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[Question]Can't upgrade from 4.4.2 to 4.4.4

Hello there everyone,
I'm new here (mainly registered just to ask since no-one could help) and in need of some help.
I have a samsung galaxy GT-I9500 and I cannot upgrade above 4.4.2.
When flashing an AOSP roms or roms above 4.4.2 (eg. 4.4.4) my device seem to lose it signal in for of:
Baseband Unknown and Null IMEI.
I have tried flashing different modems and kernels with no effect, The only thing that seem to work is flashing stock 4.4.2.
Currently i'm on stock:
PDA: I9500XXUGNH4
CSC: I9500OJKGNI1
MODEM: I9500JKUGNH1
*I think the problem might be a the EFS partition formatting getting wrong partitioning (Again I have no technical idea what-so-ever)
Any help will be appreciated :^)
Thanks in advance,
Old Geezer

Old_Geezer said:
Hello there everyone,
I'm new here (mainly registered just to ask since no-one could help) and in need of some help.
I have a samsung galaxy GT-I9500 and I cannot upgrade above 4.4.2.
When flashing an AOSP roms or roms above 4.4.2 (eg. 4.4.4) my device seem to lose it signal in for of:
Baseband Unknown and Null IMEI.
I have tried flashing different modems and kernels with no effect, The only thing that seem to work is flashing stock 4.4.2.
Currently i'm on stock:
PDA: I9500XXUGNH4
CSC: I9500OJKGNI1
MODEM: I9500JKUGNH1
*I think the problem might be a the EFS partition formatting getting wrong partitioning (Again I have no technical idea what-so-ever)
Any help will be appreciated :^)
Thanks in advance,
Old Geezer
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Maybe this problem is caused by an old recovery? How are you installing custom ROMs? Throug recovery? And if yes, which one are you using?

Tkkg1994 said:
Maybe this problem is caused by an old recovery? How are you installing custom ROMs? Throug recovery? And if yes, which one are you using?
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I install roms thrugh Philz touch recovery and I make sure to erase everything (eg. cache system data etc.)
When checking my efs folder though I got bunch of files no Idea if they need to be there or not lol...

If on stock rom it works, then your partition is fine. Stay away from the /efs folder.
Try a different recovery / update your recovery. Try changing the modem.
If it still doesn't work then it's probably a bug in the rom.

Lennyz1988 said:
If on stock rom it works, then your partition is fine. Stay away from the /efs folder.
Try a different recovery / update your recovery. Try changing the modem.
If it still doesn't work then it's probably a bug in the rom.
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I can't flash ANY 4.4.4 roms I don't talk about specific one, and as I mentioned I tried changing to all available modems.
As for recovery I use the latest philz touch and in TWRP it won't work either.
So it not the recovery fault.

Old_Geezer said:
I can't flash ANY 4.4.4 roms I don't talk about specific one, and as I mentioned I tried changing to all available modems.
As for recovery I use the latest philz touch and in TWRP it won't work either.
So it not the recovery fault.
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That's because ANY 4.4.4 is based on CM. So if it's a bug in CM, then ANY 4.4.4 will have that bug.
You could try some older builds from CM and see if they work.

Lennyz1988 said:
That's because ANY 4.4.4 is based on CM. So if it's a bug in CM, then ANY 4.4.4 will have that bug.
You could try some older builds from CM and see if they work.
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I saw other people with I9500 being able to flash those roms just fine, could it be MY phone have the problem in particular and if so what might it be..?

ls980 flashed to d801 fully unlocked but lost fm radio please help

So i have the tmobile rom for a sprint phone to unlock gsm but now no matter what i try no fm radio ive been through the build prop got furnace kernal i know in my case its a software issue cause i hve the fm chip in my fphone any ideas how to reactivate the chip so i can listen again

I went through both d ans ls build props ro.fm.module= bcm really no difference diffrent kernals spirit radio nogo. Please any ideas at all

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maybe not supported by the rom? but i don't know exactly sorry. might be a kernel thing too

I have tried all 3 kernals for ls98p stock furnace and dorimanx ive. Compared build props between d802 and 980 im pretty sure its in the rom just trying to vet more feed back on what to try im not no dev but i have a pretty damn good understanding. Of whats going on i try compiling both roms the. I get the usual force closes of trying to unlock 980 througb build prop. Aparantly the rom developer will help other people with there issues but he will now answer me back to help so im kinda in a hard place i just cant believe no one else is asking about this issue

Cloudyflex, cloudystock, cloudyg2 all have the fm radio and are unlocked out of the box. Why mess around with a locked rom and build.prop edits?
Sent from my LG-LS980 using XDA Free mobile app

Im scared to flash any thing to my phone any more it seems like every time i start flashing i brick it i no how to. Its just like ive got a weird phon. I used not be able to flash any kernal or i got boot loops i had to restore orig boot image every time i flashed a rom i had to restore boot image or boot loops its been a while thoug. Can u point me in the rite direc fo. Flashing it

Cannot install any Custom ROMs after root sm-N910f

Hi all, this is my first ever post so please bear with me!
I have a Note 4 sm-910f. I rooted recently and have the latest TWRP installed. I have tried to install a number of ROMs but:
If I install AOSP based I get a "Failed" error and a note to say that the ROM is not the correct one for the device - it seems to get my device wrong too?!
If I install a Touchwiz ROM such as NoteX it appears to flash OK but it just keeps bootlooping upon restart.
Any ideas? Could it be anything to do with the modem or bootloader? I'm currently on stock 5.0.1.
Any help greatly appreciated!
Cheers
Bugsie

bugsie857 said:
Hi all, this is my first ever post so please bear with me!
I have a Note 4 sm-910f. I rooted recently and have the latest TWRP installed. I have tried to install a number of ROMs but:
If I install AOSP based I get a "Failed" error and a note to say that the ROM is not the correct one for the device - it seems to get my device wrong too?!
If I install a Touchwiz ROM such as NoteX it appears to flash OK but it just keeps bootlooping upon restart.
Any ideas? Could it be anything to do with the modem or bootloader? I'm currently on stock 5.0.1.
Any help greatly appreciated!
Cheers
Bugsie
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which rom is Note x for 910F ??
or you meant Xnote ??
if yes Xnote then it will give you bootloop as thats based on kitkat and your on lollipop
try some roms based on lollipop

Er. Aditya said:
which rom is Note x for 910F ??
or you meant Xnote ??
if yes Xnote then it will give you bootloop as thats based on kitkat and your on lollipop
try some roms based on lollipop
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Hi, thanks for the quick response.
I did mean X-note. I have tried a number of other ROMs too, Aliance - Emotion Revolution.
Right now I tried flashing a new bootloader/modem as per this ROM "http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-4/snapdragon-dev/rom-robomix-t3069298" but now I'm stuck in a complete bootloop!!
I think I need to get the correct bootloader and/or modem - I just don't have a clue why or what is what. I an't find any guides!

bugsie857 said:
Hi, thanks for the quick response.
I did mean X-note. I have tried a number of other ROMs too, Aliance - Emotion Revolution.
Right now I tried flashing a new bootloader/modem as per this ROM "http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-4/snapdragon-dev/rom-robomix-t3069298" but now I'm stuck in a complete bootloop!!
I think I need to get the correct bootloader and/or modem - I just don't have a clue why or what is what. I an't find any guides!
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you took the booloader from the rom op and flash it ? either first or later flashing the rom zip ?

Are there any simple clear tutorials on how to go from JB to Marshmallow?

Currently have TWRP 2.7.0.0 installed and a rooted stock 4.4.2 using the D800.
Does anyone know of any tutorials that can tell me what to do? I'm not new to all this but this G2 has got to be the most discombobulated phone to tinker with that I've come across.
I'm reading that the go to MM I first have to flash KK but then I read that I need to upgrade my TWRP or something to flash KK then there's all this about different bootloaders and etc etc....
I'm just lost. Everything I can find is all from like 2-3 years ago so I don't know what's changed since then, etc.
*sigh*
Can anyone help me? Thanks!

AndroidVageta said:
Currently have TWRP 2.7.0.0 installed and a rooted stock 4.4.2 using the D800.
Does anyone know of any tutorials that can tell me what to do? I'm not new to all this but this G2 has got to be the most discombobulated phone to tinker with that I've come across.
I'm reading that the go to MM I first have to flash KK but then I read that I need to upgrade my TWRP or something to flash KK then there's all this about different bootloaders and etc etc....
I'm just lost. Everything I can find is all from like 2-3 years ago so I don't know what's changed since then, etc.
*sigh*
Can anyone help me? Thanks!
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I can help i have same phone , but i see other question in other thread . whats the situation.? right now of the phone. and ill do my best to explain the process never been in jb but i think its the same..

Which specific Marshmallow you're asking about? There is no official LG G2 Marshmallow, but there are several AOSP ROMs. Usually, the process is explained on the ROM developer site or here on this forum in the ROM's announcement.

Band frequency on custom roms

Im having issues with my S5 g900t, currently running omega rom, but i cannot get all the band frequencies i need for australia. Is there a custom rom for g900i? I have tried to flash the telstra firmware, but odin keeps erroring out. Any help is greatly appreciated

Dennijc said:
Im having issues with my S5 g900t, currently running omega rom, but i cannot get all the band frequencies i need for australia. Is there a custom rom for g900i? I have tried to flash the telstra firmware, but odin keeps erroring out. Any help is greatly appreciated
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Install samsung info app to find correct firmware, some are for 16gb models others are for 32gb

LGaljo said:
Install samsung info app to find correct firmware, some are for 16gb models others are for 32gb
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Its a 32gb, it doesnt let me know anything other than that, odin gets to aboot.mn then fails, im so frustrated by this ive even tried editing bands but they dont seem to change. Phone also says secure check fail: aboot
TIA

My friend is experiencing same issue with his s 5

SM-G900I
I flash omega rom v20 on my stock rom rooted. (SM-G900I) It fails and shows md file not found and corupt and end it on boot loop. Any solution for me to flash on right place. Will be appreaciate if any dev can help me. Thnks and im using latest twrp-3.1.0-1-klte

Suppmm said:
I flash omega rom v20 on my stock rom rooted. (SM-G900I) It fails and shows md file not found and corupt and end it on boot loop. Any solution for me to flash on right place. Will be appreaciate if any dev can help me. Thnks and im using latest twrp-3.1.0-1-klte
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From what i understand omega v20 does not support 900I. It also uses phoenix kernel which I have heard has compatibility issues with 900I. Try Omega V18 (lolipop) or if you want a marshmallow based rom, try something else. Remember that these posts were posted years ago and that last year's "latest TWRP" is not THE latest TWRP.
you may want to flash original firmware via sammoblie to get you out of this predicament first.
edit. also post on a more appropriate thread next time. or else no one is going to find ur question

Eggleston11 said:
From what i understand omega v20 does not support 900I. It also uses phoenix kernel which I have heard has compatibility issues with 900I. Try Omega V18 (lolipop) or if you want a marshmallow based rom, try something else. Remember that these posts were posted years ago and that last year's "latest TWRP" is not THE latest TWRP.
you may want to flash original firmware via sammoblie to get you out of this predicament first.
edit. also post on a more appropriate thread next time. or else no one is going to find ur question
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Thank brother. Correct me if im wrong . I got my solutions ady . Poenix kernel . Thanks for update:fingers-crossed: