've tried flashing the NC1 flasher zip from the stock recovery to get into TWRP to restore from a backup or do a clean install of GE but that didn't work.
I'm not sure if I have root or not still and, since I can't access my settings when booted, have no way to check install from unknown sources.
when in factory recovery it says I'm on OC3.
what do I do next to get somewhere with a restore operation?